TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies First to Demonstrate High-Performance ChipWrights DSP Core in 90-Nanometer Process Technology.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- Silicon-Validated System on a Chip Reduces Time to Market for Next-Generation Desktop Printer and Imaging 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. Applications Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced that it has validated the ChipWrights CWv16 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 core in a system on a chip (SOC) manufactured in 90-nanometer (nm) process technology. This core was supplied to Agilent by ChipWrights, Inc., a Waltham, Mass., semiconductor company specializing in providing a new class of digital signal processing-based devices optimized for imaging related applications. This industry-first, high-performance chip confirms Agilent's ability to meet customers' time-to-market needs for next-generation ASIC and SOC applications in the desktop printer and imaging market. "Agilent is the leading supplier of ASICs and SOCs for the desktop printing and imaging market," said James Stewart, vice president and general manager of Agilent's ASIC Products Division. "Our design teams are responsible for delivering sophisticated, cost-effective chips for high-volume products, and today's 90-nm validation in silicon of one of the industry's highest performing DSP cores is a key milestone in maintaining our leadership." The SOC chip operates at 400 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. , has 134 input/output signals and uses two million logic gates. The SOC also includes a 2.5 V PLL PLL - phase-locked loop , DMA (1) (Digital Media Adapter) See digital media hub. (2) (Document Management Alliance) A specification that provides a common interface for accessing and searching document databases. , AMBA AMBA Area Metropolitana de Buenos Aires (Spanish) AMBA Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture AMBA American Mold Builders Association AMBA American Mustang and Burro Association AMBA Association of Master of Business Administration AHB AHB Advanced High-performance Bus AHB Assault Helicopter Battalion AHB Air Historical Branch AHB Attack Helicopter Battalion AHB Automatic Half Barriers AHB Aussie Home Brewers AHB Active Hyper Bass bus bridge, as well as bus monitor and arbiter. The ChipWrights CWv16 core at the heart of the Agilent SOC features a high-performance, highly scalable architecture comprising a RISC processor and a highly integrated, scalable array of DSP vector processing units. It supports 64 8-bit MACS/cycle and reaches application performance levels similar to the industry's fastest DSPs, but at significantly lower power points. With the implementation of this SOC in silicon, Agilent extends its SOC and IP leadership into the 90-nm generation. Agilent was the first to integrate Intel(R) i960 and Motorola 68K microprocessor cores into commercial and consumer SOCs and continues to integrate the industry's leading processing cores. Also a leader in SerDes IP, Agilent builds upon its demonstrated success developing a modular SerDes design to offer 90-nm SerDes cores that operate at up to 12.5 Gb/s and support a range of standards such as 8X Fibre Channel, PCI Express, and SAS/SATA. About Agilent's ASIC Solutions With three decades of ASIC design and manufacturing experience, Agilent offers state-of-the-art hierarchical design methodology and design-for-test capability. The company has a consistent record of first-pass success in the design and manufacture of these chips, and provides in-depth system-level design experience, assurance of supply, and total life cycle support. These strengths, combined with an extensive IP portfolio, facilitate rapid integration of quality, high-performance ASICs for applications including communications, imaging, storage and computing. More information is available at www.agilent.com/view/asic. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 28,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $6.1 billion in fiscal year 2003. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. Intel is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corporation. NOTE TO EDITORS: Please direct reader inquiries to Agilent Semiconductor Products Group at +1 800 235 0312, or e-mail us at semiconductorsupport@agilent.com. 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