D&R Headline News (June 2006)
Headlines for Friday Jun. 30, 2006
Latest News- ViASIC Introduces Industry's First Two-Mask Standard Metal Fabric for Re-configurable SOC Design; DuoMask Patented Technology Provides a Complete Solution for All Processes
- Digital Blocks Announces the Re-launch of its DB8279 Programmable Keyboard / Display Interface IP Core
- Toshiba Licenses Staktek's NAND Flash-Memory Technologies
- Patni Acquires US-Based ZAiQ Technologies
- Tower Semiconductor Successfully Completes NIS 140 Million (Approximately $31 Million) Fundraising
- Nordic Semiconductor opens regional sales office in Tokyo to further enhance its presence in the Japanese market and provide support for its existing local distributors
Headlines for Thursday Jun. 29, 2006
Latest News- Patriot Scientific Confirms PENTAX Joins Growing Roster of Global Manufacturers Licensed to Use the Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) Portfolio
- Scaleo chip and Wipro-NewLogic bring together their technology to reinforce their presence in the Bluetooth applications market
- Fujitsu Introduces Its Mobile WiMAX System-on-Chip Solution and Roadmap
- Altium releases TASKING VX-toolset for Altera's Nios II embedded processors
- SoftRISC to Provide Robust and Reliable Voice over WiFi for Symbol Mobile Computers
- Xilinx issues Spartan-3 recall
Headlines for Wednesday Jun. 28, 2006
Latest News- Synopsys Introduces Validated USB 2.0 nanoPHY IP for TSMC'S Nexsys 90-LP Process
- Denali's Databahn Memory Controller IP Supports Cadence Encounter Synthesis
- Central China's First 12-inch Fab Began Construction and Will be Managed by SMIC
Headlines for Tuesday Jun. 27, 2006
Latest News- Rambus Provides Update of Audit Committee Investigation Regarding Stock Option Grants
- Patriot Scientific Corporation Confirms Seiko Epson Agreement to Purchase MMP License
- LogicVision and Dolphin Technology Announce Integration of 90nm and 65nm memories with Comprehensive Self-test and Repair Solutions
- NVIDIA GoForce 5500 Employs Tensilica's Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine for High-Quality Audio in Mobile Phones
- TransEDA is in winding down discussions
- CEVA, Inc. Announces Divestment of Its GPS Technology and Product Line
- Samsung passes on ARM power management software
- Micronas' New Audio Processor Meets Ever-Increasing Demand for Analog and Digital I/O With a Powerful DSP for Home Audio Applications
- GE Fanuc Embedded Systems Introduces the Industry's Only COTS 10Mbit MIL-STD-1553 PMC Module
Headlines for Monday Jun. 26, 2006
Latest News- Avago Advances Its ASIC Technology to the Next Generation: Proves High-Performance 12.5 Gbps SerDes Core in 65 Nm CMOS Process
- Silistix Partners with Tensilica to Develop a Demonstration Test Chip for Portable Multimedia Applications
- Chipidea Launches New Line of CMOS Radio Frequency IP Platforms
- Cadence and ARM Deliver Innovative Kit to Speed Verification Closure for ARM Processor-Based Designs
- ARC and Cadence Announce Optimized Integration of Encounter Digital IC Platform with ARChitect Processor Configurator
- IMEC software-defined radio concept compliant with 3GPP-LTE
- Wi-LAN's completes closing of $8 million bought deal
- Xilinx Delivers ISE 8.2i - A Complete Logic Design Solution For The New 65nm Virtex-5 FPGA Family
- Actel's Four-Million System Gate Prototyping Solution Saves Time and Mitigates Costly Risks for Space Flight FPGAs
Headlines for Friday Jun. 23, 2006
Latest News- Analog IC Markets Prosper in 2006
- NEMERIX and TSMC Strike Partnership For GPS/AGPS CMOS Products
- Imagination Technologies to Continue to Market its Next Generation Graphics Technology Directly
- ARM Strengthens Its 3D Graphics IP Portfolio Through FALANX Aquisition
- Actel CEO John East comments on the FPGA market metamorphosis
- Oki Electric Adopts Elliptic Semiconductor's Ttechnology For Comprehensive DTCP Rights Management Solution
- MOSAID Announces Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results for Fiscal Year 2006
- Faraday Showcases Networking and Multimedia ASIC and IP Solutions at ESEC Tokyo
Headlines for Thursday Jun. 22, 2006
Latest News- WiQuest Licenses Tensilica's Xtensa Processor for Low-Power Wireless USB Chip Design
- Sunplus named as the first TTPCom 3G Baseband Chipset Design Customer
- Renesas Technology Develops 1GHz Synthesizable DSP Core that Uses a Technique for High-Speed Operation
- Faraday High-Speed USB OTG PHY and Controller Solution Passes USB-IF Compliance Test
- Arteris Strengthens Technical Organization in the U.S.; Veteran Tool Development and Application Executives Join Arteris to Accelerate Delivery of Network on Chip (NoC) Products
- UMC's 65nm Process Sees Widespread Acceptance; UMC's Design for Manufacturing (DFM) Resources Play Major Role in Facilitating Ease of Design-in for 65nm Customers
- Carbon Breaks Software Validation Barrier, Adds Replay to its SOC-VSP Offering
- HDMI 1.3 Doubles Bandwidth, Delivers Billions of Colors for HDTVs
Headlines for Wednesday Jun. 21, 2006
Latest News- MIPS Technologies Joins The SPIRIT Consortium
- ARM multiprocessor could carry the load in SH-Mobile
- Cosmic Circuits introduces industry's lowest power 10-bit 1MSPS ADC IP-block in 0.13um process
- Samsung To Benefit From ARM And National Semiconductor Power Management Collaboration
- Tarek Established Japan Distribution Channel with Applistar
- Intellectual Property Servicing Centre Opens at Hong Kong Science Park; Establishes IP Servicing Platform for the Semiconductor Industry
Headlines for Tuesday Jun. 20, 2006
Latest News- CAST Extends Sales Reach with West Coast Office and New Distributor in Japan
- Imagination Technologies Formally Launches U.S. Operations;
- Connex Technology Pick Tharas Systems' Hammer SX Hardware Accelerator To Speed Up Verification
- Virage Logic Names Christine Russell as Vice President of Finance and CFO
- Darfon Selects Cypress's WirelessUSB LP Radio System-on-Chip And enCoRe II MCUs For Next-Generation Wireless Mice
- Actions Semiconductor Provides an Update on ITC Patent Infringement Lawsuit
Headlines for Monday Jun. 19, 2006
Latest News- Actions Semiconductor Introduces 0.18 Micron Product with New Power Management Technology
- Lattice Delivers Comprehensive IP Portfolio for LatticeSC Extreme Performance FPGAs
- Altera's Stratix II FPGAs Provide Complete Design Security Solution for Protection of Intellectual Property
- Impinj's AEON Nonvolatile Memory Licensed to SanDisk
- Denali Announces Silicon-Proven PCI Express Design IP Product
- MoSys' 1T-SRAM(R) Embedded Memory Technology Enables Nintendo's Next Leap in Video Games
- Hantro Announces the Availability of a Full Suite of DirectShow Filters for Windows Mobile and Windows CE 5.0
- Elpida's Advanced 90nm DDR2 SDRAM Successfully Qualified at SMIC Beijing's 300mm Fab
- Global Unichip Presents the Taiwan First Certified High-Speed USB2.0 OTG Solution, UINF-0041
- Knowlent Ensures Analog Sign-Off With Latest Opal Verification Platform; New 4.0 Release Offers Testbench for Up-coming PCI Express Gen 2 Standard
- Synplicity Facilitates Open IP Encryption Methodology Standard
- Celoxica, GiDEL Bring FPGA+DSP Acceleration to Embedded Imaging Applications
Headlines for Friday Jun. 16, 2006
Latest News- Crocus Technology, a company focusing on Magnetic Random Access Memories (MRAM), Raises $17 Million in a Series A Round of Financing
- Red Bend Software Joins ARM Connected Community
Headlines for Thursday Jun. 15, 2006
Latest News- Tower Semiconductor Begins Production of a Notebook Embedded Controller developed by Winbond Israel
- SigmaTel Selects SPIRIT's High-Performance Audio Software for Portable Media Player ARM Technology-Based SoCs
- Renesas Technology Develops Technique that Overcomes Effects of Threshold Variation to Stabilize the Operation of Embedded SRAM built with 65nm Process
- Green Hills Software Dismisses Express Logic's Arbitration Demand as an Act of Desperation
Headlines for Wednesday Jun. 14, 2006
Latest News- Mentor Graphics and Global Edge Software Bring H.264 Digital Video Standard Support to Multimedia Applications
- Lattice Semiconductor Announces Business Update for Second Quarter; Raises Revenue Guidance
- MOSAID and Infineon Settle Patent Litigations; Infineon and Qimonda license MOSAID patent portfolio, MOSAID purchases 50 patents from Infineon
- Wi-LAN Announces Second Quarter 2006 Financial Results; Emerging as a Key Wireless Patent Licensing Business
- Tower Semiconductor Manufactures Gen 2 RFID Tags for Alien Technology
- Tendril Releases Its Software on Chipcon Platform From TI
- Xilinx CoolRunner-II CPLDs Adopted In Wilcom's Handeld Information Terminal Manufactured By Sharp
Headlines for Tuesday Jun. 13, 2006
Latest News- Fujitsu, NEC Electronics, Renesas, and Toshiba to Aim for Standardization of Semiconductor Process Technology for Next-Generation LSI
- Raza Microelectronics, Inc. and AMD Announce Broad Strategic Relationship, Transfer of AMD Alchemy Processor Product Line
- Synopsys to Demonstrate First Controller IP Based on Certified Wireless USB Specification at 2006 Certified Wireless USB Developers Conference
- PMC-Sierra's New Multi-Service Residential Gateway Solution Powered by Multi-Threaded MIPS32 34K Core
- Tri-Vision licenses U.S. V-chip to LG Electronics
- Nikon Purchases MMP(TM) Portfolio License; Licensing Program for Fundamental Patents Continues to Attract Support of World's Top Intellectual Property Companies
- YOGITECH Extends OCP Verification Component Functionality
- OCP-IP Releases Functional Coverage Guidelines; Guidelines eliminate the need for ''best guess'' verification by engineers
- Ignios runs out of time, money
- Kilopass Offers Technical Seminars in California and Texas; Events Showcase Customer Applications for XPM Embedded Non-Volatile Memory Technology
- Arasan Chip Systems celebrates 10 successful years in the IP Industry
Headlines for Monday Jun. 12, 2006
Latest News- Luminary Micro Closes $14 Million in Series B Round as Demand for Stellaris(TM) MCUs and First ARM for $1.00 Continues to Grow
- The SPIRIT Consortium Sends IP-XACT Specification to IEEE
- Mentor Graphics Introduces Catapult SL, the First High-Level Synthesis Tool to Create High-Performance Subsystems from Pure ANSI C++
- nSys leads the way to announce PCI Express Gen2 VIP availability in SystemVerilog
- G2 Microsystems Adopts LogicVision's ETCompression ATPG Product
- IP Cores, Inc. Announces Two New Multi-Gigabit IP Combo AES/LRW and AES/GCM Cores for System on Chip (SoC) Design
- Gaisler Research receives order for the Fault Tolerant LEON3 processor implemented in an Actel RTAX2000 FPGA from ACER in Taiwan
- MIPS Technologies Appoints Mark Tyndall VP, Business Development and Corporate Relations
- Enea announces OSEck DSP RTOS for the LSI ZSP500 signal processor
- Tower Semiconductor Secures a Multi-Million-Dollar Manufacturing Agreement With a Major European IC Company
- Enea's OSEck DSP RTOS Available for StarCore SC1000 and SC2000 DSP Cores
- Cadence Debuts Industry's First Transaction-Based System Verification and Management Solution
- Texas Instruments 45-nm Chip Manufacturing Process Doubles Output per Wafer, Lowers Power and Boosts Performance
Headlines for Friday Jun. 09, 2006
Latest News- TSMC May 2006 Sales Report
- Acacia Technologies Enters into License Agreement with Philips Electronics
- NEC Electronics America Announces New 55-Nanometer Standard CMOS Process
- Xilinx CEO Interview: Programmable Processing
- NextIO and Denali Team to Enable First I/O Virtualization Designs for PCI Express
Headlines for Thursday Jun. 08, 2006
Latest News- Innovative Silicon's Z-RAM Ultra Dense Memory IP Now Backed by 10th Patent; Memory Innovator Has 41 Additional Patents Pending and 5 U.S. Applications Allowed
- Wipro acquires wireless design services company, Saraware
- E Ink Selects Actel's Flash-Based FPGAs for Use in Next-Generation Electronic Paper Display Controller
- Aplus Flash Technology Provides a Successful EEPROM IP solution to Datang Microelectronics
- HiSilicon Technologies utilizes EEPROM IP from Aplus Flash Technology for its SIM cards
- SMIC Shanghai Closed a US$600 Million Syndicated Term Loan
Headlines for Wednesday Jun. 07, 2006
Latest News- US Patent Office Issues Emulation/Prototyping Patent to Zeidman Technologies
- Synopsys' New Designware Bridge IP for PCI Express to AMBA 3 AXI Connects Two High-Performance Domains
- MOSAID Maestro Digital Frequency Synthesizer PLL Used in WiQuest Ultra-wideband IC
- Faraday Monthly Sales Report - May 2006
- VIA Extends Licensing Agreement With ARM
- Oki Announces the World's First Complete, Easy to use ARM-Based ZigBee Developer's Kit
- Provigent Secures Additional $5 Million of Financing
- April Semiconductor Sales up 8.1 Percent from 2005; Wireless handsets drive strong analog product sales
Headlines for Tuesday Jun. 06, 2006
Latest News- SST and Grace Semiconductor Expand Availability of Embedded SuperFlash Technology With New Licensing Agreement
- XtremeData Picks Altera's Stratix II FPGAs to Deliver Processor Acceleration for AMD Opteron Processor-Based Systems
- PLDA and ELTEC Elektronik Collaborate on 16-Channel PCI Express High-End Frame Grabber for Security Applications
- STARC Selects Chipidea PLL for Advanced Semiconductor Design Effort
- Enter Triad's ASIC Design Contest and Win a Free ASIC Spin
- Atmel Launches Industry's First Family of Real-time, Flash-based ARM9 MCUs
- Hantro announces next generation 4200 MPEG-4 / H.263 software encoder for ARM based wireless devices
- AMD To Provide Transmeta Efficeon Microprocessor Supporting Microsoft FlexGo Technology In Emerging Markets
- Startech Global and Doradus Technologies Form Research and Development Partnership in Communication Systems
- CSR provides Bluetooth connectivity for Motorola iDEN handsets in the US
Headlines for Monday Jun. 05, 2006
Latest News- LogicVision Announces New Generation of Embedded Memory Test and Yield Learning Solutions to Meet the Growing Challenges of Advanced Technology Nodes
- Patriot Scientific Corporation Announces Licensing Agreement With Sony Corporation
- Altera and MorethanIP Deliver First IEEE 1588 Protocol Solution for FPGAs
- Lattice and Northwest Logic Deliver PCI Express X1, X4 and X8 Solutions
- Globetech Solutions Joins Novas Harmony Program
- LongBoard and HelloSoft Form Partnership to Bring 3GPP-Compliant Fixed Mobile Convergence Solutions to Carriers and Service Providers
- Highland Communications Technologies licenses 2.5 Gbps GPON FEC core to Iamba Networks
- ChipX Announces New Development Kit with PCI Express PHY for CX6100 Structured ASICs
- Renesas Technology Releases SH7263 and SH7203 SuperH Microcontrollers with On-Chip USB2.0 Host
- Infineon Launches Breakthrough Single-Chip Home Gateway; Integrates ADSL2+ and Converged Broadband Value Added Services to Reduce System Chip Count Up to 60 Percent
- Tower Semiconductor Files Draft Preliminary Prospectus With Israel Securities Authority for Possible Public Offering in Israel
- Redline Selects Sequans Chips for Its IEEE 802.16e-2005 WiMAX Devices
- India's Patni buys U.S. design house ZaiQ
Headlines for Friday Jun. 02, 2006
Latest News- MQX Embedded and iSYSTEM Announce Integration of the MQX® RTOS with iSYSTEM Emulators
- Aware, Inc. to Feature VDSL2 solutions at GlobalComm 2006
- Rambus Achieves 500th Patent Milestone; Recent Patent Awards Include Innovative FlexPhase(TM) Circuit Technology
- PLDA Expands US Presence in Response to Strong Revenue Growth in the Region
- Inapac Technology and eSilicon Partner on SiP Program; eSilicon to Offer Inapac SIPFLOW Memory IP and Methodology to Enable SiP Applications
Headlines for Thursday Jun. 01, 2006
Latest News- AMD Announces Initiatives To Elevate AMD64 As Platform For System- And Industry-Wide Innovation
- MOSAID Technologies: Texas Court Issues Notice
- Five Indian firms take up ARM's DesignStart program
- Tundra Semiconductor Acquires Silicon Logic Engineering
- Jazz Semiconductor Announces Advanced Modeling Tool for Analog and RF Foundry Customers
- Motorola to Acquire TTP Communications for ₤0.45 Per Share in Cash