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K-MICRO INTRODUCES MIPS32® 24Kf™ CORE-BASED COMPUTING SUBSYSTEM FOR SoCs
Ideally Suited for High-Volume Applications Needing Computing, Including PON ONU/OLT, Set-Top Boxes, Printers, Routers, and Storage Devices
SAN JOSE, Calif. – September 26, 2005 – K-micro, a leader in advanced yet affordable ASICs, today announced the immediate availability of its MIPS32® 24Kf™ core-based computing subsystem, named Topaz, for integration into SoCs. Customers increasingly want to combine their proprietary designs with standard technology blocks from an SoC supplier’s IP portfolio, such as processors, buses, and encryption engines. Addressing this need, K-micro designed and fabricated a computing subsystem which includes the MIPS32 24Kf processor, the Sonics SiliconBackplane™ and Sonics3220™ SMART Interconnects™, the SafeNet® SafeXcel™ security engine, an off-chip Open Core Protocol (OCP) interface, and numerous other blocks including on-chip SRAM, a Flash-memory controller, a DMA interface, an Interrupt controller, and a Timer.
Thus, to create an SoC for computing applications, customers merely need to add their proprietary logic to the computing subsystem, greatly simplifying their engineering efforts and speeding up their products’ time-to-market. K-micro also announced the immediate availability of a development board containing its computing subsystem, allowing customers to validate their design before moving to an SoC. K-micro’s roadmap includes subsystems for other applications, including PON.
"We developed the Topaz computing subsystem using a modular approach, allowing us to easily customize it for individual customer needs," said Sunil Baliga, vice-president of marketing and business development at K-micro. "For example, we could quickly add in our fast-lock CDR for GPON and EPON applications, or we could remove unneeded blocks, such as the Flash memory controller. We have taped-out a high-volume MIPS-Based™ SoC using our computing sub-system from a lead customer and expect to tape out another soon. Based on customer feedback, we believe our computing subsystem is well-suited for a wide-variety of applications and expect to derive significant revenue from it."
ABOUT K-MICRO (KAWASAKI MICROELECTRONICS)
K-micro is a leader in advanced yet affordable ASIC technology. The company’s innovative technologies
and world-class design support are used in the consumer electronics, computer, office-automation, networking
and storage markets. The company is an active participant in industry standards organizations, including the
Wi-Fi Alliance, Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG), USB Implementers
Forum, MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF), Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC), the Digital Display Working
Group (DDWG), SD Card Association (SDA) and OCP International Partnership (OCP-IP). K-micro has design centers
in Boston, San Jose, Taipei, and Tokyo. For more information, contact the company at 408-570-0555, or visit http://www.k-micro.us/.
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Editor's Note: MIPS, MIPS-Based, MIPS32 and 24Kf are trademarks of MIPS Technologies, Inc. SiliconBackplane™ and Sonics3220™ SMART Interconnects™ are trademarks of Sonics, Inc. SafeNet is a registered trademark and SafeXcel is a trademark of SafeNet, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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