Malleable Technologies
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Malleable Technologies is a private company founded in 1998 by Curtis Abbott. Malleable created a specialized processor called "MECA" or "Malleable Embedded Communications Accelerator" that had a reconfigurable array connected to a microprocessor. Through this array, specialized DSP
Digital signal processor
A digital signal processor is a specialized microprocessor with an architecture optimized for the fast operational needs of digital signal processing.-Typical characteristics:...

-like functions could be implemented in hardware to increase its compute performance. Malleable used this processor to implement a Voice over IP
Voice over IP
Voice over Internet Protocol is a family of technologies, methodologies, communication protocols, and transmission techniques for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol networks, such as the Internet...

 access multiplexer solution.

Key individuals at Malleable included Curtis Abbott, Syed Ali, and Dr. Telle Whitney.

Malleable was acquired on June 14, 2000 by PMC-Sierra
PMC-Sierra
PMC-Sierra is a fabless semiconductor company which develops and sells devices into the communications, storage, printing, and embedded computing marketplaces.-Corporate history:...

 for USD $229M in stock. PMC had an existing 15% equity stake in Malleable. PMC-Sierra stopped development of the MECA processor in January of 2003 as the telecom downturn continued.

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