Consumer nVidia
NVIDIA has licensed the ARM11™ MPCore™ processor. The licensing of this ARM® technology will enable NVIDIA to add application processing functionality to its outstanding graphics and digital media processing capabilities in new system-on-chip (SoC) designs. “Rich media applications are an essential part of next-generation consumer products,” said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of NVIDIA. “By embedding ARM technology in our next-generation products, we can leverage the strength of ARM technology as the application processor and deliver exciting new devices and media rich applications to consumers.” See press release May 25th 2005 Celestial Semiconductor
Celestial Semiconductor (Celestial), a fast growing company focusing on delivering solutions for the Chinese AVS standard, has licensed a full range of ARM technologies for its system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for televisions: the ARM926EJ-S processor, the Embedded Trace Macrocell™ (ETM9™) on-chip debug peripheral and the ARM PrimeCell® Smart Card Interface (PL131). Combined, these technologies will enable Celestial to easily and cost-efficiently develop next-generation ARM Powered® codec chipsets and media processors for the high growth home applications such as HDTV, DTV and STB, including the support of the Audio Video Coding Standard Working Group of China (AVS) standard. "As ARM is the most widely-used architecture, the ARM926EJ-S processor - with its strong Java performance and multimedia signal processing - is ideal for our codec chipset and media processor design," said Mr. Daniel Fu, founder and CTO of Celestial. "This agreement will help us significantly reduce our time-to-market in delivery of standard-compliant SoCs for applications such as HDTV, DTV and STB, enabling us to meet the strong consumer demand for these applications." See press release April 25th 2005 eSilicon Corporation
eSilicon has expanded its portfolio of ARM® processors. The additional processors are the ARM7EJ-S™ core, the ARM7TDMI-S™ core, the ARM926EJ-S™ core, the ARM946E-S™ core, the ARM1136J-S™ core and the ARM1136JF-S™ core.
eSilicon has been a licensee of ARM technology and an ARM Approved Design Center since 2002, and has incorporated ARM7 and ARM9 family processors into chips targeting consumer devices and networking applications.
“eSilicon strongly believes that by expanding access to ARM technology we can impact the electronics industry by leveraging ARM microprocessor technology and offering optimized custom chip solutions with very fast turnaround times to our semiconductor and OEM customers alike,” said Kalar Rajendiran, senior director of marketing at eSilicon. “Our customers are now able to choose the most appropriate ARM processor for their devices, enabling them to bring their products to market as quickly as possible.” See press release Jan 25th 2005
Datang Microelectronics
Datang Microelectronics Technologies Co. Ltd (DMT), the leading fabless company in China , has licensed the ARM926EJTM processor. Through the ARM® Foundry Program, DMT will adopt the DSP and Jazelle® technology-enabled ARM926EJ processor for its communications and multimedia application platform, which is targeting the consumer electronics market.
"ARM is the preferred architecture for wireless and consumer electronics platform. The ARM926EJ processor can provide advantages of low power, high performance and low cost," said Mr Yan-Hui Yang, vice president of DMT. "Moreover, the integrated DSP and Jazelle technology have significant benefits in consumer electronics, particularly wireless and multimedia applications." See press release Jan 25th 2005 LG Electronics
LG Electronics, Inc. has licensed ARM® OptimoDE™ embedded signal processing technology for use in its video encoding and decoding product lines. LG Electronics selected OptimoDE signal processing technology over a wide range of other programmable digital signal processing technologies to address the increasing processing requirements of next-generation video applications. LG's first product that will benefit from OptimoDE technology is an H.264 based high-definition digital television (HDTV), which will use the technology to provide the processing performance required by HDTV frame rates and frame sizes, while retaining reprogrammablity to accommodate multiple video decoding standards. "Conventional signal processing approaches no longer serve our customers' rapidly changing technology demands, as they do not address the performance and reprogrammability needs of our video encoding and decoding product lines," said Dr. Seung-Jong Choi, vice president, DTV Lab., LG Electronics. "The OptimoDE Date Engine satisfies the data and signal processing demands of our next-generation algorithms, while ensuring the flexibility to support multiple standards." See press release Jan 5th 2005Toshiba
Toshiba has licensed the ARM1136J-S™ processor. Toshiba will use the ARM1136J-S processor to develop Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) for products such as consumer electronics and network systems. "ARM is clearly a strategic partner in Toshiba's semiconductor business," said Yutaka Murao, General Manager of System LSI Division I at Toshiba's Semiconductor Company. "In response to customer demand, Toshiba has expanded its licensing agreement with ARM to include the higher performance ARM11 family, starting with the ARM1136J-S processor. The ARM11 family is ideal for applications such as mobile phones, consumer electronics and networking systems. " See press release Nov 9th 2004 Thomson
Thomson has licensed ARM® OptimoDETM signal processing technology for the development of broadcast video processing integrated circuits (ICs). "Thomson and ARM share a common dedication to providing innovative technologies that help maintain competitive advantage, and leverage advanced microprocessor technology to enable innovative broadcast applications," said Jean-Charles Hourcade, chief technology officer at Thomson. "The flexibility of the OptimoDE Data Engine will ensure that we can tackle current industry standards, such as AVC, and address emerging standards without sacrificing product quality or bearing the cost of complete product re-design." See press release Nov 3rd 2004 Kawasaki Microelectronics
KME has licensed two ARM9™ family microprocessors and the ETM9™ embedded trace macrocell. This new licensing agreement will significantly expand KME's portfolio of ARM® technology-based solutions. KME will use the ARM946ETM processor, the ARM922T™ processor and the ETM9 macrocell to develop system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for a range of imaging and networking products-such as still/movie image processing, printers and VoIP-as well as the company's industry-leading microcontrollers. “Through our relationship with ARM, we have built a solid business foundation in the digital consumer market," said Kyoichi Kissei, executive VP, Sales, Marketing & Logistics, Kawasaki Microelectronics, Inc. "By licensing the ARM9 family and taking full advantage of design resources from the past, we will be able to address high-end products within a shorter time-to-market, for our customers. Moving forward, we will seek opportunities in markets which demand large scale, high speed processing, such as network products." See press release July 27th 2004
Matsushita Electric
Matsushita Electric has licensed the ARM1176JZF-S™ processor and the ARM1136JF-S™ processor to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. for use in next-generation mobile application processors and digital consumer products such as digital AV devices. "The ARM11 family is feature-rich and highly efficient in power consumption," said Yoshifumi Okamoto, director of System LSI Technology Development Center at Matsushita's Semiconductor Company. "They will further support more rapid development of innovative Panasonic digital products to satisfy our customers worldwide." See press release July 26th 2004
Shanghai Jade
Shanghai Jade is the first company to license the ARM926EJ™ Prime Starter Kit. Shanghai Jade will leverage the ARM® technology in system-on-chip (SoC) designs for digital content processors for next-generation products for the Chinese consumer, communication and computing (3C) markets. “Our partnership with ARM has given Shanghai Jade the chance to leverage world class technology and third-party support for the design of high-end DCPs for the 3C convergent market for consumers,” said Dr. He Ouyang, CEO, Shanghai Jade Technologies Co. Ltd. “The ARM926EJ Prime Starter Kit gave us a new level of choice, enabling us to design products based on an ARM core thereby moving us up in the value-chain of the 3C market.” See press release Jan 12th 2004 Mobile Chipnuts Technology
Chipnuts Technology (Shanghai), Inc., a leading Chinese fabless integrated circuit design company, has licensed the ARM7TDMI® processor and ARM926EJ-S™ processor through the ARM® Foundry Program for its next-generation mobile multimedia chipset solutions. Chipnuts will design both low- and high-end power efficient multimedia chip sets, based on the ARM7TDMI processor and the ARM926EJ-S processor. "ARM is the architecture of choice for the digital world, and the ARM7TDMI and ARM926EJ-S processors are proven embedded CPU cores for mobile multimedia applications," said Mr. David Hu, chairman, CEO and founder of Chipnuts. "By licensing industry-leading ARM technology, we can develop better solutions for our customers to deliver a more enriching multimedia experience on mobile handsets for consumers." See press release April 7th 2005
HED
CEC Huada Electronic Design Co., Ltd (HED) has licensed the ARM922T™ processor for its system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. Through the ARM® Foundry Program , HED will develop ARM technology-based SoC as China continues to experience increasing consumer demand for advanced electronic products. “ARM is the most widely used architecture for embedded system design,” said Prof. Wei-ping Liu, CEO of HED. “Utilizing the ARM922T processor through the ARM Foundry Program will substantially reduce our product development time. In addition, the ARM922T processor’s performance, power consumption capabilities and efficiency of the software implementation using on chip memory will enable HED to offer technically advanced electronic products.” See press release March 2nd 2005
SMIT
Shenzhen State Micro Technology Co., Ltd. (SMIT) has licensed the popular ARM7TDMI® processor. Through the ARM® Foundry Program, SMIT will develop hardware agnostic ARM Powered® CAM (Conditional Access Module) cards, giving consumers greater choice of HDTV and digital set-top box products.
“ARM delivers the world’s most popular processor architecture for embedded system design,” said Mr. Chang-hua Zhu, executive vice president of SMIT. “As the major developer of CAM cards in China, we believe the popular ARM7TDMI processor will provide us with a strong competitive advantage for delivering our new CAM solutions targeting HDTVs and set-top boxes.” See press release Feb 22nd 2005
NDS Group
NDS Group plc,a leading supplier of conditional access systems and mobile Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions, today announced the availability of the industry’s first Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) v2 compliant DRM solution based on the ARM® TrustZone™ software API. The TrustZone software API provides a common framework for secure application developers, reducing porting costs and enabling greater compatibility across multiple platforms.
By integrating the NDS mVideoGuard™ mobile DRM technology, mobile operators, service and content providers can protect their content property rights while ensuring high quality downloaded content continues to drive revenue and profits.
“Strong content protection technology enables high-quality content rights to be secured and ensure that the use of such content will drive new revenues and profits,” said Joseph Deutsch, director of business development, NDS. “By building our mobile DRM solution on ARM TrustZone technology, we can decrease porting costs and time-to-market, thus, enabling operators to offer the rich mobile media content that consumers are demanding now.” See press release Feb 14th 2005
Sequans Communications
SEQUANS is collaborating with ARM to integrate the ARM926EJ-S™ processor into its infrastructure and subscriber range of WiMAX chip sets. SEQUANS’ first ARM license, which includes a full range of ARM processor technologies, will enable it to launch its WiMAX solutions in 2005, while reducing the cost to the device manufacturers. “With the WiMAX market already shaping up to be fiercely competitive we are keen to streamline our route to market and our offering as much as possible. The low power consumption and die size made the decision to go with ARM easy,” said Georges Karam, chief executive officer, SEQUANS Communications. “Working with ARM, we are confident that both our subscriber and infrastructure solutions will get to market to hit the massive WiMAX surge in 2006.” See press release Feb 14th 2005
ChongqingChongyou Information Technology
Chongqing Chongyou Information Technology Co., Ltd (CYIT), a major developer of 3G mobile handsets and chips in China, has licensed the ARM926EJ™ processor. Through the ARM® Foundry Program, CYIT will adopt the processor to develop chips designed specifically for the domestic 3G standard, TD-SCDMA, which is quickly gaining momentum in China "CYIT is committed to progressing China 's 3G mobile industry. Working with ARM brings us a good opportunity to enhance our core competitive advantages by leveraging ARM's processor strengths. The high performance provided by the ARM926EJ processor now forms a key part of our future product roadmap," said Neng Nie, director, CYIT. "We also believe the comprehensive support ARM has from across the entire industry will enable us to reduce our development time-to-market." See press release Dec 9th 2004
Dai Nippon
DNP has developed an evaluation version of a Java Card™ OS based on the ARM® SecurCore™ SC200™ processor. Embedded with a multi-tasking kernel, DNP's Java Card OS can run real-time multiple applications, on a priority basis, with maximum security. The Java Card OS can be developed as an embedded security device for server and multimedia mobile phones. "The ARM SC200 processor was critical to delivering a high-performance Java Card™OS to the market," said Ichiro Doi, senior general manager of DNP's smart card division. "Because the SC200 processor has been optimized for Java Card technology, processing is fast and power consumption is minimal. In addition, ARM's extensive development resources have enabled us to reduce development time. These benefits, combined with our embedding of the multi-task kernel, have enabled us to expand the Java Card OS technology's functionality and provide a solution to customers that can process security services in real-time." See press release Nov 4th 2004
HuaWei Technologies
HuaWei Technologies and ARM today announced a major licensing agreement for ARM7™ and ARM9™ family microprocessors. HuaWei, a fast-growing networking and wireless solutions provider, will launch a range of new wireless products based on the ARM® architecture in 2006. “Entering the wireless market will have a great impact on our business, so it was critical to select an architecture on which we could rely,” said He Tingbo, vice president of Research & Development, HuaWei Technologies. “We have to move fast and be flexible in order to keep abreast of changing consumer demands. ARM’s extensive Partner network and expertise in creating digital solutions for consumers on the move provides the balance we need.” See press release July 19th 2004
Toppan Printing
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. the world's second largest printing company, has developed an IC card with high-speed cryptographic processing capabilities using ARM® SecurCore™ microprocessors. Toppan's IC card is ideal for SIM cards for mobile phones, and fits with government and corporate ID cards where supporting biometric authentication is essential. "Toppan is using ARM's market-leading technology to offer a fast and secure IC card to the high-end security market," said Tomo Togawa, General Manager, IC Business Division of IC R&D Dept., at Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. "We believe our card offers all the features that customers-whether they are governments or corporations-require to protect their highly valued assets." See press release July 7th 2004
Sony Ericsson
Sony Ericsson has licensed the ARM® JTEK™ software to be used with ARM Jazelle® acceleration technology, in its Java platform-enabled mobile handsets. It has also licensed the ARM VTK software for acceleration of non-Jazelle technology-enabled ARM platforms. Sony Ericsson will incorporate the ARM JTEK software in its designs to enable the Jazelle technology embedded within the ARM926EJ-S™ processor, to accelerate the execution of Java applications. The solution will give greater performance levels for media rich content such as media streaming and the latest Java technology-based games, without increasing system cost or power requirements. See press release June 30th 2004
Philips Semiconductors
Philips Semiconductors has licensed the MBX R-S graphics accelerator core, which is based on the PowerVR MBX 3D graphics solution from Imagination Technologies, for use in Philips’s next-generation mobile applications processor. Philips will pair the MBX R-S core from ARM with a previously licensed ARM926EJ-S™ microprocessor core. “Our experience in developing applications processors that incorporate ARM® microprocessor cores gave us the confidence to expand that relationship into MBX technology,” said Gert-Jan Kaat, senior vice president of Mobile Communications, Philips Semiconductors. “In addition, our developments in the area of product integration gives us considerable time-to-market advantages.” See press release March 29th 2004
Cambridge Silicon Radio
CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio), a leading designer and manufacturer of single-chip radio devices, has licensed the ARM968E-S™ core. This agreement further enhances CSR’s capabilities in delivering a range of wireless connectivity solutions. “Licensing the ARM968E-S core will enable CSR to continue to lead the market in developing single-chip radio devices. We intend to use the ARM968E-S core in a new generation of high data rate chips where we need the 100MIPS plus performance offered by the ARM® 32-bit architecture,” said James Collier, technical director of CSR. “An added benefit is that CSR’s OEM customers will be able to use familiar ARM tools and programmers model.” See press release Feb 10th 2004
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics, a leader in advanced semiconductor technology has licensed the PowerVR MBX 3D graphics solution from ARM for use in high-end mobile APs for smart phones and PDAs. The PowerVR MBX solution from ARM will be used as a graphics accelerator in an application processor for mobile applications such as wireless gaming, delivering low-power reliance and high-memory efficiency. See press release Jan 29th 2005
Embedded Freescale
Freescale is addressing the next-generation requirements of automotive designs in body, chassis and safety by basing the MAC7100 family on the ARM7TDMI® processor due to its small size, high performance and extensive support. "This is the first Freescale family of microcontrollers for automotive, based on ARM processors. ARM's MCU experience coupled with the comprehensive range of off-the-shelf industry standard tools helps reduce design cycles as well as allow for highly-differentiated solutions for specific applications," said Alex Pepe, general manager for Freescale Semiconductor's 32-bit Embedded Controller Division. "With this new family, we have deepened and broadened our roadmap across the performance spectrum to better meet the needs of those automotive applications outside of Powertrain." See press release Oct 18th 2004
AMI Semiconductor
AMIS has selected the ARM® architecture for a new range of programmable automotive electronics solutions. AMIS has licensed two ARM7™ family processors to develop industry-specific solutions that will help improve driver information, in-car entertainment, body electronics and passenger safety. "The ARM architecture overall provides the flexibility we need to create new solutions, and improve on existing ones, for a constantly changing market," said Tony Denayer, senior vice president, product development, AMIS. "The ARM7 family cores suit multiple technologies and can be adapted to specific application requirements, such as low power consumption, low radiation or emission, or they can be optimized for specific high-speed capabilities." See press release Sept 1st 2004
Miscellaneous Global Unichip
Global Unichip Corporation, a dedicated one-stop full service SoC (system-on-chip) design foundry, has licensed the ARM926EJ-S™ core. As one of four Taiwan ARM® Approved Design Center (ADC) Partners, Unichip will offer total design, consultancy and foundry capabilities to OEMs and silicon vendors of ARM core-based systems, aimed at mature and leading-edge technologies. “Unichip’s extended relationship with ARM enhances our competitive edge and provides the marketplace with the most advanced semiconductor IP at a competitive cost,” said K.C. Shih, chairman and CEO, Global Unichip Corporation. “Our end-to-end business model enables us to work with our customers to shorten the time-to-market from product concept to manufacturing and shipping of ARM core-based products.” See press release March 12th 2004 | 
