ARM, LSI collaboration strengthens networking silicon portfolio

LSI will gain access to ARM's process, including the ARM Cortex-A15 processor with virtualisation support. Also available will be ARM's on chip interconnect technology, including CoreLink cache coherent interconnect system IP for use in multicore applications. LSI's vice president and chief operating officer, Jeff Richardson, pictured, said the deal will address the unprecedented growth in network traffic being driven by smartphones, tablets and cloud based services. "The integration of LSI's leadership in SoC solutions with ARM's strong ecosystem and leadership in power efficient cores will lead to exciting new multicore based solutions for our customers," he said. Mike Inglis, ARM's executive vice president, processor division, added that the combination of the two companies' portfolio of IP will enable networking applications to satisfy the ever increasing bandwidth demands in the most power efficient manner. "We are pleased to extend our long standing relationship with LSI and help them develop next generation, differentiated solutions based on ARM technology," he said. "The powerful combination of ARM advanced IP and LSI's leadership in SoC design will enable networking and storage OEMs to deliver high performance, energy efficient products to their customers."