2. Introducing Cortus Founded in 2005 Independent, European group
Experts in SoC architecture, design and embedded processing (HW and SW)
IP & Services provider – processor IP, interface IP, compilers, etc
Proven foundation for security (Cortus core certified EAL5+, EMVCo, Pay-TV)
Present in USA, France, Germany, UK, Russia, Korea, Israel and Taiwan
Over 800M SoCs with Cortus processors

3. Introducing Cortus
Cortus has processors, RF and other technologies which are ideal for the next wave of low power smart and secure applications including many IoT applications
The APS families of cores are production proven with a wide range of licensees and applications
Current processor families cover a wide range of SoC requirements from 8 bit replacement to high performance multicore systems at GHZ clock rates
High performance AP family (3 instructions per cycle at 1.5 GHZ) with virtually indexed MMU and precise exceptions
Product families are supported by peripherals, SW development tools and RTOSes
Custom services are possible (including special purpose compiler passes – e.g. for security, SOC design and implementation, P&R back end etc.)
Unique combination of HW/SW/Compiler expertise
Cortus is a major player in embedded processor, secure smart cards and IoT markets.

4. Experienced Management
Execs include processor experts
Michael Chapman CEO
Intel, Bosch, Siemens/Infineon processors
Mike is most renowned for his design of the Bosch CAN chips (inventor)
Christopher Kopetzky VP Engineering
Synopsys processor development
Vision:
“Embed intelligence…everywhere!”
Mission:
“Provide a better CPU for the new wave of smart applications”
The foundation for Cortus products is expertise in processor development. Michael Chapman, the CEO, has a long history of developing processors including projects at Intel, Bosch and Infineon. Chris Kopetzky has a long history of implementing processors such as the –S versions of the ARM7 and ARM9 which were contracted to Chris’s team while at Synopsys.
With the trend to “embed intelligence everywhere” whether we are talking of the internet of things, home automation, portable devices or automotive Cortus aims to address the need for embedded processing.
Specifically, Cortus aims to provide a better CPU for low cost embedded processing. Many existing products do not aim for this and fall short of the industry requirements.

5. System Design Expertise
Multicore systems for “better than Moore's Law”
Architecture
Hardware
Embedded Firmware
Interconnect
Interprocessor communications
Compilers (special implementations essential for real security)
Complete IDE solutions
Debuggers
Virtual models (ISS, HW/SW Cosimulation with RTL, System C and other models)

6. The Cortus Difference
Cortus offers customer chips to stand out from the crowd:
Technical excellence
Outstanding support
Committed to the success
Proven again and again
Look at the length of bug lists for other processor providers compared to Cortus. Cortus has one reported bug in its processors since 2006 (corrected of course), and one compiler bug (also corrected).

7. Low Power Solution
Cortus 32-bit processor IP has been proven over many applications
Save silicon area
Cortus processors are minimalist
Save power
Small cores gives advantage in static and dynamic consumption
Efficient modern RISC architecture
Designed around C compiler
Scalable solutions
Support for multi-processing & caches

8. Scalable Solutions Computational performance Slower clock frequency
Less demanding computation
More complex cores
More options
Longer pipeline
Subsystem complexity
Simpler CPU core
Shorter pipeline
Higher clock frequency
More demanding computation

9. Range of cores for embedded (up to 1GHZ)
APS1, APS3R, APS3P, APS5, FPS6, FPS8, APS23, APS25, APS29, FPS26, FPS28, APS3CD, APS3SF, etc
Competition is ARM Cortex M0 – M7
Partial out of order cores
Cortus cores more efficient (higher performance, lower power consumption, less memory required)
Configurable
World leader in MIPS/µW and MIPS/mm²

10. Best cores for IoT and embedded security
Highest MIPS/mm²
Lowest µW/MIPS
Best code density
Low power consumption
Smaller chip size (less on chip Flash/ROM)
Large experience in security, Cortus core certified EAL5+, EMVCo (SIM, Banking, Pay-TV, e-Passports, etc)

11. High Performance Application Processor
Low power 1.5GHZ implementation
Fully out of order with register renaming
Competition is ARM Cortex A9 and A15 (but Cortus is smaller and more power efficient)
Highly configurable (size of BTB, ROB, reservation stations etc)
Target market: Chinese smart phones and set-top boxes

12. ASIC implementation services
Large value-add for architecture design
System architecture, chip architecture, SW architecture
Communication architectures (edge processor, backplane, etc)
Virtual model of complete system for Software Design (and verification of ASIC specification)
Debug, secure debug and verification solutions
Secure solutions vs side channel attack and invasive attacks

13. RF Transceiver Connected Home: The Next Critical Market Opportunity
Lower power than BLE and Zigbee
Much longer range – up to 2km
Works in buildings through steel reinforced concrete floors/walls etc
Better alternative for most of IoT to BLE, Zigbee, WiFi, etc.

14. Example Customers Smart Sensors
E2V industrial & automotive sensors
Microsemi industrial & automotive sensors
Touchscreen Controllers for tablets and smartphones
IMAGIS
LeadingUI
Vision Systems
SightIC (Broadcom subsidiary) security CCTV
NextChip automotive vision
Encryption/decryption
Certicom (Blackberry subsidiary)

15. Example Customers Security Wireless
Safran SIM cards, Bank cards & M2M solutions with multiple sub-licensees
Sansa Security “Sansa Silicon®” with multiple sub-licensees (formerly Discretix CryptoCell®)
Wireless
Elster Coronis Excelyo smart metering platform
RivieraWaves system IP for Bluetooth, Bluetooth LE & WiFi with multiple sub-licensees (Ceva subsidiary)
Atmel WiFi b/g/n for IoT

16. Cortus Differentiators
Cortus is the total cost/performance leader for SOC processors
Reduced Software development effort
Small silicon area
High Processing performance
Low Power consumption
Excellent code density
Cortus brings solutions to customers
Architectural design
Custom cores for safety and/or security with custom compiler and code generators/ instrumentation
Multicore solutions (SMP & Heterogeneous) with tool and debug support
Cortus has generally been chosen for its IP as cost/performance leader.
Cost consists of a number of factors including:
i) Effort to develop software to run on a particular processor subsystem. This is one of the most significant costs
ii) There is also a cost to license a core and to equip developers with SW development tools
iii) There is a cost in silicon area for the core and code memory.
Performance is not just a question of processing performance but also ensuring that power consumption is within budget.
Cortus has been chosen by licensees for its flexibility to provide a unique custom solution for our customers and partner requirements.
We have expertise in compiler development and can provide customized code generators for particular requirements (e.g. secure software solutions).

17. Security Foundation
Cortus processor cores have been the foundation for security solutions:
Secure processor
Secure element
Secure execution environment
Secure communication
Cortus has offered modification rights to allow licensees to create unique security solutions

18. Proven Secure Execution
Sansa Security (formerly Discretix) has used Cortus APS cores as part of securing tablets and smartphones with Cryptocell® (now called Sansa Silicon)
“Cortus’ APS3 CPU gave us a stable, low-gate-count basis for our security processors. The processor was very easy to integrate and to extend for our needs” Amit Shofar, VP Business Development
Sansa Security has now been acquired by ARM

19. Proven for SIM Cards
StarChip®’s (Morpho subsidiary) MassPro platform is designed to support highly cost-sensitive IC applications.
Native SIM, Javacard & LTE cards
“Cortus provides a powerful core solution which allows the introduction of 32-bit performances to the SIM market with the cost and power consumption of a standard 8-bit core” Yves Fusella, CTO

20. Peripheral IPs
USB
Ethernet: for industrial connectivity in the factory
UART, Timer, PWM, ….
Power Management Unit (PMU)
MMU, MPU

21. Software Ecosystem C/C++ Compiler, Assembler, Linker
Debugger (multicore capable and RTOS aware)
Customised GNU development tools
Eclipse IDE
Instruction Set Simulator (ISS)
HW/SW co-simulation with RTL or System C and debugger
Breakpoints in ROM
Flash/OTP Programming support
Various RTOS available, more can be added
3rd party tools available

22. Cortus Ecosystem

23. Cortus Development Platform
Cortus FPGA board for evaluation and prototyping of all our cores
Arduino Due pinout compatible enable use of a wide selection of low cost daughter boards
Full debug and SDK/IDE Integration

24. Summary
Cortus has technologies (processors, RF, security, compiler and others) which are ideal for the next wave of low power smart applications including many IoT applications
The APS family of cores is production proven with a wide range of licensees and applications
High performance AP family (3 instructions per cycle at 1.5 GHZ WCC) with virtually indexed MMU and precise exceptions
Unique combination of HW/SW/Compiler expertise
Cortus is a major player in embedded processor, secure smart cards and IoT markets.