InSilica Inc. Licenses Beyond Semiconductor's BA22 Processor

Source: InSilica

Santa Clara, Calif., July 9, 2009 – InSilica Inc. announced that it has taken a license to use BA22 RISC Processor solution from Beyond Semiconductor in its next generation camera processors.

The value to InSilica of Beyond Semiconductor's IP solution is to reduce power in its camera processor SoCs while reducing overall silicon area cost. The BA22 processor offers extensive power control features, including clock management and a variety of sleep modes. In addition, the BA22 offers the highest code density in the industry for similar processors, resulting in lower memory requirements and consequently, a smaller die area.

“We are delighted to sign this mutually beneficial agreement with Beyond Semiconductor. Their proven IP for consumer solutions will allow us to continue to lead the semiconductor industry in developing efficient, low-cost and low-power camera processor platforms for our mobile products,” said Ram Rangarajan, Vice President, Insilica's Mobile Division. “We enjoy working with Beyond Semiconductor’s excellent team.”

“InSilica’s decision to design our BA22 RISC processor IP solutions into its high volume mobile chip products, demonstrates their confidence in our ability and our IP,” said Matjaz Breskvar, CEO at Beyond Semiconductor. “We look forward to continuing our strategic partnership with InSilica and contributing to their long-term success.”

About Insilica

InSilica is a fabless semiconductor company founded in 2003 with headquarters in Santa Clara, California, major design centers in India and Slovenia and regional sales & support located worldwide. The company has established best in class IP, design methodologies, test and development systems and close partnerships with leading foundries to deliver market leading deep-submicron solutions to multiple high volume markets. The company develops innovative imaging processors for the mobile camera phone market and high value ASICs where standard flow ASIC providers cannot meet the specification, cost and time-to-market goals of the end customer.

For more information, visit www.insilica.com

About Beyond Semiconductor

Beyond Semiconductor is a privately held fabless semiconductor IP company supplying embedded processor IP technology for digital consumer, networking, personal entertainment, communications and industrial applications.

Beyond Semiconductor's comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit embedded RISC/DSP processors, software development tools, peripheral cores and complete reference platforms that enable Licensees to quickly start with product development.
Beyond Semiconductor is expanding its partner network by collaborating with leading EDA and software vendors to enable the widest possible choice of development flows, easiest integration, and fastest time-to-market for its Licensees.