AccelChip Inc. Continues Expansion Efforts into United Kingdom and Ireland; Signs Parallel Systems as Distributor.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2004 AccelChip Inc., the industry's only provider of automated flows from MATLAB (MATrix LABoratory) A programming language for technical computing from The MathWorks, Natick, MA (www.mathworks.com). Used for a wide variety of scientific and engineering calculations, especially for automatic control and signal processing, MATLAB runs on Windows, Mac and (R) algorithms to silicon, announced today that it has signed Parallel Systems Limited to distribute its products, intellectual property, and services in the United Kingdom and Ireland. In less then ten years, Parallel Systems Ltd. has grown to be recognized as one of the top distributors in the region. In addition to AccelChip solutions, Parallel Systems supplies advanced tools for PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. , ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. , FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. , and System on a Chip design. "The symmetry between AccelChip and Parallel Systems makes them the ideal distributor for our customers," said Tom Feist feist also fice n. Chiefly Southern U.S. A small mongrel dog. [Variant of obsolete fist, short for fisting dog, from Middle English fisting, , vice president of Sales & Marketing, AccelChip. "We are both committed to our customers' long-term success. By utilizing Parallel Systems' local support infrastructure, we can now ensure this. As we continue our expansion efforts into European regions, we are proud to include Parallel Systems in our growing list of distinguished distributors." "Our goal is to help designers by providing high quality, but affordable, tools with a high level of service and support," said David Blunt, director of Parallel Systems Ltd. "With the migration of DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive designs moving from standard DSP processors to FPGAs and ASICs, AccelChip's MATLAB-based algorithmic synthesis is exactly what our customers are asking for. We are pleased to now be able to offer it as part of our complete design solution." About the Companies Parallel Systems Ltd. was founded in 1997 as a dedicated distributor for electronic design software and services and is staffed by experienced electronic industry personnel. Its products include design and verification software for PCBs, FPGAs, ASICs, and DSPs. Parallel Systems also provides VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) A hardware description language (HDL) used to design electronic systems at the component, board and system level. VHDL allows models to be developed at a very high level of abstraction. training courses. AccelChip Inc., founded in 2000 and headquartered in Milpitas, California Milpitas (IPA pronunciation: mɪlpitʌs; inhabitants are called 'Milpitans') is a city in Santa Clara County, California. It is located with San Jose to its south and Fremont to its north, at the eastern end of Highway 237 and generally between Interstate freeways 680 and , develops and markets design tools, intellectual property, and consulting services that enable a true, top-down DSP design process. AccelChip's innovative electronic design automation solutions link the domain-specific DSP design environment with proven silicon design flows, allowing DSP algorithm developers to go directly from MATLAB to silicon implementation with high-quality results. AccelChip's Web address is www.accelchip.com. AccelChip and AccelWare are registered trademarks of AccelChip Inc. All other trade names referenced are the service marks, trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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