Despite the strong consolidation in the semiconductor industry, the Design IP market is going well, very well with YoY growth of 12%+ in 2017, according with the “Design IP Report” from IPnest. If we look at the Interface IP category (20% growth in 2017) and analyze the IP revenues by protocols, we can see that USB IP is amazingly healthy, showing a 31% YoY growth for USB 3.x IP. It’s amazing because the USB protocol was first released in the 1990’s and USB 3.0 in 2008.
