MediaPhy Licenses Tensilica's Diamond Standard 108Mini Processor Core

SANTA CLARA, CA, — Tensilica, Inc. today announced that MediaPhy Corporation, of San Jose, Calif., has licensed the Diamond Standard 108Mini, the industry’s lowest power 32-bit processor core for SOC (system-on-chip) design. MediaPhy will use the Diamond Standard 108Mini in its next generation mobile audio and video entertainment designs.

“One of our main target application areas is battery operated mobile/portable devices where power consumption is a very critical factor.” stated Mohammad Moradi, Co-Founder and Executive VP of Engineering at MediaPhy. “As such, we have chosen the Tensilica Diamond Standard 108Mini processor core to benefit from its low power consumption and small area at the same time.”

“Companies like MediaPhy, who are designing innovative new chip designs for portable devices, inspire us to keep pushing the envelope for more performance at lower power,” stated Antonio J. Viana, Tensilica’s senior vice president of worldwide sales. “We are happy to make a strong contribution to their first products.”