Chipidea Flexible Mixed-Signal IP Platform Architecture Provides Unprecedented Analog Integration.Innovative Technology Streamlines Electronic System Design for Communication and Consumer Applications by Leveraging the Industry's Largest Analog IP Portfolio LISBON, Portugal -- Chipidea, the world's leading provider of analog/mixed-signal subsystems and intellectual property, today announced the industry's first Flexible Mixed-Signal IP Platform Architecture[TM] (FLEMIA), a highly innovative approach to integrating multiple blocks of analog functionality into a single chip to streamline electronic system design. Leveraging Chipidea's extensive, silicon-proven portfolio of analog IP, the FLEMIA platform offers an unprecedented level of analog circuit analog circuit, electronic circuit that operates with currents and voltages that vary continuously with time and have no abrupt transitions between levels. Generally speaking, analog circuits are contrasted with digital circuits, which function as though currents or integration and configurability for electronic communication and consumer applications. The FLEMIA platform leverages Chipidea's broad expertise in leading-edge power management, audio and USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. IP and allows customers to choose the specific functionality needed to address system demands. Chipidea then customizes the mixed-signal architecture to customers' specifications and makes it production ready for any of the industry's leading foundries. The platform allows system designers to bypass the time-consuming and expensive process of integrating multiple, discrete analog components and IP cores and helps simplify system design to improve reliability. The FLEMIA platform is designed to allow original design manufacturers (ODMs), digital 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. vendors, fabless IC companies and ASSP (Application Specific Standard Part) An ASIC chip that is designed as a generic device for a particular market. Whereas an ASIC is typically used only by its creator, ASSPs are used by many different companies in the design of their products. See ASIC. providers to reduce board space and bill-of-material costs in their designs. "As the list of feature sets for communication and consumer electronic systems gets more complex, our Flexible Mixed-Signal IP Platform Architecture brings game-changing integration capabilities to the industry," said Jose Franca, co-founder and 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. of Chipidea. "When creating systems to address emerging market demands and evolving technology standards, designers have a wide range of analog functionality to consider. With the ability to consolidate all of a system's power management, audio and USB components into a single device, the FLEMIA platform offers the industry a powerful new capability to help address the dynamic challenges in advanced system designs." The FLEMIA platform is designed to provide unique programming capabilities to the analog portions of customer designs. Through standard chip programming methodologies, each functional block in the FLEMIA can be precisely configured for each specific system need. This helps designers who must continually add features to basic communication system designs to include WiFi, GPS, audio, battery charging, USB, WiMAX, Bluetooth and other capabilities. Additionally, when a system processor undergoes a design shrink, FLEMIA can be re-configured to provide a new power scheme for the system. The wide array of integration solutions available through the FLEMIA platform enables system designers to select from many analog IP cores in Chipidea's catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. and to custom design FLEMIA(TM) to meet specific applications or the requirements of ODMs and other system designers. Chipidea provides a complete hardware and software solution to match consumer and communication system needs. The company can also provide the expertise to match the mixed-signal architecture to digital ASICs and offers guidance to help customers select the appropriate analog IP blocks for their designs. "We're providing customers with unprecedented flexibility to choose voltage regulators An electronic circuit used to maintain a level amount of voltage in an electrical line. It eliminates power surges, spikes and brownouts, which can cause harm to sensitive electronics. A voltage regulator "module" (VRM) is a voltage regulator in a replaceable unit. See surge suppression and UPS. , power converters, data converters Noun 1. data converter - converter for changing information from one code to another computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system - a machine for performing calculations automatically , audio codecs (1) A hardware circuit that converts analog voice into PCM or ADPCM digital code and vice versa. The term may refer to only the A/D and D/A conversion, or it may include the compression technique for further reducing the signal (definition #2 below). See sampling and codec. and USB connectivity layers, and embed em·bed also im·bed v. em·bed·ded, em·bed·ding, em·beds v.tr. 1. To fix firmly in a surrounding mass: embed a post in concrete; fossils embedded in shale. them all into a single chip in order to address the trend toward greater integration," said Nuno Ramalho, vice president for Audio and Power Management Solutions. "FLEMIA has a customizable serial bus control over each IP core, which allows designers to precisely configure the chip for the application, whether it is for battery-powered mobile communication systems, imaging, multimedia or computer applications." About Chipidea Chipidea is the world's number one analog/mixed-signal merchant technology supplier targeting fast-growing market segments including wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. , digital media and consumer electronics. Chipidea supports blue-chip customers across the globe, has an impeccable im·pec·ca·ble adj. 1. Having no flaws; perfect. See Synonyms at perfect. 2. Incapable of sin or wrongdoing. [Latin impecc reputation for delivering high-quality products and is known for its reliable execution. Chipidea licenses its technology to leading companies in all major markets, delivering everything from high-precision, single-function blocks to full analog sub-systems. For more information: www.chipidea.com. |
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