ARM and Toshiba in Licensing Agreement
By CXOtoday Staff
Mumbai, May 21, 2008

ARM has reached a licensing agreement with Toshiba encompassing the ARM Cortex -A9 processor, the Cortex-R4F processor, NEON SIMD technology, PrimeCell peripherals, and CoreSight on-chip trace and debugging technology..

The Cortex-A9 MPCore multicore processor is ideal for smartphones, Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and consumer electronics, whereas the Cortex-R4F processor has been designed for embedded use in hard-disk drives, automotive safety systems, mobile baseband, and printer applications.

"This comprehensive licensing agreement adds strategic strength to our ARM Cortex portfolio," said Yasuo Kawahara, general manager (system LSI sales and marketing division) of Toshiba's Semiconductor Company. "We are now positioned to fully respond to market needs by exploiting the total potential of ARM powered system-on-chip solutions. We expect the agreement to make a major contribution to expanding Toshiba's business."

In addition to the Cortex processors, the agreement included other ARM technology including ARM NEON technology that provides advanced SIMD technology for advanced multimedia, gaming, and compute intensive applications; ARM CoreSight on-chip debug and trace technology; and ARM PrimeCell peripheral IP including cache controllers, interrupt controllers, and DMA controllers.


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