Philips Implements Right-First-Time Consumer Product SoC in 65-nm Low-Power CMOS

Securing its position as the leading edge of low-power CMOStechnology for consumer-product applications, Royal PhilipsElectronics (NYSE:PHG)(AEX:PHI) today announced that it hassuccessfully implemented a right-first-time 65-nm System-on-Chip (SoC)with the design complexity required in next-generation mobilemultimedia and home entertainment products such as 3G mobile phonesand high-performance LCD TVs.

Featuring an IEM(TM) (Intelligent Energy Manager)technology-enabled ARM1176JZF-S(TM) processor, 512 Kbytes ofhigh-speed low-power scratch-pad memory, high-speed communicationports and key analog IP blocks, the new Philips chip is the firsttruly consumer product-oriented SoC to be successfully produced in65-nm low-power CMOS. It has been designed, as a platform todemonstrate what next-generation consumer products will be able todeliver in terms of a rich multimedia experience coupled with senseand simplicity of operation. It is already at the heart of new 65-nmCMOS SoCs currently in an advanced stage of development at Philips.

"The fact that fully functional chips came out right-first-time isa testament to the quality of the Crolles2 65-nm CMOS development lineas well as a vindication of the entire design flow, right through fromour 65-nm CMOS design libraries to our design verification and layouttools," said Rene Penning de Vries, senior vice president and chieftechnology officer, Philips Semiconductors.

The Philips SoC features an industry-leading 65nm CMOSimplementation of an ARM1176JZF-S processor, chosen because of itsenhanced TrustZone(R) security technology and Intelligent EnergyManager low power features. Low power by design was a key requirementfor the chip because of the need to simultaneously meet theperformance, complexity and power consumption requirements ofbattery-powered applications such as mobile phones and portable mediaplayers. The chip also utilizes several other low-power features suchas the division of critical circuitry into voltage islands. Achievinglow power by design is seen as crucial to overcoming the fact that theoverall power budget for sub-100 nm CMOS chips is rapidly gettingsmaller.

"Philips' leading-edge 65nm process technology for low-powerdevices, coupled with the highly-optimized design of the ARM1176JZF-Sprocessor is an excellent starting point for building a market-leadingintegrated multimedia device," said Mike Inglis, executive vicepresident marketing, ARM. "Re-usable right-first-time IP integrationis essential for delivering products to current market requirements ina cost-effective solution."

Extensive testing has already seen the new Philips SoC booting andrunning the Linux operating system, which is rapidly gaining favor inthe consumer-electronics market due to its modularity, scalability,open-source philosophy and low-cost development tool support.

About Royal Philips Electronics

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE:PHG)(AEX:PHI)is one of the world's biggest electronics companies and Europe'slargest, with sales of EUR 30.4 billion in 2005. With activities inthe three interlocking domains of healthcare, lifestyle and technologyand 159,200 employees in more than 60 countries, it has marketleadership positions in medical diagnostic imaging and patientmonitoring, color television sets, electric shavers, lighting andsilicon system solutions. News from Philips is located atwww.semiconductors.philips.com.

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