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Toshiba, MIPS to Develop RISC Processors
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Toshiba Corp and MIPS Technologies, Inc recently announced that they have agreed to jointly develop a next-generation 64-bit microprocessor, the TX-99, based on an enhanced MIPS core -- code named "Amethyst".
Toshiba's TX99 is intended to be the highest performance standard for 64-bit embedded microprocessor products, and according to the companies will give semiconductor and system OEMs the highest performance available for cost- and power-sensitive embedded applications, such as automotive telematics, office automation, multimedia home gateways, digital consumer products and networking.
ArTile Microsystems, Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc, will also join this program.
Development tools and applications software will be available from many third-party suppliers, including Algorithmics, Green Hills Software, Mentor Graphics, Microsoft, MontaVista, Red Hat and Wind River. In addition, the MIPS Alliance Program (MAP) supports the availability of critical hardware and software such as 802.11, Bluetooth, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, audio algorithms, ATM (asynchronous transfer mode), VoIP and networking protocol stacks.
Toshiba will support development of custom RISC embedded SoCs for applications in such areas as automotive, networking, office automation and digital consumer products, utilizing the technology know-how cultivated in the joint development of the TX99 microprocessor. Toshiba will launch its initial product in the first quarter of 2003, and bring a TX99-based general microprocessor to market by the end of 2003.
(April 2002 Issue, Nikkei Electronics Asia)
Toshiba's TX99 is intended to be the highest performance standard for 64-bit embedded microprocessor products, and according to the companies will give semiconductor and system OEMs the highest performance available for cost- and power-sensitive embedded applications, such as automotive telematics, office automation, multimedia home gateways, digital consumer products and networking.
ArTile Microsystems, Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc, will also join this program.
Development tools and applications software will be available from many third-party suppliers, including Algorithmics, Green Hills Software, Mentor Graphics, Microsoft, MontaVista, Red Hat and Wind River. In addition, the MIPS Alliance Program (MAP) supports the availability of critical hardware and software such as 802.11, Bluetooth, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, audio algorithms, ATM (asynchronous transfer mode), VoIP and networking protocol stacks.
Toshiba will support development of custom RISC embedded SoCs for applications in such areas as automotive, networking, office automation and digital consumer products, utilizing the technology know-how cultivated in the joint development of the TX99 microprocessor. Toshiba will launch its initial product in the first quarter of 2003, and bring a TX99-based general microprocessor to market by the end of 2003.
(April 2002 Issue, Nikkei Electronics Asia)
