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Azuro's PowerCentric Reduces Power
Consumption For ARC Subsystems and Cores by More than
20%
ELSTREE, England and MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA– July 19, 2006 – ARC
International plc. (LSE: ARK) and Azuro, Inc. today announced
that Azuro’s PowerCentric low power methodology now is
available for ARC™ licensees designing audio- or video-centric
digital chips for embedded applications. With the use of
Azuro’s PowerCentric in existing Cadence, Synopsys or
Synplicity design flows, customers of the configurable ARC
Media Subsystems and CPU/DSP processors can reduce power
consumption of the ARC-Based™ logic by more than twenty
percent1. This complements the existing ability of
ARC licensees to achieve the industry’s lowest power
consumption of any 32-bit configurable processor or subsystem
through the use of ARC’s patented ARChitect configuration
tool, where unneeded elements can be eliminated to
dramatically reduce power usage.
“ARC continuously strives to offer best-in-class
configurable solutions that fit the stringent needs of
customers designing SoCs for power sensitive applications,”
said Peter Hutton, senior vice president of engineering at ARC
International. “By leveraging Azuro’s PowerCentric low power
methodology, licensees can further reduce power consumption of
ARC’s configurable subsystems and processors by more than 20%
without impacting processor footprint.”
Azuro’s PowerCentric uniquely combines clock gating and
clock buffering into one unified low power clock
implementation solution which completely replaces clock tree
synthesis in existing industry design flows. A demonstration
of the technology on an ARC™ Video Subsystem will be available
to qualified companies at the 2006 Design Automation
Conference (DAC) in San Francisco. Interested parties should
contact Azuro for more information.
Ashutosh Mauskar, vice president of product marketing for
Azuro, said, “By incorporating Azuro’s PowerCentric into
design flows for ARC’s products, our mutual customers are able
to deploy extremely power efficient silicon. We are happy to
be a low power solution for ARC licensees and look forward to
future collaborations with the leader in configurability.”
Availability
Azuro’s
PowerCentric solution for ARC’s configurable subsystems and
processor families is available now from Azuro, Inc.
About ARC International plc
ARC
International is the world leader in configurable subsystems
and CPU/DSP processors that are used by semiconductor
companies worldwide for next-generation system-on-chip (SoC)
design. ARC’s patented configurable processor technology
enables the development of consumer, networking, mass storage
and other cost-sensitive devices that are smaller and provide
a higher degree of differentiation over what can be created
using “fixed architecture” core alternatives. ARC
International maintains a worldwide presence with corporate
and research and development offices in California and
Elstree, UK. For more information visit www.ARC.com. ARC
International is listed on the London Stock Exchange as ARC
International plc (LSE: ARK).
About Azuro
Azuro, Inc. is a
provider of innovative electronic design automation (EDA)
solutions that significantly reduce the power consumption of
digital semiconductor chips. Founded in 2002, the privately
held company is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., with a
development center in Cambridge, UK. For further information,
visit http://www.azuro.com/ or call
(650) 237-3500.
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1 Results were achieved after layout
and timing closure using the Azuro PowerCentric solution on an
ARC™ Video subsystem core in a 130nm process. Results were
compared against an industry standard EDA flow which included
clock gating and clock tree insertion.
Azuro, PowerCentric, and the Azuro logo are
either trademarks or registered trademarks of Azuro, Inc. ARC
and the ARC logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of
ARC International. All other brands or product names contained
herein are the property of their respective owners. This press
release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" that
involve risks and uncertainties. For factors that could cause
actual results to differ, visit the company’s Website as well
as the listing particulars filed with the United Kingdom
Listing Authority and the Registrar of Companies in England
and Wales.
Contacts:
Azuro – Jennifer Bilsey, (650)
237-3505, jen@azuro.com
Cayenne Communication – Michelle
Clancy, (252) 940-0981, michelle.clancy@cayennecom.com
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