Carmel DSP Core Architecture Selected as Leading DSP Technology by Industry Technology Forum at DSP World 98 Show.TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1998--The Carmel(tm) 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 architecture, which was jointly developed by Siemens Semiconductors of Germany and I.C. Com Ltd. of Israel, today received accolades from the Industry Technology Forum at the DSP World 1998 trade show. Twenty-six DSP-related technologies were reviewed by a panel of top editors, who selected Carmel, with its unique configurable long instruction word (CLIW CLIW Configurable Long Instruction Word CLIW Course Length in Weeks (tm)) technology, as a representative of future trends in 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). . "The Carmel technology is at the forefront of a technology trend towards architectures with superior performance. Carmel enables faster, more powerful DSP machinery," said Stephan Ohr, chairman of the Industry Technology Forum. Dr. Soenke Mehrgardt, president of the Signal Processing See DSP. and Control Division at Siemens Semiconductors in Germany, stated, "We are very pleased to receive recognition from the leading analysts in the field. We enjoyed working together with I.C. Com on developing the architecture, which we believe will fast become an industry standard. Carmel broadens Siemens' portfolio of processing cores for embedded control and signal processing. We are planning to base our next-generation telecommunication products, such as cellular phones and high-speed modems (xDSL), on this innovative architecture." Offer Sharon, the general manager and founder of I.C. Com, said, "I am very honored to have the Carmel architecture receive such distinguished recognition. I feel confident that the CLIW approach will soon be adopted by many chip manufacturers in the DSP industry for their next-generation communication products. I.C. Com looks forward to developing applications on the innovative Carmel DSP core, utilizing our expertise in algorithm design Algorithm design is a specific method to create a mathematical process in solving problems. Applied algorithm design is Algorithm engineering. Algorithm design is identified and incorporated into many solution theories of operation research, such as dynamic and DSP development capabilities." The Carmel DSP core redefines performance and power-consumption standards for digital signal processors. Carmel's CLIW architecture brings together the best of both worlds, combining high performance with small code size, thus enabling high-performance chips at low cost. This winning architecture eliminates the performance versus power consumption tradeoff that other DSPs using very long instruction word (VLIW (Very Long Instruction Word) A CPU architecture that reads a group of instructions and executes them at the same time. For example, the group (word) might contain four instructions, and the compiler ensures that those four instructions are not dependent on each ) architectures must typically make. The Carmel architecture is available for licensing to semiconductor and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners. About Siemens Siemens AG Siemens AG German electrical-equipment manufacturer. The first Siemens company, Siemens & Halske, was founded in Berlin in 1847 to build telegraph installations. is one of the world's largest electrical engineering and electronics companies and one of the richest in tradition. Sales for fiscal 1996/97 totaled US$63.7 billion (DM 107 billion.) Siemens' Semiconductor Group, one of Siemens' eight core business groups is a leading worldwide provider of integrated circuits, memory products, RF components and discrete, power and opto semiconductors. The comprehensive product line of Siemens Semiconductors serves a wide range of customers active in telecommunications, automation, data processing, automotive and consumer electronics. Siemens is the market leader for Chipcard ICs. In fiscal 1996/97, the Semiconductor Group achieved sales of US$3.5 billion (DM 5.9 billion) and employed 22,600 people worldwide. For more information contact Birgitt Fischer at 49-89-636-25440. http://www.siemens.de/semiconductor/index.htm About I.C.Com I.C.Com Ltd designs and develops advanced processors for telecommunication and consumer electronics applications. The company's technologies include DSP core design, high speed modems, spread spectrum communications (communications) spread spectrum communications - (Or "spread spectrum") A technique by which a signal to be transmitted is modulated onto a pseudorandom, noise-like, wideband carrier signal, producing a transmission with a much larger bandwidth than that of the data modulation. and telecom algorithm expertise. I.C.Com is involved in the wireless and wireline communication markets, as well as in satellite based localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n. (GPS) and communication over power lines. The company was founded in 1995 by Siemens AG, Germany and Nisco Industries Ltd., Isreal and is headquartered in Azor, Isreal. For further information please contact Sol Gradman at 972-3-5853313 x 366. http://www.iccomm.com |
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