Product category: Intellectual Property Cores
News Release from: ARM
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 11 February 2004
CSR has cores to increase datarate
Cambridge Silicon Radio has licensed the ARM968E-S core for use in a range of wireless connectivity solutions
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CSR is one of the fastest growing chip manufacturers in the UK with a reputation for developing highly integrated wireless solutions. Using the ARM968E-S core will give CSR the benefits of the core's small silicon footprint (0.59mm2 on a 0.13um process), interleaved memory architecture (IMA) for efficient dataflow processing, industry standard programmers' model and a wide range of SoC infrastructure support to reduce time to market.
The ARM968E-S core is a powerful CPU in a very small footprint that provides efficient data flow to its tightly coupled memory using innovative (IMA) micro-architecture and a second AHB-lite interface.
This feature enables the core to do more useful work and less data handling, providing system efficiencies that can translate into lower power or additional system features.
At 0.15mW/MHz the core offers an extremely attractive performance/power ratio for power sensitive mobile applications.
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The ARM968E-S core is applicable to many embedded applications such as automotive, hard disk drives, Bluetooth, DECT, cellular modems and WLAN.
"Licensing the ARM968E-S core will enable CSR to continue to lead the market in developing single-chip radio devices.
We intend to use the ARM968E-S core in a new generation of high-datarate chips where we need the 100MIPS plus performance offered by the ARM 32bit architecture", said James Collier, Technical Director of CSR.
"An added benefit is that CSR's OEM customers will be able to use familiar ARM tools and programmers model".
"CSR has a successful track record in wireless technology, and an established reputation for innovation", said Mike Inglis, EVP Marketing, ARM.
"The ARM968E-S core offers CSR significant processing performance with the benefit of minimal silicon area, low cost and reduced energy consumption.
This combination enables CSR to develop a wide range of connectivity chips that deliver improved performance, improved battery life and lower silicon cost".
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