Aftek Becomes Tensilica Configurable Processor Authorized Design Center.SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Tensilica[R], Inc. today announced that Aftek Limited is now an authorized Design Center partner for customers using Xtensa[R] configurable processors, Diamond Standard Processors, and the Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine in their SOC (system on chip) designs. Aftek offers complete design services in a wide variety of embedded applications. "We are delighted to add Aftek to our growing list of Design Center partners," stated Steve Roddy, Tensilica's vice president of marketing. "They are already helping one of our customers with a design project, and have the expertise to help many others." Aftek has considerable expertise in IP (intellectual property) integration as well as the development of system and chip specifications, hardware-software partitioning, development of reference models, and analysis of performance trade-offs. They have successful tape outs in 90nm and 130nm process technologies. They have a rich knowledge base in domains such as networking, multimedia processing, 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 (digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). ), connectivity, and wireless low power SOC design. "We expect that many customers doing complex chip designs will benefit from the power and area savings available by using Tensilica's configurable Xtensa processors," stated Shrikant Inamdar, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Elven Micro circuits Pvt. Ltd., an Aftek group company. "We look forward to working with many of them at our multiple locations around the world." About Aftek Ltd. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Aftek is a 20 year old IP-based services company with expertise in embedded systems, chip design, enterprise and wireless applications and enterprise business applications. With core competency in Communications, Aftek Ltd. with a turnover of over INR INR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Indian Rupee. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. . 300 crores (3 billion), is into Networking, Telecommunications, Semiconductors and Automobile verticals. They offer custom application development, product engineering and software testing services. Today its market spreads in US, Europe, Korea and Japan with customized solution. Visit: www.aftek.com. About Tensilica Tensilica, Inc., is the recognized leader in configurable processor technology and has leveraged that technology to become the leading supplier of licensable controllers and DSP cores for mobile audio and video applications. Tensilica offers the broadest line of controller, CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. , network, and specialty DSP processors in the market today - including full software tool-chain and modeling support - in both, an off-the-shelf format via the Diamond Standard Series cores and with full designer configurability with the Xtensa processor family. The modern design behind all of Tensilica's processor cores provides semiconductor companies and system OEMs with the lowest power, smallest area solutions for high-volume products including mobile phones and other consumer electronics, networking and telecommunications equipment, and computer peripherals. For more information on Tensilica's patented, benchmark-proven processors, visit www.tensilica.com. Editors' Notes: * Tensilica and Xtensa are registered trademarks belonging to Tensilica Inc. 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