The AI Infrastructure Stack
Overview  /  Tier V Silicon  /  Layer 11: Chip Design Software & IP
Sub-category 11.4

Semiconductor IP — Interface & Memory

The IP blocks that handle PCIe, NVLink, USB, DDR/HBM controllers, SerDes — sold separately from CPU cores.

Players

Players: Synopsys IP SNPS, Cadence IP CDNS, Alphawave QCOM (acquired), Credo CRDO, Rambus RMBS, eMemory (Taiwan) 3529.TW, Silicon Creations Private

Analysis coming soon — this page is scaffolding for deeper research into semiconductor ip — interface & memory.