Innovation in custom SoCs Driving a new wave of custom SoC development

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So you think developing an
SoC needs to be complex or
expensive? Think again
Phil Burr
Embedded World
Senior product marketing manager
CPU Group
March 2017

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

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

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Low-cost, fast track path to IoT silicon
Design
Prototype
Produce
Integrate own IP with Cortex-M0
and system design kit.
Design, develop, simulate
Prototype on ARM supplied FPGA
Simplified, fast track commercial
license: Cortex-M0, SDK, Keil MDK
+ support and maintenance
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$40k
$995
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2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
3600+
Catalog parts*
416
Licenses*
25Bn
Total units
shipped*
* Data up to Dec 2016
** The McClean report
*** IC Insights
7Bn
Units shipped in
2016
Billionsofchips
2015: 32-bit MCU shipments surpass 4/8bit**
2016: 32-bit MCU with strongest forecast unit growth***
Cortex-M:Trusted choice for embedded intelligence

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Cortex-M: Scalable, compatible and trusted
High
performance
Performance
efficiency
Lowest
power & area
Cortex-M23
TrustZone in
smallest area,
lowest power
Cortex-M33
Flexibility,
control and
DSP with
TrustZone
ARMv8-M
Cortex-M0
Lowest cost,
low power
Cortex-M0+
Highest energy
efficiency
Cortex-M4
Mainstream
control and
DSP
Cortex-M3
Performance
efficiency
Cortex-M7
Maximum
performance,
control and
DSP
ARMv6-M
ARMv7-M

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Cortex-M0: Smallest ARM processor
§ Expand market with 32-bit processing capability
§ Boost margins by making analog devices smart
§ 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
Ease of use
Smallest footprint
Ecosystem
µm2
Relative size
Cortex-M4
Cortex-M3
Cortex-M7
Cortex-M0
Cortex-M0+

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Best-in-class code density
§ Cortex-M has smaller code
size than 8/16-bit devices
§ Benefits: reduction in
§ flash size
§ power consumption
§ Reach smallest form factor and cost
§ Sensors
§ IoT
§ Medical
4.896
6.446
10.206 10.066
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2
4
6
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10
12
Cortex-M A B C
CoreMark Code in kB
CoreMark code compiled optimized for size

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RTOS
IDE, compiler Debug & traceMiddleware codecs RTOS
10+ 13+ 21+ 40+
Cortex-M: #1 embedded ecosystem

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ARM DesignStart: more than IP
§ Free design & simulation of Cortex-M0
§ $40k fast track, simplified commercials
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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

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Example: imec IC-link
500
Tape-outs
per year*
30%
Growth over
two years*
* Source: imec IC-link database 2014
Source: imec IC-link database, 2011 - 14
Mixed signal/RF
Logic
CustomSoCProjects

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Low cost path to test chips
Low cost
path to test
chip
* 45 Samples. Source: Europractice
Reusable IP and
software
Cost-effective
process
technology
Common
sub-systems
180nm
MPW*
$16k
25mm2
65nm MPW*
$42k
16mm2

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

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Cortex-M0: Smallest ARM processor
§ Expand market reach by introducing 32-bit processing capability
§ Bring processing intelligence to passive analog devices and boost margins
§ 32-bit processing intelligence at a 8/16-bit processor cost point
§ Full support for ARMv6-M instructions
§ Lowest footprint ARM processor at only 12k gates
§ Low cost of entry into the benefits of the Cortex-M family
§ $40k Fast Track license option
§ Easy and free-of-charge evaluation access through ARM DesignStart program
§ Leverage world’s #1 embedded ecosystem for tools, software, and know-how
Ease of use
Smallest footprint
Ecosystem

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