Synopsys, Imagination make gains in semi IP ranking
Peter Clarke, EETimes
5/6/2013 5:11 AM EDT
LONDON – Processor IP licensor ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) tops a ranking of semiconductor IP licensors by revenue for 2012 according to market research firm Gartner Inc., but grew licensing revenues more slowly that second-ranked Synopsys and third-placed Imagination. ARM has been the undisputed leader in the semiconductor intellectual property market for many years and still managed to grow its market share from 38 percent in 2011 to 40 percent in 2012.
A noticeable absence from the 2012 ranking (see table below) is Cadence Design Systems Inc. (San Jose, Calif.). Cadence was number 16 in the rankings with $13.7 million of semiconductor IP sales in 2012, according to Gartner analyst Jim Tully. In the last few months Cadence has made moves to acquire Cosmic Circuits Pvt. Ltd. (Bangalore, India), a provider of analog circuit IP and Tensilica Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.), a licensor of configurable dataplane processors for embedded applications. The purchase price for Cosmic was not disclosed while for Tensilica the price net of cash acquired is about $350 million.
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