Denali and open core announce the OCP compliant Databahn memory controllers - Brief Article

EDP Weekly's IT Monitor, June 2, 2003

Denali Software, Inc. has announced the availability of OCP compliant Databahn memory controller cores. The OCP compliant cores allow designers to quickly and easily integrate Databahn cores with other third party IP using the OCP standard. Denali's Databahn cores are the latest enhancement to a robust thriving infrastructure around OCP, smoothing the path towards effective design re-use.

Memory systems are now the primary bottleneck to the flow of data in system-on-chip designs. Increasing clock speeds, new memory architectures, vendor-specific memory features and timing, and high-speed I/O effects are just some of the critical issues that must be addressed when designing a memory system. The new Databahn cores provide a highly configurable, OCP compliant solution that promotes design re-use without re-work.

"Denali is proud to offer OCP compliant Databahn memory control cores," said Kevin Silver, vice president of marketing for Denali Software Inc. "Our OCP compliant Databahn cores help further development of infrastructure around this industry standard for connectivity, leading the way toward effective design re-use."

"Denali's Databahn cores have already been proven in real-world design and are part of the Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) SoCMosaic custom chip soft IP platform. The soft IP platform-based design approach can reduce time-to-market for a custom system-on-a-chip (SOC) to as little as six months," said Richard Tobias, vice president of the ASIC and Foundry business unit for TAEC.

"It is especially satisfying to see prominent providers and users collaborating in adoption of such leading edge products," said Ian Mackintosh, President of OCP-IP. "The industry needs a complete socket standard that everyone can use, no matter what their on-chip architecture is, or whose processor cores they're using. The use of OCP by these leading companies illustrates that OCP is that standard."