CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
5 September 2007
Product News
Mentor Graphics Offers PCI Express Controller and AMBA Bridge Intellectual Property Solutions
Mentor Graphics Corporation announced availability of PCI Express® (PCIe®) Controller and AMBA® Bridge intellectual property (IP) solutions for the rapid and cost-effective integration into ASIC and System-On-Chip (SoC) platforms. Featuring a complete suite of PCIe Controllers including X1 (1-lane), X2 (2-lane), X4 (4-lane), X8 (8-lane) and X16 (16-lane) options, the solutions also include AMBA 3 AXIT and AMBA 2 AHBT Bridges to standard on-chip buses.
Mentor Graphics PCIe 1.1 Controller and Bridge IPs, based on ASIC Architect's leading PCIe IP core, are fully compliant with the PCIe 1.1 industry specification. Designed for scalability, each controller is optimized for minimal gate count, low power and high performance, in configurations including Root Port, Switch Port, Endpoint or Dual Mode (Endpoint/Root). Mentor Graphics Bridge IP cores enable high-performance interconnects of chips through PCIe bus. These new IP solutions offer designers turnaround time, flexibility, reliability and standard conformance.
"As a leading provider of high speed controller IP solutions, ASIC Architect partnered with Mentor Graphics to deliver our silicon proven PCIe solutions to the market. ASIC Architect has been at the forefront of solving complex IP and integration problems of today's SoC designs," said Kishore Mishra, president and CEO of ASIC Architect, Inc. "By working closely with Mentor Graphics' world-class support and sales teams, we will be able to reach a much broader base of designers and integrators."
Mentor Graphics offers a broad selection of IP, including USB, Ethernet, storage, and microcontroller digital, mixed signal and embedded middleware IP. The addition of PCIe Controller and Bridge IP solutions demonstrate Mentor Graphics' commitment to delivering industry-leading, standards-based connectivity IP solutions.
"Responding to our customers who are targeting the high growth PCIe market, we partnered with ASIC Architect to deliver world-class IP solutions," said Bill Martin, Mentor Graphics general manager for intellectual property products, Embedded Systems Division. "These leading PCIe Controller and Bridge IP solutions from ASIC Architect expand our specification-compliant and high-performance IP portfolio and accelerate our IP subsystem strategy."
For more information on Mentor's IP products visit http://www.mentor.com/IP or contact Mentor Graphics local sales representative at 1-800-547-3000.
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