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Headlines for Apr. 30, 2008
Top Story videantis introduces new scalable video solutions up to HD for mobile devices By combining powerful video engines with a programmable stream unit, the v-MP20x0MOB solution packages are capable of encoding and decoding video up to 720p resolution in a wide range of standards on extremely small silicon area without placing load on the host CPU.
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Virage Logic Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Results
GiDEL Releases the Fastest, Scalable SoC/ASIC Verification System Built on Largest and Fastest FPGA's
Imagination Technologies Signs Licence Agreement with Samsung Electronics
Mobile Handset Industry Leaders Form a Working Group to Drive New Memory Interface Standard
MoSys, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Appeals Court Sides with Rambus in Samsung Matter
Headlines for Apr. 29, 2008
Top Story TranSwitch announces first HDMI 1.3 PHY IP Core operating at 10.5 Gbps The HD-PXL-1.3 transmitter IP core is available in two versions. The first version meets all the current HD (High Definition) standards up to 2.25 Gbps. The second version supports serial communications at a speed of up to 3.5 Gbps per channel for extended HD resolutions, with backward compatibility to the first version of 2.25 Gbps.
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Arasan Chip Systems Announces PCI Express Gen2 End Point Solution
Tensilica Adds Dolby TrueHD Decoder to Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine Codec Library
ARM Holdings plc Reports Results For The First Quarter Ended 31 March 2008
CEVA, Inc. Announces Record First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
ASPEED Technology Purchases IP from IPextreme Core Store
Altera and HCELL Engineering Announce DO-254-Certifiable Nios II Embedded Processor
Maxim Integrated Products and Altera Offer a Simple, Cost-Effective Solution to Protect FPGA Designs
Headlines for Apr. 28, 2008
Top Story Synopsys Releases Silicon Proven 5.0 Gbps PCI Express 2.0 PHY IP The DesignWare PHY IP for PCI Express 2.0 includes advanced built-in diagnostic capabilities and ATE test vectors enabling at-speed production testing of the PHY. It is implemented in standard CMOS digital technologies and does not require special process options, providing both ease of integration into a SoC, and ensuring high production yields.
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ASIC Architect Announces the Availability of DDR 3 Controller Cores
ASIC Architect Announces the Availability of Multi-Port Intelligent Arbiter and Scheduler for DDR Controller Cores
MOSAID Grants First Wireless Patent Portfolio License to Matsushita Electric
CSR Selects Virage Logic as Its Trusted IP Partner for Next-Generation Bluetooth Devices
ARM and Mindspeed Address Next Generation Home Gateways with Multiprocessing Technology
Multiple Configurable ARC Cores Enable ITT to Build Secure Communications Devices for Government Applications
Lattice Announces New CPLD Family For Low Power, High Volume Portable Applications
TSMC wants more of IC pie
Onkyo Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent Portfolio License
MIPS Technologies Launches Company's First European University Program for Design Engineers
Dolphin Integration announces a SESAME Library stem for ultra low power and low voltage in 0.18 um
Headlines for Apr. 25, 2008
Rambus Reports First Quarter Results
Headlines for Apr. 24, 2008
Top Story ARC Introduces New "Sonic Focus-Ready" Audio/Video Subsystem The AM 401V offers a fully integrated yet programmable subsystem that is capable of playing back virtually any audio/video content on portable media devices. An industry first, it is optimized to popular audio formats such as AAC, MP3, Dolby Digital and video standards such as MPEG-4, Real Video, VC-1 and H.264 while greatly improving sound fidelity.
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First Batch of China 3G Commercial Trial Handsets are all ARM Powered
SMIC and Amlogic in Commercial Production of 90nm Digital Photo Frame Chip
Faraday Reported 2008 First Quarter Results
DoD may push back on Apple's P.A. Semi bid; PowerPC variant designed into many military systems
Headlines for Apr. 23, 2008
Top Story Rambus Announces IBM to License Multi-protocol Serdes This multi-protocol SerDes cell provides IBM with a high-performance and low-power solution for implementation on its 45nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology.
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Rambus Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Spansion
Apple enters IC market, buys PA Semi
DC Circuit Court Overturns Federal Trade Commission Orders in Rambus Case
Synplicity Announces First Quarter 2008 Results
Silicon Image Reports First Quarter 2008 Financial Results
Headlines for Apr. 22, 2008
Top Story Virage Logic's DDR Memory Controller Interface Provides High Performance Data Transfer at Higher Efficiency and Lower Power Architected from the ground up to provide a combination of low-latency, high-performance and low-power options, the Intelli DDR solution incorporates intelligent scheduling algorithms for superior system bandwidth.
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Actel Partners With Pigeon Point Systems to Deliver TCA Management Solutions
TSMC Unveils New 40/65-Nanometer SPICE Tool Qualification Program
Kilopass Non-Volatile Memory Technology Embedded in 15 Million Units
ChipVision Delivers Two Breakthrough ESL Power-Optimization Design Tools for Meeting Critical Power Budgets
ChipX Mixed-Signal ASIC Processes and Procedures Satisfy DO-254 Standard
Winbond Electronics Corporation and Qimonda AG Announce New Agreement for 65 nanometer Buried Wordline Technology Transfer
RIM and The TPL Group Agree to Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) Portfolio License
MPEG-2 Patent Owners Sue Target Corporation for MPEG-2 Patent Infringement
Headlines for Apr. 21, 2008
Top Story Northwest Logic Announces Availability Of A Complete PCI Express 2.0 Solution For Xilinx Virtex-5FXT Devices This solution combines Northwest Logic’s full-featured PCI Express 2.0 Core, DMA Back-End Core, DMA Driver and PCI Express GUI to provide a complete, pre-packaged PCI Express 2.0 solution.
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Impinj Introduces Few-Time Programmable Logic Nonvolatile Memory Solution
CEVA Unveils High-Performance, Low Power Platforms for Wireless, Multimedia Applications
SMIC and ASTRI Collaborate on the Development of the World's First Dual Mode UWB MAC ASIC Supporting Both WiMedia Compliant WLP and China IGRS Networking Applications
Lattice and Aldec Announce New Alliance For FPGA Design And Verification
Actel Corporation Licenses Sarnoff's TakeCharge Solution
Evatronix SDIO-HOST Controller compliments the company's line of memory controllers
Lattice Semiconductor and Synplicity Extend Partnership
Renesas collaborates with IMEC on reconfigurable RF transceivers
Executive Interview: Xilinx chairman Wim Roelandts
Headlines for Apr. 18, 2008
Virage Logic Appoints Dr. Alex Shubat to Newly Created Position of Chief Operating Officer
Legend Silicon Releases 3rd Generation DTV Demodulator Chip
Headlines for Apr. 17, 2008
Top Story Kilopass Announces XPM Is First CMOS Logic NVM Technology to Complete Qualification on 80nm and 90nm Process Technologies Kilopass Technology today announced that its extra-permanent memory (XPM) technology is the first high density embedded NVM technology to complete qualification for 80nm and 90nm process technologies with the successful qualification of its XPM-80GC and XPM-90LP product families.
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Virage Logic Strengthens Low Power IP Product Portfolio with Availability of 65nm CPF-Enabled Ultra-Low-Power Standard Cell Libraries
eASIC Shatters FPGA Performance With 235MHz LEON3 Processor
Digital Core Design announces D6802 8-bit Microprocessor Core
Altera Announces First Quarter Results; Increases Quarterly Dividend
National Instruments LabVIEW Targets Industry-Leading ARM Microcontrollers
Headlines for Apr. 16, 2008
Top Story Arasan Chip Systems Introduces New Low Voltage SDIO Validation Platform The new SD/SDIO Device HVP is a SD host platform tool based upon Arasan's SD/SDIO host controller used for SDIO device validation. Fully compliant with SD/SDIO v2.0, SD Memory v2.0, and MMC v4.3, the SD socket can interface to any standard SD or MMC card for fast validation.
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Start-up OptNgn Offers a Floating Point VHDL Library as Open Source
Keynote speakers differ on the health of the US patent system
Sun and Wind River Partner to Deliver Carrier Grade Linux for Next-Generation Networking on Sun's UltraSPARC(R) T2 Processor
SoC cost, complexity driving IP collaboration
Accelerating development and lowering risk
China moves to bolster IP laws
Headlines for Apr. 15, 2008
Top Story Silicon Image Delivers Advanced 12 Megapixel Camera Processor IP Core for Mobile Devices This technology delivers professional picture quality and advanced camera functionality once only found in digital still cameras (DSCs), but now conveniently integrated into mobile phones, portable multimedia players (PMPs), ultra mobile PCs (UMPCs) and security cameras.
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GDA Announces the Availability of PCI Express Single Root IOV (GPEX-SRIOV) IP
Synopsys Delivers Industry's First Certified USB 2.0 PHY IP for Advanced 45-Nanometer Process
On2 Licenses Mobile Optimized Decoders to Monsoon Multimedia
Synplicity Launches ReadyIP Program: The Industry's First Universal, Secure IP Flow for FPGA Implementation
MediaTek Licenses CEVA-X DSP Core and Subsystem from CEVA
MIPS Technologies Introduces Industry's First Hot Spot Analyzer for Fast Linux Kernel Profiling
Synplicity Introduces System Designer: System-Level Implementation and IP Integration Tool for FPGA Design
RC Module announces new SD/HD H.264 Decoder SoC aimed at Russian DVB market
Zensys Picks Kilopass XPM Memory for Wireless Remote Control Applications, The Next Generation of Home Control and Automation
LatticeECP2M FPGAs Support High-Speed Serial JESD204 Specification
Dolphin Integration announces an embedded high rejection LDO powering sensitive Analog Components
TSMC Announces Power Trim Service for Advanced Chip Leakage Power Reduction
ARM Joins Synplicity's ReadyIP Program
Tensilica Joins Synplicity’s ReadyIP Program and Offers Free Production- Ready Processor Core for FPGAs
Headlines for Apr. 14, 2008
Top Story ARM Enhances Feature Set of Popular Cortex-M3 Processor for Extreme Low-Power Functionality The latest release includes a new Wake-Up Interrupt (WIC) controller which allows almost instantaneous return to fully active mode from an Ultra-Low Leakage (ULL) retention state and introduces enhanced power management features that address the ongoing need in the embedded market for increased performance and longer battery life in next-generation designs.
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CoWare Introduces First Ever Checkpoint / Restart Capability for Native SystemC Virtual Platforms
Gennum Delivers Low Power, PCI Express 2.0, Infiniband Repeater for System Interconnects
Xilinx Unveils Embedded Development Environment and Ecosystem Supporting New Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs
QuickLogic and Sital announce development Partnership for MIL-STD-1553 core
Global Unichip Announces First Full Service SiP Production Flow in the Fabless ASIC Industry
AMCC and Redpine Signals Collaborate on Next Generation Power Architecture-Based Embedded Wi-Fi Connectivity Solutions
ARM and Express Logic Enhance Out-of-Box Experience for ThreadX Development with RealView Tools
Energy Micro Licenses Cortex-M3 Processor
MIPS Technologies to Showcase Digital Entertainment, Networking and Microcontroller Innovations at ESC 2008
Xilinx Demonstrates New Triple-Rate SDI Reference Designs for Broadcast Video Applications at NAB 2008
Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA Powers New Universal Multi-Channel Processor From Miranda Technologies
Xilinx and OmniTek Successfully Deploy Advanced Video Processing Platform
Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA Accelerates Development of Ross Video Multi-Definition Keyer for Digital Broadcast Production Applications
Headlines for Apr. 11, 2008
Top Story Gaisler Research Announces Nucleus OS Support for The LEON Processor Gaisler Research today announced that Mentor Graphics Nucleus® Operating System (OS) is now supported on the LEON3 processor.
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Kodak Selects intoPIX Technology for Digital Cinema
STMicroelectronics Achieves Highest Memory Density for ARM9 Standard MCUs, Delivering Pin- and Function Compatibility with Embedded Flash of 288 Kbytes to 2.1 Mbytes
Analysis: Is the ST, NXP wireless JV the start of IDM break-up?
STMicroelectronics and NXP Merge Wireless Businesses to Expand Product Breadth and Boost Innovation
eASIC Appoints ASIC and FPGA Industry Expert Mo Movahed as Vice President of Software Engineering
Commsonic Showcases Cyclone3 Modulators at NAB 2008
ClioSoft Introduces Enterprise Edition of the SOS Design Data Collaboration Platform
Headlines for Apr. 10, 2008
Top Story PLDA announces immediate availability of PCIe 2.0 IP Core supporting new Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs PLDA, the industry leader in the high-speed bus IP market, today announced the immediate availability of their PCIe Gen 2 FPGA IP support for the Virtex®- 5 FXT platform.
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Strength of the ARM Ecosystem Demonstrated at ESC with More Than 50 Partners Showing ARM Technology
TSMC March 2008 Sales Report
Patriot Scientific Reports Q3 FY'08 Results
Motion Computing Licenses Wi-LAN Wireless Technologies
Headlines for Apr. 09, 2008
Top Story Barco announces a complete set of HD and DCI JPEG 2000 encoder and decoder video boards Barco Silex is pleased to announce its new DCPB-2000 family of JPEG 2000 PCI-Express Acceleration boards. Capitalizing on its leadership in real-time and high-definition JPEG 2000 IP cores, this family of boards encodes and decodes JPEG 2000 in real-time.
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GSA Reports 2007 Semiconductor Industry Revenue Totaled $267.5 B
Sarnoff Releases New H.264/AVC Bitstreams for OpenCable
Analog design alive and growing in India
Imaging Solutions Group (ISG) announces High Speed FireWire(tm) IEEE-1394b Intellectual Property
Ocean Blue develops software for High Definition interactive TV
COCONUT Project to Define a Modeling and Verification Flow for Embedded Platform Design
Kevin Kennedy to Step Down From Rambus Board of Directors
HDMI Licensing Appoints Steve Venuti as New LLC President; HDMI Adoption Continues to Grow
Headlines for Apr. 08, 2008
Top Story Alchip Licenses ARM CPU, Fabric IP and Physical IP to Provide SoC Solutions Alchip Technologies, Inc. and ARM today announced that Alchip has licensed the ARM926EJ-S(TM) processor, Fabric IP and ARM® Physical IP to advance system-on-chip (SoC) design solutions to its customers worldwide
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Altera Demonstrates 3-Gbps SDI Leadership and 1080p Video Framework at NAB Show 2008
Harris Corporation Selects Altera Stratix II GX FPGAs for Platinum Line of Routing Switchers
Imagination Technologies Licenses Third POWERVR SGX Graphics Core to Renesas
Xilinx Appoints Semiconductor Industry Veteran Victor Peng Senior Vice President of New Silicon Engineering Group
New X-FAB 0.18 Micrometer Process Maximizes Cost-Effectiveness in Analog/Mixed-Signal Chip Design for Commercial Automotive and Power Management Applications
Headlines for Apr. 07, 2008
Top Story Wipro-NewLogic demonstrates IEEE 1394b Link IP Cores for PC, Consumer, Storage & Automotive applications In one of the demonstrations for 1394b OHCI Link, Wipro showcased data transfer between an external Hard Disk Drive and a PC along with simultaneous streaming of video from the external hard disk. The PC was connected to Wipro’s PCI based platform running the IEEE 1394b OHCI IP core along with Window’s IEEE 1394 drivers and a 3rd party PHY.
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NXP and CoWare Establish Strategic Relationship for the Company Wide Deployment of ESL Technologies
Virage Logic First to Deliver Complete Memory Compiler and Logic Library IP Portfolio for TSMC 40nm Process
Dolphin Integration announces an ultra High Density library in shrunk processes.
Xilinx Introduces the Industry's Highest Performance, Largest Capacity FPGAs for Space Applications
Faraday Monthly Sales Report -- March 2008
Altera Broadens Markets for Arria GX Family
Gennum Delivers Industry's First Single-Chip HD and 3Gb/s Transmit and Receive Solutions
Headlines for Apr. 04, 2008
Wi-LAN Files Motion to Dismiss Marvell Complaint
Headlines for Apr. 03, 2008
Top Story Novelics Announces Availability of Single-Transistor SRAM for 65-nanometer System-On-Chip Desgin coolSRAM-1T™Is Only 65nm SRAM-1T Available in Standard Bulk CMOS process for High-Density Embedded Memory Applications
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Impinj's AEON/MTP Multiple-time Programmable Nonvolatile Memory Licensed by Avago Technologies
Ambric and MainConcept Collaborate to Accelerate High Definition Video Compression
EDA Consortium Reports 6.7 Percent Industry Revenue Growth in Fourth Quarter 2007
Headlines for Apr. 02, 2008
Top Story Synopsys' New DesignWare IP Significantly Simplifies Transition to PCI Express The DesignWare LE IP for PCIe is a cost-effective solution that provides ease-of- use features to simplify the complexities of transitioning to PCI Express for applications requiring a single lane, such as existing PCI/PCI-X designs, ExpressCards, Ethernet controllers, SATA controllers and wireless hubs.
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Commentary: How to cash in on video IP
NXP Semiconductors and IPextreme Launch Ground-breaking Methodology for Semiconductor IP Design
GCT Semiconductor Announces the Industry's First Single-Chip Solution Supporting Both Mobile WiMAX IEEE 802.16e Wave 2 and WiFi 802.11 b/g
Chartered Extends Technology Development Collaboration with IBM to 22-Nanometer Process Node
Hynix and Grandis Sign License and Joint Development Agreement on Spin-Transfer Torque MRAM
Imagination Technologies confirms new Intel Centrino Atom processor technology utilises POWERVR graphics and video technologies
New MultiBench Multicore Benchmarks Now Available from EEMBC Provides an Extensive Tool to Test Multicore Systems
intoPIX demonstrates its new 4K JPEG 2000 encoder in the Xilinx booth at NAB 2008
Vimicro Names MIPS Technologies Key Supplier of Analog/Mixed-signal IP and Subsystems
Headlines for Apr. 01, 2008
Top Story Fujitsu Introduces 65-Nanometer 10G SerDes from Prism Circuits Fujitsu Microelectronics America today announced a new collaboration with Prism Circuits to develop a single-lane, variable-data-rate SerDes macro. Built using Fujitsu’s 65-nanometer CS200HP process technology, the macro will be available in the third calendar quarter of 2008.
Magnum Semiconductor Licenses Sidense's Logic Non-Volatile Memory for Consumer Entertainment Products
MIPS Technologies Unveils Industry's First Multi-threaded, Multiprocessor IP Core for the Embedded Market
Springsoft and Novas Agree to Merge
Beceem Introduces World's First Single-Chip, 65 Nanometer Mobile WiMAX Solution - Sets New Standard for Low Power Consumption
Xilinx Ships Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs, Delivering the Ultimate in System Integration for Designs That Demand High-Performance Processing and High-Speed Serial I/O