Back in the day, it wasn’t uncommon for large semiconductor companies to maintain their own proprietary processors that were designed with their specific applications in mind.

One issue with today’s modern design flow is the access to “Trusted Fabs” for confidential designs.  Just too many eyes…

One of the biggest advantages that the cloud provides for doing chip design using electronic design automation (EDA) tools, is the virtually unlimited and advanced compute resources that deliver the capacity chip designers need.