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See our customer gallery to discover what games, cell phones, printers, networking devices and more Xtensa and Diamond Standard processors have been designed into.
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Tensilica has over 120 licensees of the Xtensa processor technology and Diamond Standard processor cores. Here is a brief description of a portion of the publicly disclosed users of our technology |
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ADDMM
ADDMM has licensed a Tensilica processor. |
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AFA Technology
Afa Technologies, Inc. selected the Xtensa configurable processor for a new multi-standard mobile digital TV receiver system-on-chip (SOC) design project. “Tensilica’s unique technology allows us to implement in low-power processors what previously was only possible using hardwired logic. By optimizing the Xtensa processor, we can deliver a programmable solution for advanced mobile TV handsets, and still meet the low power constraints needed to deliver the long battery life consumers expect,” stated Philip Sun, Afa’s executive vice president.
See press release. |
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ALPS
The Peripheral Products Division of ALPS Electronic Co., Ltd. has licensed the
Xtensa processor to improve performance and reduce power in portable photo printer products. See press release. |
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AMD/ATI
Tensilica's Xtensa processors are a key ingredient in AMD's UVD (United Video Decoder) for hardware processing of HD video formats in ATI Avivo HD video and display technology for PC graphics cards and notebook computers.UVD technology reduces power use, helps decrease system noise and helps to increase notebook battery life during HD video playback. See examples of these cards. |
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Aquantia
Aquantia Corp. licensed the Diamond Standard 108Mini processor core for their 10 Gigabit Ethernet physical layer transceiver chip design. Aquantia is developing chips which will enable the upcoming 10GBASE-T standard for operation over familiar UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) cabling. "We liked Tensilica’s Diamond 108Mini because it gave us the performance we needed in a small form factor,” stated Ramin Shirani, vice president of engineering, Aquantia. “With its small footprint and minimal power requirements, the Diamond 108Mini is well suited for general control applications." See press release. |
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ASTRI
Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI) is using Xtensa customizable processor cores for a video research project. The government of Hong Kong created ASTRI to perform high-quality R&D (research and development) for technology transfer to industry, develop needed technical human resources, and act as a focal point that brings together industry and university R&D assets.
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Astute
Networks
Astute Networks employs ten Xtensa
processors in its 10-Gbit Pericles storage
network processor, capable of handling a variety
of protocols, including TCP, Fibre Channel
and iSCSI, for a range of systems from storage
switches, gateways and servers to converged
Fibre Channel-Ethernet storage systems. See
EETimes article and EDN
article. |
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Atheros Communications
Atheros,
a leading provider of advanced wireless solutions, licensed the Xtensa configurable and extensible processor core for future product designs. "We selected Tensilica's Xtensa processor because of its high-performance, low power and small size which are ideal for a wide range of very compact wireless applications," said Rick Bahr, VP of Engineering for Atheros Communications. See press release
Atheros is using the Xtensa processor in the AR3011 Radio-On-Chip. |
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Audience
Audience is a licensee of Tensilica's processor technology. |
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Avision
Avision Inc., the leading Taiwanese supplier of multi-function printing/copying/scanning
office products, is using the Xtensa processor in a scanner product. More
details |
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Broadcom
Broadcom uses the Xtensa processor
in the CALISTO line of Voice over IP communications
processors.
 download pdf Success Story
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Brocade
Brocade is a licensee of the Xtensa
processor. |
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Chiplen
Chiplen licensed Tensilica's Diamond Standard processor. |
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Cisco
Cisco is both a repeat customer of
the Xtensa processor and an investor in Tensilica.
Tensilica’s Xtensa processors are used
in the innovative 40 Gigabit per second (Gbps)
Cisco Silicon Packet Processor used in the
Cisco CRS-1. See
press release, EE
Times article and Cisco
web site for more information. |
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CMC Microsystems
CMC Microsystems licenses the Xtensa LX2 processor to boost the prototyping capability available to university researchers through Canada’s System-on-Chip Research Network (SOCRN). This will enable engineers at 36 participating SOCRN universities to create FPGA-based hardware prototypes for designs that include customized versions of the Xtensa LX2 processor. See press release.
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Conexant
Conexant is a licensee of both Xtensa
and Vectra, as well as an investor in Tensilica. |
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DS2
Design of Systems on Silicon S.A. (DS2) licensed Tensilica’s Xtensa configurable processor to use as a controller in a 200 Mbps powerline chipset. This chipset enables broadband and networking in homes over power lines, coaxial cable and telephone wire. “We needed a supplier we could depend on, and we were very impressed with Tensilica’s support for their products," stated Mayte Bacete, operations director, DS2. “The Xtensa configurable processor gives us the right mix of performance and low power that we need for these chip designs."
See press release. |
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Design Art Networks
DesignArt Networks is using multiple Xtensa LX2 cores to speed product development and reduce risk to their WiMAX wireless baseband chip design. Multiple Xtensa LX2 cores are used in PHY and MAC layers of DesignArt’s SOC platform, where some are replacing RTL state machines with high performance software, and some have been configured as custom DSP engines, handling high-speed signal processing functions. See press release. |
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EE Solutions
EE Solutions, a leading design service provider with considerable expertise in SOC design, licensed the Diamond Standard 108Mini processor core for a high-performance, low-power application for one of its customers. "Tensilica’s Diamond Standard 108Mini core perfectly met our needs for a low-cost, low-power, high-performance controller core for a high-volume customer application in the mobile space,” stated Jim Su, chief executive officer of EES. “We evaluated all of the popular 32-bit controller cores on the market, and Tensilica’s Diamond Standard 108Mini gave us the best price,performance and power solution.”
See press release.
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Seiko
Epson
Seiko Epson Corporation (“Epson”) is using multiple Xtensa processors in its REALOID printer engine chip. According to Katsuhiko Nishizawa, General Manager of IJP Design
Department of Imaging & Information Product Division of Epson’s Imaging Products Operations Division, “By using pre-verified Xtensa processors instead of traditional RTL methods of implementing the image processing datapath, we completed the design of the REALOID chip with less than half the development costs of previous chips.” See press release. See examples of printers using Xtensa processors. See success story. |
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Fujitsu
Fujitsu Transport Systems adopts Xtensa
processor for WDM, Sonet optical transmission
systems and WCDMA communication systems and
more! More details |
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Hudson
Soft
Hudson Soft is using Xtensa processors
to deliver breakthrough graphics quality to
manufacturers of small, battery-operated hand-held
devices as well as specialty entertainment
consoles. See press release. See examples of the Konami games that use Xtensa processors.
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Ibiquity
iBiquity Digital Corporation licensed Xtensa LX configurable processors, including the market leading HiFi2 audio engine, to provide digital baseband and audio processing for many HD Radio™ receivers. iBiquity also is a value-added reseller of Tensilica’s technology, bundling it into select iBiquity silicon Intellectual Property (IP) offerings marketed to major semiconductor companies. See press release. |
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Ikanos
Ikanos Communications, a fabless semiconductor
vendor serving the broadband access concentrator
market, uses the Xtensa processor as the heart
of its Burst Mode Engine (BME) chip, which
is in the SmartLeap 8100, SmartLeap 8800 and
CleverConnect 150 chip sets. See the press
coverage of the SmartLeap 8800 introduction
in CommsDesign. Read about Ikanos' fifth generation chip set with IPTV support.
download pdf Success Story See more information on the SmartLeap product with Xtensa inside. |
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Intel
The Intel Media Processor CE 3100 (formerly codenamed “Canmore") for Internet-connected CE devices includes two of Tensilica’s HiFi 2 audio processor . See press release. See success story. |
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Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks (previously known as NetScreen) uses two Xtensa processors in its NetScreen-ISG 1000 and 2000 security gateways. These are high-performance integrated security gateways that deliver scalable network access for enterprise, carrier and data center networks. See more information on the Juniper GigaScreen-3. |
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LG
Electronics
LG Electronicshas licensed Tensilica's technology for use in mobile telephones and DTV systems. They used? the Xtensa configurable processor core to deliver the world's first mobile phone capable of receiving digital broadcast signals. Compatible with the "Terrestrial digital-multimedia-broadcast" (T-DMB) system in Korea, the LT1000 mobile phone is powered by a sophisticated digital media processor which was designed using the Tensilica Xtensa processor. See press release. See examples of LG phones that employ Tensilica's processors. |
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Lucid
Lucid Information Technology, Ltd. licensed the Diamond Standard 212GP general-purpose processor core for a new scalable multi-GPU chip design project. "We particularly liked the in-bound DMA capability of the Diamond Standard series," stated Moshe Steiner, CEO, Lucid. “With this feature we are able to realize significantly higher computational and data throughput when compared to alternative architectures." See press release. Read more about their design. |
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Marvell
Marvell uses the Xtensa processor in a range of products, including the Yukon family of Ethernet controllers, the LinkStreet family of SOHO router chips, the Horizon family of communications controllers, and printer engines. See press release on company-wide license of Xtensa LX2.
Download pdf Success Story See examples of products using Marvell's Net-GX IPSec Accelerator Engine. |
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Neterion
Neterion is the market leader in the 10-gigabit Ethernet adapter market, and is using the Xtensa LX processor for next-generation designs. "Tensilica’s automated configurable processor design approach gives us the speed we need with lower power and smaller die size," stated Dennis Shwed, Neterion’s vice president of hardware engineering. “Tensilica’s Xtensa LX processor delivers the performance levels required for demanding 10-gigabit Ethernet in high-speed server and storage networking applications." See press release.
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NTT
NTT Communications Corporation (Japan)
is a Tensilica Xtensa licensee. NTT Electronics
Corp. (NTT) designed two high-performance MPEG-2
CODECs using Tensilica’s Xtensa cores. See the press release See the success
story. |
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NuFront
NuFront Software of Beijing, China, has designed a baseband DSP for China's Mobile TV handset standard. They are using the Xtensa processor because they can optimize it for the performance they need. See press release. NuFront's T-MMB mobile solution was demonstrated at China's IIC 2008 exhibitions. See press release. |
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NVIDIA
NVIDIA is a licensee of Tensilica's technology and has used this technology in mobile phone and PC graphics applications. See press release. |
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Olympus
Optical Co
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. of Japan - a leader in digital imaging technology and a market leader in film and digital still cameras - has licensed the Xtensa processor. Read what Olympus says about using the Xtensa processor as an alternative to traditional hard-wired RTL methodologies for SOC design. |
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Panasonic
Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. (President: Osamu Waki), located in Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama, Japan, (Panasonic Mobile) has licensed the Xtensa LX2 customizable processor core for a baseband processor integrated circuit for mobile phones. Now Panasonic Mobile will develop several different configurations of the Xtensa processor. See press release. |
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Penstar Technology
Penstar Technology licensed the Diamond Standard 330HiFi Audio Processor core for use in cellular phones and personal media players (PMPs) conforming to China’s emerging Audio Video coding Standard (AVS). Penstar intends to be the first Chinese company to offer a low power chip that is fully compliant with AVS, following the successful release of its DS-1000 IC product, which is an AVS video decoder IC supporting both standard and high definition video applications for digital TV and IPTV (Internet Protocol TV). Penstar will use the Diamond Standard 330HiFi Audio Processor for both the audio and control functions in the SOC. See press release. |
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Plato Networks, Inc.
Plato Networks licensed the Diamond Standard 108Mini processor core for a 10 Gigabit Ethernet physical layer transceiver (PHY) chip design. Plato Networks is developing low-power single-chip 10 Gbps physical layer ICs for low-cost copper cabling based on the newly approved IEEE 10GBASE-T standard (802.3an). Pirooz Hojabri, vice president of engineering, Plato Networks, said, “The Diamond Standard 108Mini was the perfect fit from a size, power, code density, and cost perspective." See press release. |
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PnpNetwork Technologies, Inc.
PnpNetwork licensed two Diamond Standard processor cores for their digital mobile broadcasting chip designs for mobile consumer broadcast TV applications and video-enabled handset designs. PnpNetwork will use the Diamond Standard 330HiFi for high-quality audio processing and the Diamond Standard 212GP as a control processor for their chip designs. See press release.
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PowerLayer Microsystems
PowerLayer Microsystems licensed the 388VDO video engine, a complete video subsystem that will be designed into integrated circuits for HDTV sets. The 388VDO will be used to decode content from the Internet. “Many people want to enjoy their TV and Internet content on one device, and the 388VDO gives us the video quality we need for the display of Internet video and images," stated Dr. Xu Dong, president and COO, PowerLayer Microsystems. “We were impressed because it was a total drop-in solution, both hardware and software." See press release. |
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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung signed a broad multi-year license for Tensilica’s Diamond Standard 330HiFi audio DSP. Samsung is using the Diamond Standard 330HiFi audio DSP in mobile handset and other designs. G. S. Han, vice president of Samsung Electronics, System LSI Division, said “After a thorough technical evaluation of Tensilica’s HiFi offering, we found that the Diamond 330HiFi was the right audio DSP for Samsung and will be a key DSP in our IP portfolio for years to come." See press release. |
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Sandforce
SandForce, Inc., is a semiconductor company developing System on Chip products that boost the storage I/O performance of next generation servers, workstations and personal computers by orders of magnitude. They are using the Diamond Standard 108Mini RISC controller core in their high-performance storage controller chipset designs. See press release. |
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SiBEAM, Inc.
SiBEAM, Inc., is a leading innovator of millimeter wave (mmWave) solutions and developer of high-speed wireless communications platforms, is using the Xtensa configurable processor for an upcoming chip design project. They picked the Xtensa processor because it could be optimized to attain the performance these wireless applications demand.
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ServerEngines
ServerEngines licensed Xtensa configurable processor cores for its BladeEngine 10Gb Enterprise I/O controller and other designs in progress for the 10-gigabyte enterprise Blade Server market. ServerEngines’ revolutionary architecture, which incorporates multiple Xtensa processors, allows the integration of networking and storage into a single 10 Gb fabric, lowering capital and maintenance costs while providing state-of-the-art performance. See EETimes article. |
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Sony
Sony is using Xtensa LX2 processors for
future consumer electronics applications. See press release. |
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ST
Microelectronics
ST Microelectronics is a licensee of the Xtensa processor. ST is using the Xtensa core in a number of application areas. |
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TranSwitch
TranSwitch Corp. is a repeat Tensilica customer using the Xtensa processor in a variety of high-end communications ICs, including the OMNI products and T3BwP chip. TranSwitch acquired Tensilica licensee Centillium and announced that they use two customized Xtensa processors as the CPU in their Atlanta 2000 processor chip. Read more about Transwitch in EE Times. |
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Triductor
Triductor
Triductor Technology has successfully taped out two designs with Diamond Standard 212GP general-purpose processor cores as the system controllers for VDSL2 design for both the customer premise (CPE) and central office (CO) designs. See press release. |
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Valens Semiconductor
Valens Semiconductor selected the Diamond Standard 108Mini as the controller for a SOC design that will enable high-quality transmission of audio and video in a home networking environment. “We picked the Diamond Standard 108Mini as our central controller based on the high quality Diamond Standard software tool environment, the low-power advantages of the Diamond 108Mini processor compared to conventional alternatives, and because the Diamond 108Mini core had the performance-headroom we needed," said Dror Jerushalmi, CEO of Valens.
See Press Release
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Validity Sensors Inc.
Validity Sensors, Inc., a privately-held biometric sensor company specializing in convenient, secure and reliable fingerprint authentication solutions, is using two Tensilica Xtensa customizable processors in their high-volume fingerprint sensors. See press release. |
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WiLinx
WiLinx licensed the Xtensa LX2 configurable processor for its low-power True-UWBTM single chip CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) solutions. WiLinx True-UWB product offers 7 GHZ (from 3 to 10 GHz) of air spectrum as the key enabler for worldwide adoption of UWB into the cellular phone handsets, PCs, PC peripherals and CE (consumer electronics) devices. See press release. |
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XM Radio
XM Radio is a licensee of Tensilica. |
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“Many of our ASIC customers are looking at Tensilica’s Xtensa processors as a way to add extra flexibility to their designs, especially as they make the investment in 90 nm technology. The high clock rates possible with these processors make them an attractive alternative to RTL design, particularly because they can be modified to match the particular application so quickly.”
Flavio Benetti, WLI Division ASIC BU Director, STMicroelectronics |
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