VAutomation Announces iCon186 TotalCore for Embedded Internet Designs.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2001 VAutomation, Inc. -- a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) -- today announced the availability of its new iCon186(TM) TotalCore(TM). iCon186 targets home, office, networking and industrial applications requiring a cost-effective combination of processing power and Internet connectivity. iCon186 combines VAutomation's high-performance Turbo186 microprocessor with their software-based dual-purpose VUSB 1.1 Host/Device, VMAC VMAC Cardiology A clinical trial–Vasodilation in Management of Acute CHF. See Congestive heart failure. Fast Ethernet MAC and VCAN VCAN Venture Capital Association of Nigeria CAN 2.0b controller to create a stable, flexible IP platform that can be easily customized. Fully synchronous, static VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) A hardware description language (HDL) used to design electronic systems at the component, board and system level. VHDL allows models to be developed at a very high level of abstraction. or Verilog can be synthesized to any 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. , 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. , or foundry technology. "The strong customer response to our enhanced Turbo186 microprocessor core indicated the need for an Internet connectivity solution that bridges popular communication media," said Dean Winkelmann, VAutomation marketing director. "iCon186 jumpstarts the development of sophisticated, cost-effective products for a wide range of embedded Internet applications." iCon186 addresses the key factors for which designers continue to value 16-bit solutions: performance, code density and preservation of software investment. The Turbo186 microprocessor core was redesigned to provide three-times the performance of off-the-shelf 80186 products while preserving legacy code investments with 100% software compatibility. Selectable 20/24-bit addressing, supported by development tools from Paradigm and First Silicon Solutions, allows designers to achieve the cost-effectiveness of a 16-bit system in sophisticated applications that formerly required a 386-class embedded processor. iCon186 is available for immediate delivery. For more information and pricing, contact VAutomation at 888/290-2282 or Vasales@VAutomation.com. About VAutomation VAutomation has supplied technology-independent microprocessor and connectivity peripheral IP cores since 1994. In addition to serial communication controllers for USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , Ethernet and Controller Area Network (CAN), development solutions for turbocharged 8086 and 80186, and the V8-(micron)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. (TM) 8-bit CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. are also available. Headquartered in Nashua, N.H., VAutomation is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of ARC International plc, a leading designer and developer of customizable high-performance microprocessors and related intellectual property solutions. More information about VAutomation is available at www.vautomation.com. The information detailed in this press release may disclose details of a product currently under development and is subject to change without notice. VAutomation, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any errors contained within this press release and makes no commitments to update or to keep current the information. Persons contemplating designing using this information do so at their own risk and should contact their VAutomation representative to ensure that they are using current and correct information. |
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