IP implementation variety drives latest partnerships
Mentor Graphics' recent deal with ARM illustrates how proliferation in design is influencing deals between tool and IP vendors.
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Neuroprocessing to drive next wave of processor cores, says Qualcomm
Deep learning offers the next major opportunity for specialist processors, Qualcomm's Karim Arabi claimed in his keynote at Mentor Graphics’ U2U in San Jose.
ARM to upgrade smartphone processing with Cortex-A72 combination
ARM has launched a 64bit processor core aimed at high-end mobile phones, coupled to a new graphics processor and cache-coherent interconnect.
ARM to extend Big.Little for GPUs and heat management
A multiprocessor test chip has led ARM to improve the energy-control strategy for its Big.Little architecture and to simplify the debug architecture for the company's multicore processor IP.
ARM explores multithreaded core as alternative to GPU computing
ARM is working on a heavily multithreaded version of its processor core to see if it can provide a more convenient alternative to GPUs.
Qt stack aims to cut user interface design time
Digia has launched a graphical user interface development suite based on Qt that is aimed at embedded devices running Linux and Android.
ANALYSIS: nVidia has the IP to license but what about the ecosystem?
To get others to adopt its GPU cores, Nvidia must quickly build partnerships with tool vendors and foundries that guarantee easy implementation.
Synopsys launches single kit to optimize IP across PPA
Latest addition to DesignWare portfolio balances trade-offs across CPUs, GPUs and DSPs while automating custom design techniques such as multi-bit flip flops.
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