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Mentor Graphics and Gain Technology Deliver the First Complete USB 2.0 IP Reference Solution for System-on-Chip Designs
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2001-- Mentor
Graphics® Corp. (NASDAQ:MENT) and Gain Technology(TM) today
announced a collaborative effort to provide complete Intellectual
Property (IP) reference solutions for Universal Serial Bus (USB)
2.0-compliant peripheral designs.
The reference solution combines the Gain Technology USB 2.0
physical layer (PHY) transceiver macrocell with the Mentor Graphics
USB 2.0 function controller. In addition to the core offerings, Mentor
Graphics provides the mixed-signal design tools and the necessary
engineering support to rapidly integrate the analog and digital IP
into a system-on-chip (SoC) design. Both cores have been verified in
silicon making the USB 2.0 reference solution ideal for external
storage peripheral designs of high density disk and zip drives, as
well as peripheral designs including scanners, printers, video
conferencing cameras and modems.
The reference solution complies with the Universal Transceiver
Macrocell Interface (UTMI) specification, a standard designed to
improve interoperability between all USB 2.0 products. The complete
reference solution combines the USB 2.0 function controller and a
high-speed M8051 E-Warp microcontroller from the Mentor Graphics
InventraTM Intellectual Property division with the Gain Technology
GT3100 USB 2.0 analog transceiver. The two cores have been proven to
work on a board, the single stage before SoC implementation.
``The primary challenge today for designers lies in how to ease the
integration of IP into a silicon design,'' said Dr. Susheel Chandra,
general manager, Mentor Graphics, Inventra Intellectual Property
division. ``Mentor Graphics and Gain Technology provide both a
best-in-class reference solution with proven IP cores, and the
necessary mixed signal services and support to ease the IP integration
process, helping our joint customers bring their systems to market
faster.''
``The availability of a complete USB 2.0 reference design that has
been proven in silicon will help our customers verify performance
expectations before integrating the solution into an expensive
time-consuming SoC design,'' said Steve Millaway, President of Gain
Technology. ``Our core, combined with the macrocell and tools expertise
from Mentor Graphics, allows us both to provide customers with the
best assurance that their USB 2.0 application will work at first
pass.''
The USB 2.0 physical layer (PHY) transceiver from Gain Technology
is a highly integrated mixed-signal semiconductor IP core that
includes digital PHY technology licensed from Intel and analog PHY
technology developed in-house. The USB 2.0 Macrocell is USB-IF
``Hi-Speed'' certified and is targeted at customers developing
system-on-a-chip hub and device applications.
Mentor Graphics Delivers USB 2.0 Controller
Mentor Graphics is the industry leader in reusable soft core
solutions for tomorrow's USB products. Its USB cores perform packet
encoding, decoding and error checking functions, shielding the user
from the details of USB transfer operations. The Mentor Graphics USB
2.0 function controller core supports high-speed, 480-Mbps transfers,
40 times faster than current USB 1.1 full-speed operation. Integrating
the core into an ASIC, FPGA, or ASSP peripheral design ensures
complete USB 2.0 compliance, device functionality and backward
compatibility with USB 1.1. Industry-standard interfaces enable easy
integration with all UTMI-compliant analog transceivers.
About Gain Technology
Gain Technology Corporation is a privately held fabless
semiconductor company that designs, develops and supplies high
performance analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and
semiconductor intellectual property (IP) cores to semiconductor and
systems companies worldwide. Through partnerships with strategic
customers, wafer foundries and other vendors, Gain Technology offers
its customers both product design services and complete product
delivery of Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs),
Application Specific Standard Products (ASSPs) and semiconductor IP
solutions. Gain Technology is headquartered at 2700 West Broadway
Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85745, Ph: 520/628-9000, Fax: 520/622-0076. Visit
www.gain.com for more information.
About Mentor Graphics Corporation
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) is a world leader in
electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products
and consulting services for the world's most successful electronics
and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported
revenues over the last 12 months of more than $600 million and employs
approximately 2,975 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are
located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777;
Silicon Valley headquarters are located at 1001 Ridder Park Drive, San
Jose, California 95131-2314. World Wide Web site: www.mentor.com.
Mentor Graphics is a registered trademark of Mentor Graphics Corp.
Inventra is a trademark of Mentor Graphics Corp. All other company or
product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective owners.
Contact:
Mentor Graphics
Larry Toda, 503/685-1664
larry_toda@mentor.com
or
Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide
Victor Domine, 408/559-6090
vdomine@bsmg.com
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