Date: 29/11/2010

VeriSilicon licenses ARM IP

ARM and VeriSilicon Holdings Co. Ltd., have announced that VeriSilicon has licensed ARM Intellectual Property (IP). This includes selected cores from the ARM Cortex processor and ARM Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) families, and ARM Artisan Physical IP. VeriSilicon says Access to this ARM IP will enable it to provide its platform-based system-on-chip (SoC) design and turnkey 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', adds VeriSilicon.

The agreement includes VeriSilicon licenses for the Cortex-A9 MPCore (with Artisan Processor Optimization Packs [POPs]), 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," commented Dr. Wayne Dai, President and CEO, VeriSilicon. "This agreement provides VeriSilicon's customers with access to a rich portfolio of ARM IP. Our SoC platforms and world-class design capabilities allow us to unleash the performance potential and energy-efficiency of the ARM processors we have licensed. This provides differentiated custom silicon solutions for a range of consumer markets."

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