Texas Instruments has licensed the MIPS32 24Kc processor core for integrating in to its Gigabit Ethernet IP phone system-on-a-chip (SoC) device.
TI said that integration of the MIPS32 24Kc core would help it to reduce cost, development time and power consumption Internet phone design.
"As the market for enterprise voice—over-IP continues to grow and consumers demand more robust features on IP-based phones, we are pleased that the functionality of the 24Kc core meets our requirements,” said Fred Zimmerman, executive director at Texas Instruments.
TI's TNETV1051/1052/1053 devices are dual-core communications processors based on a 300MHz MIPS32 24Kc core and TI's 150MHz C55x DSP, and are optimized with a comprehensive suite of IP phone applications software.
The core offers performance of 660MHz in a 90nm G process.
It is interesting to note that Cambridge-based CSR has recently introduced an integrated IP phone chip design platform based on its own design of multimedia applications processor. Called UniVox, it combines a Risc processor with a DSP function, audio Codecs, echo cancellation and intelligent power management.