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January 06, 2009 09:00 PM Eastern Time
VeriSilicon
Expands SoC Platform with Vivante’s Silicon Proven
Graphics Solutions
Most Silicon Efficient OpenGL ES
2.0 Graphics Solution Available Complements
VeriSilicon Multimedia Platform
SANTA CLARA, Calif. & SUNNYVALE,
Calif.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Vivante Corporation, the technology leader in
embedded Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) IP cores, and
VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon), a
world-class ASIC design foundry and custom SoC solutions
provider, today announced the addition of scalable 2D
and 3D graphics solutions from Vivante to VeriSilicon's
expanding, system level star IP portfolio. The agreement
gives VeriSilicon access to Vivante’s silicon proven
OpenGL ES 2.0 / 1.1 and OpenVG 1.1 GPUs for customer SoC
designs targeting mobile and home entertainment consumer
applications where visual interaction differentiates end
products. Vivante’s silicon proven GPU technology is
distinguished from other available IP cores by
delivering the highest performance per square millimeter
of silicon area, OpenGL ES 2.0 quality proven in silicon
and a rich feature set in a variety of packages for
varied market requirements.
“By adding Vivante GPU IP,
VeriSilicon expands its SoC platform capability to
service multimedia applications such as Blu-ray DVD
Players, advanced Set-top Boxes, high definition DTV
devices, and automobile infotainment devices with audio,
video and image processing requirements,” said Bill
Wang, Corporate Vice President of Business Development
of VeriSilicon. "VeriSilicon strives to be a world class
design foundry with a full range of SoC capabilities to
serve its worldwide customer base. Our advanced,
flexible SoC platforms include industry leading ZSP
family of DSP cores (acquired from LSI Logic), standard
processor cores like ARM, PowerPC, low power analog IP
and application software.”
“Increasing demand for sophisticated
on-screen displays, graphical user interfaces and
Internet gaming applications drives ever-more capable
GPUs into a wide range of SoCs, where silicon area and
performance delivered per milliwatt are the most
important factors in selecting a GPU. Vivante is fueling
this growth by providing a wide range of silicon proven
GPU cores with the best performance per square
millimeter of silicon area for each product category.
This dramatic silicon area savings enables SoC vendors
to differentiate a wide range of platforms with leading
edge graphics performance,” said David Jarmon, Vice
President of Business Development and Sales of Vivante
Corporation. “We are excited about the partnership with
VeriSilicon and we both see excellent synergies in
providing full platform solutions which will enable our
customers to add OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics capability with
minimum incremental silicon cost.”
About Vivante
Corporation
Vivante Corporation is an embedded graphics technology
leader, licensing its HD Visual Reality and Mobile
Visual Reality IP to semiconductor solution providers
serving consumer markets from mobile devices to high
definition home entertainment. The Vivante ScalarMorphicTM architecture brings to embedded systems
PC-quality visuals, smallest area, and highest
performance per square millimeter compared to other
licensable GPU cores. Vivante delivers silicon proven,
industry leading graphics conformant with the OpenGL ES
2.0/1.1 and OpenVG API standards. The Vivante
development environment is used by a worldwide network
of application developers and ecosystem partners.
Vivante is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with
an R&D center in Shanghai, China.
About VeriSilicon
Founded in 2001, VeriSilicon Holdings
Co., Ltd. ("VeriSilicon") is a fast growing IC
(integrated circuit) design foundry providing custom
solutions and SoC (System-on-A-Chip) turnkey services.
VeriSilicon has an extensive track record of
accelerating customer designs from initial specification
to silicon, achieving first silicon success - on time
and on spec - and taking customer silicon through volume
production, utilizing its partner network of leading
wafer foundries and assembly and test companies in Asia
Pacific. In addition to its flexible engagement model,
superior supply chain management, and strong service
culture, VeriSilicon's market leading licensable digital
signal processing (ZSP®) cores and star IP based SoC
platforms, along with value-added mixed signal IP
portfolio, are the key differentiators for its success
in a broad range of application markets, including
multimedia, voice and wireless communications.
VeriSilicon's global customer base of market leading
multinationals and fabless start-up companies benefit
from shorter development cycles, reduced cost of
ownership, and economies of scale. VeriSilicon currently
has research and development centers in Santa Clara,
California and Dallas, Texas, U. S.; Shanghai and
Beijing, China; with sales and customer support offices
in Santa Clara, California, US; Shanghai, Beijing,
Shenzhen, China; Tokyo, Japan; Taipei, Taiwan; Nice,
France; and Seoul, Korea. For more information, please
visit
www.verisilicon.com.
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