Issue 8 2020

Acquisition International - Issue 8 2020 37 Jan20494 Embedding Excellence: Andes Technology Is Awarded Most Outstanding Embedded Processor IP Supplier Andes Technology (TWSE: 6533), a leading supplier of high efficiency, low-power 32/64-bit RISC-V processor cores, has devoted itself to providing professional solutions and technical support to help customers develop the best quality SoC designs. Because of its exceptional achievements and contributions to RISC-V community, Andes has been recognized as Most Outstanding Embedded Processor IP Supplier – 2020. ounded in 2005, Andes Technology has served more than 300 customers worldwide and recently hit the milestone of more than 5 billion cumulative SoC shipments containing its CPU IPs since inception, showing the recognition from customers of its high-quality products and professional technical support. In order to satisfy the needs of emerging applications, Andes takes the lead by being the first established CPU IP vendor to adopt RISC-V as the subset of its fifth generation architecture, AndeStar™ V5. Since the launch of its first RISC-V CPU core in 2017, Andes continues to offer a wide range of RISC-V processors, including the 22, 25, and the coming 27 and 45 series. Its V5 RISC-V cores address a broad selection of cutting- edge applications, including 5G, AI/machine learning, ADAS, AR/VR, blockchain, cloud computing, data center, IoT, sensing, storage, security, wireless and so on. As Founding Premier member of RISC-V International, Andes has brought its extensive experience in developing embedded CPU to chair the P-extension (Packed SIMD/DSP) Task Group and co-chair Fast Interrupt Task Group. Committed to contributing to RISC-V community, Andes is also a major contributor and maintainer of RISC-V open source software such as GNU, LLVM, uBoot and Linux. One of Andes’ competitive advantages in the RISC-V market is its first-to-market implementations of RISC-V P- and V-extensions (DSP and vector, respectively) combined with Andes Custom Extension™ (ACE). ACE allows designers to add their own instructions and create optimized solutions that are tailored to their specific needs, while being able to deliver high performance at minimum cost and low power consumption. “Today’s SoC designers are confronted with the challenges of catching up with the dynamics of technology advancements and fierce market competition. The open, compact, and extensible RISC-V ISA together with its growing ecosystem becomes the perfect choice for them to develop the most competitive domain-specific solutions,” said President of Andes Technology, Frankwell Lin. “We are excited that our innovative and diverse RISC-V solutions eventually lead to the accolade of Most Outstanding Embedded Processor IP Supplier – 2020. In the future, Andes will continue developing more powerful RISC-V CPU IP product lines and devoting efforts to take RISC-V to the next level.” F “Today’s SoC designers are confronted with the challenges of catching up with the dynamics of technology advancements and fierce market competition. The open, compact, and extensible RISC-V ISA together with its growing ecosystem becomes the perfect choice for them to develop the most competitive domain-specific solutions,” said President of Andes Technology, Frankwell Lin. “We are excited that our innovative and diverse RISC-V solutions eventually lead to the accolade of Most Outstanding Embedded Processor IP Supplier – 2020.”