ELSTREE, England -- February 1, 2006 – ARC International (LSE: ARK) today announced that Semico Research Corporation has released a new market report on configurable 32-bit CPUs. Semico, a leading semiconductor analyst and research company based in Arizona, has concluded that system-on-chips (SoCs) incorporating one or more configurable 32-bit processors will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45.9% between 2003 and 2009, far outpacing the projected increase of less than 10% for chips with fixed architecture 32-bit cores. According to Tony Massimini and Richard Wawrzyniak, the Semico analysts who authored the study, protection from piracy and cloning and the ability to develop highly optimized chips are primary reasons for the rapid adoption of configurability.
“One of the realities of the high tech market is reverse engineering,†said Massimini, chief of technology at Semico Research. “Companies need to protect their life blood, namely their intellectual property.†Mr. Massimini will present more details about the fundamental shift toward using configurability for SoC design at ConfigCon™ Taiwan 2006, which will be held February 23 in Hsinchu Taiwan.
More details on the Semico report can be found at www.semico.com.
Further information on ConfigCon is available at www.configcon.com.
“At the dawn of the 21st century, it’s clear that the global semiconductor market is undergoing a paradigm shift in design methodology,†said Carl Schlachte, president and CEO at ARC International. “OEMs and semiconductor companies are rapidly moving away from using one-size-fits-all IP toward a solution that better enables their success, not that of their third party suppliers. Semico’s report underscores this trend, which ARC sees unfolding on a daily basis.â€