ChipX Announces New Structured ASIC Family with Embedded PCI Express PHY; Silicon-proven PCIe Subsystem Offers High Performance, Low Risk Alternative to Traditional ASIC, FPGA Options
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Oct. 17, 2005—
ChipX, the Structured ASIC leader with more than 1500
designs completed, today announced the CX6100 family of Structured
ASICs, the latest addition to the company's growing portfolio of
Structured ASICs with embedded IP. Fabricated in a high performance,
eight-metal 0.13 micron process, the CX6100 devices accelerate
time-to-market and eliminate many of the risks associated with
traditional Standard Cell ASIC development by integrating a
silicon-proven PCI Express (PCIe) PHY core. At the same time, the new
product family offers designers a significantly higher performance,
lower power alternative to FPGA-based solutions.
The twelve devices in the new CX6100 Structured ASIC family
support a wide range of applications in computing, storage,
instrumentation and networking. The embedded PCIe PHY is compliant
with the current 1.1 version of the specification and is available in
1, 4, and 8 lane options. Along with the embedded PHY, ChipX is
offering an optional PCIe-compliant controller. The PHY offers
complete PIPE interoperability for customers wishing to use their own
PCIe controller.
"The electronics industry is migrating to PCI-Express, which is
quickly becoming the de-facto standard for PCs and embedded
applications," said Wouter Suverkropp, Director of Marketing at ChipX.
"But the ongoing evolution of the standard, forces designers to
rapidly bring to market new iterations of their products to maintain
compliance. With an FPGA, you compromise latency, system speed and
power. With a Standard Cell ASIC, development cycles are long and PHY
integration risk is high. By embedding a silicon-proven PCIe PHY that
is supported by compliance testing and an optional controller, the
CX6100 family eliminates the complexity and risk associated with
integrating IP from multiple vendors and allows designers to rapidly
develop solutions that keep pace with the evolving standard."
With the optional PCIe 1.0a compliant controller, designers can
quickly develop root port, bridge and endpoint designs. The controller
supports 1, 4 or 8 lanes, up to 8 VCs and up to 6 BARs. It features
configurable retry buffers and support for up to 4 KB payload sizes.
The controller is supplied complete with simulation models, driver
software examples and all documentation.
Efficient architecture
The new CX6100 family is built on ChipX's silicon-proven X-Cell
architecture. This fine-grain, efficient architecture delivers higher
gate densities and lower device costs when compared to programmable
devices in smaller geometries. This new ChipX product family can be
customized in 2, 3 or 4 layers of metal depending upon the customer's
priority in terms of density and time-to-market.
The twelve devices in the CX6100 family offer densities ranging
from 240K to 1.8M ASIC gates, up to 1.1Mbits of embedded SRAM and
maximum operating frequencies up to 250MHz across the die. Four
on-chip, configurable, low-jitter PLLs support output frequencies from
10 MHz to 1 GHz.
Pricing and availability
Customers can receive tested prototypes in as little as four
weeks. Pricing for the CX6100 devices starts under $7 in volumes of
100,000.
About ChipX
ChipX, Inc., is a pioneer and leading manufacturer of late-stage
programmable application-specific integrated circuits, or Structured
ASICs. The company's innovative, patented technology consolidates
wafer production tooling, reduces time-to-market and minimizes the
total cost to profit. ChipX Structured ASIC technology is widely used
in consumer equipment, computing peripherals, communication systems,
industrial control, medical equipment, instrumentation and
military/aerospace systems.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, ChipX is a privately held
corporation, founded in the U.S. in 1989. A subsidiary, ChipX (Israel)
Ltd., performs Research & Development. Investors include Elron
Electronic Industries (NASDAQ: ELRN), Ltd., VantagePoint Venture
Partners, Wasserstein Venture Capital, Newlight Associates, Parker
Price Venture Capital, UMC, Needham Capital Partners and Insite
Capital.
This press release contains forward-looking statements based on
current information available to ChipX as of the date hereof. These
statements are based on Management's current expectations and may
ultimately prove to be incorrect or false. Factors which could cause
future results to differ materially from the results discussed,
implied, or forecasted in the forward-looking statements include
delays in scheduled product availability dates (which could result
from various occurrences including development or testing
difficulties, software errors, shortages in appropriately skilled
engineers and project management problems); the risks inherent in the
commercialization of the Company's anticipated products and services;
shifts in customer or market demand for the Company's anticipated
products; the impact of competitive products and pricing; and possible
disruptive effects of organizational changes, including retaining key
personnel and coordinating operations. ChipX assumes no obligation to
revise or update any forward-looking statements contained in this
press release.
(C) 2005 ChipX Inc. All other products or service names mentioned
herein are the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
ChipX, Inc.
Elise Wallworth, 408-235-7433
or
U.S. Agency Contact:
Quint Public Relations
Matthew Quint, 650-599-9450
or
European Agency Contact:
Billings Europe
Nick Foot, +44 1491-636393
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