Celoxica Unveils ESL Design Kit for SOPC-Based Coprocessor Acceleration
SAN FRANCISCO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—April 3, 2006—
Celoxica (LSE:CXA) today introduced their latest system
level design kit for developers of complex digital-image and
signal-processing applications. A dividend of the long standing
technical collaboration between Altera and Celoxica, the SOPC
(system-on-programmable-chip) Accelerator Kit provides a complete
off-the-shelf solution harnessing the ease-of-use and productivity
benefits of C-based design for Altera SOPC technology.
Included in the SOPC Accelerator Kit are more than 140
parameterizable digital video/image-processing IP cores from
Celoxica's PixelStreams library, API standards for processor
integration and platform abstraction, a comprehensive mix of Altera
and Celoxica design software and a Stratix II FPGA development
platform. Using Celoxica's DK Accelerator tool, designers can program
the FPGA directly from software models and integrate Nios II processor
cores with hardware logic. Custom logic blocks and custom instructions
can be created as library components from C algorithms and
automatically integrated into a system. Design time and effort that
was previously focused on integration can now be applied to algorithm
optimization and product differentiation.
"By creating an environment for stronger partnerships with
specialist system-level vendors, we can accelerate the deployment of
designs that integrate FPGA logic with microprocessors and DSP," said
Jim Smith, director of EDA relations for Altera. "Celoxica has the
track record and unique capability to provide application IP and an
end-to-end C-based design flow that adds value to the Altera
development tools already used by thousands of our customers."
The RC250 development platform supplied with the kit features a
9M-gate Stratix II device and is provided with full board-support
libraries. Hardware peripherals include DVI, S-Video, dual gigabit
ethernet, integrated dual CMOS cameras and TFT touch screen. DK
Accelerator's system design capabilities include an integrated
development environment for C-based design entry; fast cycle-accurate
simulation and debugging; mixed language co-simulation including
Matlab and RTL; Nios II co-design support; automated SOPC Builder
component integration and direct synthesis to Altera EDIF or RTL VHDL
and Verilog.
"It's clear that domain knowledge is not usually in the same
person as the structural hardware knowledge and it is these domain
experts who want to accelerate their software algorithms using
FPGA-based coprocessors," said Chris Sullivan, director of strategic
marketing for Celoxica. "By enabling FPGAs to be software programmable
they are more accessible to the embedded design community and deliver
dramatic improvements in overall system performance and design
productivity."
The SOPC Accelerator Kit is available immediately and ships with
comprehensive design solutions from Celoxica, and Altera OEM design
solutions including SOPC Builder, Nios II and Quartus II. For further
information and order details please contact info@celoxica.com or
visit www.celoxica.com/altera.
About Celoxica
A leader in electronic system level design (ESL), Celoxica is
enabling the next generation of advanced electronic products by
producing tools, boards, IP and services that turn software into
silicon. 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. Celoxica is a publicly traded company on the
Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange under the
symbol CXA. For more information, visit: www.celoxica.com.
Celoxica and the Celoxica logo are trademarks of Celoxica Holdings
plc. All other brand names and product names are the property of their
respective owners.
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