Semiconductor IP Industry News
January, 2016

SAN JOSE, CA JANUARY 28, 2016 - Innovative Logic Inc., a leading provider of reusable standard based Intellectual Property (IP) and ASIC, FPGA, and Embedded Systems services, together with M31 Technology, a global Intellectual Property (IP) boutique, jointly announce certification completion of its USB 3.0 dual role device and host ...

San Jose CA and Munich Germany, January, 2016 - OmniPHY, the leading supplier of Ethernet PHY intellectual property (IP) for the consumer, automotive, and industrial markets, and MorethanIP, the leader in Ethernet silicon solutions, have announced a partnership that provides customers with ‘best-in-class’ MAC, PCS, and PHY solutions for a ...

SAN JOSE, CA - JANUARY 26, 2016 - Innovative Logic Inc., a leading provider of reusable standard based Intellectual Property (IP) and ASIC/FPGA design & verification services, announced today the release of their USB3.1 dual role IP. After having great success in adoption of Inno-Logic’s USB3.0 device and host controller ...

Agreement extended for a third five-year term

SUNNYVALE, Calif. - January 25, 2016 - Rambus Inc. today announced that it has extended its patent license agreement with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, AMD will continue to be licensed for its integrated circuit and circuit board products ...

Ottawa, Canada - January 21, 2016 - Sidense Corp., a leading developer of Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) One Time Programmable (OTP) IP cores, today announced that Ken Wagner has joined Sidense as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Engineering. Ken will be reporting to Sidense President and CEO Xerxes Wania and ...

Industry Veterans David DePaula and SangHo Park Join Methodics

San Francisco, CA January 20, 2016 - Methodics Inc, a leader in IP and data management and storage optimization and workspace acceleration solutions for complex System-on-Chip designs, today announced the expansion of its international sales organization with the additions of David DePaula ...

Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium - January 19, 2015 - intoPIX, a leading provider of IP cores for security and video compression, announced today the extension of its AES encryption IP core family to support higher bit rates applications from 10 to 100 Gbps and additional features. Thanks to its high performance and ...

The QuickPlay development platform will be showcased at DesignCon on Jan 20-21, 2016 in Santa Clara, CA

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 18, 2016 - QuickPlay is a revolutionary new design platform that enables streamlined design of FPGA based applications, even for designers with little to no FPGA experience. QuickPlay, a PLDA GROUP ...

Hsinchu, Taiwan - Jan. 14 , 2016 - eMemory has announced the tape-out of NeoFuse silicon IP for automotive panel driver IC with high reliability and it is ready for mass production in an international foundry. The reliability of NeoFuse silicon IP can meet the criteria of AEC-Q100 Grade 1 ...

IPextreme’s new ecosystem gains ground as IP providers list products, explore fingerprinting technology

Campbell, Calif. - January 13, 2016 - IPextreme, a leader in the field of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) commercialization and IP management, today announced that it has seen the member count among IP suppliers on the Core Store® ...

MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 12, 2016 - Sonics, Inc., the world's foremost supplier of on-chip network (NoC) technologies and services, today announced that it has signed an agreement with the first customer for the company's ICE-Grain™ Power Architecture that was introduced in May 2015. The customer, a global player in the ...

Grenoble, France - January 11, 2016 - Dolphin Integration is proud to announce the reinforcement of its partnership with imec IC-link for addressing the growing European ASIC market.

“Providing our Customers with the best technological solutions for their ASICs requires continuous improvement of our partnerships worldwide. imec IC-link is a key ...

Newest member establishes first Constellations program presence in Asia

Campbell, Calif. - January 7, 2016 - IPextreme Inc. today welcomed Toshiba Information Systems (Japan) Corporation, nicknamed TJ, as the newest member of its Constellations initiative, which brings together like-minded companies to advance the state of the global semiconductor intellectual property (IP) ...

High-Quality IP Enables Integration in Two Weeks and Speeds Time to Volume

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 6, 2016 -

Highlights:

• SK Hynix delivered a more energy-efficient product using ultra-low standby power and fast exit/entry latency features in the IP
• Increased performance by utilizing the MIPI M-PHY high-speed, Gear 3 mode with dual data lanes
• Accelerated ...

Leading-Edge Process Technology Supports Data Storage, Computational Demands of Increasingly Complex Automotive Infotainment Applications

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5, 2016 - This week at the 2016 International CES, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)*, a committed leader that collaborates with technology companies to create breakthrough designs, has introduced its 15nm e-MMCTM [1] ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. and BOSTON, Mass., January 4, 2016 - Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and dbx-tv today announced that dbx-tv's Total Technology audio enhancement suite is now available on the Cadence Tensilica HiFi Audio/Voice digital signal processing (DSP) family.

The Total Technology suite offers several technologies working together, which result ...

Chronicles the ARM Processor Timeline and the Emergence of Apple, Samsung, and Qualcomm as Powers in Phones and Chips

SILICON VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016 - How much do you know about the processor in your smartphone, or the company behind its creation? The new book "Mobile Unleashed", written ...