Week In Review: Design, Low Power
eSilicon will be acquired by Inphi Corporation and Synopsys. Inphi is acquiring the majority of the company, including the ASIC business and 56/112G SerDes design and related IP, for $216 million in both cash and the assumption of debt. Inphi expects to combine its DSP, TiA, Driver and SiPho products with eSilicon’s 2.5D packaging and custom silicon design capabilities for electro-optics, 5nm advanced CMOS process node, and custom DSP solutions. Inphi says the acquisition will expand its reach in cloud data center networking and telecom 5G infrastructure in addition to adding new engineering design centers. Read more…