D&R Headline News (October 2006)

Headlines for Tuesday Oct. 31, 2006

• Boston Circuits Adopts Configurable ARC 750D Cores For its New gCORE Family of Multicore Processors
• PALTEK Selects Northwest Logic as its Low-Cost PCI Express Solution partner
• Ittiam Systems Introduces Multi Format High Definition Video Decoder Engine
• Tensilica Adds Ogg Vorbis Decoder to Popular Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine and Diamond 330HiFi Processor Core
• ARM Holdings plc Reports Results For The Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended 30 September 2006
• ARM Strengthens Physical IP Portfolio By Adding Silicon On Insulator Technology Through SOISIC Acquisition
• Semiconductor Memories and MEMS Serve as Potential 'Killer' Applications for SOI

Headlines for Monday Oct. 30, 2006

• Synopsys to Release a Complete, Single Vendor Interface IP for High-Performance DDR2 SDRAM Memory Subsystems
• Lattice Announces PCI Express Solutions for LatticeECP2M and LatticeSCM FPGAs
• Chinese companies favoring soft IP
• Xilinx Jump-Starts Embedded System Design with New MicroBlaze Embedded Kit
• CEVA Debuts CEVA-X1641 - High-Performance Quad-MAC DSP Targeting Next-Generation Cellular and Portable Multimedia Applications
• Denali DDR IP Product Surpasses 200 Design Wins
• Chartered Invests in Design Services Firm to Enhance Design Readiness of Value-Added Solutions
• Xilinx XtremeDSP Development Tools Reduce Power and Extend Performance for Virtex-5 DSP Applications
• Xilinx and AXIS Announce Integrated Radio Card Platform for W-CDMA, WiMAX Standards
• Fujitsu, Advantest Establish 'e-Shuttle' JV for LSI Prototyping Services
• Court Enjoins Broadcom from Use or Misappropriation of QUALCOMM Trade Secrets
• Texas Instruments Extends Battery Life in Portable Systems With Industry's Lowest-Power Programmable DSP
• iWave Systems announces iW ARM9 (ATRM9200) Development Platform
• Lattice Expands ispClock5300S Family of Clock Distribution Devices

Headlines for Friday Oct. 27, 2006

Top Story

Soitec and ARM Collaborate in SOI Development Program

Partnership will make SOI technology available to a broader range of companies and help accelerate adoption within high-performance, low-power electronic devices

• IC Nexus and MCE Bring 90nm and Finer Nodes ASIC Services for Hand Held Devices to UK and Ireland Markets
• MoSys, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2006 Financial Results
• Lattice Semiconductor Reports Third Quarter Results - Revenue Up 19%

Headlines for Thursday Oct. 26, 2006

• Rambus CEO Sees Opportunity in Intel, AMD Fight
• Pixim(R) Extends Licensing Agreement With MoSys
• MoSys and UniRAM Settle Patent Litigation
• ARM Selected To Deliver Low-Power and High-Performance Libraries For IBM, Chartered and Samsung 45-Nanometer Common Platform Technology
• PLDA's XpressFX Prototyping Platform, Based on the Xilinx Virtex-4 FX FPGA, Achieves Record Sales
• Industrial electronics customer signs license agreement for LEON3 multiprocessor
• eASIC Expands Global Presence by Adding New Channel Partners in Asia
• TSMC Reports Third Quarter EPS of NT$1.26
• MIPS Technologies Reports First Quarter 2007 Revenue and Expected Restatement
• QUALCOMM Announces Manufacturing With Common Platform Technology Partners IBM, Samsung and Chartered
• SigmaTel IP Licensing Program Gaining Worldwide Momentum

Headlines for Wednesday Oct. 25, 2006

• VeriSilicon Licenses ZSP(R) G2 Processor Family to Yamaha for Advanced Multimedia Applications
• Synopsys' New DesignWare Bridge IP for PCI Express to AMBA 2.0 AHB Connects Two Industry Standard Protocols
• California Court Grants MOSAID'S Motion to dismiss Micron's complaint for declaratory judgment
• CEVA Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2006 Financial Results
• RMI(R) Records the Shipment of One Million MIPS-Based(TM) Processors to Networking, Security, Wireless and Consumer Markets
• ARM Announces The Release Of Multiple Standard Cell Libraries On TSMC 90nm and 65nm Processes
• Saifun Semiconductors Reports Third Quarter 2006 Results
• Vimicro and Hantro Announce Cooperation to Develop Multimedia IC's Supporting Multiple Standards

Headlines for Tuesday Oct. 24, 2006

• Sunplus Licenses MIPS32 24KE Pro Core from MIPS Technologies
• NetEffect 10Gb iWARP Ethernet Channel Adapter Employs Multiple Tensilica Xtensa Configurable Processors
• ARM Introduces New Advanced Embedded Memory Test And Repair System For Nanometer Technologies
• Altera's New $150 Cyclone II Starter Kit Enables Quick and Easy Low-Cost FPGA Design
• DOLPHIN Integration: a mixed signal Circuit ''out of the ordinary'' Right on first Silicon
• Mentor Graphics Strengthens ESL Offering with Acquisition
• Patriot Scientific Reports Fiscal Q1 Net Income of $5.99M, or $0.014 Diluted EPS

Headlines for Monday Oct. 23, 2006

• ARC waives up-front IP fees in China
• Lattice Announces Availability of Serial RapidIO Core from Mercury Computer Systems
• Samsung Electronics Licenses OneNAND to STMicroelectronics
• eSilicon Introduces Comprehensive Production Services
• ARM MPCore Multicore Processor Enables Next-Generation Triple-Play Gateway To The Home
• Next-Generation ARM Technology Selected by STMicroelectronics to Power Advanced Handheld Multimedia Devices
• TranSwitch(R) Corporation Licenses MIPS32(R) 4KEc(R) Pro Processor Core to Reduce Development Costs, Speed Time-to-Market
• AMCC Standardizes on Denali IP Products for Next-Generation PowerPC and SoC Architectures
• Synplicity Donation to VSIA Drives IP Encryption Standardization
• RTOS Support Accelerates Embedded System Development on LatticeMICO32 Microprocessor
• IMEC demonstrates multimedia decoding on reconfigurable processor with record power efficiency
• LogicVision Announces Expanded Use of Embedded Test Solutions by NEC Electronics for SoC Designs
• Silicon Image Delivers Blazing-Fast 340 MHz HDMI Solution for All PC Digital Output
• AMCC Delivers Highly Integrated, Security-Enabled System-on-Chip, Offering Low-Power and Low-Cost Benefits to Customers; AMCC's PowerPC(R) 440EPx Commences Sampling
• Global Manufacturer Licenses Certicom Security Technology
• Structured-ASIC push centers on flexible platforms
• SST Announces Industry's Smallest ATA Solid-State Storage Devices
• Magma and Virage Logic Collaborate on a Complete RTL-to-GDSII Flow Including Embedded Memory Test and Repair
• Synopsys and Virage Logic Collaborate on Test Reference Design Flow to Deliver Embedded Memory Test

Headlines for Friday Oct. 20, 2006

• Chipidea Selected To Europe's 500
• Rambus Provides Update Regarding Independent Stock Option Review
• Rambus Reports Third Quarter Revenue; Revenue of $45.9 Million, Up 28% from the Third Quarter Last Year
• DOLPHIN Integration -- A mixed signal Circuit ''out of the ordinary'' right on first Silicon

Headlines for Thursday Oct. 19, 2006

• Atrenta Secures $16M in Series D Funding
• NuFront Software Picks Tensilica's Xtensa Configurable Processor for DSP in China's Mobile TV Handsets

Headlines for Wednesday Oct. 18, 2006

• European initiative promotes new standards-based SoC design environments
• ChipX and Northwest Logic announce a complete 667Mbps DDR/DDR2 SDRAM Structured ASIC solution
• Open Core Protocol International Partnership Releases OCP SystemC Channel Version 2.1.3
• Sonopress and Affiliates Enter into MPEG-2 License with MPEG LA
• IP Cores, Inc. Obtains FIPS 197 Certification for AES1-32E IP Core
• Xelic Announces Successful Integration of Industry's First 40Gb/s SONET/SDH Framer Core into Customer Equipment
• Genesis Microchip and MStar Reach Settlement of Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• IDEX and Faraday Technology Form Partnership for ASIC Design and Mass Production
• Winbond releases 8bit MCU and 32bit SoC

Headlines for Tuesday Oct. 17, 2006

• Dr. Ford Tamer, Senior Vice President at Broadcom, Joins eASIC's Board of Directors
• Most Indian design houses compete on cost, study finds
• Ideaworks3D and ARM Elevate Mobile Game Development to the Next Level
• EE Solutions Licenses Diamond Standard 108Mini Processor Core for High Performance, Low Power
• Tri-Vision signs five new V-chip licenses

Headlines for Monday Oct. 16, 2006

• MemCore to License High-Performance DDR SDRAM PHY with DLL Solution to ESS Technology
• QNX and ARM Drive MPCore Technology
• Denali DDR Controller IP Product Enables Mobileye's Next-Generation Automotive Technology
• Gaisler Research extends the GRLIB IP library with GBit Ethernet
• Bluewater Systems Selects Altera Cyclone FPGAs for Development of Customizable, ARM-Based Module
• Actel Rolls Out Industry's First FPGA-Based System Management for MicroTCA Market
• Xilinx Delivers Virtex-5 LXT FPGAs With Industry's First Built-In PCI Express Block And Low-Power Serial I/O
• Wind River Debuts Multicore On-Chip Debugging Support for Intel IOP342 Processors
• Rambus Appoints David Shrigley to its Board of Directors
• CoWare Joins Symbian Platinum Partner Program to Enable Virtual Platform-Based Software Development for Symbian Smartphones
• Globetech Solutions Announces STIL Verifier, Shortest Path between Verification and Test

Headlines for Friday Oct. 13, 2006

• Patriot Scientific Files Form 10-KSB for Fiscal Year 2006
• Analysis: ARC Player Subsystem and SMIC Partnership
• MoSys, Inc. Appoints Raj Singh as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development
• Wi-LAN Announces Early License Program
• Saifun Semiconductors Announces Reduction in NROM Activity by Qimonda AG
• IEEE Fellow Gary Bronner Joins Rambus
• Dizain-Sync Qualifies Bluespec for IP Development

Headlines for Thursday Oct. 12, 2006

• Domain Technologies announces Synthesizable MRAM8051 Microcontroller Netlist Library for Actel FPGAs Including Royalty-Free License for use in Tekmos Merged ASICs
• VaST Systems Names Jeff Roane as Vice President of Marketing
• Transmeta Announces Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Intel Corporation
• U.S. International Trade Commission Judge Rules That Qualcomm Infringes Broadcom Patent

Headlines for Wednesday Oct. 11, 2006

• Toshiba Licenses Rambus XDR Memory and PCI Express Interface Solutions
• Matrox Graphics Adopts Mosaid Memorize DDR Memory Interface And Controller IP
• Novelics, a memory IP provider for versatile and differentiated memory IPs, announces its entry in the IP market
• NovoBlox OTP Memory IP to Unveil at FSA Suppliers Expo
• GCT Semiconductor and ARM Accelerate Development of Next-Generation Digital Mobile TV and Emerging 4G Technologies
• eASIC Expands in Europe by Adding New Channel Partners
• Panelists critique IDM, foundry, fabless models

Headlines for Tuesday Oct. 10, 2006

• Boston Circuits Unveils Details of the gCORE16 Multicore Processor; Revolutionary new ''Grid on Chip'' architecture delivers PC level performance and flexibility at embedded level cost, power, size
• Afa Adopts Tensilica's Xtensa Configurable Processor
• MIPS Technologies Unveils New SOC-it(R) Platform Strategy for MIPS-Based(TM) SoCs
• K-Micro Licenses CEVA's Fully Integrated Ultra-Low Power VoIP Platform for New CPE Gateways and IP Phones
• Silicon Hive Announces New HiveFlex VSP2100 Series Processor Cores For HD Video Signal Processing
• Accent announces new board composition; targets global electronics product design realisation market
• LEON3-FT-RTAX used as instrument controller in the Chandrayaan-1 satellite
• Renesas Technology Corp. and Imagination Technologies Extend Cooperation
• Sequans Communications Selects VeriSilicon's ZSP540 Processor for its WiMAX Silicon Products
• PLDA Joins PXI System Alliance (PXISA)
• Innovative Semiconductors Debuts New FireWire IP
• ARC Introduces the New VRaptor Media Architecture: A Configurable and Scalable Solution For Complex Media Processing Tasks
• Xilinx Delivers Virtex-5 LX ML501 Development Platform

Headlines for Monday Oct. 09, 2006

• Xilinx Extends Platform FPGA Performance With Award Winning MicroBlaze Soft Processor
• Xilinx Strengthens Automotive Offering With Industry's Only Complete Programmable MOST Solution
• Wintegra Selects Denali's Verification Software for Design of Next-Generation Access Processors
• CoWare Introduces Next Generation MeP Platforms
• Mercury Computer Systems Announces the First Available Serial RapidIO-to-PCIe Bridge IP Core
• ARM Launches Fault-Tolerant Processor To Cut Cost Of Future Car Development
• UMC Low-power Process Helps Actel Put Freeze on IGLOO Competition
• PCI-SIG Releases PCI Express 2.0 Specification to Members for Review and Continues Innovation on the PCI Express Technology
• TSMC September 2006 Sales Report
• IntellaSys Offers Free Download of T18 Compiler/Simulator for SEAforth Multicore Processors Targeting Embedded Applications
• TES continues worldwide expansion with acquisition of Penang Manufacturing plant
• Accellera Continues to Promote Increased Electronic Design Productivity with Revised VHDL Standard; Revision approval follows Accellera's approval of VHDL API specification
• Toshiba Chooses Altera's MAX II CPLDs for New V30T gigabeat Digital Audio Player
• Solectek Chooses the Fujitsu WiMAX SoC for its SkyWay-MAX Multiservice Access Systems
• ARC adopts clustered parallelism in media multiprocessing
• Wind River and Cavium Networks provide Multicore Device Software Optimization on OCTEON Multicore MIPS64 Processors
• Synopsys Introduces 'MinChip' Technology Delivering Smallest Possible Chip Size For Volume Applications

Headlines for Friday Oct. 06, 2006

• Denali Elected to Accellera Board of Directors
• Poseidon Design Systems Appoints Bernie Aronson, Industry Notable and CEO of Kilopass Technology, to its Business Advisory Board

Headlines for Thursday Oct. 05, 2006

• Faraday Monthly Sales Report - September 2006
• Intrinsity to Provide High Speed Digital Logic Technology to Agere Systems
• Infineon and InterDigital expand cooperation; InterDigital Announces Availability of Complete Dual-Mode 2G/3G Wireless Modem Platform based on 2G GSM/ GPRS/EDGE Technology from Infineon
• Silicon Hive Opens Offices in Silicon Valley
• Toshiba Helps Global Locate Meet 6-Month Time-To-Market Window And Reduce Cost With Marlin A-GPS Custom SOC For Advanced 3G Handsets And Smartphones
• Rambus Co-Founder Mike Farmwald to Serve as Senior Technical Advisor
• Actel Hires Semicondutor Industry Veteran for Key Marketing Role
• ARM seeks help in refining mobile security API

Headlines for Wednesday Oct. 04, 2006

• VSIA Forms Workgroup to Address Verification IP Quality
• NJRC Adopts eMemory's OTP to Accelerate Development of Design Programmability Enhances Design Flexibility and Product Functionality
• MSystems And ARM Collaborate To Offer An Enhanced TrustZone Security Solution
• ACTEL Corporation Licenses ARM Cortex-M3 Processor
• STMicroelectronics Licenses ARM Cortex-M3 Processor For Use In Next-Generation 32-Bit Microcontrollers
• ARM and SPIRIT Form Strategic Partnership To Deliver Outstanding Mobile Multimedia Performance
• Xilinx Opens Development Centre In India To Strengthen Global R&D Ecosystem
• Synopsys and ARM Announce Immediate Availability of CCS Noise Models for ARM Physical IP

Headlines for Tuesday Oct. 03, 2006

• ChipX Announces USB-IF Compliance Certification for USB 2.0 HS OTG PHY in Structured ASIC
• Hantro unveils new generation of hardware video IP cores capable of High Definition resolution encoding and decoding
• IBM Strengthens Power Architecture With New Low-Power Processors
• msystems and Trusted Logic to Integrate mSafe Cores in Trusted Logic Security Middleware for ARM TrustZone Architecture
• Nethra Licenses Tensilica's Diamond 108Mini Core Processor for Mobile Handset Imaging
• STMicroelectronics Completes Full Portfolio of IP for Mobile Hard-Disk-Drive Manufacturers
• Faraday Announces Highly-Integrated Programmable SerDes-Based Communication Platform ASIC
• MIPS Technologies Introduces MIPS-Verified Program to Authenticate Licensed MIPS-Based Products Worldwide
• Advanced Technetix Commits to Atmel and ARM for Security for Its Patented AccessKey

Headlines for Monday Oct. 02, 2006

• Sun Accelerates OpenSPARC With the Creation of an Independent OpenSPARC Advisory Board, Support of New Linux Distribution and the First Microprocessor Derivative
• Chipidea Introduces Wide Portfolio of Programmable Sigma-Delta Data Converter Cores to Support Multiple Applications
• YOGITECH Introduces Industry First OCP Universal Verification Component
• Improv Systems Signs Agreement with BOSTON DSM to Expand Sales and Support
• Imagination Technologies Announces Expanded Multimedia Collaboration with Intel and Investment from Intel Capital
• Imagination Technologies and Texas Instruments Extend Cooperation in Graphics
• Worldwide Semiconductor Sales Hit Record $20.5 Billion in August
• Ground shifting in multicore interconnect battleground