Cooperation Enables Faster Time to Market and More Advanced
System-on-a-Chip Solutions
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
DSP Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DSPG), the world leader in the development and
licensing of Digital Signal Processor (DSP) cores, announced today that
Synopsys Professional Services has been designated as a Design Center for
DSP Group's SmartCores DSP Family. Additionally, DSP Group has joined the
Synopsys Professional Services Alliance Program. The two companies will work
toward providing their mutual customers with optimal solutions that combine
best-practice design solutions and leading-edge intellectual property
(IP)-based components for the design of application-specific integrated
circuits (ASICs). As a designated Design Center, Synopsys Professional
Services will apply its expertise to assist customers in designing wireless,
broadband and other telecommunications systems-on-chips (SoCs) that combine
products from DSP Group's SmartCores family with industry-standard processors
from other semiconductor and component companies.
"Digital signal processing is essential technology for customers in our
target market segments of wireless and broadband communications," said
Glen Jones, director of strategic partnerships, Synopsys Professional
Services, Synopsys, Inc. "The soft cores offered by DSP Group give developers
in these and other domains versatile IP solutions for their end-user
applications. By becoming a Design Center for DSP Group, we strengthen our
commitment to providing our mutual customers with system-on-a-chip design
solutions for compute-intensive applications."
"DSP Group has consistently striven to create exceptional value for our
customers through our multi-generation SmartCores products and network of
technology partners," says Bat-Sheva Ovadia, vice president of marketing and
business development at DSP Group's Ceva Licensing Division. "We believe that
the combination of Synopsys Professional Services' design capabilities and our
widely-adopted DSP cores will create a stronger value proposition for our
existing and future licensees."
About DSP Group's SmartCores(TM)
SmartCores licensees gain significant benefits from the following advanced
technological features, including:
-- Soft core -- a fully synthesizable core that can be ported to any
process or foundry
-- Code compatibility between processors -- enabling the re-use of legacy
code
-- Application/Algorithm-Driven Architecture
-- Low power consumption and efficient heat dissipation
-- High code density -- enabling reduced memory size leading to lower chip
cost
-- Multiple performance levels -- Single-MAC architecture (PineDSPCore(R),
OakDSPCore(R) and TeakLite(R)); Dual-MAC architecture (Teak(R)) and
Dual-MAC with Instruction Level Parallelism (PalmDSPCore(R)).
About DSP Group, Inc.
DSP Group, Inc., is a global leader in the development and marketing of
high-performance, cost-effective, licensable digital signal processing (DSP)
cores. The company's family of DSP cores provides ideal solutions for
low-power, cost-effective applications, such as cellular, broadband
communications, VoIP, multimedia, advanced telecommunications systems,
disk-drive controllers, and other types of embedded-control applications. By
combining its DSP core technologies with its proprietary, advanced
speech-processing algorithms, DSP Group also delivers a wide range of
enabling, application-specific integrated circuits (ICs) for full-featured,
integrated-telephony products and applications, including spread spectrum
wireless technologies. DSP Group maintains an international presence with
offices located around the globe. More information about DSP Group is
available from its Web site at http://www.dspg.com/ .
About Synopsys Professional Services
Synopsys Professional Services contributes directly to the success of
leading electronics firms worldwide by delivering the technology, methodology
and expertise to solve their most demanding SoC development challenges.
Synopsys' comprehensive portfolio of services covers all critical phases of
the SoC development process, as well as systems development in wireless and
broadband applications. Since leading-edge development demands close
collaboration, customers are offered a variety of engagement models from
methodology-driven project assistance to full turnkey development to best fit
their business and project needs. For more information please visit
http://www.synopsys.com/sps .
NOTE: SmartCores is a trademark of DSP Group, Inc. Other brands and
products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective holders.
CONTACT: Bat-Sheva Ovadia, VP Marketing and Business Development,
Ceva Licensing Division of DSP Group, Inc., 972-9-952-9616, or
+1-408-986-4424, or batsheva@dsp.co.il.
SOURCE DSP Group, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Bat-Sheva Ovadia, VP Marketing and Business
Development, Ceva Licensing Division of DSP Group, Inc.,
972-9-952-9616, or +1-408-986-4424, or batsheva@dsp.co.il
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