ARM has acquired Falanx Microsystems, an graphics IP company headquartered in Trondheim, Norway. The company has net assets of NOK 2 million and develops graphics accelerator IP and software for semiconductor system-on-chip (SoC) vendors. The acquisition fits the ARM strategy of enabling users to create SoCs seamlessly in their design process. Falanx will become a new Graphics IP Business Unit within ARM, and will be led by Pascal Peru as general manager.