D&R Headline News (November 2023)

Headlines for Thursday Nov. 30, 2023

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Renesas Unveils the First Generation of Own 32-bit RISC-V CPU Core Ahead of Competition

Renesas Electronics announced today that it has designed and tested a 32-bit CPU core based on the open-standard RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA).

• Cadence Signoff Solutions Empower Samsung Foundry's Breakthrough Success on 5G Networking SoC Design
• BrainChip Details Olfactory Capabilities of Identifying Bacteria in the Blood in New Research Report
• Agnisys Announces Wacom Selects IDesignSpec™ to Automate Its IP and Chip Development Flow from Executable Specifications
• QuickLogic Secures New eFPGA IP Contract on UMC's 22nm Process
• Agile Analog's New VP Sales to Expand Ties With Foundries
• Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd Reports Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Results
• Synopsys Posts Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023

Headlines for Wednesday Nov. 29, 2023

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Intel to place US$14 billion orders with TSMC, says report

Over the next two years Intel will place orders worth US$14 billion with foundry TSMC according to Taiwan-based semiconductor analyst Andrew Lu, reported on China’s WeChat platform.

• M31 Completes Validation of 7nm ONFI 5.1 I/O IP - Targeting for the Global AI Big Data Storage Market
• Manufacturers Anticipate Completion of NVIDIA's HBM3e Verification by 1Q24; HBM4 Expected to Launch in 2026, Says TrendForce
• Untether AI Joins UCIe Consortium to Drive Chiplet Technology and Energy-Centric AI Acceleration
• Eliyan Appoints former head of Facebook/Meta AI infrastructure Dr. Jason Taylor to Board of Directors
• Logic Fruit Technologies Launches LIN Master Slave IP Core
• Omni Design Technologies Announces Expanded Silicon IP Solutions on Multiple TSMC Processes
• Quantum Effect Technology Breakthrough in Analog Circuit Design
• Unleashing Edge AI Potential: Eta Compute's New Collaboration with NXP Semiconductors

Headlines for Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023

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Arteris Celebrates 3rd Year of Automotive ISO 26262 TCL1 Functional Safety Compliance for Magillem SoC Integration Automation

Arteris today announced that its Magillem SoC integration automation software products have achieved their third consecutive year of Automotive ISO 26262:2018 Tool Confidence Level 1 (TCL1) certification by TÜV SÜD.

• Jayson Bethurem Joins Flex Logix as VP Marketing & Business Development
• Bridging the Talent Gap in Flanders' Semiconductor Industry
• Production Proven USB 3.2 Gen1/Gen2 IP Cores to ensure a seamless throughput for Next-Gen SoCs available for Immediate licensing

Headlines for Monday Nov. 27, 2023

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Market Leaders Collaborate with Synopsys to Realize Gains of Generative AI Across Synopsys.ai Full EDA Stack

Synopsys today announced the expansion of its leading Synopsys.ai™ EDA suite, to bring the power of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) across the full stack in order to dramatically improve engineering productivity for the semiconductor industry.

• Tenstorrent Gains Momentum in Asia With Rapidus Partnership

Headlines for Thursday Nov. 23, 2023

• BrainChip Announces Dr. Tony Lewis as the New Chief Technology Officer
• Broadcom Completes Acquisition of VMware
• LeWiz Open Source LVDS Transceiver Design
• Axelera AI Platform Accelerates Edge Application Deployment

Headlines for Wednesday Nov. 22, 2023

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Arm Extends Cortex-M Portfolio to Bring AI to the Smallest Endpoint Devices

New Arm Cortex-M52 is the smallest, most area and cost-efficient processor enabled with Arm Helium technology, delivering enhanced AI capabilities for lower cost IoT devices

• Agile Analog appoints former GUC Europe President as new VP of Sales
• VeriSilicon's Vector Graphics GPU is selected by LG Electronics
• LC3plus audio codec software licensed by major Audio OEM
• Alchip Unveils Industry's First Automotive ASIC Design Platform

Headlines for Tuesday Nov. 21, 2023

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Xiphera's Crypto Module Offers Customisable Offload and Acceleration Solutions

The Crypto Module is a versatile and multi-purpose solution for a wide range of security needs. It enables a comprehensive approach to cryptography offloading and security enhancement.

• New RISC-V processors address demand for open source and performance
• Weebit Nano receives wafers manufactured in GlobalFoundries' 22FDX® process
• Secure-IC strengthens its innovation leadership in embedded cybersecurity with the acquisition of eShard patents portfolio

Headlines for Monday Nov. 20, 2023

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Weebit Nano's ReRAM IP achieves high temperature qualification in SkyWater Technology's S130 process

Weebit Nano and SkyWater Technology announce that Weebit’s Resistive Random-Access Memory (ReRAM or RRAM) IP module has been fully qualified in SkyWater’s 130nm CMOS (S130) process at temperatures of up to 125 degrees Celsius – the temperature specified for Grade-1 automotive applications.

• Insyde Software Becomes the First Independent BIOS Vendor to Achieve Arm SystemReady SR-SIE Certification for the NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip Platform
• Renesas Extends Tender Offer for Proposed Acquisition of Sequans

Headlines for Friday Nov. 17, 2023

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Green Mountain Semiconductor Participates in Unveiling of Innovative AI processor

Pioneering AI architecture boasting over 1000 cores, each equipped with its own memory, revolutionizing traditional Von Neumann computing paradigms.

• Rapidus and Tenstorrent Partner to Accelerate Development of AI Edge Device Domain Based on 2nm Logic

Headlines for Thursday Nov. 16, 2023

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Secure-IC announces the integration of Securyzr™ technology in MediaTek's new flagship smartphone chip, Dimensity 9300

Secure-IC is thrilled to announce its embedded cybersecurity solution Securyzr™ iSE (integrated Secure Element) 900 was integrated in MediaTek’s flagship smartphone chip, the Dimensity 9300. Secure-IC’s Securyzr™ ensures the protection of sensitive data and critical processes within the chipset, preventing unauthorized access and safeguarding the system’s integrity.

• Mixel Celebrates 25 Years of Mixed-Signal Excellence
• Scale FD-SOI to 7nm? Yes, We Can
• Arm Collaborates with Microsoft on Custom Silicon to Unlock Sustainable, AI-Driven Infrastructure
• Bringing Arm TCS23 to Life on Next-gen Flagship Smartphones with MediaTek and vivo
• QuickLogic Announces New Aurora™ FPGA/eFPGA User Tools with Enhancements for Reconfigurable Computing
• Siemens acquires Insight EDA to expand Calibre integrated circuit reliability verification offering
• Faraday Unveils Enhanced Gigabit Ethernet PHY on UMC's 28HPC+ Process
• Thalia's AMALIA (23.4a) qualified on Siemens AFS for increased analog design migration flexibility

Headlines for Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023

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Synopsys Announces Synopsys.ai Copilot, Breakthrough GenAI Capability to Accelerate Chip Design

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced a breakthrough generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) capability for accelerating chip design, Synopsys.ai Copilot.

• Xiphera Announces a New Batch of CAVP Validated IP Cores
• QuickLogic Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2023 Results Including Record Non-GAAP Net Income
• M31 Q3 Profit Surged Over 50%, Accumulated EPS NT$9.34

Headlines for Tuesday Nov. 14, 2023

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Movellus Introduces Aeonic Insight™ Product Line for On-die Telemetry

Movellus today announced the introduction of the Aeonic Insight product family aimed at meeting the rapidly evolving needs for on-die observability in complex SoCs.

• Siemens works with Arm and AWS to bring PAVE360 to the cloud and unlocks next generation automotive innovation
• Arteris Ncore Cache Coherent Interconnect IP Certified for ISO 26262 Automotive Functional Safety Standard
• Imagination to lay off 20% of staff
• OEMs' Sourcing Strategies Need to Account for Node Sizes
• Rambus Demonstrates CXL Platform Development Kit at SC23
• Andes Technology Partners with WITTENSTEIN high integrity systems (WHIS) to Build Safety-Critical Solutions with RISC-V Processors
• Arm Announces Appointment of Ami Badani as Chief Marketing Officer
• CXL Consortium Announces Compute Express Link 3.1 Specification Release

Headlines for Monday Nov. 13, 2023

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Global Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry Set for Q4 2023 Recovery, SEMI Reports

The global semiconductor manufacturing industry is on track for recovery in the fourth quarter of 2023, setting the stage for continued growth in 2024, SEMI announced today in its Q3 2023 publication of the Semiconductor Manufacturing Monitor (SMM) Report, prepared in partnership with TechInsights.

• T2M-IP Presents Silicon Proven 22nm 1.5GHz Fractional-N PLL IP Core, with Dynamic Configuration for Wireless and Automotive SoCs - Licensing Now Available.

Headlines for Friday Nov. 10, 2023

• TSMC October 2023 Revenue Report

Headlines for Thursday Nov. 09, 2023

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Will 1.4-nm help Samsung catch up with TSMC, IFS?

Samsung, playing a distant second to TSMC for quite some time, has vowed to launch the 1.4-nm chip manufacturing node by 2027, leapfrogging both TSMC and Intel Foundry Services (IFS) by a wide margin.

• Cadence EMX 3D Planar Solver Certified for Samsung Foundry 8nm LPP Process Technology
• Server Processors in the AI Era: Can They Go Greener?
• SMIC Reports 2023 Third Quarter Results
• Alphawave Semi Named One of Canada's Enterprise-Industry Leaders Winners in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50™ Program
• Arm Holdings plc Reports Results for the Second Quarter of the Financial Year Ending 2024
• SPARK Microsystems Revolutionizes Wireless Headsets with Ultra-Wideband Audio Technology
• CEVA, Inc. Announces Expansion of Existing Share Repurchase Program
• Accellera Announces IEEE 1666™-2023 Standard Available Through IEEE GET Program
• RISC-V Pioneer SiFive Takes Stock, Realigns, Moves Forward

Headlines for Wednesday Nov. 08, 2023

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Ventana Introduces Veyron V2 - World's Highest Performance Data Center-Class RISC-V Processor and Platform

Ventana Micro Systems Inc. today announced the second generation of its Veyron family of RISC-V processors. The new Veyron V2 is the highest performance RISC-V processor available today and is offered in the form of chiplets and IP.

• CEVA, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results
• Arteris Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter 2023 and Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Guidance
• RISC-V International Marks Banner Year for RISC-V Adoption, Technical Momentum, and Community Engagement
• OpenHW Group Announces CORE-V CVA6 Platform Project for RISC-V Software Development & Testing
• BeagleBoard.org Makes FPGA and RISC-V Accessible with New BeagleV-Fire Single Board Computer at $150
• Renesas Unveils Processor Roadmap for Next-Gen Automotive SoCs and MCUs
• Ventana and Imagination Partner to Deliver World's Highest Performance RISC-V CPU & GPU Solutions

Headlines for Tuesday Nov. 07, 2023

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Synopsys Expands Its ARC Processor IP Portfolio with New RISC-V Family

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced it has extended its ARC® Processor IP portfolio to include new RISC-V ARC-V™ Processor IP, enabling customers to choose from a broad range of flexible, extensible processor options that deliver optimal power-performance efficiency for their target applications.

• Arteris Awarded ISO 9001 Certification for Semiconductor System IP Quality Management System
• Ubilite Licenses RISC-V Application Processor IP Core from CAST
• Andes and Vector Propel RISC-V AUTOSAR Software Innovations for the Automotive Industry
• Imagination launches brand new line of high-performance GPU IP with DirectX
• European Processor Initiative partner SiPearl will provide its general purpose processor for Europe's first EuroHPC exascale supercomputer JUPITER

Headlines for Monday Nov. 06, 2023

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TASKING, Andes, and MachineWare Team Up to Facilitate Rapid Development of RISC-V ASIL Compliant Automotive Silicon

TASKING’s system-level verification and debugging tools now support the Andes RISC-V ISO 26262 certified Processor IPs and associated MachineWare Virtual Models.

• Renesas Extends Tender Offer and Receives UK NSIA Clearance for Proposed Acquisition of Sequans
• OPENEDGES Proud to Announce the World's Only 7nm LPDDR5X PHY IP Operating at 8533 Mbps
• semify announces the upcoming launch of SmartWave: A tool providing instant connection to any device
• Hyperion Core Joins RISC-V International as a Strategic Member
• Weebit Nano receives first revenue
• UMC Reports Sales for October 2023
• GUC Monthly Sales Report - October 2023
• Cadence Announces Voltus InsightAI, Industry's First Generative AI Technology that Automatically Identifies and Addresses EM-IR Violations
• SkyWater Announces Availability of Cadence Open-Source PDK and Reference Design for SkyWater's 130 nm Process

Headlines for Friday Nov. 03, 2023

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Ansys medini Accelerates Andes' Development of Automotive-Grade IP

To streamline ISO 26262 verification and to integrate verification information conveniently, the decision was made to introduce Ansys medini to achieve the automation and modulization of safety analysis process.

• VSORA to Receive $13.18 Million in Funding from the European Innovation Council Accelerator Program

Headlines for Thursday Nov. 02, 2023

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Raspberry Pi Receives Strategic Investment from Arm, Further Extending Long-Term Partnership

Arm Holdings plc (Nasdaq: ARM, “Arm”) and Raspberry Pi Ltd today announced an agreement by Arm to make a strategic investment in Raspberry Pi.

• Nvidia Trains LLM on Chip Design
• Semidynamics and Arteris Partner To Accelerate AI RISC-V System-on-Chip Development
• Worldwide Silicon Wafer Shipments Fall in Q3 2023, SEMI Reports
• proteanTecs Enhances Astera Labs' Connectivity Solutions with Performance and Reliability Monitoring
• Global Semiconductor Sales Increase 1.9% Month-to-Month in September
• Sophgo Licenses SiFive RISC-V Processor Cores to Drive High-Performance AI Computing Innovation
• Zero ASIC Democratizing Chip Making
• Imperas RISC-V Solutions for Developers - Accelerating RISC-V
• Realtek Deploys Cadence Tempus Timing Solution to Deliver Working Silicon on N12 Design
• Andes Technology to Exhibit Groundbreaking RISC-V Solutions for AI and Automotive at RISC-V Summit North America 2023

Headlines for Wednesday Nov. 01, 2023

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sureCore and Intrinsic announce collaboration to accelerate time to market for innovative ReRAM technology

SureCore and Intrinsic have announced a collaborative relationship to accelerate time to market for Intrinsic’s innovative, Resistive Random-access Memory (ReRAM) technology.

• Arm Collaborates with Industry Leaders to Build AI Foundations of the Future
• Xiphera Enhances the Performance of Its Portfolio with New Cryptographic IP Cores
• Axiomise Heads to Silicon Valley Next Week for RISC-V Summit North America