GUC signs licensing agreement with ARM for broad range of applications
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Advanced technology asic specialist, Global Unichip (GUC) has licensed a broad range of ARM IP including the ARM Cortex processor and ARM Mali gpu families, ARM CoreLink interconnect and system IP, and ARM Artisan Physical IP.
GUC says that access to the range of ARM IP will enable it to focus on markets from entry level smartphones and low cost tablets to high performance tablets and smart tvs.
GUC licensed the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor in 2009, and the new agreement now includes the ARM Cortex-A5 MPCore processor and ARM Mali-300 gpu, as well as other ARM IP.
"GUC's silicon manufacturing customers require differing solutions that are optimised to meet the needs of a wide range of smart devices, from entry level smart phones through to smart tvs, targeted at consumers with a range of budgets and from a variety of demographics," said Jim Lai, president, GUC. "This new agreement means that end users will ultimately benefit from the combination of GUC's extensive experience in advanced design technology and the proven technology leadership of ARM IP. This will provide a choice of high performance, energy efficient SoCs with visually compelling multimedia capabilities for advanced platforms, such as Android."
