StarCore SC2400 Processor Core Wins ``Best DSP Licensable Core'' Analysts' Choice Award from Microprocessor Reports.AUSTIN, Texas -- StarCore, a leading provider of licensable processor solutions for the communication industry announced that the StarCore SC2400 processor core has won this year's Microprocessor Report Analysts' Choice Award for the "Best DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive Licensable Core." The Analysts' Choice awards recognize excellence in semiconductor technology, innovation, design and implementation. The coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. award is presented annually. "We chose the StarCore SC2400 as the Best DSP Licensable Core of 2004," said Max Baron, Senior Editor, Microprocessor Report and Principal Analyst at Microprocessor Report. "The StarCore SC2400 core takes the lead with its 4-SIMD MAC architecture capable of executing four 16-bit multiplies per cycle, memory-mapped support for customer accelerators, memory protection and a short pipeline." "We are delighted that analysts at Microprocessor Report have chosen the SC2400 processor core in their Analysts' Choice awards," said Alex Bedarida, StarCore's General Manager. "The SC2400 family of processors has quickly gained recognition as the licensable processor of choice for high-quality mobile multimedia and consumer applications." The SC2000 processor product family features new instructions that accelerate video coding Video coding is the field in electrical engineering and computer science that deals with finding efficient coding formats and algorithms for digital video. Video data usually not only contains visual information but also audio. (such as H.264 and MPEG-4) and reduce code size. The new privileged mode An operational state of hardware or software that has the highest priority. Also called the "supervisor mode" or "supervisor state," it is typically the mode in which the operating system runs. and a memory protection unit enable easier porting of real-time operating systems (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. and the convergence of several embedded applications on a single StarCore processor core. System developers will be able to take advantage of this feature to reduce the number of cores in a device, thus reducing cost, power consumption and design complexity. And, since StarCore technology offers backward binary code binary code Code used in digital computers, based on a binary number system in which there are only two possible states, off and on, usually symbolized by 0 and 1. Whereas in a decimal system, which employs 10 digits, each digit position represents a power of 10 (100, 1,000, compatibility across all product families, programmers and engineering managers can move swiftly to market without the significant recoding Noun 1. recoding - converting from one code to another coding, steganography, cryptography, secret writing - act of writing in code or cipher effort that is required with other processors. The SC2200 and SC2400 cores are licensed in fully synthesizable form, making them ideal for a broad spectrum of applications, including wireless and multimedia designs and communication devices. About StarCore Based in Austin, Texas, StarCore LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control is a leader in the development of high-performance processor architectures, cores and intellectual property building blocks for the communications and consumer electronics industries. For more information on StarCore LLC and its intellectual property and services, visit the company's website at http://www.starcore-dsp.com. All trade and service marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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