Arteris IP, the world’s leading supplier of innovative, silicon-proven network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect intellectual property, announced that MegaChips has licensed Arteris® FlexNoC® interconnect IP and the accompanying Resilience Package for use as the on-chip communications backbone for an automotive Ethernet TSN switch chip. MegaChips is a long-time Arteris IP licensee and are expert users of the company’s FlexNoC and Resilience Package interconnect IP products.
“We adopted Arteris interconnect IP to accelerate development of our Automotive Ethernet TSN Switch Chip. Arteris IP FlexNoC effortlessly integrates functional safety mechanisms in our chip while allowing us to quickly analyze performance and quality-of-service using built-in simulation and an easy-to-use human interface,” said Hisashi Kondo, Senior General Manager at MegaChips.
“MegaChips has used Arteris NoC technology many times over the years and each time we achieved amazing results such as small die area, low power consumption, easy development flow, and fast integrated performance analysis. Using Arteris NoC technology saves development resources and will speed up our entry into the automotive market. In addition, Arteris support is always quick and polite. They are the reason why we choose Arteris IP.”
“We are excited about MegaChips’ choice of Arteris IP NoC technology for their automotive Ethernet TSN switch chip,” said K. Charles Janac, President and CEO of Arteris IP. “MegaChips’ standardization on Arteris IP technology for automotive network-on-chip interconnect IP is proof of our state-of-the-art technology’s ability to reduce the amount of development resources required to enter fast-changing markets like automotive semiconductors.”
Hordon Kim
International Editor, hordon@powerelectronics.co.kr
