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ARM Extends Its Long-Term Investment In India With A Dedicated VLSI Test Lab (May. 08, 2008)
The new VLSI test lab will provide analysis of VLSI libraries and ARM® physical IP to correlate design to silicon behavior. This activity has increasingly become a Partner requirement prior to SoC tapeout as technologies have increased in complexity and mask costs have escalated. |
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Virage Logic Announces Stock Repurchase Program (May. 06, 2008)
Virage Logic Corporation announced today that its board of directors has authorized a stock repurchase program under which the Company has the option to repurchase up to $20,000,000 in market value of the Company's common stock through May 2009. |
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Synopsys Invests In Prover Technology (May. 06, 2008)
Synopsys and Prover Technology AB today announced that Synopsys has invested in Prover, which supplies signaling design automation solutions for engineering the safety critical systems that control trains, switches and signals. |
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ARM job-cutting moves on to tools group (May. 05, 2008)
Having embarked on a restructuring of its physical intellectual property division (PIPD), processor licensor ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) is now moving on to restructure its development systems business, according to Warren East, CEO and president. |
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NXP mulls IP licensing for its Mifare platform (May. 02, 2008)
NXP Semiconductors is looking seriously at licensing to other semiconductor companies its Mifare contactless chip card platform technology for use in SIM cards and NFC applications such as ticketing, payment and access management. |
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DoD may push back on Apple's P.A. Semi bid; PowerPC variant designed into many military systems (Apr. 24, 2008)
Apple Inc. may have to face the ire of the U.S. Department of Defense following its planned acquisition of P.A. Semi Inc. The startup's PWRficient processor is designed into DoD programs in every major branch of the armed services, said one P.A. Semi customer who expects Apple will end production of the parts. |
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Apple enters IC market, buys PA Semi (Apr. 23, 2008)
Taking a big step in the IC business, Apple Computer Inc. has acquired PA Semi Inc., a supplier of embedded microprocessors, for $278 million in cash, according to Forbes. |
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QuickLogic and Sital announce development Partnership for MIL-STD-1553 core (Apr. 14, 2008)
QuickLogic is partnering with Israel-based avionics technology leader Sital Technology to optimise Sital’s MIL-STD-1553 controller design with QuickLogic’s ViaLink programmable fabric. |
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GSA Reports 2007 Semiconductor Industry Revenue Totaled $267.5 B (Apr. 09, 2008)
Semiconductor revenue totaled $267.5 billion, with fabless and IDM revenue accounting for 20 percent and 80 percent of the 2007 semiconductor sales total, respectively |
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Springsoft and Novas Agree to Merge (Apr. 01, 2008)
Under the terms of the agreement, and pending customary shareholder and regulatory approvals, Springsoft will pay $2.25 USD per share ($28,629,409) to the other Novas shareholders, giving Springsoft ownership of 100% of the shares. Novas will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Springsoft, and will be renamed Springsoft USA. |
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ANSYS, Inc. Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Ansoft Corporation (Mar. 31, 2008)
ANSYS and Ansoft announced today that they signed a definitive agreement whereby ANSYS will acquire Ansoft for a purchase price of approximately $832 million in a mix of cash and ANSYS common stock. |
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Synopsys to Acquire Synplicity, Inc. (Mar. 20, 2008)
Under the terms of the agreement, Synopsys will pay $8 cash per Synplicity share, resulting in a gross transaction of approximately $227 million, and approximately $188 million net of cash acquired |
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Spansion Inc. Closes Acquisition of Saifun Semiconductors (Mar. 18, 2008)
The addition of the Saifun offering will expand Spansion's product portfolio, and enable Spansion's immediate entry into the technology licensing business, significantly expanding Spansion's market opportunity. |
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eASIC Raises $48 Million in Latest Financing Round (Mar. 13, 2008)
eASIC today announced it has raised $48M in late stage financing. The financing round was lead by Advanced Equities Incorporated. |
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ARM Extends Design Center In India (Mar. 13, 2008)
ARM today announced the opening of larger offices in India to house expanded operations that will lead to its becoming the second largest design center for the company outside its Cambridge, UK headquarters. |
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Sidense Raises $6 Million in Venture Capital to Expand Global Reach (Mar. 05, 2008)
Sidense announced today that it has raised $6 million in a venture capital financing round co-led by Vertex Venture Capital, a leading Israeli venture capital firm, and Tech Capital Partners of Waterloo, Canada. |
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Faraday and Mixel Announce IP Development and Licensing Partnership (Mar. 03, 2008)
Mixel is licensing its high performance LVDS De-Serializer transceiver IP to Faraday for use in their customer ASIC designs. The IP is designed in UMC 90nm process technology. This is intended to be the first of many IP development collaboration between Faraday and Mixel. |
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Convergence of Graphics, Video and GPS to Drive Next Generation Personal Navigation Devices (Mar. 03, 2008)
Imagination Technologies today revealed further information about its partnership with SiRF and its views on the development of the Portable Navigation Device (PND) market, where developments in multimedia technology are set to play a significant role. |
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Wisair Secures $24 Million in Funding (Feb. 27, 2008)
Wisair, a leading provider of single-chip based Ultra Wideband (UWB) and Wireless USB (WUSB) solutions, today announced that it has secured $24 million in its latest round of funding. |
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Lightspeed Logic Ceases Operations -- Licenses Technologies and Patent Rights (Feb. 25, 2008)
Lightspeed Logic today announced that it ceased development operations on February 22, 2008. Lightspeed Logic provided mask reconfigurable logic IP and I/Os as well its patented AutoTest® architecture and its timing-driven DesignBuilder EDA tool which enabled the industry's densest and highest performance reconfigurable logic solution. |
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TES Announces New Direction and Leadership in India (Feb. 25, 2008)
TES launched its new initiatives and management in its Bangalore based facility. Following the sale of the VLSI design services team to MindTree in December 2007, TES is now boosting its activities and focus to align with its global strategy of providing leading edge Custom Design and Manufacturing Services. |
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MIPS Technologies Announces Strategic Alliance with NXP Semiconductors for HDMI Technology (Feb. 20, 2008)
Under the terms of the agreement, MIPS Technologies will license NXP's advanced HDMI receive technology, which is currently used in the company's DTV ICs. This allows MIPS Technologies to further develop and offer HDMI receive IP solutions in advanced geometries for integration onto SoCs as part of the Analog Business Group's HDMI product portfolio. |
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ARC Acquires Sonic Focus (Feb. 12, 2008)
Together with technologies from previous acquisitions, Sonic Focus’s audio enhancement software builds on ARC’s ability to bring higher quality audio and video solutions to companies throughout the consumer electronics value chain. |
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Motorola Invests in DesignArt Networks (Feb. 11, 2008)
Motorola today announced that it has made an equity investment in DesignArt Networks, an emerging and leading supplier of silicon system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for WiMAX radio access network infrastructure. |
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Transmeta Corporation Announces Engagement of Financial Advisor (Feb. 07, 2008)
Transmeta today announced that it has engaged Piper Jaffray & Co. to work with the Company’s Board of Directors and management team to help identify options to enhance shareholder value. |
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Tiempo, Specialist in Asynchronous Design, Raises $1.6M (Feb. 05, 2008)
Tiempo develops and markets asynchronous IPs (microcontrollers, crypto-processors, interfaces) and EDA tools that allow semi-conductor companies to design ultra-low power, ultra-low noise, robust and secured chips. |
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Freescale Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire SigmaTel (Feb. 04, 2008)
Freescale Semiconductor today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Freescale to acquire SigmaTel., a leading provider of analog intensive, mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for the digital multimedia market. |
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Transmeta Corporation Receives Unsolicited Indication of Interest from Riley Investment Management (Feb. 01, 2008)
Transmeta today confirmed that it has become aware of a letter from Riley Investment Management LLC (RIM) expressing interest in seeking to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Transmeta not already owned by RIM or its affiliates for $15.50 per share in cash, subject to numerous conditions. |
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ARM Achieves 10 Billion Processor Milestone (Jan. 22, 2008)
ARM today announced that the total number of processors shipped by its Partners has exceeded ten billion. The company developed its first embeddable RISC core, the ARM6™ processor, in 1991, and its semiconductor Partners currently ship almost three billion ARM Powered® processors each year. |
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IPextreme Breaks New Ground with Core Store (Jan. 21, 2008)
IPextreme today announced that select intellectual property cores are now available for purchase through their new online marketplace, the Core Store.™ |
