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D&R Headline News (April 2006)
Headlines for Friday Apr. 28, 2006
Latest News- Genesis Microchip and Mobilygen Announce Technology Cross-Licensing and Joint Product Development Agreement
- SMIC reports 2006 first quarter results
Headlines for Thursday Apr. 27, 2006
Latest News- IPFlex and Sobal Co-Develop FFT Development Kit for DAPDNA-2; Starts Shipping Today-Sobal Joins DAPDNA Partner Program
- Imagination Technologies Licenses PowerVR SGX to NEC Electronics
- Synopsys Releases DesignWare Mobile Storage IP Featuring CE-ATA Support
- TSMC Reports First Quarter EPS of NT$1.32
- MPEG LA Signing IPR Protection Memorandum of Understanding with Chinese Partners
Headlines for Wednesday Apr. 26, 2006
Latest News- Altera FPGAs Driving Latest Video Standards in Broadcast Distribution Equipment
- Altera Announces Broadcast Studio Converter Solutions that Boost Performance and Lower Cost
- NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH Licenses SMSC's MediaLB Technology
- Saifun Semiconductors Reports First Quarter 2006 Results
- Achronix Semiconductor and Chartered to Collaborate on Low-Power Gigahertz Speed FPGAs
- Fast and Saving SoC Design Solution- Socle Structured ASIC Platform Design
- EVE Selects eInfochips as Design Services Partner; eInfochips Set to Deliver Synthesizable Transactors for EVE's ZeBu
- IQ-Analog initiates development effort for a full wideband receiver for portable data communications
- ARM Gets Physical IP to Match Chip Technology
- Taifatech Adopts Configurable ARC Processor To Create Next-Generation Consumer Chipsets
- VXIS Adopts Configurable ARC Video Subsystem For Portable Digital TV Applications
- Skymedi Adopts the ARC Video Subsystem To Create Integrated Multimedia Player Chip
- Panasonic Chooses Altera FPGAs for New Solid-State Broadcast Camera Recorders
Headlines for Tuesday Apr. 25, 2006
Latest News- Actel Announces First Quarter 2006 Financial Results
- ARM Software Delivers Unparalleled 3D Graphics And Java Acceleration For LG Feature Phones
- Micronas Licenses MOSAID 90nm DDR/DDR2 Memory Controller Solution
- MOSAID Ships 90nm SRAM Compiler with Industry's Lowest Power and Leakage
- True Circuits PLLs Selected by Icera
- VSIA Board Elects Freescale's Kathy Werner as New President
- CEVA, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2006 Financial Results
- Sidense to Deliver OTP Cores in UMC's 90nm and 65nm Process Nodes
- Arasan Chip Systems participates in the First CE-ATA Plugfest
- Structured-ASIC faithful plan their next moves
- Philips' Handshake Solutions launches symbiotic development network for clockless IC technology
- Xpedion Design Systems Introduces Industry's First Transistor-Level Closed Loop PLL Verification Solution
Headlines for Monday Apr. 24, 2006
Latest News- Achronix Semiconductor Announces 1.93 GHz 90nm ''ULTRA'' FPGA Prototype First Silicon Success
- Nero Partners With Digital Rapids to Provide Professional AVC Solutions for Post- Production, Broadcast, IPTV and More
- Rambus Wins Patent Infringement Trial Against Hynix; Jury awards Rambus $306.9M in damages for infringing U.S. sales
- Ingot Systems spins off Dedicated Memory Controller Solutions Company, MemCore, Inc.
- Xilinx, Ateme Demonstrate New Real-Time MPEG-4 Video Encoder In A Single FPGA
- Xilinx And 4i2i Demonstrate H.264/AVC High Profile Decoder In An FPGA
- Altera Speeds Time-to-Market and Improves Performance for Video and Image Processing Applications
- MathStar, Inc. Announces Professional Video Library for the Field Programmable Object Array (FPOA)
- Patriot Scientific Corporation Announces Share Repurchase Plan, Strong Q3 Revenues; Portion of Future Revenues Allocated for Stock Buyback
- HyperTransport Consortium Maintains Interconnect Performance Leadership with New 3.0 Specification
- Denali Announces Simulation Models for Spansion's MirrorBit ORNAND Flash Memory Products
- Tri-Vision U.S. V-Chip Patent Licensed to NEC
- Chip Industry's Top Manufacturers License ARM Debug And Trace Technology
- Faraday Expands Structured ASIC Product Line with FIT-18 Template
- Digital Blocks Announces its ''Try Before You Buy'' IP Core Evaluation Program
- WWComs Announces High Profile HD H.264/AVC Encoder at the National Association of Broadcasters Show
- Xilinx Programmable Solutions Enable New Multi-Function Digital Video Broadcast Mobile Product From Screen Service
- Actel Receives DSCC SMD; Achieves New Quality Milestone for RTAX-S FPGAs
- Actel ProASIC3 FPGAs Selected for Miniature USB-Based Test and Measurement Equipment
- New Lattice ispClock Family Provides a Standard Clock Distribution Solution Across Multiple Designs
- TI MCUs Address Emerging Requirements of Complex, Embedded Applications; Ultra-Low Power MSP430FG461x Sampling Today and ARM7(R)-based TMS470R1B1M MCUs Available in Volume Quantities Now
Headlines for Friday Apr. 21, 2006
Latest News- ATEME Showcases Its Compact MPEG-4 AVC High Profile High Definition Real Time Encoding Technology At NAB2006
- VinChip Systems Announces Immediate Availability of AHB to PCI Wrapper Module
- Toumaz Appoints New CEO
- Algotronix announces NIST certification of its AES IP Core and design-in at Quixant
- Doradus Technologies Secures IP Licensing Contract for Its ATSC/QAM Demodulator IP Core With a Major Semiconductor Supplier
- ESS Technology Licenses MIPS32 24Kc Core from MIPS Technologies
- MIPS Technologies Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2006 Financial Results
- iSuppli lists China's top fabless IC rankings
- Chartered and Microsoft Sign 65-Nanometer Manufacturing Agreement for Xbox 360 CPU
- Chinese startup foundry licenses Toshiba technology
- Impinj, NEC TOKIN and NEC Partner to Deliver High Performance Gen 2 RFID Readers in Japan
Headlines for Thursday Apr. 20, 2006
Latest News- Digital Core Design Announces Availability of a New Improved DFPMU Floating Point Coprocessor
- Aquantia Licenses Tensilica's Diamond Standard 108Mini for Next-Generation 10GE Over Copper Integrated Circuit
- Astute Networks Validates New Processor With Carbon's VSP(TM)
- Chartered Expands Foundry Market Access to IBM's 90nm SOI Technology
Headlines for Wednesday Apr. 19, 2006
Latest News- PortalPlayer, Inc. Announces Product Transition Setback
- Rambus Reports First Quarter Earnings
- Silicon Interfaces announces the release of its new Verification Intellectual Property USB OTG Vera RVM VIP
- Sunplus Technology extends license with Imagination Technologies
- ARM Holdings plc - Results For The Quarter Ended 31 March 2006
- ARM and TSMC Sign Long-Term Physical IP Agreement for 65- and 45-Nanometer Technologies
- UMC Delivers New SONOS Memory to Solid State System Co.
- ZiLOG(R) Demonstrates ARM-9(R) 32-Bit MCU at ETA Expo
- Asono selects Nordic's nRF24Z1 transceiver to deliver uncompressed, CD-quality audio via wireless link between its DAB radio and remote stereo speaker
- Tundra Semiconductor To Acquire Systems Solutions Business from Alliance Semiconductor
- Proven Software Solutions selects the LDRA tool suite for software reuse
Headlines for Tuesday Apr. 18, 2006
Latest News- Nanochip Secures $10 Million in Series C Funding Led by Intel Capital; Investment Round to Provide for Commercialization of Ultra-High-Capacity Removable Storage Chips
- Tri-Vision V-chip licensed to Chunghwa for U.S. and Canada
- VaST Systems Technology Announces Availability of the Renesas SH2A Virtual Processor Model
- Lucid Information Technology, Ltd., Licenses Tensilica's Diamond 212GP Controller Core
- Silicon Logic Engineering Announces ASIC Product Development Consulting Success
- Spreadtrum to Integrate Hantro Multi-Format Video Solution into their Next Generation 3G TD-SCDMA Baseband IC
- BiTMICRO Networks Adopts Configurable ARC 700 Core Family for Next Generation E-Disk
- Perfisans Signs Another Design Win With Tanxia Systems, Inc.
- Xilinx Chooses SiliconSystems as Preferred Storage Supplier for System ACE Development Environment
Headlines for Monday Apr. 17, 2006
Latest News- Xilinx Executive Vice President Rich Sevcik Retires
- ChipX Granted Sony Green Certification
- Silvus Communication Systems rolls soft PHY core for Wi-Fi
- Key ASIC Launches ASIC & SoC Design-to-Manufacture Services for Communications and Consumer Electronics Applications; Company Specializes in High Performance, Low Power Mixed-Signal and Digital Design
- eInfochips ramps up Capacity; Opens 3rd Design Center at Ahmedabad
- Nascentric Joins ARM Connected Community
- Outsourcing can boost IC quality
- SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.) Announces Single-Chip Controller Targeting Portable Applications
- Flextronics Signs Agreement to Sell Software Development and Solutions Business
- Kevin Bligh Joins Silterra as Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing; Industry Veteran to Focus on Growing Silterra's Customer Base
Headlines for Friday Apr. 14, 2006
Latest News- Court nears verdict in Rambus vs. Hynix dispute
- True Circuits Moves to Larger Headquarters
- ViASIC Appoints Lynn Hayden to Board of Directors
Headlines for Thursday Apr. 13, 2006
Latest News- Luminary Micro Questions Microchip's Motives in Filing Suit on Previously Challenged Patents
- Toshiba Electronics Europe Licenses SMSC's MediaLB Technology; Integration of MediaLB Interface Adds MOST(R) Connectivity to Advanced Automotive Display SoCs
- SOCLE's New ARM926EJ-Based SoC Platform Validated on UMC's 90nm Process
- Arasan Chip Systems licenses the SDIO Device IP core to Samsung Electronics
- Evatronix Verifies a Core with 50 Billion Legal Configurations Using Aldec Tools
- SMIC and Cadence Deliver New Analog Mixed-Signal Reference Flow to Speed Fabless Chip Design
Headlines for Wednesday Apr. 12, 2006
Latest News- Microchip Technology Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Luminary Micro, Inc.
- Imagination Technologies Trading Update
- Rambus Appoints Chief Financial Officer
- Global Unichip Presents the 90nm LP ARM926EJ Test Chip, UTP0010A, to Accelerate System Prototyping
Headlines for Tuesday Apr. 11, 2006
Latest News- Fairchild Semiconductor Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Power Integrations, Inc.
- Lexar Files ITC Complaint Against Toshiba
- VSIA announces new version of the Quality IP Metric
- Silicon Image to Port HDMI(TM) Receiver IP Core to UMC's 90nm Process Technology; IP Targets SoC Designs for High-Definition Media Applications
- Open Core Protocol International Partnership Releases OCP SystemC Channel Version 2.1.2
- Ateme Unveils its MPEG-4 AVC High Profile High Definition Real Time Encoder
Headlines for Monday Apr. 10, 2006
Latest News- Impinj's 'Try It Now' Program Removes Barriers to Semiconductor IP Adoption
- Oki Electric Adopts ARC Sound Advanced Subsystem For Advanced Car Audio Applications
- Wipro-NewLogic announces availability of its Serial ATA series of Intellectual Property Cores
- RF Engines contracted by Australia's Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO)
- TSMC March 2006 Sales Report
- NTT Electronics Adopts Altera's Go-to-Production Solutions for HD Video-Over-IP Set-Top Box
- Oki Semiconductor Launches ARM-Based Microcontroller that Reduces Encryption/Decryption Time for IC Card Terminals
- Xilinx Simplifies and Lowers Cost for High-Speed Serial Design With New ChipScope Pro Serial IO Toolkit
- Foundry IPOs are finding a cool reception in China
Headlines for Friday Apr. 07, 2006
Latest News- Hantro Licenses Multimedia Technology to Skyworks for Lynx EDGE Multimedia Mobile Platform
- Transmeta and Sony Group Renew Project Agreements for 2006
- Sonics and CoWare Expand Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Industry-wide SystemC Platform SoC Transformation
- Faraday Monthly Sales Report - March 2006
- Pro Design Announces PCI Express Kit for High-Speed ASIC Prototyping System
- Silicon & Software Systems (S3) opens new System IC Design Center in Central Prague, Czech Republic
- Barco's Real-time Multi-channel MPEG-4 Encoder Library Available on Cradle's Award-winning CT3616 MDSP
Headlines for Thursday Apr. 06, 2006
Latest News- Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Silicon Image and Against Genesis Microchip
- msystems Terminates its Agreement with Samsung
- HiSilicon Integrate Hantro Video Technology into their Chipset
- LSI to Sell Gresham Fab to ON Semiconductor for $105 Million
- SoftRISC Incorporates First DSP Functionality for RISC-Based CPUs That Provides VoIP and Multimedia Without Loss of Voice Quality
- David Fritz Promoted to CEO of Silistix
Headlines for Wednesday Apr. 05, 2006
Latest News- Patriot Scientific Receives Share of Proceeds from MMP Patent Portfolio Licensing Agreement with Fujitsu
- Morpho Technologies Introduces Integrated WiMAX System Solution; Licensable Hardware and Software IP Solution Delivers up to a 21-Month Advantage in Time-to-Market
- MIPS Technologies Licenses MIPS32(R) 24KEc(TM) Processor Core to Fangtek Ltd. for Mobile Phone Applications
- IEEE Ratifies First Open 'e' Language Standard for Verifying Complex System-on-Chip Designs
- Lionic Adopts Altera's Nios II Processor and Cyclone Series of FPGAs for Silicon-Based Antivirus Solutions
- S3 demonstrates interoperability with live Modeo DVB-H broadcast at CTIA Wireless
- Saifun Semiconductors Ltd. Announces Closing of Public Offering of 4,393,170 Ordinary Shares Following Underwriters4 Exercise in Full of Option to Purchase Additional Shares
- Nantero Proves NRAM Scalability Successfully Fabricates 22nm Memory Switch
- eInfochips to set up 2nd design center at Pune; Targets 80% growth in 2006-07
- ANADIGICS Expands Intellectual Property Portfolio; ANADIGICS Granted Five New Patents for Innovations in RFIC Design
- msystems' Security IP Selected by National Semiconductor for New Generation Secured Processor for Automotive ApplicationsProcessor for Automotive Applications
- MagnaChip Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Pixelplus
- TSMC 65nm Wireless Devices Being Sampled by QUALCOMM; Hot Off TSMC Production Lines, Advanced Devices ''Ring'' for the First Time
- Arithmatica Updates CellMath Tools for Power Optimization and Tighter Flow Integration for Verilog Users
Headlines for Tuesday Apr. 04, 2006
Latest News- 5V Technologies Licenses HelloSoft's VoIP for 5VT's Single-Chip Solution
- eASIC Names Kaushik Banerjee Vice President of Engineering
- GDA Technologies Selected by iStor Networks for PCI Express Cores
- MIPS Technologies' Multi-threading and DSP Solutions Supported by Green Hills Software's Development Tools
- Xilinx AccelDSP Synthesis 8.1 Tool Accelerates DSP System Design
- GDA Technologies Joins ARM Approved Design Center Program
- QUALCOMM and Icera Sign WCDMA Wireless Software Patent Agreement
- Texas Instruments and ARM Accelerate Deployment of Secure Applications on Mobile Devices
- Faraday Reaffirms Its Commitment to Structured ASIC Business
- Arteris SA Joins OCP-IP
- CSR Demonstrates Bluetooth Chip Incorporating FM radio at CTIA
- Hantro to Demonstrate High Performance Video Codec at CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas
- GDA Technology Pioneers Smart Phone Reference Platform
- Mentor Graphics' Nucleus RTOS and EDGE Tool Suite Support MIPS32 34K Family of Processor
Headlines for Monday Apr. 03, 2006
Latest News- Zoran Launches Programmable Processor For Emerging Office Desktop Color Printer Market
- HelloSoft to Showcase the Most Optimized VoIP, WLAN, VoWLAN Products for Wireless and Dual-Mode Mobile Devices at CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas
- ARM Launches RealView Development Suite 3.0 for End-to-End Pre-Silicon Development
- IP market a challenge for EDA
- Denali's PCI Express Compliance Suite Licensed by Sun Microsystems
- SafeNet Announces New Multi-Gigabit Security IP Cores for System on Chip Designs
- MIPS Technologies and msystems Team Up on Security; New Safe-SOC Security Platform Developed for STB, DTV, Consumer Electronics, Networking and Mobile Markets
- SafeNet Receives Prestigious Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award
- VaST Systems Technology Announces Availability of Virtual StarCore SC2400 Processor Model at ESC
- Xilinx Announces Industry's Lowest Cost Programmable PCI Express Starter Kit
- Altera Announces New Tool for Easily Accelerating C Into Hardware for Nios II Processor-Based Systems
- Kaben Developing Second Generation Synthesizer IP
- SMSC Licenses the ARC 600 Family of Configurable Processors from ARC International
- CoWare Adds IBM PPC750GX/GL Processor Support Package to SystemC-based Model Library
- Celoxica Unveils ESL Design Kit for SOPC-Based Coprocessor Acceleration
- New 32-bitters go to extremes for embedded
- Altium Designer Adds Support for Altera Nios II Processor
- Stratosphere Solutions Sets Sights on Design For Yield Market With Launch of StratoPro
- AVR32-based SoC Offers High Throughput Solution for Compute-intensive Embedded Control Applications; Combines Two Ethernet MACs, 480 Mbps USB with On-chip PHY, LCD Controller with High throughput CPU, Dynamic Frequency Scaling