New Version of SonicsMX Improves SoC Performance and Power Management; SMART Interconnect Eases Video Cell Phone Design.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Sonics, Inc.(R), the premier supplier of system-on-chip See SoC. (SoC) SMART Interconnects(TM), today announced availability of the newest version of its popular SonicsMX SMART Interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. which contains power management features that address wireless handheld handheld: see personal digital assistant. applications such as cell phones. As cell phone developers begin to incorporate streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. applications into their product lines, power management becomes paramount in order to preserve reasonable battery life while increasing processing An increasing process is a stochastic process where the random variables power and memory utilization. The new version of SonicsMX adds voltage domain isolation and "wake-up on activity" features designed to ease the power management challenge. Additionally, the availability of a complete implementation fabric for activity reporting, clock and voltage mode transitions, and power mode-dependent error management also enables SoC developers to control power at multiple levels, from subsystems to specific cores. "In the distributed heterogeneous Not the same. Contrast with homogeneous. heterogeneous - Composed of unrelated parts, different in kind. Often used in the context of distributed systems that may be running different operating systems or network protocols (a heterogeneous network). processing environment frequently employed in today's SoCs, the internal interconnect uniquely knows the transactional state of the system and is thus the only rational place to measure activity and manage power transitions," says Drew Wingard, chief technology officer at Sonics. "By employing SonicsMX, SoC developers can now efficiently manage performance and power all within the interconnect." SonicsMX is currently being used by Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. and Toshiba, among others, to produce a wide range of semiconductor devices for wireless handheld applications, including cell phones. Availability SonicsMX, with new power management features, is currently available. For further information contact 1.650.938.2500 or visit www.sonicsinc.com. About Sonics Sonics, Inc. is the premier supplier of SMART Interconnects that deliver high SoC design predictability and increased design efficiency. Major semiconductor and systems companies including Broadcom, Samsung, Texas Instruments and Toshiba have applied Sonics' SMART Interconnects in leading products in the wireless, digital multimedia and communications markets. Sonics is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. funded by Investar Capital, Smart Technology Ventures, TL Ventures, Easton Hunt Capital, JAFCO Ventures, and H&Q Asia-Pacific. For more information, see www.sonicsinc.com Sonics is a registered trademark and SMART Interconnects is a trademark of Sonics, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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