Arasan Chip Systems Starts 10th year as contributing member in MIPI Alliance

Arasan’s has been a leading provider of MIPI IP and a Contributor Member of the MIPI Alliance since 2005

San Jose, California – March 6, 2014 – Arasan Chip Systems, Inc. (“Arasan”), a leading provider of Total IP Solutions for mobile applications celebrates the October 2013, 10th anniversary of MIPI, and the company’s milestone of nine years as a contributing member of MIPI Alliance.

In the last nine years, Arasan developed a broad portfolio of MIPI IP for mobile connectivity and mobile storage markets. Arasan is a leader in providing silicon proven MIPI IP cores to system companies bringing feature rich-solutions to the market with minimal risk. Key milestones for Arasan include:

• World’s first to announce MIPI IP’s – CSI, DSI, HSI, SLIMbus® and UniPro^(SM) .
• Early supplier of MIPI D-PHY IP – Silicon proven in nodes from 28nm to 180nm.
• Early supplier of MIPI M-PHY® IP – Silicon proven in nodes from 40nm to 28nm.
• IP licensees includes most of the MIPI founding members and other Tier 1 OEMs
• IP Solution for MIPI includes RTL source code for digital IP, analog IP, synthesis scripts, software, test environment and documentation.
• World First supplier to announce UFS 2.0 based on the MIPI Unipro and M-PHY standards.

Arasan has contributed resources to numerous working groups including Camera, DigRF, Display, High Speed Synchronous Interface, Low Speed Mutlipoint Link, Low Latency Interface, PHY, RF Front End, and UniPro. Arasan’s technical staff contributed to the electrical specification of MPHY v2 and v3. The company is actively supporting the use of MIPI UniPro and M-PHY in the storage (JEDEC UFS) ecosystem, working closely with contributing companies for verification and compliance testing.

Availability

More information and datasheets for Arasan’s portfolio of Total IP Solutions for MIPI standards can be found at Arasan.com/MIPI.

About Arasan

Arasan Chip Systems is a leading provider of Total IP Solutions for mobile storage and connectivity applications. Arasan’s high-quality, silicon-proven, Total IP Solutions include digital IP cores, analog PHY interfaces, verification IP, hardware verification kits, protocol analyzers, software stacks and drivers, and optional customization services for MIPI, USB, UFS, SD, SDIO, MMC/eMMC, UFS, and many other popular standards. Arasan’s Total IP products serve system architects and chip design teams in mobile, gaming and desktop computing systems that require silicon-proven, validated IP, delivered with the ability to integrate and verify both digital, analog and software components in the shortest possible time with the lowest risk.

Unlike many other IP providers, Arasan’s Total IP Solution encompasses all aspects of IP development and integration, including analog and digital cores, hardware development kits, protocol analyzers, validation IP and software stacks and drivers and optional architecture consulting and customization services. Based in San Jose, CA, USA, Arasan Chip Systems has a 17 year track record of IP and IP standards development leadership.

About MIPI Alliance

MIPI^® Alliance (MIPI) develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries. Founded in 2003, the organization has more than 250 member companies worldwide, more than a dozen active working groups, and has delivered more than 45 specifications within the mobile ecosystem in the last decade. Members of the organization include handset manufacturers, device OEMs, software providers, semiconductor companies, application processor developers, IP tool providers, test and test equipment companies, as well as camera, tablet and laptop manufacturers. For more information, please visit www.mipi.org.