Onsemi picks up Codasip’s low-end RISC-V business for $14.5 million

Modest transaction highlights the challenges of monetizing basic processor IP as established semiconductor companies expand their RISC-V capabilities.

By David Harold, JPR

Onsemi’s $14.5 million acquisition of Codasip’s low-end RISC-V business highlights the difficulty of extracting value from increasingly commoditized processor IP. Codasip is turning towards CHERI-based security architectures, while Onsemi continues to assemble technologies through acquisitions and licensing. The deal reinforces a central theme of JPR’s latest RISC-V Market Update: the next phase of RISC-V will increasingly be shaped by established semiconductor companies, with value shifting beyond the ISA towards differentiated products and system integration.

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