D&R Headline News (March 2004)
Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 31, 2004
Latest News- Sony Group licenses IBM Power Architecture-based chip technology
- Barcelona Design names Ariel Sella CEO
- CEVA Demonstrates Interoperability of Breakthrough Sub 80mW Serial ATA IP Solution
- IBM plans industry's first openly customizable microprocessor
- SMIC Enhances IP Portfolio with Artisan's 0.15-Micron IP Platform
- Cadence Selects Denali Verification IP for PCI Express Designs
Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 30, 2004
Latest News- Fujitsu Microelectronics America Announces New AccelArray Vertical Platforms for Communications, Storage, Servers and Imaging Applications
- ProDesign's CHIPit Verification Platform Chosen by VisionFlow for Development of Its Video and Imaging Designs
- ITRI Selects HelloSoft's Algorithm To Power Their Next Generation VoIP Solutions
- ARC International Announces Expanded Embedded Software Support for Next Generation Motorola ColdFire and PowerQUICC I PowerPC Processors
- ARC Targets Industrial Control Market with Highly Integrated Embedded Software Platform
- Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) Names Dwight Decker Vice Chairman of Board of Directors
- NEC Electronics America, Green Hills Software and The MathWorks Develop Integrated Model-Based Software Development Solution
- Leopard Logic Introduces First Gladiator CLD Reference Design
- Xilinx Embedded Development Kit 6.2i Slashes Development Time from Weeks to Days for MicroBlaze & PowerPC Designs
- Denali's PureSpec Product Licensed by Sun Microsystems for PCI Express Design Verification
- Digital Core Design peripherals driver for Keil uVision simulator
- Artisan Library Support for Synopsys Signal Integrity and Test Solutions Now Available for Download
- Digital Core Design releases DF6805 & DF6808 - 8-bit FAST microcontrollers
- New USA sales office of Digital Core Design
Headlines for Monday Mar. 29, 2004
Latest News- Innova Card, semiconductor fabless company designing and supplying secure solutions for smart card terminals, Closes a Financing Round of EUR 1.6 million
- Avnet Design Centers First to be Certified by Leopard Logic to Support Gladiator CLD Configurable Logic Devices
- High-Speed USB device for JTAG/BDM debugging now available from Macraigor Systems, an on-chip debug (OCD) industry leader
- CMX Systems announces unique, embeddable SNMP functionality for CMX-MicroNet TCP/IP stack for 8-bit, 16-bit and DSP processors
- Toshiba Adds New WVM49RX TX System RISC Platform For Residential Home Gateway Applications
- Atmel Brings Unmatched Simplicity to Adding USB On-The-Go Functionality in Embedded Designs
- Actel Achieves Key Milestone with its Cost-Effective, Flash- Based FPGAs; Company Ships More Than 1 Million Units
- ARC Configurable Processors Gain Software Support from Industry Leader, Green Hills Software, Inc.
- CoWare ConvergenSC Speeds Concurrent Design of SoCs with Embedded Software
- Ember buys world-leading 802.15.4 radio technology; targets fast-growing market for 'ZigBee' compliant products
- Toshiba Unveils Serial Link Cell Agreement with Rambus Targeting Backplane and Fibre Channel Applications
- MIPS Technologies Verifies Newest 24K Processor Family with Mentor Graphics High-Performance VStationTBX Accelerator
- New ARM Processor Technology Gains MontaVista Linux Consumer Electronics Edition Support
- Philips Licenses PowerVR MBX Graphics Accelerator from ARM For Mobile Applications Processor
- Legend Design and Sagantec Enable Equator to Migrate and Optimize Custom Embedded Memory from 0.2 micron to 0.13 micron
Headlines for Sunday Mar. 28, 2004
Latest NewsHeadlines for Friday Mar. 26, 2004
Latest News- Green Hills Software's INTEGRITY RTOS Speeds Complex System Deployment with Integration of Texas Instruments DSP/BIOS Link
- Synopsys CEO defends MoSys acquisition
- VinChip Systems announces Licensing to Myson Century of its USB 2.0 Host Controller IP
- Faraday Announces Its First Silicon-proven TFT LCD TCON Platform -- FT-300
Headlines for Thursday Mar. 25, 2004
Latest News- LTRIM PowerTrimPaK Streamlines Power Management for Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Devices
- Artisan and Cascade Semiconductor Solutions Collaborate to Validate PCI Express IP Interoperability
- NewLogic Technologies Names New Head of R&D
- Xelic Announces Frame Mapped Generic Framing Procedure Core Availability for Integration into ASIC or FPGA Networking Applications
Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 24, 2004
Latest News- AMI Semiconductor Has Successful Year in 2003
- Panelists laud 'Nordstrom' approach to IP quality
- EVE Named ARM EDA Partner, RealView Model Library Access Program Member
- TSMC Response Identifies More SMIC Espionage
- IBM, Chartered Create Industry's First Cross-Foundry Design Enablement Program
- Artisan Collaborates With Chartered and IBM on IP for 90-Nanometer Process
- ARM Announces Continued Collaboration With SMIC With License Of ARM922T Core for SoC Technologies
- ARM Certifies Nippon Systemware As First PrimeXsys Specialist in Asia
- Oki Adds New µPLAT, an Integrated Platform Series for SoC Development
- Actel Expands MIL-STD-1553 Offering With New IP Core for Military, Space and Industrial Markets
- Virage Logic Teams with Chartered and IBM to Provide Highly Differentiated IP Portfolio for Joint 90nm Manufacturing Process Platform
Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 23, 2004
Latest News- MOSAID Announces Release of Markman Order
- FSA Releases Mixed-Signal/Rf Process Design Kit Guidelines
- True Circuits Selects The LogicWorks to Distribute Its Silicon-Proven Timing Intellectual Property
- Korean design company e-MDT licenses SuperH 32-bit SH-4 CPU core
- StarCore and VaST Systems Technology Collaborate on StarCore Processor Model That Speeds Wireless and Consumer Electronics Time to Market
- Synopsys and Jungo Collaborate to Offer Complete USB Full Speed OTG Solution With IP and Software
- Ericsson Technology Licensing and NEC sign Bluetooth agreement
- Fujitsu to Manufacture Leading-Edge FPGA Products for Lattice Semiconductor
Headlines for Monday Mar. 22, 2004
Latest News- VSIA Functional Verification Specification Released to Membership
- Aptix and SoftRISC Collaborate on VoIP Development Platform
- Sharp unit to license IP from U.S. labs
- Chip Express, the Structured ASIC Leader, Raises $12 Million in Funding, Unveils New Name
- Astro Semiconductor to Partner with Japan's Leading IP Distributor, Spinnaker Systems
- Silverback Systems Increases Verification Productivity and Product Quality with Verisity's Verification Process Automation
- ARM Announces Two Additions To Design Center Program
- NEC Electronics Introduces Industry’s First DVD Recorder Codec IC Integrating 3D Y/C Separator and IEEE 1394 Link Layer Controller
- TTPCom Begins Interoperability Testing with Single Processor based EDGE Modem
- Verisity Extends Acceleration Architecture with Behavioral-Level Processors; Testbench Acceleration Heralded as One of the First Key Applications
- Synopsys Commences $13.50 Per Share All-Cash Tender Offer for Monolithic System Technology, Inc. (MoSys)
- Artisan Introduces Velocity PHY Series for High-Speed Interconnect Standards; Series Includes Flagship PCI Express and DDR/DDR2/GDDR3 PHYs
- MIPS Technologies' High-Performance 24K Family of Cores Supported by Green Hills Software's Development Tools
- Memory Characterization Tools from Legend Design Technology Used by AMCC
Headlines for Friday Mar. 19, 2004
Latest NewsHeadlines for Thursday Mar. 18, 2004
Latest News- Commentary: Spec raises bar for IP and SoC verification
- Nuvation Certified to Provide Design Support for Stratix GX OEMs Extending Strategic Alliance With Altera
- SEGA and Imagination Technologies Announce Licensing Agreement
- Tower Semiconductor Raises Its Q-1 Revenue Guidance
Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 17, 2004
Latest News- Fabless Semiconductor Association Announces 16.2 Percent Worldwide Fabless Revenue Growth in 2003
- HK Science and Technology Parks Licenses ARM CPU
- ZHSOC Becomes The First ARM Approved Design Center in China
- Altera Introduces Industry’s Fastest and Most Cost-Effective FFT IP Core
- Altium and Bosch extend CAN licensing to FPGAs
- Palmchip and STMicroelectronics Team Up for Serial ATA Plugfest 2004
Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 16, 2004
Latest News- Patriot Scientific Stock Begins Trading on Berlin Stock Exchange
- ProDesign Partners with Aurora VLSI to Offer a Complete Development Solution for SoC Designs
- Lattice Releases IP Core for Serial RapidIO Applications
- Imagination Technologies announces that Sunplus Technology has licensed PowerVR MBX IP
- NetGear Builds Innovative Wireless MP3 Player Around ARM Powered SOC From Marvell
- True Circuits Analog IP Ships in Ubicom's Wireless Network Processor
- ChipIdea, a leading analog and mixed-signal IP and SoC solutions provider, announces a new generation of analog front-ends (AFEs) for 802.11 Wireless LAN applications
Headlines for Monday Mar. 15, 2004
Latest News- Analysis: Choice of ASIC gate width can be boon to design
- Synfora Delivers First True "Algorithm-to-Tapeout" Synthesis Product to Reduce Design Risk, Time to Market
- Analysis: Libraries, memory IP raised from the dead
- Prolific enters semiconductor IP market
- Agere Systems Announces 150 Mbit/s Throughput for Multimode Wi-Fi Products
- Avnet, IBM announce ASIC distribution agreement
- Wafer Foundry Marketplace Opens For E-Business
- TriCN names Mark Goldman VP Sales
- iRoC sells Memory BIST division to Synopsys
- Virage Logic Libraries Power Kawasaki's Matrix ASIC Initiative
- Artisan Launches Advantage Memories for Nanometer Design; New Memory Products Offer 40% Speed Increase With 50% Power Reduction
- MIPS Technologies CEO Addresses “The Killer User Experience” Phenomenon in Consumer Devices
Headlines for Friday Mar. 12, 2004
Latest NewsHeadlines for Thursday Mar. 11, 2004
Latest News- Actel Corporation Announces Business Update
- Applied Materials and Soitec Collaborate to Develop Advanced Germanium-on-Insulator Substrates for 45nm and Beyond
Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 10, 2004
Latest News- High Cost of SOC Forces Look at system-in-package (SiP)
- Insight Develops the First Virtex-II Pro LC Development Kit Priced Under $200
- Foundry sales in 2004 running 50% ahead of 2003
Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 09, 2004
Latest News- EZchip Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company providing high-speed network processors, Announces Series C Option Exercise for Additional $8.0 Million Funding
- Tower Semiconductor's Authorized Design Center Program Achieves a New Silicon Migration Success
- QUALCOMM and TSMC Collaborate on 90nm Low-Power Process for Wireless Applications
- Leading EDA Vendors Get on Board with MAX II Devices
- Startups give programmability a twist
- Verisity Grows Lead in the Functional Verification Automation Market to More Than 2x
Headlines for Monday Mar. 08, 2004
Latest News- Commentary: Richard Goering eyes Synopsys' MoSys purchase
- eSilicon Joins TSMC Design Center Alliance
- Xilinx sees the logic of Triscend acquisition
- Bitboys, Developer of Mobile Graphics Processors, Joins OCP-IP
- Oki Semiconductor offers a unique high performance, and fully qualified miniature W-CSP Package for low power SoC ASIC Designs
- Green Hills Software's TimeMachine Debugger and SuperTrace Probe to Support Next-Generation Automotive PowerPC
- Xilinx Announces Acquisition of Triscend Corp.
- Agere Systems and Ubicom Collaborate on Multimode Wi-Fi Reference Designs with Routing Speeds Up to Three Times Faster Than Competing Solutions
- Altera’s New MAX II CPLD Family Delivers Dramatic Reduction in Cost and Power Consumption
- MIPS Architecture Driving High-Growth Digital Still And Digital Video Camera Markets
- Altera Takes Radical New Direction with MAX II CPLDs
- CoWare Appoints Two New Vice Presidents Leading System-Level Design Company Promotes Eshel Haritan to Vice President of Engineering And Names Sally Shepard Vice President of Human Resources
Headlines for Thursday Mar. 04, 2004
Latest NewsHeadlines for Wednesday Mar. 03, 2004
Latest News- Embedded 16-bit MPU Market Headed for Downturn in 2005
- Cypress Ships High-Performance MPEG Clock Generators
- ARM Approved Training Center Opens In Seoul
Headlines for Monday Mar. 01, 2004
Latest News- Panel debates fate of IP core startups
- Arteris unveils strategy, technology for enabling Network-On-Chip (NoC) design
- Philips introduces industry’s first ULPI-compliant family of USB and USB OTG transceiver chips - Philips chip interface verified by ARC International, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys
- New Low-Pin, Hi-Speed USB transceiver interface endorsed by leading USB connectivity providers including ARC International, Conexant, Mentor Graphics, Philips, Standard Microsystems Corporation (SMSC), and TransDimension Inc.
- Toshiba Joins OCP-IP
- Revolutionary FPGA Real-Time Logic Debug Technology from Xilinx Slashes Verification Times by up to 50%
- Novas, Denali Offer First Transaction-Level Verification and Debugging Environment for PCI Express Design Verification
- LogicVision Names George Swan VP of Engineering
- Sonics Appoints Maojet as New Sales Representative in Taiwan to Support Taiwan and China Sales
- ARC International Licenses ARCtangent-A5 Processor for Leapster Multimedia Learning System
- Xilinx Enables Next Generation Networking & Telecom Systems by Delivering Traffic Management Solutions
- Philips Business Silicon Hive wins Microprocessor Report Analysts' Choice Awards
- TriCN Premieres Multi-Function Memory Interface Product
- LSI Logic ZSP DSP Multimedia Platform offers unparalleled format support and reduced time-to-market for portable entertainment devices