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Atmel Extends IP Core Offering by Licensing DSP Group's PalmDSPCore
SAN JOSE & SANTA CLARA, Calif.----Oct. 23, 2000--
Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML) and DSP Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:DSPG - ),
today announced that Atmel has licensed the PalmDSPCore® from DSP
Group for use in the design of leading-edge DSP Systems-on-a-Chip
(SoCs) for next-generation mobile communications applications. This
new license broadens Atmel's rich library of embedded DSP cores, which
already includes OakDSPCore® and Teak® DSP Core.
The ultra high-speed PalmDSPCore is designed for applications that
require extremely high data throughput. These include complex high-end
telecommunications, wireless communications, multimedia, hi-fi audio
implementations and consumer electronics.
The PalmDSPCore, a dual-MAC parallel architecture, includes seven
arithmetic units working in parallel. It is able to execute up to 18
operations per clock cycle, giving a potential peak performance of
3800 MOPS (3.8 GOPS) at 210 MHz on 0.18u CMOS technology. PalmDSPCore
has three categories of instruction sets: single, parallel and
multi-parallel. It executes an FFT butterfly in only 2 cycles and a
Viterbi-decode in only 2 cycles per two Add-Compare-Selects (ACSs). It
supports both SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) and MIMD
(Multiple Instruction Multiple Data) style instructions, with variable
instruction widths (16/32 bit) in a single cycle. This unique
combination of instruction sets is aimed to maximize performance with
maximum code efficiency. PalmDSPCore is designed as a soft core that
enables easy porting onto different processes and different libraries.
PalmDSPCore is backward compatible with previous generations of DSP
Group's SmartCores(TM) family, including the TeakDSPCore® and the
OakDSPCore. The existing legacy codes from previous generations enable
easy migration to a compatible DSP. The algorithms are enhanced and
run faster, thanks to many new features and the parallel architecture
of PalmDSPCore.
Alfredo Vadillo, Atmel's director of Application-Specific and
Custom Products, commented, ``The PalmDSPCore is our gateway to
third-generation mobile communications, which will be the motor of our
product development and corporate growth over the next few years. With
the experience we have gained in integrating the OakDSPCore and the
Teak from DSP Group, we are in a unique position to embed the
PalmDSPCore rapidly into our new system-on-chip designs. It perfectly
complements other advanced IP blocks that we have recently acquired,
notably the ARM920T and ARM946E-S.''
``We are glad to co-operate with Atmel who has proven its continued
trust in DSP Group's SmartCores for the third time, by selecting our
PalmDSPCore,'' commented Bat-Sheva Ovadia, DSP Group's vice president
of Marketing and Business Development of the Technology Licensing
Division. ``This agreement will once more place the PalmDSPCore at the
forefront of products for third-generation mobile communications.''
Atmel's fast-growing portfolio of both hard and soft IP includes:
the ARM946E-S(TM), ARM920T(TM), ARM7TDMI(TM), 8051 and AVR®
microcontrollers, the Teak® DSP Core, OakDSPCore® and Lode(TM) DSP
Cores, as well as connectivity IP like USB, PCI (33 MHz and 66 Mhz)
and 1394 (Firewire(TM)). IP for baseband processing of Bluetooth(TM)
and Voice Over IP (VoIP) are also available.
About Atmel
Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose,
with manufacturing facilities in Colorado Springs, Colo.; Irving,
Texas; Grenoble, Nantes and Rousset France; Newcastle, UK; and
Heilbronn, Germany. Atmel designs, manufactures and markets on a
worldwide basis advanced logic, mixed-signal, non-volatile memory, and
RF semiconductors. Atmel is also a leading provider of system level
integration semiconductor solutions using advanced CMOS, BiCMOS,
Bipolar and SiGe process technologies.
Atmel product and financial information are available from its
Fax-on-Demand service. In North America call 800/292-8635 or
Internationally, call 408/441-0732. Requests may be made via e-mail to
literature@atmel.com or by visiting Atmel's web site at www.atmel.com.
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 cores. The company's family of DSP cores provides
ideal solutions for low-power, cost-driven applications, such as
cellular, broadband communication, VoIP, multimedia, advanced
telecommunication systems, disk drive controllers and many 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 ICs for full-featured integrated telephony
products and applications, including digital spread spectrum wireless
technologies. DSP Group, Inc. maintains an international presence with
offices located around the globe. Additional information is available
on the World Wide Web at: http://www.dspg.com.
Note to Editors: PalmDSPCore®, OakDSPCore®, Teak® and
SmartCores(TM) are registered trademarks and trademarks of DSP Group,
Inc.
Atmel, the Atmel logo and combinations thereof and others
contained herein, are trademarks of Atmel Corporation.
Other terms and product names in this document may be the
trademarks of others.
Contact:
Atmel
Alfredo Vadillo, (33)4-4253-6225
Director for Application-specific and Custom Products
avadillo@atmel.com
or
Atmel Rousset
Peter Bishop, (33)4-4253-6150
Communications Manager
pbishop@atmel.com
or
DSP Group, Inc.
Bat-Sheva Ovadia, (972) 9-952-9616
batsheva@dsp.co.il
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