NEWTON, MA – September 30, 2021 – There is a lot of secret data around us, some less valuable and some more valuable. The most valuable secrets, such as cryptographic keys, should be given the best possible protection – and that protection starts in hardware, rather than in software. This is
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SAN JOSE, CA – August 10, 2021 – Mixel, Inc. today announced that it has achieved ISO 9001 Quality Management System Certification by DEKRA Certification, Inc. and ISO 26262 certification for automotive functional safety by SGS-TUV Saar GmbH. In order to achieve each respective certification, Mixel had to meet the requirements
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Seoul, South Korea – August 09, 2021 – Chips & Media, a semiconductor hardware intellectual property (IP) provider targeting multimedia, today reported its remarkable record of 1 billion cumulative shipments containing its multimedia IPs. Chips&Media’s advanced IPs are embedded in various SoC applications, including automotive, AI servers, set-top boxes (STBs), surveillance
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Welcome to the world of semiconductor IP cores. This article starts off with an introduction to the idea behind IP cores, the need, a few examples, and then provide some tips on how purchase an IP core and where to find them.
What is an IP Core?
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Semiconductor Intellectual Property core, commonly referred to as IP Core or IP block, is a reusable, circuit, block, or design that is the intellectual property of someone or a company. It can, however, be licensed for use by another party.
IP Cores are very common in Application-Specific Integrated Circuits
Tewksbury, MA. and Woodcliff Lake, NJ. – July 27, 2021 – Avery Design Systems, a leader in functional verification solutions, and semiconductor intellectual property supplier CAST, Inc., announced today they have expanded their partnership to offer joint solutions supporting the design and verification of automotive SoCs that utilize the emerging
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