An ecosystem of customized solutions optimized for specific applications is gradually strengthening. Accordingly, Arm has announced Total Design and is focusing its efforts on building this related ecosystem.

Arm announced on the 18th that it has released Arm Total Design, an ecosystem designed to seamlessly provide custom SoCs based on the Neoverse™ computing subsystem (CSS).

Arm explained that it is accelerating and simplifying Neoverse CSS-based system development by integrating industry leaders, including ASIC design companies, IP vendors, EDA tool providers, foundries, and firmware developers.

Through pre-integrated and verified IP and EDA tools from partners such as Cadence, Rambus, and Synopsys, the integration of silicon design and memory, security, and peripherals can be accelerated.

In addition, design services from AD Technology, Alphawave Semi, Broadcom, and Capgemini are provided to support the ecosystem with expertise in Neoverse CSS, other Arm IP, and methodologies.

It provides technology optimized for the cutting-edge process nodes and advanced packaging technologies of foundry partners, including Intel Foundry Services (IFS) and TSMC, and supports commercial software and firmware for Neoverse CSS from major infrastructure firmware providers such as AMI.

Arm Total Design means that ASIC design houses can start designing for a chip and use it immediately. In addition, IP vendors can pre-integrate, verify, and optimize advanced IP for Neoverse CSS, and EDA partners can simplify SoC design through state-of-the-art tools and workflows.

Furthermore, not only can commercial firmware solutions be developed well prior to silicon release, but the Neoverse CSS design can also be specifically optimized to utilize state-of-the-art process nodes.

Arm stated that it provides partners who have joined the Total Design Ecosystem with the benefit of preferential access to Neoverse CSS, which can reduce the cost and friction involved in building custom silicon.

Mohamed Awad, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Infrastructure at Arm, noted, “Technology leaders building next-generation computing infrastructure, from AI to 5G, cloud data centers, and the edge, are looking to custom silicon to enable the specialized processing required for scalability.”

Arm is meeting these requirements by introducing Arm Neoverse CSS, a faster and lower-risk path toward custom silicon for infrastructure. Manager Mohamed expressed confidence, stating, “Through Arm Total Design, Arm brings the broad semiconductor industry together to drive innovation around Arm’s core computing subsystems. There is no ecosystem that shortens time-to-market and reduces the costs required to produce custom silicon with superior performance and efficiency.”

Meanwhile, Neoverse CSS is evolving to support new chiplet technology. Arm is supporting innovation related to multi-die chiplet SoC design by collaborating with Arm Total Design members and the broader ecosystem to promote coordination of fundamental interfaces and system architectures across the industry through Arm AMBA CHI C2C, UCle, and other initiatives.

Socionext’s multicore CPU chiplet, which adopts Neoverse CSS technology being developed at TSMC 2nm for server CPUs, data center AI edge servers, and 5/6G infrastructure, is cited as a representative example.