According to the latest statistical data market research firm Gartner , Cadence Design Systems among the world's top four vendors of semiconductor IP in 2013 , mainly due to the company's business strategy in the IP to change course , and the acquisition of other companies Tensilica and Cosmic Circuits ; Cadence Gartner in 2012 semiconductor IP provider on the list still squeeze into the top ten. According to Gartner , the global semiconductor IP market to grow 11.5% in 2013 , the market size of $ 2.45 billion ; among suppliers ARM processor core is a leading market share of 43.2% , ranking the second largest and third largest semiconductor IP provider Synopsys is a provider with Imagination Technologies, market share was 13.9% and 9%. Imagination semiconductor IP business growth from the previous part of the reason for the MIPS acquisition. Other top 10 semiconductor supplier ranking on IP worth noting include Sonic and the graphics processor core suppliers Vivante; Sonic ranked ninth in 2012 , seventh in 2013 to progress its annual revenue growth of IP services up 44.8%; Vivante is the first time into the list . The Ceva with annual revenue Rambus two semiconductor IP vendors are showing signs of deterioration , Ceva 's ranking from fifth to sixth regress , Rambus is to keep the eighth position.