Multi-Processor SoCs: Where are the Tools?

By Ann Steffora Mutschler -- Electronic News, 8/25/2006

Electronic News sat down with Simon Davidmann, president and CEO of Imperas Inc.; Chris Rowen, founder, president and CEO of Tensilica Inc.; Ian Mackintosh, president of the OCP/IP Association; Jeff Jussel, VP marketing and Americas general manager at Celoxica Ltd.; and Tom Grebinski, founder and chairman of Oasis Tooling to talk about multi-processor system-on-chips, including how good current tools are for creating them, as well as what the industry needs to move forward. What follows are excerpts of the discussion.