Imagination Technologies, a veteran GPU designer and the new owner of the low-power processor architecture MIPS, launched the G6020 at MWC – a GPU that is intended to serve the low-power requirements needed for devices in the wearables and IoT markets.
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Rambus Lensless Smart Sensor: A Tiny Image Sensor Designed For IoT
Remember Rambus? The company that developed RDRAM (Rambus DRAM). No? That’s not surprising; we haven’t heard much from them in the past decade since RDRAM stopped being Intel’s standard for memory. Well, apparently the company has been quite busy over the years, with RDRAM and its successor XDR DRAM, currently being used in PlayStation 2 and 3.
Northwest Logic Offers MRAM Controller IP compatible with Everspin’s ST-MRAM
Northwest Logic’s MRAM Controller Core is validated with Everspin’s EMD3D064M, expanding the ST-MRAM ecosystem to enable low latency and high reliability storage systems
Beaverton, OR – Feb 9, 2015 – Northwest Logic, a leading high-performance IP provider, and Everspin Technologies, Inc., the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of discrete and embedded Magnetic RAM “MRAM”, announces the full interoperability between Northwest Logic’s MRAM Controller Core and Everspin Technologies’ ST-MRAM devices. This interoperability is hardware proven on a Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA platform and is now available for designs needing low-latency, high memory throughput using MRAM technology.
Everspin’s ST-MRAM technology provides high performance, non-volatile RAM which is designed for storage and network markets. Everspin’s ST-MRAM combines the speed and endurance of DRAM with the non-volatility of Flash and is also interface compatible with DDR3 SDRAM. Everspin offers the world’s first commercially-available Spin Torque MRAM and a roadmap of ST-MRAM solutions that meets tomorrow’s storage system requirements. ST-MRAM from Everspin gives designers of high performance storage systems the ability to achieve ultra low latency, increase reliability with high cycling endurance, and protect data in the event of power loss.
“The combination of Everspin’s EMD3D064M DDR3 ST-MRAM and Northwest Logic’s MRAM Controller Core provides storage and memory system designers a new level of capability to have critical cache and in-flight data inherently protected,” said Scott Emley, Vice President of Marketing at Everspin. “We are very pleased that Northwest Logic, as a key Memory Controller IP provider, is now supporting ST-MRAM. This is a key enabler for our customers to use ST-MRAM in their designs.”
Northwest Logic, a key IP provider in the semiconductor market, provides a complete array of high performance Memory Interface Solutions for ASIC and FPGA applications. “We are glad to be working with Everspin to demonstrate a complete end-to-end MRAM system,” said Brian Daellenbach, President of Northwest Logic. “Our MRAM Controller Core supports Everspin’s ST- MRAM devices and is fully available for applications requiring high memory throughput, high clock rates and full programmability. The core also supports interfacing to DDR3 SDRAM.”
About Northwest Logic
Northwest Logic, founded in 1995 and located in Beaverton, Oregon, provides high-performance, silicon-proven, easy-to-use IP cores including PCI Express solution (PCI Express 3.0, 2.1 and 1.1 cores, DMA cores and DMA drivers), Memory Interface Solution (DDR4/3/2, LPDDR4/3/2 SDRAM; HBM, MRAM, RLDRAM 3/II), and MIPI Solution (CSI-2, DSI). These solutions support a full range of platforms including ASICs, Structured ASICs and FPGAs. For additional information, visit www.nwlogic.com.
About Everspin Technologies
Everspin Technologies is the worldwide leader in designing, manufacturing, and commercially shipping discrete and embedded Magnetoresistive RAM (MRAM) and Spin-Torque MRAM (ST-MRAM) into markets and applications where data persistence and integrity, low latency, and security are paramount. With over 40 Million MRAM and ST-MRAM products deployed in data center, cloud storage, energy, industrial, automotive, and transportation markets, Everspin has built the strongest and fastest growing foundation of MRAM users in the world. With an intellectual property portfolio of more than 500 active patents and applications, Everspin leads the market in development of both in-plane and perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) ST-MRAM bit cells. Everspin has established high-quality manufacturing worldwide, along with enabling a full turn-key 300mm high-volume foundry partner for advanced technology nodes including 40nm, 28nm and beyond. In addition to launching discrete memory solutions with new densities and advanced interfaces, including the world’s first commercialization and volume shipments of ST-MRAM, Everspin is delivering on the company’s strategy to proliferate MRAM and ST-MRAM as mainstream embedded memories for use in MCUs, GPUs, DSPs, Application Processors, and ASICs, earning Everspin its description as “The MRAM Company”. www.everspin.com
Northwest Logic Contact:
Vinitha Seevaratnam
Product Marketing Engineer
(503) 533-5800
www.nwlogic.com
Everspin Contact:
Michael Schoolnik
Story Public Relations
415-674-3816
[email protected]
Outlook 2015: Securing the IoT starts at the core
Ensuring the secure transfer of IoT data is a critical industry priority, as billions of devices will be connected wirelessly to the Internet of Things by 2020. Indeed, a wide range of connected devices and platforms are already generating and moving exabytes (10^18) of sensitive information along the IoT’s expansive digital autobahns. – See more at: http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-magazine/supplements/outlook/outlook-2015-securing-the-iot-starts-at-the-core/65782/#sthash.JhElfLl3.dpuf
Kopin Introduces a Wearable Product with a Complete MIPI Solution from Mixel
Mixel Further Expands its Market Share in the MIPI IP Market
San Jose, CA – September 29, 2014 – Mixel®, the leader in mobile mixed-signal intellectual property (IP), announced today that Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), a leading developer of innovative wearable computing technologies and solutions, has successfully incorporated Mixel’s complete MIPI® solution into its recently announced A914 product. This solution includes Mixel’s high-performance, low-power Rx D-PHY SM and Northwest Logic’s full-featured, small-size CSI-2 Rx Controller Core. Northwest Logic is an active participant in Mixel’s MIPI Central Ecosystem Partnership Program, which brings together best-of-class MIPI ecosystem stakeholders.
“As we push the envelope with our state-of-the-art products in a market segment that is rapidly evolving, we have selected a MIPI IP provider that could enable us to achieve the first-time silicon success,” said Dr. Hong Choi, Kopin’s Chief Technology Officer. “Minimizing power and area are of paramount importance in our products. The Mixel team delivered the IPs under a tight schedule and provided us with outstanding product and customer support.”
“We are delighted to see that Mixel MIPI IPs are being integrated into exciting new products such as Kopin’s wearable line of products,” said Ashraf Takla, Mixel’s President and CEO. “It is particularly fulfilling to see Mixel gaining market share in the MIPI IP market as that market continues to grow rapidly.”
“Collaborating with Mixel to provide a market-leading, complete MIPI solution including Rx D-PHY SM Rx and CSI-2 Rx Controller Core is a win for us all,” said Brian Daellenbach, President of Northwest Logic. “We are excited to be part of Kopin’s wearable technology application.”
Mixel will be demonstrating many of its own, as well as its customers’ products, at the TSMC 2014 Open Innovation Platform® Ecosystem Forum, September 30th, San Jose Convention Center, and the MIPI Alliance face-to-face all-member meeting in Shanghai, October 7th – 10th.
For more information contact:
| Mixel, Inc. Michael Tran (408) 436-8500 x140 [email protected] www.mixel.com |
Northwest Logic Vinitha Seevaratnam (503) 533-5800 x308 [email protected] www.nwlogic.com |
Kopin Corporation Stuart Nixdorff (508) 870-5959 [email protected] www.kopin.com |
About Mixel®:
Mixel is the leader in mixed-signal mobile IPs and offers a wide portfolio of high-performance mixed-signal connectivity IP solutions. Mixel’s mixed-signal portfolio includes PHYs and SerDes, such as Mobile PHYs (MIPI® D-PHY SM, M-PHY®, and LVDS), general purpose Transceivers, and high-performance PLL and DLL IP cores. For more information contact Mixel at [email protected] or visit www.mixel.com.
About Northwest Logic
Northwest Logic, founded in 1995 and located in Beaverton, Oregon, provides high-performance, silicon-proven, easy-to-use IP cores including high-performance Memory Interface Solution (DDR4/3/2, LPDDR3/2/1, RLDRAM 3/II), Expresso Solution (PCI Express 3.0/2.1/1.1 cores and drivers including DMA support), and MIPI Solutions (CSI-2, DSI). These solutions support a full range of platforms including ASICs, Structured ASICs and FPGAs. For additional information, visit www.nwlogic.com or contact [email protected].
About Kopin:
Kopin Corporation is a leading developer and provider of innovative wearable technologies and modules for the head-worn computing and display systems built by OEM customers. Kopin’s technology portfolio includes ultra-small displays, optics, speech enhancement technology, system and hands-free control software, low-power ASICs, and ergonomically designed smart headset reference systems. Kopin’s proprietary components and technology are protected by more than 200 global patents and patents pending. For more information, please visit Kopin’s website at http://www.kopin.com.
About The MIPI Alliance
MIPI Alliance (MIPI) develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries. Founded in 2003, the organization has more than 275 member companies worldwide, more than 15 active working groups, and has delivered more than 45 specifications within the mobile ecosystem in the last decade. Members of the organization include handset manufacturers, device OEMs, software providers, semiconductor companies, application processor developers, IP tool providers, test and test equipment companies, as well as camera, tablet and laptop manufacturers. For more information, please visit www.mipi.org.
Mixel® and the Mixel logo are registered trademarks of Mixel, Inc.
Kopin and CyberDisplay are registered trademarks of Kopin Corporation.
MIPI®, M-PHY®, CSISM, D-PHYSM are registered trademarks or service marks of MIPI Alliance, Inc.
Xilinx, Northwest Logic and Xylon Provide Low Cost FPGA-based MIPI Interfaces for Video Displays and Cameras
Low cost MIPI Interface now available for users to design DSI and CSI-2 video interfaces for embedded systems
SAN JOSE, Calif., September 8, 2014 –Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) and Northwest Logic and Xylon, Xilinx Premier Alliance Members, announce the availability of a low cost Xilinx FPGA-based MIPI interface IP that is optimized for cost sensitive video displays and cameras. The MIPI Display Serial Interface (DSI) and Camera Serial Interface 2 (CSI-2) have become the industry connectivity standards for low cost video displays and cameras across a wide variety of embedded systems. Xilinx FPGAs can now be used to connect image sensors and ASSPs that support the CSI-2 and DSI standards for the development of high bandwidth applications supporting 4K2K and beyond. The release of the support for MIPI furthers Xilinx’s Smarter Vision commitment by now enabling advanced real-time analytics and immersive display applications.
“MIPI DSI and CSI-2 is now the preferred standard for connecting low cost displays, cameras and video-capable application processors to Xilinx® 7 Series and Spartan® 6 FPGAs,” said Aaron Behman, segment lead, broadcast and professional A/V business at Xilinx. “As a result, FPGAs are being incorporated into more MIPI-based products today than ever before, especially in products that support 4K2K and beyond.”
Northwest Logic provides a full range of DSI (Host and Peripheral) and CSI-2 (Tx & Rx) Controller Cores. These cores fully support 1-4 lane and 8 lane (dual 4 lane) MIPI operation. The cores are delivered fully integrated with the PHY logic to implement Xilinx’s low cost MIPI Interface technique. “The Xilinx low cost MIPI Interface approach will enable a whole new range of FPGA-based MIPI products. The Northwest Logic MIPI cores that support this technique are fully hardware validated and released,” said Brian Daellenbach, president at Northwest Logic.
Xylon provides a broad range of video processing IP Cores. Xylon has taken a Xilinx FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC), which implements the low cost MIPI Interface approach, Northwest Logic’s CSI-2 and DSI cores and its own cores running on an off-the-shelf Zynq® All Programmable SoC evaluation board (ZC702 & ZC706) to create a comprehensive demonstration system. The demonstration system takes a live video stream from an OmniVision CMOS sensor (OV16820), processes it in a Xilinx FPGA and then streams it to a MIPI-compatible display. “This demo system shows that low cost, FPGA-based MIPI systems can be developed quickly and reliably using this interface approach and associated IP cores,” said Gordan Galic, technical marketing manager at Xylon.
The newly released Xilinx MIPI D-PHY Solutions Application Note (XAPP894) can be found at http://www.xilinx.com/support/index.htm. A complete video on the Xilinx MIPI Demonstration System can be found at http://youtu.be/oq69AQkUWbU.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the world’s leading provider of All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs and 3D ICs. These industry-leading devices are coupled with a next-generation design environment and IP to serve a broad range of customer needs, from programmable logic to programmable systems integration. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
About Northwest Logic
Northwest Logic, founded in 1995 and located in Beaverton, Oregon, provides high-performance, silicon-proven, easy-to-use IP cores including high-performance Memory Interface Solution (DDR4/3/2, LPDDR3/2/1, RLDRAM 3/II), Expresso Solution (PCI Express 3.0/2.1/1.1 cores and drivers including DMA support), and MIPI Solution (CSI-2, DSI). These solutions support a full range of platforms including ASICs, Structured ASICs and FPGAs. For more information, visit www.nwlogic.com.
About Xylon
Xylon is an electronics company focused on FPGA designs. The company was founded in 1995, and since then it has grown into a prominent provider of intellectual property in the fields of embedded graphics, video and networking. For more information, visit www.logicbricks.com.
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