ARM licenses its microprocessor IP to the majority of the world's leading semiconductor and fabless semiconductor companies. Below is a selection of testimonials received from ARM Partners who have licensed ARM processor IP for a wide range of applications.
Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation has licensed the ARM® Cortex™-A8 high-performance processor, along with supporting ARM IP products for integration into a range of mobile and consumer products. “The needs of today’s mobile and consumer devices are expanding rapidly and will be required to provide an astonishing user experience that spans Web2.0, gaming, picture taking and long play audio/video” said Mark Casey, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom’s Mobile Multimedia Business Unit. “The powerful combination of Broadcom’s industry leading VideoCore multimedia performance and Cortex-A8 industry leading power/performance will deliver outstanding advantages in our next generation devices.”
See press release May 23rd 2007 ARCA
ARCA Technology Corporation (“ARCA”), one of the leading Chinese fabless design companies, has licensed the ARM926EJ-STM processor. “The growing demands of consumers has led the drive to develop SoC solutions that truly make a difference in terms of rich and dynamic performance, while speeding the design cycle and reducing risks,” said Dr. De-Lei Lee, CEO of ARCA. “By licensing the ARM926EJ-S processor, ARCA is able to incorporate our SoC design expertise with ARM’s leading technology to add more features into our SoC solutions for the consumer market, while also availing ourselves of the valuable resources provided by the ARM ecosystem.” See press release September 25th 2006 Silan
Hangzhou Silan Microelectronics Co., Ltd [“Silan”], one of China’s top five IC design companies and ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], today announced that Silan has licensed the ARM926EJ-STM processor through the ARM Foundry Program. “To build on our success in IC design, we need to provide our customers with SoC solutions that they can further customize and enhance to deliver highly differentiated products across a wide range of market segments,” said Mr Weiquan Song, director of IC Design Institute, Silan. “The ARM926EJ-S processor is widely supported and adopted by the embedded industry and is an ideal choice for our advanced SoC solutions. Additionally, the availability of the ARM926EJ-S processor via the ARM Foundry Program helps us shorten the design cycle and time to market, making our proposition even more competitive.” See press release August 29th 2006 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 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). "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 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. "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 the ARM946E and the ARM922T microprocessors and the ETM9™ embedded trace 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 (Top...)
Mobile Comsys
Comsys has licensed the ARM1156T2-S™ processor and system design tools for the development of its next-generation mobile WiMAX baseband processors. “We are committed to delivering true mobile Internet convergence to our customers. Comsys’ advanced digital baseband processors are leading the field in cellular and WiMAX convergence,” said Elkana Ben Sinai, CEO, Comsys. “The ARM11™ family processor, along with its design tool and peripherals, provides us with the flexibility, performance and throughput we need to develop highly integrated SoCs with new multimode capabilities and exceptional power-saving features.” See press release July 31st 2007 Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation has licensed its ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor to integrate into next-generation wireless and networking solutions. Robert A. Rango, Group Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom’s Wireless Connectivity Group stated: “The superior code density of the ARM Cortex-M3 processor enables a reduced memory footprint while delivering significant performance advantages over existing designs.” See press release May 21st 2007 Faraday
Faraday Technology Corporation (TAIEX: 3035) and ARM [(LSE:ARM)]; (Nasdaq:ARMHY)] today announced that Faraday has licensed the ARM926EJ-S™ microprocessor and the ARMv5TEJ instruction set for its next-generation CPU for embedded, networking and multimedia applications. “In recent years, we have seen a significant increase in demand for ARM Powered® designs, as ARM has emerged as the architecture of choice in the embedded world. Most importantly, ARM provides us with the flexibility we need to deliver customized solutions to meet unique customer requirements,” said H.P. Lin, president, at Faraday Technology. “With this agreement, we will continue to develop our CPU solutions and fulfil the market needs.” See press release February 1st 2007 Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation has licensed its PrimeCell® high-performance AMBA® 3 AXI™ interconnect technology (PL301), along with the AMBA Designer tool, for next generation on-chip bus development involving wireless and mobile platforms. “The AMBA AXI specification, coupled with the versatility of ARM® configurable PrimeCell infrastructure IP, helps us optimize system performance across a wide spectrum of applications,” said Dr. Edward Frank, Corporate Vice President of Research and Development for Broadcom. “Further, ARM’s ability to deliver significant IP, including high performance on-chip interconnect, together with ARM’s strong commitments to support Broadcom’s needs, are helping us decrease time to market for an increasing number of important products.” See press release January 23rd 2007 Sarnoff
Sarnoff Corporation and ARM (LSE: ARM; (Nasdaq: ARMHY), today announced that Sarnoff has licensed the ARM11™ MPCore™ multi-core processor. Sarnoff will use the processor to develop high-performance, low-power mobile vision System-on-Chips (SoC). “Sarnoff solves customers’ complex system problems by making continuous advancements in technology to deliver breakthrough technical solutions,” said Michael Piacentino, technical manager, Sarnoff Corporation. “We selected the ARM11 MPCore processor due to its ability to deliver scalable high performance with both low silicon cost and low power.” See press release July 25th 2006 NEC
NEC Electronics, a global leader in system LSI solutions, is the latest ARM® Partner to license the ARM1176JZF-S™ processor, CoreSight™ technology and the PrimeCell® Level-2 Cache Controller for integration into advanced mobile devices. “In applications for mobile devices, LSI solutions with low power consumption enabling longer air time are absolutely critical,” said Masakazu Yamashina, general manager, Mobile Systems Division, Third Systems Operations Unit, NEC Electronics. “The ARM1176JZF-S processor is ideal for users in search of a processor that delivers low power consumption and enables easy development of audio security functionality. By licensing this technology, we will be able to deliver a solution to mobile handset manufacturers who are looking to deliver products offering these features.” See press release February 20th 2006 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.
“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
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Embedded Energy Micro; Luminary Micro; ST; NXP; Toshiba; Yogitech
ARM today announced at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC), San Jose, California, a significant upgrade to the widely-licensed Cortex™-M3 processor which is utilized in a wide range of high-performance, low-cost applications. “Energy Micro’s mission is to make the world’s most energy friendly microcontrollers and this enhanced Cortex-M3 processor will enable us to fulfill this mission,” says Geir Førre, CEO of Energy Micro. “The EnergetIC™ microcontroller family from Energy Micro will have energy consumption at a level that is far below today’s solutions, thus enabling significant improvements in battery life, and longer lifetime of electronic products.”
“We welcome the additional low-power features and configurability provided by the new Cortex-M3 processor release,” said Jean Anne Booth, CMO of Luminary Micro. “Luminary Micro already ships the largest line card of ARM technology-based microcontrollers in the market and these new capabilities will enable us to further extend the reach of our award-winning Stellaris family of microcontrollers in our next-generation products.”
“NXP continues to strengthen its line of microcontroller solutions for end products in the consumer, industrial, medical and automotive markets," said Geoff Lees, vice president and general manager, microcontroller product line at NXP Semiconductors. “As 32-bit microcontroller technology continues to advance, NXP looks forward to combining its market-leading low-power technologies with the new WIC functionality of the Cortex-M3 processor to further extend its reach into the low-power handheld, metering and medical application spaces.”
“In June 2007, we launched the now famous Cortex-M3 processor-based STM32 family, recognized as the best ever microcontroller concept addressing the convergence of 16-bit and 32-bit market needs,” said Jim Nicholas, general manager of the Microcontroller Division at STMicroelectronics. “One significant success factor of the STM32 family has been our outstanding low-power implementation, which has set the new benchmark for power consumption in this area. Integrating the new release of the Cortex-M3 processor will extend the market leadership of the STM32 family further.”
“Future automotive embedded systems demand increasing levels of performance without compromising the system integrity and safety,” said Yutaka Murao, senior fellow of Toshiba Semiconductor Company. “Products based on the latest release of the Cortex-M3 processor can now be combined with specific system level fault tolerance components to meet these demands.”
“The new release of the Cortex-M3 processor delivers an excellent, and proven, path for devices to achieve SIL3 certification when implemented in partnership with the FMEA methodology and IP developed by Yogitech,” said Silvano Motto, CEO Yogitech. “This solution delivers the exceptional fault robust behaviour required by the IEC61508 standard while minimizing area cost overhead and adding key benefits at system level.”
Energy Micro
Energy Micro will introduce its first ultra low-power 32-bit microcontroller family, based on the ARM Cortex-M3 processor, in the second quarter of 2009. “With our focus on low energy consumption, integration, system performance and low cost, the ARM Cortex-M3 processor is the right choice for us,” said Geir Førre, CEO of Energy Micro. “The strong ecosystem of available tools, software and knowledge within the ARM Connected Community® is also very important for us and our customers”. See press release April 14th 2008 NXP
NXP will introduce a new family of microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M3 processor starting in 2008, further expanding its broad portfolio of 56 ARM7™ and ARM9™ family-based MCUs. “The introduction of a new family of NXP microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M3 processor will be a major milestone,” said Geoff Lees, vice president, microcontroller product line, NXP Semiconductors. “The low-power Cortex-M3 processor, which combines high system performance with significantly reduced memory use, will enable NXP to continue our innovation in embedded Flash, and provide a strong option for designers looking to migrate from 8- and 16-bit to 32-bit microcontroller platforms.” See press release February 5th 2008 Toshiba
Toshiba Corporation has licensed the high-performance, low-cost ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor. Through licensing the ARM Cortex-M3 processor, Toshiba will expand its portfolio of microcontrollers and solutions for the automotive controller market. “The open nature of the ARM platform and tools, coupled with specific safety-robust IP, enables us to deliver the solutions our customers are demanding for the next generation of vehicles.” said Yutaka Murao, Senior Fellow, System LSI Division, Semiconductor Company, Toshiba Corporation. “The performance, interrupt handling, and application security capabilities of the Cortex-M3 processor makes it the ideal platform on the numerous other changing demands of the automotive marketplace.” See press release July 16th 2007 Bosch
The Cortex-R4F processor will enable ARM Partners to meet the stringent error-free safety standards and high performance requirements of automotive applications including next-generation Anti-lock Braking (ABS) and vehicle stability systems. “Automotive systems require high performance at the very highest levels of reliability to maintain our stringent safety standards,” said Berthold Fehrenbacher, engineering manager, of Robert Bosch GmbH. “The Cortex-R4F processor enables Bosch to provide this through extensive features that are closely aligned to our product requirements.” See press release October 9th 2006 STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics will integrate the ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor into its next-generation family of 32-bit microcontrollers. “STMicroelectronics is well recognized for anticipating market trends and the evolution towards 32-bit MCU technology is firmly in its sights,” said Jim Nicholas, general manager, Microcontroller Division, STMicroelectronics. “Our current ARM processor-based STR7 and STR9 product lines have enjoyed much success, and the Cortex-M3 processor will propel us again towards a breakthrough in performance, ease of use and quality, while also providing a competitive cost structure for our products. We feel that the Cortex M3 processor will play an important role in accelerating the convergence of the MCU market, and this is why our strategic partnership with ARM promises to quickly change the landscape and drive this new MCU market forward. It is our intention to lead this major market move.” See press release October 4th 2006 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 (Top...)
Enterprise Mindspeed
ARM and Mindspeed Technologies announced an ongoing collaboration designed to address the needs of broadband service providers delivering triple- (voice, data, video) and quad-play (+ cellular) applications to homes and small businesses. “The need for more bandwidth and sophisticated services within an ever-diminishing power budget can only realistically be met by high-performance multiprocessing. As the leading provider of high-performance embedded multicore processing solutions, ARM is our logical choice for future development,” said Preet Virk, senior vice president and general manager of Mindspeed's enterprise and customer premise equipment. See press release April 28th 2008 PMC-Sierra
PMC-Sierra, Inc. has licensed the high-performance ARM® Cortex™-A8 processor and ARM11™ MPCore™ multicore processor for a broad range of designs, including devices for Passive Optical Networks (PON) and ASIC devices. “PMC-Sierra is committed to providing our customers with breakthrough performance, scalability and flexibility, while minimizing overall power consumption and cost,” said Ken Wagner, PMC-Sierra’s director of Design Services. “The ARM Cortex-A8 and ARM11 MPCore processors provide the robust performance, power efficiency and throughput necessary to handle extremely high data rates for Enterprise and Passive Optical Networking applications.” See press release December 10th 2007 (Top...)
Miscellaneous NEC; Samsung; Nvidia; ST; TI
ARM today launched its new Cortex™-A9 processors at the fourth annual ARM® Developers’ Conference, in Santa Clara, California. “NEC Electronics has partnered with ARM for many years to bring numerous ARM7, ARM9, and ARM11 processor-based solutions to our customers, and we have been continuously impressed with ARM's ability to push the boundaries of this technology,” said Masao Fukuma, senior vice president, NEC Electronics. “In 2003 ARM and NEC Electronics established a strategic partnership to jointly develop the ARM11 MPCore processor, which has now been successfully implemented in some of NEC Electronics' most advanced performance and low power technology solutions, such as our new NaviEngine automotive multimedia SoC. We are excited to extend our collaboration with ARM to their new Cortex-A9 MPCore multicore processor, which will improve total processor performance while keeping designs simple, taking home, automotive multimedia and mobile applications to the next level.”
“Over the years Samsung has been staying on the competitive edge in licensing from ARM the most advanced mobile technology on the market to support its customer base,” said Yiwan Wong, Vice President of Marketing, System LSI Division, Semiconductor Business, Samsung Electronics. “With the potential growth of the connected mobile computing marketing segment in sight, we believe that ARM’s new multiprocessing solution, the Cortex-A9 processors, will give us the advantage we need to stay ahead and designed-in the most cutting edge, trend setting devices on the market. We expect the flexibility and low power of ARM’s Cortex-A9 MPCore processor to enable new devices to truly deliver a superior, always-on, mobile computing experience.” "The mobile phone is rapidly becoming our most personal computer," said Michael Rayfield, general manager of NVIDIA's mobile business. "Utilizing ARM's Cortex-A9 multi-core processor technology, we will deliver innovative and feature-rich, low-power applications processors that demonstrate the company's passion for driving this mobile computing revolution."
The ARM Cortex-A9 processor has been selected by ST to be included in its extensive mobile technology portfolio and to be deployed in a wide range of personal multimedia products. “The next wave of mobile phones and portable multimedia devices will continue to extend the end-user experience through exciting new features that demand superior processing power to manage media such as web content, mobile games, video-on-the-go, map services and digital-still-camera-class imaging,” said Jyrki Hannikainen, Application Processor Division general manager, STMicroelectronics. “By combining the ARM Cortex-A9 processor with ST’s leading-edge mobile multimedia platform, ST will continue to deliver compelling high-performance and low-power chipsets and platforms to the market.”
“TI is pleased to announce licensing of ARM's new Cortex-A9 processors, extending our 15 year relationship as a lead partner with ARM. As the market advances, there will be a need for a higher-performance, synthesizable core, as well as a multiprocessing option that delivers scalability of performance and power – all critical factors for TI and our customers," said Mark Denissen, Vice President, Strategic Marketing, Texas Instruments. "TI uses multi-core technology today to meet performance demands of new devices and with the introduction of Cortex-A9 MPCore continues to advance this roadmap. ARM’s newest technology coupled with TI’s multi-core expertise will give our customers access to the right tools to innovate and deliver exciting new products for a variety of markets."
See press release October 3rd 2007 Global Unichip
Global Unichip Corporation, a dedicated one-stop full service SoC (system-on-chip) design foundry, has licensed the ARM926EJ-S™ processor. 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 | 
