Agere Systems Licenses ARM11 Processor Family for Integration Into High- Performance Networking System-on-a-Chip Applications
October 21 2004 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Agere Systems Licenses ARM11 Processor Family for Integration Into
High- Performance Networking System-on-a-Chip Applications
ALLENTOWN, Pa., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Agere Systems
(NYSE:AGR.ANYSE:AGR.B) today announced it has added a key
technology to its extensive intellectual property (IP) portfolio by
licensing the latest ARM11(TM) family cores for use in its system
on a chip (SoC), application- specific integrated circuit (ASIC)
and application-specific standard (ASSP) products. This latest
licensing agreement is a continuation of the long-term relationship
that exists between the two companies. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040618/AGERELOGO ) Agere is a
leading provider of ARM(R) technology in its semiconductor
products. Last year, Agere integrated eight ARM966E-S(TM)
processors into a single chip, more than any other company,
allowing the company to provide a substantially more powerful
solution to a leading provider of wireless base stations. The ARM11
family's increased architectural efficiency and its ability to
reach higher maximum frequencies are important to address Agere's
storage area networking, hard disk drive storage, consumer, imaging
and printing, wireless, and networking systems microprocessing
needs. "Agere is very pleased with the addition of the ARM11 family
to its long list of ARM cores and with our continued strong
relationship with ARM," said Necip Sayiner, vice president of
Agere's Enterprise and Networking division. "Our ASIC design team
has done performance benchmarking on the ARM11 family and we feel
confident in Agere's ability to integrate this key element of our
roadmap into immediate designs and provide our customers with the
advantage of an experienced ARM user. Adding the ARM11 family to
our vast experience of ARM integration will allow Agere to expand
our leadership in the enterprise and networking markets." The ARM11
family is based on the ARMv6 32/16-bit architecture and features
the ARM TrustZone(TM) extension for improved device security and
the ARM Thumb(R)-2 instruction set enhancement for high
performance, high density code. ARM11 family cores achieve high
frequencies (335-550MHz) without compromising ARM's leadership in
silicon area and power efficiency. With DSP and SIMD extensions for
media and filtering algorithms and configurable instruction and
data caches, ARM11 provides clear advantages to end users. "Agere
Systems is a leader in integrating a high number of ARM processors
into a single SoC," said John Cornish, director of product
marketing, ARM. "The addition of the ARM11 family to Agere's long
list of licensed ARM IP will enable them to address the high
performance requirement of a wide range of emerging embedded
applications." Agere has licenses for a range of ARM cores, from
the ARM7(TM) family to the ARM11 family, and can provide extremely
fast time to market for new ASIC designs in 130 and 90 nanometer
process technologies. Agere Systems is a global leader in
semiconductors for storage, wireless data, and public and
enterprise networks. The company's chips and software power a broad
range of computing and communications applications, from cell
phones, PCs, PDAs, hard disk drives and gaming devices to the
world's most sophisticated wireless and wireline networks. Agere's
customers include the top manufacturers of consumer electronics,
communications and computing equipment. Agere's products connect
people to information and entertainment at home, at work and on the
road -- making personal broadband a reality. ARM and Thumb are
registered trademarks of ARM Limited. ARM7, ARM966E-S, ARM11 and
TrustZone are trademarks of ARM Limited. All other brands or
product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM"
is used to represent ARM Holdings plc
(LSE:ARMLSE:andLSE:Nasdaq:LSE:ARMHY); its operating company ARM
Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea
Ltd.; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS; ARM China Consulting (Shanghai)
Co. Ltd.; and ARM Belgium N.V.
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Steven Goldsmith of Agere Systems, +1-610-712-6737 (office),
+1-484-553-0419 (mobile), Web site: http://www.agere.com/
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