Think Silicon releases DirectFB drivers for Think2D Mobile Graphics Accelerator

Patras, Greece - March 25th, 2010 - Think Silicon Ltd, a Mobile Graphics Solutions IP core provider releases Linux DirectFB Drivers for the Think2D Graphics Accelerator Product showing impressive real-life performance per MHz and very low CPU utilization.

DirectFB drivers allow Think2D Mobile Graphics Accelerator to be used with any application development framework that supports back-end for DirectFB, including Nokia Qt4.6, GTK+ and many others.

Think2D achieves impressive performance by intelligent use of command lists that minimise usage of the host processor, and a high performance engine issuing upto two pixels/clock cycle. Think2D is available for ASIC or FPGA and is specifically designed for optimal system performance with minimum power consumption and silicon area.

For further information about Think2D please visit:
http://www.think-silicon.com/Think2D

VXL Technologies joins IPGenius Cores Programme

Patras, Greece, June 23, 2009. VXL Technologies and Think Silicon Ltd, announced today that VXL Technologies has joined the IPGenius Cores Programme. IPGenius is an on-line IP configuration and parametrization engine that allows users to obtain IP cores preconfigured to match their requirements.

VXL Technologies chose IPGenius to further promote their IP portfolio and enable their design expertise to enhance system level solutions. "The IPGenius Platform allows us to expand the visibility of our solutions by reaching customers that would like to take advantage of the higher level of configurability and reusability provided" said Praveen D'Souza, Business Development Manager of VXL Technologies. "The IPGenius partnership will allow us to efficiently use our IP expertise to offer complex SoC platforms to customers" he added.

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Teklatech's FloorDirector™ floorplanning EDA tool exclusively selected by Think Silicon
reduces dynamic power peaks and chip noise

Copenhagen, Denmark, June 3rd, 2008. Teklatech, the technology leader in floorplanning and clock distribution network solutions, has announced that its FloorDirector™ product has been exclusively chosen by Think Silicon for use in 90 nm and 65 nm designs. Think Silicon, an innovative European design center and supplier of various IP and turnkey solutions, has selected the FloorDirector EDA tool for its unique floorplanning optimization technology which is required for a wide range of SoC applications, including multimedia, DSP, wireless, networking and mobile. FloorDirector's ability to deliver SoC power shaping and provide robustness to on-chip-variation were key factors in Think Silicon's decision.

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Think Silicon announces IP Partnership programme

Patras, Greece - February 28th, 2008 - Think Silicon Ltd, a design services and IP core provider company introduces an IP Partnership programme through the on-line IPGenius parametrization platform. Think Silicon targets captive IP in companies and contractors who have no IP business model and can provide them with additional revenues by commercializing internal IP designs to market.

IP partnership program

The IP Partnership programme is aimed towards companies and contractors who have developed cores for internal use, but are unable or unwilling to sell and support their designs in the market. Think Silicon works closely with those companies to allow them to commercialize their designs by utilizing the IPGenius platform API and providing them with live usage status. Furthermore, a clear and transparent business model is provided where IPs are obtained in source code form with simple licensing terms and an online IP shop to facilitate the ordering process.

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Think Silicon to exhibit at DATE'08 Conference & Exhibition.

February 21, 2008 -- Think Silicon Ltd will present Design Services offering and the IPGenius parametrizable IP generation platform in DATE'08, March 11-13th, ICM Munich, Germany. You are welcome to visit us in Booth C2.

DATE'08 Conference & Exhibition

DATE, the Design, Automation and Test Conference is Europe's largest electronic system design event. Expert panels of users, vendors and analysts will discuss industrial and business topics. Engineering managers from leading electronics manufacturers will relate their own first-hand design experiences of commercial design tools. The exhibition is the unique European event bringing together researchers, user and vendors as well as specialists in the design, test and manufacturing of electronic circuits and systems.

Think Silicon to present IPGenius Platform in Design Reuse IP07 Conference & Exhibition.

December 6, 2007 -- Think Silicon Ltd will present the IPGenius parametrizable IP generation platform in Design Reuse IP07. Think Silicon's presentation will be held in the Grenoble World Trade Center, Room 3 (High Level) at 14:15 Session with focus on Architectural synthesis.

IP07 IP Based Electronic System Conference & Exhibition

IP/SOC 2007 (IP Based SoC Design) will be the 16th edition of the Working conference on hot topics in the design world, focusing for the past 7 years on IP based SoC design and hold in the well known Silicon and Alliance Nanometer Valley in the French Alps. The two day program of both technical and invited papers will attract around 400 delegates whilst the exhibition provides them with an opportunity to learn about the best new products.

Think Silicon introduces IPGenius™: The first on-line parametrizable IP generation platform.

Patras, Greece -- October 19, 2007 -- Think Silicon Ltd, a design services and IP core provider company today announced the availability of the on-line IP configuration tool IPGenius. The program is designed to ease the process of obtaining and integrating IP into SoC designs by offering SoC designers an easy to use web interface for parametrising core properties before receiving them.

IPGenius™

It is an on-line tool for the generation of parametrizable IP modules that can be used in Semiconductor devices. This tool allows the generation of custom-made IP modules from a selection of modules that can be customised according to users' requirements, packaged and delivered to the end-user via the internet. The tool will host a rapidly expanding portfolio of proprietary, partner and verified commercially friendly opensource Semiconductor IP (SIP) modules, that can be parametrised to user requirements from an easy to use web interface.

It is immediately available by visiting http://www.think-silicon.com/ipgenius.php

22-August-2007: Think Silicon Ltd announced it has joined The SPIRIT Consortium as a Reviewing Member.
The Spirit consortium is global organization focused on establishing integration standards for multi-faceted IP and EDA Tooling that drive sustainable growth in electronic design. Involving industry leaders in the IP supply chain, The SPIRIT Consortium includes major EDA tool vendors, IP providers and integrated device manufacturers among its members along with a number of innovative small and medium-sized supply-chain companies. Think Silicon believes that Spirit Consortium standards will become the cornerstone for ESL EDA tooling and we are commited to adopting this standard for our future products.

20-July-2007: Think Silicon joins the Hellenic-SIA
Think Silicon becomes a member of the Hellenic Semiconductor Industry Assosiation. Hellenic-SIA (Hellenic Semiconductor Industry Association http://www.hellenic-sia.org) includes companies and research entities that belong to the semiconductor industry (design, manufacturing, supply and support) in Greece.