The agency said Tuesday (July 25) that Iranian researchers and engineers at Parsé Semiconductor Co. (Tehran) had developed a 32-bit processor that is compatible with the Sparc instruction set.

Parsé Semiconductor Co. has been in operation since 2003 as a developer of ASIC, SoC and FPGA designs, according to its Web site. During that time it has developed the Aristo and Tiny cores based on the Sparc V8 architecture, and has now proved the cores out in silicon.

Parsé works with the High Tech Industries Center of Iran, according to its website.

Aristo is a core intended for SoC implementation and, according to Parsé, the processor has been declared fully functional after fabrication in a 0.18-micron process technology from foundry company Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. The Tiny model of the processor is intended for FPGA and fast ASIC implementation, where the processor may not need cache memory or other peripheral blocks. The Tiny core has already been designed into a single-chip global positioning by satellite (GPS) system that is being designed to include both RF and baseband circuitry.

In addition Parsé has released its own chip called Tachra, which includes the Aristo processor core, together with a suite of Tachra development tools.

The Aristo and Tiny processor cores and the Tachra processor component are suitable for use in communications projects, automated manufacturing, industrial automation, robotic systems and artificial intelligence, and data transfer networks, according to the Fars News Agency.