ARC provides Jennic with enabling technology for communications systems design

ARC provides Jennic with enabling technology for communications systems design

'Chipless' semiconductor company, designing and developing complex, leading-edge semiconductor solutions precisely tailored for specific  customer needs, licenses ARC's configurable processor
 Elstree, England, 7 March 2001 - ARC International, a leading designer and developer of customisable, high-performance microprocessors, announced today that the chipless semiconductor company Jennic is using ARC's configurable 32-bit processor for Jennic's communications system design.

Brian Bennett, director of marketing at Jennic said, "ARC brings to us a key enabling technology for the implementation of our Streaming Data Controller (SDC). This is a foundation level function within the intellectual property that Jennic has developed for packet processing applications such as BluetoothTM, WLAN (wireless local area network) and set-top boxes." He adds, "The primary reasons for choosing ARC's 32-bit processor core are its configurability and flexibility. In particular, the core's ability to support different architectures and extensions helps us to minimise silicon area, code size and power consumption while obviating the need for a low level RTOS (real time operating system) in some applications."

The configurability and extensibility of ARC's Tangent processor allows customers to create a processor core tailored to their application - providing considerable flexibility for communications applications.  The core can be optimised for cost, silicon area, power consumption, memory space, and performance.  This is unlike many other processor cores that are fixed, and cannot be modified by customers.  With ARC's ARChitect point-and-click interface, designers can create a custom Tangent-A4 processor in minutes.  ARC's processor is also extendible, which allows developers to add additional features to the processor core.
 

 

Jennic is a 'chipless' semiconductor company which designs and develops complex, leading edge semiconductor solutions precisely tailored to individual customer requirements. Leveraging proven expertise in systems and in system-on-chip design, Jennic enables its customer to incorporate state-of-the-art technology into wired and wireless applications.

Jennic was founded in 1996. The company is headquartered in Sheffield, UK and has design centres in Sheffield and Milton Keynes. Jennic remains a company privately owned by its founders, investors and staff.

About ARC International

ARC International plc, is a leading designer and developer of customisable, high-performance microprocessor cores and related intellectual property technology for telecommunications, voice and data networking, and consumer electronics embedded systems.  ARC's Tangent processor is an application specific processor (ASP) which can be customised for use in a wide variety of increasingly sophisticated products. ARC's technology enables designers to reduce time to market and to work with the semiconductor manufacturers and technologies of their choice.

With headquarters in Elstree, England, ARC International plc and its group companies employ 280 people in research and development, sales, and marketing offices across North America and Europe.  MetaWare Inc., Precise Software Technologies Inc. and VAutomation Inc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of ARC International, providing software development tools, hardware and software intellectual property and real time operating systems offering multiple integrated products for system on a chip development. ARC International plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:ARK).  The company's website is located at www.arccores.com

ARC International (UK) Ltd. and ARC Cores Inc. trade under the name of ARC Cores.  ARC Cores is a trademark of ARC International (UK) Limited.  All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders.
 

For further information regarding this press release please contact:

Nitin Dahad
Director of Worldwide Communications
ARC Cores
Elstree, Herts, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8236 2835
Email: nitin.dahad@arccores.com

For further information regarding Jennic please contact:

Brian Bennett
Head of Marketing
Jennic Ltd
Sunrise Parkway
Milton Keynes MK14 6LS
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1908 295 700
Fax: +44 1908 295 800
E-mail: brian.bennett@jennic.com