Press Release
OCP-IP Announces Six New MembersPORTLAND, ORE. — May 9, 2006 — Open Core Protocol
International Partnership (OCP-IP) today announced six new members,
including: Cologne Chip, European Space Agency (ESA), MITRE Corporation,
Jasper Design Automation, OnDemand Microelectronics, and the University of
Bologna. The breadth of technologies represented in the new members
illustrates the industry-wide acceptance and adoption of the OCP
standard Cologne Chip, founded in 1994, develops and manufactures ISDN controller
ICs for basic rate and primary rate access. The company offers single-chip
solutions for ISDN cards and ISDN terminal adapters for Internet access over
USB, PCI or PCMCIA. Besides PC applications, highly integrated HDLC
controller and ISDN transceiver chips are available for nearly all embedded
applications (such as ISDN PBX, digital phones, VoIP gateways, Integrated
Access Devices (IAD), POS terminals, LAN routers, ISDN test equipment and
video conferencing). The European Space Agency shapes the development of Europe’s space
capability. ESA has 17 member states including: Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United
Kingdom. Canada, Hungary and the Czech Republic also participate in some
projects under cooperation agreements. ESA will leverage OCP for IP reuse
ensuring that investment in space technology continues to deliver benefits
to the citizens of Europe. MITRE Corporation is a not-for-profit organization chartered to work in
the public interest. As a national resource for the United States, they
apply their expertise in systems engineering, information technology,
operational concepts, and enterprise modernization to address sponsors'
critical needs. MITRE manages three federally funded research and
development centers for the Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation
Administration and for the Internal Revenue Service. MITRE also has its own
independent research and development program that explores new technologies
and new uses of technologies. Jasper Design Automation is a privately-held Electronic Design Automation
(EDA) company with a mission of making full formal IC verification a
competitive advantage for its customers. The company’s flagship product,
JasperGold Verification System, is the first verification product to deliver
systematic complete verification tasks within predictable, finite schedule
constraints. JasperGold formally verifies that complex IC design blocks meet
high-level requirements defined in their specifications, and also
pre-verifies IP blocks for use under all usage modes, without testbench
development. OnDemand Microelectronics (ODM) is a leader in the development of digital
TV semiconductors, offering fully software-programmable cores for high
definition, multi-standard video, image, and base band processing. ODM was
founded in 2002 as a direct spin-off from Analog Devices with corporate
headquarters and design centers based in Vienna, Austria. Sales and support
offices are located in Austin/Texas, Munich and Taipei. The University of Bologna is the oldest university in the western world
and offers a multi-campus structure divided into 23 faculties, 68
departments and university campus branches within the Italian cities of
Bologna, Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna and Rimini. OCP-IP University Program
members receive free software tools, technical support and training packaged
and ready for incorporation into a course or immediate independent study by
students. The program is ideal for undergraduate training and helping
faculty augment graduate programs and classes. OCP-IP members receive free training and support, software tools, and
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. “This new group of members represents a diverse set of commercial product
offerings, and further highlights the broad OCP acceptance and adoption
across many markets,” said Ian Mackintosh, president OCP-IP. “We are very
proud to announce and welcome all of our new members, and look forward to
working with them in the future.” |
