OCP International Partnership

Founded: 2001

Board Members: ANokia [NYSE: NOK], Sonics Inc., Synopsys [NYSE: SNPS], Texas Instruments [NYSE: TXN], and Toshiba Semiconductor Group (including Toshiba America TAEC).

Mission: OCP-IP's mission is to drive the OCP to become the most widely used and adopted socket interface for SoC design. OCP-IP provides the tools and services to its members that are necessary for convenient implementation, maintenance and support of the standard socket interface.

Number of Members: 200 members - See website for latest member listing (www.ocpip.org/membership/list/page1)

Mix of Members: Industry, Academic, Research Institutions

Classification: Non-profit

Deliverables: See Web site for latest deliverables (www.ocpip.org)

Working Groups: Technical Vision Working Group, Specification Working Group, Meta Data Working Group, System Level Design Working Group, Debug Working Group, Network on Chip Benchmarking Working Group, Functional Verification Working Group, Marketing Working Group

Funding: Membership Dues

Benefits of Membership:

  • Access to industrial-grade tools that support the OCP Standard
  • Free access to all membership products, tools and services
  • Technical support (for OCP and SystemC models and layer adapters)
  • Participation in OCP-IP events, working groups and member meetings
  • Free access to VCI to OCP conversion veneers and documentation
  • Access to the Member's Only Web site
  • Ability to contribute to OCP enhancements and access specifications in both draft and adopted forms
  • Free training materials and tutorials
  • Industrial-grade checkers and software tools
  • Ability to associate with key industry leaders in EDA/SoC community

Web Address: www.ocpip.org

Tech Support Available: Yes

White Papers/Documentation Available:

  • Survey of Network-on-Chip Proposals
  • Standard Debug Interface Socket Requirements for OCP-compliant SoC
  • An Initiative Towards Open Network-on-Chip Benchmarks
  • OCP TLM for Architectural Modeling Methodology
  • SystemC-based SoC Communication Modeling for the OCP Protocol
  • The Importance of Sockets in SoC Design
  • Socket-centric IP Core Interface Maximizes IP Applications

All white papers are available for free on the OCP-IP Web site

Training: Yes

Tech Focus: Formed to promote and support OCP as the complete socket standard that ensures rapid creation and integration of interoperable virtual components.

Partnership/Collaborations: SPIRIT, ECSI, Nexus 5001, EDAC, OSCI