Emulex Corp. Licenses Palmchip Corp.'s CoreFrame Architecture for System-On-Chip Solutions
COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 1997--Emulex Corp. (Nasdaq:EMLX), a leading manufacturer of network printing, fibre channel, and network access products, Wednesday announced that it has licensed the Palmchip Corp. CoreFrame Architecture for use in high performance system-on-chip designs. This relationship will enable Emulex to accelerate the design of new ASIC devices for use in advanced networking products in conjunction with its ARM RISC processor-based network access engines.
CoreFrame provides a high performance on-chip interconnect architecture which allows silicon functional blocks to be combined together with "plug and play" simplicity. This enables designers to assemble and verify complete system-on-chip devices quickly and easily which shortens product development cycles and enhances time-to-market.
"Palmchip's CoreFrame Architecture dramatically reduces system-on-chip design time and will enable Emulex to accelerate new product development," said Jeff Freeman, senior marketing director for Emulex. "CoreFrame is optimized for high bandwidth, data intensive applications and provides Emulex with an advanced on-chip architecture for use in new high performance products for the networking and fibre channel markets."
"Palmchip is pleased to be working with Emulex, a recognized leader in the network printing, fibre channel, and network access markets," said Jauher Zaidi, Palmchip president and CEO. "The adoption by Emulex of Palmchip's CoreFrame Architecture is a significant step towards establishing CoreFrame as the preferred on-chip architecture for today's high performance system-on-chip designs".
Emulex Background
Emulex is a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance network connectivity products including fibre channel, printer server and network access products. The company's hardware and software-based networking solutions improve communication in computer networks and enhance data flow between computers and peripherals. Fibre channel is a high-performance ANSI standard interface that is supported by the 120+ worldwide member Fibre Channel Association which includes Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Seagate.
As a leading developer and supplier of fibre channel technology, Emulex's fibre channel devices support all implementations of the fibre channel standard, including arbitrated loop, switched fabric and point-to-point technologies. The company markets to OEMs and end users through its own worldwide selling organization, as well as two-tier distribution partners.
Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa. News releases and other information about Emulex are available via Emulex's World Wide Web address at emulex.com .
Palmchip Background
Palmchip, The Virtual ASIC Company, licenses intellectual property and provides design services for embedded applications within the mass storage, printer, mobile communications and networking industries. Palmchip's product offering includes an extensive library of peripheral and controller cores, the CoreFrame modular ASIC architecture, and hardware and software co-design and co-simulation tools for system-on-silicon design.
Palmchip also offers expertise in ARM CPU core hardware and software integration, as well as custom functional block design services. Palmchip, a privately-held company based in San Jose, Calif., is also a member of the Virtual Socket Interface Alliance. To learn more, visit the Palmchip Web site at palmchip.com . -0- Palmchip, The Virtual ASIC Company and CoreFrame are trademarks of Palmchip Corp.
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CONTACT:
Emulex Corp., Costa Mesa
Mike Lantow, Sr. Manager, Marketing Services
714/513-8155
marketing@emulex.com |
