SoC Technology Center of Industrial Technology Research Institute Joins OCP-IP
PORTLAND, Ore.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Sept. 27, 2005—
Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP)
announces that the SoC Technology Center (STC) of the Industrial
Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a leading non-profit research
and development organization in Taiwan, has joined the organization.
The addition of STC/ITRI to the membership roster illustrates the
tremendous momentum, support, and adoption OCP-IP is enjoying
throughout Asia.
ITRI's mission includes applied research and technical services
that accelerate the industrial development of Taiwan, by creating key,
compatible and forward-looking technologies which meet industrial
needs while strengthening industrial competitiveness. Also, to
disseminate research results within the industrial sector in a timely
and appropriate manner in accordance with the principles of fairness
and openness, and finally, to foster the development of small and
medium-sized businesses, which cultivate industrial, technology and
human resources for the benefit of the nation.
"As one of the ITRI Labs working in concert with ITRI's mission,
STC concentrates on its task to provide extensive assistance for
promoting Taiwan as a global SoC (System-on-a-Chip) design and service
center," said Dr. Chein-Wei Jen, the General Director of STC/ITRI. "In
order to respond to increasing demands in developing IP's and various
SoC designs, STC joined OCP-IP to be part of a worldwide technical
forum that enables the Taiwan industry keep abreast of the global
market."
"We have seen tremendous support and adoption throughout all of
Asia and our collaboration with STC/ITRI further increases the
tremendous momentum OCP-IP has seen in the SoC Design Community," said
Ian Mackintosh, president OCP-IP, "The missions of both STC/ITRI and
OCP-IP are strongly aligned and form a powerful partnership."
OCP-IP members receive free training, support, software tools, and
documentation. This infrastructure allows IP and EDA vendors to
eliminate the need to internally design, document, train and evolve a
proprietary standard and set of support tools. This enables IP and EDA
vendors to focus their efforts and resources on the challenges of
developing IP that can be quickly integrated and easily verified in a
wide variety of SoC designs. As a result, IC design teams can dedicate
their critical resources to the design and delivery of products.
About OCP-IP
The OCP International Partnership Association, Inc. (OCP-IP),
formed in 2001, promotes and supports the Open Core Protocol (OCP) as
the complete socket standard ensuring rapid creation and integration
of interoperable virtual components. OCP-IP's Governing Steering
Committee participants are: Nokia (NYSE:NOK), Texas Instruments
(NYSE:TXN), STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), Toshiba Semiconductor Group
(including Toshiba America TAEC), and Sonics. OCP-IP is a non-profit
corporation delivering the first fully supported, openly licensed,
core-centric protocol comprehensively fulfilling system-level
integration requirements. The OCP facilitates IP core reusability and
reduces design time, risk, and manufacturing costs for SoC designs.
VSIA endorses the OCP socket, and OCP-IP is affiliated with the VSI
Alliance. For additional background and membership information, visit
www.OCPIP.org.
About SoC Technology Center (STC)
With the mission of stimulating Taiwan's semiconductor industry to
transform into a high value-added industry with innovative design, STC
was established on March 1, 2003 as a formal research center in ITRI,
a leading non-profit R&D organization. From the industrial
perspectives, STC focuses on DSP Core, Multimedia SoC, Low Power
Design Technology, RF/Mixed Signal IC, and IC Design and Test Service
to provide the most advanced technologies to meet domestic and
international product development needs. STC also aims to link up
system applications and processing technology for implementing the
integration of SoC design and to help Taiwan become a global SoC
design and service center through the infusion of technology R&D and
industrial service. For more information about STC and ITRI, please
visit http://int.stc.itri.org.tw/ or www.itri.org.tw/eng/.
Contact:
OCP-IP
Ian Mackintosh, 650-938-2500 ext. 106
Email Contact
admin@ocpip.org
or
VitalCom
Joe Basques, 650-366-8212 ext. 202
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