D&R Headline News (February 2004)
Headlines for Sunday Feb. 29, 2004
Latest NewsHeadlines for Thursday Feb. 26, 2004
Latest News- Training firm offers free Vera TCP/IP packet generator with a built-in functional coverage tracker
- NEC Electronics Acquires License of FlexRay IP from Bosch
Headlines for Wednesday Feb. 25, 2004
Latest News- Cradle Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company, Releases Multi-Processor Development Tools
- NVIDIA Unveils AR10 - The World's First Programmable 3D Core for Mobile Phones
- Triscend courts new suitor, ARM backs out
- Ellptic Semiconductor licenses its IPSec core to Centillium Communications
- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. Adopts Interra's Memory Development System
- MIPS Technologies 24K High-Performance Product Line Supported by Mentor Graphics Seamless Co-Verification Tools
- ARM's Proposed Acquisition of Triscend Not To Proceed
- Oki Electric Licenses ARM Technology for Digital Consumer and Automotive Applications
Headlines for Tuesday Feb. 24, 2004
Latest News- Comsys Introduces Chip Reference Design Platform For 2.5G & 3G Cellular Baseband
- LTRIM Technologies welcomes Japan's leading IP Representative - Spinnaker Systems
- SafeNet's SafeXcel IP Now Available in the Newly Introduced AMD Alchemy Au1550 Security Network Processor
- Texas Instruments Announces OMAP 2 Devices Utilising PowerVR MBX Graphics Core
- Agere Systems Supports Open Base Station Architecture Initiative with Leading Communications Infrastructure Portfolio
- ARM Launches Level 2 Cache Controller
- Faraday Technology Signs Sales Representative Agreement with Digital Core Design (DCD) on RISC microprocessor cores and peripheral technologies
Headlines for Monday Feb. 23, 2004
Latest News- SoC makes grab at tapeless camcorder market
- Hantro Launches Four New Mobile Multimedia Products
- Magma and ARM Release Reference Methodology for RTL-to-GDSII Implementation of ARM9E(TM) Family
- Infineon Introduces the World's First Multimedia Phone Platform Supporting UMTS, EDGE and GPRS Using an ARM9 based modem; Announces Asian Customer Designs
- Wind River embraces open source, adjusts business model
- Toshiba and Elixent develop SoC RISC processor for post-production reconfiguration of multimedia applications
- TransEDA and EVE Team to Provide Code Coverage for Hardware Verification
- SafeNet’s CGX Mobile Library is Selected by NEC Electronics
- Tower Semiconductor Expedites Production of Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit for Smart Link
- Synopsys to Acquire Monolithic System Technology (MoSys) and Accelerant Networks
- CoWare Opens New Facility in India to Address Growing Asia Pacific Market
- Renesas Launches SoC Utilising Imagination Technologies' PowerVR MBX Graphics Core Targeting the In-car Market
- CEVA Launches Xpert-Media - A Complete, Licensable and Scalable Video and Audio Media Processing Platform
- IDT Expands its MIPS-Based Portfolio with MIPS32 4KEc Core To Meet Demand for High-Performance SoC Solutions
- MIPS-Based Solutions from ATI Technologies Adopted by World-Leading Digital Consumer Companies
- Texas Instruments Develops Clock Generators for XDR Memory Systems; XCG Clock Generators to Support Next Generation Consumer, Networking, and PC Computing Systems
- Rambus Announces Further Details Regarding Timing of Initial Decision Dismissing FTC Case
- SigmaTel Chooses MoSys' 1T-SRAM Embedded Memory Technology for Consumer Applications
- ARC International plc Appointment of New Chief Executive
- ARM Announces Telecom Italia Lab As First ARM Approved Design Center: PrimeXsys Specialist
- ARM and Imagination Technologies Collaborate To Offer Greater Support For Advanced 3D Graphics
- LSI Logic delivers proven 667 Mbits/sec physical layer core for RLDRAM-II, FCRAM-II and network DRAM-II interfaces
- Chipidea announces silicon validated analog IP cores in Chartered 0.18um CMOS Process
Headlines for Sunday Feb. 22, 2004
Latest NewsHeadlines for Friday Feb. 20, 2004
Latest News- TransEDA Successfully Merges Leadership Coverage and Formal Verification Technologies to ProvideNew Dimensions in Coverage
- Ericsson Offers Bluetooth 1.2 Software Stack
Headlines for Thursday Feb. 19, 2004
Latest NewsHeadlines for Wednesday Feb. 18, 2004
Latest News- Silicon IP Quality Needs Assessment, Panel Says
- Infineon Announces Linux Capable 32-bit Microcontroller; Expands TriCore Processor Family with Chip for Industrial and Communications Applications
- NEC Electronics uses Cadence 10/100M Ethernet Solution for SoCLite+
- Stepmind Licenses Ceva-Palm DSP Core for Cellular Handsets
- CEVA to Showcase Leading DSP Cores and Integrated Solutions at 3GSM World Congress
Headlines for Tuesday Feb. 17, 2004
Latest News- Avnet and Xilinx Team to Deliver and Support Comprehensive ATCA Development Platform
- Xilinx Ships World's First Advanced Switching Solution Based on PCI Express Architecture
- Xilinx Unveils End to End Programmable Solutions for the Entire Line Card to the Backplane
- Vimicro Licenses MoSys' 1T-SRAM Embedded Memory
- SuperH Announces Record-Breaking Scores for 64-bit SH-5 RISC CPU Core
- ARC Announces USB Host and Device Software Development Kits
- MIPS Technologies Processor Core Powers Entropic Communications Coax–Based Home Networking Solution
- Cascade Semiconductor Solutions' PCI Express IP Core Enables PCI Express Protocol Compliance Testing
- Cascade and Denali Announce Customer Success for PCI Express Solutions
- Jennic Launches Industry's First Complete IP Portfolio for 2.4GHz IEEE802.15.4 Compliant and ZigBee Wireless Products
- GDA Technologies to Offer the Industry’s First Complete Set of Advanced Switching IP Cores
- DongbuAnam Selects Virage Logic to Support the Foundry¡¦s First 0.13-Micron Offering
- MobilEye Selects Virage Logic IP for Single Camera Driving Assistance System
- Digital Core Design announces new FPGA development platform
- CAST Announces 1394a IP Core for High-Bandwidth Digital Connections
- PLDApplications announces the immediate availability of a complete interoperable PCI Epress technology-based design solution
- CAST Enables European FPGA Designers with Low-Volume IP Pricing Program
Headlines for Monday Feb. 16, 2004
Latest News- Jennic Joins the RapidIO Trade Association
- CoWare Expands LISATek Embedded Processor Design Tools With C Compiler and RTL Generation
- CoWare Partners with ACE Associated Compiler Experts bv For Breakthrough C Compiler Generation Technology
- ARC 700 Raises the Bar for High Performance, Low Gate Count Processors
- ARM And Synopsys to Deliver Industry’s First Reference Verification Methodology Based on SystemVerilog
- Cadence and ARM Upgrade Quality of Silicon Results for ARM Partners With RTL Compiler Synthesis
- Xignal Technologies removes cost barriers with first in industry virtual IC partnership program
- Verisity and ARM Deliver Verification Process Automation Solutions for ARM Powered SOCs
- Silicon Logic Engineering SPI 4 Phase 2 is Silicon Proven
- Agere Systems Announces Breakthrough Chip Set and Software Architecture for Smartphones and Multimedia Wireless Handsets
- ISS Group and Verisity Deliver Verification Process Automation Solution for Massive Coverage-Driven Simulation
- Leading Korean supplier to include Hantro video technology in multimedia application processors
- CoWare Expands LISATek Embedded Processor Design Tools with C Compiler and RTL Generation
- LEDA Design Launches in Europe
Headlines for Friday Feb. 13, 2004
Latest News- Rambus to Demonstrate the World's Fastest Memory Device at Intel Developer Forum; New XDR DRAMs from Toshiba and Samsung Provide 8x the Bandwidth of Today's Main Memory
- IBM perfects new method for making low power, high performance processors
Headlines for Thursday Feb. 12, 2004
Latest News- Next cycle more 'dangerous,' CEO predicts
- European Patent Office Appeals Board Revokes One Rambus European Patent
- Toshiba Licenses Rambus PCI Express PHY Cell
- Zoran Demonstrates Seventh Generation Digital Camera Processor With Affordable DVD Quality Video Recording at PMA in Las Vegas
- Hantro, the market leader in mobile video technology, unveils its plans for 3GSM World Congress
- MediaWorks Licenses the Tensilica Xtensa Processor Core and Turnkey Audio/Video Packages
- Legend and Circuit Semantics Invite EDA Community to Demos at DATE That Show How to Improve Timing and Characterization of SoC Designs
- Legend’s MSIM supports BSIM4.3.0 model for nanometer designs
Headlines for Wednesday Feb. 11, 2004
Latest News- Prosilog selects Avertec's HiTAS to qualify Memory Controller IPs
- True Circuits PLLs are Recognized with a Wireless Systems Design 2004 Industry Award
- Patriot Scientific Inc. (PTSC) Files Multi-Countersuit For Infringement Against Intel Corporation
- The Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) Announces Fabless Fundings Increase 23 Percent in Q4 2003
- Xilinx in talks with IBM to revive foundry deal
- Lattice Releases IP Core for Next-Generation PCI Express Applications
- Actel Extends RTAX-S Family to Meet Industry Demand
- Apache and Xilinx Unveil Unique Signal Integrity Analysis Tool for Virtex-II Pro Based Multi-Gigabit Serial I/O Designs
- Virtual Silicon Launches Moscow Design Center
- Chip Express, Lightspeed, Synplicity, and Tera Systems Team Up to Establish the “Structured ASIC Association”
- Palmchip Introduces Next Generation Storage Connectivity IP Core
Headlines for Tuesday Feb. 10, 2004
Latest News- 90-nm complexity may not raise per-die costs
- MediaTek Licenses Silicon Image's Proven HDMI Technology
- Verisity Completes Acquisition of Axis Systems; New Solutions Combine Process Automation with Scalable Performance
- CEVA to Demonstrate Serial ATA PHY, Link, Transport and Command Layer Solution at Intel Developer Forum
- CSR (Cambridge Silicon Radio) To Use New ARM9E Family Core In Next-Generation Wireless Devices
- SerialLite Reference Design Simplifies Serial I/O Implementation in High-Performance FPGAs
- Chipidea achieves USB 2.0 High Speed compliance certification
- CoWare Highlights Complete ESL Design Solution at Upcoming DATE Conference, February 16-20 in Paris, France
- Commentary: IP Headaches Grow
- IBM expands family of high-speed ASIC cores
- CEVA Licenses Xper-Teak DSP Platform to National Semiconductor
- Faraday Technology Appoints Charlie Hauck as Vice President of US Field Market Development
Headlines for Monday Feb. 09, 2004
Latest News- Altera Ships Quartus II Design Software for New Stratix II Family to 20,000 Customers
- LTRIM Technologies Announces new DC-DC Converter IP
- Synopsys to Distribute TSMC’s Libraries Through Designware Library
- TransEDA and Verisity partner to provide a solution to link Specifications to Verification
- CEVA Licenses Xpert-Teak DSP Platform To National Semiconductor
- TSMC Monthly Sales Report – January 2004
- Tensilica’s Xtensa HiFi Audio Engine is First 24-bit SOC Solution to Receive Dolby Approval for Dolby Digital Decode and Consumer Encode
- Beijing Embedded System Key Lab Licenses ARM Core for Advanced SoC Design Courses and Research
- Actel Drives Flash Into Automotive Applications
- Actel Adds LIN and CAN Cores to Extensive Library of IP for Automotive FPGAs
- Unique Memec Delivers Automotive Development Kit to Support Actel FPGAs
- Genesys Logic Selects nSys for PCI Express Verification
Headlines for Friday Feb. 06, 2004
Latest News- Patriot Scientific Corporation (PTSC) Will Vigorously Respond To Intel Court Action
- Inventec Appliances Corporation to license UbiNetics 3G protocol Software
Headlines for Thursday Feb. 05, 2004
Latest News- Refocused ARC to divide and slash
- ST product managers freed to outsource chip making
- Aware, Inc. Reports 2003 Fourth Quarter and Annual Financial Results
- Shanghai Jade Technologies license Hantro MPEG-4 SP video technology for their Digital Content Processor
- Nordic launches industry's highest integration low voltage supply, long-range 430-928MHz transceiver family with embedded MCU and ADC
Headlines for Wednesday Feb. 04, 2004
Latest News- Mysticom Semiconductor, JAE Electronics and Gore partner to double the copper reach of IEEE 802.3 10GBASE-CX4 compliant links to 30 meters
- Avnet Cilicon Signs Franchise Agreement With Leopard Logic To Proliferate Next Generation Technology
- MorethanIP releases Dual 10/100/1000 Ethernet to PCI-X System IP
- Rambus Showcases Industry's First TSMC 90 Nanometer Serial Link Cell Solution at DesignCon 2004
- ARC International plc Fourth Quarter and Full Year results for the year ended 31 December 2003
Headlines for Tuesday Feb. 03, 2004
Latest News- Prosilog delivers Magillem (R) 2.0 release featuring SystemC transactional support
- eInfochips Expands Use Of Verisity's VPA Solutions
- Chip Express Integrates High Performance DSP Capability Into Structured ASIC Products
- Xicor, Inc. Announces Plan to License 0.13 micron High Speed Analog-to-Digital Converter Core
- Agere Systems Licenses StarCore DSP Platforms StarCore’s DSPs enhance Agere’s expanding portfolio of advanced communications products
- TSMC's Low-K Technology Goes Mainstream
- MorethanIP announces new 10/100/1000 Ethernet MAC-NET Core enabling Layer 3 Protocol acceleration for wire-speed TCP/IP implementations
- Wavecrest Confirms Superior Performance Capabilities with Rambus's 90nm RaSer Serial Link Interface Technology
- Artisan Introduces Metro Platform for Portable IC Design; Comprehensive Digital and Mixed-Signal Design Solution Reduces Power by 80%
- PLDA and nSys Team on Verification Suites for PLDA PCI Express Cores
- The virtual component "FLIP8051 Typhoon" launches the 16 bit extension of the most popular processor: Keil Software provides a complete application development in µVision2 with hardware from Raisonance
Headlines for Monday Feb. 02, 2004
Latest News- Athena releases new area efficient family of embedded TeraFire® Security Coprocessors
- Wipro Technologies licenses its USB 2.0 software IP to Wind River
- Enhanced Actel Libero IDE Enables Faster Timing Closure and Performance Improvements for ProASICPLUS FPGAs
- Tower Semiconductor Ltd. Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2003 Results
- TriCN Introduces GDDR-III Interface Technology
- Xignal Technologies sets world record for jitter performance in 10-Gigabit technology : New 10 Gb/s CMOS Transceiver Improves Data Transmission Performance in Local, Metro and Wide-Area Networks
- Altera’s Stratix II Expands FPGA Market
- Altera Launches Stratix II Family Featuring Breakthrough Architecture
- Kawasaki Adds Four Major System-Level Blocks to ASIC IP Portfolio for a Broad Range of Applications
- Kawasaki Microelectronics Adds Globespan Virata’s IEEE 802.11 Technology to its ASIC IP Portfolio
- Kawasaki Microelectronics Adds MPEG-4 Video and Audio Technology to its ASIC IP Portfolio
- Kawasaki Microelectronics Adds MIPS Technologies' Proven Cores to Its ASIC IP Portfolio
- Kawasaki Microelectronics Partners with CEVA To Add Fully Compliant 1.5Gbps Serial ATA Macro to its 0.13 um ASIC IP Portfolio
- CAST Releases USB OTG IP Core
- CAST Introduces Flexible Family of JPEG IP Cores
- Faraday Sets the Stage for Structured ASIC Technology Benchmarking