SBS Technologies Teams with Celoxica to Shorten FPGA Computing Development Time.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Embedded Systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. Conference San Francisco 2004 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2004 Celoxica's DK Design Suite Makes Programming SBS See Small Business Server. Altera-based FPGAs a Snap Celoxica, Ltd. today announced from the Embedded Systems Conference a newly formed partnership with SBS Technologies(R) (Nasdaq:SBSE SBSE Society of Building Science Educators ) to bundle Celoxica's Handel-C development tools with the SBS Tsunami FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. computing platforms, significantly shortening the programming time that embedded systems programmers need to leverage FPGA computing in their applications. Celoxica's DK Design Suite provides a proven C-based programming environment, Handel-C, that lets C developers directly compile their code to a device-optimized FPGA implementation without requiring specialized expertise or 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; languages. With this added boost in productivity, developers can easily migrate applications to FPGA computing systems bringing the price and performance advantages of FPGA computing over processor-based systems to market faster with lower development costs. "SBS Technologies successfully supplies a winning mix of embedded computing hardware for aerospace/defense, medical, commercial and telecommunications applications, markets that can take advantage of rapid implementation of complex algorithms into hardware," said Phil Bishop, Celoxica's 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. . "Combining the Celoxica DK Design Suite with SBS Tsunami FPGA computing platforms rapidly provides a high-performance embedded solution that takes advantage of direct implementation of C-based code to FPGA hardware." Joe Hanson, director of marketing for system-level development tools at Altera Corporation adds, "The SBS and Celoxica relationship provides embedded systems developers a proven, COTS solution to quickly leverage the performance of our leading Stratix(TM) family of FPGAs. Stratix devices lead the industry in providing the size and performance necessary to implement these complex systems. This development bundle offers a tremendous combination of platforms that will enable customers to quickly evaluate the performance advantages of accelerating their C-based algorithms in Altera(R) FPGAs. We are very excited to recommend this combination to our customers." The DK Design Suite supports the Altera Stratix device used in the Tsunami FPGA computing platform. To ease programming effort, the suite's Handel-C synthesis tool performs re-timing of critical paths, automatic use of FPGA combination multipliers and on-chip resources, and automatic pipelining of synchronous memory blocks. Tsunami FPGA computing platform is available for most Stratix device sizes, in many form factors including PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). , PC-104, PMC (1) See Portable Media Center. (2) (PCI Mezzanine Card) A PCI-based mezzanine card that is widely adapted to VMEbus, CompactPCI and PCI cards. , CPCI See CompactPCI. and environment temperature ranges from commercial to extreme duty conduction cooled. The combined bundle is available immediately from either SBS Technologies or Celoxica. Development kits bundles start at $10,500. About SBS Technologies SBS Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq: SBSE) founded in 1986, designs and builds a wide range of standard and customized embedded computer products. Our products include processor boards, input/output modules, networking devices, and complete computer systems. Our products are used in many industries, including telecommunications, medical electronics, industrial automation and defense. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico “Albuquerque” redirects here. For other uses, see Albuquerque (disambiguation). Albuquerque (pronounced [ˈæl.bə.kɚ.kiː], Spanish: [al.βu. , SBS maintains eight primary operating locations, has regional sales offices throughout the United States and has international sales offices in five countries. More information on SBS is available at www.sbs.com. This new announcement contains forward-looking statements concerning SBS' product strategy, technology capability, competitive leadership and product capabilities. These statements reflect the perspectives and expectations of SBS management as of the date of this release. Actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in these forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risk factors, including sales and product strategy within SBS; the impact of rapid technological and market change; and other risk factors listed from time to time in SBS' SEC reports, including those listed under "Risk Factors" in SBS' Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and other reports. About Celoxica Ltd. An innovator in system-level 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. ), Celoxica supplies the design technology, IP and services that define Software-Compiled System Design, a methodology that exploits higher levels of design abstraction to dramatically improve silicon design productivity. Celoxica's products address hardware/software partitioning, co-verification and C-based synthesis to reconfigurable hardware. Established in 1996, Celoxica offers a proven route from complex software algorithms to hardware, and provides an ideal design environment for System FPGA with significant productivity advantages for digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). applications such as imaging, electronic security and communications. Brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. |
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