QuickLogic picks MIPS, PixelFusion opts for ARC

QuickLogic picks MIPS, PixelFusion opts for ARC
By Michael Santarini, EE Times
June 19, 2000 (12:10 p.m. EST)
URL: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20000619S0006

Programmable-logic vendor QuickLogic Corp. and MPU core vendor MIPS Technologies Inc. have signed a license agreement that provides QuickLogic with the MIPS32 4Kc and an option on the MIPS64 5K embedded processor cores. According to the companies, the agreement enables the development of a platform to embed a MIPS-based processor with high-performance programmable logic and on-chip dual-port SRAM, laying the foundation for a whole new class of system-level embedded standard products (ESPs). QuickLogic and MIPS hope the programmable-logic-based solution will help developers create MIPS32- and MIPS64-based systems more quickly, accelerating time-to-market.

The new class of ESPs created from this agreement will target digital subscriber line and cable modem head-end equipment, Internet routers, fiber-optic telecommunications switches, wireless basestation equipment and set-top boxes, the companies said.