picoChip was founded in the year 2000 and has built teams in Bath, UK and
California, US. The objective is to provide solutions to the challenges of the
next generation of wireless systems: cost, development time and flexibility.
picoArray, an array of fully-programmable processing elements which is
optimized for high-performance signal processing is the most important
technology element of picoChip. picoChip provides a full development environment
for picoArray including a complete tool-chain, libraries and Software Reference
Designs which are complete, conformance-tested implementations of major wireless
communications standards.
The first silicon array, the PC101 which sampled in December 2002,
demonstrated the capabilities of picoChip's technology and was integrated into a
number of wireless products including the Willtek 4400 series mobile phone test
system. The second generation device, the PC102, sampling in the third quarter
of 2004 offers reconfigurable wireless signal processing. The Company has offices in UK, USA, China, and Japan.
