Teja Technologies Introduces Teja FP to Simplify the Design of Embedded Multi-Core Systems Within Xilinx FPGAs; First System Design Methodology to Allow Network OEMs to Co-Design an Entire System -- Both Software and Hardware -- in C
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 20, 2006—
Multicore Expo booth # 7 and Embedded Systems
Conference booth # 3323
Teja Technologies Inc., the leading supplier of embedded
networking and communications software for multi-core processor
architectures, today announced Teja FP, the first and only platform
that enables network OEMs to implement their designs in software on
FPGAs with multiple embedded processors, resulting in rapid
development of flexible systems optimized for performance, power and
cost.
"Network OEMs have been looking for a way to take advantage of the
flexibility of FPGAs while still maintaining their flexible software
design methodologies," stated Steve Lass, senior director of Software
Product Marketing at Xilinx. "Raising the design abstraction to
high-level languages such as C empowers software programmers to
implement and accelerate their designs in programmable hardware. The
development of practical design tools and flows in support of this
methodology is one of the key tenets of our ESL Initiative, and the
focus of our joint collaboration with Teja."
Teja FP's unique design methodology and scaleable infrastructure
allow network OEMs to achieve target performance more quickly by
simultaneously designing both hardware and software in ANSI C. With
Teja FP, system architects and software engineers can design an entire
FPGA-based system, including the hardware architecture, in the widely
used C language instead of RTL, and without relying on C-to-RTL
conversion. Teja FP includes pre-designed multi-processor fabric
components plus other IP elements that are easily assembled,
configured, and managed through APIs by engineers without a deep
knowledge of multi-processing.
Teja FP currently supports the Xilinx(R) Virtex(TM)-4 FX flagship
family of FPGAs and includes the multi-core infrastructure IP, a rich
set of APIs, and productivity tools. Teja also provides a library of
data plane applications in extensible source code, a critical element
for embedded designers to jump-start their programs. The combination
of source-level applications, tools, and infrastructure provides
network OEMs the ability to create high-performance solutions
customized exactly to their specifications on a Xilinx FPGA sized
exactly to that solution.
Adding embedded processors to the FPGA introduces a new dimension
to a device already recognized for its flexibility. Now with the
ability to design both software and hardware simultaneously, OEMs have
the potential to capitalize on the flexibility of both, including:
unlimited customizability; quick design turns and access to common C
tools; hardware accelerators co-located with processors; resource
sizing to optimize performance, cost and power; and high-performance
I/O integration. The increase in network speeds to gigabit Ethernet
and beyond is pushing performance beyond the capability of single
processors and into the realm of multi-core programming. Because the
underlying details of multi-core design and implementation are managed
by the Teja FP infrastructure and tools, only the Teja FP platform
enables OEMs to target their extensive software code base to FPGAs
with embedded processors.
"As the average price for FPGAs trends down, network OEMs are
increasingly turning to these devices for more than ancillary
functions in their systems designs," stated David Stepner, Teja
Technologies' president and CEO. "With the arrival of Teja FP, we not
only open a broad new market for the company, but also become the only
company delivering a platform that allows OEMs to take full advantage
of the flexibility of FPGAs."
Early access to Teja FP is available now, with general
availability in Q3 2006. Teja and Xilinx will be presenting at the
Multicore Expo in Santa Clara, California from March 21st - 23rd in
booth 7. Teja will also be present at Embedded Systems Conference in
San Jose, California from April 3rd - 7th in booth 3323. For more
information, visit www.teja.com/xilinx.
About Teja
Teja is the only networking and communications software company to
deliver packet-processing software for all categories of multi-core
packet processing architectures. The company's original product, Teja
NP, delivers significant competitive advantages in terms of cost
savings, improved performance, scalability, and faster time-to-market
on Intel network processors and Broadcom SiByte communications
processors. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Teja is privately held
and backed by world-class investors including Blueprint Ventures, ICCP
Venture Partners, Intel Communications Fund, Mayfield, SmartForest
Ventures, and Tallwood Venture Capital. For additional information,
visit Teja's website at www.teja.com.
Contact:
Teja Technologies, Inc.
Bryon Moyer, 408-288-2506
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Jay Nichols, 415-392-2300
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