Press Release
Realtek Joins Open Core Protocol International
Partnership
(OCP-IP)
PORTLAND, ORE. — April 5, 2005 — Open Core Protocol
International Partnership (OCP-IP) today announces that Realtek
Semiconductor Corp. has joined the organization. Utilizing OCP technology
allows Realtek to bring costs down on existing technologies while
maintaining strong features and quality devices. OCP also allows Realtek’s
customers to reduce design times, risks and costs and quickly introduce
highly competitive solutions.
The addition of Realtek to the membership roster adds to the tremendous
support that OCP-IP has already enjoyed throughout Asia and adds to
membership including Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center
(STARC), FueTrek, Yamaha, Governing Steering Committee member, Toshiba,
Kawasaki, Zuken and several leading universities.
Realtek is one of the world's largest and most successful IC design houses.
Their efforts to provide the ultimate in pioneering IC technology, along
with a firm commitment to creating unique and innovative designs for a broad
range of high-tech applications have won the company a worldwide reputation.
The company is located in the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park —
Taiwan's "Silicon Valley".
Realtek will use OCP in their SoC products including communications network
and multimedia applications.
OCP-IP members receive free training and support, free software tools, and
free documentation, enabling them to focus on the challenges of SoC design.
Leveraging OCP-IP’s infrastructure eliminates the need to internally design,
document, train and evolve a proprietary standard and support tools, freeing
up critical resources for the real design work and providing enormous cost
savings.
“Our specialization is the ability to bring costs down on existing
technologies while maintaining strong features and quality devices. Many of
our techniques are patented and are used in our IP library which is utilized
throughout the organization,” said Realtek's Executive Vice President Jessy
Chen. Using OCP in our ongoing R&D efforts rapidly brings new
technologies into the Realtek product line resulting in a much shorter time
to market.”
“Realtek is a one of the world's leading IC design, testing and
distribution firms,” said Ian Mackintosh, president of OCP-IP. "We are
delighted to have them adopt and endorse OCP and we look forward to working
with them in the future.”
About Realtek
Realtek Semiconductor Corp. designs and develops a wide range of IC
products for communications network, multimedia, and computer peripheral
applications. The products include 10/100/1000M Ethernet Controllers,
10/100/1000M Ethernet Switch/Gateway Controllers, 10/100/1000M Ethernet
Transceivers, Wireless LAN Controllers & AP/Router SoC, ADSL Chips, VoIP
Chips, AC'97/High Definition Audio Codecs, Motherboard Clock Generators, LCD
Monitor & LCD TV Controllers, Multi-Function Peripheral Image
Controllers, and Card Reader Controllers.
About OCP-IP
The OCP International Partnership Association, Inc. (OCP-IP), formed in
2001, promotes and supports the Open Core Protocol (OCP) as the complete
socket standard ensuring rapid creation and integration of interoperable
virtual components. OCP-IP’s Governing Steering Committee participants are:
Nokia [NYSE: NOK], Texas Instruments [NYSE: TXN], STMicroelectronics [NYSE:
STM], Toshiba Semiconductor Group (including Toshiba America TAEC), and
Sonics. OCP-IP is a non-profit corporation delivering the first fully
supported, openly licensed, core-centric protocol comprehensively fulfilling
system-level integration requirements. The OCP facilitates IP core
reusability and reduces design time, risk, and manufacturing costs for SoC
designs. VSIA endorses the OCP socket, and OCP-IP is affiliated with the VSI
Alliance. For additional background and membership information, visit www.OCPIP.org.
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