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Tensilica Appoints Virtual IP Group as an Authorized Design Center
SUNNYVALE, Calif.----Oct. 9, 2000--Tensilica®,
Inc., a Santa Clara-based provider of configurable
application-specific processor cores and development tools for
System-on-Chip (SOC) designs today announced that Virtual IP Group,
Inc. has been appointed a Tensilica Authorized Design Center and a
charter member of the Tensilica Xtensions(TM) Network Program.
Design Centers provide essential services to many organizations
that are defining and building their leading edge SOC designs today.
Through the company's Authorized Design Center program, a part of the
Tensilica Xtensions Network Program, Tensilica ensures that these
services will be available to its licensees. Tensilica Authorized
Design Center engineering personnel receive extensive training on the
Xtensa(TM) architecture, configuration and software development tools,
on-going support and access to technology updates, and direct access
to applications engineering.
``Virtual IP Group's broad range of capabilities span traditional
design services to providing and integrating processor peripheral IP
and software,'' said Bernie Rosenthal, Tensilica's vice president of
marketing and business development commented, ``Their expertise in
these areas will enable designers to realize the full potential of the
Xtensa architecture. We are excited to be partnered with them to
support our customers' stringent performance demands and
time-to-market requirements.''
``There is a wide range of high performance SOC-based applications
achievable with the configurable Xtensa Processor. This partnership
further enhances our ability to provide SOC design services using this
platform,'' said Joseph Hong, Virtual IP Group's vice president of
marketing.
About Virtual IP Group, Inc.
Virtual IP Group was established in 1994. It is a leading design
foundry providing intellectual property (IP) development, licensing
and integration services as well as front end and back end design
services. The company offers a comprehensive library of
silicon-proven, synthesizable intellectual property cores for
implementation in FPGA, ASIC and COT design platforms. In March 2000,
ZiLOG Inc. purchased a 20-percent equity stake in Virtual IP Group and
QualCore Logic Ltd., an affiliate of Virtual IP Group located in
Hyderabad, India. For additional information, visit
www.virtualipgroup.com or call 408-733-3344.
About Tensilica
Tensilica was founded in July 1997 to address the fast-growing
market for configurable microprocessor cores and software development
tools for high volume, embedded systems. Using the company's
proprietary Xtensa Processor Generator, system-on-a-chip (SOC)
designers can develop a processor subsystem hardware design and a
complete software development tool environment tailored to their
specific requirements in hours.
Tensilica's solutions provide a proven, easy-to-use, methodology
that enables designers to achieve optimum application performance in
minimum design time. The Company has over 100 engineers engaged in
research, development, and customer support from its offices in Santa
Clara, California, Waltham, Massachusetts, Princeton, N.J., Houston,
Texas, Oxford, U.K. and Yokohama, Japan.
Tensilica is headquartered in Santa Clara, California (95054) at
3255-6 Scott Boulevard, and can be reached at (408) 986-8000 or via
www.tensilica.com on the World Wide Web.
``Tensilica'' is a registered trademark and ``Xtensa'' and ``Xtensions''
are trademarks belonging to Tensilica, Inc.
Contact:
Tensilica Inc.
Bernie Rosenthal, 408/327-7302
bernier@tensilica.com
or
The Leapfrog Group
Kim Alfaro, 415/563-4769
kimpr@holonet.net
or
Virtual IP Group, Inc.
Joseph Hong, 408/733-3344
jhong@virtualipgroup.com
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