Tensilica White Paper: 7 Critical Questions to Ask when Adding Audio to your SOC Design

In  a high-stakes game, the selection of an audio solution for each mobile SOC is a major decision. The wrong decision is decidedly perilous for two major reasons.
1.       The wrong decision will harm playback quality that can be obvious when the end products is demonstrated to the customer.
2.       The wrong decision will shorten battery life and will either make the end product less competitive because it's talk time or playback time will be shorter than the competition or because the end product must be larger and heavier than the competition to accommodate a larger battery.
Read the white paper for more information.

Tensilica Doubles DSP Shipments, Ranks Second in DSP IP Market According to The Linley Group

Tensilica is now ranked second in shipments of chips containing DSP IP cores for 2011 by The Linley Group, the industry's leading source for independent technology analysis of semiconductors for networking, mobile, and wireless. Tensilica attributes this growth to its focus on dataplane signal processing and strong unit volumes in smart phones, home entertainment, and communications LTE infrastructure. Shipments of devices with Tensilica DSP cores roughly doubled from 2010 to 2011. See the full press release.

Don't Forget! Two More DAC Panels with Tensilica

IP Packaging – What’s in it for me? - This panel will discuss the pros and cons of IP standardization from various perspectives and explore the rate of adoption of the IP-XACT standard.
Grant Martin, chief scientist, Tensilica
Wednesday, June 6, 2:30 p.m.
Duolog Booth #1520

It’s the Software, Stupid! Truth or Myth – Industry experts will debate three opposing views on the importance of software in product differentiation.
Dr. Chris Rowen, founder and CTO, Tensilica
Thursday, June 7, 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Booth #305

Tensilica is in Two Panels at DAC in SF Tomorrow

Hogan's Heroes: Learning from Apple - Panelists will discuss what the electronics industry has learned from Apple.
Jack Guedj, president and CEO, Tensilica
Tuesday, June 5, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Booth #310

System Models -- Does One Size Fit All? - Panelists will review different aspects of system modeling and discuss which abstraction levels best address specific user requirements.
Andrea Kroll, senior product specialist, Tensilica
Tuesday, June 5, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Booth #305