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D&R Headline News (March 2005)
Headlines for Thursday Mar. 31, 2005
Latest News- New Fabless Semiconductor Company, Ambric, Inc., Brings on Jerry Ardizzone, Former President of ARM USA as VP of Sales
- Transmeta and Sony Group Reach Agreement on Multi-Year Strategic Alliance
- Transmeta Corp. Names Arthur L. Swift as President & CEO
- Transmeta Announces Strategic Restructuring Plan
- Brave New World -- lawyers may become more important than engineers
- Axeon and Infineon unveil embedded machine learning system
- Patriot Scientific Says Licensing Agreements Result in Quarterly Profit
- ARC Brings the Power of Configurable Processor Technology to Japan
- ARC International Announces Strategic Partnerships with Kogent and NSW to Service Growing Japanese Consumer Electronics Market
- ARC International and Green Hills Software Announce Enhanced MULTI Development Environment for Configurable ARC Processors
- Availability of low-cost PCI Express Design Kit through HiTech Global Distribution
- Faraday Announces the Industry's Smallest 0.18um Library-miniLib
Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 30, 2005
Latest News- IP Reuse Can Usher in a Renaissance
- Elpida, Toshiba claim world's fastest DRAMs based on the XDR memory interface technology from Rambus Inc
- Silicon Storage Technology (SST) Updates Guidance on Expected First Quarter 2005 Results
- Via Licensing Announces Availability of Joint Patent License for AVC (H.264) Video Compression Standard
- Mentor Graphics Donation of SystemVerilog Assertion (SVA) Version of Open Verification Library Accepted by Accellera
- ZAiQ Technologies and S2C Inc. Collaborate on a Transaction-Based SoC Design and Validation System
- Shareholders Approve Cadence's Acquisition of Verisity
- Actel and Prover Technology Announce Equivalence Checking Support for Actel Design Flows
Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 29, 2005
Latest News- FSA and IEE Announce 2005 IEE/FSA International Semiconductor Executive Forum
- SafeNet Announces QuickSec IKEv2 Toolkit
- Xilinx Extends Low Cost Leadership With New ISE WebPACK 7.1i
- Tower Semiconductor Board Approves 2005 Operating Plan Focused On Maximizing Operational Efficiencies
- FS2 System Navigator Delivers Debugging for SOCs with Multiple Tensilica Xtensa Processors
- SMIC reports 2004 fourth quarter results
- Renesas Technology Releases "Mobile Videophone Middleware Package" SH-Mobile Application Processor Software
Headlines for Monday Mar. 28, 2005
Latest News- Heavy rules hold back 90-nm yield
- Flexible 'partner' chip can be an SoC's best friend
- China gains in 2004 pure-play foundry rankings
- China microprocessor developer scrambles for funds
- Chartered Details Comprehensive Market-Specific Solutions for High-Volume Consumer and Wireless Products
- Analyzer gets early eye on SystemC code
- MIPS spins China shop for hard-core projects
- Faraday Offers Peripheral Composer, the Fastest Time-to-Market Structured ASIC for Peripheral Interface Chips
- Tensilica Xtensa LX Processor Beats All Other Processors and Cores On EEMBC Office Automation Benchmark
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Licenses MIPS Processor for its DTV Product Development
- ARC International Appoints Consumer Marketing Executive to Drive the Company's Multimedia Programs
Headlines for Friday Mar. 25, 2005
Latest NewsHeadlines for Thursday Mar. 24, 2005
Latest News- USDC Contracts with Next Sierra to Develop OLED Driver Chips
- Interview: Rambus' chairman looks to the future -- Geoff Tate discusses shortage of U.S. engineers, market opportunities and demand from chipmakers
- FS2 Announces Ethernet Enabled Solutions for Altera Nios II; Probe is Now a Shared Resource, Cost Effective, Offers Remote Log-On
- Configurable processor scores best in office test, Tensilica says
- Xilinx Demonstrates 1 To 5 Watts Lower Power Per FPGA In Virtex-4 Family Compared To Competing FPGAs
- NEC Electronics Embeds MoSys' 1T-SRAM Memory Technology in 90nm Custom ASIC; Companies Extend Agreement To Use 1T-SRAM In Upcoming Consumer Applications
- Cisco selects nSys for its PCI Express Interface verification
Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 23, 2005
Latest News- Gartner's Final Semiconductor Vendor Market Share Results Shows Industry Grew 23 Percent in 2004
- TSMC to open design center in Shanghai, says report
- Ericsson sues UK based mobile phone company Sendo for patent infringement
- TSMC exec calls for proactive measures on IP
- Rambus announces its customers have shipped more than 500 million memory devices
- Cambridge Consultants doubles US office
- Running System Debugging Support in ARM RealView Developer Suite Now Available for Accelerated Technology's Nucleus PLUS
- Dolphin Integration Announces a Breakthrough for an Embedded Output Converter for high quality Audio
Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 22, 2005
Latest News- IntelliProp Introduces OEM Solutions for Consumer Electronics Storage Applications
- Proactive approach needed to overcome 90-nm quality challenges, experts say
- Renesas Technology Integrates Mentor Graphics 0-In Assertion Synthesis for Assertion Based Verification Flow
- Open-Silicon Licenses Multiple RaSer Serial Link Cells Under the Cadence-Rambus Reseller Program
- eASIC Expands its Global Presence to Korea By Signing An Agreement with Advanced Design Technology (ADT)
- ISQED panel takes on IP roadblocks
- Xelic Announces SONET/SDH Tributary Payload Processor Core Availability for Integration into ASIC or FPGA Networking Applications
Headlines for Monday Mar. 21, 2005
Latest News- The Great Debate: SOC vs. SIP
- Poseidon Design Systems Appoints Douglas Fairbairn, Industry Notable and Chairman Of Verisity, to its Board Of Directors
- TTPCom announces appointment of non-executive Director
- Altera Ships 10 Millionth Cyclone FPGA to Harmonic Inc.
- Zoran's COACH 7 Processor Powers Samsung's New 7 and 5 Megapixel Digital Cameras
- Conexant and Interpeak Launch 802.11 Wireless Solution for Embedded Developers
- Dr. Edward C. Ross, President Emeritus of TSMC, Joins Open-Silicon Board of Directors
- UMC considers taking 15% stake in Chinese fab
- WISchip Rolls Out New System-on-Chip Streaming Media Encoding Solution
- Zoran Corporation Licenses Kilopass' XPM Memory Technology; Standard CMOS Technology Adds On-Chip Security ID to Digital Entertainment Products
- Silicon Design Chain Collaboration Demonstrates Significant 90-nanometer Total Power reduction; Applied Materials, ARM, Cadence and TSMC Integrated Capabilities Deliver Silicon-Validated Power Reduction
- Tower Semiconductor Honored by ON Semiconductor for Outstanding Support
- LTRIM LTR1761 LDO Voltage Regulator IP Available for IBM 0.13um Process Technology
- MoSys Signs First EDA to Its International Sales Representative Network; Newest Partnership Covers UK and Ireland
- Altera Demonstrates Industry's First FPGA Solution Enabling Video-Over-IP at CCBN
- Architectures: On-chip interconnect gets off the bus
- FPGA merger with processors gathers steam
- Infineon Technologies and Rambus Conclude Broad Licensing Agreement
- Rambus Updates First Quarter 2005 Financial Guidance
- Structured ASICs walk a fine line
- Teldix Selects Actel's ProASIC Plus FPGAs for Multi-Processor Boards Used in the Eurofighter Project
Headlines for Friday Mar. 18, 2005
Latest News- eSOL Forms Strategic Partnership with MoreThanIP to Offer a Versatile TCP/IP Solution for Altera's Nios II Soft Core Processor
- System-in-package (SIP) may not be that simple
Headlines for Thursday Mar. 17, 2005
Latest News- ChipX Accelerates Development of XM Satellite Radio Receivers; ChipX Structured ASICs Provide Fast Turnaround Time, Low Risk to High-volume Production
- EDA exec offers alternative IP channel
- Xilinx R&D Center in India Helping Customers Worldwide Benefit From Programmable Chip Technologies; Creates 12 IP Cores in First Year of Operation Through Partnership with CMC
- Rambus Opens Design Center In Bangalore, India
Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 16, 2005
Latest News- RF Engines contracted to supply signal processing cores to leading mobile telecommunications company
- CEVA to file Form 12b-25 With the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Fabless firms outpace IDMs in costs, gross margins
- Huaya Microelectronics Ltd Licenses MIPS Processor for Its DTV Products
Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 15, 2005
Latest News- VeriSilicon Announced Release of Library Products for HeJian Technology 0.18 and 0.25 micron Process Technology
- Virtio Jumpstarts Mobile Multimedia with Support for Texas Instruments OMAPV1030 Platform
- SeaSolve Software Inc. Announces IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN And IEEE 802.11 WLAN Compliance Test And Analysis Solution
- FSA Announces 27 Percent Worldwide Fabless Revenue Growth in 2004
- Texas Instruments and Imagination Technologies Create Gaming and Graphics Ecosystem Leveraging TI's OMAP 2 "All in One Mobile Entertainment" Platform
- Rambus Appoints J. Thomas Bentley to its Board of Directors
- Arithmatica IP selected by Xilinx for Virtex-4 XtremeDSP(TM) Slice
- MindTree to demonstrate its Bluetooth capabilities on OMAP and Nucleus at CTIA Wireless 2005
Headlines for Monday Mar. 14, 2005
Latest News- Limits of IP block strategy exposed
- Knowlent Announces Opal Electrical Verification Platform and Support for PCI Express, Serial ATA
- Video codec is a study in power
- SigmaTel, Inc. Files Formal Complaint with ITC Against Actions Semiconductor for MP3 Player Technology Patent Infringement
- ZAiQ Technologies and ProDesign Integrate High Speed Transaction-Based Verification System
- Rambus Demonstrates Its 800MHz DDR2 Memory Controller Interface At Denali MemCon In Taiwan
- MoSys 1T-SRAM IP Ships in HUDSON Soft's Video Game Controller; Video Game Controller in Volume Production Targets Toy Markets
- NEC Electronics America Expands ASIC IP Portfolio with Tensilica’s Xtensa Configurable Processor
- Arteris introduces industry's first products for building networks on Chip (NoC)
- CEVA-TeakLite DSP License Extended By STMicroelectronics For Next Generation DSL Central Office Chipsets
- Industry Study Reaffirms Reliability of Actel FPGAs Against Radiation-Induced Failures
- LSI Logic Introduces RapidChip Xtreme2(TM) Family With Unprecedented SERDES Integration and I/O Bandwidth
- Digital Core Design will take part in the EU Gateway to Japan
Headlines for Sunday Mar. 13, 2005
Latest NewsHeadlines for Thursday Mar. 10, 2005
Latest News- QuickSilver closes operations, shops IP
- Research centre for SoC opens in Belfast
- Tensilica Expands Into China
- Actel Corporation Announces First Quarter Business Update
- Why does STMicroelectronics license in FPGA blocks?
- M2000 unveils optimized eFPGA architecture for DSP functions
Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 09, 2005
Latest News- Virtual Silicon's Ground-breaking Mobilize Power Management IP Wins EDN INNOVATION Award
- U.S. District Judge Rules to Disqualify Patriot Scientific Corporation's Counsel and to Deny Witness Testimony
- HiTech Global Distribution expands IP Portfolio with SDIO Core
- Further contract successes for new HyperSpeed and HyperLength FFT cores from RF Engines
- TSMC's sales falls 18% amid silicon foundry lull
- STMicroelectronics Introduces Highly Integrated Microcontroller with Embedded Programmable Logic for Wireless Infrastructure Applications
- Xilinx Ships Virtex-4 SX55 - World's Fastest FPGA For DSP
- TransChip and CEVA Collaborate to Create Highly Compact Video Streaming Solution for Multimedia Applications
- Micronas Micronas Licenses Silicon Image's HDMI and DVI IPLicenses Silicon Image's HDMI and DVI IP
- TSMC Monthly Sales Report - February 2005
- Virage Logic's High-Density ASAP Memory(TM) IP Used in Development of Low-leakage Wireless Multimedia Processors From NVIDIA
Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 08, 2005
Latest News- Falanx Announces Availability of Geometry Processors for Mobile Gaming
- Memec Unique Announces Multi-Channel UART Evaluation Kit for Actel ProASIC Plus
- Atmel's New Single-Cycle 8051 Core Provides Big Performance Boost and Low Power
- Faraday Monthly Sales Report -- February 2005
- Legerity Selects StarCore Technology to Power Its Next Generation VoIP and FTTP Products
- Falanx Submits Mali IP Cores to Khronos OpenGL ES Conformance Process
- FS2 System Navigator Delivers Multi-Core Debugging for Tensilica Xtensa Processors
- FS2 Introduces System Navigator with PDtrace for MIPS32 24K Debug
- Xilinx Updates Guidance for March Quarter FY05
- Synopsys' coreAssembler Reduces Time and IP Integration Risk for Spirit-Compliant IP
- Chipidea, Solid Silicon Technology Offer Integrated USB 2.0 and USB 2.0 OTG IP Solutions for Chartered's 0.13-Micron and 0.18-Micron Processes
- Accelerated Technology Announces Nucleus IPC for Rapid Development of Multi-Processor Applications
Headlines for Monday Mar. 07, 2005
Latest News- Toshiba Launches Family of SATA PHY Cores That Meet High Speed Requirements of Storage, Networking and Consumer Markets
- Panelists peer into future of FPGAs
- Tower aims to ship ICs made on 130-nm process in 2005
- LSI Logic Drives High Performance Applications With Synthesized ARM1156T2-S Processor and Reference Design
- NEC Electronics Unveils 90-Nanometer Embedded DRAM Technology
- NEC Electronics Introduces the CMOS-12M Series of Mainstream Structured ASICs
- Bitboys Introduces Vector Graphics Processor for Mobile Devices at Game Developers Conference
- MIPS Technologies Teams with TimeSys to Deliver MIPS Architecture and Core-Optimized 2.6 Linux Distributions to Licensees and OEMs Worldwide
- MIPS Architecture Selected by Infineon as Standard for its VoIP Solutions
- Lauterbach Debugger Delivers Multi-Processor Support for Altera's Nios II Embedded Processor
- Xilinx Virtex-4 FX FPGAs With PowerPC Processor Deliver Breakthrough 20x Performance Boost
- ARM Discloses Technical Details and Partner Support For ARMv7 Architecture
- ARM Announces Rapid System Prototyping Solution
- TRIM's LTR1004 and LTR4041 Voltage Reference IPs are Available for IBM 0.13um Process Technology
- CAST Expands USB OTG Line with New Multi-Port IP Core
- Newest Release of SonicsMX Addresses H.264 and Legacy Interconnectivity
- Faraday Technology Introduces Industry's Smallest USB2.0 PHY IP
- Actel and ARM Sign Landmark Agreement to Bring ARM7 Processor Family to Burgeoning FPGA Market
- Tensilica Names Dan Weed as Vice President of Customer Engineering
- UMC and Virage Logic Announce Qualification of Embedded Non-Volatile Memory Technology on UMC's 0.18um Logic Process
Headlines for Friday Mar. 04, 2005
Latest News- Costello's analog automation pioneer, Barcelona, to fold
- Chartered updates guidance for first quarter
Headlines for Thursday Mar. 03, 2005
Latest News- Intel targets multithreaded software for multicore processors
- austriamicrosystems launches fully automotive-qualified non-volatile process for foundry customers
- GlobalPress Summit panelists debate route to working SoCs
- MPEG-only bows out of codecs race; H.264 and VC-1 still contending
- LTRIM Technologies offers a family of pure CMOS silicon proven power management analog IPs to IBM Microelectronics foundry and ASIC customers
Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 02, 2005
Latest News- OCP-IP Announces Release of OCP 2.1 Specification
- PCI Express adoption could boost TSMC in Q2, says report
- Gurus mull challenges of 65 nm at Global Press Summit
- HED Licenses ARM922T Processor For SoC Designs
Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 01, 2005
Latest News- Prosilog announces the integration of Yogitech's OCP eVC in Magillem
- Design outsourcing a challenge
- Judge Again Dismisses Rambus Patent Claims in Virginia Case
- Genesys Logic Introduces PCI Express and GigaSata Serial ATA Products at IDF Spring 2005
- Innotech Joins ARM Foundry Program With ARM7TDMI Microprocessor License
- Altera's PCI Express IP Core Passes PCI-SIG February Workshop Compliance Tests
- Altera's Stratix II Family Leads the Industry With 2X Signal Integrity Performance Over Competing FPGAs
- Tensilica Offers Automatically Configured RTOS and Development System Support for Xtensa LX Configurable Processor
- MIPS Technologies Launches China Operations
- USPTO Awards ARC International Key Patent On Configurable Processor Technology
- ESL Design State of the Union 2005