D&R News Alert
February 5th, 2026


Welcome to the issue of February 5th, 2026 of D&R SoC News Alert, our email update to provide you with the latest news and information in the System-On-Chip Community.

Foundry Ecosystem News
■ Semiconductor Fabs Announce New Plans to Rebalance Capacity and Control
■ IBM, Synopsys Move Toward 1.4-nm Node with Heat-Modeling Tech
Chiplets
■ Chiplets Reach an Architectural Turning Point – Menta at Chiplet Summit 2026
■ UCIe D2D Adapter Explained: Architecture, Flit Mapping, Reliability, and Protocol Multiplexing
Dreamchip Your Vision. Our IP.
• Image Signal Processing IP blocks with scalable specs
• 28 bit HDR, 16 bit and 12 bit ISP, 120 fps & 1.3 Gpx/s
• Configurable modular feature set
• Ideal for: Industrial, IoT, Automotive (ISO 26262)
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Analog IP
■ TES offers a programmable precision DC voltage amplifier IP for X-FAB’s XT018 technology
Design Platforms
■ Five Reasons You Should Start Your Chip Design with IdesignSpec - by- Agnisys, Inc.
RISC-V
■ Andes Technology Launches RISC-V Now! — A Global Conference Series Focused on Commercial, Production-Scale RISC-V
SST SuperFlash - ESF4
SST • AEC-Q100 Grade 1 qualified
• Read access time < 12.5ns
• 100K+ endurance cycles
• Data retention of > 10 years @ 125°C
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Embedded Memory
■ Attopsemi Scales I-fuse® Technology to 7nm FinFET following 12nm Silicon Success
Artificial Intelligence
■ Semidynamics Unveils 3nm AI Inference Silicon and Full-Stack Systems
■ Keysight and Point2 Technology Collaborate to Advance Next-Generation AI Scale-Up Interconnects
■ Dassault Systèmes and NVIDIA Partner to Build Industrial AI Platform Powering Virtual Twins
■ Siemens acquires Canopus AI to bring AI-based metrology to semiconductor manufacturing
Rambus
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A Rambus Webinar Series
• Weekly webinar series focused on cutting-edge hardware security
• Get practical guidance for building resilient products against evolving threat vectors
• Topics include: Tamper-resistant devices, Root of Trust, MACsec, IME, Quantum Safe Cryptography, and Certified Silicon IP
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Security IP
■ Analogue Insight Safe Announces AISAFE Digital Noise Source IP for Scalable Performance Hardware Entropy Sources in ASICs
Multimedia
■ IntoPIX And Cobalt Digital Enable Scalable, Low-Latency IPMX Video With JPEG XS TDC At ISE 2026
Photonics
■ Nvidia Adopts Silicon Photonics for Rubin Ultra Platform
■ Lam Research and CEA-Leti Expand Research and Development Collaboration to Advance Fabrication of Specialty Technologies
Partner News
■ GUC Monthly Sales Report – Jan 2026
■ SiTime to Acquire Renesas’ Timing Business
Business News
■ STMicroelectronics expands sensors capabilities with closing of acquisition of NXP’s MEMS business
■ UK-Bulgaria partnership set to boost semiconductor innovation





Synopsys
Accelerating Static ESD Simulation for Full-Chip and Multi-Die Designs with Synopsys PathFinder-SC
US/EMEA session
 February 9 - PST: 8:00 – 9:00 AM
CET: 5:00 PM
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New IP
• Digital audio PDM-to-PCM converter with 117 dB Dynamic Range and Dual-phase alignment by Dolphin Semiconductor
• Embedded Microservice Runtime by Microservice Store
• JESD204E - Early adopters version by Chip Interfaces ApS
• FortifyIQ Secure SCA/FI protected Chiplet RoT with Post-Quantum Security (SCA/DPA/FIA resistant) by FortifyIQ, Inc.
• 50G PON LDPC by Mobiveil Inc.

What they said at
IP-SoC EU 25
Dolphin Semiconductor microphone

WhisperExtractor: When Every Mic Becomes Intelligent
Etienne Faucher;Constant Essey, Product Marketing Manager;Analog IC Design Engineer, Dolphin Semiconductor

Electrical verification - The invisible bottleneck in IC design
Jean-Pierre Goujon, Customer Success Manager, Aniah

Forks in the Fab Five Key drivers that can potentially change the competitive stack
P.SRINIVASA RAGHAVAN, Practice Head - Semiconductor BU, HCLTech

Advancing AI with game-changing photonics substrates
Yannick Larvor, Business Development Manager, Soitec

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