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South China Morning Post
4 days ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Xiaomi refutes claims of using Arm-designed chip for XRing O1, highlights R&D effort
Xiaomi has clarified that its advanced 3-nanometre XRing O1 system-on-a-chip (SoC) is not a customised solution from Arm, pushing back against speculation as the Chinese smartphone maker seeks to design its own integrated circuits (ICs) in-house to rival industry leaders Apple Samsung Electronics and Huawei Technologies '[XRing O1 SoC] is not based on a complete solution provided by Arm, and claims about it being an Arm-customised chip are groundless,' Xiaomi said on Monday in a post to its official WeChat account. The company emphasised that its in-house team spent more than four years developing the 3-nm chip. The XRing O1 uses Arm's Cortex-X925, Cortex-A725 and Cortex-A520 cores, but the company has stressed that other parts of the chip were designed in-house. It did not use Arm's Compute Subsystems, a pre-validated, production-ready set of integrated hardware and software components meant to simplify design, according to Xiaomi. Among the different licences offered by Arm are options for modified chips that use Arm's Cortex cores, or licensing only Arm's instruction set architecture – similar to Apple, which designs the cores for its A- and M-series chips. Rumours swirled around which process Xiaomi was using when it was found that Arm's website described the Chinese firm as using 'custom silicon', which the company defines as ICs tailored to specific customer applications, distinct from general-purpose chips. Arm does not directly offer customised SoCs, and on Monday the UK-based company updated the page to say Xiaomi's chip was 'self-developed silicon' built on Armv9.2 Cortex central processing unit (CPU) cluster intellectual property (IP), Arm Immortalis graphics processing unit IP, and CoreLink Interconnect system IP. 'With the XRing team's excellent back-end and system-level design, the XRing O1 delivers fantastic performance and efficiency,' Arm said.
Techday NZ
23-05-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Siemens to acquire Excellicon to expand EDA software portfolio
Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire Excellicon, a supplier of software for timing constraint management in integrated circuit (IC) design, to enhance its electronic design automation (EDA) portfolio. The acquisition will see Excellicon's suite integrated into Siemens' EDA software offerings, with the aim of supporting System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designers in accelerating design closure and improving both functional and structural constraint correctness during the IC design process. Siemens announced that the addition of Excellicon's products will facilitate new approaches for implementation and verification flows, providing designers with capabilities to optimise power, performance and area (PPA), while addressing challenges in present workflows. The ongoing evolution of SoC design, driven by increasing design complexity, demands advanced timing constraints management across the development process to ensure products meet power, performance, area, and time-to-market targets. Siemens underscored the significance of this requirement in the context of modern semiconductor design. Mike Ellow, Chief Executive Officer, Siemens EDA, Siemens Digital Industries Software, commented on the planned acquisition, stating: "Effective timing constraints management is crucial for the overall success of semiconductor system-on-chip designs. Excellicon's constraint verification and management solution complements Siemens' existing EDA offerings and expands our portfolio into key market segments in flows with the Questa, Tessent, Aprisa and PowerPro products." Excellicon's tools are designed to cover the entire timing constraints spectrum, from authoring and compiling to verification, formal validation and management, using a multi-mode approach. This approach is intended to bridge the gap between early design concepts and their physical implementation, providing insights into partitioning for optimal floorplans and timing. Siemens expects that the integration of Excellicon's technology will reinforce both implementation and verification stages in existing EDA workflows. Himanshu Bhatnagar, Chief Executive Officer of Excellicon, commented on the agreement, saying: "We are delighted to join Siemens and bring our knowledge and expertise in timing constraints management to the wider Siemens EDA community. Together, we'll be able to provide better process coverage and enable our customers to deliver robust innovation to market more quickly and overcome the ever-growing complexity challenges facing the IC industry." Excellicon, founded in 2009 and based in Laguna Hills, United States, specialises in developing tools to support timing constraints in digital design and verification workflows. The company has established a reputation for its solutions across the IC industry. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Siemens indicated that completion of the transaction is expected within a few weeks. Siemens Digital Industries Software provides software, hardware and services through its Xcelerator business platform. The division supports digital transformation initiatives across diverse sectors and offers tools that help organisations optimise design, engineering and manufacturing processes from the chip level through to complete systems.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Siemens to bring advanced timing constraint capabilities to EDA design flow with Excellicon acquisition
Acquisition enables System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designers to accelerate design closure and enhance functional and structural constraint correctness with industry-proven timing constraints management PLANO, Texas, May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Excellicon. This will bring Excellicon's best-in-class software for the development, verification, and management of timing constraints to Siemens' EDA portfolio of software for IC design. The planned acquisition enables Siemens to deliver an innovative approach to both implementation and verification flows -enabling System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designers to improve power, performance and area (PPA), accelerate design closure, enhance functional and structural constraint correctness, improve productivity and address key gaps in the current workflows. The SoC design landscape is rapidly evolving, driven in part by growing design complexity. Timing constraints management is required throughout the design process to meet power, performance, area and time-to-market requirements. "Effective timing constraints management is crucial for the overall success of semiconductor system-on-chip designs," said Mike Ellow, CEO, Siemens EDA, Siemens Digital Industries Software. "Excellicon's constraint verification and management solution complements Siemens' existing EDA offerings and expands our portfolio into key market segments in flows with the Questa, Tessent, Aprisa and PowerPro products." The addition of Excellicon's comprehensive, proven product portfolio covers the entire spectrum of timing constraints authoring, compiling, verification, formal validation and management using a multi-mode approach that bridges early design concepts with their physical implementation - offering insights into partitioning schemes for optimal floorplans and timing. The integration of Excellicon's timing constraint verification and management technology into Siemens will strengthen both implementation and verification flows. "We are delighted to join Siemens and bring our knowledge and expertise in timing constraints management to the wider Siemens EDA community," said Himanshu Bhatnagar, CEO, Excellicon. "Together, we'll be able to provide better process coverage and enable our customers to deliver robust innovation to market more quickly and overcome the ever-growing complexity challenges facing the IC industry." Founded in 2009 in Laguna Hills, USA, Excellicon develops tools for timing constraints used in digital design and verification workflow. Terms of the acquisition, which is expected to close in a few weeks, were not disclosed. To learn more about how Siemens is delivering the world's most comprehensive portfolio of electronic design automation (EDA) services visit: Siemens Digital Industries Software helps organizations of all sizes digitally transform using software, hardware and services from the Siemens Xcelerator business platform. Siemens' software and the comprehensive digital twin enable companies to optimize their design, engineering and manufacturing processes to turn today's ideas into the sustainable products of the future. From chips to entire systems, from product to process, across all industries. Siemens Digital Industries Software – Accelerating transformation. Siemens Digital Industries (DI) empowers companies of all sizes within the process and discrete manufacturing industries to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformation across the entire value chain. Siemens' cutting-edge automation and software portfolio revolutionizes the design, realization and optimization of products and production. And with Siemens Xcelerator – the open digital business platform – this process is made even easier, faster, and scalable. Together with our partners and ecosystem, Siemens Digital Industries enables customers to become a sustainable Digital Enterprise. Siemens Digital Industries has a workforce of around 70,000 people worldwide. Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a leading technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, mobility, and healthcare. The company's purpose is to create technology to transform the everyday, for everyone. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers customers to accelerate their digital and sustainability transformations, making factories more efficient, cities more livable, and transportation more sustainable. A leader in industrial AI, Siemens leverages its deep domain know-how to apply AI – including generative AI – to real-world applications, making AI accessible and impactful for customers across diverse industries. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a leading global medical technology provider pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. In fiscal 2024, which ended on September 30, 2024, the Siemens Group generated revenue of €75.9 billion and net income of €9.0 billion. As of September 30, 2024, the company employed around 312,000 people worldwide on the basis of continuing operations. Further information is available on the Internet at Note: A list of relevant Siemens trademarks can be found here. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners. 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The Verge
19-05-2025
- The Verge
The Xring 01 will launch this Thursday, May 22nd. It's reportedly a
Xiaomi's first flagship phone chip is coming this week. 3nm flagship SoC, and leaked benchmarks put it on a par with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite. Making your own chips is in vogue now — not only do Samsung, Apple, and Google do it, but Oppo has reportedly been exploring the option too. This is technically Xiaomi's second attempt though — the entry-level Surge S1 launched in 2017, but never got a follow-up.
Android Authority
08-05-2025
- Android Authority
Nintendo Switch 2 motherboard leak shows off what's hiding under the hood
TL;DR A YouTuber managed to get their hands on what appears to be a Nintendo Switch 2 motherboard. The console is said to run on an NVIDIA SoC that's almost twice as big as the previous Tegra chip. It's believed the Switch 2 should perform similarly to a Steam Deck in handheld mode. In April, Nintendo held a Direct event where it revealed many of the specs for the Switch 2. However, there were still plenty of questions left unanswered after the stream, particularly with the hardware. A new leak may have now uncovered what's under the hood of the Switch 2. A YouTuber who goes by Geekerwan claims to have gotten his hands on a Nintendo Switch 2 motherboard. How did he get the motherboard when the system isn't out yet? It appears the YouTuber purchased it off of what he calls 'Chinese eBay.' In his video, he provides a full breakdown and analysis of the technical aspects of the Switch 2. According to Geekerwan, this motherboard contains 12GB of LPDDR5X memory running at 8533MT/s, which is split across two memory dies. Along with it is a MediaTek MT3681AEN, which provides the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. The star of the show, however, is the NVIDIA processor, which comes with the name T239. The YouTuber also points out that this SoC has a die size of 207mm squared, making it almost double the size of Switch 1's Tegra X1 chip. It's also bigger than the 170mm squared Snapdragon X Elite. When mapping out the die shot of the chip, it was found to have eight A78C CPU cores in the Ampere-based GPU. This GPU appears to borrow the same architecture as NVIDIA's RTX 30-series graphics cards. Geekerwan claims that the closest comparison to the Switch 2's chip is a 'massively downclocked RTX 2050 laptop GPU.' Based on simulated performance, the YouTuber says that the Switch 2 should be capable of performing as well as a Steam Deck while in handheld mode. This would be pretty impressive given that the Switch 2 is just as thick as the original Switch. Meanwhile, performance is closer to that of a GTX 1050 Ti while sitting in the dock. Handheld mode and dock mode for the Switch 2 are said to be about seven times better than the Switch 1. It's also important to note that the system will get some assistance from NVIDIA's DLSS for graphical output. This technology should help the Switch 2 better handle demanding games like Cyberpunk 2077. The Nintendo Switch 2 is available for pre-order right now and starts at $449. Nintendo has scheduled the release date for June 5, which is only a few weeks away. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
