Freescale Taps IPextreme to Accelerate FlexRay Adoption Throughout Automotive Industry With IP Offering; Automotive Network IP Enables Throttle, Braking, Steering and Stability Control By-Wire.CAMPBELL, Calif & MUNICH, Germany -- IPextreme Inc, a supplier of trusted on-chip subsystems, and Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focuses their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications markets. (NYSE NYSESee: New York Stock Exchange :FSL FSL - Formal Semantics Language. A language for compiler writing. ["A Formal Semantics for Computer Languages and its Application in a Compiler-Compiler", J.A. Feldman, CACM 9(1) (Jan 1966)]. [Sammet 1969, p. 641]. ) (NYSE:FSL.b) have partnered to deliver Freescale's FlexRay(TM) communication controller core for licensing through IPextreme's Nexus IP Commercialization Program. Freescale, a global leader in automotive semiconductors, brought the first standard FlexRay controller chips to market, and the same design is now available through IPextreme, minimizing risk, cost and time-to-market for those who adopt the standard. E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]The automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. developed the FlexRay protocol as a next generation automotive network with sufficient bandwidth, reliability and real-time response to enable x-by-wire applications such as throttle, braking, steering and stability. The standard has been embraced by many leading automobile manufacturers and Freescale's implementation delivers 10 times the throughput of current controller area network (CAN) solutions. Designers of chassis control, body electronics and powertrain systems can expect to be able to get FlexRay enabled solutions to market more quickly with Freescale's silicon-proven communication controller core. In April 2005, Freescale and Royal Philips Electronics announced that they would be sharing their FlexRay technologies with Philips using the Freescale FlexRay communications controller A peripheral control unit that connects several communications lines to a computer and performs the actual transmitting and receiving as well as various message coding and decoding activities. core. E[acute accent]"Philips is integrating Freescale FlexRay Protocol Engine IP into our line of ARM based automotive microcontrollers. There is no doubt that adopting the IP was faster and more cost effective than designing it from scratch, especially with the ensured interoperability," said Harry Inia, general manager Automotive Business Line and vice president Philips Semiconductors. "We look forward to IPextreme accelerating the adoption of highly reliable FlexRay networks across the global industry by also promoting and supporting this FlexRay IP." E[acute accent]Juergen Weyer, vice president and general manager of Freescale's Transportation & Standard Products Group in Europe, Middle East and Africa said, "We have chosen to deliver our communication controller core through IPextreme because of their global presence and demonstrated ability to package, market and support complex IP subsystems for a number of leading IP vendors. As a core member of the FlexRay consortia, Freescale wants to see the standard widely adopted. We feel seeding the market with our proven communication controller core is an effective way to achieve this." E[acute accent]Warren Savage, 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. , IPextreme commented, "We are pleased to join Freescale in bringing their proven FlexRay technology to market. Freescale engineers have done a great job of designing this highly complex, silicon-proven IP core such that it can be quickly and easily integrated into our customer's applications." E[acute accent]Freescale's FlexRay v2.1 communication controller core is available now from IPextreme, see www.ip-extreme.com/ip/flexray.html. E[acute accent]About IPextreme Inc. E[acute accent]IPextreme helps designers reliably complete ever more complex integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. by providing on-chip subsystems combining hardware and software packaged in a complete, easy-to-use, EDA-tool-neutral format. We consolidate proven designs through a collaborative formal development process focused on rapidly delivering a high quality result. For almost a decade our team has been helping large semiconductor companies to package, commercialize and support their intellectual property (IP), and this forms the basis of our product portfolio. IPextreme has offices in Campbell, California Campbell (IPA: /ˈkæmbəl/) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, part of Silicon Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area. [2] As of 2007 population estimates, Campbell's population is 39,200. , Munich, Germany and Tokyo, Japan. www.ip-extreme.com. E[acute accent]About Freescale Semiconductor E[acute accent]Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.b) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. in July 2004 after more than 50 years as part of Motorola, Inc. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2004 sales of $5.7 billion (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. 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. ). E[acute accent]www.freescale.com E[acute accent]IPextreme is pending a registered trademark. E[acute accent]Freescale(TM) and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. E[acute accent]All other trademarks are acknowledged. |
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