CAMPBELL, Calif., January 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Arteris, Inc. AIP, a leading provider of system IP that accelerates system-on-chip (SoC) creation, today announced that it has acquired Semifore, Inc., a leading provider of hardware/software interface (HSI) technology. has completed. Semifore is used to effectively design, verify, document and assist in validation of the hardware-software integration that is essential for any SoC. Semifore’s technology is used by leading semiconductor and system companies in automotive, consumer electronics, communications, enterprise computing and other applications.

“The SoC isn’t ready until the software drivers are up and running,” said Richard Weber, founder and CEO of Semifore, Inc. “The combination of Arteris and Semifore will provide the scale needed to continue using our register management technology for the hardware-software interface will benefit new and existing customers looking to accelerate SoC designs.”

The addition of Semifore technologies and team expertise extends the Arteris system’s IP and IP provisioning automation with best-in-class registry management products for effective software control of the IP and SoC hardware. This provides a single-source specification that automatically generates the SoC views required for hardware design and hardware-dependent software development, including device drivers, firmware, verification, and documentation. The unified view and automation of this critical SoC integration layer enables customers to accelerate hardware-software development and reduce the risks of costly SoC redesigns.

“Hardware-software integration is an important part of SoC development that our customers are trying to achieve quickly and effectively by leveraging best-in-class system IP and SoC integration automation,” said K. Charles Janac, President and CEO of artery “The addition of Semifore will complement our network-on-chip interconnect IP and expand our SoC solutions by addressing complex challenges that every project team faces…