Startup Claims C-code To SoC In 8-16 Weeks

eldavojohn writes "Details are really thin, but the EE Times is reporting that Algotochip claims to be sitting on the 'Holy Grail' of SoC design. From the article: '"We can move your designs from algorithms to chips in as little as eight weeks," said Satish Padmanabhan CTO and founder of Algotochip, whose EDA tool directly implements digital chips from C-algorithms.' Padmanabhan is the designer of the first superscalar digital signal processor. His company, interestingly enough, claims to provide a service that consists of a 'suite of software tools that interprets a customers' C-code without their having any knowledge of Algotochip's proprietary technology and tools. The resultant GDSII design, from which an EDA system can produce the file that goes to TSMC, and all of its intellectual property is owned completely by the customer—with no licenses required from Algotochip.' This was presented at this year's Globalpress Electronics Summit. Too good to be true? Or can we expect our ANSI C code to be automagically implemented in a SoC in such a short time?"

Comments

Re:"Too good to be true?"

[AK Marc]

Well then, fix it with your own open source chip printer. 8-16 weeks? 5 minutes is long enough. Compile, spool, print.

Re:Marvellous!

[Logger]

The press release says the user doesn't need to know anything about how their tool works. So obviously it will infer the appropriate solution and implement that too.

Actually the printf example is one of the easiest to implement. You'll receive a sheet of paper with "Hello World" printed on it in 6-8 weeks.

Re:A better question

[Geoffrey.landis]

Yes, he shouldn't need to Google since he should know what a SoC is since this is supposed to be a site for technological literate people not reddit rejects.

Indeed.

"SoC" is short for "State of Charge," which is, basically, the status of a battery.

I'm not sure what this has to do with C-code. Maybe these chips they're talking about are used to make battery controllers that use SoC monitoring.

Re:Linux on a chip!

[JustOK]

It would be the size of a kernel

Re:A better question

[JustOK]

Salsa on Crotch

Re:A better question

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah! And what does 'C' stand for?

Re:What if ..

[Anonymous Coward]

Then you could have a BSOD in hardware. Or in windows 8, Multiple Coloured Squares of Death.

Re:Choose two:

[Anonymous Coward]

It is no longer true. Now, you have to pick one.

acronymification [Re:A better question]

[Geoffrey.landis]

Not sure if serious.

according to the moderation, "5, funny."
 

SoC has been emerging as a more common term in the last 5 or 6 years meaning System on a Chip.

Don't be silly. That would be SoaC. Clearly, if you acronymize the "on", you have to acronymify the "a" as well. The acronominalization standards demand it. Why, if you abandon all rules for acromynificationizing, there would be chaos!