StarCore SC2400 Processor Core Wins "Best DSP Licensable Core" Analysts' Choice Award from Microprocessor Reports
AUSTIN, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Jan. 24, 2005—
StarCore, a leading provider of licensable processor
solutions for the communication industry announced that the StarCore
SC2400 processor core has won this year's Microprocessor Report
Analysts' Choice Award for the "Best DSP Licensable Core." The
Analysts' Choice awards recognize excellence in semiconductor
technology, innovation, design and implementation. The coveted award
is presented annually.
"We chose the StarCore SC2400 as the Best DSP Licensable Core of
2004," said Max Baron, Senior Editor, Microprocessor Report and
Principal Analyst at Microprocessor Report. "The StarCore SC2400 core
takes the lead with its 4-SIMD MAC architecture capable of executing
four 16-bit multiplies per cycle, memory-mapped support for customer
accelerators, memory protection and a short pipeline."
"We are delighted that analysts at Microprocessor Report have
chosen the SC2400 processor core in their Analysts' Choice awards,"
said Alex Bedarida, StarCore's General Manager. "The SC2400 family of
processors has quickly gained recognition as the licensable processor
of choice for high-quality mobile multimedia and consumer
applications."
The SC2000 processor product family features new instructions that
accelerate video coding (such as H.264 and MPEG-4) and reduce code
size. The new privileged mode and a memory protection unit enable
easier porting of real-time operating systems and the convergence of
several embedded applications on a single StarCore processor core.
System developers will be able to take advantage of this feature to
reduce the number of cores in a device, thus reducing cost, power
consumption and design complexity. And, since StarCore technology
offers backward binary code compatibility across all product families,
programmers and engineering managers can move swiftly to market
without the significant recoding effort that is required with other
processors. The SC2200 and SC2400 cores are licensed in fully
synthesizable form, making them ideal for a broad spectrum of
applications, including wireless and multimedia designs and
communication devices.
About StarCore
Based in Austin, Texas, StarCore LLC is a leader in the
development of high-performance processor architectures, cores and
intellectual property building blocks for the communications and
consumer electronics industries. For more information on StarCore LLC
and its intellectual property and services, visit the company's
website at http://www.starcore-dsp.com.
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owners.
Contact:
StarCore, Austin
Allen Hyman, 512-682-8558
email: PR@starcore-dsp.com
website: www.starcore-dsp.com
