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Dolphin Semiconductor

Dolphin Semiconductor is a premier provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) solutions, prominently recognized for its proficiency in IP design. Specializing in high-performance audio IP, and analog/mixed-signal IP, the company offers comprehensive silicon platforms. These solutions are tailored for use in mobile devices, consumer electronics, automotive systems, and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. With a focus on energy efficiency, Dolphin Semiconductor strives to enhance battery life and lower power consumption, contributing to eco-friendly technology advancements. With deep expertise in silicon technology, Dolphin Semiconductor aids clients in transforming innovative concepts into market-leading products. Their advanced semiconductor IP solutions are crafted into comprehensive design platforms, aiming to enhance System-on-Chip (SoC) designs. This meticulous engineering ensures a perfect balance of energy efficiency and performance while delivering exceptional audio quality and superior processing capabilities. Dolphin Semiconductor prides itself on a team of over 132 dedicated professionals, all experts in semiconductor and IP design. By continuously innovating and delivering exceptional support, the company ensures that each partnership results in groundbreaking advancements. This commitment to technological advancement drives Dolphin's efforts to redefine the future of energy-efficient SoC designs. Located in Meylan, France and St-Laurent, Quebec, Dolphin Semiconductor is at the forefront of semiconductor IP innovation. Read more

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BAT Audio Platform

The BAT Audio Platform represents a leading-edge audio IP solution developed for battery-powered System-on-Chip (SoC) applications. Intelligently designed to offer unparalleled audio fidelity, this platform significantly enhances auditory features in SoCs, accommodating uses from active noise cancellation and beamforming to voice user interfaces. With a focus on low energy consumption, BAT ensures extended battery life, optimizing devices for efficient operations. Offering an expansive array of off-the-shelf solutions combined with numerous customization options, BAT enables rapid market readiness and risk reduction by building upon top-tier, silicon-proven IPs. This platform not only accelerates project timelines but also decreases development costs, freeing clients to focus on their core competencies while leveraging Dolphin's audio expertise. Incorporating features like WhisperTrigger for ultra-low-power voice activity detection and WhisperExtractor for energy-saving analog feature extraction, BAT represents a holistic approach to advancing audio technology. The platform’s digital and mixed-signal solutions provide seamless integration and configuration, ensuring high fidelity and low power consumption across a spectrum of applications from consumer electronics to IoT devices.

Dolphin Semiconductor
TSMC
All Process Nodes, 28nm
ADPCM, Audio Interfaces, Audio Processor, Coder/Decoder, JPEG, WMA
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SPIDER Power Management Platform

The SPIDER Power Management Platform is a state-of-the-art solution designed to enhance energy efficiency for System-on-Chip (SoC) designs. Available across various process nodes, SPIDER integrates voltage regulators, low-frequency oscillators, and voltage monitors to ensure reliable power supply for active and always-on domains. This platform is celebrated for its ability to extend battery life utilizing low quiescent currents ideal for deep-sleep modes and high efficiency for active modes. Additionally, its comprehensive offerings include adaptive body biasing (ABB) to unlock optimal performance, yielding exceptional energy savings and reliability. SPIDER's versatile nature allows for direct battery or USB connections, accommodating an input voltage up to 5.5V. This ability reduces cost by enabling a single DC/DC converter to support multiple domains with low-cost and compact components. The platform is meticulously designed with advanced features like automated regulator control, power/clock gating, and voltage scaling, facilitating effortless implementation of efficient power networks. One of the central highlights of the SPIDER platform is its capability to supply both always-on and active domains from a single DC/DC buck converter, supporting various input energy sources such as Lithium-ion or Alkaline batteries. Overall, SPIDER represents a comprehensive power management solution aimed at maximizing SoC performance through efficient energy utilization.

Dolphin Semiconductor
TSMC
All Process Nodes, 28nm
DC-DC Converter, Power Management
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5th Generation Power Metering

The 5th Generation Power Metering solution by Dolphin Semiconductor is a cutting-edge IP offering, designed for single or three-phase detection with a strong focus on energy efficiency and accuracy in power metering applications. This advanced platform leverages a 24-bit ADC for high-precision energy measurements, ensuring low noise at low frequencies, minimal offset, and high total harmonic distortion (THD) performance. Developed to simplify and accelerate design processes while supporting scalability across multiple power metering solutions, this IP optimizes cost and complexity. It includes integrated power computation algorithms that streamline operations, supported with optional power and energy computation engines requiring minimal computational resources from a supporting MCU SoC. The IP offers significant benefits such as error measurement well below 0.1% over a 1/7000 range, making it ideal for smart energy applications. Additionally, it features synchronized channels with phase shifting calibration, eliminating the need for input DC blocking capacitors. Compatible with process nodes from 180nm down to 40nm, this power metering solution offers a flexible, cost-effective IP robust for contemporary semiconductor applications.

Dolphin Semiconductor
TSMC
All Process Nodes, 40nm, 180nm
A/D Converter, SD, Switched Cap Filter
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Foundation IP

Dolphin Semiconductor's Foundation IPs are crafted to enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of System-on-Chip (SoC) designs through robust offerings of embedded memories and standard-cell libraries. Specially designed for energy-efficient applications, these components help optimize space and power usage while ensuring the cutting-edge performance of modern electronic devices. Incorporated within Dolphin's Foundation IP portfolio are standard cells that allow chip designers to achieve up to 30% density gains at the cell level, compared to conventional libraries. Further, these components are engineered to support always-on applications with exceptionally low leakage rates. The Foundation IP suite optimizes SoC designs by delivering dramatically reduced leakage and area consumption, avoiding the additional cost and complexity of using a regulator. The memory compilers within Foundation IPs offer ultra-low power and high-density memory solutions, including SRAM and via-programmable ROMs. These are formulated to deliver up to 50% energy savings, providing flexibility with multi-power modes and adaptable to varied instances. With optimization for TSMC processes, Dolphin's Foundation IPs provide an essential backbone for creating innovative, efficient, and sustainable SoC products.

Dolphin Semiconductor
TSMC
All Process Nodes, 40nm, 180nm
Embedded Memories, I/O Library, Standard cell
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