Intellectual property by r. nabati rnabati@gmail.com iausdj.ac.ir Dr. Abdulbaghi Ghaderzadeh

1. IP Core
(Intellectual Property)
CE Dep, IAUSDJ.ac.ir
21-02-96(1 April, 2017)
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3. Introduction
FPGA
ASIC
Design Reuse
IP Core Categories
IP Core Vendors
List of semiconductor IP core vendors
References 3

4.  Field-programmable gate array
 FPGA is an integrated circuit designed to be
configured by a customer or a designer after
manufacturing
 The FPGA configuration is generally specified
using a hardware description language (HDL)
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6.  ASIC( / e s k/) Application-specific integrated ˈ ɪ ɪ
circuit
 Is an integrated circuit (IC) customized for a
particular use, rather than intended for
general-purpose use
 For example, a chip designed to run in
a digital voice recorder
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7.  An IP (intellectual property) core is a block of
logic or data
 That is used in making a field programmable
gate array (FPGA) or application-specific
integrated circuit (ASIC) for a product
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8.  Hard cores
 Firm cores
 Soft cores
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9.  Hard cores are physical manifestations of the
IP design.
 These are best for plug-and-
play applications, and are less portable and
flexible than the other two types of cores
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10.  firm (sometimes called semi-hard ) cores also
carry placement data but are configurable to
various applications.
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11.  The most flexible of the three, soft cores exist
either as a netlist (a list of the logic gate s and
associated interconnections making up
an integrated circuit ) or hardware
description language (HDL) code.
 Verilog
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13.  Name: tcp_ip_core_w_dhcp
 Category: Communication controller
Language:VHDL
 License: LGPL
 implements aTCP/IP endpoint (including DHCP)
 implements the MAC and PHY layers
 It can be used as a client which performs aTCP
connection to a server
 or as a 'server' for which other clients may connect
by initiating aTCP connection
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14.  Analog-to-Digital Converters
 S3 Group
 Cadence Design Systems
 Cosmic Circuits
 Broadband modem and error correction
 Cadence Design Systems
 CEVA, Inc.
 IMEC
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15.  Cryptography and Security
 Barco Silex
 intoPIX
 Malaysia Microelectronic Solutions Sdn Bhd
 Communication IP
 Bluetooth SW Stack, Link Layer and PHY
 ARM (through acquisition of Dicentric and Sunrise
Micro Devices)
 MindtreeTechnologies
 CEVA 15

16.  General purpose microprocessors
 Altera - Nios II
 ARM - ARM
 Cambridge Consultants - XAP
 Cortus - APS1, APS3R, APS5, FPS6
 CEVA, Inc. - CEVA-X DSP
 Storage Controllers
 EurekaTechnology - SDRAM, DDR, NOR, NAND,
eMMC
 IntelliProp, Inc - NAND, eMMC 16

17.  http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/IP-
core-intellectual-property-core
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor
_intellectual_property_core
 https://opencores.org
 https://www.design-
reuse.com/articles/18032/verification-ip-core-
soc.html
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18. Only the death
have seen
the end of war
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19. Thank you for
your attention.
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