List of semiconductor IP core vendors
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of major vendors in the business of licensing IP cores
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Virage Logic acquired by Synopsys
Semiconductor intellectual property core
In electronic design a semiconductor intellectual property core, IP core, or IP block is a reusable unit of logic, cell, or chip layout design that is the intellectual property of one party. IP cores may be licensed to another party or can be owned and used by a single party alone...
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Analog-to-Digital Converters
- Cadence Design SystemsCadence Design SystemsCadence Design Systems, Inc is an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc...
- Cambridge Analog Technologies
- Cosmic CircuitsCosmic CircuitsCosmic Circuits is an India based company that develops, licenses and markets differentiated analog and mixed signal Semiconductor IP cores for use on System-on-Chips.Cosmic Circuits was a winner of the 2007 Red-Herring Asia top-100 award....
- Dolphin IntegrationDolphin IntegrationDolphin Integration is a French software company, based in Grenoble, France. The company produces electronic design automation software, silicon intellectual property of audio codecs, mems converters, regulators, memories and standard cell libraries, as well as Custom Fabless services...
- Ridgetop Group
- Stellamar, LLC
- Triad Semiconductor, Inc
Broadband modem and error correction
- Allegro DVT
- Alma Technologies
- Virage LogicVirage LogicVirage Logic corporation, founded 1996, was a provider of both functional and physical semiconductor intellectual property for the design of complex integrated circuits...
(through acquisition of ARC International) - Aspex Semiconductor
- Cadence Design SystemsCadence Design SystemsCadence Design Systems, Inc is an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc...
- CEVA, Inc.
- Chips & Media
- Creonic
- Global Digital Technologies
- IMECImecImec is a micro- and nanoelectronics research center headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, with offices in Belgium, the Netherlands, Taiwan, USA, China and Japan. Its staff of about 1,900 people includes more than 500 industrial residents and guest researchers...
- Jointwave
- Ocean Logic
- On2 TechnologiesOn2 TechnologiesOn2 Technologies , formerly known as The Duck Corporation, was a small publicly-traded company , headquartered in Clifton Park, New York, that designs video codec technology. They created a series of video codecs called TrueMotion...
(through acquisition of Hantro) - Silicon Hive
- Squid Design Systems
- TensilicaTensilicaTensilica is an IP core company based in Silicon Valley. Tensilica is best known for its customizable microprocessor cores, the Xtensa configurable processor...
- TurboConcept
- Unicore Systems
- HDl Design House
- Posedge, Inc.
- Triad Semiconductor, Inc
Digital to Analog Converters
- Cadence Design SystemsCadence Design SystemsCadence Design Systems, Inc is an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc...
- Cosmic CircuitsCosmic CircuitsCosmic Circuits is an India based company that develops, licenses and markets differentiated analog and mixed signal Semiconductor IP cores for use on System-on-Chips.Cosmic Circuits was a winner of the 2007 Red-Herring Asia top-100 award....
- Dolphin IntegrationDolphin IntegrationDolphin Integration is a French software company, based in Grenoble, France. The company produces electronic design automation software, silicon intellectual property of audio codecs, mems converters, regulators, memories and standard cell libraries, as well as Custom Fabless services...
- Ridgetop Group
- Stellamar, LLC
- Triad Semiconductor, Inc.
DRAM controllers
- ActelActelActel Corporation is a manufacturer of nonvolatile, low-power FPGAs, mixed-signal FPGAs, and programmable logic solutions...
- Aeroflex Gaisler
- ALMA Technologies
- AlteraAlteraAltera Corporation is a Silicon Valley manufacturer of PLDs . The company offered its first programmable logic device in 1984. PLDs can be reprogrammed during the design cycle as well as in the field to perform multiple functions, and they support a fairly fast design process...
- ARMARM HoldingsARM Holdings plc is a British multinational semiconductor and software company headquartered in Cambridge. Its largest business is in processors, although it also designs, licenses and sells software development tools under the RealView and KEIL brands, systems and platforms, system-on-a-chip...
- Array Electronics
- ASIC IP
- ASICs World Services, LTD.
- Aurora VLSI
- BarcoBarcoBarco N.V. is a display hardware manufacturer specialising in video projectors, LCD projectors, DLP projectors, LCoS projectors, LED displays, video walls, flat panel displays, automated luminaires, digital lighting and lighting controls....
Silex - Beyond Semiconductor
- CAST, Inc.
- Comit Systems
- Denali SoftwareDenali SoftwareDenali Software, Inc. is an American software company, based in Sunnyvale, California. The company produces electronic design automation software, intellectual property and design cores and platforms for memory, other standard interfaces and system-on-chip design and verification. It has its...
(Denali is now Cadence) - eASIC
- Eureka Technology
- Faraday TechnologyFaraday TechnologyFaraday Technology is a turnkey application-specific IC and silicon intellectual property provider headquartered in Taiwan, with a network of sales and research offices in the United States, Japan, Europe, and China....
- Full Custom Design
- GDA Technologies
- Gennum's Snowbush IP Group
- Innochip Technology
- intoPIX
- iWave
- Lattice SemiconductorLattice SemiconductorLattice Semiconductor Corporation is a United States based manufacturer of high-performance programmable logic devices . Founded in 1983, the company employs about 700 people and has annual revenues of around $300 million, with Darin Billerbeck as the chief executive officer...
- LSI Design and Integration
- Magillem Design Services
- Microtronix Datacom
- Northwest Logic
- Perftrends Technologies India Private
- QualCore
- R&D Technologies
- RambusRambusRambus Incorporated , founded in 1990, is a technology licensing company. The company became well known for its intellectual property based litigation following the introduction of DDR-SDRAM memory.- History :...
- Sibridge Technologies
- Symmid Semiconductor Technology
- Synopsys, Inc.
- Tozer Chips
- Uniquify
- Video-Cores
- Virage LogicVirage LogicVirage Logic corporation, founded 1996, was a provider of both functional and physical semiconductor intellectual property for the design of complex integrated circuits...
- XilinxXilinxXilinx, Inc. is a supplier of programmable logic devices. It is known for inventing the field programmable gate array and as the first semiconductor company with a fabless manufacturing model....
- Xylon - Logic Bricks
DRAM PHYs
- ARMARM HoldingsARM Holdings plc is a British multinational semiconductor and software company headquartered in Cambridge. Its largest business is in processors, although it also designs, licenses and sells software development tools under the RealView and KEIL brands, systems and platforms, system-on-a-chip...
- Denali SoftwareDenali SoftwareDenali Software, Inc. is an American software company, based in Sunnyvale, California. The company produces electronic design automation software, intellectual property and design cores and platforms for memory, other standard interfaces and system-on-chip design and verification. It has its...
(Denali is now Cadence) - Synopsys, Inc.
- Virage LogicVirage LogicVirage Logic corporation, founded 1996, was a provider of both functional and physical semiconductor intellectual property for the design of complex integrated circuits...
Ethernet interface controllers
- Cadence Design SystemsCadence Design SystemsCadence Design Systems, Inc is an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc...
- CAST, Inc.
- GDA Technologies, Inc.
- Sibridge Technologies
- SLS
- PerfectVIPs
- Posedge, Inc.
Ethernet PHYs
- ARM Ltd (through acquisition of Artisan Components)
- Cadence Design SystemsCadence Design SystemsCadence Design Systems, Inc is an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc...
- MoSys, Inc.Monolithic Technology SystemsMoSys, Inc. is a USA company based in California, that develops serial chip-to-chip communications solutions and system-on-chip designs...
General purpose microprocessors
- AlteraAlteraAltera Corporation is a Silicon Valley manufacturer of PLDs . The company offered its first programmable logic device in 1984. PLDs can be reprogrammed during the design cycle as well as in the field to perform multiple functions, and they support a fairly fast design process...
- Nios II - ARM Ltd - ARM
- Cambridge ConsultantsCambridge Consultants LtdCambridge Consultants is an international technology development and consultancy company, providing outsourced Research and Development to clients - from start-ups to blue-chip multinationals - who need to develop innovative, technologically novel, breakthrough products...
- XAP - CAST, Inc. - 8051, 68000, z80, 80251
- CEVA, Inc. - CEVA-X DSP
- Dolphin IntegrationDolphin IntegrationDolphin Integration is a French software company, based in Grenoble, France. The company produces electronic design automation software, silicon intellectual property of audio codecs, mems converters, regulators, memories and standard cell libraries, as well as Custom Fabless services...
- 8051, 80251 - Freescale and others - ColdFire
- IBMIBMInternational Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
and others - PowerPC - Intel - x86 Atom
- Menta - eFPGA
- MIPS TechnologiesMIPS TechnologiesMIPS Technologies, Inc. , formerly MIPS Computer Systems, Inc., is most widely known for developing the MIPS architecture and a series of pioneering RISC chips. MIPS provides processor architectures and cores for digital home, networking and mobile applications.MIPS Computer Systems Inc. was...
- MIPS - OpenCoresOpenCoresOpenCores is the world's largest open source hardware community developing digital open source hardware through electronic design automation, with a similar ethos to the free software movement. OpenCores hopes to eliminate redundant design work and slash development costs. A number of companies...
- OpenRISC - Renesas - SuperH
- So-Logic - 8051
- Sun MicrosystemsSun MicrosystemsSun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
and others - OpenSPARC - TensilicaTensilicaTensilica is an IP core company based in Silicon Valley. Tensilica is best known for its customizable microprocessor cores, the Xtensa configurable processor...
- Xtensa - Tiempo
- Virage LogicVirage LogicVirage Logic corporation, founded 1996, was a provider of both functional and physical semiconductor intellectual property for the design of complex integrated circuits...
(through acquisition of ARC International) - XilinxXilinxXilinx, Inc. is a supplier of programmable logic devices. It is known for inventing the field programmable gate array and as the first semiconductor company with a fabless manufacturing model....
- MicroBlaze - Triad Semiconductor, Inc. - 8051, ARM Cortex-M0, -M3, -M4
I/O pad libraries
- ARM Ltd (through acquisition of Artisan Components)
- Dolphin Technology
- Faraday TechnologyFaraday TechnologyFaraday Technology is a turnkey application-specific IC and silicon intellectual property provider headquartered in Taiwan, with a network of sales and research offices in the United States, Japan, Europe, and China....
- 智芯科技 IPCore Technologies
- IP Goal
- Mixel
- Sankalp Semiconductor
- TSMCTSMCTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited or TSMC is the world's largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan.-Overview:...
- Virage LogicVirage LogicVirage Logic corporation, founded 1996, was a provider of both functional and physical semiconductor intellectual property for the design of complex integrated circuits...
- Verisilicon
MIPI
- Arasan Chip Systems
- Cosmic Circuits
- Mixel
- Synopsys
Mobile Storage
- Arasan Chip Systems (SD/SDIO/eMMC/CF)
- Evatronix (SD/SDIO/MMC)
- Eureka Technology (SD/SDIO/MMC/CF)
NAND Flash memory controllers
- ActelActelActel Corporation is a manufacturer of nonvolatile, low-power FPGAs, mixed-signal FPGAs, and programmable logic solutions...
- AIPS Technology
- Arasan Chip Systems
- Aurora VLSI
- ASICs World Services, LTD.
- Barco Silex
- CAST, Inc.
- Denali SoftwareDenali SoftwareDenali Software, Inc. is an American software company, based in Sunnyvale, California. The company produces electronic design automation software, intellectual property and design cores and platforms for memory, other standard interfaces and system-on-chip design and verification. It has its...
(Denali is now Cadence) - eInfoChips
- Eonsil
- Eureka Technology
- Evatronix
- Faraday
- HCL
- iWave
- Module Research Center
- Posedge, Inc.
- RD Technologies
- SoftJin
- SLS, Inc.
- PerfectVIPs
On-chip SRAMs
- ARM Ltd (through acquisition of Artisan Components)
- Dolphin IntegrationDolphin IntegrationDolphin Integration is a French software company, based in Grenoble, France. The company produces electronic design automation software, silicon intellectual property of audio codecs, mems converters, regulators, memories and standard cell libraries, as well as Custom Fabless services...
- MoSys, Inc.Monolithic Technology SystemsMoSys, Inc. is a USA company based in California, that develops serial chip-to-chip communications solutions and system-on-chip designs...
- Virage LogicVirage LogicVirage Logic corporation, founded 1996, was a provider of both functional and physical semiconductor intellectual property for the design of complex integrated circuits...
On-chip non-volatile memory
- Aplus Flash Technology
- Dolphin IntegrationDolphin IntegrationDolphin Integration is a French software company, based in Grenoble, France. The company produces electronic design automation software, silicon intellectual property of audio codecs, mems converters, regulators, memories and standard cell libraries, as well as Custom Fabless services...
- Kilopass
- Novocell Semiconductor, Inc
- Sidense Corp.
On-chip Bus
- ASICs World Services, LTD.
- Cadence Design SystemsCadence Design SystemsCadence Design Systems, Inc is an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc...
- PerfectVIPs
- Posedge, Inc.
Phase Locked Loops (PLLs)
- ARM Ltd (through acquisition of Artisan Components)
- Cambridge Analog Technologies
- Cadence Design SystemsCadence Design SystemsCadence Design Systems, Inc is an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc...
- Cosmic CircuitsCosmic CircuitsCosmic Circuits is an India based company that develops, licenses and markets differentiated analog and mixed signal Semiconductor IP cores for use on System-on-Chips.Cosmic Circuits was a winner of the 2007 Red-Herring Asia top-100 award....
- CEVA, Inc.
- TSMCTSMCTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited or TSMC is the world's largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan.-Overview:...
- Stellamar, LLC
- Triad Semiconductor, Inc.
Power Management
- Cosmic CircuitsCosmic CircuitsCosmic Circuits is an India based company that develops, licenses and markets differentiated analog and mixed signal Semiconductor IP cores for use on System-on-Chips.Cosmic Circuits was a winner of the 2007 Red-Herring Asia top-100 award....
- Dolphin IntegrationDolphin IntegrationDolphin Integration is a French software company, based in Grenoble, France. The company produces electronic design automation software, silicon intellectual property of audio codecs, mems converters, regulators, memories and standard cell libraries, as well as Custom Fabless services...
- Stellamar, LLC
- Triad Semiconductor, Inc.
Radiation hardened
- Ridgetop Group
- Stellamar, LLC
- Triad Semiconductor, Inc.
Security
- ActelActelActel Corporation is a manufacturer of nonvolatile, low-power FPGAs, mixed-signal FPGAs, and programmable logic solutions...
- Aeroflex Gaisler
- Algotronix
- Arasan Chip Systems
- Arkham Technology, Ltd.
- ASICs World Services, LTD.
- Athena
- Athena Smartcard Solutions
- Barco Silex.
- Cadence Design SystemsCadence Design SystemsCadence Design Systems, Inc is an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc...
- CAST, Inc.
- Certicom (subsidiary of Research In MotionResearch In MotionResearch In Motion Limited or RIM is a Canadian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada that designs, manufactures and markets wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market...
- ChipStart
- Crack Semiconductor
- Discretix
- Elliptic Technologies
- Faraday TechnologyFaraday TechnologyFaraday Technology is a turnkey application-specific IC and silicon intellectual property provider headquartered in Taiwan, with a network of sales and research offices in the United States, Japan, Europe, and China....
- GDA Technologies, Inc.
- Helion Technology
- intoPIX
- IP Cores, Inc.
- Jetstream Media Technologies
- Ocean Logic
- Posedge, Inc.
- Safenet
- Signali
- SOC Solutions
- Tiempo
- HDL Design House
Serial ATA (SATA) controllers
- CEVA, Inc.
- MoSys, Inc.
- ASICs World Services, LTD.
- Unicore Systems
- IntelliProp Inc.
- Sibridge Technologies Inc.
- http://www.sibridgetech.com
- So-Logic
- Synopsys Inc.
- PerfectVIPs
Standard cell libraries
- ARM Ltd (through acquisition of Artisan Components)
- Dolphin IntegrationDolphin IntegrationDolphin Integration is a French software company, based in Grenoble, France. The company produces electronic design automation software, silicon intellectual property of audio codecs, mems converters, regulators, memories and standard cell libraries, as well as Custom Fabless services...
- Dolphin Technology
- Faraday TechnologyFaraday TechnologyFaraday Technology is a turnkey application-specific IC and silicon intellectual property provider headquartered in Taiwan, with a network of sales and research offices in the United States, Japan, Europe, and China....
- Synopsys
- VeriSilicon
- Virage LogicVirage LogicVirage Logic corporation, founded 1996, was a provider of both functional and physical semiconductor intellectual property for the design of complex integrated circuits...
Virage Logic acquired by Synopsys
USB controllers
- Arasan chip systems
- ASICs World Services, LTD.
- Cadence Design SystemsCadence Design SystemsCadence Design Systems, Inc is an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc...
- CAST, Inc.
- GDA Technologies, Inc.
- Sibridge Technologies, Inc.
- Synopsys
- SLS, Inc.
- PerfectVIPs
- PLDA
Video processors and computer graphics
- ARMARM HoldingsARM Holdings plc is a British multinational semiconductor and software company headquartered in Cambridge. Its largest business is in processors, although it also designs, licenses and sells software development tools under the RealView and KEIL brands, systems and platforms, system-on-a-chip...
(through acquisition of Falanx and Logipard) - Barco Silex. (JPEG, JPEG 2000)
- CAST, Inc. (H.264, JPEG, LJPEG, JPEG-LS, JPEG 2000)
- CEVA, Inc. (MM3000 - Programmable HD Video and Image Processing Platform)
- Chips & Media
- Imagination TechnologiesImagination TechnologiesImagination Technologies Group plc is a British-based maker of a mobile graphics and microprocessor chip technology primarily known for its PowerVR graphics and Pure DAB radio divisions...
- intoPIX (JPEG 2000)
- Think Silicon (Think2D and ThinkVG GPU Graphics Accelerators)
- On2 TechnologiesOn2 TechnologiesOn2 Technologies , formerly known as The Duck Corporation, was a small publicly-traded company , headquartered in Clifton Park, New York, that designs video codec technology. They created a series of video codecs called TrueMotion...
(through acquisition of Hantro) - Trilinear Technologies
- Videantis
- Concurrent EDA
- Digital Media Professionals