D&R Headline News (March 2019)

Headlines for Thursday Mar. 28, 2019

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Wave Computing Releases First MIPS Open Program Components to Accelerate Innovation for Next-Generation System on Chip Designs

Wave Computing®, the Silicon Valley company that is accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) from the datacenter to the edge, announced the first release of its MIPS Open™ program components based on Wave’s renowned MIPS instruction set architecture (ISA) and recent architectural extensions.

• Cadence Collaborates with Northrop Grumman on Chip Design
• Sankalp Semiconductor Expands International Operations in Japan
• ON Semiconductor to Acquire Quantenna Communications
• Efinix Transitions Trion T20 FPGAs to High-Volume Production

Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 27, 2019

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Achronix Demonstrates Silicon Validation Device with 112 Gbps SerDes

Achronix today announced that it has completed testing and is now demonstrating the 112 Gbps SerDes that will be used in its next-generation FPGAs.

• Synopsys Announces Collaboration with Samsung Foundry to Offer Secure and Scalable Environment on the Cloud for IC Design and Verification
• Arm Pelion IoT platform provides foundation for comprehensive IoT utility deployments
• Moore's Law Ending? No Problem
• U.S. Companies Continue to Represent Largest Share of Fabless IC Sales
• Nextera Video Announces NMOS IS-08 as the Latest Addition to their Industry-Leading 2110 Video Over IP FPGA Core Set
• Atmosic Technologies Extends Controlled Energy Harvesting Technology to Harness Photovoltaic Power for IoT Device Connectivity
• CyberX Capitalizes on IIoT Security Momentum with Additional $18 Million in Strategic Funding

Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 26, 2019

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Arteris IP FlexNoC Interconnect Licensed by Morningcore for Automotive LTE-V2X Modems for China Market

Arteris IP today announced that Morningcore Technology has licensed Arteris FlexNoC interconnect IP for use in its next-generation automotive LTE vehicle-to-vehicle / vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) communication modems.

• Apple v. Q'comm Cases and Impacts
• UltraSoC strengthens data science and machine learning team with appointment of new VP Software Development
• REALSEC includes Silex Insight high performance crypto IP for all their HSM solutions
• China Lures SMIC Co-CEO Zhao
• Wave Collaborates with UC Berkeley's BAIR Open Research Alliance to Accelerate Cutting-Edge Artificial Intelligence Research
• Intrinsic ID's Hardware Root of Trust IP Selected by Tyrion Integration for Industry 4.0 IoT Security in Oil & Gas Deployment

Headlines for Monday Mar. 25, 2019

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Cortus Announces the General Availability of a RISC-V Processor Family - from Low End Embedded Controller to 64 bit Processor with Floating Point.

As part of the Cortus IC Design Service offering, Cortus announces the general availability of a complete range of RISC-V processors. These are now available for design-in in customer ASIC designs implemented by the experienced teams at Cortus.

Headlines for Friday Mar. 22, 2019

• SCALINX expansion continues with ASIC design center in Caen, France
• Wave Computing Appoints Michael Schroeder as Chief People Officer To Help Drive Company's Global Expansion Plans
• North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts February 2019 Billings

Headlines for Thursday Mar. 21, 2019

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Synopsys Introduces New embARC Machine Learning Inference Software Library for Power-Efficient Neural Networks

Synopsys today announced availability of the new embARC Machine Learning Inference software library to facilitate development of power-efficient neural network system-on-chip (SoC) designs incorporating Synopsys' DesignWare® ARC® EM and HS DSP Processor IP.

• Sonics and Arteris IP Agree to Dismiss Litigation
• sureCore Delivers Customised Low Power SRAM for Data Intensive Designs
• InSync Technology Ltd Adopts the Adeas/Nextera ST2110 IP Core Set
• WIPO 2018 IP Services: Innovators File Record Number of International Patent Applications, With Asia Now Leading
• Samsung Develops Industry's First 3rd-generation 10nm-Class DRAM for Premium Memory Applications

Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 20, 2019

• Synopsys Fusion Design Platform Extends Leadership at 7nm, Surpasses 100-Tapeout Milestone in First Year
• Synopsys Unveils TestMAX Family of Products to Address Critical and Evolving Test Challenges
• DATE 2019: eSilicon to present two papers on advanced floor planning techniques with the Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 19, 2019

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Arteris IP FlexNoC Interconnect & Resilience Package Licensed by Vayyar Imaging for ISO 26262-Compliant 3D Imaging Chips for Automotive Systems

Arteris IP today announced that Vayyar Imaging has licensed Arteris FlexNoC interconnect IP and the accompanying FlexNoC Resilience Package for use in its next-generation radio frequency (RF) 3D imaging chips for automotive systems.

• Imagination delivers new and enhanced developer tools for Android
• U.S. Court Finds Apple Infringed Qualcomm IP
• Nvidia Mum on 7nm GPU

Headlines for Monday Mar. 18, 2019

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Andes Technology Strengthens the RISC-V EasyStart Alliance to 15 ASIC Design Service Partners

As the first public CPU IP company in Asia, specializing in low-power, high-performance 32/64-bit processor IP cores and SoC design platform, Andes Technology Corporation (TWSE:6533) created a RISC-V promotion program called the “EasyStart” in July, 2018.

• Synopsys Unveils IC Validator NXT to Cut Physical Signoff Cycle by 2X
• Boeing's B737 Max and Automotive 'Autopilot'
• Number of 300mm IC Wafer Fabs Expected to Reach 121 in 2019
• Global Top Ten IC Foundries Ranked for 1Q19, with TSMC Expected to Reach 48.1% Market Share, Says TrendForce

Headlines for Friday Mar. 15, 2019

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Data Centers Open Source Silicon

Microsoft and partners released open source RTL for a new data compression scheme, and Intel said another effort may do the same for a security block. The moves mark the first steps into open source silicon from data center giants in the Open Compute Project (OCP).

• Baidu, Facebook and Microsoft work together to define the OCP Accelerator Module specification
• Imagination in UK's top ten for European Patent Filing

Headlines for Thursday Mar. 14, 2019

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Synopsys Delivers Industry's First USB4 Subsystem Verification Solution, VIP, and Test Suite for High-performance USB Architecture

Synopsys today announced the availability of the industry's first Subsystem Verification Solution, Verification IP (VIP), and UVM source code test suite to support the latest USB4 specification.

• Cadence Announces Industry's First Verification IP for USB4
• Chips-as-a-Service on Startup's Menu
• Mobile Semiconductor Licenses memory compilers to Sandia National Laboratories
• GOWIN Semiconductor Corporation Appoints Pan-European Representative
• Synopsys' Fusion Compiler Enables Renesas to Accelerate Delivery of Next-Generation Automotive Designs

Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 13, 2019

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Facebook Buys Interconnect IP Vendor Sonics

Facebook has acquired Sonics, a privately-held Silicon Valley IP provider that specializes in on-chip network (NoC) and power-management technologies.

• Latest Release of Synopsys' Design Compiler NXT is Ready for Broad Availability
• OCP 2019: eSilicon to demonstrate 56G DSP SerDes over a 5-meter cable assembly in Samtec booth
• The RISC-V Foundation Appoints Calista Redmond As Chief Executive Officer

Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 12, 2019

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eFPGA IP from Menta Selected by Beijing Chongxin Communication Company to Enable Programmability in 4G/5G Wireless Baseband SoC

Menta today announced that its eFPGA IP has been selected by Beijing Chongxin Communication Company to enable flexibility in baseband SoCs designed for 5G NR pico cell applications.

• Global Fab Spending to See 2019 Decline, New Highs in 2020
• Arm, Cadence and Xilinx Introduce First Arm Neoverse System Development Platform for Next-Generation Cloud-to-Edge Infrastructure, Implemented on TSMC 7nm Process Technology
• Andes Technology Announces RISC-V Single-core and Multicore Processors with DSP Instruction Set
• Arteris IP FlexNoC Interconnect Licensed by Silicon Mobility for OLEA ISO 26262 ASIL-D Automotive FPCU
• CEVA Computer Vision, Deep Learning and Long Range Communication Technologies Power DJI Drones
• Intel, RISC-V Rally Rival Groups
• Key Industry Players Converge to Advance CXL, a New High-Speed CPU Interconnect for Breakthrough Data Center Performance
• Linux Foundation to Host CHIPS Alliance Project to Propel Industry Innovation Through Open Source Chip and SoC Design

Headlines for Monday Mar. 11, 2019

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Sonics: Our Next Chapter

Today, we're excited to announce that we are moving on as a team. As part of this opportunity, we will be winding down our business.

• Andes and SEGGER Partner to Deliver Professional Development Solutions for RISC-V
• NVIDIA to Acquire Mellanox for $6.9 Billion
• UMC Reports Sales for February 2019
• Intel Expected to Recapture #1 Semi Supplier Ranking in 2019
• TSMC February 2019 Revenue Report
• Spectral Edge Fusion innovation brings RGB and Near Infrared light together for breakthrough, no-compromise performance in low lighting

Headlines for Thursday Mar. 07, 2019

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Alphawave IP Launched in Canada to Revolutionize Multi-Standard Connectivity for the Digital World

Signaling a new era in the world of multi-standard connectivity for the digital world, Alphawave IP Incorporated ("Alphawave") is pleased to announce the delivery of its AlphaCORE™ 1-112Gbps multi-standard Serializer-Deserializer ("MSS") Silicon IP solution to its first customers in the datacenter and networking market segments.

• Codasip to Demonstrate Technology Leadership and Commitment to Open Standards at Taiwan RISC-V Workshop
• Samsung Electronics Starts Commercial Shipment of eMRAM Product Based on 28nm FD-SOI Process
• AV Safety Ventures Beyond ISO 26262
• Teledyne LeCroy Demonstrates First Protocol Analyzer Platform for Next-Generation USB4 and Thunderbolt 3 Systems
• Dialog Semiconductor to Acquire Silicon Motion's Mobile Communications Business Including Ultra-Low-Power Wi-Fi, Extending its Position in IoT Connectivity

Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 06, 2019

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Cobham Gaisler's HiRel GR712RC processor was launched on February 21, 2019 onboard the SpaceIL mission to the Moon

Cobham Gaisler’s HiRel GR712RC processor was launched on February 21, 2019 onboard the SpaceIL mission to the Moon. SpaceIL, an Israeli non-profit organization, assisted by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), has constructed the Beresheet lunar lander and launched it atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on February 21, 2019.

• Interoperability demo at OFC: eSilicon 56G SerDes and Precise-ITC 400G FEC
• MACOM and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Collaborate to Scale Silicon Photonics to Hyperscale Cloud Data Center and 5G Network Buildouts
• Arteris IP FlexNoC Interconnect Licensed by Lynxi Technologies for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chips
• Intel Announces First 58Gbps FPGA Transceiver in Volume Production Enabling 400G Ethernet Deployment

Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 05, 2019

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Crowded AI Chip Market Still Has Room for New Entrants According to New Linley Group Study

A new report from The Linley Group analyzes deep-learning accelerators and IP cores for artificial intelligence, neural networks, and vision processing for inference and training. Many new companies and products target this fast-growing market, which topped $4 billion in chip revenue in 2018.

• GUC Monthly Sales Report - Feb 2019
• Global Semiconductor Sales Down 5.7 Percent Year-to-Year in January
• Esperanto Technologies Appoints Nick Aretakis as VP of Sales and Marketing
• Synopsys to Showcase Design and IP Solutions for Optical Datacom and Hyperscale Data Centers at OFC 2019

Headlines for Monday Mar. 04, 2019

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Cadence Announces Complete, Silicon-Proven LPDDR5 IP Solution

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced early availability of the complete, silicon-proven Cadence® Denali® Gen2 IP for LPDDR5/4/4X in TSMC’s 7nm FinFET process technology.

• Advanced Nodes Face Edge Errors
• USB Promoter Group Announces USB4 Specification
• Intrinsic ID's Scalable Hardware Root of Trust IP Delivers Device Authentication for IoT Security in NXP LPC Microcontroller Portfolio
• Global Top Ten IC Design Companies Ranked by Revenue; Only Qualcomm and MediaTek Suffered Decreases

Headlines for Friday Mar. 01, 2019

• Comment: GloFo gets warm words, but for how long?
• Inside Secure Announces the Closing of the Acquisition of Verimatrix
• Wave Computing's MIPS Processors Power 80% of Today's ADAS-Enabled Automobiles
• Gen-Z ecosystem expands with new technology solutions