April 8, 2008
	Gain Freedom Through a Value Chain Producer   By Kalar Rajendiran Sr Marketing Director eSilicon Corporation Increasing complexity and the resultant supply chain specialization has caused a shift in the way electronics companies are approaching the chip design process. More and more they are being forced to leverage the physical design and integration expertise of third-party experts, via the Value Chain Producer (VCP) model. The hallmark of a great VCP is its ability to offer customers access to differentiating IP that is not easily available from the open market. In todays competitive world, this could determine the success or failure of a product. more >> Multimedia and Encryption Cores: Multi-Channel H.264 1080p@30 Encoder more >>		LEON3 high performance 32-bit RISC processor and a large IP library more >> Reed Solomon Multi Giga bit (up to 50Gbps) FEC Encoder/Decoder for... from Amethyst 12bit, 500kHz, 1.8V SAR ADC from Gallery Systems 0.25um, 16bit, Audio DAC, (2.5V/3.3V) from Gallery Systems Deep Color Horizontal Video Downscaler (down scaler) from Video-Cores 2Mbit High-Speed 1T-SRAM Embedded Memory (Chartered... from MoSys 4Mbit High-Speed 1T-SRAM Embedded Memory (Chartered... from MoSys ESD protection cells for amplifier applications - 350nm Tower from Sarnoff Europe ESD protection cells for High fidelity audio applications - 350nm Tower from Sarnoff Europe Configurable Multi-channel Digital Audio Serial Output from Coreworks SPDIF-AES/EBU to I2S Converter from Coreworks The LPC protocol is an interface with a Host device responsible for... from HDL Design House Supported version of the standard : 2.1/2.2 ver. from HDL Design House audio DAC, ADC, CODEC with stereo ADC DAC / headphone driver with... from Dolphin Integration stereo audio DAC, ADC, CODEC with SNR of 100 dB / headphone driver... from Dolphin Integration HD H.264/AVC Video Encoder Core from CAST SMPTE RP198 HD SDI Pathological Pattern from Video-Cores UART with FIFOs and IrDA Core from CAST		Top Foundries   In this survey of which foundry design teams will utilize on their next IC project, TSMC is the clear front runner with significant market share, followed by the Common Platform including IBM, Chartered and Samsung. Data was collected in Q1 2008 from the ChipEstimate.com user community. Flexible DSP Acceleration
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