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Tality Launches Licensable Integration Platform for Bluetooth System-on-Chip Design
SAN JOSE, Calif.----Oct. 23, 2000--Tality
Corporation, a subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN)
-- announced today the availability of its Bluetooth system-on-chip
(SOC) integration platform, which accelerates the design of Bluetooth
baseband chips for fabrication in a wide range of silicon process
technologies.
The platform integrates Tality's low power Bluetooth baseband
controller core and protocol stack with its ARM SOC integration
platform, to offer a customizable pre-designed Bluetooth baseband SOC
solution. Both the integrated SOC platform and the individual
intellectual property (IP) components are immediately available
through custom design programs or can be licensed independently.
This comprehensive solution enables customers to accelerate the
introduction of new Bluetooth-ready products and to rapidly enhance
existing products with Bluetooth connectivity. The platform's modular
architecture enables the fast integration of IP to add custom options
to Tality's pre-designed baseband solution. For example, a USB,
Ethernet or HPNA interface can be added to a Bluetooth design or
Bluetooth connectivity can be added to an existing SOC design. The
platform is both a vehicle and a structured methodology for IP
selection, integration and verification, which increases project
predictability and accelerates time to market. The platform also
enables the fast adoption of new IP as it comes to market, allowing
rapid product enhancement. Deliverables include full RTL source, test
benches, verification scripts, code coverage scripts, synthesis
scripts, example driver layer software, documentation and application
notes.
``Tality has a wealth of experience developing Bluetooth IP and
delivering custom solutions,'' said Brent Hudson, vice president and
general manager of Tality's Wireless business unit. ``We have completed
more than twenty-five Bluetooth system and chip design projects to
date, over a dozen customers have licensed our baseband core, and a
similar number has licensed our protocol stack. The Bluetooth SOC
integration platform now enables us to offer customers an even higher
level of integration.''
Added Ajay Shingal, vice president and general manager of Tality's
Digital IC business unit, ``Tality's ARM SOC integration platform
family, the basis for this solution, has a proven track record of
success. We have used it to design ten ARM-based chips for production
at multiple silicon foundries. Tality's proven route to production
utilizing customer-owned tooling (COT) offers our customers an
unprecedented degree of independence and flexibility.''
Tality Bluetooth Baseband Controller and Protocol Stack
The Bluetooth baseband controller implements all real-time
Bluetooth protocol functions and is synthesizable to any target chip
fabrication process. The core possesses a flexible interface that
supports multiple radio frequency (RF) communications options. The
core owes much of its low-power performance to an integrated sequencer
that significantly reduces central processor unit (CPU) loading. The
sequencer also allows fast software reconfigurability to keep pace
with specification changes and interoperability challenges.
Deliverables include full VHDL source, test benches, synthesis
scripts, documentation and training.
The Bluetooth protocol stack's modular architecture ensures a high
level of portability to a wide range of processors, real-time
operating systems (RTOS), Bluetooth baseband chips, and
host-controller interface (HCI) transports. The stack's comprehensive
testability features support full regression testing, including in the
target system. Deliverables include full ``C'' source code, SDL, test
tools and scripts, documentation and training.
Tality's extensive Bluetooth intellectual property portfolio will
continue to track and comply with the evolving Bluetooth
specification, enabling customers to stay on the forefront of wireless
connectivity.
About Tality
Tality Corporation, formerly the Electronic Design Services group
of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN), was recently launched as
a separate company. With more than 1000 engineers located in 14 design
sites worldwide, Tality is the world's largest independent provider of
engineering services and intellectual property for the design of
complex electronic systems and integrated circuits. Tality is
headquartered at 555 River Oaks Parkway, Building No. 3, San Jose,
California, 95134.
Note to Editors: Tality is a trademark of Tality Corporation.
Cadence is a registered trademark of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Tality Corporation
Jim Douglas, 408/944-7955
jimd@tality.com
or
Cohn & Wolfe
Chris Demers, 415/477-4542
chris_demers@cohnwolfe.com
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