Design And Reuse

What Design And Reuse does

D&R provides a global collaboration network for sharing design resources in the electronics SoC industry.

Name

Design And Reuse

Legal name

Design And Reuse

Website

https://www.design-reuse.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

D&R provides a global collaboration network for sharing design resources in the electronics SoC industry.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Semiconductor IP Marketplace

NAICS

Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (33441)

SIC

Semiconductors & Related Devices (3674)

akta.pro primary industry

Hardware/Chip Design IP Cores (Processor, Interface, Analog, Security) (HDAHAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Electronics Components & OEM/ODM Sourcing Marketplaces (CRAFAHAM), Design Services & ASIC/SoC Implementation (EDA-Adjacent) (HDAHAFAL), IP Enablement, Characterization & Porting Services (HDAHAFAI)

Keywords

• Semiconductor IP cores
• SoC design platform
• ASIC design resources
• IP core marketplace
• Foundry technology services

Headquarters

HQ city

Grenoble

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. IP Core Catalog/Marketplace: Platform facilitates transactions and listings between IP vendors and semiconductor designers. Revenue likely derives from vendor listing fees, premium placement, and transaction facilitation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Design And Reuse operates a B2B online marketplace cataloging 16,000+ semiconductor IP (SIP) cores from 450 vendors across 16 technology categories for SoC designers. The platform enables IP discovery, vendor comparison, and ASIC design resource selection across foundries (TSMC, Samsung, GlobalFoundries, SMIC, Intel, UMC) supplemented by the IP-SoC Days event series and a Design Partners directory.

Product overview

Design And Reuse operates as a B2B semiconductor intellectual property (SIP) marketplace and industry intelligence platform. The core offering is the IP Core Catalog Platform, which provides searchable access to over 16,000 IP cores from 450 vendors across 17 categories including Foundation IP, Analog IP, Interface IP, Processor IP, RISC-V, AI Core, Automotive IP, Security IP, IoT, Media IP, and Verification IP. The platform is complemented by ASIC Technology services connecting users with foundry partners (TSMC, Samsung, GlobalFoundries, Intel, UMC, and others), and an FPGA/eFPGA corner listing cores from Xilinx AMD, Altera, Menta, and other vendors. Additional offerings include the IP-SoC Days event series, a design partner directory, and aggregated industry news covering AI, security, automotive, RISC-V, and semiconductor sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IP Core Catalog Platform Searchable B2B marketplace cataloging 16,000+ semiconductor IP cores from 450 vendors across 16 technology categories, enabling SoC designers to discover, evaluate and procure intellectual property blocks for chip design.
• Foundry Services (ASIC Technology) ASIC foundry selector connecting users with foundry partners including TSMC, Samsung, GlobalFoundries, SMIC, Intel, UMC and others for semiconductor manufacturing across technology nodes.
• FPGA and eFPGA Corner FPGA intellectual property corner offering access to cores from FPGA and eFPGA vendors including Xilinx AMD, Altera, Menta, Lattice, Quicklogic, Achronix and Efinix.
• IP-SoC Days Events Industry conference series including IP-SoC Silicon Valley, IP-SoC China, IP-SoC South Korea and IP-SoC EU, connecting semiconductor professionals, showcasing IP developments and facilitating vendor-buyer interactions.
• Design Partners / ASIC & IP Design Center Directory Directory of design partners and ASIC/IP design centers providing custom chip design services, accessed through the platform by SoC teams seeking third-party design execution support.
• News and Industry Intelligence Aggregated semiconductor industry news and editorial content covering AI/ML, Security, Automotive, RISC-V, Design Platforms, Foundries, IoT, Networking and Audio/Video sectors, delivered as blogs, articles and the D&R SoC News Alert.

Quantifiable outcome

• 16,000 IP cores searchable across 16 technology categories

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• D&R ChinaminorOthersRelated entity operating design-reuse-china.com for Chinese market coverage. Appears to be an affiliated regional operation rather than a formal partnership.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Synopsys: Synopsys operates the DesignWare IP portfolio and an integrated IP discovery channel within its EDA platform. It is comparable to D&R because it offers one of the largest commercially accessible IP catalogs and competes with D&R's neutral marketplace by bundling IP selection with synthesis, verification, and design tools.
• Cadence Design Systems: Cadence fields the Cadence IP portfolio and previously operated the ChipEstimate IP marketplace concept, which directly overlapped with D&R's neutral IP catalog. Cadence is comparable as the dominant EDA incumbent with embedded IP discovery and licensing.
• Siemens EDA (Mentor Graphics): Siemens EDA provides IP, verification, and design platform offerings as part of a broad EDA suite. It is comparable to D&R because it competes for designer attention during IP selection and increasingly integrates partner/third-party IP into its flows, partly cannibalizing neutral catalog portals.

Direct peers

• Arteris: Arteris is a NoC interconnect IP vendor that publishes its own content, case studies, and product launches on D&R's site. It is comparable as a featured IP vendor on the platform and as a competitor that increasingly markets IP directly to SoC designers, reducing dependence on neutral catalogs.
• CAST, Inc. CAST is a long-standing independent IP vendor (processors, interconnects, automotive/functional safety IP such as the SENT/SAE J2716 receiver) that prominently lists on D&R. CAST is comparable as a participating IP vendor and as an exemplar of the multi-vendor IP ecosystem that D&R's marketplace aggregates.
• T2M-IP: T2M is an independent semiconductor IP vendor and active listor on D&R, marketing wireless, interface, and analog IP. It is comparable as a participating IP vendor on the platform and as a representative of the long tail of IP suppliers that the marketplace exists to consolidate.
• Agile Analog: Agile Analog designs mixed-signal/analog IP and is featured on D&R as both a vendor and a content contributor. It is comparable as a listed IP vendor and as a newer entrant whose growth depends partly on aggregator marketplaces like D&R for discovery.

Others

• Semiconductor Engineering (industry media): Semiconductor Engineering is a deep-technical media outlet covering IP, EDA, and chip design. It is comparable to D&R as an adjacent content/community play targeting the same SoC design audience, competing for designer mindshare and advertising/sponsorship dollars.
• SemiWiki: SemiWiki is a semiconductor industry community and content platform that hosts executive interviews, blogs, and IP vendor marketing. It is comparable to D&R as a community-driven channel that overlaps with D&R's blog/news surface for IP discovery and vendor promotion.

Emerging players

• eSilicon / MosChip Technologies (ASIC design partners): MosChip is a design services and ASIC/IP partner firm that publishes content on D&R. It is comparable as a 'design partner'/'ASIC & IP Design Center' participant on D&R's platform and competes in the same buyer-facing workflow of IP-plus-design-service sourcing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/designreuse

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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