Artisan, National Semiconductor And ARM Collaborate On PowerWise Initiative For Intelligent Energy Management.

(From Hugin)

Artisan's libraries will help support rapid and efficient SoC designs utilizing advanced low-power technology. SUNNYVALE, Calif., SANTA CLARA, Calif. AND CAMBRIDGE, UK - Nov. 12, 2003 - Artisan Components, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARTI), National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE: NSM), and ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], today announced that Artisan, a leading provider of physical intellectual property (IP), will participate in the PowerWise(TM) initiative to increase the energy efficiency of mobile devices. Artisan libraries will be used as a reference platform for National's PowerWise technology and the ARM[R] Intelligent Energy Manager technology.

As part of the collaboration on the PowerWise technology, Artisan plans to make voltage level shifters available for selected standard cell libraries in order to support designs with multiple voltage domains. Artisan also plans to provide Scalable Polynomial Delay Modeling (SPDM) that offers accurate timing representation with variable supply voltage. "Working with National and ARM allows our libraries to enable a unified power management approach for SoC low-power design," said Neal Carney, vice-president of marketing at Artisan. "We are pleased to collaborate with such industry leaders to provide an innovative solution to increase the energy efficiency of mobile …