Semiconductor IP Industry News
September, 2015

Compliant DesignWare SHA-3 Cryptography IP Protects the Integrity of Electronic Content in Applications Including Message Authentication and Digital Signatures  

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 29, 2015 -  

Highlights:  

• DesignWare Cryptography IP solutions are compliant with SHA-3, the latest standard released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology
• IP solutions target a ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 28, 2015 -

Highlights:

• TSMC selects Synopsys as its "Partner of the Year" for interface IP and tool enablement for the 5th consecutive year
• Synopsys' Digital and Custom Implementation tools and reference flows for the Galaxy™ Design Platform, including IC Compiler ™II solution, are certified for 10-nm FinFET designs
• Synopsys' ...

Inspire tomorrow's electronics with cross-cutting presentations in design research, design practices and design automation

LOUISVILLE, Colo. September 25, 2015 - For 53 years, the Design Automation Conference (DAC) has been recognized as the leading-edge conference on research and practice in tools and methodologies for the design and automation of electronic circuits ...

Recognition highlights advanced technology collaboration between Imagination and TSMC

London, UK - 24 September, 2015 - Imagination Technologies announces that it was awarded a Partner of the Year Award from TSMC during the TSMC Open Innovation Platform (OIP) Ecosystem Forum. Imagination received this recognition in the Graphics IP category for ...

"Antifuse OTP, an ideal eNVM for IoT Applications" to be Presented by Kilopass' Bernd Stamme

SAN JOSE, CALIF. - September 23, 2015 - Kilopass Technology, Inc., the leading provider of semiconductor embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) intellectual property (IP) will exhibit at the Leading-Edge Embedded NVM (e-NVM) Workshop, demonstrating its antifuse eNVM ...

Specialized process brings performance advantages to touch controller and IoT applications

HSINCHU, Taiwan, Sept. 22, 2015 - United Microelectronics Corporation, a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that it has entered high volume production for touch IC applications manufactured on UMC's 0.11um eFlash process. The specialized technology, first introduced by UMC ...

Grenoble, France - September 21, 2015 - Reducing the cost of Bill-of-Material (BoM) remains SoC Integrators' vital challenge for IoT applications, while minimizing power consumption demands the acute complexity of mode control for Dynamic Voltage and Frequency "Stepping" (DVFS).

External capacitors and their associated pins are the first target ...

DesignWare IP Portfolio for TSMC 10-nm Process Includes USB, HSIC, PCI Express, DDR, MIPI and Embedded Memories  

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 17, 2015 -  

Highlights:  

• Synopsys' successful tape-out of IP for TSMC 10-nm process includes USB 3.1, USB 3.0, USB 2.0, HSIC, PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0 and MIPI D-PHY
• Tape-out of DesignWare ...

September 16, 2015 - SAN JOSE, Calif - eSilicon Corporation, Northwest Logic and SK Hynix today announced they have created a fully working HBM hardware demonstration. This demonstration uses an advanced FPGA containing Northwest Logic’s HBM Controller Core and FPGA-based HBM PHY and SK Hynix HBM devices. eSilicon packaged the ...

Hsinchu, Taiwan - Sept. 15, 2015 - eMemory announces its new technology breakthrough–the availability of its One-Time Programmable (OTP) NeoFuse technology in mainstream 16nm FinFET Plus process, as well as the development and verification of high-capacity (256k bit) and low-voltage ( ...

Eindhoven, Netherlands, September 15, 2015 - At the IAA international motor show today in Frankfurt, Germany, NXP Semiconductors N.V., market leader for secure connected vehicles and car access solutions, announced the new Mantra RF portfolio - a family of high-performance transceivers and receivers for secure car access and vehicle management. ...

IBC 2015, Amsterdam, September 11th - intoPIX, leading provider of video compression solutions, today announced at IBC that its TICO lightweight video compression technology has extended its performance on FPGA and CPU platforms. TICO FPGA-powered products can be deployed on current and legacy generation of FPGAs used in Broadcast infrastructures ...

AMSTERDAM - September 10, 2015 - INSIDE Secure, a leader in embedded security solutions for mobile and connected devices, announced that it is providing a cryptography engine to allow MStar Semiconductor, Inc., a leading semiconductor company for display and digital home solutions, to comply with the most stringent requirements for ...

Interoperability enables pre-silicon verification of IP blocks with comprehensive metrics on IP documentation and operational quality

Dover, NH - September 9th, 2015 - Intellitech Corporation has announced interoperability between its NEBULA silicon debugger, the Intellitech iJTAGServer bridge, and the Synopsys VCS® functional verification environment. The integrated solution enables IP providers ...

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium - September 8, 2015 - At IBC 2015 Show in Amsterdam, Barco Silex, the leading provider of video compression IP cores for ASIC and FPGA, announced that the new VC-2 Low Delay codec is now available for licensing to broadcast equipment manufacturers.

The VC-2 Low Delay codec is ...

GLOBALSOLUTIONSSM Partnership will enable next-generation wireless technologies for applications in IoT, 5G and automotive

EuMW 2015, Paris - QEOS, Inc., a world leading designer of connectivity and sensing CMOS millimeter-wave (mmWave) solutions, and GLOBALFOUNDRIES, a leading provider of advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology, today announced they are partnering to co-develop ...

Latest addition to TZ1000 series can function as Bluetooth data-processing hub for wearables

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 4, 2015 - Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. ( TAEC)*, a committed leader that collaborates with technology companies to create breakthrough designs, today rolled out the newest addition to its TZ1000 series of ApP ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., September 2, 2015 - Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that MightyWorks has ported its single-microphone and multi-microphone processing technologies to the Cadence Tensilica® HiFi digital signal processors (DSPs).

MightyWorks’ audio and voice technologies are specifically designed for mobile, automotive, Bluetooth accessories and home assistant applications. MightyWorks has ...

INSIDE Secure MatrixHCE eases mobile payment app development for banks and card issuers, reducing their time-to-market

Aix-en-Provence, France, August 25, 2015 –  INSIDE Secure (Euronext Paris: INSD), a leader in embedded security solutions for mobile and connected devices, today announced that its award-winning mobile payments security solution is now functionally Visa Ready approved by ...