New Solutions Offer Smaller, Lower-Power, High Performance Chips and Afford a Richer Listening Experience for Mobile Devices
FREMONT, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — February 16, 2010 — Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ: VIRL), the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, today announced the solutions it will be showcasing at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain from February 15 to 18. On display in Hall 4 (6th level) Hospitality Suite 4.6HS25 and in the MIPI Zone in Hall 2 Stand # 2H41, Virage Logic will feature both software and hardware solutions for System-on-Chip (SoC) manufacturers building products for the exploding portable device market.
“Mobile World Congress is an ideal venue to showcase the breadth of Virage Logic’s semiconductor IP,” said Dr. Yankin Tanurhan, vice president and general manager of Virage Logic’s Processor Solutions and NVM business units. “Many of the major exhibitors - including Siano, Intel, Sandisk, ST-Ericsson, and Aptina - are already using our ARC processor cores, SiWare™ Memory, STAR™ Memory System, AEON® and NOVeA® non-volatile memory, Intelli™ SiPro™ advanced interface solutions, SiWare™ and ASAP™ Logic . The chips these customers are creating are enabling the mobile devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, netbooks, and other devices that will be on display at this major event in Barcelona.”
Mobile World Congress attendees will be able to see:
- Virage Logic’s newest ARC® 601core and Sonic Focus® audio enrichment IP, part of the ARC® Sound—to-Silicon Solution designed to run on the ARC® 210 and ARC® 211 CPU cores.
- Virage Logic’s SiPro™ MIPI interface products that provide a complete production proven MIPI solution. The SiPro MIPI interface products offer an optimized solution to help lower costs, reduce power, improve performance and reduce overall risk for processors destined for portable media devices.
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About Virage Logic’s ARC Processor and Sonic Focus Audio Enrichment Solutions
ARC processors are the second most widely used 32-bit embedded processors in the world, shipping in hundreds of millions of units each year in USB drives, flash storage, WiFi among other applications. The new ARC 601 32-bit microprocessor core offers the best-in-class combination of small size and low power with excellent performance. The ARC 601 runs at 532MHz (1.2 DMIPS/MHz), consuming just 13 µW/MHz in 65-nanometer (nm) process technology and at only 0.039mm2, the ARC 601 will fit 2.5 times into the size of the dot (12 point font) at the end of a sentence. This new 32-bit ARC processor offers more than twice the performance of the ARM Cortex-M0 at a comparable size and power1, and better performance, size and power than the MIPS M14K2 or Tensilica Xtensa 83. The ARC 601, ideal for microcontroller replacement and deeply embedded applications, was designed based on the industry standard ARC 600 family that has been in production for several years and taped out hundreds of times.
Major mobile device Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) look to audio processing technology to deliver a superior end-user listening experience. Virage Logic Sonic Focus audio post-processing software delivers this truly immersive audio experience that consumers expect. Sonic Focus audio enrichment software creates a non-fatiguing, expanded soundstage with enhanced vocal prominence for use with stereo speakers or headphones. The product portfolio includes:
Sonic Focus Virtual Bass software, now shipping on a number of laptop PCs from major PC manufacturers, adds an enhanced bass listening experience of much larger home stereo speakers.
- Sonic Focus Adaptive Volume technology eliminates the need for frequent end-user volume adjustment. The software heuristically normalizes audio levels of movies and music.
- Sonic Focus Vocal Clarity significantly improves intelligibility of voice communications without adding harshness or inducing listener fatigue. The Virage Logic Vocal Clarity software currently runs on SiTel Semiconductor’s "Gen2DSP" processor. This Gen2DSP co-processor is included in all SiTel SC14480 and SC14450 series cordless phone chips as a standard. The full suite of Sonic Focus software runs on the new ASUS NX90 laptop and has been shipping on the HP TouchSmart line of all-in-one PCs.
About Virage Logic’s SiPro Advanced Interface IP Solutions
The SiPro products deliver complete standards-based solutions for PCIExpress, MIPI, HDMI/DVI/DisplayPort interfaces. SiPro products include PHYs and controllers optimized for mass production, rigorously verified, and characterized to reduce risk, improve time-to-market, and maximize yield. The PHYs offer high-performance and low power production proven implementation at the most advanced process nodes; designed to help lower cost, improve performance, and reduce power for the most constrained SoC or ASIC designs.
The MIPI IP solutions include D-PHYs, CSI and DSI controllers and offer:
