EnSilica launches eSi-ECDSA cryptographic IP for standards-compliant automotive Car2x communications
EnSilica Launches eSi-ECDSA Cryptographic IP for Standards-Compliant Automotive Car2x Communications.
Increasing Demand and Continued Growth Puts EnSilica on Recruitment Path for Engineers; Makes Senior Level Appointments
Increasing demand and continued growth puts EnSilica on recruitment path for engineers and makes senior level appointments.
EnSilica launches Kalman Filter acceleration IP core for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)
EnSilica launches Kalman Filter acceleration IP core for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
EnSilica article in Mentor Graphic’s ‘Verification Horizons’, March 2016
Reusable Verification Framework
In the latest edition, EnSilica’s verification consultant, Gunther Clasen describes a reusable verification framework that allows interface connections to be written only once and used in both block and system-level testbenches.
The full article can be read here
About Verification Horizons
The Verification Horizons publication expands upon verification topics to provide concepts, values, methodologies and examples to assist with the understanding of what these advanced functional verification technologies can do and how to most effectively apply them.
EnSilica Launch New eSi IoT Board at IoT Expo
At the forthcoming Internet of Things (IoT) Tech Expo at London’s Olympia on the 10-11th February Ensilica will be demonstrating the new eSi IoT Board, a highly integrated, low-cost hardware platform for developing IoT solutions. The board will be in action on Ensilica’s booth #109. Single board prices start at £149.
Based around the Altera MAX10 FPGA and the NIOS or eSi-RISC SoC’s the board provides a highly flexible IoT development and delivery solution.
- Altera MAX10 FPGA
- NIOS or eSi-RISC SoC
- Bluetooth Smart
- GPS with built in antenna
- 9-axis motion sensor
- Temperature sensor
- Humidity sensor
- NFC with built in antenna
- Light sensor
- Buzzer
- Digital microphone
- Capacitive touch button
- 5 LEDs
- Powered from micro-USB
The company will also be demonstrating its portfolio of IP solutions, including eSi-RISC, a highly configurable 16/32 bit embedded processor, alongside IP for communications, processor peripherals and encryption.
EnSilica also provides services to companies with in-house ASIC and FPGA design teams. These services include system engineering, analog and mixed signal design, advanced verification using UVM, DFT and physical implementation.
EnSilica has a strong track record of success in delivering semiconductor IP and providing ASIC and FPGA design services to semiconductor companies and OEMs worldwide. The company is a specialist in low-power ASIC design and complex FPGA-based embedded systems, including hardware and embedded software development.
About IoT Tech Expo
This year’s Expo will highlight the most innovative advancements in technologies which are affecting IoT and brings together key industries from across Europe for two days of top level content and discussion. Industries include Manufacturing, Transport, Health, Logistics, Government, Energy and Automotive. http://www.iottechexpo.com/europe/
EnSilica and Express Logic Bring ThreadX RTOS to eSi-RISC Processor Cores
The combination of eSi-RISC and ThreadX is ideally suited to IoT applications
Wokingham (UK) & SAN DIEGO — 2nd December 2015. EnSilica, a leading independent provider of semiconductor IP and IC design services, and Express Logic, the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOSes), have collaborated to port Express Logic’s popular ThreadX® real-time operating system (RTOS) to EnSilica’s eSi-RISC family of silicon-proven, highly configurable embedded processor cores.
ThreadX ease-of-use is facilitated by its intuitive, highly functional API and advanced, instant-on RTOS features. ThreadX features efficient real-time responsiveness and code compactness that appeal to developers of the most demanding, deeply embedded consumer and industrial electronics. Together eSi-RISC and ThreadX share small footprint, high-performance, and low-power characteristics that, when combined with ThreadX’s pre-certification for many safety standards, ideally suit them to IoT and industrial applications. With billions of units already deployed, ThreadX delivers rock-solid reliability coupled with exceptional quality. Express Logic’s companion X-Ware software features ThreadX fully integrated with Express Logic’s FileX high-performance MS-DOS compatible file system, NetX high-performance implementation of TCP/IP protocol standards, and USBX high-performance USB host, device, and On-The-Go (OTG) embedded stack.
EnSilica’s eSi-RISC is a family of highly configurable and low-power soft processor cores for embedded systems that scale across a wide range of applications and uniquely support both 16-bit and 32-bit configurations. The cores have been extensively silicon proven in a variety of ASIC technologies down to 28nm. The eSi-RISC family includes the eSi-1600 16-bit processor, eSi-3200 32-bit processor, eSI-3250 32-bit processor, eSi-3250sfp incorporating a single precision floating point processor, eSi-3260 32 bit processor with SIMD DSP extensions and eSI-32X0MP 32-bit scalable, asymmetric multicore processor. The processor cores also benefit from a configurable memory architecture and configurable cache options.
“Today’s embedded developers are challenged to provide solutions that process high volumes of complex data using minimal processor cycles and memory,” said William Lamie, President of Express Logic. “We believe EnSilica’s flexible eSi-RISC processor cores and our highly efficient ThreadX RTOS creates a commercial-grade solution capable of addressing the most demanding projects now and into the future.”
“While some eSi-RISC customers often choose an open-source RTOS to realise up-front budget savings, others believe that a commercially supported RTOS is more preferable for successful embedded product development and fast time-to-market delivery,” said Ian Lankshear, CEO of EnSilica. “Our collaboration with Express Logic in developing the ThreadX port provides our customers with access to one to one of the most successful and popular commercial RTOSes on the market. The combination of ThreadX and eSi-RISC delivers unrivalled compactness, high performance and low-power for all manner of embedded applications.”
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About EnSilica
EnSilica was founded in 2001 and has a strong track record of success in delivering semiconductor IP and providing ASIC/FPGA design services to semiconductor companies and OEMs worldwide. The company is headquartered in the UK and has offices in India and the USA. The company is a specialist in low-power ASIC design and complex FPGA-based embedded systems including hardware and embedded software development. In addition to providing IP and turnkey ASIC/FPGA development, EnSilica also provides point services to companies with in-house ASIC design teams. These services include system engineering, analog and mixed signal design, and advanced verification using UVM, DFT and physical implementation. For further information about EnSilica, visit https://ensilica.com.
About Express Logic
Headquartered in San Diego, CA, Express Logic offers the most advanced run-time solution for deeply embedded applications, including the popular ThreadX® RTOS, the high-performance NetX™ TCP/IP stack, the FileX® embedded FAT-compatible file system, the USBX™ Host/Device USB protocol stack, and the GUIX™ graphical user interface development toolkit. Most products from Express Logic include full source code and all have no run-time royalties. For more information about Express Logic solutions, please visit the Web site at www.expresslogic.com, call 1-858-613-6640, or e-mail inquiries to info@expresslogic.com.
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EnSilica Opens Bristol-based Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Design Centre
Wokingham (UK) — 29th October 2015. EnSilica, a leading independent provider of semiconductor IP and IC design services, has added a regional office and design centre in Bristol to its headquarters in Wokingham and design centre in Bangalore.
“The Bristol office will provide more localised support capabilities for the company’s customers in Bristol and the South West as well as providing a dedicated design centre that will act as a centre of excellence for our analog and mixed-signal IC design services,” said Ian Lankshear, CEO of EnSilica.
EnSilica’s director of analog and mixed-signal design Nick Weiner will head up the Bristol design centre. Nick founded Phyworks (sold to Maxim in 2010) and Xintronix (sold to FTDI in 2013), and joined EnSilica earlier this year.
“Nick has specialist knowledge in products developed for the fibre-optic communications industry, including FTTH transceivers, 10Gbit/s transceivers and signal integrity ICs. His experience will be invaluable in helping our client deliver their projects on-spec, on-time and on-budget.” said Ian Lankshear, CEO of EnSilica.
* Photo: Members of the Bristol design team, including 5th from left CEO Ian Lankshear, 6th from left, director of analog and mixed-signal design Nick Weiner.
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About EnSilica
EnSilica was founded in 2001 and has a strong track record of success in delivering semiconductor IP and providing ASIC/FPGA design services to semiconductor companies and OEMs worldwide. The company is headquartered in the UK and has offices in India and the USA. The company is a specialist in low-power ASIC design and complex FPGA-based embedded systems including hardware and embedded software development. In addition to providing IP and turnkey ASIC/FPGA development, EnSilica also provides point services to companies with in-house ASIC design teams. These services include system engineering, analog and mixed signal design, and advanced verification using UVM, DFT and physical implementation. For further information about EnSilica, visit https://ensilica.com.
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Media contacts:
- Nick Weiner, Analog and Mixed-signal Director for EnSilica
Tel: +44 (0) 117 214 0254. Email: nick.weiner@ensilica.com
EnSilica Announce WeGoes as New Sales Partner in Korea
EnSilica have announced a new Sales partnership with WeGoes Co Ltd, headquartered in Bundang, Korea. WeGoes will help EnSilica to grow further its expanding customer footprint within the region.
WeGoes will be offering the full range of EnSilica IPs to customers within Korea including eSi-RISC (16/32 bit embedded processor) , eSi-Crypto, eSi-Comms and eSi-Connect IPs. WeGoes will also help EnSilica to expand its design service activities within the country.
“By choosing WeGoes as our sales partner in Korea, we increase our presence across an exciting range of customers, ranging from startups and mid-sized companies through to some of the major semiconductor companies in the world” said Ian Lankshear, Managing Director of EnSilica. “Our goal is to bring together WeGoes understanding of these companies and our high quality IP and services to provide innovative solutions that will be successful across a range of market segments. We see particular opportunities in areas such as Security, Internet of Things (IoT) and Touch Screen Controllers.”
Dale Byun, CEO of WeGoes started the company in 2012, with the aim of providing a complete design solution for their customers and helping them to bring their products early to the market. “We are delighted to be partnering with EnSilica. By adding EnSilica’s range of quality IP & design services to our portfolio, we significantly strengthen our offering which helps us to achieve our key goal of providing a total solution for our customers.”
About WeGoes: Headquartered at Bundang, Korea. WeGoes (We are Expert Group of Electronics Solution) was founded in 2012 to provide our customers with a total solution, while bringing their products first to the market. For further information about WeGoes, visit http://www. wegoes.co.kr
About EnSilica:
EnSilica was founded in 2001 and has a strong track record of success in delivering semiconductor IP and providing ASIC and FPGA design services to semiconductor companies and OEMs worldwide. The company is a specialist in low-power ASIC design and complex FPGA-based embedded systems, including hardware and embedded software development.
Our portfolio of IP includes eSi-RISC, a highly configurable 16/32 bit embedded processor, and families of IP covering communications, processor peripherals and encryption. In addition to providing IP and turnkey ASIC and FPGA development, EnSilica also provides point services to companies with in-house ASIC and FPGA design teams. These services include system engineering, analog and mixed signal design, advanced verification using UVM, DFT and physical implementation.
The company is headquartered in the UK and has offices in India and the USA.
For further information about EnSilica, visit https://ensilica.com
EnSilica Launches eSi-32X0MP Scalable, Asymmetric Multicore Processor
eSi-32X0MP targets low-power WiFi, LTE Cat-0 and other IoT wireless standards as well as intelligent sensor applications requiring high performance and low power in a small footprint
Wokingham, UK – 4th June 2015. EnSilica, a leading independent provider of semiconductor IP and services, has added to its family of eSi-RISC processor cores with the launch of the eSI-32X0MP scalable, asymmetric multicore processor.
The eSi-32X0MP targets applications requiring a high level of processing per MHz and low power consumption in a small footprint, such as low-power WiFi, LTE Cat-0 and other IoT standards as well as scalable sensor (touch screens and intelligent sensors), Gbit security protocol and solid state disk levelling algorithm processing.
A typical configuration of the eSi-32X0MP to address wireless/cellular standards comprises an asymmetric dual core processor. One processor is optimized for implementing physical layer (PHY) processing and the second core is optimized for running an advanced protocol stack. However, the eSi-32X0MP can be configured with an unlimited number of processors depending on the application. Indeed, an early implementation already in production is a seven core eSi-3250MP for multi-gigabit packet processor acceleration.
The eSi-32X0MP’s PHY core provides advanced DSP acceleration with dual-MAC and SIMD instructions for complex arithmetic as well as fast divide, square root and log calculation acceleration. The second core’s advanced protocol stack accelerates various bit field operations, such as fast insertion and extraction, and a cyclic redundancy checker (CRC). The processor sub-systems can be enhanced for symbol level processing including FFT/IFFT, DFT, Viterbi and Turbo decoding using optional hardware accelerators from EnSilica’s eSi-Comms IP library. Security layers can be implemented with the aid of a memory protection unit (MPU), True random number generator (TRNG) and optional hardware accelerators for Snow3G, AES, RSA and ECC from EnSilica’s eSi-Crypto IP library.
For advanced power saving, the eSi-32X0MP implements both clock and power gating. Power gating is supported through a UPF-based (Universal Power Format) design compatible with standard front and back-end EDA tool flows. Load-locked and store-conditional instructions are provided to support inter-core communications. Both the processor and tool chain fully support multicore debug.
Each core can deliver up to 3.72 CoreMark per MHz and, when speed optimized in TSMC’s 28nm HPC process, can be clocked at over 1GHz with a dynamic power of only 14.4µW/MHz per core. When optimized for power the dynamic power for each core is only 5.09µW/MHz.
“The eSi-32X0MP is ideal for implementing low-power WiFi and wireless/cellular IoT standards such as LTE Cat-0,” said Ian Lankshear, CEO of EnSilica “The multicore architecture delivers exceptional processing performance at mature geometries. For example, an 180nm dual core configuration can deliver 500 MIPS for a gate count of less than 50k NAND equivalent gates.”
“Adopting the highly compact eSi-32X0MP asymmetric dual processor architecture for our touch screen controllers has facilitated the development of a novel high-performance IC solution for high-end applications without having to move to a more advanced process geometry,” said Ken Tsui, Vice President, Design Engineering of Solomon Systech Limited.
“The eSi-32X0MP provides us with an optimized platform to address IoT wireless standards with two highly coupled cores, each accelerated for the task in hand but still benefiting from a shared development tool chain,” said Dr Sondur Lakshmipathi CEO of Mymo Wireless. “Additionally, EnSilica’s eSi-Comms IP suite is fully integrated providing acceleration for symbol level processing operations.”
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About EnSilica
EnSilica was founded in 2001 and has a strong track record of success in delivering semiconductor IP and providing ASIC/FPGA design services to semiconductor companies and OEMs worldwide. The company is headquartered in the UK and has offices in India and the USA. The company is a specialist in low-power ASIC design and complex FPGA-based embedded systems including hardware and embedded software development. In addition to providing IP and turnkey ASIC/FPGA development, EnSilica also provides point services to companies with in-house ASIC design teams. These services include system engineering, analog and mixed signal design, and advanced verification using UVM, DFT and physical implementation. For further information about EnSilica, visit https://ensilica.com.
All trademarks are recognised and are the property of their respective companies.
Media contacts:
Dr. David Wheeler, Technical Director for EnSilica
Tel: +44 (0)1183 217 332. Email: david.wheeler@ensilica.com
Keith Mason, Humbug PR
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Solomon-Systech endorse eSi-RISC Processor
The solution developed by EnSilica, with its excellent features, has enhanced greatly the functionality of our product. We look forward to joining hands again with the team to develop more high-performance IC solutions
Ken Tsui
Vice PresidentDesign Engineering
Solomon Systech Limited.
Jan 2015
About Solomon-Systech:
Solomon Systech Limited is a leading semiconductor company providing display IC products and system solutions on an international basis under its own global brand. Adopting a “fabless” business model, the Group specializes in the design, development and sales of proprietary IC products that enable a wide range of display applications for smartphones, smart TVs and other smart devices including consumer electronic products, portable devices, industrial appliances and green energy.
