Tensilica is Moving this Weekend

We're moving across the street to 3393 Octavius Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054. Our phone numbers remain the same. The moving crew starts at 5 tonight. Computers are down from 8-8 Pacific time tomorrow. Can't wait to unpack on Monday!

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Tensilica's New HQ Today

CEO Jack Guedj and Sr. VP Engineering Beatrice Fu do the ribbon cutting at Tensilica's new HQ. We'll be moving this weekend to 3393 Octavius Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054 - a much larger 2-story building right across the street. Today was preview day, so we could see our new offices before the move.

Tensilica Licensees Ship Two Billion IP Cores; License Revenue Now Larger than Any Other DSP Licensing Company

Tensilica's licensees have recorded shipments of over two billion Tensilica DPUs and are now shipping at a run rate of approximately 800 million Tensilica DPU IP cores per year, which is more than a 50 percent increase over the run rate announced in June 2011, when the company reached its one billionth core shipment.

“Our growth has exceeded our plans and we reached the two billion milestone a quarter ahead of our projections,” stated Jack Guedj, Tensilica’s president and CEO. “Similarly, we’ve seen continuing and sustained increases in license revenues as more and more tier 1 semiconductor and systems companies adopt our DPU/DSP products. Our growth is due to the fact our DPUs provide better performance/power/area than classic DSPs and are scalable from function-specific micro signal and control processors to large general-purpose DSPs.”  See press release.

MegaChips Selects Tensilica’s HiFi Audio/Voice DSP for Consumer Products Designs

“We selected Tensilica’s HiFi DSP for our customers because it was the best choice in the market,” stated Gen Sasaki, director/officer, general manager Division No. 2, MegaChips. “HiFi has been designed into hundreds of products, already has over 100 software packages ported to it, and can be used for everything from power-sensitive portable devices to home entertainment.” See press release.

DTS Announces Enhanced Audio for Tensilica HiFi Audio/Voice DSP Cores

DTS is always working on ways to enhance the listening environment. Two of DTS' latest audio enhancement suites for the TV and PC markets are now available:

• DTS Studio Surround - for flat panel TV architectures
• DTS Premium Sound - for Windows-based devices

Read the press release.

Read "Parallism and Specialization Drive Growth" by Chris Rowen for Microprocessor Report's special 25th anniversary article on The Future of Microprocessors

Reprinted by permission from The Linley Group, Chris Rowen's write-up explores where we'll get the next big increase in computation throughput.  Read his write-up.

Excellent Interview of Tensilica CTO Chris Rowen

Chris discusses the rise of the RISC architecture, founding of MIPS, his ideas that started Tensilica, and more.
Read interview.

Tensilica Reaches Audio/Voice DSP Milestone: Most Widely Licensed Audio Architecture for SOC Design

Tensilica has licensed its HiFi Audio/Voice DSPs to over 50 corporations worldwide, making it the most widely licensed audio architecture for SOC design. The HiFi architecture has been designed into smartphones, tablets, personal computers, notebook computers, digital video and still cameras, Blue-ray Disc players, digital terrestrial and satellite radios, automobiles, and game consoles. It is used by half of the top 20 tier one semiconductor companies and numerous systems companies.
See press release.

Have you seen Tensilica's new web site?

Please visit http://www.tensilica.com/ and see what we've done. I welcome your comments and suggestions.

Optimized Port of micro-T-Kernel RTOS Now Available for Tensilica’s DPUs

µT-Kernel is ideal for embedded systems that require a very efficient, compact, and flexible RTOS. It provides excellent real-time performance with a small memory footprint.
Read the press release.