Archive for July, 2016
Saturday, July 23rd, 2016
The semiconductor IP industry is reeling at news of the tragic death of Mark Templeton while white water kayaking last weekend in Oregon. Well known, widely admired, and held in great esteem for both his intelligence and unassuming style, Templeton will be sorely missed, not just in the IP industry, but across the entire tech sector.
Per the Press Release: “Mark R. Templeton, 57, was a highly respected venture capitalist in Silicon Valley who used his background as an engineer to foster scientific advancement. In his capacity as a director and board member of numerous tech companies and organizations, he was instrumental in driving growth in the intellectual property market through a combination of technical and business innovation.”
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Tags: Ablesky, Adaptive Sound Technologies, ARM, Artisan Components, DAC, DXCorr Design, Fabbrix, Jerry Ardizzone, Liam Goudge, Lucio Lanza, Mark Templeton, Neal Carney, Si2, Silicon Compiler Systems, Takumi
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Thursday, July 21st, 2016
Who better qualified to post reactions to this week’s astonishing news out of Tokyo and Cambridge – SoftBank is buying ARM in an all-cash deal for 24.3 billion British pounds – than the leaders of two highly regarded IP companies and an articulate Brit with total street cred in EDA.
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Tags: ARM. SoftBank, Brexit, CAST IP, Dave Kelf, Hal Barbour, Intel, IoT, IPextreme, NXP/Freescale, OneSpin, RISC-V project, TI, Warren Savage
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Monday, July 18th, 2016
Yep, it’s happened. More astonishing than Brexit. Faster than a skyrocketing market cap. Stronger than any ties to Merry Old England, Apple, or ESDA. Able to leap over continents in a single bound.
Holy All-Cash-Deal, Sir Robin, ARM’s been bought by SoftBank!
For a mere 24.3 billion pounds.
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Tags: ARM, ARM Connected Community, Batman, Brexit, ESD Alliance, Fabulous wealth, Robin, Simon Segars, Sir Robin Saxby, SoftBank, Superman
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Thursday, July 14th, 2016
Long-time EDA investor Lucio Lanza lead a fascinating, albeit mystifying, discussion in the DAC Pavilion on Monday, July 6th, in Austin. His panelists included IPextreme’s Warren Savage, Scientific Ventures’ Mark Templeton, and eFabless’ Michael Wishart, with the topic under discussion being open source.
The session was titled “Daring to Move to Open Source” and was described thusly: “The emerging Internet of Things market is destined to upend that time-tested ‘advanced-node’ model, as developers opt for older, less costly process technologies, using commodity design tools and selecting proven IP blocks to quickly and efficiently assemble chips. As demand for IoT devices grows exponentially, might open source EDA tools and IP become viable, or even the winning combination that enables the low-cost design of an IoT SoC?”
Here are some soundbites from the panelists.
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Tags: DAC, Dare to Move to Open Source, eFabless, IPextreme, Lucio Lanza, Mark Templeton, Michael Wishart, Open Source, Scientific Ventures, Silvaco, Warren Savage
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