Jan 24, 2001 NEC Electronics Inc. was honored with EEMBC's (EDN Embedded Processor Benchmark Consortium) first annual "Most Published" Award. Nicknamed the "Gutsy Award," the honor is given to the EEMBC member. That certified and published the greatest number of EEMBC benchmarking scores during the year. EEMBC's first release of benchmark results on April 11, 2000,* contained scores for three of NEC's products, representing more published scores than for any other EEMBC member.
"Because the publication of benchmark scores is voluntary, NEC epitomizes what we envision for our Gutsy Award - an openness and willingness to reveal their true processor performance," said Markus Levy, president and chief executive of EEMBC. "The published results enable designers to make processor comparisons with officially certified benchmark scores translating to time and cost savings."
EEMBC benchmarks were completed for NEC's 250 MHz Vr5000(TM) and 167 MHz Vr5432(TM) processors and its 143 MHz V832(TM) microcontroller in the following five application areas: automotive/industrial, consumer, networking, office automation and telecommunications. The EEMBC benchmark scores specify more than 40 different benchmarks, each representing a different workload and stressing a different processor capability. NEC has also submitted its Vr4122(TM) and V850E(TM) devices to EEMBC for benchmarking.
"We are pleased to be recognized for our commitment to the EEMBC initiative and to our customers," said David Lamar, EEMBC board member and senior marketing manager for NEC Electronics. "We clearly recognize the importance of standardized benchmarks for embedded applications as a valuable tool to help our customers make design decisions based on real-world performance data. Moving forward, NEC Electronics will continue to submit products for benchmarking in an effort to provide engineers with the knowledge required to select the ideal processors for their designs."
Karl Auker, assistant general manager of the Vr Series(TM) Microprocessor Strategic Business Unit, NEC Electronics, added, "Not only can standardized benchmarks provide customers with unbiased performance data, and at NEC we're using EEMBC benchmarks to help refine future products and to fine-tune processor performance for critical applications."
About EEMBC
Providing the embedded industry fair and certified benchmarks and real-world applications, EEMBC is composed of more than 40 of the world's leading and most influential semiconductor and intellectual property companies. EEMBC members are committed to helping customers get product easier and faster through fair benchmarking and establishment of industry standards.
Benchmarking fairness is provided through the EEMBC Certification Labs with offices in Texas and California. Certified benchmarking results are posted on the EEMBC website at http://www.eembc.org/benchmark.
EEMBC members include Altera, AMD, ARC, ARM, Analog Devices Inc., ATI Technologies, BOPS, Cadence, Conexant Systems, DSP Group, Equator Technologies, FlexSilicon, Fujitsu Microelectronics, Green Hills Software,
Hitachi America Ltd., Improv Systems, IBM Corporation, Imsys, Infineon Technologies, Integrated Device Technology, Intel, Lucent, Metaware, Metrowerks, Microchip Technology, MIPS Technologies Inc., Mitsubishi, Motorola, National Semiconductor, NEC, Panasonic, Philips, QED, SandCraft, STMicroelectronics, Siroyan Ltd., Sun Microsystems, 3DSP, Tensilica, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, Transmeta, Trimedia, and Wind River (DIAB).
NEC Electronics Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is one of the leading developers, manufacturers and suppliers of semiconductor products in the United States. Committed to meeting customers' cost, performance and time-to-market requirements, the company offers solutions ranging from standard products to system-on-a-chip (SOC) solutions, as well as customized products for next-generation designs. NEC Electronics also offers customers the benefits of a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Roseville, CA, and the global manufacturing capabilities of its parent company, NEC Corporation (Nasdaq: NIPNY).
