Third-Party IP Cores Now Available for Altera Excalibur
Customers Now have Access to Pre-Optimized IP Cores for use with
Excalibur ARM®-based Devices
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 2001--
Embedded designers now have access to a suite of intellectual
property (IP) cores optimized for use with Altera Corporation's
(Nasdaq:ALTR - news) Excalibur(TM) ARM®-based devices. Through the Altera
Megafunction Partnership Program (AMPP), IP leaders such as Eureka
Technology, Mentor Graphics, PLDApplications, inSilicon Corporation,
and NewLogic Technologies worked closely with Altera engineers to
optimize IP from their extensive portfolios for use with the Excalibur
ARM-based devices. Customers can now streamline and facilitate the
rapid development of system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions
with access to these pre-optimized IP cores in a programmable logic
device (PLD) environment.
"Altera's AMPP(SM) partners always make a significant contribution
to the development of important IP cores that simplify design
integration and implementation," said Craig Lytle, vice president of
the IP business unit at Altera. "Used in conjunction with Altera's
Excalibur ARM-based devices, these partner IP cores give our customers
comprehensive solutions for SOPC designs."
Based on the most widely adopted embedded RISC architecture,
Altera's Excalibur ARM-based family of embedded processor PLDs
provides single chip-integration of a high-performance 200 MHz ARM922T
processor core, programmable logic, on-chip memory, and key
peripherals. This week Altera began shipping in volume production the
first member of its ARM-based Excalibur embedded processor solutions,
giving embedded designers the ability to use a superior programmable
logic design approach in applications that would otherwise require an
ASIC.
"Eureka Technology has worked hand-in-hand with Altera to develop
IP cores fully optimized for performance and size when used in
conjunction with the Altera Excalibur ARM-based devices," said Simon
Lau, president and CEO of Eureka Technology. "Eureka now offers
several IP cores designed specifically for the ARM AHB bus. We
recognize the value that Altera's Excalibur embedded processor
solutions brings to our mutual customers in helping them reduce the
time to market of their ARM-based system solutions."
"Through the AMPP program, we worked closely with our engineers to
optimize or intellectual property cores for use in Altera's Excalibur
embedded processor solutions," said Stephane Hauradou, chief technical
officer at PLDApplications. "Altera customers can now design complete
system-on-a-programmable-chip-solutions (SOPC) utilizing our
industry-leading intellectual property cores."
Availability
Numerous IP cores optimized for use with Excalibur ARM-based
devices are available today, such as USB 1.1, USB 2.0, Bluetooth, PCI,
UART and I2C. For full details on all available cores and to obtain
free evaluations please visit Altera's website at
http://www.altera.com/ipmegastore.
Altera Megafunction Partnership Program (AMPP) Program
The Altera Megafunction Partners Program, established in August
1995, was created to bring the advantages of design reuse to users of
Altera PLDs. AMPP is an alliance between Altera and developers of IP
cores that encourages megafunction development. Altera provides
technical information and training to the AMPP partners, who create
and support IP cores targeted for Altera programmable logic devices.
Currently, there are over 30 AMPP partners who offer more than 100
megafunctions. Customers may request a free evaluation of any of these
cores through Altera's megafunction listings at
http://www.altera.com/ipmegastore.
About Altera
Altera Corporation, The Programmable Solutions Company®, was
founded in 1983 and is a leading supplier of programmable logic
devices (PLDs). Altera's CMOS-based PLDs are user-programmable
semiconductor chips that enhance flexibility and reduce time-to-market
for companies in the communications, computer peripheral, and
industrial markets. By using high performance devices, software
development tools, and sophisticated intellectual property cores,
system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions can be created with
embedded processors, memory, and other complex logic together on a
single PLD. Altera common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market
under the symbol ALTR. More information on Altera is available on the
Internet at http://www.altera.com.
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