Now that the dust has settled let’s talk more about TSMC’s Open Innovation Platform. Launched in 2008, OIP represents a groundbreaking collaborative model in the semiconductor industry. Unlike IDMs that controlled the entire supply chain, OIP fosters an “open horizontal” ecosystem uniting TSMC… Read More
Silicon Creations provides world-class IP for precision and general-purpose timing (PLLs and oscillators), high-performance multi-protocol and protocol-specific SerDes, high-speed I/Os, and accurate PVT sensors. Applications include high performance computing for AI, smart phones, wearables, consumer devices, … Read More
Design & Reuse recently held its IP-SoC Days event at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara. Advanced IP is now the fuel for a great deal of innovation in semiconductor design. This popular event allows IP providers to highlight the latest products and services and share a vision of the future. IP consumers can easily get updates on… Read More
Randy Caplan is co-founder and EVP of Silicon Creations. For over 18 years, Randy has helped to grow Silicon Creations into a leading semiconductor IP company with more than 500 customers in over 20 countries, and nearly 100% employee retention. Silicon Creations’ designs have been included in over 1500 mass-produced chips from… Read More
Silicon Creations is a self-funded, leading silicon IP provider with development in the US and Poland, and a sales presence worldwide. The company provides world-class IP for precision and general-purpose timing (PLLs), oscillators, low-power, high-performance multi-protocol and targeted SerDes, and high-speed differential… Read More
Dan is joined by Randy Caplan, co-founder and CEO of Silicon Creations, and a lifelong technology enthusiast. For almost two decades, he has helped grow Silicon Creations into a leading mixed-signal semiconductor IP company with nearly 500 customers spanning almost every major market segment.
Randy provides some background… Read More
In the world of financial trading, nanoseconds count. The faster a trade can be accomplished, the more money a trader can make. Getting a trade in before a competitor also results in improved profits. What does this have to do with the partnership deal recently inked between Silicon Creations and Achronix? Plenty. The two companies… Read More
Exciting times for the semiconductor industry! Last week Intel announced a billion dollar fund to build a foundry ecosystem and today Intel announced they are acquiring foundry Tower Semiconductor for $5.6 billion dollars, WOW! Some people doubted Intel’s commitment to the foundry market this time. I think we can now put that… Read More
TSMC’s Open Innovation Platform’s main objective is to create and promote partnership for producing chips. This year’s OIP event included a presentation on the joint efforts of Silicon Creations, Mentor, a Siemens business and TSMC to produce essential PLL IP for 5nm and 3nm designs. The relentless push for smaller geometries… Read More
…but ARM, Imagination, MIPS or Ceva have declined and lose market share. Semiconductor design IP market is still doing good in 2018, with 6% growth year over year. It’s half the growth rate seen in 2017, 2016 and 2015 and the growth decline is imputable to bad results from ARM, the market leader, but also from Imagination (#4), MIPS… Read More
