MIPS Technologies Partners with Synopsys to Provide DesignWare Users Easy Access to MIPS-Based SoC Design Environment.Business/Technology Editors MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2001 DesignWare Users Can Now Evaluate and Implement SoC Designs based on 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. Technologies' Next-Generation 32-bit Family of Synthesizable Cores More than 25,000 design engineers who use the Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS SNPS Space Nuclear Power System ) DesignWare(R) IP library to jump-start their designs will soon have access to the MIPS Technologies (MIPS Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, CA, www.mips.com) Founded in 1984 as MIPS Computer Systems Inc., the company merged with SGI in 1992 and spun off as an independent entity once again in 2000. , Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS, MIPSB) highly configurable and synthesizable MIPS32(TM) 4KE(TM) family of synthesizable processor cores. The MIPS(R) core family will be incorporated in the industry's leading IP library from Synopsys. The DesignWare library is being expanded to provide designers with a complete, easy-to-use MIPS-based(TM) SoC design environment on their desktops. In addition to the 4KE family of low-power synthesizable cores, the library contains an array of popular, pre-verified peripheral IP blocks that are easily connected to the MIPS cores using the DesignWare AMBA-based microprocessor sub-system. The complete package can then be used as the basis for SoC design with a high degree of confidence of obtaining working first-pass silicon. "The top three design challenges hardware engineers face with microprocessors is finding IP that is easy to access, easy to evaluate and easy to implement," said Kevin Meyer, vice president of marketing at MIPS Technologies. "By collaborating with Synopsys to help solve these critical systems issues, we bring the power of the industry-standard MIPS architecture MIPS (originally an acronym for Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages) is a RISC microprocessor architecture developed by MIPS Technologies. By the late 1990s it was estimated that one in three RISC chips produced were MIPS-based designs. to designers' desktops. This is another key step forward in achieving `right first-time' design." "We are pleased to offer our DesignWare users the ability to access MIPS Technologies' next-generation 32-bit core family for their SoC designs," said Phil Dworsky, director of marketing and business development, IP & Systems Group at Synopsys. "The MIPS32 4KE processor core family is highly configurable and fully synthesizable, which meets our stringent guidelines for synthesis and the re-use of IP." The MIPS32 4KE Family of Processor Cores The 4KE family of processor cores not only delivers 1.4 Dhrystone MIPS/MHz of performance, but also provides many configurable options that allow the designer to optimize the core for their application resulting in increased performance while reducing die size and power consumption and, ultimately, total system cost. The MIPS32 4KE family of cores consists of the 4KEc(TM), 4KEm(TM) and 4KEp(TM) configurations. The 4KEc has been designed for use in cost-sensitive digital consumer applications and contains a memory management unit for supporting multi-processing operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . The 4KEm is equipped with a single-cycle multiply-accumulate unit for efficient execution in broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. systems. The 4KEp is used in a variety of low-power performance communications applications such as highly integrated networking cards and mobile devices. Features such as 128 kilobytes of cache and a coprocessor coprocessor Additional processor used in some personal computers to perform specialized tasks such as extensive arithmetic calculations or processing of graphical displays. interface allow users to easily configure a 4KE core to maximize performance in their SoC applications. MIPS16e(TM) code compression can reduce memory requirements by up to 40 percent, further reducing system costs, and extensive clock gating significantly reduces power consumption. The cores' real-time trace capability supports software development and debugging with the industry's most popular tool chains. The 4KE cores include an integrated test suite and will be delivered in both Verilog and VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) A hardware description language (HDL) used to design electronic systems at the component, board and system level. VHDL allows models to be developed at a very high level of abstraction. to licensees through DesignWare. Design views for the MIPS core family, used to perform design, simulation and verification, will be available to DesignWare licensees as part of the DesignWare Star IP program. Full implementation views, including RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; , will be available for licensing from MIPS Technologies and delivered by Synopsys. Design and implementation support will be provided by Synopsys. About Synopsys DesignWare IP Library DesignWare is the world's leading IP library, in use by more than 25,000 designers. It provides designers with Implementation IP consisting of more than 140 technology-independent components and Verification IP consisting of Bus-Functional Models, Bus Interface Models, and more than 18,500 other verification models, plus MemPro for memory model generation. DesignWare also provides access to high-value IP from leading Star IP providers. Information for DesignWare can be found at www.synopsys.com/designware/. About Synopsys Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , creates leading electronic design automation (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. ) tools for the global electronics market. The company delivers advanced design technologies and solutions to developers of 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. , electronic systems and systems on a chip. Synopsys also provides consulting and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services to simplify the overall IC design process and accelerate time to market for its customers. Visit Synopsys at www.synopsys.com. About MIPS Technologies MIPS Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and network applications. The company drives the broadest architectural alliance that is delivering 32- and 64-bit embedded RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. solutions. The company licenses its intellectual property to semiconductor companies, 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. developers and system OEMs. MIPS Technologies and its licensees offer the widest range of robust, scalable processors in standard, custom, semi-custom and application-specific products. The company is based in Mountain View, Calif., and can be reached at +1 (650) 567-5000 or www.mips.com. Note to Editors: MIPS(R) is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, and MIPS32(TM), 4KE(TM), 4KEp(TM), 4KEm(TM), 4KEc(TM), MIPS16e(TM) and MIPS-based(TM) are trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks referred to herein are the property of their respective owners. Synopsys and DesignWare are registered trademarks of Synopsys, Inc. |
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