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OpenTitan® Partnership Makes History as First Open-Source Silicon Project to Reach Commercial Availability

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

, the open silicon ecosystem organization, and the OpenTitan coalition today announced a historic milestone as the first open-source silicon project to reach commercial availability, with validated chips in hand.

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  • , the open silicon ecosystem organization, and the OpenTitan coalition today announced a historic milestone as the first open-source silicon project to reach commercial availability, with validated chips in hand.
  • With Google’s support, the project took off from its first year , setting it on a trajectory to make it the most active and successful open-source silicon project in history.
  • Throughout its lifetime, the OpenTitan coalition thrived as an open silicon ecosystem, consistently following a well-defined roadmap from discrete to integrated secure silicon designs.
  • In addition, the project will release an updated discrete “ EarlGrey ” chip design, with additional coverage and development.

zeroRISC, Nuvoton and Winbond Join Forces to Deliver the First Commercial Product Based on the OpenTitan® Open-Source Secure Silicon Platform

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

This release is in conjunction with today’s historic announcement by lowRISC and the OpenTitan coalition as the first open-source silicon design to reach commercial availability.

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  • This release is in conjunction with today’s historic announcement by lowRISC and the OpenTitan coalition as the first open-source silicon design to reach commercial availability.
  • As such, truly trustworthy security must start below the OS with secure silicon like OpenTitan® and secure-by-design firmware.
  • Additionally, Winbond and zeroRISC are working closely to introduce the integrated OpenTitan SEE equipped with comprehensive support for secure external flash.
  • For more information about early access availability of the first open-source chip built on the OpenTitan secure silicon design, visit zerorisc.com/OT-interest .

InnoPhase IoT Expands Worldwide Design Partner Program

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Thursday, December 7, 2023

InnoPhase IoT, Inc. , a fabless semiconductor company specializing in ultra-low power Wi-Fi IoT solutions, is expanding its partner program to include worldwide design partners implementing OEM designs using Talaria TWO Wi-Fi/BLE connectivity solutions for long battery life.

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  • InnoPhase IoT, Inc. , a fabless semiconductor company specializing in ultra-low power Wi-Fi IoT solutions, is expanding its partner program to include worldwide design partners implementing OEM designs using Talaria TWO Wi-Fi/BLE connectivity solutions for long battery life.
  • Capitalizing on its long-standing Application Specific Sensor to Cloud Reference Designs (HW/SW integrated IoT solutions) with silicon partners, InnoPhase IoT is rapidly creating a worldwide design partner ecosystem to rapidly productize and customize solutions that meet OEM requirements.
  • The program provides early access to InnoPhase IoT technology, close collaboration, and dedicated support.
  • G-Tech , Taiwan – "We've recently partnered with InnoPhase IoT on an industrial IoT design for one of our OEMs.

2023 Advantech Embedded-IoT World Partner Conference

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Friday, December 8, 2023

TAIPEI, Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A global leader in embedded markets, hosted the Embedded-IoT World Partner Conference from Nov 30 to Dec 2 at Advantech's AIoT Co-Creation Campus. The conference gathered over 500 attendees from more than 40 countries and revolved around the key theme: Edge Evolution – Shaping the Future of Embedded and Emerging Business. The conference covered a wide range of topics, featuring over 80 solution showcases launched simultaneously. Additionally, 56+ guest speakers were invited to deliver lectures during the event, offering diverse insights into the AIoT industry.

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  • TAIPEI, Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A global leader in embedded markets, hosted the Embedded-IoT World Partner Conference from Nov 30 to Dec 2 at Advantech's AIoT Co-Creation Campus.
  • The conference gathered over 500 attendees from more than 40 countries and revolved around the key theme: Edge Evolution – Shaping the Future of Embedded and Emerging Business.
  • The conference covered a wide range of topics, featuring over 80 solution showcases launched simultaneously.
  • Through collaboration with global sales channels and distribution partners, Advantech aims to enter emerging domains such as EV infrastructure, robotics, and AMR.

zeroRISC Launches with $5 Million in Seed Funding to Deliver First Commercial OpenTitan®-based Cloud Security Service for Silicon

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Monday, October 30, 2023

The funding will be used to deliver the first commercial cloud security service for silicon built on the OpenTitan® open-source silicon root of trust (RoT) project.

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  • The funding will be used to deliver the first commercial cloud security service for silicon built on the OpenTitan® open-source silicon root of trust (RoT) project.
  • OpenTitan is the world’s first open-source digital design for silicon RoT to include commercial-grade design verification, top-level testing and continuous integration (CI).
  • “With cybersecurity liability shifting from end users to manufacturers, truly trustworthy security leveraging the OpenTitan drop-in design represents a massive commercial opportunity,” said Pete Hutton, zeroRISC investor.
  • We’re excited to partner with zeroRISC to deliver the first concrete demonstration of OpenTitan’s potential through a complete end-to-end solution to address today’s most complex security problems.”
    For more information on zeroRISC, please visit https://zerorisc.com/ .

Nuvoton Commits to 8-bit MCU Production Sustainability

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Thursday, July 6, 2023

HSINCHU, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuvoton Technology, one of the world's leading suppliers of microcontrollers, has proudly launched its MUG51 8-bit MCU series of low power microcontrollers designed for battery-free devices. Nuvoton is committed to sustainable 8-bit MCU production and product longevity to ensure a reliable supply, giving customers the confidence to commit to long-term products, platforms, and projects.

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  • HSINCHU, July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuvoton Technology, one of the world's leading suppliers of microcontrollers, has proudly launched its MUG51 8-bit MCU series of low power microcontrollers designed for battery-free devices.
  • Nuvoton is committed to sustainable 8-bit MCU production and product longevity to ensure a reliable supply, giving customers the confidence to commit to long-term products, platforms, and projects.
  • For more information about Nuvoton MUG51 8-bit MCU series, please visit
    Nuvoton offers one of the industry's broadest 8-bit MCU product portfolios and it continues to invest in developing new technologies and silicon products in response to ever changing market and customer needs, and application trends.
  • Learn more about Nuvoton 8-bit MCU product range:

MLPerf Results Show Rapid AI Performance Gains

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

The MLPerf Training benchmark suite comprises full system tests that stress machine learning models, software, and hardware for a broad range of applications.

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  • The MLPerf Training benchmark suite comprises full system tests that stress machine learning models, software, and hardware for a broad range of applications.
  • The open-source and peer-reviewed benchmark suite provides a level playing field for competition that drives innovation, performance, and energy-efficiency for the entire industry.
  • The first is a large language model (LLM) using the GPT-3 reference model that reflects the rapid adoption of generative AI.
  • “And the combined effect of software and hardware performance improvements are 1000-fold in some areas compared to our initial reference benchmark results, which shows the pace that innovation is happening in the field.”
    To view the results for MLPerf Training v3.0 and MLPerf Tiny v1.1, and to find additional information about the benchmarks please visit:

Data I/O Reports First Quarter 2023 Results

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

Data I/O Corporation (NASDAQ: DAIO), the leading global provider of advanced security and data deployment solutions for microcontrollers, security ICs and memory devices, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.

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  • Data I/O Corporation (NASDAQ: DAIO), the leading global provider of advanced security and data deployment solutions for microcontrollers, security ICs and memory devices, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023.
  • For 2023, we believe Data I/O is on track for double digit annual revenue growth, increased net income and cash flow generation.”
    Data I/O’s financial results featured strong revenues, gross margin, and profitability for the first quarter 2023.
  • Net sales in the first quarter 2023 were $7.2 million, up 46% as compared with $5.0 million in the first quarter 2022.
  • Revenues in the first quarter 2023 benefited from the impact of the US dollar declining against foreign currencies during the quarter.

Data I/O Announces Partnership with Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan to Enable Security Deployment Services on the SentriX Platform for M2354 Series Microcontroller Devices

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Monday, March 13, 2023

Data I/O Corporation (NASDAQ: DAIO), the leading global provider of advanced security and data deployment solutions for microcontrollers, security ICs and memory devices, and Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan partner to enable security deployment services for Nuvoton’s M2354 Series based IoT Security Microcontroller (MCU) series using Data I/O’s SentriX® security deployment platform.

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  • Data I/O Corporation (NASDAQ: DAIO), the leading global provider of advanced security and data deployment solutions for microcontrollers, security ICs and memory devices, and Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan partner to enable security deployment services for Nuvoton’s M2354 Series based IoT Security Microcontroller (MCU) series using Data I/O’s SentriX® security deployment platform.
  • New connected device-based revenue models require trusted data and trusted devices to enable data-driven services and to protect physical systems.
  • Nuvoton and Data I/O are partnering to enable security deployment services starting with Nuvoton M2354 Series support.
  • “The SentriX security deployment platform enables OEMs to easily define security profiles and provision M2354 Series at the chip level before the device goes to the manufacturing line for board assembly.

Tower Semiconductor Reports 2022 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Financial Results

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, Feb. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ: TSEM & TASE: TSEM) reports today its results for the fourth quarter and for the year ended December 31, 2022.

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  • Full Year Record Revenue of $1.68 Billion;
    MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, Feb. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ: TSEM & TASE: TSEM) reports today its results for the fourth quarter and for the year ended December 31, 2022.
  • Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $403 million, as compared to $412 million in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Operating profit for the fourth quarter of 2022 was $99 million, 77% higher than the $56 million recorded in the fourth quarter of 2021.
  • Net profit in the third quarter of 2022 was $69 million, which represented $0.63 basic and $0.62 diluted earnings per share.