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| RF Micro Devices Adopts ARC's Configurable 600 Core Family ARC International has announced that RF Micro Devices has signed a license agreement for the configurable ARC 600 core family. The ARC 600 configurable core family will power future products in RFMD's product line. ARC's patented configurable processor technology enables system-on-chip (SoC) designers to create silicon that is optimized to the end application. Designers have the freedom to retain necessary functionality while removing unneeded features in a configurable ARC subsystem or processor. The benefit is an SoC with a more optimal balance of speed, area, and power for a specific application, resulting in a lower power, smaller chip that is less expensive to manufacture. Adding custom instructions to ARC's subsystems and cores, designers can achieve major gains in application efficiency by defining custom extensions that accelerate critical code. These gains result in higher overall SoC performance, or in lower device frequency and lower power consumption. The configurable ARC 600 family delivers the lowest power and smallest 32-bit RISC CPU and DSP cores within the embedded industry. Its highly efficient architecture achieves 1.3 DMIPS/MHz in a 0.13 micron process. Comprised of the ARC 605, 610D and 625D cores, the 600 family is suited for cost-sensitive, battery operated applications and tasks such as embedded control, computation, and DSP processing. ARC's XY Advanced DSP subsystem and FPX floating point extensions are available options for most cores within the 600 family. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |