D&R Headline News (Last 14 Days)

Headlines for Thursday Feb. 27, 2025

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Ceva Unveils Latest High-Performance, High-Efficiency Communication DSPs for Advanced 5G and 6G Applications

Built on the successful Ceva-XC20 architecture, already in design with two Tier-1 infrastructure OEMs for 5G-advanced and pre-6G processors, these new DSPs enable faster, more efficient data processing while reducing latency and increasing throughput.

• X-Silicon Revolutionizes AI and Graphics at the Edge with "Constellation" Software Platform
• Arm Drives Next-Generation Performance for IoT with World's First Armv9 Edge AI Platform
• SkyWater to Acquire Infineon's Austin Fab and Establish Strategic Partnership to Expand U.S. Foundry Capacity for Foundational Chips
• VeriSilicon unveils low-power AI Noise Reduction and AI Super Resolution IPs
• Attopsemi Expands its Proven I-fuse® OTP Portfolio on X-FAB's 180nm Platform
• QuickLogic Announces $1.1M eFPGA IP Contract with new Defense Industrial Base Customer
• Dolphin Semiconductor Provides High-Performance LDO Regulators in TSMC 22nm to Ingenic for IPC Applications

Headlines for Wednesday Feb. 26, 2025

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Interview with Xiphera CEO - Adapting to Market Changes

The security IP industry is undergoing major changes, driven by ongoing consolidation. In this evolving market, Xiphera - an independent European security IP vendor with an extensive portfolio - remains a Finnish company committed to delivering optimised solutions for the full spectrum of customers’ security needs.

• BrainChip Collaborates with Onsor Technologies To Power Epileptic Seizure-Detecting Glasses
• Semiconductor Industry Faces a Seismic Shift
• Baya Systems and Semidynamics Collaborate to Accelerate RISC-V System-on-Chip Development
• Meet T2M @ MWC 2025 to learn about Cutting-Edge RF, Wireless, Automotive Semiconductor IP Cores & ASIC services

Headlines for Tuesday Feb. 25, 2025

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Andes Technology and proteanTecs Partner to Bring Performance and Reliability Monitoring to RISC-V Cores

This collaboration enables joint customers to seamlessly integrate proteanTecs' on-chip monitoring IP into Andes’ RISC-V processor cores. Customers can then leverage proteanTecs’ real-time analytics software applications to optimize performance, reduce power consumption, detect faults, and enhance overall system reliability, during production and lifetime operation.

• Arteris Releases the Latest Generation of Magillem Registers to Automate Semiconductor Hardware/Software Integration
• Imagination takes efficiency up a level with latest D-Series GPU IP
• Q.ANT and IMS CHIPS Launch Production of High-Performance AI Chips, Establish Blueprint for Strengthening Chip Sovereignty
• sureCore PowerMiser IP enables KU Leuven chip for AI applications to achieve dynamic power saving of greater than 40%

Headlines for Monday Feb. 24, 2025

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ZeroPoint Technologies Unveils Groundbreaking Compression Solution to Increase Foundational Model Addressable Memory by 50%

ZeroPoint Technologies AB today announced a breakthrough hardware-accelerated memory optimization product that enables the nearly instantaneous compression and decompression of deployed foundational models, including the leading large language models (LLMs).

• Cortus MINERVA Out-of-Order 4GHz 64-bit RISC-V Processor Platform targets automotive applications
• Quadric Announces Lee Vick is New VP Worldwide Sales
• Siemens delivers certified and automated design flows for TSMC 3DFabric technologies
• AheadComputing Raises $21.5M Seed Round and Introduces Breakthrough Microprocessor Architecture Designed for Next Era of General-Purpose Computing

Headlines for Friday Feb. 21, 2025

• Mirabilis Design Accelerates SoC Development with New System-Level IP Library for Cadence Tensilica Processors
• Breker RISC-V SystemVIP Deployed across 15 Commercial RISC-V Projects for Advanced Core and SoC Verification
• Veriest Solutions Strengthens North American Presence at DVCon US 2025

Headlines for Thursday Feb. 20, 2025

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Intel in advanced talks to sell Altera to Silverlake

Intel is reported by Bloomberg to be at an advanced stage in exclusive negotiations to sell a majority stake in its FPGA unit Altera to private equity fund Silverlake Partners.

• Logic Fruit Technologies to Showcase Innovations at Embedded World Europe 2025
• S2C Teams Up with Arm, Xylon, and ZC Technology to Drive Software-Defined Vehicle Evolution
• CEA and Quobly Report Simultaneous, Microsecond Qubit-Readout Solution With 10x Power-Use Reduction

Headlines for Wednesday Feb. 19, 2025

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Arteris Revolutionizes Semiconductor Design with FlexGen - Smart Network-on-Chip IP Delivering Unprecedented Productivity Improvements and Quality of Results

FlexGen from Arteris dramatically accelerates chip development while optimizing performance efficiency, addressing the rising demand for faster, more sustainable innovation in automotive, datacenter, consumer electronics, communications and industrial applications.

• YorChip announces Low latency 100G ULTRA Ethernet ready MAC/PCS IP for Edge AI
• RaiderChip NPU for LLM at the Edge supports DeepSeek-R1 reasoning models

Headlines for Tuesday Feb. 18, 2025

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AccelerComm® announces 5G NR NTN Physical Layer Solution that delivers over 6Gbps, 128 beams and 4,096 user connections per chipset

AccelerComm's innovative use of vector processing cores for signal processing moves 5G satellite beyond proof-of-concept stage delivering 30X performance improvement over single chip integrated solution, with roadmap to scale to 400X.

Headlines for Monday Feb. 17, 2025

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TSMC Will Not Take Over Intel Operations, Observers Say

TSMC will not take over the chipmaking operations of struggling U.S. rival Intel, according to industry analysts.

• ARM signs Meta as first chip product customer, says report
• Blueshift Memory starts £2.77 million development project with AP Memory and Syntronix of Taiwan

Headlines for Friday Feb. 14, 2025

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Qualitas Semiconductor entered into IP Licensing Agreement with a Leading Korean System Semiconductor Design Company

QUALITAS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "Qualitas") (KOSDAQ: 432720), a leading provider of high-speed interconnect solutions, has announced today that it has signed an IP licensing agreement with a leading Korean system semiconductor design company.

Headlines for Thursday Feb. 13, 2025

• Synopsys Expands the Industry's Highest Performance Hardware-Assisted Verification Portfolio to Propel Next-Generation Semiconductor and Design Innovation
• Paras Defence Invests in Logic Fruit Technologies to Boost Defence Tech Capabilities at AERO India 2025
• Worldwide Silicon Wafer Shipments and Revenue Start Recovery in Late 2024, SEMI Reports
• Ceva, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results

Headlines for Wednesday Feb. 12, 2025

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Siemens to accelerate customer time to market with advanced silicon IP through new Alphawave Semi partnership

Siemens Digital Industries Software today announced that it has signed an exclusive OEM agreement for its EDA business to bring Alphawave Semi’s portfolio of high-speed interconnect silicon IP to market through its sales channel.

• Could Thomas Caulfield lead Intel or a merged Intel-GloFo?
• Semiconductor Giants Navigate AI Boom & Trade War
• OpenAI to tape-out on TSMC 3nm this year