PISMO Advisory Council Announces Five New Members

PISMO Advisory Council Announces Five New Members

The PISMO Advisory Council, the industry’s first organization focused on streamlining system-level memory validation and test, today announced that semiconductor providers Analog Devices, Broadcom, Cypress, M Systems and Micron Technology, Inc. have joined the organization. The group, which now includes 11 member companies, is defining a single, board-level interface standard that allows designers to use a variety of memory devices on development platforms from multiple vendors in a plug-and-play fashion.

“The addition of these five new members validates our belief that the industry must work together to reduce the complexities of verifying the compatibility of memory and logic,” said Fasil Bekele, chairman of the PISMO Advisory Council. “By developing a standard interface, we free designers to focus on bringing value-added features to their products, rather than having to spend time and resources developing proprietary boards for verifying memory and logic compatibility.”

Significant growth in the wireless and embedded markets has given rise to hundreds of new processors, chipsets and memory types that must be tested for compatibility. Without a standard interface, system designers must develop and use a variety of device-specific development boards to ensure compatibility. The PISMO standard is intended to address this challenge.

Members of the PISMO Advisory Council provide input and are allowed to vote on enhancements and changes to the standard. Members are also given early access to PISMO specifications and design collateral. Membership is open to any company involved in semiconductor or systems development. Meetings are held quarterly, with the next meeting planned for June 15, 2005.

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