SoftRISC Incorporates First DSP Functionality for RISC-Based CPUs That Provides VoIP and Multimedia Without Loss of Voice Quality; Significantly Reduces Cost, Board Space, and Design Implementation Time by 20-40%.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- SoftRISC, a leading provider of VoIP and multimedia software solutions for 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. platforms, today announced the first software for RISC-based CPUs that eliminates a separate DSP chip, as well as the need for discrete application chips such as an Echo Canceller, MP3 player, or MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 4 player. This software enables VoIP and multimedia applications without any loss of voice or media quality, as measured by ITU, 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. , and ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. standards. By eliminating the need for a separate DSP chip, and application chips, SoftRISC's field proven solution significantly reduces the cost of semiconductor bill of materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. for VoIP and Multimedia applications by $10 to $20 (or more). The SoftRISC solution also reduces board space by about 20%, and design implementation time by 30-40%. Therefore, customers can develop a general purpose and simpler RISC based chips with reduced power consumption, and take advantage of utilizing existing resources for increased VoIP and media capabilities. SoftRISC specializes in providing highly optimized and robust systems solutions on RISC processor platforms in the areas of wireless, VoIP, Fax over IP, Voice over WiFi, multimedia audio, and video. SoftRISC's customers include semiconductor companies and end-product manufacturers of cell phones, PDAs WiFi phones, ATAs, MP3 players and soft-phone clients. SoftRISC supports a wide array of processors -- ARM, 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. , PowerPC, ARC, SH, Blackfin, TI OMAP, etc. "Our innovative technology allows customers to deploy robust VoIP and multimedia solutions with superior flexibility and performance, but with a significantly smaller footprint and reduced power," said Ashok Setty, 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. of SoftRISC. "This enables our customers to develop a cost-efficient end product with voice quality equal to that of CPUs without requiring a separate DSP chip." About SoftRISC Founded in 2002, SoftRISC develops the first commercially deployed communication solutions on a RISC platform that are traditionally implemented on a DSP chip. SoftRISC software solutions enable low cost, less complex designs for high volume markets, including IP phones, residential gateways/integrated access devices, PDAs, cell phone, and mobile communication video, audio and imaging products. www.softrisc.com |
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