Atmel and ASTRI to collaborate for SoC based on Atmel’s AT91CAP customizable MCU

Atmel Corporation (and Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI), have today a collaboration, based on Atmel’s CAP customizable ARM microcontroller, and ASTRI’s design expertise, IP blocks and software. This collaboration is in the context of ASTRI’s established Low-power MCU Design Platform project that aims to lower the technical entry barriers for companies undertaking microcontroller-based system-on-chip (SoC) designs for specific applications.

Under the terms of the agreement, ASTRI, incorporating IP blocks from their extensive libraries, will support clients in transforming their design specifications into netlists for the metal programmable portion of the AT91CAP customizable microcontroller. The netlists will be validated on the AT91CAP emulation board by mapping them onto the built-in FPGA, before being transferred to Atmel for placement & routing, and metal programming of the AT91CAP platform. ASTRI will perform post-layout simulation prior to customer signoff for fabrication.

Atmel’s AT91CAP customizable MCU
Atmel's CAP is an ARM microcontroller-based SoC with fast local memory, a wide range of industry-standard peripherals and interfaces, and a Metal Programmable (MP) Block that allows the designer to add custom logic. By combining the performance, density and low power consumption of the fixed portion of the device with the flexibility of the MP Block, CAP enables application-specific products to be developed in a fraction of the time and at a fraction of the cost of standard-cell ASICs, but at a unit price close to that of standard cell devices.

Atmel Corporation, www.atmel.com
ASTRI, www.astri.org/en/icdesign.php