IPextreme to Accelerate Broad Adoption of Nexus 5001 Debug Standard by Making Freescale Interface Blocks Widely Available.CAMPBELL, Calif. & AUSTIN, Texas -- IPextreme[R] Inc., a semiconductor technology licensing company, 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 NYSE See: 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]. , FSL.B) have extended their collaboration to deliver IEEE-ISTO Nexus 5001[TM] Consortium-compliant embedded processor A CPU chip used in a system other than a general purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such chips are used by the billions every year in a myriad of products. See embedded system. debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. technology for licensing through IPextreme's Intellectual Property (IP) Commercialization Program. IPextreme will market, license and support Freescale's Nexus 5001 interface blocks to drive broad adoption of the Nexus standard targeting automotive, mass-storage, avionics and communications applications. IPextreme is now offering four Nexus interface blocks: the ARM7 Nexus Client that taps directly into the CoreSight[TM] interface of ARM7 designs; the ARM9 Client an equivalent core for ARM9 designs; the AHB AHB Advanced High-performance Bus AHB Assault Helicopter Battalion AHB Air Historical Branch AHB Attack Helicopter Battalion AHB Automatic Half Barriers AHB Aussie Home Brewers AHB Active Hyper Bass Nexus Client that connects to AMBA AMBA Area Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (Spanish) AMBA Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture AMBA American Mold Builders Association AMBA American Mustang and Burro Association AMBA Association of Master of Business Administration 2.0 Masters; and the Nexus Port Controller that connects multiple processor Clients and bus masters over a single Nexus Port interface. The port controller enables the dynamic control and observation of multiple Nexus Clients from a single development and debugging environment. ISTO ISTO Information Science & Technology Office (DARPA) ISTO Industry Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE) ISTO Information Sciences Technology Office 5001 - 2003 is the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. Forum Standard for the Nexus 5001 general-purpose interface for the software development and debug of embedded processors. The standard is open for anyone to adopt and implement, but designers wishing to avoid the risk, expense and delay of developing compliant debug interfaces from scratch can now buy the already proven Freescale Nexus 5001 implementations through IPextreme. By incorporating the Nexus 5001 standard into their end products, companies can tap into a rich ecosystem of test equipment and software providers supporting the IEEE standard. "We selected IPextreme to help expand the market for the Nexus 5001 debug standard based on the company's global presence, automotive market expertise and demonstrated ability to package, market and support complex IP subsystems," said Ron Stence, a microcontroller system engineer at Freescale and former chair of the Nexus 5001 Forum. "As a founding member of the Nexus 5001 Forum, we feel that working with IPextreme is an effective way to achieve greater market acceptance of this valuable technology, which has been proven on five separate architectures within Freescale." Warren Savage, IPextreme 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. , commented, "We're pleased to again partner with Freescale to expand our IP offerings to include the Nexus 5001 technology. They join the proven Freescale FlexRay[R] Communication Controller IP and ColdFire[R] V2 core already available from IPextreme and further strengthen our already broad automotive IP offering. The market has shown a preference for standards over proprietary solutions and we are enthusiastic about supporting technology that enables the semiconductor industry to move forward in a unified direction." About the Nexus 5001 Forum The Nexus 5001 Forum membership spans the semiconductor, development tools and automotive electronics industries. Although the Forum initially focused on the stringent requirements of microprocessor debug tools for automotive powertrain applications, its overall goal is to enable the continued development of state-of-the-art, easy-to-use, high-performance microcontrollers. Forum members include Analog Devices; Ashling Microsystems Ltd.; Delphi Delco Electronics Systems; dSPACE GmbH; ETAS; First Silicon Solutions, Inc.; Ford Motor Company; Freescale Semiconductor; General Motors Corp.; Green Hills Software, Inc.; Hitex Development Tools; IAR Systems AB; Infineon Technologies; IPextreme Inc.; Lauterbach Datentecknick GmbH; Motorola, Inc.; NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Electronics; Samtec, Inc.; STMicroelectronics; Tensilica; Texas Instruments; Visteon Corporation; and Wind River Systems, Inc. The Nexus 5001 Forum is a program of the IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE-ISTO), which provides administrative and management support to industry consortia and other standards development forums. To download the IEEE-ISTO 5001[TM]-1999 specification via the Nexus 5001 Forum Web site, go to: http://www.nexus5001.org. About IPextreme Inc. IPextreme brings high-value intellectual property (IP) from large semiconductor companies to consumer and automotive System-on-Chip (SOC) designers worldwide. These products are silicon proven to minimize design risk and provided in a process independent and EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. neutral format, for easy use by the broadest range of customers. With a decade of experience in developing, packaging, licensing and supporting IP, our team offers a complete business solution for semiconductor companies to strategically leverage their internal IP portfolio to grow overall revenue. IPextreme has offices in Campbell, California, Munich, Germany and Tokyo, Japan. www.ip-extreme.com. About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL, FSL.B) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded 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. 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 2005 sales of $5.8 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. ). www.freescale.com IPextreme is a registered trademark of IPextreme Inc. Freescale[TM] and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. [c] Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. 2006. All other trademarks are acknowledged. |
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