- Industry standard 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S and 212 MHz ARM966E-S processor
cores now available for RapidChip(TM) Platform ASIC integration
- Innovative Landing Zone(TM) region makes nest for processor cores in
pre-verified and pre-designed Platform ASIC "slices"
- RapidWorx(TM) 2.0 design kit available now
SAN DIEGO, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today at the 2004 Design
Automation Conference (DAC), LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) announced two
new high-performance industry-standard ARM processor cores available for
integration into RapidChip(TM) Platform ASIC (http://www.rapidchip.com) designs using
an innovative and unique Landing Zone(TM) region. The proven 200 MHz
ARM926EJ-S and 212 MHz ARM966E-S cores are tightly integrated with LSI Logic's
RapidWorx(TM) 2.0 design flow, dramatically reducing time-to-revenue for a
broad range of applications including security, consumer electronics,
industrial, instrumentation and imaging systems.
Included in the LSI Logic pre-designed and pre-verified RapidChip
Integrator and RapidChip Xtreme family of "slices" are features known as
Landing Zone regions, which allow processors to be implemented with
significantly higher clock speeds than otherwise possible in the transistor
fabric. In these regions, logic and memory resources are arranged so that a
user can select an ARM926EJ-S microprocessor core running at 200 MHz or an
ARM966E-S running at 212 MHz. If an application does not use a processor in
the Landing Zone region, the logic and memory elements are not wasted and may
be used to implement user logic. The Landing Zone regions on the RapidChip
Integrator and RapidChip Xtreme slices further speeds time-to-market for
designers when combined with LSI Logic's System CoreWare(TM) intellectual
property (IP), providing a complete solution for creating a system-on-a-chip
(SoC) efficiently, predictably and rapidly.
"The new high-performance ARM cores are part of our RapidReady
CoreWare(TM) library that meets specific LSI Logic standards for design
integrity, ease-of-use, reusability and quality," said Ronnie Vasishta, vice
president, Technology Marketing, LSI Logic Corporation. "All deliverables
integrate into our RapidWorx 2.0 design system so a customer's RapidChip
Platform ASIC design process is streamlined, deterministic and low cost. This
product announcement is consistent with the values of RapidChip; that is
making complex design smooth, simple and available for a new class of Platform
ASIC designers."
RapidWorx 2.0 Streamlined Design System
At the 2004 DAC in Synplicity booth #907 and TeraSystems booth #2353, LSI
Logic is demonstrating its innovative RapidWorx 2.0 design system for the
company's RapidChip Platform ASIC products. Through the combination of a
streamlined design flow, rule-based methodology and automated,
correct-by-construction tools, the RapidWorx design system enables fast,
predictable design of high-performance, custom silicon. The RapidWorx 2.0
design kit is available now for designers of RapidChip Platform ASICs to
evaluate and use.
About RapidChip
The RapidChip semiconductor platform combines the high-density,
high-performance benefits of cell-based ASICs with the fast time-to-market and
customization benefits of FPGAs, and the proven IP benefits of ASSPs.
Targeting the communications, consumer, storage and other markets, RapidChip
Platform ASICs use LSI Logic's high-performance field-tested CoreWare(R) IP,
customizable logic, embedded memory, and innovative design concepts to
significantly reduce design and manufacturing risk and costs. RapidChip
Platform ASICs also provide a fast and seamless migration path to full
standard-cell ASIC -- driving unit costs even lower.
Unique to RapidChip Platform ASICs is the customer-friendly interface that
dramatically simplifies the underlying complexity of the design tools and
flows associated with SoC design. Rule sets automatically manage architectural
design, verification, and physical design. As a result, design schedules for
high- performance chips are very predictable. Information on RapidChip
technology is available through LSI Logic's direct sales channels and
worldwide distribution partners.
About LSI Logic Corporation
LSI Logic Corporation is a leading designer and manufacturer of
communications, consumer and storage semiconductors for applications that
access, interconnect and store data, voice and video. In addition, the company
supplies storage network solutions for the enterprise. LSI Logic is
headquartered at 1621 Barber Lane, Milpitas, CA 95035,
http://www.lsilogic.com .
NOTES TO EDITOR:
1. All LSI Logic news releases (financial, acquisitions, manufacturing,
products, technology etc.) are issued exclusively by PR Newswire and
are immediately thereafter posted on the company's external website,
http://www.lsilogic.com .
2. LSI Logic, the LSI Logic logo design, RapidChip, RapidChip Integrator,
RapidChip Xtreme, CoreWare, RapidReady CoreWare, System CoreWare,
RapidWorx and Landing Zone are trademarks or registered trademarks of
LSI Logic Corporation.
3. ARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited used under license.
ARM926EJ-S and ARM966E-S are trademarks of ARM Limited used under
license.
4. All other brand or product names may be trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective companies.
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