16 May 2008

Faraday Integrates 533 Mhz ARM Core in 130 nm Soc ASIC

Faraday Technology, a member of the ARM Connected Community, has successfully integrated a hardened 533Mhz ARM compliant core - FA626 in a complex 130nm SoC ASIC for Radioframe Networks.

Faraday offers a range of synthesizable and hardened ARM v4 and v5 TE compliant cores in its FA CPU family product line. At the high performance end, an 800Mhz version is offered in 90nm process with Thumb instruction set and DSP extension capability. On the low power end, a comparable version of the ARM core implemented in 130nm technology and running at 180Mhz dissipates power only at the rate of 0.06mW/MHz.

''Our OmniRadio SoC ASIC has 25 total IP blocks and > 2M random logic gates,'' says Greg Veintimilla, vice president of engineering at Radioframe Networks. ''Faraday offers a proven SoC design methodology and infrastructure built around their ARM processor cores. This allows Radioframe to focus on implementing and validating our application.''

''We understand the needs of our systems customers such as Radioframe Networks,'' added Dr. George Hwang, vice president of international business of Faraday Technology Corporation. ''Faraday has honed in on a set of methodologies and intellectual properties that will allow our systems customers to focus on what they do best, their system-level applications".

Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, RadioFrame Networks, Inc. provides complete radio access solutions for Tier 1 mobile operators and OEM partners around the globe.