Founded in 1997, Digital Blocks architects, designs, verifies, and markets semiconductor IP cores to worldwide technology systems companies.
Our mission is to provide customers with pre-verified VHDL / Verilog soft IP cores that reduce customer development costs and accelerate product time-to-volume goals.
Digital Blocks adheres to industry standard processes as well as internally developed processes that guide our IP Core market definition, RTL micro-architecture design, VHDL / Verilog RTL design, and verification activities.
Digital Blocks' organization comprises of the following Product Development & Support Groups:
Processor & Peripherals Group - With architect, design, & validation engineering from Bay Area Silicon Valley and Eastern US computer companies, Digital Blocks offers the DB8051C Microcontroller & Peripherals for embedded system design engineers.
Building on our early processor design expertise with space-borne computers and continuing with our central processor & I/O controller design for mid-range computers, Digital Blocks offers the DB8051C Verilog IP Core with a high speed/power ratio in a low VLSI footprint. The DB8051C is an industry standard 8051 / 8052 Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) Microcontroller. The DB8051C targets standard-cell ASIC and FPGA devices with embedded microcontroller requirements.
Digital Blocks offers the 82xx family of peripherals, as well as an expanding line of IP Cores for the AMBA on-chip buses - including APB / AHB / AXI fabrics.
Digital Blocks' design services maintains a lab whereby the DB8051C Microcontroller -- along with Xilinx's MicroBlaze & PowerPC, Altera's NIOS-II, and ARM's Cortex microprocessors -- are developed within embedded ASIC & FPGA designs.
Display Controller Group - Digital Blocks offers the DB9000 family of feature-rich, cost- effective display controller IP Cores for leading technology companies requiring TFT LCD panels in their product. The Display Controller Group maintains a Display Labs whereby the DB9000 family of TFT LCD Controllers are tested with various microprocessors, bus interfaces to frame buffer memory, and different LCD panel manufacturers and resolutions.
Video Processing Group - Digital Blocks offers NTSC/PAL/SECAM Video Encoders / Decoders for embedded video applications.
Design Services Group - Digital Blocks offers customers design services associated with our IP Cores. We offer turnkey Printed Circuit Board design, FPGA design utilizing all leading FPGA technologies, ASIC/ASSP design, and associated software development.
Located in Glen Rock, New Jersey, Digital Blocks is located within the Eastern U.S. high- technology corridor.
The following is a representative list of our Global Customers:
Ascom Autelc AG ASIC Bank Co., Ltd. Applied Micro Circuits CorporationElisra Electronic Systems Ltd. FirstPass, Inc.General Electric Company Heildelberger Drckmanschiner AGHitachi IFR Lockheed Martin Corporation Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.NDT Systems, Inc. Nihon Densan Tosok Nokia Corporation Nortel Networks Corporation Orbital Sciences Corporation Raytheon CompanyRockwell Collins Inc. SALUtel, Inc.Siemens AG STMircoelectronics N.V. Toshiba