D&R Headline News (December 2020)

Headlines for Tuesday Dec. 29, 2020

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Graphcore raises $222 million in Series E Funding Round

Graphcore - maker of the Intelligence Processing Unit which is a new type of microprocessor specifically designed to support artificial intelligence workloads – announced today that it has raised $222 million in a Series E funding round that values the company at $2.77 billion post-money.

• Foundry Revenue Expected to Reach New High in 2021 with Close to 6% YoY Growth as Capacities Remain Scarce Across Industry, Says TrendForce
• Fabless Company Share of IC Sales to Set New Record in 2020 at 32.9%

Headlines for Wednesday Dec. 23, 2020

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iWave Unveils the Implementation of ARINC 818-2 IP Core On Microsemi PolarFire FPGA

iWave Systems, being the leading FPGA design house, offers an extensive portfolio of FPGA IP Cores. And one of the most predominant being ARINC 818 IP. Today, we are excited to announce the successful implementation of iWave’s ARINC 818 IP Core on Microsemi PolarFire FPGA devices.

• WiLAN Subsidiary Acquires Substantial Patent Portfolio from MediaTek
• New iPhone Models Become Key to Qualcomm's Top Spot in 3Q20 Revenue Ranking of Global Top 10 IC Design (Fabless) Companies, Says TrendForce
• North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts November 2020 Billings

Headlines for Monday Dec. 21, 2020

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Retune DSP's Wake Word Engine Now Available for CEVA Audio/Voice DSPs

CEVA and Retune DSP announced that the Retune VoiceSpot Wake Word Engine is now optimized and available for CEVA's audio/voice DSPs, including the CEVA-BX, CEVA-X, and CEVA-TeakLite families.

• Creonic Participates in Horizon 2020 EPIC Research Project
• MosChip Technologies Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification
• Rianta Releases AES Crypto and HMAC Acceleration ASIC IP Cores

Headlines for Friday Dec. 18, 2020

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Secure-IC announces the availability of its protection technologies in the cloud

Secure-IC, the rising leader and the only global provider of end- to-end cybersecurity solutions for embedded systems and connected objects, announces today the availability of its protection technologies (“Silicon Intellectual Property” – IPs) in the Cloud.

• What To Expect From the IC Industry in 2021
• Latest Release of Lattice sensAI Solutions Stack Delivers up to 6X Performance Boost on Award-Winning CrossLink-NX FPGAs

Headlines for Thursday Dec. 17, 2020

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Probing the Apple M1's Hidden Depths

Apple’s announcement of the M1 certainly generated some rumblings, but they were insufficient warning of the shockwaves to come.

• AWS Deploys Synopsys VCS on Arm-based AWS Graviton2 to Accelerate SoC Development
• IAR Systems enables Linux-based Continuous Integration and automated workflows for RISC-V
• Andes Technology Passes DUNS Registered Certificate
• Mentor Finally Becomes Siemens EDA From January 2021
• SMIC Management Team Undergoes Shakeup - Yet Again
• AccelerComm join the O-RAN ALLIANCE to improve interoperability and maximize spectral efficiency
• Nimbix Announces First Multi-cloud HPC Platform With Support For Arm
• Samsung Foundry Certifies Cadence System Analysis and Advanced Packaging Design Tool Flow for 2.5/3D Chip Designs
• Xiphera contributes to Linux kernel

Headlines for Wednesday Dec. 16, 2020

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AIStorm Raises $16M in Oversubscribed Series B Funding to Commercialize AI-in-Sensor Chips

Investors include AsusTek, Egis, Knowles, Meyer Corporation, and Senvest Management. AIStorm will deploy its disruptive charge-domain-processing, AI-in-Sensor technology in handset, notebook, smart speaker, home automation, remote control, TV, earbud, IoT, wearable, and transport applications.

• UVM Reference Implementation Aligned with IEEE 1800.2-2020 Standard
• Vulkan SDK, Tools and Drivers are Ray Tracing Ready

Headlines for Tuesday Dec. 15, 2020

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Sofics and Hardent join Mixel's MIPI ecosystem to provide designers a complete MIPI solution

Mixel (www.mixel.com), a leading provider of mixed-signal IPs, today announced new partnerships with Sofics bvba (www.sofics.com), a leading provider of analog I/Os, specialty digital I/Os and ESD protection, and Hardent (www.hardent.com), a leading provider of video compression IP cores.

• Eta Compute Closes $12.5 Million Series C Funding Led By Synaptics

Headlines for Monday Dec. 14, 2020

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Telechips selects the latest Arm IP for its next-generation automotive SoC

Arm today announced that Telechips, a leading global fabless semiconductor company specializing in automotive applications, has selected a leading-edge suite of Arm® IP for its next-generation automotive system-on-chip (SoC), the Dolphin5, which is designed for applications such as Advanced Driver-assistance Systems (ADAS) and Digital Cockpit including IVI Systems.

• Xenergic's SRAM For Next Generation Of Ultra-Low Power Products
• Omni Design Augments Partnership to Accelerate Product Development
• Mass production of CoreHW RF Switch has started
• Blaize Delivers First Open and Code-free AI Software Platform Spanning the Entire Edge AI Application Lifecycle
• Cartesiam Transforms Edge AI Development for Industrial IoT
• Lattice Propel Accelerates Time-to-Market for Embedded Processor-based Designs on Latest Nexus Platform FPGAs
• Synthara targets breakthrough edge-AI chips with support from a global coalition of investors and R&D partners
• CORE-v CVE4 RTL Freeze Milestone Achieved
• Nextera Video and Adeas Announce SDI Core, SMPTE ST 2022-8, and NMOS IS-09 as the Latest Additions to their Industry-Leading SMPTE ST 2110 Video over IP FPGA Core Set

Headlines for Friday Dec. 11, 2020

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CAST JPEG IP Cores Deliver Outstanding Results in the New High Resolution LXT Cameras by Baumer

CAST, Inc. has received accolades by Baumer, Ltd., one of the worldwide leading manufacturers of components for automated image processing, for its JPEG image compression IP cores that have been integrated in their new LXT camera series.

• Daiteq Selected as the First ESA NOEL-V User

Headlines for Thursday Dec. 10, 2020

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eMemory & PUFsecurity Announce with UMC the World's First PUF-based Secure Embedded Flash Solution

eMemory and its subsidiary, PUFsecurity, and United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, announced today the successful joint development of the world’s first PUF (Physical Unclonable Function)-based secure embedded flash solution.

• TSMC November 2020 Revenue Report
• Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Introduces Support for Wind River VxWorks RTOS for NOEL-V Processor
• Foundry Capex to Account for 34% of Total Semi Capex in 2020
• Green Hills Software Adds RTOS Support to Its Extensive Product Portfolio for RISC-V-based SoCs
• Renesas Strengthens IP License Portfolio with IP Utilities to Facilitate Device Development
• Imperas releases new RISC-V Processor Verification IP to drive RISC-V adoption forward with a flexible methodology for all SoC adopters
• Achronix Announces Appointment of Mark Voll as New Chief Financial Officer

Headlines for Wednesday Dec. 09, 2020

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Seagate Designs RISC-V Cores to Power Data Mobility and Trustworthiness

Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX) announced that it has designed two processors based on the open RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA).

• Cobham Gaisler and fentISS Deepen Collaboration around RISC-V
• SmartDV Announces New Line of Design IP Controllers for High-Speed Communications
• Silvaco and OPENEDGES Announce Availability of Integrated DDR Controller and PHY IP Solutions
• OneSpin Contributes to the OpenHW Ecosystem to Achieve Processor Integrity for the CORE-V CVE4 Open-Source RISC-V Cores
• JEDEC Advances Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Removable Card Standard 3.0
• Renesas Extends Arm Cortex-Based MCU Family with RA4M3 MCU Group for Industrial and IoT Applications
• Think Silicon Announces a New Scalable Multi-Core GPU Product Suite with Extended Graphics and Video Functionality
• Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Offers RISC-V Support for Microchip Technology's PolarFire FPGA Devices
• Veriest and Kudelski IoT collaborate to accelerate the integration of highly robust silicon security features in IC designs
• Attopsemi Achieves ISO 9001 Certification for IP Quality Management System
• AImotive Deploys Synopsys VCS to Verify Next-Generation Automated Driving Technologies
• BrainChip Ships Akida Evaluation Boards
• Silicon Labs selects Imperas RISC-V Reference Model for verification
• CHIPS Alliance to Collaborate with RISC-V to Standardize an Open Unified Memory Leveraging OmniXtend
• RISC-V International Reports Another Strong Year of Growth with New Technical Milestones, Educational Programs, RISC-V Adoption and More

Headlines for Tuesday Dec. 08, 2020

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Menta and Andes Announce Partnership Enabling Hardware Reconfiguring for ISA Extension

Menta S.A.S, a premier supplier of embedded FPGA (eFPGA) solutions, today announced a technology IP cooperation with Andes Technology, a founding premier member of RISC-V International and the leading supplier of 32/64bit RISC-V embedded CPU cores.

• Lattice Launches 2nd Generation Security Solution with New Mach-NX FPGA for Next Generation, Cyber-Resilient Systems
• Neoverse expands further into cloud with new network-optimized instances at AWS re:Invent
• UMC Reports Sales for November 2020
• C-DAC Selects Valtrix STING For Design Verification Of RISC-V Based Microprocessors
• Menta eFPGA and Codasip Announce Technology Partnership
• Vidatronic Appoints Carnyx Consulting as Its Representative for European Markets
• OneSpin Contributes to the OpenHW Ecosystem to Achieve Processor Integrity for the CORE-V CVE4 Open-Source RISC-V Cores
• Samsung Foundry Adopts Spectre X Simulator for 5nm Design
• 100G Lambda MSA Announces Release of New Specifications for Longer Reach 100 GbE over Single-Mode Fiber

Headlines for Monday Dec. 07, 2020

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Porting PikeOS to NOEL-V and LEON: SYSGO and Cobham Gaisler Extend Cooperation around RISC-V

RISC-V international members SYSGO and Cobham Gaisler, the design center of Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (CAES), have announced their collaboration to deliver SYSGO's hypervisor-based real-time operating system, PikeOS, ported onto Cobham Gaisler's IP cores NOEL-V and LEON.

• Dolphin Design unveil a new and improved version of its Power Controller IP - MAESTRO - to speed-up energy-efficient SoC design
• OpenFive Licenses Flex Logix's eFPGA to Develop a Low Power Communications SoC Requiring a Large eFPGA
• Total Revenue of Top 10 Foundries Expected to Increase by 18% YoY in 4Q20 While UMC Overtakes GlobalFoundries for Third Place, Says TrendForce
• China's Semiconductor Progress to Be Impacted Once Again as SMIC Becomes Sanctioned by U.S. Department of Defense, Says TrendForce
• GUC Monthly Sales Report - Nov 2020
• Imperas Extends free riscvOVPsimPlus Simulator for RISC-V
• DRAM Leads in Revenue, NAND With Top Percentage Growth in 2020
• Announcement of SMIC

Headlines for Friday Dec. 04, 2020

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Codasip announces three new RISC-V Application Processor Cores providing Multi-core and SIMD capability

Codasip, the leading supplier of customizable RISC-V® processor IP, today announces three new 64-bit RISC-V application processor cores: the A70XP™ provides support for RISC-V P extensions, and the A70X‑MP™ and A70XP‑MP™ enable the creation of symmetric multi-processor (SMP) systems.

• intoPIX delivers its new full stack of TICO-RAW solutions improving RAW image workflows and camera designs
• CFX announces commercial availability of anti-fuse OTP technology on Silterra I11L process

Headlines for Thursday Dec. 03, 2020

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Andes RISC-V Vector Processor NX27V Is Upgraded to RVV 1.0

Andes Technology today announces the first commercial RISC-V vector processor IP, AndesCore™ NX27V, is upgraded to support the latest RISC-V Vector (RVV) extension spec (version 1.0), and several key features.

• Can IBM Ecosystem Advance AI Chip Performance 1000x?
• Synopsys and Samsung Foundry Collaborate to Deliver Fastest Design Closure and Signoff for Process Nodes Down to 3nm
• Imperas Simulator Supports Andes Custom Extension to Accelerate Software Development in Domain Specific Applications
• Synopsys Posts Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2020
• Rockley Photonics Collaborates with Cadence to Create a High-Performance System for Hyperscale Data Centers
• Embeetle and GigaDevice collaborate to bring a new powerful and simple IDE to ARM and RISC-V based MCUs
• Faster, Smaller and More Accurate Edge AI Using Deeplite and Andes Technology Software + Hardware
• BrainChip Confirms Completion of the Akida Production Design
• IAR Systems and GigaDevice extend partnership with powerful Arm solutions
• Third-Quarter 2020 Global Semiconductor Equipment Billings Surge 30% Year-Over-Year, SEMI Reports
• Esperanto Technologies to Reveal Chip with 1000+ Cores at RISC-V Summit

Headlines for Wednesday Dec. 02, 2020

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Mobiveil Announces Compute Express Link (CXL) 2.0 Design IP, Successful Completion of CXL 1.1 Validation with Intel's CXL Host Platform

Mobiveil, Inc., a fast-growing supplier of silicon intellectual property (SIP), platforms and IP-enabled design services, today announced its Compute Express Link™ (CXL) 2.0 Design IP and successful completion of CXL 1.1 validation with Intel’s CXL host platform.

• PCIe Gen5 & PCIe Gen4 Phy IP available in TSMC 12FFC

Headlines for Tuesday Dec. 01, 2020

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Xilinx Acquires Assets of Falcon Computing Solutions to Advance Software Programmability and Expand Developer Community

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced it has acquired Falcon Computing Solutions, a privately-held leading provider of high-level synthesis (HLS) compiler optimization technology for hardware acceleration of software applications.

• PLDA Announces the Successful CXL Interoperability with pre-production Intel Xeon CPU, Code Named Sapphire Rapids
• Imagination hires Tim Whitfield as new Chief of Engineering
• Faraday Leads Industry to Adopt TCFD Framework for Corporate Sustainability
• Secure-IC Announces U.S. Subsidiary Opening