Overview of the Strategic Partnership
Siemens Digital Industries Software has signed an exclusive OEM agreement with Alphawave Semi to bring its portfolio of high-speed interconnect silicon IP to market. With industries like AI, HPC and data networking driving the demand for scalable chip architectures, this strategic partnership aims to accelerate customer access to Alphawave Semi’s leading connectivity and memory protocols through the Siemens’ IP sales channel.
Delivering Comprehensive Silicon IP Solutions
By combining Alphawave Semi’s high-speed interconnect silicon IP with Siemens’ advanced EDA tools, the partnership will streamline the development of next-gen semiconductors across critical technology areas such as autonomous vehicles, data networking, hyperscaling and storage.
“Siemens Digital Industries Software is a key and trusted partner for AI and hyperscaler developers, and our agreement simplifies and speeds the process of developing SoCs for these, and other leading-edge technologies, to incorporate Alphawave Semi’s IP,” said Tony Pialis, president and CEO of Alphawave Semi. “Our technologies play a critical role in reducing interconnect bottlenecks and this collaboration greatly expands our customer reach, allowing more companies to deliver next-level data processing.”
Key offerings include:
- PHY IP: A multi-standard connectivity IP portfolio for Ethernet, PCIe, CXL, HBM and UCIe (Die-to-Die) implementations. These IP support data rates that are used in over 30 different industry protocols from 1Gbps to 224Gbps
- Controller IP: A complete interface controller solution for data centers, telecom, cloud computing, AI, NPU, and 5G wireless applications
- Subsystems Platforms: A combined offering of PHY and interface controller IP for efficient, total design solutions
Meeting the demand for Custom Silicon & ASICs in the AI Era
By delivering spec-to-silicon solutions, Siemens and Alphawave Semi aim to meet the increasing demand for chiplet-based ASICs and custom silicon. The solutions will enable developers to streamline the development process from initial concept to final production, ultimately accelerating customer time-to-market.
“The addition of Alphawave Semi’s silicon IP introduces industry leading technology to our customers, empowering them to achieve unprecedented advances across diverse industries in dramatically shortened timescales,” said Mike Ellow, CEO, Siemens EDA, Siemens Digital Industries Software. “We look forward to collaborating with Alphawave Semi to deliver state-of-the-art IP that addresses the most complex connectivity challenges, at the world’s leading advanced process nodes.”
Read more about the partnership from the official Siemens press release.