Overview
Synopsys MIPI® IP solution enables low-power and high-performance interface between system-on-chips (SoCs), application processors, baseband processors, and peripheral devices. Synopsys’ broad MIPI IP solution consists of PHYs in mainstream and advanced FinFET processes, controllers, verification IP, IP Prototyping Kits and Interface IP Subsystems.
As the market leader in MIPI IP, Synopsys supports the ecosystem by developing high-quality, cost-effective, and interoperable MIPI IP solutions that enable designers to deploy differentiated features in their mobile, automotive, artificial intelligence (AI), and IoT SoCs. Utilizing a single-vendor solution allows designers to lower the risk of integrating MIPI interfaces into SoCs and device ICs, while accelerating time-to-market.
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This paper discusses about the intelligent low power techniques such as context based clock gating and how they are useful for IoT applications. It also describes how it improves the overall power efficiency of the system. The power statistics shared shows how the overall idle power and functional power consumption is significantly reduced. Further we discuss about how it can be combined with few other low power techniques to reduce the overall power
This paper attempts to redefine these existing system level solutions using I3C and examine the improvements it can bring over I2C based solutions. Furthermore, it presents a seamless and risk free migratory path to the industry from these I2C based architectures to I3C based architectures using proven Synopsys Solutions.
The I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit) Bus invented in 1980 by Philips Semiconductors (NXP Semiconductors today) was a massive step forward in simplifying communications in embedded systems. It is a simple two-wire interface for synchronous, multi-master/multi-slave, single ended serial communication. Fast forward 45 years to today and it is still widely used for attaching low speed peripheral Integrated Circuits (ICs), processors and microcontrollers. But silicon today has changed...
Early in my career selling chips for Motorola Semiconductor, the ability to spin derivative microcontroller chips for a customer’s specific requirement was relatively straightforward. If the volume looked reasonable, we would tape-out a new chip with a few added features because mask costs and wafers were relatively inexpensive at the larger process nodes. The customer won by getting an MCU tailored to their specific need, and Motorola won by gaining a more committed customer plus another SKU that could be sold to other customers – boosting ROI. With the migration to higher cost FinFET nodes, those times are long gone as the economics no longer work.
Sharmion Kerley, MIPI Director of Marketing and Membership
