Advanced Bionics
"The lower power of TI's new C55x™ core is the enabling technology that will allow thousands of profoundly deaf people to hear things they've never heard before," said Van Harrison, Vice President. "As a leading manufacturer of cochlear implants, Advanced Bionics sees the possibilities that TI provides with this new core."
ArtVoice
"The high degree of integration, tiny package and very low power consumption of TI's C54x™ DSP core enabled ArtVoice Media to build the smallest MP3 player in the market," said Karlheinz Kleinhenz, Technical Consultant. "A good partnership with TI allowed us to complete our project in a very short time."
"Today's announcement of the new TI C55x™ DSP core is a big step forward towards the next generation of handheld devices, which will be even smaller and more powerful. The high degree of integration, tiny package and very low power consumption of TI's C5000™ DSP core will enable ArtVoice Media to build the smallest MP3 player in the market."
ASML
"Our 200 and 300mm wafer scanner applications demand very high performance from DSPs," said Dick van Hees, CAE/Component manager. "TI's C6000™ DSPs offer us this performance, and the efficiency of the compilers, with the ease of use of the tools, made this the only DSP choice for the ASML scanner families. We are looking forward to working with the new C64x™ DSP generation, bringing us the ever needed additional performance."
AudioCodes
"As the state-of-art solution to multi-channel Voice over IP, the TI C5000™ DSP family plays a crucial part in AudioCodes leading-edge voice over packet solutions," said Shabtai Adlersberg, President and CEO. "Today's announcement is great news for AudioCodes; the new code compatible C55x™ generation will indeed provide us a powerful and easy path to build on the success of our existing C54x™-based solutions."
Brooktrout
"The performance that we believe we will be able to get from the new C55x™ core is so significant that we think when we populate our cards, we'll actually outstrip the capability of the Intel micro-processor to keep up with it, which has never been the case before," said Eric Giler, President and CEO. "TI is so far ahead in being number one, that the competition has a very, very tough time even coming close in terms of the types of commitments that they can make."
Cisco
"The C5000™ and C6000™ programmable DSPs from Texas Instruments are key engines for the new Internet Ecosystem that converges data, voice and video into packetized, standards-based, interoperable applications," said Roland Acra, VP and General Manager of Cisco's Remote Access Business Unit. "TI's new C55x™ and C64x™ DSP cores are viewed as key parts of our roadmaps to continue leading the Internet revolution for applications ranging from Voice Over Packet (VOP) to the most powerful Broadband Infrastructure Systems."
Comverse Network Systems Limited
"The high-end Texas Instruments C6000™ DSPs are used in our Comverse Network Systems Enhanced Services Systems, which enable wireless, wireline and IP Telephony network providers to offer a growing range of revenue-generating enhanced services," said Sachi Gerlitz, Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Business Development and Marketing. "TI has a know-how, a state-of-the-art technology suitable for our applications and world class development tools. Looking at today's announcement with the new C64x™, we are even more confident in TI's roadmap, and their new DSP core will help us maintain our position as the value added services' world leader."
ECI Telecom
"ECI Telecom is using TI's C54x™ DSPs at the heart of its Media Gateway products, the corner block of next-generation networks, mediating between TDM, ATM and IP networks. Low power consumption, small package size and good supplier support were the key selection criteria," said Tzvika Friedman, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, DCME-SBU.
"The high level of compatibility between the C5000™ family members, which enables ECI Telecom to port its world famous toll-quality telephony technology from DCME to VoATM and IP-telephony gateways, was also important to upgrade and extend our product range with smooth transitions. ECI welcomes the new C55x core which will strengthen further these key benefits of the C5000 platform."
ENEA OSE Systems
"ENEA OSE Systems focuses on developing software targeting the telecom market, especially equipment like base stations and mobile phones," said Robert Largren, Technical Director of Strategic Development, Enea OSE Systems. "With the C64x™ and C55x™ DSP cores, TI is providing us with the processing power needed to create new, breakthrough products for the new telecom world. The C55x DSP core is especially good when you look at equipment like mobile phones where you have a need for the best combination of performance and power consumption, and the addition of the C64x DSP core provides us with the extreme performance needed for wideband CDMA, radio base stations, ADSL next-generation modems and other high-bandwidth access products."
Ericsson
"With the C64x™ and C55x™ announced today, TI is providing Ericsson with the processing power to create breakthrough products for the new telecommunications world," said Gsta Lemne, Vice President, Corporate Function Technology, Access Technology Management.
"The addition of the C64x core to the C6000™ roadmap provides the extreme performance needed for WCDMA radio basestations, as well as next-generation ADSL and cable modems and other high-bandwidth access products. The C55x is a great processor with very low power consumption, enabling wireless multimedia devices with unprecedented functionality and battery life. Its programmability offers the flexibility and upgradability we need to implement third-generation wireless communications, in which time is so critical."
"Moreover, code-compatibility within each platform protects Ericsson's investments in software, while providing capacity for future growth in functionality."
Italtel
"When selecting a DSP supplier for numerous telecom applications, you need to make sure that the product offering addresses all the key requirements of end-equipment," said Franco Serio, Vice President, Switching Business Unit. "Only one DSP supplier has this broad DSP portfolio, can answer the exploding demand of telecommunication applications and can keep Italtel highly competitive by providing us with leading edge technologies. That supplier is Texas Instruments."
"With exploding Internet demand for data communication, it's becoming critical to pack more and more channels into the smallest possible space," said Alberto Biancalana, Director for Hardware R&D, Switching Business Unit. "TI's TMS320C6203 currently meets our requirements and we are delighted, looking at the new C64x™ core, to see the huge enhancements in terms of performance and channel density. These will be of considerable advantage to Italtel and, furthermore, offer 100% code compatibility."
Natural MicroSystems
"Both the C55x™ and the C64x™ cores from TI, are, in some cases, critical to Natural MicroSystems. At this time, we make major use of the C54x™ product line as a critical piece of our voice-over-IP and fax-over-IP gateway technology," said Brough Turner, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. "As the C55x delivers substantial performance increments in our mainstream of technology development, we're very, very interested in it. We recently acquired QwesCom, which has a very innovative packet processing application that runs on the C6000. I look forward to the same kind of relationship on the C64x core technology that we've had for many years on the C54x."
Neurodynamics
"Neurodynamics is the world leader in advanced recognition solutions, with solutions in fingerprint recognition, digital surveillance solutions and advanced character recognition solutions. We chose Texas Instruments as they provide the highest level of technical know-how, scalability and support," said David Humphrey, Hardware Development Manager. "The new Texas Instruments C55x™ and C64x™ cores enable new, cost-effective solutions to the Neurodynamics product range. We intend to migrate to the new TI cores within at least three products in our fingerprint and digital surveillance solutions. In addition, the efficiency of the TI C compiler, along with the eXpressDSP™ Standard, allows us to reuse our algorithms in many customer solutions."
Nice Systems
"Due to very high performance of the new C64x™ DSP core from Texas Instruments, Nice will be able to keep its leading edge by developing technologically advanced products with new video processing capabilities," said Doron Girmonsky, DSP Group Leader.
"Using TI's new C64x DSP core from the C6000™ platform, Nice will be able to provide superior video resolution for its NiceVision digital video and audio recording system, establishing its leadership in the CCTV security market. In addition, TI's user-friendly, integrated development environment and code compatibility with previous C62x™ products will speed up the time to market, enabling Nice to respond quickly to customer needs."
Nokia
"TI's C54x™ family is a recognized success in the wireless communications industry," said Yrjo Neuvo, Senior Vice President of Product Creation, Nokia Mobile Phones. "With the breakthrough power efficiency and leading-edge performance of the C55x™ core announced today, TI is extending its leadership in the competitive industry."
Optivision
"TI's C64x™ core offers us a tremendous advantage in cost/performance and the availability of a strong development tool base that allows us to develop our next generation products," said Mike Liccardo, President and CEO. "We particularly like the ability of this core to become a killer video communications processor. In particular, we're looking at using it for implementation of new video compression standards such as developed in the MPEG 4 standardization efforts that we have cooperated with TI on developing."
Pollex
"Pollex Technology Ltd. is one of the leading suppliers of biometric hardware and software solutions in the fingerprint sector, working in daily confrontation with the challenges of modern security technology," said J.D. Borer, CEO. "Efficient cooperation and customer-oriented hardware are just as important for our global competitive strength as are know-how, quality and readiness to deliver."
"TI perfectly meets our demands to serve competent partners and provides us with a decisive competitive edge for our newly launched fingerprint stand-alone system - POLPass¨. With POLPass¨, Pollex Technology Ltd. takes full advantage of the performance and features of the TMS320C54x™ DSP family. Pollex applauds the announcement of TI's new C55x™ generation whose software compatibility with C54x™ and outstanding power efficient performance will be key enablers to our product roadmap."
Polytrax
"PolyTrax Information Technology AG, based in Munich, Germany, has developed the fastest Powerline Communication Technology under European regulations. Because of the best price/ performance ratio of the TI C54x™ for this particular application currently available on the market, PolyTrax has decided to use this DSP," said Christian Seifert, CTO.
"In order to achieve highest data rates for Powerline Communication within Asian and US regulations, PolyTrax is very happy to see the upcoming TI C55x™ DSP core, which enables us to secure the investment in our DSP software while utilizing the higher performance of the new processor. Due to many different regulations for Powerline Communication worldwide, it is essential for PolyTrax to keep the DSP code compatible while having access to new technology at the same time."
RAD Data Communications Limited
"TI's historical commitment to state-of-the-art technology and reliable, user-friendly programming tools has always made my DSP decisions easy," said Professor Yaakov Jonathan Stein, Chief Scientist, RAD Data Communications Limited.
"During this past year RAD Datacom started two new projects, a new generation Voice over Packet gateway and a proprietary, very high speed DSL modem. I decided on the power- and real estate-efficient C54x™ line for the voice application and the computationally powerful and maturing C62x™ line for the DSL.
"With these new announcements, this choice has proven even more opportune; the C55x™ core will allow us to fit more channels into less space with lower cost per port, while the C64x™ core will simplify design by allowing us to implement the entire modem in DSP without hardware assistance. Thanks TI!"
RadioScape Limited
"Having successfully worked with the current generation of TI's DSP for digital radio applications, we are excited by the possibility that the new generation of C5000™ and C6000™ cores can provide the DSP platform for RadioScape's future digital broadcast and third-generation wireless IP developments," said Peter Florence, CEO.
Siemens ICN
"We've been using the C6000™ family of programmable DSPs from TI for the last two years," said Albrecht Baur, President, Siemens ICN Broadband Access Division. "The performance levels of the new programmable C64x™ will put us on a fast track to tomorrow's networks. In addition, its software compatibility with previous generations is a key element for telecomm companies like Siemens, as it allows us to leverage our software investment."
Siemens Medical
"The C62x™ DSPs were the first programmable processors to provide the processing power and I/O bandwidth needed for real time medical imaging systems," said Karl Lorenz, Project Manager. "The performance of the C64x™ will allow us to add high speed 3D image processing to our products or decrease the system complexity. The reliable long lifetime of TI products is a precondition for medical applications."
Vision Components
"Vision Components is the leading manufacturer of Smart Video Cameras for industrial use. These devices have demanding requirements for high processing performance, small footprint and low power consumption," said Michael Engel, President. "We have chosen the C6211 for our next-generation cameras, and are looking at the TI C6000™ roadmap introduced recently which reinforces our selection of Texas Instruments as our key DSP supplier." |
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