Wednesday August 27 9:30 AM EDT
Company Press Release
Source: Mentor Graphics Corporation
Mentor Graphics' New IP Offering Speeds Chip
Design for High-Speed Internet Access
Applications Span Telecommunications, Networks, Cable Modems
WILSONVILLE, Ore., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor Graphics' (Nasdaq:MENT)
Inventra(TM) division today announced Telecom Soft Cores, a library of
industry-specific intellectual property cores required for faster
system-on-a-chip design in the rapidly growing high-speed data and
telecommunications markets.
The Telecom Soft Cores library offers a wide-ranging selection of standard
interfaces and functions, eliminating the need for designers to continue
reinventing existing standards. This library enables companies to rapidly
integrate the functionality of multiple chips into a single chip, thereby
reducing the power consumption, cost and size of their end products. The
Telecom Soft Cores library is the only plug-and-play library to make cores
of this type broadly available from a single independent source.
Typical products that will incorporate Telecom Soft Cores include ISDN
terminal adapters, T1/E1-based network connections, subscriber line cards,
xDSL, cable modems, switches, wireless base stations, private branch
exchanges (PBXs), routers, bridges and videoconferencing systems.
Inventra to Offer Most Complete Set of Vertical Market Libraries
``Inventra is the industry's largest third-party provider of cores.
Customers seeking timely and profitable results can count on Inventra for
intellectual property that is reusable, verifiable and accessible,'' said
Brian Barrera, Inventra director of marketing. ``Today's announcement marks
a significant milestone for Inventra -- the evolution to providing
intellectual property and services targeted at fast-growth markets such as
high-speed data, wired/wireless, and networking. Look to Inventra to offer
the industry's most complete set of vertical market libraries for
customers.''
High-speed Internet access, consumer and business-driven telecommunications
and networking are all demanding increased bandwidth and speed from the
telecommunications network. This demand is clearly reflected in
telecommunication semiconductors, with the market areas served by the
Telecom Soft Cores showing growth rates ranging from 19 percent to more
than 50 percent in 1996.
Expanded, Specialized Library Provides Single Source, Plug and Play
The extensive Telecom Soft Cores library contains cores for speech coders,
protocol controllers, forward error correction, encryption, and modulation
and demodulation. All of the Telecom Soft Cores are plug and play, thanks
to the Inventra on-chip bus. This on-chip bus is processor-independent and
enables designers to bypass traditional time-consuming bus design and
complicated glue logic. In addition, specialized design services for the
Telecom Soft Cores are available through Mentor Consulting, as they are for
all Inventra products.
Telecom Soft Cores will enable networking companies to move into integrated
wide-area networking solutions; telecommunications equipment companies to
reduce parts count and increase data rates; and Internet access equipment
companies to provide lower-cost, high-bandwidth access to the World Wide
Web.
The Inventra Business Unit of Mentor Graphics is the world's largest
independent creator and distributor of reusable intellectual property for
the system-on-a-chip industry. The extensive Inventra product line provides
EDA tool-independent cores, memories, physical libraries, embedded software
and services. Reusable ``cores'' are pre-designed and pre-verified
functional building blocks that enable the next major productivity gain for
ASIC and IC design. Inventra's IP products lower the cost of implementing
design reuse, allowing designers more time to focus on unique, value-added
circuitry.
Mentor Graphics Corporation is a world leader in electronic hardware and
software design solutions, providing products and consulting services for
the world's largest electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in
1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of $437,751,000
and employs approximately 2,581 people worldwide. Company headquarters are
located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World
Wide Web site: mentorg.com.
SOURCE: Mentor Graphics Corporation
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