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NUVIA Raises $53 Million to Reimagine Silicon Design for the Data Center (Monday Nov. 18, 2019)
NUVIA today announced the close of its Series A funding round raising $53 million. The funding round was co-led by prominent Silicon Valley investors Capricorn Investment Group, Dell Technologies Capital, Mayfield and WRVI Capital, with additional participation from Nepenthe LLC.
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Synopsys Completes Acquisition of DINI Group (Friday Nov. 15, 2019)
Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) today announced it has completed its acquisition of DINI Group, an established leader in FPGA-based boards and solutions, headquartered in La Jolla, California.
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Blaize Emerges from Stealth to Transform AI Computing (Tuesday Nov. 12, 2019)
Blaize, formerly known as Thinci, unveils the first true Graph-Native silicon architecture and software platform built to process neural networks and enable AI applications with unprecedented efficiency
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eSilicon to be Acquired by Inphi and Synopsys (Monday Nov. 11, 2019)
eSilicon announced today the signing of a definitive agreement with Inphi Corporation to acquire eSilicon. Concurrently, Synopsys announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire eSilicon’s embedded memory (SRAM, TCAM, multi-port memory compiler) and interface (HBM and HBI™) IP assets.
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Synopsys to Acquire Certain IP Assets from eSilicon (Monday Nov. 11, 2019)
Synopsys today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain IP assets from eSilicon. This acquisition will expand Synopsys' DesignWare® Embedded Memory IP portfolio with TCAMs and multi-port memory compilers, as well as its Interface IP portfolio with High-Bandwidth Interface (HBI) IP.
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Inphi to Acquire eSilicon, a Leading Provider of 2.5D Packaging, SerDes and Custom Silicon (Monday Nov. 11, 2019)
Inphi Corporation (NYSE: IPHI), a leading provider of high-speed data movement interconnects, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire eSilicon for $216 million in both cash and the assumption of debt.
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Marvell Completes Acquisition of Avera Semi (Wednesday Nov. 06, 2019)
Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Avera Semiconductor, the Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) business of GLOBALFOUNDRIES.
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Palma Ceia SemiDesign Establishes United Kingdom Center (Monday Nov. 04, 2019)
Palma Ceia SemiDesign, a provider of next-generation wireless connectivity solutions, today announced the opening of a design center in Cambridge, United Kingdom. This addition will expand research & development efforts and support the company's growing worldwide customer base.
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Adesto Joins STMicroelectronics Partner Program to Accelerate Time-to-Market for Customers (Tuesday Oct. 29, 2019)
Adesto Technologies announced it has joined the STMicroelectronics Partner Program to enable optimal system operation for emerging IoT devices through the combination of its non-volatile memory (NVM) devices and the STM32 line of microcontrollers (MCUs).
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Renesas Expands Access to Portfolio of Leading-Edge IP Licenses (Thursday Oct. 24, 2019)
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced expanded access to its highly sought portfolio of intellectual property (IP) licenses that allow designers to meet a broad range of customer requirements in a rapidly changing industry.
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Rambus Closes Sale of Payments and Ticketing Businesses to Visa (Tuesday Oct. 22, 2019)
Rambus, a premier silicon IP and chip provider dedicated to delivering data faster and safer, today announced the completion of the previously-announced sale of its Payments and Ticketing businesses to Visa.
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PHY Wireless Launched to Address Today's Real World Cellular Location and Capacity Challenges (Tuesday Oct. 22, 2019)
PHY Wireless today announced it has separated from its parent, Acorn Technologies. The spin-off will allow PHY Wireless to become a leading pure play provider of high performance accurate positioning mobile solutions for carriers, chip makers, IoT module manufacturers, application service providers and end users.
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TSMC Recognizes Synopsys with Four "Partner of the Year" Awards (Monday Oct. 21, 2019)
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that TSMC recognized Synopsys with four "2019 Partner of the Year" awards during its recent TSMC 2019 Open Innovation Platform® Ecosystem Forum.
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Silicon IP Provider Allegro DVT Acquires Amphion Semiconductor to Create a New Leader in the Video Codec IP Space (Wednesday Oct. 16, 2019)
Allegro DVT, the leading provider of video codec compliance test suites and semiconductor video IPs, today announced the acquisition of Amphion Semiconductor, the Belfast-based developer of video codec semiconductor IP solutions.
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Mercury Systems Announces Strategic Investment in Trusted Microelectronics Technology Innovation (Tuesday Oct. 15, 2019)
Mercury Systems announced today a $15 million capital investment to expand its trusted custom microelectronics business, bringing cutting-edge commercial silicon technology to the Department of Defense (DoD).
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GLOBALFOUNDRIES Acquires Smartcom's PDK Engineering Team to Expand Worldwide Design Enablement Capacity (Monday Oct. 14, 2019)
GLOBALFOUNDRIES® (GF®) announced today that it has acquired the PDK (Process Design Kit) engineering team from Smartcom Bulgaria AD in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Qorvo Acquires Cavendish Kinetics, Inc. (Tuesday Oct. 08, 2019)
Qorvo® (Nasdaq: QRVO), a leading provider of innovative RF solutions that connect the world, today announced that it has acquired Cavendish Kinetics, Inc., the world's leading provider of high-performance RF MEMS technology for antenna tuning applications.
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Dialog Semiconductor to Acquire Creative Chips adding Industrial IoT Products to its Portfolio (Monday Oct. 07, 2019)
Dialog Semiconductor today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Creative Chips GmbH, a prominent supplier of Integrated Circuits (ICs) to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) market.
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Adesto Engages with the European Space Agency to Develop Next-Generation Satellite Communications Technology (Monday Oct. 07, 2019)
Adesto Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: IOTS), a leading provider of innovative application-specific semiconductors and systems for the IoT, announced it is engaging with the European Space Agency (ESA) through the agency’s ARTES Competitiveness and Growth (C&G) program to develop technologies for next-generation mobile satellite communications.
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Synopsys Completes Acquisition of QTronic GmbH (Thursday Oct. 03, 2019)
Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) today announced it has completed its acquisition of QTronic GmbH, a leader in simulation, test tools, and services for automotive software and systems development headquartered in Germany.
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Andes Technology and Tiempo Secure Announce Strategic Partnership to Enhance RISC-V Platform Security up to CC EAL5+ Certification (Tuesday Oct. 01, 2019)
Andes Technology has entered into a strategic partnership with Tiempo Secure, a unique supplier of ISO/IEC 15408 standard CC (Common Criteria) EAL5+ (Evaluation Assurance Level) grade secure element IP, to bring the RISC-V based security solution up to CC EAL5+ certification.
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XMOS secures $19M funding to accelerate growth (Monday Sep. 30, 2019)
XMOS, a Bristol-based technology company, today announces the completion of a new $19 million financing round — fuelling the company’s global growth, consolidating its technical leadership in far-field voice interfaces and developing a new product roadmap for the artificial intelligence of things (AIoT).
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Achronix Joins TSMC IP Alliance Program (Wednesday Sep. 25, 2019)
Achronix has joined the TSMC IP Alliance Program, a key component of TSMC Open Innovation Platform® (OIP). Achronix's award-winning Speedcore™ eFPGA IP is optimized for high-end and high-performance applications.
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Kandou Secures $56 Million in Series C Funding (Wednesday Sep. 25, 2019)
Kandou, a global leader in connectivity IP and chip solutions, today announced an additional investment of $56 million, through a consortium of institutional, strategic, and private investors, bringing the total investment in the company to nearly $100 million.
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Veriest announces opening of Budapest office (Wednesday Sep. 25, 2019)
Veriest Solutions, a leading international Electronics Design Services house, announced the opening of its new office in Budapest, Hungary, as part of its continued expansion in the European market.
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CSEM joins GLOBALFOUNDRIES' FDXcelerator Program bringing ultra-lowPower IP to 22FDX process (Tuesday Sep. 24, 2019)
CSEM announced today that CSEM is developing ultra-low power Bluetooth Low Energy® (BLE), CMOS radar mmWave IP and embedded machine-learning accelerators on GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) 22nm FD-SOI (22FDX®) platform.
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Dolphin Integration becomes Dolphin Design (Monday Sep. 23, 2019)
One year ago, Soitec and MBDA acquired the assets of Dolphin Integration. Since September 19th, the company has adopted Dolphin Design as its new brand name.
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Avery Design Partners with Marquee Semiconductor to Provide Sales, Support in India, and Deepens its Relationship to Prime Marquee's SoC Solution Platform (Monday Sep. 23, 2019)
Avery Design Systems today announced a broad joint collaboration to deliver innovative SOC solutions incorporating sales and support for Avery verification IP (VIP) and EDA products and Marquee design IP for analog/RF and NOC along with SOC Spec-to-Silicon engineering services.
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Faraday's SoC Projects Doubled for Three Consecutive Years (Wednesday Sep. 18, 2019)
Faraday Technology today announced the number of its SoC design service projects has doubled for three consecutive years. These projects are mainly on 28nm and 40nm nodes featuring lower business entry barrier and competitive production cost compared with the advance processes.
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Arm Flexible Access for Research to accelerate innovation for academia and research (Monday Sep. 16, 2019)
Arm Flexible Access for Research will provide the academic research community with access to a wide range of cutting-edge IP without any fees or costs, using a simple click-through end-user licensing agreement (EULA) and thus providing accelerated access to Arm IP.