Just a quick update somewhat related to the Intel situation, before moving to this week’s news roundup. According to a Reuters report, Qualcomm has explored the possibility of acquiring portions of Intel’s design business. While being mostly interested in Intel’s client PC design business, Qualcomm would be looking at other design units as well.
Synopsys’ 40 Gbps UCIe IP
Synopsys has announced what it claims is the industry’s first complete UCIe IP solution operating at up to 40 Gbps per pin, supporting both organic substrate and high-density, advanced packaging technologies. Capabilities of the new Synopsys 40G UCIe IP solution include single reference clock; die-to-die link initialization without the need to load the firmware; test and silicon lifecycle management features; support for AXI, CHI chip-to-chip, streaming, PCI Express, and CXL; a pre-verified design reference flow.
Synopsys’ Imaging System Simulator
Synopsys has also announced ImSym (Imaging System Simulator), a virtual prototyping platform for imaging systems, encompassing lenses, sensors, and image signal processors into a comprehensive end-to-end simulation platform. Powered by CODE V and LightTools optical design software, ImSym offers a quantitative end-to-end simulation flow, thus reducing the need for physical prototypes.
