CEVA and Ignios Demonstrate Multicore DSP
SAN JOSE, CA AND OXFORD, UK -- (MARKET WIRE) -- Jun 09, 2005 --
CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA) (LSE: CVA), the leading licensor of digital signal processors (DSP) cores,
multimedia, GPS and storage platforms to the semiconductor industry, and
Ignios Ltd., a provider of semiconductor IP for the multicore
System-on-Chip (SoC) market, today unveiled a reference platform that
demonstrates multiple CEVA-Teak™ DSP cores seamlessly operating together
using Ignios' multicore-enabling SystemWeaver™ technology.
The demonstration platform brings together up to 16 CEVA-Teak DSP cores,
with the capability for further scalability, and the SystemWeaver multicore
management core in a representative SoC architecture. With the SystemWeaver
approach, the software developer is presented with the same multi-threaded
programming model (API) no matter how many processors are present in the
SoC, considerably easing multicore software development and debug. The
SystemWeaver IP core ensures that the resulting code executes efficiently
on the available processing resources. This approach can be similarly
utilized for CEVA-X™ or other homogenous or heterogeneous combinations
of CEVA DSP cores.
Licensees of CEVA DSP cores and platforms who adopt SystemWeaver would
benefit from the ability to easily develop and deploy multicore designs, a
growing requirement for compute-intensive cellular basestations and high
channel density VoIP gateways. With SystemWeaver, code can easily be
developed on a single processor and then quickly retargeted to all of the
devices using dynamic and flexible scheduling policies for different
classes of task and processing resource.
The platform, developed in merely two weeks by Ignios using the ARM®
RealView® Electronic System Level (ESL) tools with MaxSim™ technology,
demonstrates the ability to easily explore and then efficiently program a
multicore DSP architecture to achieve the best possible
price-performance-power characteristics for an application.
"We are seeing increasing demand for our advanced DSP IP solutions in
multicore implementations," commented Moshe Sheier, CEVA director of Third
Parties and Technical Marketing. "The SystemWeaver approach provides an
extremely efficient way for our customers to get the best out of combining
multiple CEVA cores on the same SoC. Ignios will be an important addition
to our CEVAnet partner program."
"We are delighted to be working with CEVA to enable their customers'
multicore SoCs," stated Rick Clucas, Ignios CEO. "SystemWeaver has been
designed to support homogeneous and heterogeneous multicore SoCs. This
demonstration platform clearly shows that SystemWeaver is compatible with
an industry leading DSP architecture."
Ignios will be demonstrating the CEVA-based system model at the 42nd Design
Automation Conference, Anaheim, Calif., June 13-16, at booth 261
www.dac.com.
About SystemWeaver
SystemWeaver addresses the software and hardware challenges presented by
the proliferation of all multicore architectures -- simple and complex --
in the embedded chip market. The SystemWeaver API provides a unified
abstraction layer for complex multicore devices. This abstraction allows
embedded systems companies to develop and debug multicore applications more
effectively, improving time to market. The key underlying system management
and communications functions are implemented natively in a SystemWeaver IP
core that is integrated on-chip. SystemWeaver unlocks the full performance
of the multicore hardware, with significant cost, power and performance
benefits that maximise product competitiveness.
SystemWeaver release v1.0 is available now and consists of the
parameterisable, synthesisable SystemWeaver IP core and the SystemWeaver
API. A SystemC model of the core and reference models of
SystemWeaver-enabled SoCs are also provided.
About Ignios Ltd.
Ignios was established in 2003 to develop and market products that enable
the real-time on-chip system management of multicore SoC devices. Ignios
raised a total of $3.8 million in a first round of private financing early
in 2004. The funding round was jointly led by Alice Lab and BTG. Further
information on Ignios can be found at www.ignios.com.
About CEVA, Inc.
Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., CEVA is the leading licensor of DSP,
communications and multimedia solutions to the semiconductor industry. CEVA
licenses a family of programmable DSP cores, associated SoC system
platforms and a portfolio of application platforms including video
processing, audio processing, speech processing, GPS location, and
Serial-ATA (SATA). In 2004, CEVA's silicon IP was shipped in more than 100
million devices. CEVA was created through the merger of the DSP licensing
division of DSP Group and Parthus Technologies. For more information visit
www.ceva-dsp.com.
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For more information, please contact:
Chris Dace
PR for Ignios Ltd.
+44 8700 110 520
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Bat-Sheva Ovadia
CEVA, Inc
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