Perforce Joins the Global Semiconductor Alliance and Debuts IP Maturity Model

San Jose, Calif. Wednesday, September 21, 2022 – Perforce Software, a provider of solutions to enterprise teams requiring productivity, visibility, and scale along the development cycle, is pleased to announce that they have become a member of Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), the voice of the global semiconductor industry. Perforce’s more modern approach to chip design is allowing teams at the world’s top semiconductor companies to achieve previously unachievable efficiencies at scale, and by participating in such a key industry organization, the company aims to collaborate with other industry-leading semiconductor companies…

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Perforce Software Unveils the Future of Semiconductor Design and Development in New Report

Perforce Software Surveys Top Organizations Across the Semiconductor Industry to Deliver Key Insights on Future Trends and Current Challenges MINNEAPOLIS, January 19, 2022 – Perforce Software, a provider of solutions to enterprise teams requiring productivity, visibility, and scale along the development lifecycle, announced today the release of its first State of Semiconductors Report, which reviews trends, challenges, and projections for the future of the industry. The report — which surveyed professionals across the semiconductor industry, representing a range of job roles, company sizes, and years of experience — states that…

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UltraSoC strengthens global team with appointments in Asia and USA

CAMBRIDGE, UK – 7 August 2019 – UltraSoC has announced two significant appointments as part of its global expansion, with Lisa Yang joining the team as Vice President of Sales for Asia; and US-based Jean Min taking the role of Senior Customer Solutions Architect. Yang and Min join UltraSoC’s increasingly global team, following the company’s recent announcement of plans to substantially expand its worldwide operations on the back of its latest funding round. Lisa Yang was formerly Managing Director at Carl Zeiss Taiwan, covering the company’s semiconductor operations in China…

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PPM Power confirmed as UK distributor of Vincotech power modules

PPM Power has now been confirmed as a distributor of Vincotech power semiconductor modules in the UK. Formerly part of Tyco Electronics and now an affiliated company within Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Vincotech is a market leader in power modules for motor drives, solar inverters, welding equipment and power supplies. Highest integration available “Vincotech modules offer the highest level of integration available in the market, housing dies fabricated using different semiconductor technology,” said Phil Surman, Sales Director at PPM Power. “This provides the best combination of cost and performance. We are…

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UltraSoC selected by Microsemi for growing RISC-V product range

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, 14 November 2017 – UltraSoC today announced that Microsemi, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, has licensed UltraSoC’s universal analytics and embedded intelligence platform for use in an expanding range of Microsemi products based on the RISC-V open source processor architecture. This latest engagement for UltraSoC extends a longstanding relationship with Microsemi. UltraSoC’s embedded analytics are already embedded in a range of Microsemi products, including the company’s advanced, high performance disk drive controllers. This new engagement also furthers the two…

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Thalia DA attracts fresh investment as semiconductor industry recognizes the analog IP reuse challenge

Existing investors re-commit as customer traction grows CWMBRAN, WALES, UK, 16 October 2017 – Thalia Design Automation today announced the completion of a $865k (£640k) funding round that will allow it to drive market uptake of its innovative methodology solutions for analog IP (intellectual property) re-use, design migration and derivative creation. With renewed commitments from the company’s existing investors, Mercia Fund Managers and Finance Wales, this latest funding round is a recognition of significant customer traction achieved by Thalia within the last 18 months, and the strong future potential of…

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PPM Power Signs Agreement with SanRex to Supply Silicon Carbide Power Semiconductor Modules to the UK

September 29 2017 – PPM Power, specialist supplier of power electronics, high voltage and pulse power components has signed an agreement with Japanese manufacturer SanRex to distribute their power semiconductor modules in the UK. As well as the new silicon carbide (SiC)based MOSFETs, SanRex also manufacture schottky diodes and thyristor modules operating up to 2200 Volts and 500Amps. Typically these power modules are used in applications such as welding, induction heating, motor drives, battery chargers and grid connected inverters. “Silicon Carbide MOSFETs have offered compact, high speed, very low loss…

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