Synad Licenses ARM922T Core For Wireless LAN Applications
Flexible ARM core-based implementation enables two-chip solution for both clients and access points
CAMBRIDGE AND READING, UK – Apr. 29, 2003 – ARM, [(LSE: ARM) (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions, and Synad, a fabless Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system-on-chip (SoC) company, today announced at Network World+Interop, Las Vegas, NV, that Synad has licensed the ARM922T™ embedded processor core for use in its Mercury 5G WLAN 802.11a, b and g chip set. Synad is deploying the ARM922T embedded processor core to run the 802.11a/b/g Media Access Control (MAC) and support all key wireless network security features including TKIP, AES, WPA and 802.1x.
"Synad's vision is to deliver seamless connectivity at work, at home and in public places. Utilizing the ARM922T core through the ARM® Foundry Program has substantially reduced our product development time in order to deliver on this vision," said Kevin Mapplebeck, vice president, Marketing, Synad. "In addition, the ARM922T core's superior performance, power consumption capabilities, efficiency of the software implementation using on-chip memory and debug tools have enabled Synad to offer the market a technically superior product."
"ARM continues to win designs in the fast-growing WLAN marketplace, as networking companies require high-performance, low-power microprocessor cores to design flexible MAC solutions for 802.11 a, b and g," said Denise Kerstein, networking segment manager, ARM. "The technical suitability of ARM cores for networking applications, the range of system level components and solutions we offer to speed design, and our flexible licensing programs, enable burgeoning companies like Synad to embrace and deliver advanced solutions for key market applications like WLAN."
The ARM922T hard macrocell is suitable for a wide range of platform Operating System-based applications. Based around the high-performance ARM9TDMI® 32-bit RISC CPU, the ARM922T core features instruction and data caches, a memory management unit (MMU) to enable support for all major OSs, AMBA™ bus-compliant interfaces, and support for the ARM real-time trace technology with the optional ETM9™ product and the Embedded Trace Macrocell™ product. |
