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February 26, 2003
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ATHENA RELEASES ULTRA LOW
POWER FFT CORES
Family includes
2 mW FFT for DSL
GAINESVILLE, FL - February
26, 2003 - The Athena Group, Inc., a leading provider
of signal processing technology today announced the availability
of its third generation of Atomic Signal Processing FFT accelerator
cores, ideal for power sensitive communications. Athena's
FFT cores deliver unprecedented power savings for emerging
communications and networking technologies, such as WLAN,
HomePlug, and DSL. The family of FFT cores includes a 6 mW
core for WLAN applications, a 10 mW core for HomePlug appliances,
and a FFT for DSL which consumes less than 2 mW. Athena's
proprietary arithmetic technology enables remarkable levels
of power conservation across Athena's entire family of Atomic
Signal Processing functions, GPS pre-processors, and TeraFire™
public key cryptographic accelerators.
"Numerous applications
depend on FFT processing," said Dr. Jon Mellott, Chief
Technology Officer of Athena. "Power remains a critical
design issue, and achieving competitive performance within
a reasonable power budget demands advanced technology. The
Athena FFT relaxes the severity of the power budgeting problem
and allows aggressive power targets to be attained with a
simple design upgrade."
The Athena Atomic Signal Processing
technology was developed explicitly for demanding signal processing
applications, where very high performance processing or very
low power consumption is essential. Athena Atomic Signal Processing
functions are comprised of arrays of arithmetic units operating
in parallel to execute a specific signal processing algorithm.
Each arithmetic unit is implemented using Athena's proprietary
arithmetic technology, which consumes substantially less power
per computation than other signal processing solutions. With
each arithmetic unit executing in parallel, a single Athena
Atomic Signal Processing function can deliver computational
efficiency reaching hundreds of billions of operations per
second per Watt. Athena's FFT solutions are available for
a variety of both commercial and military applications, including
satellite communications, digital video and audio, and GPS.
Athena IP Products
Each Athena Atomic Signal Processing function is delivered
as a firm core optimized to any customer-specified library.
Included with each core are verification suites, timing and
simulation models, and comprehensive documentation. Customization,
integration, and hardening services are available.
The entire line of Athena Atomic
Signal Processing accelerators is designed for efficient implementation
and rapid delivery. Athena's wholly automated implementation
and verification methodology produces synchronous, testable
IP cores of the highest quality. All Athena IP cores achieve
a score of 95% or better on the OpenMore scale of IP reusability.
About The Athena Group,
Inc.
The Athena Group, Inc. of Gainesville, Florida licenses signal
processing technology that delivers breakthrough performance,
reduced area, and reduced power consumption in a broad range
of SoC products. Athena technology is ideal for leading edge
applications such as secure e-commerce, wireless communications,
and video compression. In addition to signal processing acceleration
functions for SoC integration, Athena also produces a full
line of application level solutions.
Athena was founded in 1986
and is privately held.
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For information on Atomic Signal
Processing or other Athena products, contact:
Pat Rugg, VP Sales and Marketing
The Athena Group, Inc.
5522 NW 43rd St., Suite B
Gainesville, FL 32653
Phone: (352) 371-2567 ext. 110
Toll-free: (800) 741-7440
Email: prugg@athena-group.com
Internet: www.athena-group.com
TeraFire is a trademark of
The Athena Group, Inc. All other trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.
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