Analog Bits Steps into the Spotlight at TSMC OIP

The TSMC Open Innovation Platform (OIP) Ecosystem Forum kicked off on September 24 in Santa Clara, CA. This is the event where TSMC recognizes and promotes the vast ecosystem the company has created. After watching this effort grow over the years, I feel that there is nothing the group can’t accomplish thanks to the alignment and leadership provided by TSMC. Some ecosystem members are new and are finding their place in the organization. Others are familiar names who have provided consistent excellence over the years. Analog Bits is one of the companies in this latter category. Let’s examine what happens when Analog Bits steps into the spotlight at TSMC OIP.

What Was Announced, Demonstrated and Discussed

Analog Bits always arrives at industry events like this with exciting news about new IP and industry collaboration. At TSMC OIP, the company announced its newest LDO, power supply droop detectors, and embedded clock LC PLL’s on the TSMC N3P process.  Clocking, high accuracy PVT, and droop detectors were also announced on the TSMC N2P process.

Here is a bit of information about these fully integrated IP titles:

• The scalable LDO (low drop-out) regulator macro addresses typical SoC power supply and other voltage regulator needs.
• The droop detector macro addresses SoC power supply and other voltage droop monitoring needs. It includes an internal bandgap style voltage reference circuit which is used as a trimmed reference to compare the sampled voltage against.
• The PVT sensor is a highly integrated macro for monitoring process, voltage, and temperature on chip, allowing very high precision even in untrimmed usage. The device consumes very little power even in operational mode, and leakage power only when temperature measurement is complete.
• The PLL addresses a large portfolio of applications, ranging from simple clock de-skew and non-integer clock multiplication to programmable clock synthesis for multi-clock generation.

These announcements were also backed up with live demonstrations in the Analog Bits booth at the show. The demos included:

• High accuracy PVT sensors, high performance clocks, droop detectors, and more on the TSMC N2P process
• Programmable LDO, droop detector, high accuracy sensors, low jitter LC PLL and more on the TSMC N3P process
• Automotive grade pinless high accuracy PVT, pinless PLL, PCIe SERDES on the TSMC N5A process

Analog Bits also participated in the technical program at OIP with two joint papers. 

One with Socionext titled “Pinless PLL, PVT Sensor and Power Supply Spike Detectors for Datacenter, AI and Automotive Applications”.

The other was with Cerebras titled “On-Die Power Management for SoCs and Chiplet” at the virtual event.

While discussing Analog Bits’ new intelligent energy and power management strategy, Mahesh Tirupattur, CEO at Analog Bits commented:

“Whether you are designing advanced datacenters, AI/ML applications, or automotive SoC’s, managing power is no longer an afterthought, it has to be done right at the architectural phase or deal with the consequences of not doing so . We have collaborated with TSMC and trailblazed on our IP development with advanced customers to pre-qualify novel power management IP’s such as LDO, droop detectors, and high-accuracy sensors along with our sophisticated PLL’s for low jitter. We welcome customers and partners to see our latest demos at the Analog Bits booth during this year’s TSMC OIP event.”

Recognition

TSMC also recognizes outstanding achievement by its ecosystem partners with a series of awards that are announced at the show. For the second year in a row, Analog Bits received the 2025 OIP Partner of the Year Award from TSMC in the Analog IP category for enabling customer designs with broad portfolio of IPs to accelerate design creation. This is quite an accomplishment. Pictured at the right is Mahesh Tirupattur receiving the award at OIP.

Mahesh also created a short video for the TSMC event. In that video, he discusses the significance of the collaboration with TSMC, not just in 2025 but over the past two decades. He talks about the age of AI explosion, and the focus Analog Bits has to deliver safe, reliable, observable and efficient power. He talks about the benefits of delivering advanced low power mixed signal IP on TSMC’s 2 and 3 nm technologies. It’s a great discussion, and you can now view it here.

To Learn More

You can learn more about what Analog Bits is doing around the industry on SemiWiki here. You can begin exploring the billions of IP solutions Analog Bits has delivered on the company’s website here.  The TSMC Open Innovation Platform Ecosystem Forum will be held in other locations around the world. Analog Bits will be attending as well. You can learn more about this important industry event here.  And that’s what happens when Analog Bits steps into the spotlight at TSMC OIP.