3DSP lines up software development support from India's Wipro

3DSP lines up software development support from India's Wipro
By Semiconductor Business News
September 3, 2001 (9:53 a.m. EST)
URL: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20010830S0098

BANGALORE, India --Wipro Technologies here today announced it has joined a partnership program at U.S.-based 3DSP Corp. to develop MPEG-4 video software for digital signal processing (DSP) ICs. The two companies said they are also planning an ongoing alliance for wireless and video applications, based on 3DSP's platform.

The partnership with Wipro will enable 3DSP customers to use expertise in multimedia and networking software development for system-on-chip designs, said Tom Beaver, CEO and president of the four-year-old startup in Irvine, Calif. Beaver said Wipro's experience includes reference code development and performance optimization for fixed-point and floating-point processors.

3DSP is offering a configurable, scalable DSP core for system-on-chip designs. The startup is lining up support for its core under a "Masterpiece" program that includes silicon foundry services at Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (formerly Hyundai Electronics) in South Korea (see May 15 story).

Wipro Technologies is the global information technology business of Wipro Ltd., a 56-year-old supplier of IT services, software, consumer products and lighting systems that began as a producer of hydrogenated vegetable oil. Wipro's annual revenues exceed $650 million, and it employs more than 11,000 workers worldwide.