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VinChip and Altera to Provide USB 2.0 Cores To The Embedded Market
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2001--Altera
Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) customers now have access to VinChip
Systems' extensive USB Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio, premier
design services, and Linux and Windows 2000 driver development
support. VinChip Systems, the newest member of the Altera
Megafunctions Partners Program (AMPP), will provide Altera customers
with its USB 2.0 cores, which are ideally suited for high-speed
devices such as routers, telecom switches, video cameras, digital
cameras, printers, scanners, external CD-ROM, and hard disk drives.
``We are excited to join the Altera Megafunction Partners Program,''
said Krish Subramaniam, vice president of marketing at VinChip. ``As an
AMPP(SM) partner, we will be working in tandem with Altera to provide
customers leading-edge USB 2.0 cores optimized for programmable logic
devices to be utilized in developing system-on-a-programmable-chip
(SOPC) solutions for the embedded market space.''
``Our customers now have access to VinChip's extensive portfolio of
USB IP cores allowing them to utilize programmable logic devices in
embedded systems as well as in high-speed consumer end-products,'' said
Craig Lytle, vice president of Altera's intellectual property business
unit. ``VinChip Systems will also provide Altera customers with
dedicated engineering support.''
The 480Mbits/sec bandwidth capability of the VinChip Systems USB
2.0 core supports high-speed applications in the embedded and
communications market places. The USB cores are optimized for Altera's
APEX(TM) 20K programmable logic device (PLD) family and are available
immediately as Altera optimized encrypted netlists or as source code.
The USB 2.0 device core utilizes approximately 2,300 logic elements
(LEs) and achieves a performance of 30MHz. The licensing fee for the
USB 2.0 device core for use in the APEX architecture is $30,000.
About VinChip Systems
VinChip Systems was founded to fill the design productivity gap
brought about by advances in semiconductor manufacturing and reducing
product life cycles. Now, OEMs are provided with an opportunity to
design an entire system on a chip leading to reduced cost and
increased reliability. But, they also face the prospect of designing
products whose design and development cycle matches the products' life
cycle and in some cases outstrip the life cycle.
VinChip recognized the role of silicon proven intellectual
property cores and Design services in the current scenario and has
brought in a team of design experts and domain experts with wide
experience in developing solutions for Computing, Networking, Consumer
electronics, Embedded systems, Avionics and Industrial systems.
VinChip's current focus is on developing IPs for USB, Infiniband
and Bluetooth along with associated software stacks and provide design
services. VinChip offers substantial cost savings to its customers by
providing proven IPs and design services on-site, or at its design
centers located in San Jose and India.
About Altera
Altera Corporation, The Programmable Solutions Company®, was
founded in 1983 and is a leading supplier of programmable logic
devices (PLDs). Altera's CMOS-based PLDs are user-programmable
semiconductor chips that enhance flexibility and reduce time-to-market
for companies in the communications, computer peripheral, and
industrial markets. By using high performance devices, software
development tools, and sophisticated intellectual property cores,
system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions can be created with
embedded processors, memory, and other complex logic together on a
single PLD. Altera common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market
under the symbol ALTR. More information on Altera is available on the
Internet at http://www.altera.com.
Note to Editors: Altera, The Programmable Solutions Company, the
stylized Altera logo, specific device designations and all other words
that are identified as trademarks and/or service marks are, unless
noted otherwise, the trademarks and service marks of Altera
Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other product or
service names are the property of their respective holders.
Contact:
Altera Corporation
Ami Dorrell, 408/544-6879
adorrell@altera.com
or
PR21
Susannah Stanford, 415/369-8105
susannah.stanford@pr21.com
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