MIPS, Cyient Partner on Custom RISC-V Power Solutions

MIPS, a world leader in RISC-V processor intellectual property, and Cyient Semiconductors Private Limited, a rapidly expanding custom silicon company with headquarters in Hyderabad, announced a strategic partnership to create domain-optimized ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) and ASSP (application-specific standard product) solutions that take advantage of the MIPS Atlas portfolio of cutting-edge, effective processor IP. The collaboration will concentrate on facilitating power delivery, compute efficiency, and real-time, safety-critical applications in demanding systems for the data centre, industrial, and automotive markets. The main platforms for utilising Cyient’s Analogue Mixed Signal capabilities with MIPS Atlas CPU IP are Motor Control and Data Centre Power Delivery.

“Intelligent power delivery is emerging as a key enabler of performance and efficiency as compute systems scale from cloud to the edge,” stated Cyient Semiconductors CEO Suman Narayan. “Through our partnership with MIPS, we are able to combine sophisticated power and embedded intelligence architectures in specialised silicon platforms that are based on an open, scalable architecture. Together, we are creating the semiconductors of the future, designed to be more connected and power-efficient.“

“The problem of power efficiency and motor control are both real-time compute workloads for which MIPS M8500 microcontrollers are the optimal choice,” stated Sameer Wasson, CEO of MIPS. “Building around our best-in-class real-time and control-loop performance and efficiency, Cyient can bring their unique capability in intelligent power delivery into custom ASIC and ASSP designs to build differentiated solutions that meet our customers unique needs in their target markets.”

Custom silicon is expanding due to the need for data centre infrastructure, industrial automation, and software-defined vehicles. Using MIPS advanced processor IP, which is based on the open RISC-V instruction set architecture, along with Cyient intelligent power and mixed-signal design experience, customers may create sophisticated, unique solutions that are simple to program.

Motor drive control, intelligent power management, power delivery management, and safety-critical applications are among the targeted applications; these platforms are available as ASSP or ASIC. Faster time-to-market, avoiding proprietary lock-ins, and optimised platform cost are all advantages for OEMs and system integrators.