Arteris Supporting Deployment of ARM's AMBA(R) 4 ACE(TM) Specification

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - Jun 7, 2011) - Arteris Inc., the inventor and leading supplier of network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect IP solutions, today announced its support for AMBA 4 ACE, the second phase of the AMBA 4 specification. Arteris has contributed to the deployment of new AMBA 4 technologies, such as virtual memory and memory barriers.

"Arteris has been an active participant in the AMBA 4 specification process. We are delighted to be partnering with them to ensure the swift deployment of critical new computer science techniques introduced with AMBA 4 ACE, such as memory barriers and distributed virtual memory," said Michael Dimelow, Director of Marketing, Processor Division, ARM. "This will provide joint customers with a solution to help design high performance heterogeneous multicore SoCs by utilizing a combination of the ARM CoreLink CCI-400 cache coherent interconnect and the Arteris FlexNoC™ interconnect."

"Arteris has benefited from its interconnect ecosystem partnership with ARM to deliver high quality interoperability to ARM IP in timely manner," said Charlie Janac, Arteris President and CEO. "We have achieved our goal of offering an interconnect solution that accelerates customer adoption of the latest ARM processor cores like the ARM Cortex™-A15 MPCore™ together with the Arteris FlexNoC interconnect and interchip link products."

About Arteris

Arteris, Inc. provides Network-on-Chip interconnect IP and tools to accelerate System-on-Chip semiconductor (SoC) assembly for a wide range of applications. Results obtained by using the Arteris product line include lower power, higher performance, more efficient design reuse and faster development of ICs, SoCs and FPGAs.

Founded by networking experts and offering the first commercially available Network-on-Chip IP products, Arteris operates globally with headquarters in San Jose, California and an engineering center in Paris, France. Arteris is a private company backed by a group of international investors including ARM Holdings, Crescendo Ventures, DoCoMo Capital, Qualcomm Incorporated, Synopsys, TVM Capital, and Ventech. More information can be found at www.arteris.com.

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