ATMEL ADDS LODE DSP TO ASIC LIBRARIES SAN JOSE, CALIF.,
Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Atmel Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today
that it has enlarged its digital signal processing offering with the
addition of the Lode(TM) DSP core and related software developed by the
TCSI Corporation (Nasdaq: TCSI) of Berkeley.
Lode is an advanced 16 bit digital signal processor core designed for
optimal performance in speech and voice communications applications.
The Lode core architecture efficiently performs the baseband functions
-- speech compression, forward error correction and modem functions --
required in digital cellular standards.
The TCSI Lode DSP core is a general-purpose digital signal processor
that provides two multiplier-accumulators to reduce power consumption by
effectively cutting cycle times in half. It provides comprehensive
software and development tools.
"This DSP engine is a perfect fit for our customer's needs in
telecommunications, and complements our current microcontroller and DSP
core offerings," explained John Bryant, Atmel's director of marketing
for complex logic and microcontrollers. "The addition of the Lode DSP
core and its extensive software base broadens the markets we can serve
with digital signal processing," Bryant added.
"The Lode standard is extremely powerful and flexible providing an array
of features and services," stated Hatch Graham, senior vice president
and general manager for TCSI. "We are delighted that a world leader
such as Atmel has selected the Lode core. It is a testimony to the
flexibility and power of this core as well as to the quality of TCSI's
application software," he added.
Earlier this month, Atmel completed an agreement with the DSP Group of
Santa Clara, California, covering its OakDSPCore(TM) and PineDSPCore(TM)
and their accompanying instruction sets. These 16 bit general-purpose
DSP modules offer both low-power and low-voltage operation.
All three core architectures are expected to be available to Atmel's
customers through its gate array and cell-based circuit libraries by the
end of the year. All three cores may be embedded in standard products
by Atmel at a later date.
TCSI Corporation, headquartered in Berkeley, California, is a global
supplier of software to the communications industry. The Company's
Object Services Group focuses on providing end-to-end service management
applications complemented by software development and run-time product,
OSP. The Company's Personal Communications Group focuses on providing
wireless access solutions through the Lode low-power DSP core, digital
cellular software and base station technology. In addition, PCG
provides cellular software consulting services to assist customers in
integrating and optimizing TCSI products for their specific
applications.
Headquartered in San Jose, California, with principal manufacturing
facilities in Colorado Springs, Colorado and in Rousset, France, Atmel
designs, develops, manufactures, and markets on a worldwide basis Flash,
EEPROMs, and EPROMs, as well as programmable logic, microcontrollers,
and application-specific devices.
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SOURCE Atmel Corp.
-0- 10/07/96 /CONTACT: John Bryant of Atmel
Corp., 408-436-4187; or Francesca Venezia, 408-451-2855; or Holly
McArthur of TCSI Corporation, 510-420-5787/
(ATML TCSI)
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