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D&R Headline News (May 2004)
Headlines for Monday May. 31, 2004
Latest News- The Open SystemC Initiative and the Open Core Protocol International Partnership Join Forces to Target TLM Layer Standardization
- VSIA group shakes up its foundations
- French startup tackles SoCs for emerging WiMAX market
- Faraday's USB 2.0 OTG IP Cores Receive USB-IF OTG Compliance Certifications
Headlines for Friday May. 28, 2004
Latest News- Flexibility key to profitability (by Carl Schlachte, CEO, ARC International)
- IP expectations (by Melissa Jones, President, Ultimodule)
- Standards-based IP (by Michael Kaskowitz, President, VSI Alliance)
- eASIC Raises $5 Million in Third Round of Funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- eASIC Announces Tape-out of First Structured ASIC Array
Headlines for Thursday May. 27, 2004
Latest News- AccelChip and Leopard Logic Join Forces to Target DSP Market with Configurable Logic Devices
- TAK'ASIC to showcase blazing fast system-on-chip printer solution for Computex IT show
- Skyworks Offers Licenses To Revolutionary SMV Technology
- Verisity and Cascade Semiconductor Solutions Team to Reduce Risk, Increase Quality for PCI Express Designs
Headlines for Wednesday May. 26, 2004
Latest News- FSA Announces Worldwide Public Fabless Revenue Growth of 37 Percent Year-Over-Year in Q1 2004
- UMC Announces a Device Technique that Enhances Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) Transistor Performance
- Sequence Validates MSIM from Legend Design for Accuracy of Power and Signal Integrity Analysis
Headlines for Tuesday May. 25, 2004
Latest News- Xilinx Simplifies QDR II SRAM Memory Interfacing With New Virtex-II PRO Memory Tool Kit
- Zoran Names Additional Defendants In Patent Infringement Claim Against MediaTek In District Court
- Agere Systems Announces 802.11G Wi-Fi Mini-Module Designed for Handheld Consumer Electronics
- Virtual Silicon Expands Application-Specific I/O Offering
- Lightwaves Systems Selects Xelic to Provide Frame Mapped GFP Core for Integration into Networking Application
Headlines for Monday May. 24, 2004
Latest News- Magma Adopts Legend's MSIM Circuit Simulator for Cell Characterization and Delay Correlation
- EZchip's NP-1c Network Processor is Certified by The Tolly Group for Passing IPv6, IPv4 and MPLS Industry Benchmarks
- CoWare to Showcase its ESL Design Solutions at Upcoming Design Automation Conference, June 7-11 in San Diego
- IBM, Chartered claim broad EDA support at 90 nm
- Condor Engineering Releases Industry's First Dual-Channel MIL-STD-1553 PCMCIA Type II Interface
- SafeNet Announces New License Management Support for Software Application Developers
- TransEDA Expands the Value of Coverage with New VN-Spec Specification Coverage Tool
- TransEDA Announces VN-Cover New Coverability Analysis Option to Guide Users to Full Coverage
- Verisity Offers SpeXtreme for High Performance Chip- and System-Level Verification
- Verisity Announces Xtreme Server, Next-Generation Multi-Session Acceleration/Emulation Solution
- UMC's 90-nanometer Manufacturing Technology Sees Strong Acceptance from Industry Leaders
- Synplicity and NEC Electronics Ink Physical Synthesis OEM Agreement for ISSP Structured ASICS
- Ceva Launches New System-on-Chip (SoC) Family Member: CEVA Xpert-Palm
- TriCN Strengthens Relationship With The Logicworks
- MindTree to Display its Bluetooth Prowess at Wireless Connectivity World
- Realtek Standardizes Upon the MIPS Architecture For High Performance SOCs Targeting the Broadband Market
- Tensilica Announces Design Center Agreement With Genesis Technology Inc.
- Trinity Convergence And ARM Announce Single Chip Solution For VoIP Enabled Soho/Residential Devices
- ChipIdea announces the availability of an IP Demonstration board for Dual Mode UMTS/GSM Baseband AFE
Headlines for Friday May. 21, 2004
Latest NewsHeadlines for Thursday May. 20, 2004
Latest News- Leopard Logic Selects True Circuits IP for Gladiator CLD Configurable Logic Devices
- CAST IP Core Simplifies Smart Card Reader Integration
Headlines for Wednesday May. 19, 2004
Latest News- Ultra Data announces breakthrough video processor
- CriticalBlue releases coprocessor synthesis tool
- Synopsys Posts Financial Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal 2004
- UMC Achieves 30% Performance Enhancement on 45nm Transistors Through Substrate Engineering
- StarCore Unveils V4 Architecture Targeting Advanced Mobile Multimedia
- Marvell Announces First Family of High Performance Embedded Microprocessors Utilizing the ARM Architecture
- Accelerated Technology Announces First Commercial RTOS and Development Tools for Altera's Nios II Embedded Processors
- Fujitsu Laboratories of America Licenses Mentor Graphics 10 Gigabit Ethernet MAC Solution
Headlines for Tuesday May. 18, 2004
Latest News- UMC and TrendChip Partner to Deliver Asia's First ADSL2+ Solution
- Zaiq Technologies Adds SystemC Support to its Seamlessly Retargetable System Verification Environment
- STMicroelectronics Announces STLC2500 Single-Chip Bluetooth Product, Raises the Bar for Radio Performance and Low Power Consumption
- Xilinx FPGA Processor Solutions Deliver Order Of Magnitutde Advantage For Embedded Systems Designers
- AVID Electronics Selects LSI Logic ZSP400 DSP Core and ZSP Multimedia Platform For Portable Consumer Products
- Nios II Family Advances Altera's Opportunities in the Embedded Processor Market
- Altera Introduces Nios II Integrated Development Environment
- Altera Delivers World's Most Versatile Embedded Processor with Nios II Family
- Ericsson awarded Bluetooth license agreement by Wavecom
- Magma Announces Support for Faraday's Structured ASIC Platforms
- Tensilica's Xtensa LX Processor Beats All Other 32- and 64-bit Processor Cores On EEMBC Consumer "Out of the Box" Benchmark
- Tensilica Unveils Groundbreaking Next-Generation Xtensa LX Processor Core
- Tensilica's New Xtensa LX Processor Earns Top BDTIsimMark2000 Score
Headlines for Monday May. 17, 2004
Latest News- Vishay Siliconix and Tower Semiconductor Sign Foundry Agreement for Long-Term Production of Semiconductors
- Aplus Flash Technology introduces new high-performance, low-current RFID EEPROM ip: secure and cost efficient, Aplus' rfid eeprom ip offers rfip chip designers the first easy drop-in eeprom memory solution
- Xyalis announce a new release of GTsmooth its density estimator and tiling engine
- Dolphin Technology Endorses Legend Design’s MSIM Circuit Simulator for Signal Integrity Analysis of High-Speed IO Circuits
- Magma to expand into structured ASICs, FPGAs
- In embedded, CPU progress is evolutionary
- Altera rolls next-gen Nios processor
- Actel and Inicore Deliver Turnkey Design Solution to L-3 Targa Systems for Data Storage Products
- 0-In Boosts Efficiency of Coverage-Driven Verification with Structural Coverage and Formal Analysis
- 0-In Introduces Breakthrough Automatic Verification of Metastability Effects
- AMI Semiconductor Appoints John Kent to Serve as Vice President of Technology Research and Development
- Renesas Technology Launches SH-Mobile3 Application Processor Utilising Imagination Technologies' PowerVR MBX Graphics IP
- Vativ Technologies Partners With QualCore Logic For Physical Design
- AVID Electronics Licenses MoSys' 1T-SRAM Embedded Memory; SoC Design Company Uses 1T-SRAM Memory in Consumer Electronic Products
- ARC International Announces Expanded Embedded Software Support for Next Generation Motorola ColdFire and PowerQUICC I PowerPC Processors
- PMC-Sierra Introduces New Highly Integrated SoC-based 64-bit MIPS Microprocessor Architecture
- Conexant chairman: Fabless IC designers face rising design costs
- MIPS32 Processor Architecture Adopted by Sony
- ARM Announces First Integrated Multiprocessor Core
- ARM Announces Ground Breaking Embedded Signal Processing Core
- CEVA's Xpert-GPS Solution Utilizes Proven DSP Technology to Lower Cost and Improve Battery Life of Global Positioning-Enabled Mobile Devices
Headlines for Friday May. 14, 2004
Latest News- Nordic VLSI ASA becomes Nordic Semiconductor ASA
- Micron Technology, Inc., Announces Availability of New MT9M111 SOC Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor
- PLDApplications Partners With Denali for PCI Express Core Products
Headlines for Thursday May. 13, 2004
Latest News- ARM updates 'vision', aims to be in all digital chips
- World Semiconductor Council takes aim at IP protection
- ARM presents 'Optimode' strategy
- IP investment offers risks, opportunities
- Toshiba Will Apply Sarnoff's TakeCharge IC Design Approach To Chip Processes Down To 65 Nanometer
- Lattice Mixed-Signal Power Manager Devices Will Simplify Thales' System Design
- VeriSilicon and Denali Team to Deliver DDR Memory Interface Solutions for China-based Wafer Foundries
- Rambus and Denali to Provide Complete DDR Memory Controller Design Solutions
Headlines for Wednesday May. 12, 2004
Latest News- Philips claims new 90-nm chip is 'right-first-time'
- Cadence Design Systems Names Michael J. Fister, Former Top Intel Executive, as President and CEO
- Accelerated Technology Adds Ethernet Over USB Support to Allow Low Cost Networking Using USB
- IndigoVision and Sinostar announce new deal
- Digital Core Design releases DRPIC166X, a Configurable 8-bit RISC Microcontroller
- Digital Core Design releases DMAC, a Media Access Controller IP Core
Headlines for Tuesday May. 11, 2004
Latest News- Startup Novocell Semiconductor devises initial IP for security, wireless
- System houses remain weak link for silicon foundries
- Pulselink rolls software-defined UWB platform; faces ITU resistance
- Xelerated offers ICs, software extensions as 'virtual ASIC'
- Revived venture capital markets pose new challenges
- ProDesign introduces CHIPit Platinum Plus Edition to it's family of Hardware -Assisted Platforms
- TSMC Board of Directors Approves Capital Appropriation for Expanding Capacities
- Synopsys and Philips Announce New Philips' CoolFlux DSP Core to be Distributed in Synopsys' DesignWare Library
- Accelerated Technology's Nucleus RTOS Now Available for Applications Built with the New ARM11 Cores
- Altera Offers First FPGA-Based Hardware Reference Platforms for DDR2, RLDRAM II, and QDRII Memories
- GDA Technologies Licenses its 10 Gigabit and 1 Gigabit Ethernet MAC IP Cores to InSilica
- OEA Validated Legend’s MSIM Circuit Simulator for Quality of Results in Signal Integrity Analysis of High-Speed Interconnects
- RF Engines and Acqiris announce high speed digitizer design and processing cores
Headlines for Monday May. 10, 2004
Latest News- Denali Launches PureSuite, First Comprehensive Verification Suite for Compliance, Interoperability of PCI Express Designs
- Synplicity Unveils Synplify DSP For FPGA-Based DSP Design System Level Optimizations Automate Extreme DSP Performance
- Inapac Technology Unveils Breakthrough Solution for Integrating DRAM in System-in-Package, Multichip Applications
- Atrenta teams up with VSI Alliance to develop an automated method to validate IP quality
- CoWare Joins UWB Forum and Announces Addition of DS-UWB Library to SPW Dual UWB Library Support Aids Designing for the Common Signaling Mode Proposal
- Legend Announces Software Tool for Semiconductor Process Optimization, Verification and Statistical Characterization
- TSMC IP Portfolio Now Includes LTRIM Analog IP Blocks
- CEVA Announces Foundry Program Partnership With Tower Semiconductor
- IntruGuard Devices Partners with Qualcore Logic's Design Realization Team for Implementation of Network Denial of Service ASICs
- Tharas delivers Hammer 100, the Industry’s most advanced Accelerated Functional Verification System
- Rambus Provides DDR and GDDR Memory Controller Interface Cells and Services; Expands Product Offering to Become One-Stop Shop for Memory Interfaces
- SoC architecture and IP provider Sonics expands to Japan with dedicated office to support local customers
- Altera Stratix Devices Enable Broadband Physics' SDM Technology, Unleashing Digital Capacity in Existing Cable Networks
- Xilinx Launches New Era Of Digital Design In Aerospace And Defense With Introduction Of QPRO Virtex-II Family
- Xilinx Completes Successful UNH Interoperability Testing For Ethernet Solutions Suite With Virtex-II Series FPGAs
- Virtual Silicon Adds Michael J. Callahan to Board of Directors
- ChipIdea announces new Analog Front-Ends for Digital Media Applications
Headlines for Friday May. 07, 2004
Latest NewsHeadlines for Thursday May. 06, 2004
Latest News- STMicroelectronics to grow Czech IP design center
- SoC brings satellite-like features to cable
- Aware, Inc. Reports 2004 First Quarter Financial Results
- Monolithic System Technology, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2004 Results
- LSI Logic Introduces ZSP200 DSP Core For High-Volume, Cost-Sensitive IC Markets
Headlines for Wednesday May. 05, 2004
Latest News- STMicroelectronics Licences its Modulator Solution for Satellite Broadcast Equipment to Kick-Start DVB-S2 Receiver Market
- Embedded platform company receives $7 million boost
- Platforms key to cost reduction: Rhines
- UMC and AMIC Technology Announce Production of 90 Nanometer 36Mb High Speed ZeBLTM SRAM Family
- Rambus Files Anti-Trust Lawsuit; Hynix Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies, Micron Technology, Siemens AG cited as defendants
- Samsung Electronics Joins IBM, Chartered, Infineon in Next-Generation Semiconductor Logic Process Development
Headlines for Tuesday May. 04, 2004
Latest News- MPEG group sues Sagem for video patent infringement
- Atmel Introduces a Re-programmable Rad-hard FPGA with Built-in Single Event Upset (SEU) Protection for Space Applications
- New Lattice ispLEVER 4.0 Programmable Logic Design Tools Improve Design Efficiency, Ease Design Process
- NEC Technolgies (UK) Ltd To Use ARM RealView Developer Suite Technology
- MIPS Technologies' 24K Core and Sonics' SiliconBackplane SMART Interconnect IP Provide a Fast-to-Market Digital Multimedia SOC Solution
Headlines for Monday May. 03, 2004
Latest News- MOSAID Licenses QDR II Memory Controller IP to Lead Customer
- TSMC prepares MIM memory at 90-nm node
- Tool Talk: Will 3D chips challenge SoCs?
- TransDimension, a leading provider of USB connectivity solutions for embedded applications, strengthens Japan sales organization through expanded partnership with Memec
- Veriwave announces the WaveTest system, the first complete conformance test solution for Wireless LAN
- Broadcom retasks SoC for Docsis v2.0 duties
- Soft errors become hard truth for logic
- Foundries surge, the fabless fret
- Altera Stratix II Devices Now Open For Orders
- Altera Extends Industry's Lowest-Cost FPGA Configuration Solution