LSI Logic offers Mips' 64-bit microprocessor core in ASIC libraries

LSI Logic offers Mips' 64-bit microprocessor core in ASIC libraries
By Semiconductor Business News
May 2, 2002 (1:06 p.m. EST)
URL: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20020502S0029

MILPITAS, Calif. -- Expanding its ASIC library portfolio, LSI Logic Corp. today announced the availability of a standard 64-bit microprocessor core from Mips Technologies Inc. of Mountain View, Calif.

LSI's ASIC portfolio, dubbed CoreWare, will now include Mips' IPMIPS64 5Kf microprocessor core. Build around its Gflx 0.11-micron process technology, the 5Kf processor core operates at clock speeds of up to 333-MHz.

"The dual issue (1-integer + 1-floating-point) capabilities of the 5Kf are extremely beneficial for many of the applications we are targeting with this processor,” said Rafi Kedem, senior director of the Processor Cores Technology Group at LSI.

The 5Kf core is ideal for applications demanding high-performance processing such as, networking, imaging and printing, and next-generation digital consumer products.

The Milpitas-based company also offers a full range of ARM Ltd.'s processors in its CoreWare portfolio