Yesterday GLOBALFOUNDRIES filed five lawsuits in the US and Germany alleging that semiconductor manufacturing technologies used by TSMC infringe 16 GLoFo patents. The lawsuits were filed with the U.S. ITC, the U.S. Federal District Courts in the Districts of Delaware and West Texas, and the Regional Courts of Dusseldorf and Mannheim. GloFo is asking the courts to order that ICs ...
For the 26th year running, IBM has topped the rankings of the companies which were granted the most US patents. According to the Intellectual Property Owners Association. IBM was granted a total of 9,088 patents for inventions in fields ranging from artificial intelligence and cognitive computing to cloud technologies and cyber security. Second came Samsung with 5,836 – one of ...
Today, Arm initiates a new model for customers to access and license its IP. Called Arm Flexible Access, the model allows IC designers to initiate projects before they license IP and pay only for what they use at production, giving designers more freedom to experiment, evaluate and innovate. “By converging unlimited design access with no up-front licensing commitment, we are ...
Q1 EDA revenue was up 16.3% y-o-y at $2.6 billion, says to the Electronic System Design (ESD) Alliance. “The EDA industry overall reported double digit increased revenue in Q1 compared to Q1 2018, with all categories, except services, reporting double digit increases,” says Wally Rhines (pictured) CEO Emeritus of Mentor and a member of the ESD Alliance Governing Council. “Geographically, ...
STMicroelectronics has introduced an all-in-one multi-OS software tool for programming its Arm-based STM32 products. From now on, new STM32 products will be supported only the tool, to be called STM32CubeProg, so it obsoletes existing tools including: ST Visual Programmer (STVP) DFuSe USB Device Firmware Upgrade programmer Windows-only STM32 Flash loader software utilities for use with ST-Link STM32CubeProg (or STM32CubeProgrammer, ST ...
Bridgetek has broadened the human-machine interface (HMI) development toolchain that accompanies its Embedded Video Engine (EVE) product portfolio. Several extra elements have been added, and there are upgrades to the existing tools. A core aspect of this toolchain is the EVE Asset Builder (EAB). This conversion utility is said to make HMI construction much more straightforward and save considerable time, ...
US fast FPGA maker Achronix has chosen Moortec’s 7nm embedded temperature sensor intellectual property for integration into its Speedster7t FPGAs. Based in Plymouth, Moortec is a provider of on-die PVT (process, voltage, temperature) monitoring sub-systems. “Achronix chose to use Moortec’s 7nm embedded in-chip temperature sensor in our Speedster7t FPGA devices based on their accuracy and advanced features,” said Acronix‘ v-p ...
OpenHW is a not-for-profit organization aimed at boosting the adoption of open-source processors by providing a platform for collaboration, creating a focal point for ecosystem development, and offering open-source IP for processor cores. Headed by Founder and CEO, Rick O’Connor (pictured), the OpenHW Group has already recruited 13 sponsor organizations and expects this to grow to 25 by the end ...
Analog Bits has put its analogue and mixed signal IP design kits on Globalfoundries’ 12nm Leading-Performance (12LP) process technology. The IP portfolio includes wide range fractional Phase-Lock Loop (PLL) with Spread Spectrum Clock Generation (SSCG), PCIe reference clock PLL subsystem, Process, Voltage, and Temperature (PVT) Sensor and Power-On-Reset (POR) circuitry. Silicon Reports based on these IPs will be available 2Q ...
Arm has given up control of its technology to China, reports the Nikkei. A joint venture called Arm mini China – which is 51% owned by Chinese interests, principally the Hou-An Innovation Fund – has taken control of licensing Arm IP to Chinese companies. “With this joint-venture, China expects to secure sources of technology, especially for some sensitive chips that ...
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