Senior Vice President of IP Group, Synopsys
Search every verified John Koeter interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. John Koeter, Senior Vice President of the IP Group at Synopsys, has been discussing the company's role in advancing RISC-V-based system-on-chip (SoC) innovation. In a September 2024 keynote, he announced a new family within Synopsys's ARC product line called "Cleverly ARC5," which includes three product families targeting deeply embedded 32-bit processors, real-time applications with hardware virtualization, and a full 64-bit multicore host processor supporting Linux. Koeter stated that Synopsys is committed to supporting the RISC-V ecosystem with a broad portfolio of IP, including interface IP, security processors, and safety-certified tools. He cited projections from Semico that automotive RISC-V-based processors will be valued at nearly one billion dollars by 2027, and noted that 30% of IoT devices are expected to be based on RISC-V by 2028. In a 2021 presentation, Koeter addressed trends in semiconductor design driven by shifts to public cloud computing and automotive zonal architectures. He said that according to Gartner Dataquest, about 90% of applications are currently run on on-prem clouds, but that is expected to flip to nearly 80% on public cloud within four to five years. Koeter described the current period as a "golden age of semiconductors," with high innovation levels driven by AI accelerators, graphics chips, and server chips. He highlighted Synopsys's investments in die-to-die interfaces, high-speed IP for data centers, and automotive-grade IP certified for standards like ISO 26262, and noted partnerships with Infineon, Qualcomm, and Bay Robotics.
“It took 60 years for the semiconductor industry to go from zero to 500 billion, and the forecast is that by the end of the decade, in six short years, the semiconductor industry will double again to become a trillion dollar industry.”
“By 2030, there will be 300 million lines of code in automotive systems, and 30% of all IoT devices will be based on RISC-V by 2028, showing the monumental changes and adoption of open standards in the industry.”
“Synopsys is announcing a new family within our ARC product family called Cleverly ARC5, which includes three separate product families targeting deeply embedded 32-bit processors, real-time applications with hardware virtualization, and a full 64-bit multicore host processor supporting Linux applications.”
“Synopsys acquired ARC back in 2011, and ARC as an ISA has been around for 25 years, making this a natural evolution for the second largest IP company on the planet.”
“The Metaware toolchain, which Synopsys brings to RISC-V, is a world-class, state-of-the-art development system that is 40 years old and includes IDE, runtime libraries, advanced debuggers, cycle-based simulators, and is fully FUSA certified.”
“Synopsys is committed to supporting the RISC-V ecosystem with a broad portfolio of IP optimized for RISC-V processors, including interface IP like USB and Ethernet, security processors, hardware root of trust, crypto cores, memories, and standard cells.”
“Semico, a well-known research firm, projects that automotive RISC-V based processors will be valued at just under a billion dollars by 2027, highlighting the growing financial impact of RISC-V in automotive markets.”
“Safety certified RISC-V based processor IP from Synopsys is enabling companies like Ninian to build high-performance automotive systems with the highest level of functional safety.”
“Green Hills is pleased to extend its production-focused family of safety certified operating systems, compilers, and development tools to support Synopsys's new RISC-V based ARC5 processor IP.”
“Synopsys is committed to being there to help enable the next wave of SoC innovation based on the RISC-V ISA, supporting open-source solutions, collaboration, and flexibility across the entire portfolio of IP, tools, and solutions.”
“According to Gartner Dataquest, about 90 percent of applications are currently run on on-prem clouds, but over the next four to five years, we expect that to flip to almost 80 percent running on the public cloud, driving a gigantic shift across the semiconductor industry.”
“We are really in an almost golden age of semiconductors right now; innovation levels are so high driven by dynamics like AI accelerators, graphics chips, next generation server chips, and smart NICs, creating great opportunities for the semiconductor industry.”
“Enterprise level storage is growing at almost 18 percent annually from 2019 through 2024, driven by the massive growth in compute and memory needs from complex AI algorithms, with SSDs rapidly transitioning to newer semiconductor processes like 7, 5, and 3 nanometers.”
“System in Package or SiP is really the new SoC; chips are getting very large and complex, hitting reticle limits, so they are split into multiple chips, requiring very high speed, low power, low latency, and error-free die-to-die interfaces, which we are heavily investing in at Synopsys.”
“We have a very robust portfolio of IP for high performance compute including high speed 30s up to 112 gig long reach capabilities, memory interfaces like DDR5, LPDDR5x, HBM3, and system interfaces like PCIe 5 going to PCIe 6 along with CXL, which is seeing a lot of increased demand.”
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