As a result, Codasip’s customers will now be able to licence a selection of SmartDV peripheral IP under a single licence agreement and contract. The partnership enables chip designers implementing Codasip RISC-V processors to accelerate and simplify their design projects with IP that has been validated for compatibility and ease of integration.
Codasip’s range of RISC-V processors can be customised using Codasip Studio processor design automation tools which enables customers to innovate and differentiate in a wide range of competitive industries and applications including AI/ML, wireless, and IoT.
They can now also select from the wide array of SmartDV peripherals to be integrated with the core IP as an overall affordable solution.
SmartDV has a broad portfolio of standards-based design IP and verification IP (VIP). Its products are used in hundreds of networking, storage, automotive, bus, MIPI and display chip projects throughout the global electronics industry. SmartDV focuses on ease of integration and straightforward customisation of its VIP and design IP to enable customers to achieve their specific design goals.
Commenting Mike Eftimakis, vice president of strategy and ecosystem at Codasip, said, “SmartDV offers the strongest portfolio of peripheral IP. The combination with our RISC-V processor IP enables our custom compute customers to easily select, design and source a complete system in a much-simplified way. This is the power of having a comprehensive ecosystem. By partnering with SmartDV, we allow our engineering to focus on delivering maximum value for custom compute while making our customers' lives easier. Access to standard peripherals from a leader in peripheral IP also brings them the confidence of working with best-in-class IP and lets them spend time on differentiation that matters to their application.”
According to Erik Panu, chief business officer at SmartDV, “Our decision to partner with Codasip is rooted not only in their position as a RISC-V leader, but also in our recognition that they share SmartDV’s passionate focus on customisation as a key to our users’ success.
“Pairing SmartDV’s mature peripheral IP with Codasip’s leading-edge processors smooths the way for our joint customers to reach their ASIC, SoC, and FPGA design objectives more quickly, economically, and reliably.”
