ESL Design Targets Convergent DSP and FPGA; Joint Offering Combines Celoxica ESL Tools With Advanced DSP+FPGA Systems From Sundance in Complex Signal Processing Implementation
ABINGDON, England—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Sept. 12, 2005—
Celoxica, the leading provider of C-based electronic
system level (ESL) design and synthesis solutions, and Sundance, the
leading supplier and manufacturer of advanced digital signal
processing (DSP) and reconfigurable FPGA systems, today announced an
agreement that bridges the gap between conventional design flows for
DSP and FPGA systems. The companies will combine expertise to offer
out-of-the-box system design solutions backed up by their established
partnerships with Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE:TXN) and Xilinx
Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX).
DSP programming, typically performed by system and software
engineers, relies on a software-oriented methodology. FPGA devices are
often programmed using design tools evolved from hardware-centric
approaches. The different approaches and levels of abstraction make it
difficult to combine the two technologies. The joint offering from
Celoxica and Sundance uses C-based ESL tools to enable system
optimizations employing a comprehensive array of off-the-shelf modules
and systems to address the critical issues of hardware/software
co-design, DSP/FPGA integration, power utilization and cost reductions
from design conception through to deployment.
"System designers commonly choose between DSP for signal
processing systems and FPGAs to implement complex algorithms and
signal processing systems," said Phil Bishop, president and CEO of
Celoxica. "Combined they can offer a compelling solution for
optimization of power, performance and flexibility. The key to
unlocking this potential is providing design ease-of-use from both the
DSP and FPGA perspectives."
"Many of our customers have already moved to model-based design
and IP reuse to help streamline design and boost productivity," said
Flemming Christensen, managing director of Sundance. "With more and
more effort now being placed on value-added IP and customization
inside a mixed DSP/ FPGA system, the addition of C-based design that
tackles complex algorithm development in hardware and software is
inevitable."
The result of this partnership is the development of algorithm
acceleration solutions for vertical applications, including C-based IP
modules, optimized FPGA hardware accelerators, and reference board
prototypes built on Sundance boards programmed using Celoxica software
tools. The companies will initially focus their efforts on
software-defined radio (SDR) and complex image processing, and will
begin rolling out solutions in Q4/05 at the Global Signal Processing
Expo (GSPx), Santa Clara.
"With this improved design flow for DSP plus FPGA based systems,
customers can more easily integrate the performance of TI DSP with
FPGA based co-processors," said Ram Sathappan, SDR business
development manager, Texas Instruments. "C-based design and synthesis
for hardware and software in DSP/ FPGA based COTS systems will address
the needs of a wide range of designers."
"Xilinx and our Alliance Program members are seeing increasing
market acceptance of our FPGAs for a broad range of DSP applications.
We are gratified that Celoxica and Sundance have combined their
expertise to make DSP development more accessible to design engineers
to further accelerate this growth," said Robert Bielby, Xilinx senior
director for vertical markets and partnerships.
About Celoxica
An innovator in Electronic System Level (ESL) design, Celoxica is
turning software into silicon by supplying the design tools, boards,
IP and services that enable the next generation of advanced electronic
product design. Celoxica technology raises design abstraction to the
algorithm level, accelerating productivity and lowering risk and costs
by generating semiconductor hardware directly from C-based software
descriptions. Adding to a growing installed base, Celoxica provides
the world's most widely used C-based behavioral design and synthesis
solutions to companies developing semiconductor products in markets
such as consumer electronics, defense and aerospace, automotive,
industrial and security. For more information, visit:
www.celoxica.com.
About Sundance
Sundance designs, develops, manufactures and markets high
performance signal processing and reconfigurable systems for original
equipment manufacturers in the wireless and signal processing markets.
Leveraging its multiprocessor expertise and experience, Sundance
provides OEM with modular DSP and FPGA-based systems as well as data
acquisition, I/O, communication and interconnectivity products that
are essential to multiprocessor systems where scalability and
performance are essential. With over fifty different modules and
carriers for PCI, cPCI VME and Stand Alone platforms, Sundance is a
solution provider to semiconductor, pharmaceutical and factory
automation industries. Sundance, founded in 1989 by the current
directors, is a member of the TI Third Party Network, Xilinx Xperts
and MathWorks' Connection programs.
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