So you think developing an SoC needs to be complex or expensive? Think again

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1 So you think developing an SoC needs to be complex or expensive? Think again Phil Burr Senior product marketing manager CPU Group NMI - Silicon to Systems: Easy Access ASIC 23 November 2016

2 Innovation in custom SoCs Driving a new wave of custom SoC development Retail Sensor and mixed-signal companies: Integrated IoT solutions Start-ups: Innovative solutions OEMs: Reduce cost, reduce power, differentiate Building automation Smart lighting Agriculture Medical Industrial Home 2

3 Custom SoCs bring real product benefits Differentiation Control of supply chain 85% Reduction in PCB area 90% Reduction in BOM 3 Source: S3 Group

4 ARM Cortex-M0 DesignStart Low-cost, fast track path to IoT silicon Design Integrate own IP with Cortex-M0 and system design kit. Design, develop, simulate Free Prototype Prototype on ARM supplied FPGA $995 Produce Simplified, fast track commercial license: Cortex-M0, SDK, Keil MDK + support and maintenance $40k 4

5 Billions of chips Cortex-M: Trusted choice for embedded intelligence Bn Total units shipped * 6.4Bn Units shipped in Catalog parts * 378 Licenses * : 32-bit MCU shipments surpass 4/8bit ** 2016: 32-bit MCU with strongest forecast unit growth *** * Data up to Oct 2016 ** The McClean report *** IC Insights

6 Cortex-M0: Smallest ARM processor Smallest footprint Expand market with 32-bit processing capability Boost margins by making analog devices smart µm 2 Ease of use Ecosystem 32-bit intelligence at a 8/16-bit processor cost point Lowest footprint ARM processor at only 12k gates Low cost of entry into the benefits of the Cortex-M family Leverage world s #1 embedded ecosystem for tools, software, and know-how Cortex-M7 Cortex-M4 Cortex-M3 Cortex-M0 Cortex-M0+ Relative size 6

7 Best-in-class code density Cortex-M has smaller code size than 8/16-bit devices 12 CoreMark Code in kb Benefits: reduction in flash size power consumption Reach smallest form factor and cost 2 Sensors IoT Medical 0 Cortex-M A B C CoreMark code compiled optimized for size 7

8 RTOS Cortex-M: #1 embedded ecosystem Middleware codecs IDE, compiler Debug & trace RTOS 8

9 ARM DesignStart: more than IP IP Free design & simulation of Cortex-M0 $40k fast track, simplified commercials EDA tooling Free evaluation Simplified and quick access to EDA tooling Know how Recommended by ARM Design partners you can trust 9

10 Cadence Hosted Design Solutions Easy entry vehicle for IoT development Productivity Start to design from day one in proven environment Screen sharing between multiple sites, teams, & contractors Design and methodology support Design team Proven, secure, hosted EDA tools Cadence Remote Desktop IT Flexibility VPN Customer Site Work from any location Environment upgrade on demand: hardware, storage, licences CAD and IT VPN Cadence Hub Compute Resources Design Database Support Application support without need for testcase creation 24x7 IT support Packaged Design Environment 3 rd Party Software Services Experts Customers Hosted Design Solution Tools and Platforms 10

11 Tanner AMS by Mentor Graphics Tanner AMS: a complete, end-to-end mixed-signal IC design flow. Design, implement, and verify Virtual Lab: Experiment with the Tanner AMS tool suite on an ARM Cortex-M0 based design in the Mentor cloud at no cost Implement: Take advantage of a complete, low-cost tool bundle from Tanner Affordable & straightforward path: for sensor, actuator, and MEMS creators to build custom SoC s for the emerging IoT market 11

12 ARM Approved Design Partner members Distributed Diverse Differentiated 12

13 Custom SoC Projects Example: imec IC-link Mixed signal/rf 500 Logic Tape-outs per year* 30% Growth over two years* * Source: imec IC-link database 2014 Source: imec IC-link database,

14 Easy path to test chips Reusable IP and software Common sub-systems Cost-effective process technology Easy path to test chip 180nm MPW* $16k 25mm 2 65nm MPW* $42k 16mm 2 14 * 45 Samples. Source: Europractice

15 DesignStart: already enabling innovation From enabling smart intelligence in white goods. To being designed in to aerospace products From IoT nodes. To cameras 15

16 To find out more: designstart.arm.com The trademarks featured in this presentation are registered and/or unregistered trademarks of ARM Limited (or its subsidiaries) in the EU and/or elsewhere. All rights reserved. All other marks featured may be trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright 2016 ARM Limited