Infineon Selects 4KEc(TM) Core From MIPS Technologies for Single-Chip, ADSL2/2+ CPE Solution
21 Junho 2004 - 11:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Infineon Selects 4KEc(TM) Core From MIPS Technologies for
Single-Chip, ADSL2/2+ CPE Solution MIPS32(R) 4KEc(TM) Core Powers
'Amazon' - Infineon's New Single-Chip, ADSL2/2+ CPE Solution
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MIPS
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIPS), a leading provider of
industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital
consumer and business applications, announced today that Infineon
Technologies, a MIPS Technologies licensee since 2000 and a leading
innovator within the telecommunications access market, has taken a
license for the MIPS32(R) 4KEc(TM) core. With it, Infineon has
developed an innovative ADSL2/2+ CPE product called "Amazon" which
is ideally suited for Triple-Play applications in which voice,
video, and data services are provided through a single-box home
gateway. This agreement expands Infineon's portfolio of
MIPS-Based(TM) 32- and 64-bit solutions for the consumer and
networking markets. The MIPS32 4Kc(R) core is utilized in
Infineon's single-chip INCA-IP offering for VoIP telephones, which
is the first VoIP system chip to integrate hardware-accelerated
encryption, enabling advanced network security support. The
MIPS64(R) 5Kc(R) has been integrated into Purple, Infineon's
Ethernet Switch-on-Chip, enabling execution of management software
protocols, including security, stacking, remote management, and
Quality-of-Service (QoS) policies. The new Amazon single-chip,
ADSL2/2+ CPE solution supports wire-speed data throughput from the
wide-area network (WAN) to the local area network (LAN). In
addition to the 235MHz 4KEc core, Amazon has a powerful ADSL2/2+
engine, analog front end, line driver, and AAL5 hardware
accelerator. Amazon completes Infineon's end-to-end ADSL2/2+
product portfolio. Availability of Amazon is planned for the third
quarter of 2004. The benefits of developing on an industry-standard
architecture, especially one with significant market share in the
communications space and a large software base and robust
development and debugging environment, contributed to Infineon's
choice of the 4KEc core. Improved power management techniques and
code compression, along with the vectored interrupts which speeds
the response time of the Interrupt Service Routines, were also
contributing factors. "The 4KEc core met the robust performance and
power management requirements necessary to make Amazon a
high-performance, competitive, single-chip solution," said
Alessandro Norscia, director of marketing for Broadband CPE at
Infineon Technologies North America Corporation. "With Amazon,
Infineon completes its end-to-end ADSL2/2+ product portfolio and
extends its reach into the rapidly growing Home Networking and SOHO
networking markets, further strengthening our leadership position
in the telecommunications access market." "Infineon's continued
endorsement of the MIPS architecture, demonstrated by their recent
use of the 4KEc core in Amazon, speaks volumes and we are pleased
that their portfolio of innovative, MIPS-Based solutions continues
to expand," said Jack Browne, vice president of worldwide sales at
MIPS Technologies. "By utilizing the 4KEc core, Infineon leverages
the over 100 million dollars worth of software, development tools,
and networking middleware already supporting the MIPS
architecture." About Infineon Technologies Infineon Technologies
AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions for
the automotive and industrial sectors, for applications in the
wired communications markets, secure mobile solutions as well as
memory products. With a global presence, Infineon operates in the
US from San Jose, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore and
in Japan from Tokyo. In fiscal year 2003 (ending September), the
company achieved sales of Euro 6.15 billion with about 32,300
employees world-wide. Infineon is listed on the DAX index of the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker
symbol: IFX). Further information is available at
http://www.infineon.com/. About MIPS Technologies MIPS
Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of industry-standard
processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and business
applications. The company drives the broadest architectural
alliance that is delivering 32- and 64-bit embedded RISC solutions.
The company licenses its intellectual property to semiconductor
companies, ASIC developers and system OEMs. MIPS Technologies and
its licensees offer the widest range of robust, scalable processors
in standard, custom, semi-custom and application-specific products.
The company is based in Mountain View, Calif., and can be reached
at +1-650-567-5000 or http://www.mips.com/. NOTE: MIPS, MIPS32,
MIPS64, 4Kc and 5Kc are registered trademarks in the United States
and/or other countries, and 4KEc and MIPS-Based are trademarks of
MIPS Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks referred to herein are
the property of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: MIPS
Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: Lee Garvin Flanagin of MIPS
Technologies, Inc., +1-650-567-5180, ; or Liora Bar of Infineon
Technologies Savan, +972-9-8924 185, or Web site:
http://www.infineon.com/ Web site: http://www.mips.com/
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