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TITLE: SYSTEM-ON-CHIP INITIATIVES IN CANADA
The Canadian Microelectronics Corp. (CMC) has launched a multi-
million dollar initiative to build an infrastructure for System-
on-Chip (SoC) research at Canadian universities. CMC, a not-
for-profit organization funded by the Canadian government and by
industry, has supported microelectronics research at more than 40
Canadian universities since 1984. The organization provides
design flows, tools and access to deep-submicron fabrication
services. The SoC Research Network will add to those services by
providing SoC-based design flows, silicon intellectual property
(IP) and three SoC platforms built for research purposes: a
high-performance network-processing platform, a low-power
Bluetooth RF platform and an FPGA prototyping platform. CMC does
not intend to redistribute commercial IP but will provide such
cores as processors, memories and A/D converters as part of its
SoC research platforms. Moreover, the research network will set
up an IP management system to facilitate the exchange of
university-developed IP. For additional information, access: CMC
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SYSTEM-ON-CHIP INITIATIVES CANADA
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DATE: June 2001
TITLE: SYSTEM-ON-CHIP INITIATIVES IN CANADA
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