Network Processor includes several power saving modes.

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IM3200 network processor features dual 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet MAC and IEEE 1588 time stamping and delivers 25 Mbit/s at less than 100 mW while running at 200 MHz. Device offers 25 Mbit/s master or slave SPI interface and master or slave I2C interface at speeds to 3.4 Mbit/s. Software platform includes Java, C/C++ or ASM32 input. Unit is suitable for precise clock synchronization of distributed systems in telecom, industrial automation, navigation, military, and track-and-trace systems.




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Imsys Releases High Efficiency TCP/IP Networking Platform



Stockholm, Sweden - June 30, 2006. Imsys Technologies announceds today the IM3200 network processor. Designed to deliver a sustained TCP/IP throughput of 25 Mbit/s over Ethernet while consuming less than 100 mW. Imsys is addressing the market demand for high "performance per watt" power efficient computing.

The new IM3200 represents a remarkable shift in computing. It combines the best features of traditional CISC architectures with FPGA like flexibility. The built-in DSP and Java acceleration is tightly integrated in the rich instruction set. With its 25 Mbit/s at less than 100 mW running at 200 MHz the IM3200 offers the best performance/energy ratio in the industry. The efficiency can be finely tuned using
several power saving modes. Besides the efficient use of power, the device offers precise, IEEE 1588 time stamping and a crypto unit enabling secure communication.

The IM3200 is designed for maximum network throughput, power efficiency and functionality. Its instruction set extensions provide semantically richer instructions reducing the size and power consumption of the application program memory. Architectural advancements on efficiency in communications have led to the abolishment of all kinds of data and instruction cache memories normally found in similar devices.

With a dual 10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet MAC and IEEE 1588 time stamping the IM3200 can be used for precise clock synchronization of distributed systems in telecom, industrial automation, navigation, military and track-and-trace systems. IEEE 1588 is the preferred time synchronization method for Realtime Ethernet methods such as: CIPSync, EtherCAT, Ethernet Powerlink and Profinet. The device can operate as a Slave, Master or Grand Master in such synchronized systems. The IM3200 also offers a 25 Mbit/s master or slave SPI interface and an I2C interface that can act as master or slave in speeds up to 3.4 Mbit/s. There are three UARTs, each with a speed of up to 921 kbit/s and support for IrDA. Depending on configuration up to 80 GPIO pins are available.

"With the introduction of the IM3200 we undoubtedly set a new benchmark in price performance per watt in networking devices", says Ola Andersson, President and CEO of Imsys. "A battery operated network node can now have ten times the battery life of competing platforms."

The software design platform includes Java, C/C++ or ASM32 input and an advanced source-debugging feature reaching throughout all software layers. For Java oriented projects the SUN certified Imsys platform offers instant Internet connectivity and shortens time to market with open source network applications. The IM3200 is delivered in a 12x12 mm BGA package with 180 balls and will be available for delivery in the third quarter of 2006, at a suggested resale price of $15.00 in quantities of 10,000 for the 167 MHz version. An evaluation kit for the software platform is available today.

About Imsys
Imsys is a fabless semiconductor company located in Stockholm, Sweden, with US offices in Dallas and Sunnyvale. The company develops reconfigurable processor platforms. The processors can be programmed in Java, C/C++, assembler and microcode. An important part of the company offering is the Internet enabled reference modules shipped as ready-to-go subsystems with complete operating system and file system environment. Target segments for the integrated hardware and software platform are wired and wireless communications, graphic display technologies and image processing applied in
telecom, automotive, industrial automation and consumer electronics.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Editorial contact: Ola Andersson, +46 (0)8 594 11070
Reader contact: Roger Sundman, +46 (0)8 594 11076
Imsys Technologies AB
Johanneslundsvägen 3
SE-194 61 Upplands Väsby
Sweden
Phone +46 8 594 110 70
Fax +46 8 594 110 89
Web www.imsystech.com

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