Intrinsity's FastMATH Adaptive Signal Processor Breaks the EEMBC Telecomm Benchmark Record, Scores Nine Times the Performance of DSPs and Embedded Microprocessors.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 2002 Intrinsity, Inc., the high-performance leader in embedded microprocessor markets, today announced that its 2 GHz FastMATH(TM) Adaptive Signal Processor(TM) device has broken the performance record of the Telecomm benchmark suite from the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC EEMBC EDN Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (Electronic Design News Magazine) ). Designed to replace DSPs, FPGAs or desktop CPUs in real-time, math-intensive and adaptive signal processing applications, the FastMATH Adaptive Signal Processor device is a MIPS-based(TM) microprocessor with matrix math extensions (processor) Matrix Math eXtensions - (MMX) (NOT an acronym for "MultiMedia eXtension", according to Intel, but an Intel brand name) A set of 57 extra instructions built into some versions of Intel's Pentium microprocessors for supporting SIMD operations on multimedia and and high performance I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output . "The EEMBC Telecomm benchmark provides an objective means of evaluating communications processors, and the FastMATH processor substantially leads the pack," said Paul Nixon, 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. and president of Intrinsity. "With the FastMATH processor, designers can achieve ASIC-level performance with a fully-programmable microprocessor supported with industry-standard MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. (R) development tools." EEMBC's Telecomm benchmark suite allows wireless and telecommunications providers to evaluate processing alternatives. The suite is comprised of algorithms that are frequently used in telecommunications and wireless equipment including correlation, convolution convolution /con·vo·lu·tion/ (-loo´shun) a tortuous irregularity or elevation caused by the infolding of a structure upon itself. , bit allocation, fast Fourier transform See FFT. (algorithm) Fast Fourier Transform - (FFT) An algorithm for computing the Fourier transform of a set of discrete data values. Given a finite set of data points, for example a periodic sampling taken from a real-world signal, the FFT expresses the data in terms of (FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) A class of algorithms used in digital signal processing that break down complex signals into elementary components. FFT - Fast Fourier Transform ) and Viterbi decoding. Based on Intrinsity's instruction-level simulator, benchmark results were certified by the EEMBC Certification Laboratories at a normalized 1 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. . At the recent Embedded Microprocessor Forum, Markus Levy, EEMBC president and Microprocessor Report editor, presented the certified simulator-based results for a 2.0 GHz FastMATH processor and announced Intrinsity's FastMATH Adaptive Signal Processor Telecomm benchmark suite score of 864 Telemarks -- nine times higher than any other score recorded to date for DSPs or other embedded microprocessors. "The FastMATH processor demonstrates extraordinary performance, and this performance has been certified according to objective and unbiased benchmarks that the majority of the microprocessor vendors in the world have agreed upon," Markus Levy said. "In making these EEMBC scores public, Intrinsity is helping to raise the bar for how processor performance is measured and for how embedded processors are marketed." Complete benchmark data on all EEMBC certified processors can be obtained by visiting the EEMBC Web site, www.eembc.org. Specific information about Intrinsity's products can be obtained at www.intrinsity.com. About Intrinsity: Intrinsity, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. enabling the creation of more powerful, real-time and intelligent embedded systems. Founded in May 1997 with headquarters in Austin, Texas, and offices in Boston and Tokyo, Intrinsity has more than 80 employees with more than nine centuries of cumulative processor design experience. For more information about the company visit its Web site at www.intrinsity.com. About EEMBC: EEMBC, the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium, develops and certifies real-world benchmarks and benchmark scores to help designers select the right embedded processors for their systems. Every processor submitted for EEMBC(R) benchmarking is tested for parameters representing different workloads and capabilities in communications, networking, consumer, office automation, automotive/industrial, embedded Java, and microcontroller-related applications. With members including leading semiconductor, intellectual property, and compiler companies, EEMBC establishes benchmark standards and provides certified benchmarking results through the EEMBC Certification Labs (ECL (Emitter-Coupled Logic) A digital circuit composed of bipolar transistors in which the emitter ends are wired together. ECL gates switch faster than TTL gates, but consume more power. See TTL, I2L and bipolar. 1. ) in Texas and California. INTRINSITY and FASTMATH are trademarks of Intrinsity, Inc. MIPS is a registered trademark and MIPS32, MIPS-based and FASTMIPS are trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc. EEMBC is a registered trademark of the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium. All other trademarks are for reference purposes only and are the property of their respective owners. |
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