As many of you know, IPextreme has played a part in helping the industry quickly roll out new technology standards through licensing proven IP from major semiconductor companies. We were delighted to be recognized by Gartner Dataquest back in April as one the handful of "Cool Vendors" in 2008 for this unique value we bring to the market. In September, we announced with Texas Instruments, a next generation test and debug standard, IEEE 1149.7 or cJTAG. Significantly more complex than its venerable ancestor 1149.1 JTAG, the availability of proven IP from a market leader allows the entire market to rapidly adopt new standards and insure interoperability across the industry.

We'd also like to announce here for our friends in Japan, a new Japanese language version of our website. Please see below an introduction from Kazuhiro Ogawa, our president of IPextreme Japan. We hope you continue to enjoy our newsletter and the innovative, high quality products we will continue to bring you.

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A message from Kazuhiro Ogawa, President of IPextreme Japan

日本語のWebサイトを開設しましたので、そちらの方も御活用下さい。
英語サイトの主要なポイントの和訳を掲載しております。
最新IPリストをPDFファイルとして、ダウンロード可能です。

IPextreme has launched a Japanese website, where key information from the US site are translated and the list of IP can be downloaded by PDF.

www.ip-extreme.com/jp

Blogs

Design & Reuse On Cores: One on One: Kathy Werner

Stop me if you heard this one before. An engineering manager tells you a horror story of purchasing an IP core purely on the basis of price. Engineering wanted the other more expensive solution, but management instructed them to go with the cheapest solution. More

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Webinar: Next Generation Test and Debug Solutions

Hosted by Texas Instruments and IPextreme

cJTAG – IEEE 1149.7 is the first semiconductor IP solution to implement the new IEEE 1149.7 test and debug standard. The IP core was developed by Texas Instruments and packaged, distributed and supported by IPextreme. IEEE 1149.7 does not change or replace IEEE 1149.1. Instead, it offers a scalable set of extensions to the IEEE 1149.1. Some of the advantages of the new IEEE 1149.7 standard are that it requires fewer pins, adds power management and powerful new debug features while maintaining full compatibility with existing IEEE 1149.1 based hardware and software.

This webinar which will feature Stephen Lau (Texas Insturments), Pierre - Xavier Thomas and Rick Tomihiro (IPextreme), will cover the new IEEE 1149.7 standard and the robust set of features available in the cJTAG – IEEE 1149.7 IP core. Join us as we discuss how the cJTAG – IEEE 1149.7 IP core can be utilized in your next chip design.

IEEE 1149.7
By Stephen Lau, Emulation Technology Product Manager, Texas Instruments

IEEE P1149.7 is complementary superset of the widely adopted IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG) standard that has been in use for more than two decades. Although IEEE P1149.7 has not been finalized, its direction and its benefits to engineers -- particularly those developing and debugging software for complex systems -- are well defined.

While IEEE P1149.7 adds substantial functionality to the existing standard, it is important to note that it is not a replacement for IEEE 1149.1. Backward compatibility is maintained so that any a board or system that integrates chips that support either standard is amenable to test or debug procedures.

Benefits

The new standard offers embedded designers several benefits, including:

• The ability to control debug logic power consumption in an industry standard way. Whereas IEEE 1149.1 (JTAG) had a single "always on" state, IEEE P1149.7 offers four selectable power modes to enable ultra-low power devices.
• The ability to quickly access a specific device in a system with multiple devices. By implementing a system level bypass, the scan chain is drastically shorter, which directly improves the debugging experience.
• The introduction of a star topology to complement the standard serial topology. Designers working with stacked-die devices, multi-chip modules and plug-in cards will favor the star topology because it simplifies the physical inter-device connections.
• Two-pin operation instead of the four-pin operation required in IEEE 1149.1. Since most of today's systems integrate multiple ICs and often have severe size constraints, reducing the number of pins and traces will help designers meet their form factor goals and allowing for additional functional pins and/or low package cost.

If you would like to learn more about cJTAG - IEEE 1149.7 please join us for our webinar, "Next Generation Test and Debug Solutions." Details on the webinar are provided in this newsletter's IP Expertise section.

Product: MCF51JM128 ColdFire Microcontroller

IP Core : V1 ColdFire® Processor

The MCF51JM family is part of the Freescale Flexis™ microcontroller series, the connection point on the Freescale Controller Continuum where 8-bit and 32-bit compatibility becomes a reality. The Flexis series of devices includes complementary families of 8-bit S08 and 32-bit V1 ColdFire® microcontrollers that have a common set of peripherals and development tools to deliver the ultimate in migration flexibility.

The 32-bit MCF51JM128 device further extends the low-end of the ColdFire embedded USB controller family with up to 128 KB of flash memory, a full-speed USB 2.0 controller with host, device and On-The-Go (OTG) support, an integrated CAN module and a 12-channel, 12-bit analog-to-digital converter. >> More from Freescale

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Product: TC1736

IP Core:TriCore® Microcontroller

The TC1736 Microcontroller is the value optimized member of the AUDO FUTURE product family. Designed for automotive applications, its focus is on Engine Control Units for 2-4 cylinder engines in the economical automotive segment.

Equipped with 1MByte of embedded Flash and a total of 48KByte RAM the TC1736 is a high performance device offering great value for embedded real-time automotive applications. Its award-winning 80 MHz TriCore® provides high-end microcontroller performance combined with sophisticated DSP capabilities. >> More from Infineon

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