D&R Headline News (December 2021)

Headlines for Friday Dec. 31, 2021

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AMD and Xilinx Provide Update Regarding Expected Timing of Acquisition Close

AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) and Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today released the following statement related to the status of global regulatory approvals for AMD’s proposed acquisition of Xilinx.

Headlines for Monday Dec. 27, 2021

• Arm CPUs Make Gains in Data Centers
• Access Advance Welcomes Microsoft as a Licensor and Licensee of the HEVC Advance Patent Pool
• GlobalFoundries Announces Extension of AMD Wafer Supply Agreement to Guarantee Supply

Headlines for Wednesday Dec. 22, 2021

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The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to CAES, in the frame of the ARTES Competitiveness & Growth programme, to develop System-on-Chip for space applications

New contract advances CAES Gaisler product portfolio to include a 16-core RISC-V platform that will enable the next generation of space-grade fault- and radiation-tolerant microprocessors.

• Synopsys Chosen by Juniper Networks to Accelerate Development of Photonic ICs for Next-Gen Data Centers
• Successful conclusion of European Processor Initiative Phase One
• Weebit Nano receives first silicon demonstration wafers integrating its embedded ReRAM module
• Kneron Announces $25 Million Funding To Advance Smart City Technology For Auto

Headlines for Tuesday Dec. 21, 2021

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Interview with the CEO at Silex Insight - Michel Van Maercke

Recently, the news landed in your mailbox that Silex Insight has sold its video division to Australian expert Audinate. We sat down and talked with Silex Insight’s CEO Michel Van Maercke about what this will mean for customers and employees. “It will be an important opportunity for both the video and security divisions,” he starts off, “a chance to focus and become stronger in our respective markets.”

• 17 Semiconductor Companies Forecast to Have >$10.0 Billion in Sales This Year
• Real Intent Joins DARPA Toolbox Initiative to Provide Mil/Aero/Defense Grade Static Sign-Off
• Renesas Completes Acquisition of Celeno
• North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts November 2021 Billings

Headlines for Monday Dec. 20, 2021

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Imagination's Series3NX neural network accelerator helps UNISOC to create 5G smartphone platform

Imagination Technologies announces that UNISOC, a leading fabless semiconductor company, has used Imagination’s Series3NX neural network accelerator (NNA) IP in its Tanggula T770 and T760 system-on-chips (SoCs), its new smartphone 5G platforms.

• Imagination appoints Carol Chesney to board as non-executive director
• Hardent VESA DSC IP Cores Licensed by Teledyne LeCroy for DisplayPort Test Solution
• PCIe 5.0 & PCIe 4.0 PHYs and Controller IP Cores are available for immediate licensing to maximize your Interface speed for complex SoCs
• Creonic GmbH is Heavily Invested in the Expansion and Research of 6G Technologies
• Teledatics Introduces World's First Open Wi-Fi "HaLow" Development Platform
• SiPearl awarded a €17.5M funding from the EIC Accelerator program

Headlines for Friday Dec. 17, 2021

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Kandou Closes $75 Million in Series D Funding

Kandou, an innovative leader in high-speed, energy-efficient, chip link solutions, today closed its Series D round of funding, resulting in $75 million raised in the round.

• Gowin Automotive-grade FPGAs Pass SAIC's 2500h Heat Resistance Tests

Headlines for Thursday Dec. 16, 2021

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Industry's fastest TLS accelerator ready to boost Xilinx Versal platform

Silex Insight, a leading provider of cryptographic IP solutions, has optimized its industry leading TLS accelerator for Versal, Xilinx’ flagship platform. Making use of some of Versal’s advanced features, the TLS accelerator clocks in at an unprecedented speed.

• Synopsys SiliconSmart Library Characterization Solution Achieves Certification for TSMC N5, N4 and N3 Advanced Processes
• Synopsys Initiates $200 Million Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreement
• Atomic Rules introduces the world's highest performance PCIe host interface for Intel Agilex F-Series FPGAs
• Secure Thingz and Intrinsic ID Partner to Ensure Supply Chains of Trust for the Embedded Industry
• 3Q21 Revenue of Global Top 10 IC Design (Fabless) Companies Reach US$33.7 billion, Four Taiwanese Companies Make List, Says TrendForce
• TSMC Presents 2021 Excellent Performance Award to Outstanding Suppliers
• StarFive Released Open-Sourced Dubhe Linux SDK in RVspace Community
• Lattice Expands Automate Solution Stack and Propel Design Tool Capabilities to Accelerate Industrial Application Development
• TSMC Introduces N4X Process
• MediaTek Dimensity 9000 uses Armv9 technology for unparalleled performance

Headlines for Wednesday Dec. 15, 2021

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IBM, Samsung Unveil VTFET to Extend Moore's Law

IBM and Samsung Electronics claimed a breakthrough in semiconductor design based on a new IBM’s architecture touted as enabling an 85-percent reduction in power consumption.

• FPGA Development Opens Up
• Ultra-Low power GNSS Multi-Constellation Digital IP core available for Battery powered IoT devices and Smart Wearables SoC application
• Cliosoft Selected for Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes (RAMP) Program

Headlines for Tuesday Dec. 14, 2021

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MIPI M-PHY Update Doubles Peak Data Rate for Next-Generation Flash Memory Storage Applications

The MIPI M-PHY Version 5.0 physical-layer specification addresses increasing data rate requirements and provides engineers with design flexibility for advanced 5G smartphone, wearable, PC and automobile flash memory storage use cases

• SEMIFIVE Acquires Hanatec
• Kandou Delivers USB-C Multiprotocol Retimer Product Family for USB4 Support
• Semi Capex on Pace for 34% Growth in 2021 to Record $152.0 Billion
• IC Manage Launches Holodeck on AWS Marketplace for Instant Cloud Bursting

Headlines for Monday Dec. 13, 2021

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Silex Insight to divest their video business to Audinate

Silex Insight, a leading provider for flexible security IP cores, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to divest its video business to Audinate Group Limited (ASX:AD8), based in Australia.

• Hisense Enters Into MPEG LA's AVC Patent Portfolio License
• Arasan announces the immediate availability of its ultra-low power MIPI D-PHY IP for the GlobalFoundries 12nm FinFET process node
• MoSys Partners with Silicom to Provide Stellar Packet Classification IP Optimized for Intel FPGA-Based SmartNICs and Infrastructure Processing Units
• CXL Put Through Its Paces
• 10/100/1000M Ethernet PHY IP Core in ST 28FDSOI technology licensed to a leading Chinese Semiconductor company for Broadband Access Networks Application
• CEVA and Mimi Hearing Technologies Partner to Democratize Assistive Hearing for the True Wireless Earbuds Market

Headlines for Friday Dec. 10, 2021

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AST SpaceMobile Selects EnSilica to Support the Development of its Next Generation Advanced Cellular ASIC Chip

EnSilica today announced that it has been selected by AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS) to develop the next generation ASIC for use in the company’s planned space-based cellular broadband network.

• Siemens' new mPower solution gains certification for TSMC's N7 and N5 technologies
• Synopsys Approves Stock Repurchase Program with Authorization Up to $1 Billion
• TSMC November 2021 Revenue Report
• Floadia Develops Memory Technology That Retains Ultra-high-precision Analog Data for Extended Periods

Headlines for Thursday Dec. 09, 2021

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Expedera Raises $18M Series A Funding to Advance Its Deep Learning Accelerator IP

Expedera Inc. today announced a $18 million Series A funding round led by Dr. Sehat Sutardja and Weili Dai (founders of Marvell Technology Group) and other prominent semiconductor industry investors.

• sureCore delivers ultra-low power register files with more than 50% less power than off-the-shelf versions
• StarFive VisionFive Single Board Computer Officially for Sale, Accelerating RISC-V Ecosystem Development
• BMW Group Signs Agreement with Inova Semiconductor and GlobalFoundries to Secure Supply
• TSMC in spat with Intel
• proteanTecs Expands into Mobile and Boosts Management to Accommodate Growth
• RISC-V Celebrates Incredible Year of Growth and Progress, Ratifying Multiple Technical Specifications, Launching New Education Programs, and Accelerating Broad Industry Adoption
• Siemens collaborates with PDF Solutions to boost IC yield and speed time to market
• EU stops the clock on Nvidia-Arm investigation
• Intel Announces Intent to Take Mobileye Public
• IC Market Direction Indicator Points to 11% Growth in 2022
• SEGGER adds 64-bit RISC-V support to Embedded Studio
• With CHIPS Act, US Risks Building a White Elephant

Headlines for Wednesday Dec. 08, 2021

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Avery Design Systems Offers Comprehensive Verification Support for the New HBM3 Interface Standard

Avery Design Systems, a leader in functional verification solutions, today announced comprehensive support for the new HBM3 interface standard. Rambus uses Avery’s high-quality HBM3 memory models to verify the new Rambus HBM3 Memory Subsystem.

• StarFive Starts Delivery of High Performance RISC-V CPU Core IP "Dubhe"
• NextChip Selects Rambus Security IP to Secure Apache6 Automotive Processor
• GUC Optimizes Quality of Results and Accelerates Time to Tapeout Using the Cadence Digital Full Flow
• 5G New Radio Release-15 gNodeB reference design (includes L1-L2-L3) Stack for 5G Private Enterprise Networks, available for immediate licensing
• Webinar : USB 3.1 Gen2 Device Controller IP Core usage in Intel Quartus Prime Pro

Headlines for Tuesday Dec. 07, 2021

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SiFive Expands and Improves Industry-Leading RISC-V Processor Portfolio

SiFive today announced the availability of the SiFive 21G3 release, a comprehensive suite of product updates for the industry’s broadest and most successful RISC-V processor IP portfolio, and introduced the new SiFive Essential™ 6-Series range of RISC-V processor IP to address market demands for mid-range application capable and real-time processors.

• Avery Design Partners with S2C to Bring PCIe 6.0 and LPDDR5 and HBM3 Speed Adapters to FPGA prototyping solutions for Data Center and AI/ML SoC Validation
• Menta Introduces the Industry's First eFPGA Soft IP at the Design Automation Conference
• intoPIX TicoRAW technology added with High-Efficiency RAW recording of Nikon Z 9 flagship mirrorless camera
• Sondrel's modules accelerate implementation of new ASIC designs
• CES 2022: Intrinsic ID Demonstrates Strength and Versatility of PUF Technology for Identification and Security Applications at World's Biggest Tech Show

Headlines for Monday Dec. 06, 2021

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Imagination launches RISC-V CPU family

Imagination Technologies announces Catapult, a RISC-V CPU product line designed from the ground-up for next-generation heterogeneous compute needs.

• Imagination announces GPU licensing deal with YADRO
• Imperas releases new RISC-V verification product that changes the fabric of processor DV
• GUC Monthly Sales Report - November 2021
• Codeplay Software partners with Andes Technology to achieve Software First SoC Design for AI-based applications using RISC-V Vector Processors
• Fraunhofer IPMS and CAST Announce a RISC-V Embedded Processor for Edge AI
• UMC Reports Sales for November 2021
• True Circuits Introduces New Synthesizable Precision PLL and Synthesizable Micro PLLs and DLLs and Demonstrates Silicon Proven DDR PHY
• Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 24% Year-to-Year in October
• Ashling RiscFree now supports Andes Technology RISC-V CPUs
• FortifyIQ Sets the Stage at the Design Automation Conference for Revolutionizing Chip Design with Pre-silicon Security Verification
• Breker Verification Systems Unveils System Coherency Synthesis TrekApp Building on Its Successful Cache Coherency Test Solution
• SDIO Host and Device Controller IP Cores with superfast I/O interlink and support for massive storage capacities is ready for immediate licencing

Headlines for Friday Dec. 03, 2021

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FTC Sues to Block $40 Billion Semiconductor Chip Merger

The Federal Trade Commission today sued to block U.S. chip supplier Nvidia Corp.’s $40 billion acquisition of U.K. chip design provider Arm Ltd. Semiconductor chips power the computers and technologies that are essential to our modern economy and society.

• CAST Introduces 8K Video Codecs and Advanced Image Signal Processing IP Cores
• Imagination B-Series GPU IP selected for Innosilicon graphics card

Headlines for Thursday Dec. 02, 2021

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SiFive Raises RISC-V performance bar with New Best-in-Class SiFive Performance P650 Processor

The SiFive Performance P650 processor is expected to be the fastest licensable RISC-V processor IP core in the market, bringing RISC-V into new markets and applications, and will debut to lead partners in Q1 2022.

• RISC-V International Ratifies 15 New Specifications, Opening Up New Possibilities for RISC-V Designs
• Synopsys Extends Industry Leadership as Customers Surpass 500 Tapeouts Using Flagship Fusion Compiler Solution
• Codasip appoints Ron Black as CEO
• Andes RISC-V Superscalar Multicore A(X)45MP and Vector Processor NX27V Upgrade Their Spec. and Performance
• HPMicro Semiconductor Announces the Release of the HPM6000 Series of Microcontrollers with AndesCore Dual D45 Cores
• Alphawave IP: Acquisition of Precise-ITC and completion of major milestones for China Product Partnership

Headlines for Wednesday Dec. 01, 2021

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First SoC ever to pass CC EAL5+ certification thanks to Tiempo Secure TESIC Secure Element IP

For the first time in the world, a complex System-on-Chip (SoC) such as Sequans 5G-ready LTE-M and NB-IoT Monarch 2 platform for the Internet of Things has just received the Common Criteria (CC) EAL 5+ certification with a Target of Evaluation based on Tiempo Secure TESIC Secure Element IP.

• Cadence Expands Collaboration with TSMC and Microsoft to Accelerate Timing Signoff for Giga-Scale Designs on the Cloud
• Agnisys Delivers Novel AI Technology and FPGA Support for IP and SoC Specification Automation
• Flex Logix Joins the Edge AI and Vision Alliance
• Arteris Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter 2021 and Estimated Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Guidance
• Arasan Chip Systems announces Immediate availability of MIPI I3C PHY I/O IP
• LeapMind Announces Efficiera v2 Ultra-Low Power AI Inference Accelerator IP
• videantis achieves Automotive SPICE Level 2 certification