D&R Headline News (December 2019)

Headlines for Monday Dec. 30, 2019

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Digital Blocks extends leadership of UDP/IP networking with 50 & 100 GbE

Digital Blocks extends its leadership of low-latency, high performance UDP/IP networking Verilog Cores with releases for 50 & 100 GbE networks.

• AImotive's latest aiWare3P delivers superior NN acceleration for production L2-L3 automotive AI

Headlines for Monday Dec. 23, 2019

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Arm puts loss-making cyber security venture up for sale

Smartphone chip designer Arm is courting bidders for its loss-making security joint venture as it continues its transformation under the ownership of SoftBank’s Vision Fund.

• Record Amount of IC Capacity Forecast to be Added in 2021
• Bluespec Unveils Groundbreaking "RISC-V Factory" - Empowering Open Source Hardware Developers to Build Faster and More Efficiently
• PRO DESIGN Extends FPGA Based Prototyping Portfolio With proFPGA XCVU13P Module - Offering Highest Interface and System Performance

Headlines for Friday Dec. 20, 2019

• NEC Selects Synopsys ZeBu Server 4 Emulation Solution for Super Computer Verification
• North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts November 2019 Billings

Headlines for Thursday Dec. 19, 2019

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Faraday Unveils New IoT SoC Platform to Accelerate Early-Stage ASIC Development

Faraday Technology today introduced the Faraday FIE3240 FPGA platform, the latest addition to its SoCreative!™ IoT SoC platform series. The reprogrammable FIE3240 platform offers enhanced flexibility and scalability for today’s AIoT SoC designs utilizing Arm® Cortex®-M series processors.

• Atmosic Technologies Raises $28.5 Million in Latest Round of Funding
• CEVA Puts Intuitive Motion Control in the Palm of Your Hand with New Sensor Fusion Solution for Consumer Handheld Devices
• videantis AI processor platform adopted for KI-FLEX autonomous driving chip
• eMemory Joins Arm Ecosystem for Secure IoT Chips
• Xilinx Powers Baidu's Production-Ready ACU-Advanced Platform for Automated Valet Parking
• Vidatronic Appoints New Member to Its Board of Directors
• Synopsys Initiates $100 Million Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreement
• GreenWaves Unveils Groundbreaking Ultra-Low Power GAP9 IoT Application Processor for the Next Wave of Intelligence at the Very Edge

Headlines for Wednesday Dec. 18, 2019

• Wind River Announces RISC-V Support for VxWorks RTOS
• Veriest instrumental in verification of Innoviz automotive LIDAR device
• Tortuga Logic Awarded Multi-Million Dollar DoD Contracts to Increase The Security and Assurance of Microelectronics
• SLX FPGA v2019.4 Delivers an Average of 45x HLS Performance Improvement
• Aldec Enhances Riviera-PRO's VHDL and UVVM Support

Headlines for Tuesday Dec. 17, 2019

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Mobiveil's PCI Express 4.0 Endpoint Controller Passes PCI-SIG Gold and Interoperability Testing

Mobiveil, Inc., a fast-growing supplier of silicon intellectual property (SIP), platforms and IP-enabled design services, today announced that its GPEX™ PCI Express® (PCIe®) 4.0 Endpoint Controller passed PCI-SIG® Gold and Interoperability testing.

• A Renaissance in the Emulation Business Is Nigh
• Apple Buys Image Fusion Startup Spectral Edge
• Intrinsic ID Raises 2.5 Million Euros for Internet of Things Security
• Global Fab Equipment Spending Rebounds in Second Half of 2019 with Stronger 2020 Projected, SEMI Reports
• Renesas Electronics Collaborates with Xilinx on Versal ACAP Reference Designs
• Intel Acquires Artificial Intelligence Chipmaker Habana Labs

Headlines for Monday Dec. 16, 2019

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Alma Technologies Announces Availability of a New Ultra-High Throughput JPEG 2000 Encoder IP Core

This new scalable UHT JPEG 2000 encoder IP core provides the extreme performance needed by modern video compression applications that have to cope with massive pixel rates and resolutions.

• Mentor collaborates with Arm on unique eMRAM test solution using Samsung FDSOI technology
• How to multiply by 18 battery autonomy of voice control devices?
• Enflame leverages Mentor's Tessent DFT solutions for innovative cloud AI chip targeting neural network training

Headlines for Friday Dec. 13, 2019

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INSPECTOR diagnostic and debug platform passed the PCIe 4.0 compliance

PLDA’s INSPECTOR diagnostic and debug tool for PCIe 4.0 passed all Gold and Interoperability tests for systems with CEM slots

• Revenue Ranking of Global Top 10 IC Design Companies Shows U.S. Companies Having Divergent Performances in 3Q19, Says TrendForce
• Breker Verification Systems Launches Unique RISC-V TrekApp for Automated, High-Coverage System Integration Test Suite Synthesis
• CEA-Leti Builds Fully Integrated Bio-Inspired Neural Network with RRAM-Based Synapses & Analogue Spiking Neurons
• Aldec's new FPGA-based NVMe Data Storage Solution Targets High Performance Computing Applications

Headlines for Thursday Dec. 12, 2019

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All M31 Automotive IP Products Received ISO 26262 Certifications

Technology Corporation (Taiwan stock code: 6643), a professional silicon Intellectual Property (IP) provider, announced today of their “PCIe PHY” and “MIPI D PHY” ISO 26262 Automotive Safety Integrity Level ASIL B Ready certification approved by German authority SGS-TÜV.

• Enflame Technology Announces CloudBlazer with DTU Chip on GLOBALFOUNDRIES 12LP FinFET Platform for Data Center Training
• Global Semiconductor Equipment Sales Forecast - 2020 Rebound, 2021 Record High
• Enflame Technology Selects Rambus HBM2 Memory Subsystem Solution For Next-Generation AI Training Chip
• Calterah Semiconductor's Automotive Radar SoC Enters Mass Production Using Synopsys DesignWare ARC Processor IP
• Lattice and SiFive Announce Collaboration to Allow Lattice FPGA Developers Easy Access to RISC-V Processors
• Microchip Unveils Family Details and Opens Early Access Program for RISC-V Enabled Low-Power PolarFire SoC FPGA Family
• MediaTek selects Nucleus RTOS for next-generation modem technology

Headlines for Wednesday Dec. 11, 2019

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Cobham Releases RISC-V Processor IP Core

Cobham Gaisler announced today that it will release a new line of processor Intellectual Property (IP) cores that implements the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA). The NOEL-V processor IP core, the first product in the family, will be made available on 25 December for download into Xilinx’ Kintex UltraSCALE FPGAs.

• Cobham Releases LEON5 Processor IP Core
• Industry Veteran Randy Allen Joins SiFive as Vice President of RISC-V Software
• AccelerComm Reduces 5G Latency by up to 16x with NR LDPC Channel Coding
• Dialog Semiconductor and Flex Logix Establish Strategic Partnership for Mixed Signal Embedded Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (eFPGA)
• Lattice Announces New Low Power FPGA Platform
• SiFive Announces New Technologies for Mission-Critical and AI Markets
• New Lattice CrossLink-NX FPGAs Bring Power and Performance Leadership to Embedded Vision and Edge AI Applications

Headlines for Tuesday Dec. 10, 2019

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Andes Technology and Deeplite, INC. Join Forces To Deploy Highly Compact Deep Learning Models Into Daily Life

Andes Technology and AI startup Deeplite today announced the results of their joint collaboration to deploy highly optimized deep learning models on Andes RISC-V CPU cores based on AndeStar™ V5 architecture .

• NSITEXE Selects SmartDV TileLink Verification IP for RISC-V Based Applications
• Codasip Teams Up with Western Digital to Support Adoption of Open-Source Processors
• Creonic Continues to Extend its Leading SATCOM IP Core Portfolio
• Attopsemi's I-fuse OTP IP Embedded into Melexis' Sensor ICs In Mass Production
• TSMC November 2019 Revenue Report
• Hex Five Announces General Availability of MultiZone Security for Linux - The First Commercial Enclave for RISC-V processors
• PLDA Announces Augmented Presence in Asia with Increased R&D, Support and Sales, and a New Chinese Language Website
• Global Unichip Corporation Uses Cadence Digital Implementation and Signoff Flow to Deliver Advanced-Node Designs for AI and HPC Applications

Headlines for Monday Dec. 09, 2019

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Andes Corvette-F1 N25 Platform Becomes one of the first RISC-V Platforms Qualified for Amazon FreeRTOS

Andes Technology today announced its Corvette-F1 N25 platform is one of the first RISC-V platforms qualified for Amazon FreeRTOS. Amazon FreeRTOS is an open source operating system for microcontrollers from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that makes small, low-power edge devices easy to program, deploy, secure, connect, and manage.

• Synopsys Collaborates with Google Cloud to Broadly Scale Cloud-based Functional Verification
• UltraSoC donates RISC-V trace implementation to enable true open-source development
• UMC Reports Sales for November 2019
• Verimatrix Completes Sale of its Silicon IP Business Unit to Rambus
• Rambus Completes Acquisition of the Verimatrix Silicon IP, Secure Protocols and Provisioning Business
• Tech Industry Heavyweight Joins SiFive - Manoj Gujral Tapped As SVP & GM of Silicon Business Unit
• GUC Monthly Sales Report - Nov 2019
• WiLAN Subsidiary and CXMT Enter into License and Acquisition Agreements

Headlines for Friday Dec. 06, 2019

• New Vidatronic CTO to Innovate and Scale Technology

Headlines for Thursday Dec. 05, 2019

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Andes 45-Series Expands RISC-V High-end Processors 8-Stage Superscalar Processor Balances High Performance, Power Efficiency, and Real-time Determinism with Rich RISC-V Ecosystem

Andes Technology announces AndesCore™ 45-series CPU cores today. It is equipped with efficient superscalar pipeline to address a wide range of high-performance, power-sensitive and real-time embedded systems such as 5G, In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI), Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Solid State Disks (SSD).

• Xilinx Issues Statement in Response to Analog Devices Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Synopsys Posts Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2019
• SiFive To Present New Technologies At RISC-V Summit 2019
• Andes certifies Imperas models and simulator as reference for new Andes RISC-V Vectors Core with lead customers and partners
• BrainChip and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) jointly Present a Demonstration Featuring Its Akida Neuromorphic Technology Platform at NeurIPS 2019

Headlines for Wednesday Dec. 04, 2019

• Andes Presents Ground-Breaking 27-Series Processor at RISC-V Summit 2019
• Third Quarter 2019 Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Billings Jump 12 Percent, SEMI Reports
• Veriest marks 1st anniversary of meetup series with special event in Belgrade
• Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 2.9 Percent Month-to-Month in October; Annual Sales Projected to Decrease 12.8 Percent in 2019
• Neoverse N1 makes debut in new AWS cloud instances
• Aldec's Active-HDL Verification Capabilities Enhanced to Support SystemVerilog Constructs and UVM
• SmartDV's TileLink, Verilator VIP on Full Display at RISC-V Summit

Headlines for Tuesday Dec. 03, 2019

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RISC-V Foundation Founding Member Andes Technology Turns Platinum

Andes Technology Corporation (TWSE: 6533), a founding member of the RISC-V Foundation and the leading supplier of 32/64-bit embedded CPU cores with solutions serving in excess of 1-billion diversified SoCs yearly, today announced that it has upgraded its membership in the RISC-V Foundation to Platinum.

• Mixel Announces Immediate Availability of MIPI D-PHY v2.5 IP
• SiFive Learn Inventor Development System Now AWS Qualified
• Lift off: De-RISC to create first RISC-V, fully European platform for space
• Think Silicon demonstrates early preview of Industry's first RISC-V ISA based 3D GPU at the RISC-V Summit
• UNISOC and Imagination carry out strategic cooperation on AI based on IMG Series3NX neural network accelerator
• Imagination launches IMG A-Series: "The GPU of Everything"
• Cadence and National Instruments Enter into Strategic Alliance Agreement to Enhance Electronic System Innovation
• Cadence to Acquire AWR Corporation from National Instruments to Accelerate System Innovation for 5G RF Communications

Headlines for Monday Dec. 02, 2019

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Intel Completes Sale of Smartphone Modem Business to Apple

Intel Corporation today announced it has completed the sale of the majority of its smartphone modem business to Apple. This transaction, valued at $1 billion, was announced on July 25, 2019.

• SiFive Announces SiFive Learn Initiative
• EnSilica and Macnica Europe GmbH Sign Distribution Agreement for Custom ASIC Design and Supply Services
• Dolphin Design is ISO 9001 and EN 9100 certified
• Moortec's In-Chip Monitoring Subsystem Supports Uhnder in Groundbreaking Digital Automotive Radar-on-Chip
• UMC Announces 22nm Technology Readiness Following Silicon Validation on World's Smallest USB 2.0 Test Vehicle