D&R Headline News (November 2022)

Headlines for Wednesday Nov. 30, 2022

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Arm Announces Appointment of Paul E. Jacobs and Rosemary Schooler to its Board of Directors

Arm today announced the appointment of new Board members Dr. Paul E. Jacobs, chairman and CEO of XCOM Labs and former CEO and executive chairman of Qualcomm Inc., and Rosemary Schooler, former corporate vice president and general manager of Data Center and AI Sales for Intel.

• Cadence and UMC Certified mmWave Reference Flow Delivers First-Pass Silicon Success

Headlines for Tuesday Nov. 29, 2022

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CAES Design Win of RISC-V/NOEL-V IP for Idaho Scientific Secure Processor for US Critical Infrastructure

CAES, a leader in advanced mission-critical electronics for aerospace and defense, announced that it has won its first commercial U.S.-based license for its RISC-V/NOEL-V processor IP with Idaho Scientific, based in Boise, Idaho.

• QuantWare launches Foundry Services for superconducting quantum chips
• SiFive Expands Presence in India to Keep Up with the Company's Ultra-fast Growth
• Tachyum Successfully Runs LINPACK on FPGA With IEEE 754-2019 Compliant FPU
• Morse Micro Supercharges its Series B Funding Round with AU $30 Million Top-up from Major Superannuation Funds and Others
• Truechip Announces First Customer Shipment of UCIe Verification IP
• After Record Sales in 2022, Semi Sales Forecast to Fall -5% in 2023
• The MOSIS Service of the USC Information Sciences Institute and SkyWater Collaborate on Silicon IC Design Enablement and Manufacturing Service
• Home Appliance Company Chooses POLYN Technology's NeuroVoice Chip
• RISC-V Summit 2022: Codasip to showcase processor customization, and safety and security solutions

Headlines for Monday Nov. 28, 2022

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Cortus announces the launch of LOTUS family with two new RISC-V microcontrollers (MCUs)

Cortus, an innovative French fabless semiconductor manufacturing group today announces two new RISC-V microcontrollers (MCUs). They are designed for ease of use, and to simplify migration from existing MCUs with maximal software reuse to minimize development cost.

• DMP Launches "ZIA SV" Stereo Vision IP for AMD Xilinx Adaptive Computing Devices
• Tiempo Secure gears for further expansion with Mikael Dubreucq and Frederic Heitzmann hired in newly created key positions
• Gartner Forecasts Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Growth to Decline 3.6% in 2023
• CAN 2.0 and LIN 2.2 Controller IP Cores with ASIL B, C and D packages for High-End Automotive and Consumer Applications

Headlines for Thursday Nov. 24, 2022

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EU edges closer to Chips Act

Yesterday the EU moved a step closer to securing its own Chips Act when member states agreed to a $46.6 billion proposal to subsidise chip production in Europe.

• IPrium releases CCSDS TM Telemetry AR4JA LDPC Encoder and Decoder
• Global NAND Flash Revenue Fell by 24.3% QoQ for 3Q23 as Suppliers Made Large Price Concessions That in Turn Impacted Their Results, Says TrendForce
• GPU Q3'22 biggest quarter-to-quarter drop since the 2009 recession
• Defacto's SoC Compiler Certified ISO26262

Headlines for Wednesday Nov. 23, 2022

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2023 Semi Capex Forecast Sees Largest Decline Since 2008-09

A weak memory market and U.S. sanctions on China semiconductor producers are two driving factors behind the expected -19% drop in semiconductor capital spending in 2023.

• SkyWater CEO Expands "Technology Foundry" Model

Headlines for Tuesday Nov. 22, 2022

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Arm public offer likely to be postponed beyond Q123

The Arm IPO, expected in Q123, looks like being postponed.

• Aniah raises €6 million to speed up the deployment of its verification and design support software for semiconductors
• Faraday FPGA-Go-ASIC™ Succeeds in Penetrating the Market
• Intel foundry boss to leave

Headlines for Monday Nov. 21, 2022

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Imagination partners with MulticoreWare Inc. and demonstrates superior performance of its GPUs

Imagination Technologies has announced a new partnership with MulticoreWare Inc. as a preferred software development partner to optimise algorithms on Imagination GPUs.

• CAES Supports NASA's Return to the Moon
• BrainChip Names Former Arm Executive Nandan Nayampally as Chief Marketing Officer
• Embrace the new age of ultra-high-definition multimedia with HDMI 2.0 Rx PHY IP Cores in 12FFC process technology with matching controller

Headlines for Friday Nov. 18, 2022

• Synopsys Wins Six Partner of the Year Awards at TSMC 2022 OIP Ecosystem Forum

Headlines for Thursday Nov. 17, 2022

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Truechip Announces First Customer Shipment of MIPI A-PHY Verification IP

Truechip, the Verification IP Specialist, announced that it has shipped MIPI A-PHY Verification IP to its customers. This addition of MIPI A-PHY strengthens the MIPI Verification portfolio of Truechip along with other protocols such as I3C, DSI, CSI, C-PHY, D-PHY, M-PHY , UNIPRO .

• Stellantis Accelerates Autonomous Driving Journey with Acquisition of aiMotive, a Leading Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Driving Start-up
• Vidatronic Named to the 18th Annual Aggie 100™, Honored as Fastest-Growing Company
• Alphawave IP announced as one of Deloitte's Technology Fast 50™ and North American Technology Fast 500™ 2022 award winners
• Secure-IC and Unseenlabs Partner to Retrofit Satellites already in Mission Mode with the Capability to Secure and Authenticate Data using Post-Quantum Cryptography
• intoPIX enables JPEG XS high frame rates real-time encoding from 120fps to more than 1000fps with the TicoXS FPGA IP-cores

Headlines for Wednesday Nov. 16, 2022

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intoPIX extends the FastTicoRAW SDK capabilities with lossless RAW coding for measurement and analysis

intoPIX, the leading provider of innovative image processing solutions, has released today a new version of its FastTicoRAW software development kit on CPU and GPU supporting lossless quality coding, including a new mathematically lossless profile.

• Infineon plans €5bn 300mm fab in Dresden
• eMemory Collaborates with Renesas on the Development of its Pure 5V OTP IP Using 130nm BCD Plus Process for Automotive Applications
• Cadence Introduces Industry's Leading-Performance, Silicon-Proven 22Gbps GDDR6 IP at TSMC N5
• Efinix Releases TinyML Platform for Highly Accelerated AI Workloads on Its Efficient FPGAs
• Silicon Frontline Accepted as Partner in Samsung Foundry SAFE™ Program
• CAES GR712RC Microprocessor Selected by Argotec for Multiple Space Missions
• DSP Concepts and Analog Devices Collaborate on Solution for Rapid Design of In-Vehicle Audio Entertainment Systems
• Small code, high performance: Latest IAR Embedded Workbench for RISC-V leverages CoDense™ from Andes

Headlines for Tuesday Nov. 15, 2022

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CEVA Introduces Voice User Interface Solution for TI SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi® Wireless MCUs

CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies and co-creation solutions, announced today the availability of its WhisPro™ speech recognition and control software to support designs using the Texas Instruments (TI) SimpleLink™ Wi-Fi® CC3235x wireless MCU family.

• EASii IC announces first silicon for its DVB-S2X satellite Modem ASIC
• TSMC Expansion in Arizona to Target 3-nm Node
• StarFive Releases StarFive StarStudio IDE, which supports both Linux and Baremetal Development

Headlines for Monday Nov. 14, 2022

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Arasan announces MIPI CSI IP for FPGA supporting full C-PHY 2.0 speeds

Arasan has released an all new version of its MIPI CSI IP compliant with the CSI-2 v3.0 specifications supporting C-PHY v2.0 speeds of up to 54.72Gbps operating at 8 Gsps (for 1channel) for FPGA designs.

• Consortium forms Rapidus to get Japan back into chip race at 2nm
• Nexperia invests in sustainable alternatives to batteries by acquiring Delft-based Nowi
• Ultra-high-speed 14-bit at 4.32Gbps ADC IP Cores are available for licensing, with increased accuracy and high sampling rate for a variety of applications
• ZeroPoint Technologies can reduce data center energy consumption by 25%
• JEDEC Announces Publication of the SPD5118 Hub and Serial Presence Detect Device and the DDR5 SPD Contents Specifications
• SiPearl and AMD collaborate to address exascale supercomputing in Europe
• Marvell Announces Innovative CXL Development Platform for Multi-Host Memory Pooling
• QuickLogic Inks eFPGA Sales Rep Agreement with CHIP-gogo in Japan
• Signing of a Large Contract with an Industry Leader for Kalray's DPU Processor
• Fraunhofer IPMS combines latest hardware in microsensor and actuator technology with artificial intelligence

Headlines for Friday Nov. 11, 2022

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ShortLink AB and Dolphin Design partner to create a highly energy-efficient Sub-GHz ASIC design platform

ShortLink AB and Dolphin Design announce their partnership in the frame of Dolphin Design’s GoASIC! Program. The two companies bring together their respective breakthrough IPs and SoC design expertise to build a comprehensive design platform for the design of Sub-GHz enabled wireless ASICs.

• Arm technology is defining the future of computing: Record royalties highlight increasing diversity of products and market segment growth
• After 1Q23 Bottom, Expectations Increase for a 2Q23 IC Market Rebound
• Bringing next-level 3D gaming to life with Arm Immortalis
• Cryogenic CMOS design enabled by Semiwise

Headlines for Thursday Nov. 10, 2022

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Codasip to boost RISC-V security through Cerberus acquisition

Codasip, the leader in processor design automation and RISC-V processor IP, today announced that it has acquired Cerberus Security Labs. The company’s IoT security IP and experienced team will enable Codasip customers to quickly embed secure solutions for RISC-V processor designs.

• LC3plus certified for the Hi-Res Audio Wireless Logo
• Mythic strapped for cash
• TSMC October 2022 Revenue Report
• SMIC Reports 2022 Third Quarter Results

Headlines for Wednesday Nov. 09, 2022

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CEVA, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results

CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies and co-creation solutions, today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022.

• CEVA, Inc. Announces CEO Transition Plan
• Alphawave IP Receives 2022 TSMC OIP Partner of the Year Award for High-Speed SerDes IP Innovations
• Arteris Announces New Employment Inducement Grants
• DDR5/DDR4/LPDDR5 Combo PHY IP Cores which is Silicon Proven in 12FFC with Matching Controller IP Cores is available for license to accelerate your Memory Interfacing Speeds

Headlines for Tuesday Nov. 08, 2022

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Arasan announces MIPI DSI IP for FPGA supporting full C-PHY 2.0 speeds

Arasan has released an all new version of its MIPI DSI IP compliant with the DSI-2 v1.0 Specifications supporting C-PHY v2.0 speeds of up to 54.72Gbps operating at 8 Gbps (for 1channel) for FPGA designs. This IP is designed to meet FPGA timing limitations to run at slower frequencies at less than 200 Mhz while still providing the necessary bandwidth.

• Arteris Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter 2022 and Estimated Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Guidance
• Eliyan Closes $40M Series A Funding Round and Unveils Industry's Highest Performance Chiplet Interconnect Technologies
• Weebit Nano receives from SkyWater Technology the first silicon wafers it manufactured with embedded Weebit ReRAM
• Christel Mauffet-Smith Joins Arteris as Executive Vice President of Global Sales
• Silvaco Announces Appointment of Five Industry Veterans to Its Board of Directors
• POLYN Technology, Edge Impulse Join Forces to Advance Tiny AI Products

Headlines for Monday Nov. 07, 2022

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eMemory Receives 2022 TSMC OIP Partner of the Year Award for Embedded Memory IP

eMemory has been recognized by TSMC as a recipient of its 2022 Open Innovation Platform® OIP Partner of the Year award for Specialty Embedded Memory IP.

• Arm continues to accelerate IoT software development with new partnerships
• Global Silicon Wafer Shipments Projected to Set New Record in 2022, SEMI Reports
• Market Dynamics, Technologies Drive Automotive Design
• MPEG LA Takes Measures to Assist VVC Adoption
• Xiphera and Flex Logix Publish Joint White Paper on Solving the Quantum Threat with Post-Quantum Cryptography on eFPGA
• GUC Monthly Sales Report - October 2022
• UMC Reports Sales for October 2022

Headlines for Friday Nov. 04, 2022

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NSITEXE develops "DR4100" General Purpose Accelerator for SoC

NSITEXE is pleased to announce the “DR4100”, a high-end accelerator for the “Akaria” product brand, which focuses on processor IP for a wide range of next-generation embedded systems.

• Creonic Participates in 6G Research Project Led by Deutsche Telekom

Headlines for Thursday Nov. 03, 2022

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Secure-IC acquires Silex Insight's security business to accelerate its chip-to-cloud plan and develop the next-generation of embedded cybersecurity solutions

Secure-IC, the rising leader, and the unique global provider of end-to-end cybersecurity solutions for embedded systems and connected objects, announces today the acquisition of Silex Insight’s security business. Silex Insight is a leading provider for flexible and scalable security IP cores solutions which perfectly complement Secure-IC's portfolio.

• Tony Fadell Joins Arm Board of Directors
• Sondrel appoints Thomas Flynn as VP Sales North America
• Finding Talent to Run New Fabs Might Be Challenging
• SiFive Awarded TSMC Open Innovation Platform Partner of the Year
• SiMa.ai Welcomes Industry Leader Harald Kroeger to Scale its Business in the Automotive Market
• QuickLogic Partners with MA Technology to Distribute eFPGA Technology
• Silicon Creations Named 2022 TSMC OIP Partner of the Year for Analog and Mixed-Signal IP

Headlines for Wednesday Nov. 02, 2022

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Andes Technology Unveils The AndesCore® AX60 Series, An Out-Of-Order Superscalar Multicore RISC-V Processor Family

The family of processors are intended to run heavy-duty OS and applications with compute intensive requirements such as advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), artificial intelligence (AI), augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR), datacenter accelerators, 5G infrastructure, high-speed networking, and enterprise storage.

• NextNav Announces Acquisition of Nestwave
• Codasip delivers custom RISC-V processing to SiliconArts ray-tracing GPUs
• Siemens expands industry-leading integrated circuit verification portfolio with acquisition of Avery Design Systems
• CEVA and ASR Micro Celebrate Milestone - 100 Million Wireless IoT Chips Shipped
• Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect Licensed by Microchip Technology for Microcontroller Development
• Rambus Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results
• BrainChip Appoints Duy-Loan Le to its Board of Directors
• QuickLogic Announces Changes to its Board of Directors
• Surecore's Low Power Memory Delivers Improved Power Efficiency For BLE-Enabled Devices
• Bitech Technologies Reports Completion of Its FPGA design and the Launch of Its ASIC Initiatives for Bitcoin Mining
• Delay in Mass Production of New Intel Products a Boon for AMD, Proportion of AMD x86 Server CPUs Forecast to Exceed 22% in 2023, Says TrendForce

Headlines for Tuesday Nov. 01, 2022

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SiFive's New High-Performance Processors Offer a Significant Upgrade for Wearable and Consumer Products

The SiFive Performance™ P670 and P470 RISC-V processors bring unparalleled compute performance and efficiency that is significantly raising the bar for innovative designs in these high-volume markets.

• Quadric's New Chimera GPNPU Processor IP Blends NPU and DSP into New Category of Hybrid SoC Processor