Week In Review: Design, Low Power
Circuit simulation speedup; DSP IP for embedded vision; edge AI startup; clock distribution; Skyworks buys Silicon Labs’ infrastructure, auto biz.
Skyworks Solutions will acquire
Silicon Labs’ Infrastructure & Automotive (I&A) business for $2.75 billion cash. The transaction includes Silicon Labs’ power/isolation, timing and broadcast products, intellectual property, and approximately 350 employees. Silicon Labs said it will focus on its IoT business, which includes integrated hardware and software wireless platforms for multiple protocols.
Skyworks develops analog semiconductors for wireless networking across a broad range of markets. “This acquisition will broadly expand our capabilities across high-growth end markets including automotive, communications and industrial, creating new and highly compelling opportunities for Skyworks,” said Liam K. Griffin, president and CEO of Skyworks.
Dutch company Van Oord is working with US company Ansys to speed environmental sustainability while expediting new foundation designs for the offshore wind industry.
Van Oord said designing foundations typically requires its engineers to invest considerable time developing numerous complex, dynamic analysis finite element models.
To accelerate and optimise the simulation process, Van Oord s engineering team is now working with Ansys partner Infinite Simulation Systems to harness Ansys Mechanical and Ansys Cloud.
The technologies have spurred design optimisation, shortened product development timelines and boosted the efficiency of next-gen offshore wind turbines, the partners said.
“Leveraging Mechanical and Ansys Cloud empowers Van Oord engineers to rapidly run 5x more design iterations on Cloud to predict the performance of advanced wind turbine foundations and enhance the fabrication processes while reducing project risks and speeding supply chain negotiations,” they sai