ARM收购处理器验证公司Obsidian

据悉，处理器知识产权授权商ARM控股有限公司已经收购了Obsidian软件公司，后者是一家创建于1997年的私人持股公司，成立以来一直提供处理器验证产品，核查咨询和培训服务。 ARM为本次收购所支付的具体数额尚未透露。 “自开发Cortex-A8处理器以来，ARM一直同Obsidian保持着长期合作关系。”ARM处理器业务部门执行副总裁兼总经理Mike Inglis在一份声明中表示，“此次收购Obsidian，有助于我们进一步提高产品质量，并缩短基于ARM的SoC产品的上市时间。” 交易完成后，Obsidian软件验证团队将成为ARM德州检验团队的一部分。 Obsidian最知名的产品是随机架构验证引擎（Random Architecture Verification Engine），也就是众所周知的RAVEN，一个用于生成标准和定制处理器内核的验证工具。 ARM表示，将继续履行现有Obsidian与客户之间的所有合同协议。 编译：Luffy Liu 本文授权编译自EE Times，版权所有，谢绝转载 参考英文原文：ARM buys Texas processor verification firm，by Peter Clarke

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{pagination} ARM buys Texas processor verification firm Peter Clarke LONDON – Processor intellectual property licensor ARM Holdings plc has acquired Obsidian Software Inc., a privately held company that has been providing processor verification products, verification consulting and training services to processor designers since 1997. The amount ARM is paying for Obsidian (Austin, Texas) was not disclosed. "ARM and Obsidian Software have had a long relationship which started with early work on Cortex-A8," said Mike Inglis, general manager and executive vice president of ARM's processor division, in a statement. "The technology and people that will come with this acquisition are a significant addition to our capabilities in maximizing quality and reducing time to market of ARM-based SoCs.” The Obsidian Software validation team will become part of an ARM processor validation team based in Austin, Texas. Obsidian's best known product is the Random Architecture Verification Engine, known as RAVEN, a processor verification tool for generating stimuli in standard and custom processor cores. ARM said it would honor all existing contractual agreements between Obsidian and its customers.