| | HP eyes PICO system to reduce design time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | PICO also utilizes a "design space walker" to evaluate design options on a number of parameters including performance, cost, smaller chip size, and low power consumption. |
 | | The PICO output, which is the detailed design of the embedded computer system for the device, including the custom EPIC processor optimized to run the application for the device, is specified in VHDL, a hardware description language used in electronic design automation to describe a set of circuits for fabrication. |
 | | PICO allows designers to develop computer architectures for Internet appliances and other devices that will be optimized on cost and performance to target market niches and vertical applications, according to HP. |
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