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ARM Acquisition Of Prolific Is The Tip Of The Iceberg-November 4, 2011 |
The acquisition by ARM of Prolific underscores, if there was still a necessity, the difficulties of bringing to manufacture designs targeting the 20 nm process. It has become clear that the cooperation between EDA tools suppliers and design houses must be practically air tight in order to succeed. Let's not forget that just a few weeks ago ARM had announced the successful tapeout of its Cortex-A15 MPCore achieved with the close collaboration of TSMC and Cadence. The experience certainly thought them something and I believe the Prolific acquisition is one of the results.