D&R Headline News (May 2020)

Headlines for Friday May. 29, 2020

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Imagination's GPU selected by SemiDrive for automotive chip

Imagination Technologies announces that Nanjing SemiDrive Technology Ltd. (SemiDrive) is using Imagination’s PowerVR Series9XM GPU in its smart cockpit chip X9, which has been taped out and been brought up successfully.

• Texas Instruments Maintains Firm Grip As World's Top Analog IC Supplier

Headlines for Thursday May. 28, 2020

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TSMC Delivers World-first 7nm Automotive Design Enablement Platform

TSMC today announced the availability of the world’s first 7nm Automotive Design Enablement Platform (ADEP), accelerating time-to-design for customers’ AI Inferencing Engines, Advanced Driver-assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Driving applications.

• Khronos Group Releases OpenVG 1.1 Lite to Bring High-Quality Vector Graphics to OpenGL ES 2.0-Compatible GPUs
• Synopsys' Silicon-Proven DesignWare DDR IP for High-Performance Cloud Computing Networking Chips Selected by NVIDIA
• Chip Equipment Becomes Trade War's Latest Battlefield
• DARPA Looks to Automate Security for IC Design

Headlines for Wednesday May. 27, 2020

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UltraSoC and Canis Labs partner to secure the CAN bus

UltraSoC and Canis Automotive Labs today announced a partnership that addresses one of the most serious cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the automotive industry: the lack of security features within the CAN bus, which is commonly used to interconnect in-vehicle systems such as brakes, steering, engine, airbags, door locks, and headlights.

• Domain Specific Accelerators Will Drive Vector Processing on RISC-V
• GOWIN Semiconductor Integrates their latest HDMI/DVI RX and TX IP into GOWIN EDA IP Generator
• Menta joins PROMISE Consortium under the Horizon 2020 Initiative of the European Commission
• Cadence to Optimize Digital Full Flow and Verification Suite for Arm Cortex-A78 and Cortex-X1 CPU Mobile Device Development
• Synopsys Announces Support of TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers on Energy-Efficient ARC EM and ARC HS Processor IP

Headlines for Tuesday May. 26, 2020

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New Arm IP delivers true digital immersion for the 5G era

Arm's next-generation mobile solution delivers massive performance and efficiency gains to enable true digital immersion in the 5G era.

• Synopsys Enables Tapeout Success for Early Adopters of Arm's Next Generation of Mobile IP
• CEVA to Host Online Seminar Series for Wireless Connectivity and Smart Sensing Technologies
• GlobalFoundries Abandons Chengdu Wafer Fab

Headlines for Monday May. 25, 2020

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The TSMC and Huawei Announcements Are Not as Linked as You May Think

The industry was rocked last week by two U.S. announcements that seem interconnected.

• Senators Seek Suspension of TSMC US Fab Project
• Do more with less energy! What's behind Dolphin Design's Energy Efficient Platforms?
• Lattice sensAI 3.0 Solutions Stack Doubles Performance, Cuts Power Consumption in Half for Edge AI Applications
• Synopsys Posts Financial Results for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2020
• China to Fall Far Short of its "Made-in-China 2025" Goal for IC Devices

Headlines for Friday May. 22, 2020

• Panasonic Adopts Synopsys Custom Design Platform to Accelerate Next-Generation Automotive and Industrial Products
• North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts April 2020 Billings
• Gyrfalcon is Named as a Top 10 Processor for AI Acceleration at the Endpoint in 2020 by EE Times

Headlines for Thursday May. 21, 2020

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SimpleMachines selects UltraSoC embedded analytics to support next-generation compute platform

UltraSoC today announced that its embedded analytics technology has been selected by SimpleMachines, Inc (SMI) for use within SMI’s innovative Composable Computing Platform.

• Fuji Xerox Adopts Synopsys ZeBu Server for Multi-Function Printer SoC
• Faraday Succeeds in Next-Gen Display ASIC with Display IP Solutions
• eMemory Provides Intellectual Property for Secure NB-IoT Products
• CEO interview: The importance of being agile
• S2C Announces New Prodigy Cloud System for Next Generation SoC Prototyping
• Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Radiation Hardened Microelectronics Support New Xilinx XQRKU060 FPGA
• Imec combines advanced machine learning algorithms and innovations in chip design to achieve cm accuracy and low-power ultra wideband localization

Headlines for Wednesday May. 20, 2020

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Politics Haunts TSMC's US Fab Plan

The announcement by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) last week to build a fab in the United States was very likely motivated by a number of political factors, according to people with knowledge of the matter. It’s a move that could haunt TSMC and its future.

• Mirabilis Design creates the first RISC-V system-level architecture exploration solution
• Imagination receives ISO 26262 statement of process conformance from HORIBA MIRA

Headlines for Tuesday May. 19, 2020

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Xilinx "Lifts Off" with Launch of Industry's First 20nm Space-Grade FPGA for Satellite and Space Applications

First to enable machine learning inference together with unlimited on-orbit reconfiguration for real time on-board-processing in space; delivers full radiation tolerance spanning all orbits

• Cadence Delivers 10 New Verification IP Targeting Automotive, Hyperscale Data Center and Mobile Applications
• SiFive Partners With Coherent Logix for Mission-Critical Processor Solutions
• Arteris IP FlexNoC Interconnect and AI Package Licensed by Blue Ocean Smart System for AI Chips
• CXL Protocol Adds Capabilities over PCIe
• Microchip Reveals Software Development Kit and Neural Network IP for Easily Creating Low-Power FPGA Smart Embedded Vision Solutions
• Cadence Digital Full Flow Optimized to Deliver Improved Quality of Results with Up to 3X Faster Throughput

Headlines for Monday May. 18, 2020

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LeapMind Unveils "Efficiera", the New Ultra Low Power AI Inference Accelerator IP

LeapMind today announced that the company has developed "Efficiera", an ultra low power AI inference accelerator IP for targeting companies that design ASIC and FPGA circuits, and other related products.

• Cadence Expands Design IP Portfolio with 56G Long-Reach PAM4 SerDes on TSMC N7 and N6 Processes
• TSMC Ariz Fab a Tangled Web
• UltraSoC appoints Jonathan Lucas as VP of Software
• Synopsys and TSMC Collaborate to Enable Designs of HPC, Mobile, 5G, and AI SoCs with Certified Solutions on TSMC N5 and N6 Processes
• Mentor's Calibre and Analog FastSPICE platforms achieve certification for TSMC's newest processes

Headlines for Friday May. 15, 2020

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TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate an Advanced Semiconductor Fab in the United States

TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced its intention to build and operate an advanced semiconductor fab in the United States with the mutual understanding and commitment to support from the U.S. federal government and the State of Arizona.

• EVS Media Infrastructure adopts intoPIX JPEG-XS solution for Neuron
• Aspinity and Infineon partner to accelerate development of intelligent sensing products with longer lasting batteries

Headlines for Thursday May. 14, 2020

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CAST Releases 100Gbps UDP/IP Core

CAST, Inc. today announced the availability of a new silicon intellectual property core enabling lean networking with the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Internet Protocol (IP) at bidirectional speeds up to 100Gbps.

• CHIP Alliance's Newly Enhanced SweRV Cores Available to All for Free
• Prophesee, DMP partner to accelerate development of embedded machine vision and artificial intelligence (AI) applications using Event-Based Vision approach
• Veriest supports the development of Arbe's innovative automotive Radar device
• Louis Tannyeres, Former Senior Fellow at Texas Instruments, Appointed Executive Vice-President of Engineering at Kalray

Headlines for Wednesday May. 13, 2020

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GigaDevice Announces a Patent Licensing Agreement with Rambus

GigaDevice, a leading provider of non-volatile memory，32-bit microcontroller (MCU) and sensor solutions, today announced that it signed an RRAM (Resistive Random Access Memory) patent licensing agreement with the leading semiconductor IP provider, Rambus Inc.

• SMIC Reports 2020 First Quarter Results.
• Foxconn Partners with Socionext and Hailo to Launch Next-Generation AI Processing Solution for Video Analytics at the "Edge"
• Arm hardware and software ecosystems will converge at virtual Arm DevSummit, formerly known as Arm TechCon
• Eta Compute Partners with Edge Impulse to Accelerate the Development and Deployment of Machine Learning at the Edge
• OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) and Gen-Z Consortium Announce MoU Agreement

Headlines for Tuesday May. 12, 2020

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Coherent Logix Selects Kandou's SerDes IP for its Low-Power, High-Performance C-Programmable Processors

Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient, chip link solutions, confirmed today that Coherent Logix will implement its Glasswing™ SerDes intellectual property (IP) in its low-power, high-performance C-programmable processors used in a variety of embedded system applications.

• Riedel adopts intoPIX TICO-XS FPGA IP-cores to empower broadcasts & events.
• SmartDV Ships First Design and Verification IP for MIPI RFFE v3.0 Specification
• Arteris IP FlexNoC Interconnect Licensed by Picocom for 5G New Radio Infrastructure Baseband SoCs
• SMIC Aims to Raise More Than $3B for Expansion
• VeriSilicon VIP9000 and ZSP are Adopted by iCatch Next Generation AI-powered Automotive Image Processing SoC
• Perceptia Devices Offers Research License
• Configurable Analog Semiconductor IP Enables Faster IoT Chip Design
• TSMC Board of Directors Meeting Resolutions

Headlines for Monday May. 11, 2020

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Synopsys Accelerates High-Performance Computing SoC Designs with Industry's Broadest IP Portfolio for TSMC's 5nm Process Technology

Synopsys today announced the industry's broadest portfolio of high-quality IP on TSMC's 5nm process technology for high-performance computing system-on chips (SoCs).

• TSMC Expected to Rebound in 2021 on AMD Gains
• Xylon's MPSoC Multi-Camera Vision Kit Updated
• Dolphin Design Enables Next Generation Energy-Efficient Battery-Operated IoT Devices with New IP Platforms on TSMC 22ULL Process
• Arasan Announces the Availability of MIPI D-PHY IP for TSMC 22nm Process Technology
• UMC Reports Sales for April 2020
• CEVA, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2020 Financial Results
• TSMC April 2020 Revenue Report
• RISC-V International and GlobalPlatform Partner to Enhance Security Design of IoT Devices

Headlines for Thursday May. 07, 2020

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Silex Insight launches Public Key Engine supporting Chinese OSCCA SM9

Silex Insight, a leading provider for flexible security IP cores, announces today that their Public Key Engine (BA414EP) is also available with the Identity Based Cryptography (SM9) option, compliant to Chinese cryptographic standards.

• Xilinx Teams with Leading Universities Around the World to Establish Adaptive Compute Research Clusters
• MIPI RFFE v3.0 Delivers Tighter Timing Precision and Reduced Latencies Needed for Successful 5G Rollouts
• Imagination Technologies and BAIC Capital announce automotive joint venture
• Imagination Inquiry Exposes Wider Risk of IP Sales to China

Headlines for Wednesday May. 06, 2020

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SmartDV's LPDDR5 IP Clocks 612 MHz in FPGA Functional Test, 1.6GHz at 28nm

SmartDV™ Technologies today confirmed its LPDDR5 SDRAM controller design intellectual property (IP) achieved a speed of over 600 megahertz (MHz) in a field programmable gate array (FPGA) functional test and 1.6 gigahertz (GHz) in a 28-nanometer design during a recent competitive evaluation.

• HiSilicon First China-Based Semi Supplier to be Ranked in Top-10
• SynSense (formerly aiCTX) closes Series A Round and announces the opening of offices in China
• Veridify Security's DOME Client Library Achieves PSA Certified Level 1 Accreditation
• Omni Design Appoints Satris Group as Sales Representative in Israel

Headlines for Tuesday May. 05, 2020

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Faraday's SoCreative!V Platform Accelerates SoC Development in Edge Applications

Faraday Technology Corporation (TWSE: 3035), a leading ASIC design service and IP provider, today announced its SoCreative!V™ SoC development platform based upon Faraday's A500 SoC in UMC’s 28HPC process.

• Alphawave IP Announces Record FY2019, Record 1Q2020 and Dramatic Hiring Plans for Remainder of 2020 and beyond
• GUC Monthly Sales Report - Apr 2020
• Global Semiconductor Sales Decrease 3.6 Percent in First Quarter of 2020
• Rambus Reports First Quarter 2020 Financial Results
• Imagination Previews Shifting Views Prior to UK Hearing

Headlines for Monday May. 04, 2020

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Is IPO in China Imagination's Only Possible Exit Path?

Next week the U.K. government will hold a parliamentary hearing to consider establishing an instrument similar to America’s CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.) to protect UK companies from takeovers deemed against the national interest. The impetus for considering such a measure is what’s going on with Imagination Technologies.

• Palma Ceia SemiDesign Tapes Out 802.11ax Transceiver for Wi-Fi 6
• Global Silicon Wafer Area Shipments Edge Up in First Quarter 2020 Despite COVID-19 Headwinds
• PLDA Announce Complete Support for CXL and Gen-Z protocols
• Dolphin Design unveils its innovative Energy Efficient Platforms, complete turnkey solutions for competitive SoC designs
• Arbe Launches Automotive Grade Imaging Radar Processor Chip
• Imagination Technologies: Evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee
• New Wave Design and Verification Acquires FlightWire
• Wave Computing Files for Chapter 11 Protection
• NVE Introduces Noncontact ABZ TMR Magnetic Encoder Sensor
• Covid-19 and America's Vulnerabilities - A Way Forward
• Aldec's New HES FPGA Accelerator Board Targets HPC, HFT and Prototyping Applications plus Hits the "Price/Performance" Sweet Spot