Silicore Corporation provides expert technology and business services in the areas of: electronic design, sensors, IP cores, System-on-Chip (SoC), field programmable gate array (FPGA), VMEbus microcomputer boards, microprocessor IC design, training, code maintenence and patent research. Complete custom design services from concept to production are available. Rapid protytyping is a specialty. Silicore also provides off-the-shelf System-on-Chip designs in the form of microprocessor cores and VMEbus interfaces.

 

Custom Electronic and Sensor Design Services

Silicore Corporation provides custom design services for your electronic or sensor product. If you need quick, dependable product development at reasonable rates, please contact Silicore for a free consultation and quotation. For more information, see our custom design services page.

 

System-on-Chip (SoC) Cores and Semiconductor Design Services

Silicore Corporation provides a variety of System-on-Chip design services. These include code development, maintenence, training and consulting. Rapid prototyping with FPGA parts is a specialty. Silicore also maintains the public System-on-Chip designs that are listed below. These are made available on a no-fee basis under public licensing. That means that they can be freely used, modified and shared. Silicore can also modify these cores

 

8-BIT RISC Microcontroller

Now available under open source licensing! The Silicore SLC1657 is a VHDL 8-bit RISC Microcontroller Core for FPGA or ASIC. Create your own custom microcontroller on a single FPGA chip! This portable, synthesizable, microprocessor core leaves plenty of room in your FPGA for your own interfaces and I/O. Numerous software tools are available for the Silicore SLC1657. The core is software compatible with the industry standard PIC® microcontrollers, with a wide range of assembler, simulator, 'C' compilers and fuzzy logic tools. Best of all, it's available as free software under the GNU Lesser GPL license!

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ALL NEW! VME64 to PCI Brige System-on-Chip (SoC)

The Silicore VME64 to PCI Bridge System-on-Chip is now available for download under public (LGPL) licensing. Build your own VMEbus to PCI bridge for a fraction of the cost of commercial chips.


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WISHBONE Interconnection Standard For System-on-Chip

NEWLY UPDATED REVISION 'B.3' NOW AVAILABLE! The WISHBONE System-on-Chip (SoC) Interconnection Architecture for Portable IP Cores makes IP core integration easier. It defines a common, logical interface between IP cores. This improves the portability and reliability of the system components, and results in faster time-to-market for the end user. Fundamentally, it's a microcomputer bus that is tailored for the needs of IC system integration. The WISHBONE specification is a public domain document and is available at no cost. Products may use this standard without any royalty obligations. Complete libraries of WISHBONE compatible systems and cores are also available under open, public licensing. For more information see the WISHBONE Service Center.

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The Press Box

Press Release: Jan 20, 2004 / Long Beach, CA USA - Critia and Silicore Annouce OpenVME.org
Press Release: Jan 20, 2004 / Long Beach, CA USA - Silicore Releases VMEbus to PCI Bridge SoC Under LGPL
Announcement: Dec 6, 2003 / Mpls, MN - Presentation: The Open Source Business Model and Your Consulting Practice
Press Release: Sep 9, 2003 / Mpls, MN - Silicore Adopts Open Source Business Model; Releases SLC1657 under LGPL
Press Release: Aug 12, 2002 / Mpls, MN - Peterson Transfers WISHBONE Stewardship to Herveille
Press Release: Jan 08, 2001 / Mpls, MN - OpenCores to Adopt WISHBONE
Announcement: Jul 21, 1999 / Vancouver, BC- Presentation: Impact of SoC on uC Board Systems
Press Release: Jun 21, 1999 / New Orleans, LA- Silicore Announces WISHBONE Standard
Press Release: Aug 17, 1998 / Mpls, MN - Silicore Releases New VHDL 8-Bit RISC uC IP Core

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