Freescale, Philips and STMicroelectronics Expand Industry's Largest R&D Alliance

The Crolles2 Alliance partners STMicroelectronics, Philips and Freescale Semiconductor have reached a preliminary agreement to cooperate on the creation and validation of high-level System-on-Chip (SoC) intellectual property (IP) blocks. Implementation and completion of this agreement is still subject to the successful conclusion of a contract between the partners.