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To: Mark Brophy who wrote (6056)	8/14/1999 1:07:00 PM
From: bythepark	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10309

Mark, What's your take on Motorola's "Digital DNA" ... Is it a type of RTOS ? I ask because I just noticed the following June press release referring to MOT offering 'Royalty-free M-CORE architecture to Japan'. Thanks in advance for your usual, clear insight into this :) --alan > Motorola Offers Royalty-free M-CORE(tm) Microcontroller Architecture, > Expanded Software Portfolio to Japan > > > TOKYO, JAPAN - June 18, 1999 - Motorola, the world market leader in > DigitalDNA(tm) embedded silicon solutions, recognizing the > tremendous growth rate of consumer and wireless markets in Japan, > today announced two new initiatives for its M-CORE microprocessor > architecture. First, Motorola announced a program to license the > M-CORE architecture to OEM customers and ASIC manufacturers > royalty-free within the Japanese domestic market. In addition, > Motorola will make available a menu of key software for M-CORE, > including the new KJava virtual machine developed in conjunction > with Sun Microsystems. > > "The M-CORE architecture is key to the future of Motorola embedded > microprocessors, and will drive many of the products in our > wireless, consumer, and transportation roadmaps," commented Takashi > Kitagawa, corporate vice president and director of M-CORE strategic > development. "Motorola believes that by offering a core licensing > program coupled with a robust software package, the Japanese market > will quickly realize that the M-CORE architecture is the preferred > choice for low power, high performance, low cost system solutions." > > > M-CORE Licensing Program > Motorola plans to make its advanced M-CORE microRISC architecture > available to market partners through an expanded licensing > initiative in Japan, a plan that includes royalty-free licensing > terms for domestic products and attractive terms for export. This > will enable a wider range of customers to create silicon solutions > for specific business opportunities. Under the plan, Motorola will > offer the recently announced M-CORE M210-S, a fully synthesizable > and rapidly retargetable 32-bit processor; a library of reusable > industry standard peripheral modules; and bus standards based on > Motorola's new peripheral bus interface specification. Future > M-CORE product offerings will also be available as part of the > licensing program. > > Utilizing industry-leading Motorola IP and leveraging existing tools > and software code, partners will be able to serve the expanding > design needs of the embedded consumer market. The flexibility of > the licensing initiative allows participants to pick from a number > of options, ranging from core licensing only to complete design and > manufacture of semi-custom solutions. Motorola has targeted > worldwide strategic customers, select market partners, fabless > design and ASIC houses, as well as educational institutions to be > among the first recipients for this unprecedented Motorola > technology transfer. > > An example of a consumer wireless product made possible by the > licensing agreement and the recently announced KJava running on the > M-CORE, is an internet-capable dataphone based on existing > second-generation (2G) or extended second-generation (2.5G) phone > platforms. Another example, a current Personal Digital Cellular > (PDC) manufacturer could modify an existing design to produce a > KJava dataphone, which takes advantage of data capabilities in the > existing standard. In addition, this architectural approach allows > a seamless transition to an integrated third-generation (3G) > platform with the higher data capabilities and services it affords. > Motorola believes that such 2.5G dataphones are important to the > early understanding and development of market demand as Japan leads > the world in the deployment of wireless data. > > > Hardware + Software = Solution > > The heart of the internet dataphone concept is the M-CORE host > processor and the systems and applications software that can be run > on it. Motorola recently completed extensive improvements to the > KJava virtual machine, which Motorola licensed from Sun, with rights > to sub-license. These improvements result in a Java virtual machine > that will run more quickly and efficiently and is more compact from > a code-size perspective, and therefore lower cost and power > dissipation, having been optimized for portable battery operated > applications. Other software environments in development for M-CORE > include the uITRON Operating System and a Kanji-character display > application, Symbian EPOC, SnapTrack's GPS-based positioning > technology, and Bluetooth local connectivity. > > The M-CORE architecture has an extensive number of software tools > available from Motorola or from third-party vendors to help the OEM > designer integrate proprietary software and customize their product > with software applications. > > In Japan, Motorola is committed to local engineering support for > M-CORE designs and licensing of the architecture. Extensive > resources are also available from the M-CORE Technology Center in > Austin, Texas.