D&R Headline News (July 2020)

Headlines for Thursday Jul. 30, 2020

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Analog Devices Acquires HDMI Business From INVECAS, Expanding High Performance Audiovisual Capabilities

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) today announced that it has acquired the High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) business of INVECAS, a Santa Clara based company specializing in embedded software and system level solutions.

• Gen-Z Seeks to Share Memory, Lower Latencies
• Intel Outside ... Just Like all the Others
• Intento Design announces the launch of ID-Calibre, an ID-Substrate extension for behavioural TCAD simulation on a complete AMS chip

Headlines for Wednesday Jul. 29, 2020

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Arm China asks Beijing government to intervene in row with Arm UK

Arm China is asking the Beijing government to step into the row between Arm UK and Arm China.

• Fraunhofer IIS licenses MPEG-H Audio patents to Samsung
• Media Links moves to intoPIX TICO-XS for its MDP3020 IP Media Gateway
• Intel is a Potentially Great Foundry

Headlines for Tuesday Jul. 28, 2020

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Dolby MS12 Multistream Decoder Now Supported and Approved on CEVA's Audio DSP

CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, today announced support for Dolby MS12 Multistream Decoder for the CEVA-BX2™ audio DSP.

• Marvell Unveils the Industry's Most Comprehensive Custom ASIC Offering
• Peninsular Capital Acquires NovaSparks

Headlines for Monday Jul. 27, 2020

• Second Quarter 2020 Silicon Wafer Shipments Up Over First-Quarter and Year-Ago Volumes
• Fraunhofer IIS announces licensing program for the new MPEG-H 3D Audio Baseline Profile
• Exostiv Labs achieves 50 Gbps interoperability tests with Avnet ONIX board.
• Innovium Secures $170M in New Funding to Accelerate Product and Customer Momentum Worldwide

Headlines for Friday Jul. 24, 2020

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M31 Completes the Comprehensive Physical IP Platform on TSMC 22nm Process

M31 Technology Corporation (Taiwan stock code: 6643), a professional global silicon Intellectual Property (IP) developer, today announced the completion of a comprehensive physical IP platform on TSMC 22nm process, which includes 22nm ultra-low power (22ULP) and 22nm ultra-low leakage (22ULL) process technologies.

• Faraday Reports Second Quarter 2020 Revenues at NT$1,306 Million with an EPS of NT$0.58
• North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts June 2020 Billings

Headlines for Thursday Jul. 23, 2020

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Mobile Semiconductor's Enhanced Memory Compilers Dramatically Improve Power On Edge AI Devices

Mobile Semiconductor, a Seattle WA based company, today announced a new generation of Ultra Low Leakage (ULL) and Ultra Low Power (ULP) SRAM Memory Compilers that dramatically improve the performance to power ratio for Edge AI chips

• Village Island creates a new breakthrough in the Broadcast market by offering JPEG-XS technology on its VICO series
• Softbank talks to Apple and Nvidia about Arm sale
• SiFive Elevates Custom SoC Design With Enhanced Processor IP Portfolio
• Cadence and UMC Certify mmWave Reference Flow on 28HPC+ Process for Advanced RF Designs
• Brite Semiconductor Provides Total Solution for NVDIMM OEM
• European Space Agency, Blue Pearl Software and ADIUVO Engineering Partner Contract to Improve the usability of ESA Soft-Cores
• Carlos Mazure, EVP of Soitec and Chairman of the SOI Industry Consortium, Joins Silvaco Board of Directors
• Aldec Provides Static Verification for RISC-V Designs with the latest release of ALINT-PRO

Headlines for Wednesday Jul. 22, 2020

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Alchip Technologies 7nm ASIC Capabilities Set Advanced Technology Pace

With the number of expected tape outs jumping to nine by the end of 2020 Alchip Technologies, Limited has become one of the leading advanced technology ASIC providers. Alchip revealed that it had completed 3 tape outs in May alone.

• OpenHW Ecosystem Implements Imperas RISC-V reference models for Coverage Driven Verification of Open Source CORE-V processor IP cores
• GLOBALFOUNDRIES Partners with Synopsys, Mentor, and Keysight on Interoperable Process Design Kit (iPDK) Support for 22FDX

Headlines for Tuesday Jul. 21, 2020

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Codasip Releases the First Linux-Capable RISC-V Core Bk7 Optimized for Domain-Specific Applications

Codasip today announced the official release of Bk7, the most advanced core in the Codasip family of RISC-V processor IP to date, built specifically with customization and domain-specific optimization in mind.

• Flex Logix Announces EFLX eFPGA And nnMAX AI Inference IP Model Support For The Veloce Strato Emulation Platform From Mentor
• Synaptics to Acquire DisplayLink, Extending Video Interface Market Leadership
• Moore's Law Isn't Slowing down - Just Ask System Companies
• Cadence Reports Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results
• New Analog FastSPICE eXTreme technology boosts verification performance by up to 10X

Headlines for Monday Jul. 20, 2020

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PLDA Announces Robust Verification Toolset, Increasing Design Accuracy and Reducing Time-to-Production for Next Generation SoCs with CXL, PCIe 6.0 or Gen-Z Interconnect

PLDA, the industry leader in PCI Express® IP and data interconnect solutions, today announced the Robust Verification Toolset, a breakthrough approach to IP verification dramatically increasing Design accuracy and speeding-up the time-to-market.

• Perforce Software Acquires Methodics, Expanding DevOps Portfolio
• Synopsys VCS Used by Graphcore to Verify Next-Generation Colossus GC200 IPU
• SmartDV, Aldec Partner to Link SmartDV's Verification IP with Aldec's Riviera-PRO Simulator
• Hua Hong Semiconductor Continues to Build a Superior eNVM Process Platform
• SMIC: Advanced Process Technologies and Gov't Funding (Part 2)
• CFX announces commercial availability of anti-fuse OTP technology on SMIC 40HV process
• Mentor introduces Calibre nmLVS-Recon technology to dramatically streamline overall IC circuit verification
• True Circuits Participates in First Virtual DAC! Showcases Silicon Proven PLLs, DLLs and DDR 4/3 PHYs
• STMicroelectronics makes acquisitions to further strengthen the wireless connectivity capabilities of STM32 microcontrollers

Headlines for Friday Jul. 17, 2020

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Innovative Advantage upgrades streams from HD to 4K in business jets with the intoPIX TICO RDD35 Technology

intoPIX is excited to announce that Innovative Advantage, leaders in Aircraft audio and video distribution systems, has integrated the TICO RDD35 technology in its AVDS - Audio Video Distribution System.

• Spin Memory Announces Extension of Series B Funding
• CHIPS Alliance Announces AIB 2.0 Draft Specification to Accelerate Design of Open Source Chiplets
• TSMC Raises Capital Expenditure Plan on Improved Outlook
• USB-IF Publishes USB Device Class Specification for MIDI Devices v2.0

Headlines for Thursday Jul. 16, 2020

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Faraday Launches Ariel SoC Platform with Infineon's SONOS eFlash to Drive IoT Development

Faraday Technology today launched its next generation IoT SoC development platform, called Ariel™, which is built on UMC’s 40uLP logic process combined with Infineon’s SONOS eFlash technology.

• Kandou Appoints Jeff Winzeler CFO
• Buying Avatar, Siemens Revives Legendary Place & Route Tool
• Menta Announces New Software Version and New Adaptive DSP at DAC 2020
• TSMC Reports Second Quarter EPS of NT$4.66
• 1Q/4Q "Direction Indicator" Signals Rebound in the 2020 IC Market
• Siemens acquires Avatar, expands EDA footprint with innovative Place and Route technology
• SATA-IO Increases Interoperability Features with Revision 3.5 Specification
• Axiomise Announces the Release of the Next-Generation RISC-V App
• Arm Research Selected for DARPA Secure Silicon Program
• EasyIC Design celebrates its 10th anniversary

Headlines for Wednesday Jul. 15, 2020

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Softbank Said to Have a Buyout Offer for Arm

Softbank is said to have been weighing the possibility of holding an initial public offering (IPO) for Arm Holdings, but now there’s said to be at least one company out there that wants to straight-up buy Arm from Softbank.

• Customisable wireless medical sensor chip with machine learning accelerator enables mass market advanced medical and vital-sign monitors
• Tenstorrent Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success for High-Performance AI Processor SoC Using Synopsys' Broad DesignWare IP Portfolio
• Synopsys Announces Industry's First JEDEC DDR5 Verification IP for Next-Generation DRAM/DIMM Designs
• SMIC: Advanced Process Technologies and Gov't Funding
• JEDEC Publishes New DDR5 Standard for Advancing Next-Generation High Performance Computing Systems
• Maxim Integrated Deal Cements Analog Devices at No 2 in Analog
• Efinix Announces Trion Titanium Family
• Dr. Walden Rhines Joins Cornami as President and CEO

Headlines for Tuesday Jul. 14, 2020

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Mixel MIPI D-PHY IP Integrated into the Perceive Ergo Edge Inference Processor

Mixel®, a leading provider of mixed-signal intellectual property (IP), and Perceive, an edge inference solutions company, announced today that Mixel’s MIPI® IP solution has been successfully integrated into Perceive’s Ergo™ edge inference processor which is currently being sampled and will be in mass production in the near future.

• VITEC Licenses Codasip Bk5 Core for Multi-Purpose Use in Video Products

Headlines for Monday Jul. 13, 2020

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Analog Devices Announces Combination with Maxim Integrated, Strengthening Analog Semiconductor Leadership

Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI) and Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (Nasdaq: MXIM) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which ADI will acquire Maxim in an all stock transaction that values the combined enterprise at over $68 billion.

• Flex Logix Announces EFLX eFPGA Emulation Models For The Cadence Palladium Z1 Platform
• ESD Alliance Reports Electronic Design Automation Industry Revenue Growth for Q1 2020
• Mentor collaborates with Samsung Foundry to boost product yield and streamline in-fab memory testing
• DMP releases AI Processor IP Core "ZIA DV740"
• DMP releases IP Core "ZIA ISP"
• TSMC June 2020 Revenue Report

Headlines for Thursday Jul. 09, 2020

• UMC Reports Sales for June 2020
• Imec and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Announce Breakthrough in AI Chip, Bringing Deep Neural Network Calculations to IoT Edge Devices
• Mirabilis Design announces the first Application-Specific University Program

Headlines for Wednesday Jul. 08, 2020

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Imagination announces XS, the automotive industry's most advanced GPU IP

Imagination Technologies announces the XS GPU product class for automotive, enabling ADAS acceleration and safety-critical graphics workloads. XS represents the most advanced automotive GPU IP created to-date and is the first licensable IP in the industry that is ISO 26262-capable, a standard that addresses risk in the automotive industry.

• Soitec announces POI substrates business agreement with Qualcomm Technologies for 5G RF filters
• High Performance Channel Coding Solutions on Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC Devices
• Synaptics to Acquire Rights to Broadcom's Wireless IoT Connectivity Business

Headlines for Tuesday Jul. 07, 2020

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Arm intends to strengthen focus on core semiconductor IP business growth

Today, Arm announced proposed strategic organizational changes to strengthen its focus on growth and profitability. The company is proposing to transfer its two IoT Services Group (ISG) businesses, IoT Platform and Treasure Data, to new entities that would be owned and operated by SoftBank Group Corp. and its affiliates.

• SmartDV Broadens Support for Arm AMBA Protocol with Verification IP Solutions for AMBA CHI, CXS, LPI
• JLQ Technology Selects Synopsys DesignWare IP to Accelerate Development of Next-Generation SoCs
• Apple to Start Mass Producing Self-Designed Mac SoC, Projected to Cost under US$100, in 1H21, Says TrendForce
• Imagination announces latest licensing deal with NXP
• videantis processor platform adopted for TEMPO neuromorphic edge AI chip

Headlines for Monday Jul. 06, 2020

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Ingenic Semiconductor integrates Allegro DVT Encoding IP into Next-Generation Smart-Video System-On-Chip Solutions

Allegro DVT, the worldwide leading provider of video semiconductor IP solutions, today announced that Ingenic Semiconductor, one of the leading system-on-chip companies in China has integrated the AL-E150 high-performance video encoding IP into its latest generation of Smart Video products.

• Phison appoints T2M-IP for global marketing, representation, and business development
• Dolphin Design unveils the final piece of their platform offer with BAT, an audio solution for high quality AIoT applications
• GUC Monthly Sales Report - June 2020
• Creonic joins partnership with the University of Bremen to expand the development of Artificial Intelligence
• Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 5.8 Percent Year-to-Year in May; Annual Sales Projected to Increase 3.3 Percent in 2020, 6.2 Percent in 2021

Headlines for Thursday Jul. 02, 2020

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Appear TV introduces Zero-latency intoPIX JPEG XS technology in the X Platform

intoPIX is excited to announce that Appear TV, a leading provider of next-generation video processing platforms for broadcast and streaming has integrated the new JPEG XS codec in the X platform.

• Green Hills Software Extends Multicore Interference Mitigation to Arm Cortex-A72 for DO-178C Level A Applications
• MediaTek Introduces Helio G35 & G25 Gaming Series Chipsets
• Aldec Adds Customizable Tool Qualification Data Package to ALINT-PRO for DO-254 Projects
• Innosilicon multiple high-speed interface IPs, based on the SMIC 14nm process, R&D and mass production proven
• Innosilicon IP helps Ingenic T20 win "China Chip" Excellent Market Performance Product Award
• Sigasi Introduces Software Development Kit for Electronic Design Automation Tools

Headlines for Wednesday Jul. 01, 2020

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OPENEDGES Network-on-Chip Interconnect IP and DDR Controller Licensed for GCT Semiconductor LTE Category 19 Chip

OPENEDGES Technology, Inc. announced today that GCT Semiconductor, Inc. has licensed OPENEDGES’ OICTM NoC Interconnect and OMCTM DDR Controller IP for its new high performance Cat-19 LTE System on a chip (SoC) solution GDM7243AX.

• Hardent and PLC2 Announce New IP Partnership to Support German Semiconductor Companies
• Basemark and DMP Partner to Develop Smart Mirrors for commercial vehicles
• HiSilicon & Nowi Introduce Energy Autonomous NB-IoT Platform: a Power-free Solution in the Smallest Size Possible