Soft (Hardware) and Software IP Rule the IoT

By John Blyler, JB Systems
ChipDesignMag (September 4, 2014)

Both soft (hardware) and software IP should dominate in the IoT market. But for which segments will that growth occur? See what the experts from IPExtreme, Atmel, GarySmithEDA, Semico Research and Jama Software are thinking.

The Internet-of-Things will significantly increase the diversity and amount of semiconductor IP. But what will be the specific trends among the hardware and software IP communities? Experts from both domains shared there perceptions including, Warren Savage, President and CEO of IPExtreme; Patrick Sullivan, VP of Marketing, MCU Business Unit for Atmel; Gary Smith, Founder and Chief Analyst for Gary Smith EDA; Richard Wawrzyniak, Senior Market Analyst for ASIC & SoC at Semico Research, and; Eric Nguyen, Director of Business Intelligence at Jama Software. What follows is a portion of their responses. — JB

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