Overview

Differentiated hardware tailored to the application requirements is absolutely essential to achieve optimal performance and energy efficiency. Customers can quickly create differentiated, domain-specific processors for their application needs with the help of Cadence® Tensilica® IP’s proven technology, including Tensilica Xtensa® extensible processors, a broad range of high-performance application-specific DSPs, a comprehensive development toolchain, and unparalleled support.

Key Benefits

Rapid Architectural Exploration

Quickly and easily explore hardware and software tradeoffs while integrating Xtensa products into your SoC

Fully Automated Processor Development

Automatically generate processor extensions and matching software tools using the Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) language

Domain-Specific DSPs and Purpose-Built Processors

Enable hardware and software designers to create differentiated domain-specific solutions

Product Families

Choose from a broad portfolio of pre-defined DSPs and purpose-built processors for different market segments or start with our versatile Xtensa extensible processor platform

AI Platform

Scalable accelerator design that can execute compute-heavy AI workloads for multiple verticals to provide best-in-class AI performance

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ConnX DSPs for Radar, Lidar, and Communications

A full range of DSPs optimized for complex processing required by sensor applications such as radar, lidar, and communications applications

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FloatingPoint DSPs

A family of DSPs specifically designed and optimized with exceptional PPA for floating-point computations suitable for use in a broad range of applications

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Fusion DSPs for IoT and General-Purpose DSP

DSPs scalable from ultra-low-power always-on wearables, NB-IoT all the way up to compute-intensive radar and audio pre-processing

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HiFi DSPs for Audio, Voice, and Speech

DSPs ranging from ultra-low power always-on systems for home and automotive infotainment

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Vision DSPs for Imaging and Vision

For complex imaging, vision, and neural network (NN) algorithm processing in handsets, TVs, automotive, drones, and high-end wearables

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Xtensa Controllers and Extensible Processors

Customizable energy-efficient processors that scale from small controllers up to compute-intensive data-processing engines

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Partners

Cadence, through its Tensilica processor IP, brings together best-in-class products and services from industry leaders to help you accelerate the development of your SoC designs while meeting your demanding power and performance requirements. Browse the list of Tensilica processor IP service partners below.

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Technologies

Functional Safety for Automotive

Cadence is committed to enabling Functional Safety applications across the Tensilica processor lineup, whether it's an off-the-shelf processor/DSP IP or a custom domain-specific processor for a specific application

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Tensilica Processor Technology

Differentiate, reduce time to market, add flexibility, and get the best performance, power, and area

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TIE

Customize your DSPs/processors for optimized performance, energy efficiency, and differentiation

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Development Toolchain

Create a perfect match for your application, guaranteed correct by construction

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Support

Cadence is committed to keeping design teams highly productive with a range of support offerings and processes designed to keep users focused on reducing time to market and achieving silicon success.

Free Software Evaluation

Try our SDK Software Development Toolkit for 15 days absolutely free. We want to show you how easy it is to use our Eclipse-based IDE.

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Training

Our hands-on training has been demonstrated to dramatically speed up the understanding of Tensilica tools and best use of the products.

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Online Support

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Xtensa Processor Generator (XPG)

The Xtensa Processor Generator (XPG) is the heart of our technology - the patented cloud-based system that creates your correct-by-construction processor and all associated software, models, etc. (Login Required)

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