SemiFive joins Arm Ecosystem 

Samsung Foundry to handle manufacturing

2021-05-21     Nari Lee
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Arm said on Thursday that South Korean design house SemiFive has joined the Arm Ecosytem.

SemiFive will now have access to Arm’s Cortex-A, Cortex-R, Cortex-M CPUm Mali GPU, Ethos NPU and other architecture Ips.

The Korean firm plans to use Arm’s IP to deisgn custom system-on-a-chip and application-specific ICs for customers.

SemiFive will use Samsung Foundry as the contract manufacturer of the chips.

The Korean firm said the partnership will save it costs and reduce lead time.