據(jù)悉，處理器知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)授權(quán)商ARM控股有限公司已經(jīng)收購了Obsidian軟件公司，后者是一家創(chuàng)建于1997年的私人持股公司，成立以來一直提供處理器驗(yàn)證產(chǎn)品，核查咨詢和培訓(xùn)服務(wù)。
ARM為本次收購所支付的具體數(shù)額尚未透露。
“自開發(fā)Cortex-A8處理器以來，ARM一直同Obsidian保持著長(zhǎng)期合作關(guān)系?！盇RM處理器業(yè)務(wù)部門執(zhí)行副總裁兼總經(jīng)理Mike Inglis在一份聲明中表示，“此次收購Obsidian，有助于我們進(jìn)一步提高產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量，并縮短基于ARM的SoC產(chǎn)品的上市時(shí)間?！?
交易完成后，Obsidian軟件驗(yàn)證團(tuán)隊(duì)將成為ARM德州檢驗(yàn)團(tuán)隊(duì)的一部分。
Obsidian最知名的產(chǎn)品是隨機(jī)架構(gòu)驗(yàn)證引擎（Random Architecture Verification Engine），也就是眾所周知的RAVEN，一個(gè)用于生成標(biāo)準(zhǔn)和定制處理器內(nèi)核的驗(yàn)證工具。
ARM表示，將繼續(xù)履行現(xiàn)有Obsidian與客戶之間的所有合同協(xié)議。
編譯：
Luffy Liu
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參考英文原文：ARM buys Texas processor verification firm，by Peter Clarke
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ARM buys Texas processor verification firm
Peter Clarke
LONDON – Processor intellectual property licensor ARM Holdings plc has acquired Obsidian Software Inc., a privately held company that has been providing processor verification products, verification consulting and training services to processor designers since 1997.
The amount ARM is paying for Obsidian (Austin, Texas) was not disclosed.
"ARM and Obsidian Software have had a long relationship which started with early work on Cortex-A8," said Mike Inglis, general manager and executive vice president of ARM's processor division, in a statement. "The technology and people that will come with this acquisition are a significant addition to our capabilities in maximizing quality and reducing time to market of ARM-based SoCs.”
The Obsidian Software validation team will become part of an ARM processor validation team based in Austin, Texas.
Obsidian's best known product is the Random Architecture Verification Engine, known as RAVEN, a processor verification tool for generating stimuli in standard and custom processor cores.
ARM said it would honor all existing contractual agreements between Obsidian and its customers.
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