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Synopsys today announced its collaboration with TSMC to develop DesignWare® Foundation IP for TSMC's 22-nanometer (nm) ultra-low power (ULP) and ultra-low leakage (ULL) processes. DesignWare Foundation IP, including logic libraries, embedded memories, and one-time programmable (OTP) non-volatile memories (NVM) on TSMC's 22-nm processes, enables designers to significantly reduce power consumption while meeting performance requirements for a wide range of applications.
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eMemory today announced the successful verification of its secure eNVM IP for TSMC’s advanced processes, and the company is introducing more security features to the eNVM solution for TSMC’s 7nm process technology in the coming months.
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Mobile Semiconductor, a Seattle WA based company, today announced the inclusion of its new 22nm ULL (Ultra Low Leakage) memory compilers in the industry leading GLOBALFOUNDRIES FDXceleratorTM Program. This new embedded SRAM technology on 22nm FDX offers the best in class memory solution using the GLOBALFOUNDRIES low leakage FDSOI bit cells and ultra-low leakage devices.
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M31 Technology Corporation (Taiwan stock code: 6643), a global Silicon Intellectual Property (IP) boutique, today announced its collaboration with TSMC to deploy the full range of IP for TSMC 22nm ULP/ULL technology.
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PLDA®, the industry leader in PCI Express® interface IP solutions today announced the launch of a new Test and Validation Platform line of products, aimed at creating easier and faster routes to PCIe® 4.0 design
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T2M announced the availability of Mindtree’s BQB (Bluetooth Qualification Body) qualified Bluetooth v5 Controller, Stack and Profiles (Declaration ID #D038059 and #D038060). This makes Mindtree the first company to qualify a full featured Bluetooth Low Energy 5 IP with TCRL 2 Specifications.
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The Arm SDK-700 System Design Kit is a comprehensive SoC system framework for designing secure SoCs for rich IoT nodes, gateways, and embedded applications. This solution enables partners to build secure devices within a common software development environment, while enabling the diversity and differentiation for their business to thrive in new IoT applications.
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Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBS) today announced the availability of the CryptoManager Root of Trust, a fully programmable hardware security core built with a custom RISC-V CPU.
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There’s still room for investing in accelerators for machine learning, one of several semiconductor segments China hopes to dominate, according to Lip-Bu Tan, a veteran investor. Wearing his hat as chief executive of Cadence Design Systems, he’s bullish on the silicon roadmap and says EDA companies need to move up to the systems level.
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced the Cadence® Tensilica® Vision Q6 DSP, its latest DSP for embedded vision and AI built on a new, faster processor architecture. The fifth-generation Vision Q6 DSP offers 1.5X greater vision and AI performance than its predecessor, the Vision P6 DSP, and 1.25X better power efficiency at the Vision P6 DSP’s peak performance.
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Achronix Semiconductor Corporation, a leader in field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based hardware accelerator devices and embedded FPGA (eFPGA), announced its collaboration with CAST Incorporated, a semiconductor intellectual property company focusing on semiconductor IP for electronic system designers. CAST’s high performance lossless compression IP
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A wide swath of semiconductor design services companies are seeking their breakout moment. Samir Patel thinks that he has found one in the ability to customize standard products for an increasingly applications-centric chip market.
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The appointment of Leo Li as the next CEO of intellectual property licensor Imagination Technologies Ltd. (Kings Langley, England) demonstrates to me that China takes seriously the investment of £550 million in cash (about $740 million), made in the company last year.
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Silvaco, a leading EDA and IP provider, and Silicon Catalyst, the world’s only startup incubator focused exclusively on solutions in silicon, announce that they are teaming up to provide silicon proven IP, a critical element to the rejuvenated semiconductor startup ecosystem.
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Imagination Technologies announces today that Dr. Leo Li is to become Chief Executive Officer.
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SiFive, the leading provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP, today announced it raised $50.6 million in a Series C round led by existing investors Sutter Hill Ventures, Spark Capital and Osage University Partners alongside new investor Chengwei Capital, and strategic investors including Huami, SK Telecom and Western Digital and other companies that are among the most respected and iconic companies in the industry.