Silicon Platform as a Service (SiPaaS)
April 22nd, 2016
Gilles Marsigne GM, VP of Sales
Verisilicon Europe
VeriSilicon Global Operations
▲Founded in 2001, currently 658 employees
▲70% dedicated to R&D
R&D Costs Continue to Rise – Verisilicon SiPaaSTM Enables More chips for less!
From Fabless to Design-lite
1980s / 1990s
IDMs
2000s
Fabless
2010 and Beyond
Design-lite
System Design
Chip Design
Wafer Fabrication
Packaging and Test
OEM/ODM
Fabless Semiconductor
Wafer Foundry
Packaging and Test Vendor
OEM/ODM
Fabless Semiconductor
Wafer Foundry
Packaging and Test Vendor
SiPaaSTM
VeriSilicon – A SiPaaS Company
We call it Silicon Platform as a Service, or SiPaaS
▲ IP-centric
▲ Platform-based
▲ End-to-end turnkey service
What we do What we don’t do
▲ No fab
▲ No branded product
► No NRE investment
► Limited inventory risk
IP-centric, Platform-based, End-to-end Turnkey Design Service
Revenue Categories SoC Platforms IP Portfolios
End-to-end Turnkey Service
▲Tape out one chip a week; 50 chips a year
▲65% on advance technology nodes
▲98% first silicon success
Customer Silicon Shipping Testing Packaging
Netlist to GDSII
RTL to Netlist
Spec to RTL Manufacturing
TSMC 28nm LP GF 28 nm SLP TSMC 28nm HPM GF 28nm HPM SEC 28nm LPP UMC 28nm LP
Pixel Silicon Platform as a Service (SiPaaS)
ISP Video Codec
Vision Processor
Memory CPU Display
GPU
High Quality ISP Solution
Hantro HD Video SoC platforms used by over 70 companies
HEVC H.264
VP9 VP8
▲ Open, royalty-free media file format for web
▲ VP8/VP9 is mandatory for
► Android
► Chromebook
► Hangouts
► Google Play Movies
▲ YouTube 4K only
supports VP9
Hantro Video IP Product Line
Vision IP Product Line
Surveillance
Automotive ADAS, In-Car Vision
IoT
OpenVX CTS 100% pass (submitted)
Vision & Image Processor
VIP Series
▲ GSM, GPRS, EDGE
▲ WCDMA
▲ TD-SCDMA
▲ HSPA, DC-HSPA+
▲ TDD-LTE, FDD-LTE
▲ LTE-A
Synergistic Technology Multi-mode for Smart Phone
Baseband Control (PHY Control)
Baseband (PHY)
Upper Layer Protocol Stack
ZSP Based Multi-band, Multi-mode Wireless Base Band Platform
▲ Acquired ZSP asset and team from LSI Logic in 2006
▲ 60+ patents
▲ 15+ years IP license history
ZSP Based Audio Product Line
Over 500 million units shipped to date
SBC
Audio Software
Dolby MS11
Dolby TrueHD (MLP Lossless)
Dolby Digital Plus EAC3
Dolby Digital AC-3
Dolby UDC
Dolby DS1
DTS M6/M8
DTS Neural
DTS Surround Sound
DTS-HD Master Audio
DTS-LBR / DTS Express MPEG 1/2/2.5 L1-3 (mp3)
MPEG-2/4 AAC LC (aac core)
MPEG-2/4 HE-AAC v1, v2
3GPP Enhanced aacPlus
DAB+ HE-AAC v2
MPEG-4 BSAC
WMA Pro
WMA Pro Lossless
WMA9
Vorbis
ATRAC3, ATRAC-X
Bluetooth® SBC
FLAC
APE (Monkey's Audio)
Real Audio 8 / 9 / 10
Opus
Over 1,000 Mixed-Signal & RF IP driving Stickiness of SiPaaS Model
Strong Intellectual Property Portfolio
VeriSilicon SiPaaSTM Full Expertise
▲System Architecture
▲IP Procurement
▲IP Development and Deployment
▲RTL Design
▲Backend GDS II
▲Package selection and design
▲Software porting and device bring up
▲Software productization
▲Foundry and manufacturing management
▲Product and test engineering development and maintenance
▲Quality, yield and design enhancement
▲Production and logistical management
Breadth of VeriSilicon Services capabilities
Thank-you!
www.verisilicon.com