Date: 21/01/2010

LSI expands custom silicon IP portfolio to accelerate networking and storage SoCs

LSI has expanded its custom silicon intellectual property (IP) portfolio in addition with multicore-capable PowerPC 476 microprocessor core and high-speed, embedded DRAM memory blocks, which are designed to accelerate the development of networking and storage SoCs used in high-performance applications such as enterprise-class switches, routers, RAID storage, servers and base stations.

LSI's new PowerPC 476FP, available on the TSMC 40G process, operates at clock speeds in excess of 1.4 GHz, delivering 2.5 Dhrystone MIPS per MHz. The new embedded DRAM block operates at up to 500 MHz, which is essential for real-time video processing and high-bandwidth networking applications.

"Next-generation networking and storage infrastructures need highly integrated SoCs to meet ever-increasing market demands," said Sudhakar Sabada, senior vice president and general manager, Custom Silicon Division, LSI. "With a rich portfolio of silicon-proven IP and a robust design flow, LSI helps customers predictably build application-optimized SoCs that allow them to differentiate in the marketplace."

LSI says that it minimizes the custom IC development cost and risk by providing IP portfolio that includes general- and special-purpose processors, protocol cores, a gigabit Ethernet PHY, high-speed serializer-deserializers (SerDes) and embedded memory.

Availability:
PPC476 and embedded DRAM design kits are available now for integration into 40nm custom silicon solutions

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