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October 27, 2005 05:31 AM US Pacific Timezone

Tensilica's Xtensa 6 Processor Wins ''Product of the Year'' Award at 2005 GSPx Conference; Xtensa 6 Offers Real Benefits to the Signal Processing Market

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 2005--Tensilica(R), Inc., today announced that its new Xtensa 6 configurable and extensible processor core has been selected as "Product of the Year" by the organizers of the GSPx Conference. This award recognizes the best new hardware, software, and EDA products that offer the greatest promise for the signal processing and embedded software industries. The award was presented Tuesday at a special ceremony at GSPx at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

"We are pleased that the GSPx committee selected Tensilica's new Xtensa 6 processor for this award," stated Steve Roddy, Tensilica's vice president of marketing. "Xtensa 6 provides SOC designers with the fastest, most cost-effective SOC block design tool in the industry. We expect this product to significantly widen our customer base because it fully automates time-and-resource intensive IC design steps and adds programmability to the post-silicon design, a crucial value-add enabler in fast-moving, high-volume SOC markets."

The Xtensa 6 processor for system-on-chip (SOC) design features automated configurability from a C/C++ algorithm, approximately 30 percent lower power; and advanced security provisions in MMU-enabled configurations through a "no execute" bit that provides enhanced protection against malicious code.

About Tensilica

Tensilica was founded in July 1997 to address the growing need for optimized, application-specific processor solutions in high-volume embedded applications. With a configurable and extensible processor core called Xtensa, Tensilica is the only company that has automated and patented the time-consuming process of generating a customized processor core along with a complete software development tool environment, producing new configurations in a matter of hours. For more information, visit www.tensilica.com.