Oki Semiconductor's microPlat(TM) Design Methodology Wins Wireless Systems Design Magazine's 2002 Industry Award

  Unique, Powerful microPlat(TM) Design Methodology and Development Platform Awarded 'Best Wireless Design Tool' by Leading Committee of Industry Editors

    SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Oki Semiconductor, a leading technology partner for the new era of digital communications and convergence, announced today that Wireless Systems Design Magazine has selected Oki as the recipient of a Wireless Systems Design 2002 Industry Award in the category of "Best Wireless Design Tool" for its microPlat silicon design methodology and platform.  microPlat uses an innovative system based upon an ARM(R) core to significantly speed the System-on-a-Chip (SOC) and Application-Specific Standard Product (ASSP) design process.
    "In one of the most innovative and active markets in the systems design
industry, our Wireless Systems Design Awards honor companies and solutions that stand apart in a highly competitive landscape and set the tone for the industry's future development," said Cheryl Ajluni, Editor in Chief for Wireless Systems Design Magazine.  "Oki Semiconductor's microPlat silicon design methodology and platform does both, allowing design teams to not only significantly streamline development cycles, but also to refocus their resources towards differentiating their products."
    Wireless Systems Design Industry Awards are given out annually to
recognize innovative wireless products and advances in wireless technology.
For the 2002 awards, companies were nominated in one of six award categories and voted upon by a 12-person committee consisting of editors of
industry-leading high-tech publications, including Electronic Design,
Netronics, Wireless Systems Design and Microwaves & RF.  Winners of the award were recognized at an awards ceremony at the Wireless Systems 2002 event, which took place at the San Jose Convention Center on Wednesday,
February 27, 2002.  Winners of the award will be featured in the March 2002
issue of Wireless Systems Design (www.wsdmag.com).  More information on
Wireless Systems 2002 can be found by visiting www.wirelesssystems2002.com.
    "Oki Semiconductor is honored that microPlat has been selected from among so many innovative tools by such a prestigious committee," said
Shusaku Sumida, president of Oki Semiconductor.  "As a customer-centric
company, we are constantly incorporating feedback from our customers into our tools such as microPlat to ensure that we provide customers with systems that best fit their design needs."
    microPlat (TM) is an ARM-based integration platform and design
environment.  This design methodology is based on Oki's SPA
(Silicon Platform Architecture) concept which provides system designers with a total solution which:

    -- Reduces design cycle time
    -- Dramatically increases potential for first Silicon success
    -- Reduces time-to-market by allowing software development in parallel
       with hardware

    The uniqueness of the Oki's microPLAT Prototyping System resides in the combination of the high-speed bus AMBA-AHB access, 4-way set associative cache, and deep sub-micron technology.  Moreover, microPLAT system solutions are aided with silicon logic and a hardware support platform developed to support common applications, and offer customers a comprehensive platform-based design tool to ensure that their final chip designs will meet their requirements.

    About Wireless Systems Design
    Wireless Systems Design is a publication dedicated to providing engineers
and engineering managers with a system-level view of the wireless world.
Written by a highly qualified staff of engineers, editorial focuses on the
technical details that enable today's wireless engineer to successfully
design, develop, and implement next-generation wireless systems, subsystems, components, communication and networks.  This goal is accomplished through in-depth technology reports, how-to application articles, product round-ups and thought-provoking editorials.  With a primary focus on the latest technology and hottest new products, wireless engineers and engineering managers are sure to keep on top of the emerging wireless marketplace -- making Wireless Systems Design the most accurate and timely tool for enabling engineers to architect the unwired world.  Information on Wireless Systems Design is available at http://www.wsdmag.com/ .

    About Oki Semiconductor
    Building on Oki's century-long commitment to communications technologies and markets, Oki Semiconductor designs and markets a broad line of advanced integrated circuits for telecommunications, network, automotive, computer, and consumer products.  Oki's product lines include telecommunications, RF, laser, networking, speech synthesis, ASIC, microcontroller, and memory devices, offered in a variety of creative packages.  Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Oki Semiconductor is a division of Oki America Inc., which is a subsidiary of Oki Electric Industry Co, Ltd.  Oki has ISO-9000-certified manufacturing facilities in Japan and Thailand.
Information on Oki Semiconductor and its products is available through its Web site at http://www.okisemi.com .

    Oki Semiconductor ... the Right Partner for a Digital World(TM).

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