Andes Launches the First Andes Certified Engineer Program

Students Flock to Register for Understanding Taiwan-based Development Platforms and Developing Professional Skills

【Taiwan HsinChu】The first Andes Certified Engineer (ACE™) Program was launched successfully in December 2012 in Kun San University, southern Taiwan, and Chien Hsin University of Science and Technology, northern Taiwan. The exam-based certification included two levels, advanced and intermediate, and had 96% attendance among 138 registrants. 
Andes Technology, the dedicated vendor of 32-bit CPU IPs and associated SoC platforms, introduces the ACE Program to make up the gap between universities and industry. The ACE program itself also adds values to Andes and boosts Andes’ corporate image when the Taiwan-based company goes international. Focusing on CPUs and embedded systems, the ACE Program facilitates the promotion of Taiwan-based developed products and the industry-academia cooperation. It also benefits students by getting them involved with the development process of SoC platforms, familiar with R&D environment in Taiwan, and ready for technology jobs. In the end, the ACE Program is expected to bring more advantages in promoting and nurturing the local CPU IPs.

Dr. Jhih-Syue Jhou, the supervisor of the first ACE Program and an associate professor in Department of Information Engineering, Kun San University, stated, “It’s my honor to organize the ACE exam in southern Taiwan and introduce the Taiwan-based embedded SoCs to students. I would like to express my respect to Andes Technology for their contributions on embedded system industry and related education in Taiwan. The program was launched successfully thanks to the support from the head, Prof. Benjamin Tseng, the staff and students in my department. Without their helps, it wouldn’t be easy to host an exam with 105 registrants.” 

Prof. Jhou further noted, “The industry needs qualified engineers and students need a certification to demonstrate their expertise. That’s why we hosted the exam to bridge the gap between the industry and students. Through the promotion by my department, 95% of students taking related courses had registered for the exam. The attendance clearly reflects the industry trend and the market demand. Kun San University and Department of Information Engineering would like to host the exam continuously with our full support. We also expect to set up a test/certification center and a training center in our department; the former allows more exam sessions for engineers in related fields to participate while the latter can do more promotion for Taiwan-based SoCs.”

The President of Andes Technology, Frankwell Lin, said, “Via the ACE Program, students can learn more about embedded systems and hardware/software co-design, thereby gaining the edge in job application. The ACE Program is devised as a training for corporate customers. University or graduate school students taking this exam can be exposed to industry-level embedded system development. Moreover, since a great part of the ACE Program is derived from frequently-asked questions of Andes customers, students can consider it as a rehearsal chance for job interview. We are glad that the first ACE Program has successfully launched and grateful for the supports from organizers, supervisors and test administrators in both venues. We also thank for the advices of Embedded Software Consortium, Education of Ministry. With the successful debut of the ACE Program, we will keep the event going and schedule it every half year.” 
  
For more information about the Andes Certified Engineer (ACE™) Program, please refer to www.andestech.com or contact ace@andestech.com

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The 8th Andes-Embedded™ Forum (AEF) Invites You to Seize Today’s Changing Moment and Create Tomorrow’s Groundbreaking Devices

Andes Technology Launches its Compact Processor Core “Hummingbird” That Delivers Ultra Low Power Consumption, Adequate Performance with Reduced Cost

【Taiwan HsinChu】The 8th Andes-Embedded Forum (AEF) has successfully taken place on April 18, in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Bearing the motto “Driving Innovations” in mind to self-motivate and service customers, Andes Technology has been providing core technology, SoC key components and development platforms for years. With the same mindset, the AEF in 2013 had a theme to assist customers to “Seize Today’s Changing Moment and Create Tomorrow’s Groundbreaking Devices” with Andes processor-based solution and professional technology support. In the event, Andes Technology unveiled its compact 32-bit processor series “Hummingbird,” the achievement of Andes’ 8-year research that delivers ultra power-efficiency and adequate performance while reducing more die size and unit cost. Many of Andes partners were also invited to give product demonstrations.

In an era of pursuing smart and green product designs, computing in ultra low power consumption are extremely important. Thus, the 8th AEF aimed to provide customers with solutions of low power consumption and operation acceleration in hopes of making them meet their targets earlier. Attendants to this event got a thorough understanding through AEF’s eight sessions of different topics and ten booths that showcased various Andes applications. The theme of the AEF this year, “Seize Today’s Changing Moment and Create Tomorrow’s Groundbreaking Devices,” responded to the two main requirements for today’s applications – power consumption and performance. Andes Technology with its CPU solutions looks forward to giving all SoC engineers a big hand to launch target-met SoCs and shorten the time to market. The Andes-embedded SoCs in turn are believed to facilitate the design of next-generation eye-catching devices for system engineers.

Jyh-Ming Frankwell Lin, President of Andes Technology Corporation, stated, “According to an IDC research report, the uptake of smart phones and tablets continues to surge these years. In 2013, the shipment of smart phones is projected to grow 13% while that of tablets is 44%, showing that mobile devices still play a prominent role in the market. This trend stimulates the rise of new applications and brings business opportunities to related industries. Knowing that it’s a must to enter the mobile device market, Andes Technology has acted aggressively to gain its share in fields like portable devices, IoT (Internet of Things), touch devices, networking, wireless communication, MCU and multimedia applications these past few years. When there is a need to adopt SoC(s) in your product, there is a chance for Andes Technology to partner with you. Providing core technology and development platform, Andes has worked closely with our customers to smooth the development process and to reduce their time-to-market. That’s how the theme of AEF this year, “Seize Today’s Changing Moment and Create Tomorrow’s Groundbreaking Devices,” came from. We believe that AEF attendants have all been benefited from the mutual exchange of experiences and information about different applications in the event.”

Lin further expressed, “We keep offering best support and service expecting that SoC companies consider Andes when they develop their products. We also constantly launch products to answer to customers’ needs. The processor series ‘Hummingbird’ introduced in the AEF is tailored for embedded controllers that require ultra low energy consumption, especially for those that require months, or even longer, of battery life. As lightweight and vigorous as hummingbirds, the compact processor series ‘Hummingbird’ delivers ultra energy-efficiency while charging pretty low unit cost and power. Its applications include sensor-based applications, IoT, medical devices, MCUs, mobile phones, smart phones, tablets, wireless communication, wireless connection, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Navigation System, sensor network, sensor fusion, and all sorts of hand-held devices. ‘Hummingbird’ outperforms its competitors with both ultra low power consumption and better performance; it enables the completion of a task faster using minimum power and enters the stand-by mode immediately to wait for the next task. Thus, ‘Hummingbird’ is by all means the most energy-efficient processor core in the market.”

For more information about the 8th Andes-Embedded Forum (AEF) and AndesCore, Andes 32-bit processor core IP, please refer towww.andestech.comor contact sales@andestech.com

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Andes Offers Training Courses to Universities in Beijing

From May 13 to 22, Andes offered a series of training courses to universities in Beijing of China including Peking University, Beijing Institute of Technology, and Beijing Jiaotong University. These courses presented Andes’ high-performance, low-power 32-bit processors AndesCore™ with their applications in embedded systems. They also introduced the corresponding development environments of Andes cores and provided hands-on trainings in the use of Andes’ IDE, AndeSight™. Students taking these courses not only acquired theoretical knowledge and practical skills but also got inspired in the follow-up open discussion sessions.

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Andes Sponsors “2013 Intelligent Electronics System Design Contest”

Led by Ministry of Education of Taiwan government, 2013 Intelligent Electronics System Design Contest was held on May 11th at National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. As one of the primary sponsors, Andes was invited to exhibit products in the event and to share the development experience with competing teams. This contest is to encourage students’ imagination to combine intelligent electronics with everyday life. It is also a long term plan to drive innovation across the entire industry for the nation.

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Andes Attends ChipEx2013 and Introduces N705 to Israeli market

Andes attended ChipEx2013 Vendors’ Exhibition at the David Intercontinental Tel Aviv Convention Center in Tel Aviv, Israel from April 30 to May 1, 2013. In this event, Andes introduced the Israeli microelectronics industry to its advanced technology, CPU IP families (AndesCore™), development tools (AndeSight™) and business model. Especially, Andes showcased the newest processor N705 (Codename: HummingBird) in the exhibition, demonstrating its superiority in terms of ultra PPA (power, performance, and area) in various application fields. Through the participation of ChipEx2013, Andes expressed its determination of bringing good quality products, service and support to the Israeli market.

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The 8th Andes-Embedded™ Forum (AEF-8) in the Form of Webinar for China Market Takes Place on Apr 25th

Themed with “Seize Today’s Changing Moment, Create Tomorrow’s Groundbreaking Devices,” the 8th Andes-Embedded Forum (AEF-8) in the form of Webinar for China market took place on Apr 25th successfully. After Andes President Frankwell Lin’s keynote speech, six sessions of different topics followed in turn including “How Andes Help IC Design Companies Grow,”  “Make Cool Universe with Andes-Embedded Solution,” “Andes Novel Data Engine for SoC,” “Speed Up SW Development with AndSight™,” “Unleash the Power of Andes Core in Fast Evolving Ecosystem,” and “Andes Service: Driving Innovations.” Andes’ newest CPU core N705 (codename: Hummingbird) was also announced in the forum.

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Andes President Makes a Speech “Low Power CPU & Subsystem” in Linley Tech Mobile Conference

Andes President Frankwell Lin was invited to make a speech in Linley Tech Mobile Conference 2013 on April 17th at Hyatt Regency Hotel, Santa Clara, CA, USA. Titled “Low Power CPU & Subsystem,” the speech was to introduce the audience to Andes Technology, Andes proprietary instruction set architecture AndeStar™, and AndesCore™ CPU IPs. Andes-embedded solutions were exemplified by N9-based mobile phones and Andes newly-launched low-power CPU, N705 (codename: Hummingbird), was also introduced in the speech. Aimed at low power mobile applications, the compact N705 achieves ultra PPA (power, performance, and area) and well demonstrates the superiority of Andes cores. Lin concluded that Andes has complete infrastructure and eco-system for SoC development and its solutions for mobile applications have gone into mass production.

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New Ultra-Efficient Processor Core for Low Power Applications Andes’ N7 (Codename: Hummingbird) now available to the U.S. market

【Santa Clara, CA, April 17, 2013】 – Andes Technology (www.andestech.com), Asia’s leading supplier of licensable processor cores, today announced their newest, ultra power-efficient 32-bit processor series: the AndesCore™ N7.  Codenamed “Hummingbird,” due to its compact size and energy efficiency, this family of small cores is derived from 8-years research by Andes’ Taiwan-based team.  Customer applications include embedded processing devices that require low energy consumption, such as controllers for touchscreen, storage, hand-held devices, sensors, and for network connectivity applications like IoT (Internet-of-Things).

Andes’ President, Frankwell Lin, commented, “The N7 was created for SOC designs that have performance constrained by ultra-low energy consumption and a small size.  By implementing our latest AndeStar™ V3m architecture in a 2-stage pipeline, the N7 is the most power-efficient member of the Andes family.  As with all of our IP cores, N7 is fully supported by the an integrated GCC tools environment and comes with complete software development environment and libraries to increase productivity and reduce cost.”
In terms of efficiency, the N7 delivers an impressive 108 DMIPS/mW, which is 30% higher than products from other suppliers.  It also incorporates new mechanisms that provide for acceleration of applications that utilize higher latency flash memory which improve memory access efficiency while leveraging the processor’s performance and power. The size of the AndesCore™ N7 can be as small as 12K gates. This makes it an ideal alternative to 8051 and other 8-bit processor cores, while delivering the programmability benefits of a 32-bit processor solution.

The N7 is being demonstrated in Linley Tech Mobile Conference on Apr 17th at Hyatt Regency Hotel, Santa Clara and at the GSA Silicon Summit on Apr 18th at Computer History Museum, Mountain View.  For more information about the AndesCore™ N7 Series or any of our other low-power, high-performance IP cores and subsystems, please refer to www.andestech.com or contact us at america@andestech.com

 

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Andes Technology to Bring Energy Efficient Processor Cores to the U.S. Market

Asia’s leading processor IP company expands business to the U.S.

【Santa Clara, CA, March 15, 2013】 – Andes Technology (www.andestech.com), Asia’s leading supplier of licensable processor cores, today announced plans to expand business and technical support to include U.S. semiconductor companies.   Founded 8 years ago in the Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, Andes has been quietly developing and delivering a broad range of processor Intellectual Property (IP) cores and subsystems to leading chip companies across Asia.  Products using their cores deliver more energy efficiency while consuming lower power than traditional core alternatives – but until now, these products have only been available to Asian semiconductor companies who have deployed Andes cores in many high-volume applications.  Today, Andes will bring these innovative solutions to U.S. semiconductor companies.

The President of Andes Technology, Frankwell Lin, commented: “We are excited to be able to bring our world-class IP products to the U.S. Semiconductor industry.  It has always been Andes’ first priority to help our customers succeed in reaching high-volume mass-production, by working in close proximity with the foundries to generate silicon-proven IP.  With recent changes in the global IP market, we see a great opportunity to bring that customer-centric approach to U.S companies – and to help their success too.”

“The last few years have brought exciting changes to the processor IP industry,” observed Linley Gwennap, president of The Linley Group.  “It’s interesting to see a processor IP company come from Asia to the U.S. instead of the other direction.  By first succeeding in the high-volume Asian semiconductor market, Andes has built a solid infrastructure and positioned themselves to become a viable player on the world stage.”

Andes Technology comes to the U.S. after having quietly grown to become a major provider in the IP industry.  Unlike other RISC processor architectures, which were designed for workstation applications, the Andes instruction set is defined for optimal power-performance efficiency in embedded control and processing applications. Andes CPU and MCU cores are already used in hundreds of millions of devices and they have design wins at more than 50 different semiconductor companies across Asia. The expansion to the U.S. will include product sales, service and support, including availability of full-speed development systems with Andes-based silicon onboard.

“IP cores have become part of all modern SOC designs,” declared Rich Warzyniak, Senior Analyst for ASIC & SoC at Semico Research. “We think that the next step in that evolution is to solve the larger problems of IP subsystems – especially if they can address the need for reducing power.  Andes has already taken a leadership step in that direction by combining their low power processor cores into subsystems which include other key IP components, software and development tools.  To support their customers, they have taken a very visionary approach and used it to win business across Asia.”

From tablets to televisions, storage to surveillance
Andes products were created based on actual customer needs.  Used in applications ranging from low-power embedded controllers to high-performance network routers, Andes cores are always designed for optimal performance-efficiency.  This also makes them ideal for emerging applications like IOT (Internet-of-Things) and embedded control.  With a full range of Subsystem IP, silicon-proven test chips, development tools like GCC/Linux, and middleware support for standards like Zigbee – Andes is committed to servicing the needs of the large and small companies in the semiconductor industry.

To learn more about Andes Technology and their exciting line of low power and high performance IP cores please visit www.andestech.com or email us at: america@andestech.com

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Andes announced to expand business and service to U.S. semiconductor companies, and to bring its innovation solutions to the U.S. market

Andes announced his plans to expand business and technical support to the U.S. semiconductor companies and bring its energy efficiency, innovation solutions to the U.S. customers. It also distributed a press release titled as “Andes Technology to Bring Energy Efficient Processor Cores to the U.S. Market” to the US market on Mar 14th 5am East Coast time. The president of Andes Technology, Frankwell Lin, commented, “We are excited to be able to bring our world-class IP products to the U.S. semiconductor industry… and to help their success too.”

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