September 11, 2002

ARM, providers of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions, and Matsushita Electric Industrial announced that Matsushita has licensed the ARM946E-S and the ARM926EJ-S microprocessor cores for 3G devices.

Using these ARM microprocessor cores, Matsushita will offer advanced system-on-chip (SoC) products for use in future wireless devices such as mobile phones including W-CDMA devices.

This licence expands Matsushita's use of ARM cores and will enable them to reinforce their presence in the embedded market. ARM cores previously licensed by Matsushita include the ARM7TDMI core and the ARM920T core. The ARM926EJ-S core combines performance and very low power requirements with support for ARM Jazelle technology for Java acceleration. The ARM946E-S core is a complete embedded processor solution, offering considerable savings in chip complexity and area, chip system design, power consumption and time-to-market.

"Matsushita has experienced much success with the ARM7TDMI and the ARM920T cores, which we applied to our SoC for mobile telecommunications products including cdmaOne and W-CDMA," said Katsuhiko Ueda, Processor Development Center director for Matsushita Electric Industrial.

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