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D&R Headline News (May 2005)
Headlines for Tuesday May. 31, 2005
Latest News- Altera Narrows Second Quarter Revenue Guidance
- Transmeta Announces Processor Technology License And Sale Agreement For The Chinese Market
- S2C delivers breakthrough FPGA-Based ESL Design with TAI IP
- TSMC, UMC, start pushing out lead times
- Synopsys Advances VCS Solution by Adding Assertion IP Library and Native Testbench Support for SystemVerilog
- Feroceon processor reorganizes ARM's pipeline, says In-Stat
- ASICS World Services, Atrenta, Celoxica, First Silicon Solutions, and Jeda Technologies Join OCP International Partnership
- Altera and PMC-Sierra Introduce Multi-Serial Protocol Development System
- Chartered Appts Pasquale Pistorio To Board
- Cypress Introduces PSoC-Based Capacitive Touch Sensor Solution to Meet Growing Demand in Cell Phones, Laptops, Cameras, Industrial Systems and White Goods
- Virage Logic Joins With TSMC to Lead 65nm Ramp
- NVIDIA And ARM Announce Licensing Agreement Targeted At Next-Generation Consumer Devices And Platforms
- Cambridge Consultants wins development role in major UWB communications project
- R.W. Baird Initiates Coverage of ARC International
- LogicVision Debuts Easy to Use Nanometer Test Solution for Higher Yield Quality, Lower Cost-of-Test and Faster Time-to-Market
- Meet the DSP Algorithmic Experts at DAC 2005; AccelChip Focuses on DSP Solutions in Booth 1000
Headlines for Monday May. 30, 2005
Latest News- In Corrigan's wake, whither LSI Logic?
- TransEDA announces Assertain, the first independent Verification Closure Management tool
- Chartered Names Dr. Liang Choo Hsia as SVP Technology Development
- Arithmatica Enters EDA Market with Proven Tools that Boost Silicon Efficiency by up to 40 Percent for Datapath-Intensive Applications
- Soon-to-be TSMC CEO offers viewpoint on TSMC, foundry market
- Chartered Names Dr. Liang Choo Hsia as SVP Technology Development
Headlines for Saturday May. 28, 2005
Latest NewsHeadlines for Friday May. 27, 2005
Latest News- Aware's StratiPHY2+ Drives Analog Devices' New Fusiv-AT ADSL2/2+ CPE Chipset
- ARM Appoints New President In Japan
- Poseidon joins LSI Logic RapidChip Platform ASIC Partner Program, providing performance analysis and acceleration for ARM-based designs
- Imagination Technologies Group plc: Results for the twelve months to 31 March 2005
- Legend's MSIM and Silicon Canvas's Laker-ADP are integrated for Quality Results of Analog Designs
- Mentor prepares to acquire Aptix Corp.
Headlines for Thursday May. 26, 2005
Latest News- SMIC Beijing Secures Financing for Expansion
- TTPCom's AJAR 3G to dramatically accelerate mass-market feature phone development
- LTRIM Unveils The LTR1803 LDO - A Programmable Output Voltage Regulator
- Rambus Reaches 400th Issued Patent Milestone; Total Issued and Pending Patents Exceed 800
- Mentor Graphics First Vendor to Achieve PCI Express Intellectual Property Compliance on NitAl Platform
- SanDisk 2 GB Memory Stick PRO Gaming Card Uses Memory Controller Supplied by Tower Semiconductor
- Tower Semiconductor Announces First Quarter 2005 Results; Company Reinvigorated by New Leadership; Signed a Letter of Intent with Its Banks for up to $60 Million of Additional Funding, Half to Be from Investors
- Triad Semiconductor Announces the End of Full-Custom Layout
Headlines for Wednesday May. 25, 2005
Latest News- Stretch Inc. Licenses Mentor Graphics 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet MAC Intellectual Property
- IBM, Chartered Extend 90-Nanometer Common Platform with Low-Power Design Solutions, High-Speed Connectivity Cores
- SMIC ARM926EJ Processor Chip Successfully Validated
- IBM, Chartered Offer ARM Artisan Low-Power IP And High-Speed PHYS For 90-Nanometer Common Platform
- IBM, Chartered Select Synopsys' Hi-Speed USB 2.0 and OTG PHYs for Their 90-nm Process Platform
- GiDEL Ships PROCSpark II Development Board Featuring Altera's Low-Cost FPGAs
- Prosilog announces Magillem V3.0 supporting Eclipse platform
- ARC International and Sonic Network Announce Embedded Audio Synthesis for the ARCsound Audio Subsystem
- Cambridge Consultants: Software tools extend application potential of world's leading Bluetooth platform
Headlines for Tuesday May. 24, 2005
Latest News- ARM Artisan Low-Power IP For 130-Nanometer Process Selected by UMC
- Samsung Joins IBM and Chartered on 90-Nanometer Common Design-Enablement Platform
- Elliptic Semiconductor launches Digital Rights Management Security Products
- Rambus Names Dr. Mark Horowitz Chief Scientist
- FlexASIC Broadens Appeal by Adding Magma Blast Create SA Support to Enhance Performance and Design Flexibility
- LSI Logic Eliminates Mask Charges for Entry Level Platform ASIC Solutions
- Sundance Unveils One Giga Sample per Second Digital Down Converter
- ST considering sale of memory business, says report
- IC manufacturing utilization dropped in Q1
- Altera Joins WiMAX Forum
- TTPCom licenses Hybrid's graphics technology
Headlines for Monday May. 23, 2005
Latest News- Initial Wave of Intellectual Property Support for New LatticeXP FPGA Family now Available
- Abhi Talwalkar Named LSI Logic President and CEO
- AUDIO PROCESSING: IP cores upgraded to boost sound capability
- Federal Trade Commission Rejects in Part and Grants in Part Motion to Add to Rambus Record
- ChipMaestro from eInfochips Extends SoC Design and Verification Expertise to Computer Peripherals and Communications markets
- Toshiba Appoints New Senior Vice President Of System LSI Group
- MIPS Technologies Names Wind River as its Premier Device Software Optimization Solution Provider
- Cypress Introduces Industry's First 2.4-GHz Radio-on-a-Chip With Programmable Mixed Signal Array
- ARM Holdings plc Investor and Analyst Day Presentation (11.5Mb PDF)
- Denali Announces Dataplex IP Product for DDR, Flash, and SATA Subsystems
- Small, robust flash cell claims easy process integration
- Structured ASICs not just for small chip players
- LSI Logic ZSP(R) Voice Processor Chosen to Simplify Integration of Voice-Over-WiFi in Mobile Phones
- Formal approach offers verification 'salvation'
- Cambridge Consultants: Turbo code optimization service speeds time to market for advanced wireless systems
- Jennic announces partner program to drive adoption of IEEE802.15.4/ZigBee solutions
- Is day of the architect over?
- NEC Electronics Europe releases low-cost System-on-Chip Lite+ starter kit
- Ridgetop Receives Contract for Prognostics/Fault-Tolerant Electronics
- Companies Band Together in Support of Electronic System-Level (ESL) Design and Verification at Upcoming Design Automation Conference
Headlines for Friday May. 20, 2005
Latest News- Legend releases MSIM API as a circuit simulation engine for EDA application integrations
- Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. Announces Availability of Embedded Development Kit -EDK- 7.1i Featuring New Xilinx MicroBlaze-TM- 4.0 Soft Processor
Headlines for Thursday May. 19, 2005
Latest News- New open source initiative seeks to push SystemC adoption
- Xilinx Strengthens DSP IP Library with New Floating-Point and Digital Video Broadcasting S2 Cores
- Appointment Of Semiconductor Industry Veteran Expands And Strengthens Transmeta's Board
- Broadcom Sues Qualcomm for Patent Infringement
- Tensilica Announces Licensing Agreement with Agilent Technologies for Xtensa Processors in Imaging Applications
- Soft parallelizing processor receives $2.8 million backing
- Tezzaron Chooses CAST IP Core for First Ever Stacked 3D IC Processor
- LSI Logic Offers Unprecedented System Integration Within Smallest Package Form Factor
Headlines for Wednesday May. 18, 2005
Latest News- Silicon Image Appoints Tech Veteran Masood Jabbar to Board Of Directors
- Synopsys Posts Financial Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal 2005
- AMCC Selects SafeNet Security Technology for PowerPC Processors
- Denali Announces Design IP, Verification IP Products for Serial ATA Standard
- Kaben Develops Synthesizer IP for WiMAX in IBM7WL
- MOSAID Announces Intention to Acquire Assets of TriCN
- Now Shipping: New Cyclone II Development Kits for Nios II Embedded Processor, DSP, and PCI Designs
- Actel Quality Program Receives Stack Certification
Headlines for Tuesday May. 17, 2005
Latest News- Low-cost FPGAs, IP propel Asian PLD market
- How to do business in China
- Elixent launches next generation Reconfigurable Algorithm Processor technology
- Altera Solutions Chosen For Texas Instruments DLP TV Products
- CoWare Names Joy E. Leo SVP & CFO and A.K. Kalekos VP of Marketing & Business Development as Demand for Company's ESL Solutions Intensifies
- Tensilica Previews Next-Generation Audio Technology At Spring Processor Forum
- Imagination Technologies: New Licence Agreement with Intel Corporation
- Actel Provides Smaller, Lighter FPGA Packaging for Military and Aerospace Markets
- Atmel and Tower Semiconductor Announce Joint CMOS Image Sensor Technology and Product Development Agreement
- Chips&Media Selects ARC 605 Core for Use in New Set-Top Box Chip
- Rambus Technology Provides Unprecedented Bandwidth to Sony Computer Entertainment's Playstation 3
Headlines for Monday May. 16, 2005
Latest News- Initial Determination in Patent Infringement Investigation Finds MediaTek Infringes Zoran Patent
- IPextreme Secures $6M 'Series A' Funding from Alloy and SmartForest
- Gaisler Research AB is awarded a contract for development of a System on Chip (SoC) ASIC
- CEVA Unveils a New Addition to the Powerful CEVA-X DSP Family
- MIPS Technologies Introduces the MIPS32 24KE Core Family - the First DSP ASE Enabled MIPS Cores
- Raza Microelectronics Licenses the MIPS64 Architecture for Next Generation Processors
- Raza Microelectronics Introduces Industry's First Thread Processor Designed for Connected Computing
- Low-power design goes mainstream
- New Xilinx MicroBlaze Soft Processor Increases Clock Frequency By 25%
- Wipro to demonstrate its MBOA MAC IP in IP Japan and Wireless USB Devcon
- Chipidea secures 12M Euro in Series B Funding
- SiRF Launches GPS Enabled System-on-Chip Solution to Make Auto Navigation & Telematics More Affordable
- STMicroelectronics announces additional restructuring efforts
- ARM Announces Class-Leading BDTI DSP Scores For The ARM1136J-S Processor
- ARM Brings Best-in-class Audio Solutions To Portable Consumer Devices
- LSI Logic Offers Do-254 Certification Support for RapidChip(R) Platform ASIC Aerospace System Designs
- Tensilica Xtensa LX Processor Beats All Other Processors and Cores On EEMBC Networking 2.0 and Office Automation Benchmarks
- ATEME and ObjectVideo partner to provide intelligent video software on Visio+ production-ready design
- New Floating Point Extensions for ARC Cores Enable Full Performance Math Functionality Without a Coprocessor
Headlines for Friday May. 13, 2005
Latest News- Patriot Scientific Names Richard J. Corrigan Vice President of Product Management
- Industry Ships 100 Millionth SoC Using Sonics SMART Interconnects
- Structured ASIC Market Entering Boom Times
- Transmeta Reports 2005 First Quarter Results; Forecasts Accelerated Achievement Of Cash Flow Target
- SMIC seeks $600 million loan in China after U.S. rejection
- Mentor Graphics Announces Certification of its High-Speed USB On-The-Go Controller IP
- STMicroelectronics Extends ARM-based STR710F Microcontroller Family
- Synopsys' Hi-Speed USB OTG IP is First and Only Complete IP Solution To Earn Hi-Speed USB OTG Certification
Headlines for Thursday May. 12, 2005
Latest News- Denali Announces PureSpec Verification IP Product for USB Interfaces
- PLDApplications Reports Record 2004 Results
- Hitachi vows to fight Translogic's patent verdict
- Philips Semiconductor CTO outlines system-in-package challenges
- Sarnoff ESDdoctor(TM) Offers ESD Solutions For New ICs, Trouble-Shoots Problems In Existing Chips
- Sarnoff Introduces Silicon Proven ESD Design Tool Kit For ICs, Matched To Specific Foundry Processes
Headlines for Wednesday May. 11, 2005
Latest News- Hitachi, Renesas ordered to pay IP provider $85.6 million
- Kaben Develops Synthesizer IP for Software Defined Radios in IBM5HP
- Accelerated Technology's Nucleus USB CCID Class Driver Provides USB Support for Smart Card Applications
- Jennic appoints Mike Clancy as VP, worldwide sales to exploit potential in the wireless sensor market
- Aware, Inc. Reports 2005 First Quarter Financial Results
Headlines for Tuesday May. 10, 2005
Latest News- Mobius Microsystems Introduces the All-silicon Copernicus Clock
- Freescale announces industry's first 90nm multi-core programmable DSPs in volume production
- Dr. Rick Tsai Appointed Chief Executive Officer of TSMC; Dr. F.C. Tseng Elected Vice Chairman of TSMC
- X-FAB Extends MEMS Platform - Pressure Sensor IP Cores and SOI-MEMS Now Available
- Pioneer Selects TransDimension's Complete USB Solution to Enable a New Trend in DVD Recorders
- Faraday Verifies Complex CPU Cores with Synopsys' VCS and Vera Verification Solutions
- Synopsys Delivers Industry's First Single-Vendor PCI Express IP Solution to Pass PCI-SIG Compliance
- SOPC Builder Enhancements Boost Productivity for Altera Quartus II Software Users
- Tensilica and EVE Speed SoC Development Times
- Denali Announces PureSpec Verification IP for Ethernet Interfaces
- Monolithic System Technology, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2005 Results; Booked Second Largest Total Value of New Contracts in the Company's History
- OCP-IP Announces Availability of Mentor Graphics CheckerWare Library of Verification IP
Headlines for Monday May. 09, 2005
Latest News- Zoran Corporation Announces Key Management Changes
- CEVA Announces Reorganization and Management Changes
- Cambridge Consultants to help develop next-generation terminal equipment for Iridium Satellite
- Fulcrum Microsystems Raises $20 Million to Expand the Market for its Innovative Interconnect Semiconductors
- TSMC Monthly Sales Report - April 2005
- TUV Rheinland selects SeaSolve Software's IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN PHY Layer Compliance Test and Analysis Solution
- ARC International and Tao Group Provide the Lowest Power Java Solution for Embedded Devices
- TSMC expands DFM recommendations at 90 nm
- April sales fall 30 percent year-on-year at UMC
- Cadence and Faraday Announce Library Collaboration For Nanometer Design
- Zoran Corporation Agrees to Acquire Oren Semiconductor
Headlines for Friday May. 06, 2005
Latest News- Interview: Roelandts, president and CEO of Xilinx discusses the shifting balance between FPGAs and ASICs, the role of FPGAs in consumer electronics and supply chain gains
- Doubts remain about Chartered Semi's recovery
Headlines for Thursday May. 05, 2005
Latest News- Strategy Analytics: Growing Automotive ASIC Market Provides $2.4 Billion Opportunity
- Sonics' Research Reveals Dramatic Gains in Volume, Market Share, and Profits Using Third-Party Intelligent Interconnect Strategy for SoC Design
- Faraday Monthly Sales Report - April 2005
Headlines for Wednesday May. 04, 2005
Latest News- Mentor Graphics and LSI Logic Announce Seamless Product Support for ZSP Processor Cores
- Silicon Image Receives NASDAQ Notifications
- Motorola buys TTPCom's AJAR platform
- Xilinx Expands Signal Processing Portfolio For Digital Communication System Design
- Howard Bubb Named CEO of Ambric, a Fabless Semiconductor Start-up
Headlines for Tuesday May. 03, 2005
Latest News- Built for Speed: Quartus II Software Version 5.0 Boosts Stratix II Memory Performance Up to 550 MHz
- Abraham Sofaer Joins Rambus Board of Directors
- Acacia Technologies Adds Intel and Advanced Micro Devices to Computer Memory Cache Coherency Litigation
- Philips reorganizes semiconductor division
- Atmel Extends its FPGA to ASIC Conversion Service for Space Applications
- STMicro FPGA IP up for Grabs
- Matsushita launches 'integrated platform' chip strategy
- MIPS Technologies and ITE Technology, Inc. Announce Agreement to License MIPS32 4KE Pro Core Family
- Sarnoff H.264 Decoder Delivers High-Quality Video On Portable Devices, Cell Phones
- TransEDA Announces Automatic Verification for AMBA AXI-Based Designs
- SMIC and UTAC to Establish Semiconductor Assembly and Testing Facility in China
- Atmel's FPSLIC II Dynamically Reconfigurable SoC Supports "Silicon-Sharing" For Peripherals & Interfaces
Headlines for Monday May. 02, 2005
Latest News- ADI's data converter business reflects a mixture of standbys and custom brews
- Most Chinese IC design at 0.18-micron, survey finds
- Pure-play foundry market to decline in 2005, says iSuppli
- DongbuAnam Extends ShuttleChip Program to Verify 130nm Prototype Chip Designs Using Copper Interconnects
- PLDA Announces Immediate Availability of the PCI Express EZ IP Module
- Mentor Graphics Extends Catapult C Synthesis Product; Enables 20X to 100X Faster Verification with SystemC
- Altera Sets the Standard for Productivity in High-Density Design With Latest Quartus II Software
- Platform SoCs now possible
- nSys strengthens its sales channel, appoints The LogicWorks as an exclusive partner in eastern US and Canada
- LSI Logic Delivers Low Power SATA Core for ASIC and RapidChip(R) Platform ASIC Designs
- Actel Slashes Prices for Flash FPGAs in Military Temperature Plastic Packages
- Faraday Reported a Record First Quarter with 35% International Business ASIC Design-Wins Using 0.13um
Headlines for Sunday May. 01, 2005
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