Semiconductor IP; Reusable Unit of Logic Designed to Use as Building Blocks in Different Chip Designs

 

In semiconductor technology, a Semiconductor IP (a semiconductor intellectual property), an integrated circuit, or IP segment is a reusable integrated circuit, device, or logical component of one electronic system. A semiconductor IP is an intellectual property of a circuit. It is normally developed with the idea of licensing to multiple vendor for using as building blocks in different chip designs. Single-IP blocks are less expensive than dual-IP blocks. A small company with limited resources may use a single-integrated circuit design, large corporation will most likely utilize a dual-IP design for its high-end products.

A Semiconductor IP consists of one or more method units, apparatus connectors, gateways, processing elements, and programmable logic gates, which are used in cell phones, personal computers, handheld devices such as digital watches and cameras, etc. Generally, the size of an IP block is approximately 100 nanometers in length, although this can vary depending on the component used. The smaller sizes of these components enable them to be packed into tight spaces inside other larger components. Another benefit to these small components is that they can still be manufactured at high volumes, which is often the goal of manufacturers.

Soft intellectual property, abbreviated to soft IP, is sometimes used to refer to design rights, copyright, trademarks, and passing off, in contrast to hard intellectual property, (hard IP), is sometimes used to refer to patents. Soft IP is made from the generic logic fabric (logic blocks, LUTs, etc.) in the Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA). The capability for soft IP is what makes an FPGA an FPGA. While, hard IP is a circuit that is hard-wired and etched into silicon to do only one thing and do it well.

An intellectual property (IP) core is used in making a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for a product. With technological advances in multicore technology for the consumer electronics industry, the demand for semiconductor IP is also increasing. Germany is a technology developed country and it has huge penetration of consumer electronic products. Rapidly increasing internet penetration across the globe is also expected to increase the demand for consumer electronic products worldwide.

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