Virage Logic launches analogue IP range following NXP deal
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IP company Virage Logic has spent most of the last year on the acquisition trail. Having bought processor IP developer ARC for a firesale price of £25million, it also acquired the rights to a raft of IP developed by NXP and by Philips before it. But in July, it found itself on the other end of the process and is set to be acquired by Synopsys for around $300m.
Joshua Rom (pictured) is general manager of Virage's analogue business unit. He said that, following the acquisition of NXP's IP, the company can now offer 'pretty much anything on a chip'. "We're a one stop shop," he claimed.
The NXP IP has been repackaged and is now available from Virage under the SiANA name. The portfolio, comprising clock sources, data converters and sensors circuits, is silicon proven and available for use in designs for TSMC's low power 40, 65 and 90nm processes. In fact, Rom claims more than 150 tape outs have now been undertaken of products targeted at TSMC processes.
"These high end precision IP blocks are product driven and product proven," Rom noted, "and targeted at a wide range of applications. The move allows us to expand our portfolio so we can deliver IP to those companies who don't want to develop analogue solutions. It's the first time that Virage Logic can claim to be a one stop shop."
The SiANA data conversion IP portfolio offers high speed Successive Approximation Register, pipeline and Sigma-Delta architectures. Target applications include: audio systems; intermediate frequency system; video streaming; and control.
The clock sources, targeted at SoCs, include: low power, small areas plls running at up to 320MHz; and multipurpose plls, capable of generating frequencies of up to 550MHz, 1.1GHz and 1.4GHz from a 32kHz input. All are available in three configurations.
