VeriSilicon licenses ARM Technology

CALIFORNIA , USA: ARM and VeriSilicon Holdings Co. Ltd., a world class IC design foundry and custom silicon solution provider, announced on Tuesday that VeriSilicon has licensed a wide range of ARM Intellectual Property (IP).

This includes selected cores from the high performance, energy-efficient ARM Cortex processor and ARM Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) families, and ARM Artisan Physical IP, said a press release.

Access to this broad range of ARM IP will enable VeriSilicon to provide its highly differentiated, platform-based system-on-chip (SoC) design and turn-key services. In particular VeriSilicon’s ‘specification to chip’ (‘spec to chip’) services will support customers in key markets, such as mobile computing, smart-TVs, cloud computing and ’Internet of things’, the release added.

Leveraging the latest ARM IP in its SoC platforms, VeriSilicon is able to reduce costs and time to market for customers, whilst ensuring high quality SoC solutions. The agreement includes VeriSilicon licenses for the Cortex-A9 MPCore (with Artisan Processor Optimization Packs ), Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A5 processors, and ARM Mali-400 MP GPU.

Additionally Cortex-R4, Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M3 processors for use in embedded applications have also been licensed.

"Our customers demand high quality custom silicon solutions delivered in a timely and cost-effective manner. This agreement provides VeriSilicon’s customers with access to a rich portfolio of ARM IP.," commented Dr. Wayne Dai, president and CEO, VeriSilicon.

He added that their SoC platforms and world class design capabilities allow them to unleash the performance potential and energy-efficiency of the ARM processors they have licensed. This provides differentiated custom silicon solutions for a range of consumer markets.

As an ARM Partner, VeriSilicon is part of the ARM Connected Community, a global network of over 900 companies with access to a wide variety of resources and aligned to provide optimized solutions based on the ARM architecture.  VeriSilicon recently opened one such resource: the first certified ARM Design Center in China.

“Consumers are demanding an increasingly connected life and suppliers of advanced semiconductor solutions must address this requirement for smarter devices. The new agreement with VeriSilicon will allow their customers to address these consumer demands, and benefit from the ARM architecture and our latest IP ,” said Tudor Brown, president, ARM.

He added that they look forward to working with VeriSilicon as part of the wider ARM ecosystem, and are excited about the potential value of its platform-based ‘spec to chip’ design and turn-key services.