SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivante
Corporation, a worldwide leader in graphics and visualization
technologies for handheld and consumer devices, today announced
that it has worked with Cadence (NASDAQ: CDNS) to qualify the
Cadence double data rate (DDR) Memory controller on-chip
intellectual property (IP) solution for use with Vivante's graphics
processing unit (GPU) IP solution. Vivante's high-performance
multi-core GPUs are capable of processing massive amounts of data
in order to create the most advanced and realistic 3D visual
effects on mobile, embedded and home entertainment devices. To
render high quality images, the GPU requires access to external DDR
DRAM through a highly optimized, low-latency DDR memory
controller.
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The collaboration between Cadence and Vivante has created a
tightly coupled memory subsystem that maximizes the efficiency
between the GPU, memory controller and external DDR memory.
Vivante's memory-friendly architecture uses innovative design
features like burst building, request merging, efficient data
access, compression, prefetching, smart banking, prediction and
much more. These pioneering features provide the optimal data flow
and memory access patterns for graphics applications. The Cadence
DDR controller works as the interface between the GPU and DDR
memory, fine-tuned to perform data and traffic management. This
co-optimized solution enables SoC designers to select a proven,
performance-enhanced solution ready for mass market
deployment.
"Graphics performance represents a cornerstone of modern mobile
devices. By optimizing the memory subsystem interface to work with
the graphics subsystem, we are able to deliver significant
advantages in power and performance, which are key focus areas for
Cadence," said Vishal Kapoor, vice
president of product marketing, SoC Realization Group at Cadence.
"Our collaboration with Vivante is enabling end customers to fully
benefit from the advanced system-specific capabilities of Cadence's
industry leading DDR solutions."
"Consumer markets that use our GPUs, such as smartphones,
tablets and HDTVs, are already visually aware. These segments are
upping the ante for better graphics, augmented reality, flashy
images, and captivating game play based on our new GPU cores.
Balancing performance and memory bottlenecks is a key enabler to
achieving these new experience levels is. Our collaboration with
Cadence was the key focus to innovate and build the ideal graphics
memory system. As these technologies are built into our
memory-friendly designs already, we have solutions that benefit
from the bandwidth, power, size and cost equations SoC architects
have to account for. We look forward to working with Cadence on
upcoming memory standards and features," said Wei-Jin Dai, President and CEO of Vivante.
About Cadence
Cadence enables global electronic design innovation and plays an
essential role in the creation of today's integrated circuits and
electronics. Customers use Cadence software, hardware, IP, and
services to design and verify advanced semiconductors, consumer
electronics, networking and telecommunications equipment, and
computer systems. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with sales offices, design
centers, and research facilities around the world to serve the
global electronics industry. More information about the company,
its products, and services is available at www.cadence.com.
About Vivante Corporation
Vivante Corporation, a leader in multi-core GPU, GPGPU, and 2D
Composition IP solutions, provides the highest performance and
lowest power characteristics across a range of Khronos Group API
conformant standards based on the ScalarMorphic(TM) architecture.
Vivante GPUs are integrated into customer silicon solutions in mass
market products including smartphones, tablets, HDTVs, consumer
electronics and embedded devices, running thousands of graphics
applications across multiple operating systems and software
platforms. Vivante is a privately held company incorporated and
headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California, with multiple R&D centers in China and Europe. For more information, visit
http://www.vivantecorp.com
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