Xentec Inc. (Oakville, Ont.) has unveiled soft and hard cores targeting the consumer, communications, security and image-processing markets.

The synthesizable cores include the JPEG Codec and DCT/IDCT. Hard cores include an analog triple 8-bit D/A and Universal Serial Bus (USB) transceiver driver.

The soft IP cores are available in Verilog HDL and VHDL. Xentec said they are predefined and preverified and are delivered as a package comprising documentation, synthesizable models, synthesis scripts and a testbench.

Many cores include a system-level testbench, functional simulation model and test vectors. The cores will be available for delivery this quarter.

The USB transceiver core has been designed to interface with the physical layer of the Universal Serial Bus.

The analog triple 8-bit D/A converter core and USB transceiver core are targeted to a 0.35-micron, triple-layer-metal CMOS process.

Innovative Semiconductors Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) announced it has licensed its Video Interface Port (VIP) cores to 3Dfx Interactive Inc. The companies said 3Dfx will incorporate the core in future 3-D graphics chip sets.

Innovative offers two VIP intellectual-property-core and validation suites: the SL15 or VIP Master and the SL10 or VIP Slave. Innovative Semiconductor said both cores are silicon-proven and are fully compliant with the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) VIP1.1 specification.

Each core suite comes with the RTL synthesizable core and a validation suite, which includes the behavioral model, testbench and sample scripts.

DSP Group Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) has announced that Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) has acquired a license to use DSP Group's OakDSPCore technology.

The companies said Oki will use the DSP core for cellular, multimedia and embedded-control applications. Oki plans to make the technology available across its ASIC library.

The 16-bit OakDSPCore is a general-purpose, high-speed core for speech and audio, telecommunications, digital cellular and embedded control. Oki will market its Oak-based offerings in the United States through Oki Semiconductor.

CoWare Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) said it has joined Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector's DigitalDNA strategic initiative, partnering to deliver the CoWare N2C hardware/software codesign system to Motorola Semiconductor customers designing complex systems with the PowerPC microprocessor.

The companies said CoWare N2C will let Motorola customers quickly develop system specifications and validate them before engaging in costly implementation.

The PowerPC microprocessor integration into CoWare N2C is expected to be available next quarter.

DigitalDNA is the product of Motorola Semiconductor's branding strategy to foster broader awareness of its product lines.

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