316 news items tagged IP
MediaTek enhances ASIC and IP design capability
Thursday 14 January 2021MediaTek continues to enhance its ASIC and IP design capability through several acquisitions announced recently, while recruiting talent from the IP and IC design industry sectors,...
M31 Technology developing IP for TSMC 3nm process
Monday 4 January 2021Silicon IP provider M31 Technology is engaged in the development for TSMC's upcoming 4nm and 3nm process technologies, and will introduce related IPs for mobile SoC designs in 2021,...
Taiwan IC design service, silicon IP providers to see revenues hit highs in 4Q20 and beyond
Monday 14 December 2020Many Taiwan-based IC design service and silicon IP providers are expected to see their revenues hit record highs in the fourth quarter of 2020 thanks to continued orders from Chinese...
Silicon IP provider M31 to see 4Q20 revenue hit record high
Monday 7 December 2020Taiwan-based M31 is expected to see its revenue hit a record high in the fourth quarter of 2020, thanks to robust advanced-node chip orders for emerging 5G and AI applications, according...
Imagination sells Ensigma Wi-Fi technology to Nordic Semiconductor
Tuesday 1 December 2020Imagination Technologies has announced the sale of its Ensigma Wi-Fi development operations and Wi-Fi IP tech assets to Nordic Semiconductor, which specializes in low-power wireless...
Faraday supplies 28eHV memory compilers for mobile OLED driver IC
Friday 27 November 2020ASIC design service and IP provider Faraday Technology has announced its memory compilers based on UMC's 28nm embedded High Voltage (eHV) process technology have been subsequently...
China stepping up homegrown processor development
Thursday 26 November 2020Taiwan-based IC design service and silicon IP providers continue to see strong demand particularly for high-margin CPUs from China, according to industry sources.
Arm offers Taiwan research institute free access to IP
Wednesday 25 November 2020The Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute (TSRI) has signed an agreement with Arm, allowing related Taiwanese academic and research bodies to enjoy free access to the latter's processor...
Taiwan IC design houses to embrace bright prospects for 2021
Monday 23 November 2020With China stepping up its efforts to build a "de-Americanized" semiconductor supply chain, Taiwan-based IC design houses led by MediaTek are expected to see a bright year for their...
Entegris licenses RSP and EUV technology to Gudeng
Thursday 19 November 2020Entegris has announced it has agreed to settle patent litigation and disputes with Gudeng Precision related to reticle pod technology for both conventional and EUV lithography. The...
TSMC in talks for new orders for OLED driver IC
Wednesday 18 November 2020TSMC is in talks with a Korean client for manufacturing OLED driver ICs using the foundry's 28nm high-voltage process, according to industry sources.
VIA to sell part of x86 processor IPs to Zhaoxin
Tuesday 27 October 2020Zhaoxin Semiconductor, formed in 2013 as a joint venture between Taiwan's VIA Technologies and China's Shanghai government, will own part of VIA's x86 processor IP assets.
Dialog licenses non-volatile ReRAM technology to Globalfoundries for 22FDX platform
Tuesday 20 October 2020Dialog Semiconductor and Globalfoundries have entered into an agreement in which Dialog licenses its conductive bridging RAM (CBRAM) technology to Globalfoundries, according to the...
SK Hynix to acquire Intel NAND memory biz
Tuesday 20 October 2020Intel and SK Hynix have signed an agreement under which the latter would acquire the former's NAND memory and storage business for US$9 billion, according to the companies.
Taiwan IC design houses see orders pull in from China
Tuesday 13 October 2020Taiwan-based IC design houses are expected to enjoy a particularly robust fourth-quarter 2020, thanks to a strong pull-in of short lead-time orders from their China-based clients,...
Prospects for Taiwan IC-design service providers positive in 2021
Thursday 24 September 2020Taiwan-based ASIC designers and silicon IP providers are set to continue seeing strong sales in 2021, having seen new orders and IC design revenues keep hitting highs in the most...
Faraday sees profits surge 265% in 2Q20
Monday 27 July 2020Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider, has announced net profits jumped 265% sequentially to NT$143 million (US$4.86 million) in the second quarter of...
Cadence and UMC certify mmWave reference flow on 28HPC+ process for advanced RF designs
Friday 24 July 2020Cadence Design Systems and United Microelectronics (UMC) have jointly announced that the Cadence millimeter wave (mmWave) reference flow has achieved certification for UMC's 28HPC+...
APT teams up with IP Infusion, UfiSpace to roll out 5G networks
Thursday 23 July 2020Having received approval for setting up its 5G base stations recently, Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) has said it will team up with network disaggregation solutions provider IP Infusion...
Support for startups: Q&A with Arm Taiwan president CK Tseng
Tuesday 21 July 2020Following the release of Flexible Access in 2019, Arm, a subsidiary of SoftBank, is opening up the project to startups with no charge, helping newcomers to reduce costs for product...
Synaptics to acquire rights to Broadcom wireless IoT connectivity biz
Wednesday 8 July 2020Synaptics has announced the signing of definitive agreements under which Synaptics will acquire certain assets and manufacturing rights associated with the wireless IoT business of...
GF, SkyWater sign MOU for technology development
Monday 22 June 2020Globalfoundries, a longtime supplier of microelectronics to the US Department of Defense (DoD), and SkyWater Technology have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to manufacture...
IC vendors to gain from strong IP camera demand through 3Q20
Wednesday 17 June 2020Chip demand for IP network camera applications has grown significantly to support remote work and education activities driven by the coronavirus pandemic, and Taiwan specialty IC...
Imagination, BAIC Capital to form automotive chip JV
Tuesday 12 May 2020Imagination Technologies announced recently it has struck a deal with BAIC Capital, a Beijing-based investment unit of China's state-owned automaker BAIC Group, to initiate the establishment...
Faraday 1Q20 profits hit 7-quarter low
Friday 24 April 2020Faraday Technology, a fabless ASIC service and silicon IP provider, saw its net profits drop to a seven-quarter low of NT$39 million (US$1.3 million) in the first quarter of 2020.