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3Plus1 Technology Announces Availability of CoolEngine Multicore IP Family for Mobile SoC Products
Ultra-Low-Power, Low Area Multiprocessor Architecture Used to Create Extensive Range of Audio, Video and Communications Cores for Codec and Modem Implementation in Mobile SoC Designs; First-Generation Programmable Multicore CoolEngines Scale Beyond H.264 HD in SoC Designs for the Mobile Market Including GPS and BT and GSM
| Source: 3Plus1 Technology, Inc.
SARATOGA, CA--(Marketwire - October 15, 2007) - 3Plus1 Technology, Inc. today announced the
availability of its first-generation CoolProcessor technology in the form
of CoolEngine IP cores for next generation multimedia and communications
SoC designs targeting mobile consumer products.
The first instances of the CoolEngine family comprise two members that take
advantage of the intrinsic scaling of the 3Plus1 multiprocessor approach
for implementation of JPEG, MPEG, H.263, and H.264 encode and decode
operations as well as standard audio applications along with GPS and
Bluetooth. The company is offering an introductory two-week evaluation
program to prospective customers using the CoolEngine development platform.
"We are experiencing very high demand for software-driven solutions for
both codec and modem implementations in SoC designs for the mobile market,"
said Allan Cox, CEO of 3Plus1Technology, "As a result, we are bringing the
first generation 'CODEM' CoolEngine cores to market as IP available to
leading-edge SoC designers."
Cox went on to add that, "Working with strategic customers, CoolEngine has
shown up to 2X area and power advantages over leading 'configurable
processor' approaches and shows near-ASIC like efficiencies in a fully
programmable architecture."
The first instances of the CoolEngine family are available to evaluation
program partners this quarter and are supported by an advanced hardware and
software development platform including emulator, compiler, assembler and
associated support tools.
"We are supporting customers in the development of software codecs and
modems today," said Dr. Amir Zarkesh, 3Plus1 Executive Vice President of
Engineering, "and are seeing a groundswell of interest in moving from
hardware design to a software programmable solution using scalable
multiprocessor technology. System-level modem, i.e. 'CODEM,'
implementations in one architecture and the CoolEngine family are designed
for this purpose from ground up."
The company continues to market CoolEngines directly to customers in the
USA, Europe and South East Asia.
About CoolProcessor
The Company's CoolProcessor technology has been developed in record time,
based on an internally developed and automated methodology capable of
generating RTL, simulation, analysis, and verification tools from an
internal design language for the CoolProcessor Architecture.
The CoolEngine family of cores is scalable and upwardly code-compatible
with a single programming model. Development of software applications
follows a standard DSP tool flow and the company is currently delivering
its initial applications-development software and FPGA Emulator Boards to
strategic customers.
About 3Plus1 Technology
Founded in 2003, 3Plus1 Technology has created a design methodology and
architectural approach specifically designed for low-power, concurrent
execution of specific applications, including MPEG 2/4, H.263/4, JPEG/2000,
802.11 a/b/g/n, 802.16, Bluetooth, UWB, GSM/GPRS/EDGE, CDMA 2000/WCDMA,
MP3, AAC, DVB-H and GPS, in a modular, scalable, heterogeneous
multiprocessor architecture. The technology enables software implementation
of combinations of these multi-mode scenarios and uses models that can be
implemented in a sub-100mw processor core in a standard 90nm low power CMOS
process.
Financed by its founders since its inception, with additional income from
sales of its first tools and services, the company is addressing the needs
of the 800-million-plus mobile media player, handset, camera and UMPC
markets. 3Plus1 has assembled a group of world-class technologists
addressing the problems of real-time voice, video and data processing -- at
ultra-low-power levels and minimum silicon die size -- from the fundamental
software and hardware architectural perspectives.