VeriSilicon has unveiled the industry-leading automotive-grade intelligent driving SoC design platform.
Takeaway Points
- VeriSilicon unveils cutting-edge SoC platform.
- The platform provides robust technical support for high-performance computing applications such as autonomous driving.
- VeriSilicon’s chip design process has received ISO 26262 automotive functional safety management system certification.
VeriSilicon SoC design platform.
Wiseway Wang, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Custom Silicon Platform Division at VeriSilicon, said, “The intelligent vehicles industry is advancing rapidly, and VeriSilicon’s automotive-grade SoC design platform balances performance, safety, and design flexibility, empowering automakers to swiftly address market demands.”
Wang added, “With over a decade of expertise in the automotive industry, VeriSilicon has built a strong presence in Microcontroller Units (MCUs), in-cabin systems, and intelligent driving technologies. Leveraging our ISO 26262 compliant design processes, IPs, and comprehensive software services, we have successfully delivered custom intelligent driving chips based on advanced automotive-grade process technology to our customers. We are also progressing with the development of Chiplet solutions for intelligent driving. Moving forward, VeriSilicon will continue driving innovation in the automotive sector, contributing to greater safety and intelligence to the industry.”
The New Platform
Based on the report, VeriSilicon’s chip design process has received ISO 26262 automotive functional safety management system certification, which will enable the company to provide global customers with one-stop custom service for their automotive chips that meet functional safety requirements.
The newly launched platform can be optionally equipped with a built-in ASIL D-level functional safety island developed by VeriSilicon.
About VeriSilicon
VeriSilicon Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon, 688521.SH) is committed to providing customers with platform-based, all-around, one-stop custom silicon services and semiconductor IP licensing services, leveraging its in-house semiconductor IP.
They possesses six categories of in-house processing IPs, namely Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) IP, Neural Network Processing Unit (NPU) IP, Video Processing Unit (VPU) IP, Digital Signal Processing (DSP) IP, Image Signal Processing (ISP) IP, and Display Processing IP, as well as more than 1,600 analog and mixed-signal IPs and RF IPs.
Leveraging its own IPs, VeriSilicon has developed a wealth of software and hardware custom chip design platforms targeting artificial intelligence (AI) applications, covering always-on ultralight spatial computing devices such as smartwatches and AR/VR glasses, high-efficiency edge computing devices such as AI PCs, AI phones, smart cars, and robots, as well as high-performance cloud computing devices like data centers and servers.
In response to the trend of System-on-Chip (SoC) evolving towards System-in-Package (SiP) driven by the demand for large computing power, VeriSilicon put forward the concepts of “IP as a Chiplet”, “Chiplet as a Platform”, and “Platform as an Ecosystem”. The company keeps advancing the R&D and industrialization of its Chiplet technologies and projects from the perspective of interface IP, Chiplet architecture, advanced packaging technology, and others for AI-Generated Content (AIGC) and autonomous driving solutions.
Under its unique “Silicon Platform as a Service” (SiPaaS) business model, VeriSilicon serves a broad range of market segments, including consumer electronics, automotive electronics, computer and peripheral, industry, data processing, Internet of Things (IoT), among others. Its main customers include fabless, IDM, system vendors (OEM/ODM), large internet companies, and cloud service providers.
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Shanghai, China, VeriSilicon has 8 design and R&D centers, along with 11 sales and customer service offices worldwide. VeriSilicon currently has more than 2,000 employees.
