New website allows Japanese members to access material in their native language

PORTLAND, Ore. — Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP) today announced the launch of a Japanese version of its website. The new version of the website allows Japanese visitors to access the organization’s information and materials in their native language, eliminating translation barriers. OCP-IP Governing Steering Committee member Toshiba helped with creation of materials for the new website.

“Interest in OCP in Japan is high, and with the addition of recent members, such as Toshiba, NEC, Kawasaki and others, we recognized and addressed the need to deliver valuable OCP information to our Japanese members in their native language,” said Ian Mackintosh, president OCP-IP. “This is another example of OCP-IP providing the tools and infrastructure demanded by our rapidly broadened base of members. Native language accessibility drives the globalization of the OCP standard so that both members and visitors can do their jobs efficiently and effectively.”

OCP-IP members receive free training, support, software tools and documentation, enabling members to focus on the challenges of SoC design. Leveraging OCP-IP’s powerful free infrastructure eliminates the need to design, document, train and evolve a proprietary standard and support tools, thus opening up critical resources for the real design work and providing enormous cost savings.

“Standardization is a big issue in SoC industry for the future of the SoC industry. In large-scale SoC development, the �Standard Platform’ is indispensable. The OCP-IP Japanese website is an important information source in OCP-IP activities in Japan,” said Takashi Yoshimori, technology executive at Semiconductor Company, Toshiba Corporation. “We are pleased to partner with OCP-IP to make this version of the website a reality.”

To view the new OCP-IP Japanese website, please visit: www.ocpip.org/japanese.

About OCP-IP

The OCP International Partnership Association, Inc. (OCP-IP) formed in 2001, promotes and supports the Open Core Protocol (OCP) as the complete socket standard ensuring rapid creation and integration of interoperable virtual components. OCP-IP’s Governing Steering Committee participants are: Nokia [NYSE: NOK], Texas Instruments [NYSE: TXN], STMicroelectronics [NYSE: STM], Toshiba Semiconductor Group (including Toshiba America TAEC), and Sonics. OCP-IP is a non-profit corporation delivering the first fully supported, openly licensed, core-centric protocol comprehensively fulfilling system-level integration requirements. The OCP facilitates IP core reusability and reduces design time, risk and manufacturing costs for SoC designs. VSIA endorses the OCP socket, and OCP-IP is an Adoption Group of the VSI Alliance. For additional background and membership information, visit www.OCPIP.org.