An update on the litigation between Arm and Qualcomm: Arm has reportedly given Qualcomm a 60-day notice of the cancellation of its license. However, some investors and analysts believe the two companies will reach a settlement ahead of the trial, which is scheduled to start in December.
Altair reportedly exploring a sale
Altair Engineering is reportedly exploring a sale after receiving acquisition interest. According to a Reuters report, potential bidders include PTC and Cadence. If the negotiations are successful, a deal could be signed in the coming weeks. However, a transaction is not guaranteed and Altair may choose to remain independent.
Deneb’s architecture modeling tool for AI SoCs
EDA startup Deneb Design has announced the availability of an architecture modeling and exploration tool for AI-enabled system-on-chip products. The tool, called Deneb SoC, includes a library of cycle-accurate and cycle-approximate architectural block models such as CPU, memory subsystem, network-on-chip, tensor and vector processing units, GPU etc. A typical use case of Deneb SoC is to simulate the compute pipeline of a neural processing unit that is executing a machine learning model, to properly size the different components. According to the company, still today SoC architecture design and IP selection are often based on simple spreadsheet analysis or engineer’s intuitions.
