D&R Headline News (September 2007)

Headlines for Friday Sep. 28, 2007

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Newly-funded M2000 preps FPGA product family

M2000 Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) a programmable logic intellectual property licensor founded in France in 1996 is about to launch what it describes as a "breakthrough" in programmable logic technology. The company claims that its technology will provide higher logic density, functionality and speed at less cost than competing solutions.

• OKI and Wipro Form Strategic Partnership for Semiconductor Design Services
• The TPL Group Files Appeal to Reverse Markman Claim Construction for US '584 Patent in MMP Portfolio

Headlines for Thursday Sep. 27, 2007

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MtekVision and Elliptic Extend Collaboration on Security Solutions for Mobile

In order to protect the security credentials embedded in the chip, designers use on-chip non-volatile storage of root-of-trust keys to shield the secret values from hackers. The combination of these capabilities with the hardware security engine offers a robust security perimeter on-chip to defeat all but the most determined hacker from penetrating the design.

• Comsys launches ComMAX Reference Design platforms for rapid realization of multimode mobile WiMAX
• WiMAX OEMs Spur Deployment with Texas Instruments Wave 2 Software and DSP-based Development Tools
• Lars Kruse Joins ChipVision as Chief Architect

Headlines for Wednesday Sep. 26, 2007

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GDA Technologies Announces Availability of HiGig IP

GDA Technologies’ offering of the HiGig core is an enhanced version of the current 10G Ethernet MAC core, adding a robust HiGig protocol feature. The basic transmission method utilizes the Preamble field of an Ethernet packet with four bytes of interpacket gap to allow HiGig ports to connect to other HiGig ports. GDA has already successfully implemented the system on Xilinx’s Virtex-5 FPGAs.

• U.S. District Court Issues Verdict on TSMC-UniRAM Case
• Impinj Delivers Reprogrammable Nonvolatile Memory IP Breakthrough - AEON/MTP World's First 2.5V Floating-Gate NVM in TSMC's 65 Nanometer Process
• Broadcom Delivers World's First Single-Chip 802.11n Solution
• New CEO and new funding for Coresonic
• Scaleo chip appoints Bruno Paucard as Chief Executive Officer
• Synopsys HSPICE Simulator Accelerates ARM's 45-Nanometer Physical IP Development

Headlines for Tuesday Sep. 25, 2007

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ConnectX InfiniBand Adapters and 10Gb Ethernet NICs Designed for PCI Express 2.0 Technology with Denali PureSpec Verification IP

Denali Software today announced that Mellanox's ConnectX Dual-Port 20Gb/s InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters (HCA) and dual port 10Gb Ethernet NICs for high-performance servers and storage have been designed to meet the latest specification for PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 utilizing Denali's PureSpec™ verification IP product.

• Synplicity Launches Newest Addition to the HAPS ASIC Prototyping System
• NEC Electronics America Uses Cadence Encounter for High-performance, Low-power ARM11 Processor

Headlines for Monday Sep. 24, 2007

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ARC Acquires Alarity Corporation; Establishes Multimedia Development Center In St. Petersburg, Russia

ARC International today announced that it has acquired Alarity Corporation. Alarity is a privately held U.S. multimedia company that has a renowned team of close to 40 personnel based in St. Petersburg, Russia specializing in codec software, firmware, and advanced multimedia architectures.

• Xilinx Announces New Low Cost, High Performance DSP Development Platform
• Silicon in autos stirs patent plans
• Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) Selects MIPS32 M4K Core for Next-Generation Video Processing
• Avnet ASIC Israel and Aurora VLSI Partner to Offer Expanded ASIC and SoC Solutions
• CoWare Platform-driven ESL Design Methodology Reduces Design Cycles for IBM PowerPC 440 and IBM CoreConnect(TM)-based Applications
• Lattice Semiconductor and Silicon Laboratories Collaborate on SONET/SDH Compliant Solutions
• Denali Software Celebrates One Hundredth Chip With DDR Controller IP Product
• Letter to the editor: Darwin's theory on IP (Kalar Rajendiran, eSilicon)
• X86 war cuts to the cores
• Xceive and Genesis Launch Reference Design Supporting Digital and Analog Broadcast Reception for HD Flat-Panel TVs
• Virtutech Simics to Support IBM Mambo Processor Model
• Mentor Graphics Announces Precision RTL Plus for FPGA Synthesis -- Vendor-Independent Solution for Breakthrough Productivity

Headlines for Friday Sep. 21, 2007

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ARM Technology Ruled To Not Infringe In TPL Patent Litigation

ARM today announced that on September 12, 2007, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, passed a judgment of non-infringement in favor of ARM as to all claims asserted before that Court by TPL (Technology Properties Limited) in relation to US patent number 5,784,584 (’584).

• Kabens Video DAC ships in volume in MtekVision parts
• Transmeta Announces $12.8 Million Securities Offering
• MPEG LA Issues ATSC Patent Portfolio License
• GDA Technologies announces availability of PowerQUICCIIITM MPC8548E - based AdvancedMC high-performance "Data Cruncher" PCI-Express Card equipped with Quad - Gigabit Ethernet ports

Headlines for Thursday Sep. 20, 2007

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Synopsys DesignWare USB 2.0 NanoPHY and PCI Express PHY IP Achieve Compliance in SMIC's 130-NM Process Technology

Synopsys today announced that its DesignWare® USB 2.0 nanoPHY IP achieved USB logo certification and its PCI Express (PCIe) PHY IP passed compliance testing when implemented in SMIC's popular 130-nm G process technology.

• Renesas Technology Releases SH77650 Specialized SoC for Automotive Image Recognition Processing
• Zilog Leads the Secure Transactions Market with New 32-bit High Security Zatara(TM) Series ARM(R) Core Based ASSP
• Global Unichip Licenses ARM Physical IP, Fabric IP and Development Tools
• Denali Software and Tokyo Electron Device Unveil New DFI Compatible DDR2 SDRAM PHY for Xilinx FPGA
• MoSys, Inc. Appoints Michael Maia Vice President of Marketing
• Tower Semiconductor Wins High-Volume Manufacturing Deal for Fab2 at the 0.13um Technology Generation
• Dr. Ulrich Schumacher, new President and CEO of Grace Semiconductor
• Magma and UMC Deliver Robust Physical Verification and DFM Solution for 65 nm

Headlines for Wednesday Sep. 19, 2007

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Fujitsu and Denali Software Collaborate to Develop DFI Compatible DDR PHY Macro

The DDR PHY utilizes the DFI specification which defines a common interface between the conventional proprietary memory controller logic and DDR PHY designs, which reduces design and integration costs for developing DDR DRAM memory systems, and reduces overall time-to-market.

• Mentor Graphics Introduces Multimedia Solution for Nucleus OS and Inflexion Platform
• Synopsys' Memory IP Development Environment Selected by UMC for Advanced Design Processes
• Xilinx Teams With Industry Leaders to Accelerate Time-to-Market With Virtex-5 LXT FPGA Solutions for PCI Express
• Industry Leaders Develop Superspeed USB Interconnect
• IMEC Sets New Record for 9bit, 50MSamples/s SAR ADC with a Figure of Merit of 65fJ
• Chips&Media expands high definition video IP license agreement
• HDMI Adopted by 700+ Manufacturers as Many New HDMI-Enabled Consumer Electronics and PC Products Hit Market
• MPEG LA Sues Opta Corporation and Opta Systems, LLC, formerly doing business as GoVideo, for Breach of MPEG-2 and 1394 License Agreements

Headlines for Tuesday Sep. 18, 2007

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Chipidea Delivers First TSMC Qualified USB High-Speed PHY IP on 65nm GP Process Technology

The certified High-Speed USB PHY core runs at 2.5 volts and is compliant with the USB 2.0 standard, including 5 volt protection on the D+ D- ports. The unique analog programmability of the IP is a key feature that enables system-on-chip (SoC) designers to fine tune the complete system for optimized performance.

• Intel Demonstrates Industry's First 32nm Chip and Next-Generation Nehalem Microprocessor Architecture
• Altera and Xtremedata Show Industry's Highest Performance Front Side Bus Module for Intel Xeon Processor-Based Platforms
• Advanced Bionics Deploys CEVA-TeakLite DSP Core to Enhance Its Harmony HiResolution Bionic Ear System
• Xilinx Adds India Centre as Global R&D Hub
• Tensilica Picks EVE's ZeBu for Validation of Diamond Video Core
• Shanghai's Opulan Technologies Extends Commitment to MIPS-Based(TM) SoC Design With Hard Core License
• ARC Releases New MetaWare Development Toolkit Featuring Lower Power and Smaller Code Size
• Luminary Micro Launches 34 New Stellaris Microcontrollers Including the First Offering of Real-Time Internetworking and IEEE 1588 Support with the ARM Cortex -M3 Processor

Headlines for Monday Sep. 17, 2007

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Actel Offers Free, Optimized ARM Cortex-M1 Processor for Industry's Lowest Power FPGA Family

Enabling system designers to dramatically extend the battery life of their handheld and portable designs, Actel Corporation today announced it has optimized the ARM® Cortex™-M1 processor core for its IGLOO family of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).

• Sigma Space Picks DapTechnology's FireLink 1394b IP Core for NASA R&D Project
• ARM project prepares to fight mobile Internet battle
• CoWare Collaborates with STMicroelectronics to Create an Advanced ESL Design Automation Environment for ST's Next Generation Custom Processors
• Synopsys Announces DesignWare System-Level Library
• Freescale Licenses AMD Graphics Technology to Deliver Exceptional Mobile Visuals
• Xilinx Enhances Wireless Infrastructure Solutions With New Virtex-5 FPGA IP for CPRI and OBSAI Standards
• Actel Addresses Rapidly Expanding Portable Market with Industry's Lowest Power FPGAs
• Renesas Technology and Express Logic Launch Real-time Control and Signal Processing Platform With File System, Networking, and High-speed USB Support
• Horizon Semiconductors announces the world's first single chip dual channel 1080/60p HD decoder & integrated transcoder for Cable and Satellite Set-Top Boxes
• NemeriX Receives $22M in Series-C Funding

Headlines for Friday Sep. 14, 2007

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California Court Issues Order on TSMC Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against SMIC

The California State Superior Court of Alameda County issued an Order on TSMC’s pre-trial motion for a preliminary injunction against SMIC on September 7, and the Order was made public on September 13, Pacific Time.

• Rambus Files Fiscal 2006 Financial Statements
• Wi-LAN Acquires Essential Wireless Patent Portfolio
• The TPL Group Wins Approval of Motion to Streamline Moore Microprocessor Patent (MMP) Infringement Trial for Texas Court
• Dr James Wight joins KABEN as Chief Scientist Strengthening the company's management team

Headlines for Thursday Sep. 13, 2007

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Impinj preps 65-nm NVM for October launch

Impinj has said its multitime programmable memory has been fabricated in 65-nm process technology by foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

• Wipro-NewLogic Reinforces Its Worldwide Leadership in Bluetooth and Wireless LAN Intellectual Property
• VMETRO's Serial FPDP IP Core Supports Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs
• ViASIC Names Lynn Hayden President and CEO
• PMC-Sierra's New Multi-Service Processors Optimize Power and Performance for Network and Storage Applications; High Performance MIPS32 34K Core is Integrated in the MSP8110 and MSP8120 System-On-Chips
• STMicroelectronics Introduces Next-Generation Secure MCUs Based on 0.13-micron Process Technology
• Temento Systems Launches Its North American Based Operation from Northern California

Headlines for Wednesday Sep. 12, 2007

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PLDA Announces Innovative Business Expansion Into "Application IP" (AIP) Bringing their Bus IP Design Expertise to High-Growth Vertical Markets

Profitable since its inception, PLDA is the world's largest PCI IP core vendor (Gartner; 2005), designing and selling a wide range of FPGA and ASIC interfacing solutions to some of the most widely recognized companies in the industry. PLDA’s successful PCI business model will be used as the basis for the successful launch of the new “Application IP” (AIP) division.

• Patent litigation on the rise in semi sector
• Jazz Semiconductor Announces Analog-Intensive Mixel-Signal (AIMS) Initiative
• New IBM Technology Enables Single-Chip Mobile Solutions
• IPextreme Aligns with Infineon to Open and Promote Valuable MLI and MSC Interface Standards Specifications
• Fault tolerant LEON3 processor licensed for new space missions
• Evatronix USB subplatforms enable easy design-in of USB connectivity into System on Chips.
• Cavendish Kinetics Names Richard Knipe VP of Engineering & CTO
• OCP-IP Announces Five New Members: Averant, HDL Dynamics, KETI, PLS Development Tools, and Silicon Labs

Headlines for Tuesday Sep. 11, 2007

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S3 Delivers Another Industry First at 65nm - High Performance Mixed Signal Converter IP

S3 today announced the immediate availability of silicon results for its portfolio of high-performance, mixed-signal converter IP at the 65nm technology node. S3 is already delivering this IP to 2 of the top 10 global semiconductor companies.

• Dongbu HiTek Paves Way for CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) Processing at 110nm Node with Internally Developed Design Library
• Impinj Tops 600 Million Logic NVM Units Shipped
• Silicon & Software Systems (S3) Delivers Complete Right-First-Time Set-Top Box SoC Platform for NXP Semiconductors
• Mixel Announces Two New PLLs Featuring Higher Performance, Reduced Power, Cost and Die Area
• INDILINX Licenses CEVA SATA 3.0Gbps Device IP for Solid State Drive Applications
• ARC Signs Licensing Agreement for Configurable Solutions For Next-Generation Computing Products
• Letter to the editor: MIPS talks IP
• Altera Unveils Industry's First Plug & Play Signal Integrity Technology
• Denso Wave Becomes 23rd Licensee of Patriot Scientific Patents
• Atmel and Barco Silex Announce Collaboration for Systems-on-Chip based on Atmel's AT91CAP Customizable Microcontroller

Headlines for Monday Sep. 10, 2007

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ARC Announces Ultra Low Power Technology "Energy PRO" That Lowers Core and Subsystem Power by Four Fold

Configurability enables creation of power efficient cores. Energy PRO further reduces power consumption by as much as four fold. ARC's new Energy PRO technology is supported by hardware and software solutions, and integrated with a new low power EDA flow and libraries that have been specifically optimized to Energy PRO.

• Lattice Delivers Industry's Smallest Footprint, Lowest Power Programmable Bridge Solution
• Mindray Selects Actel Low-power Flash FPGAs for Demanding Medical Equipment Applications
• ARM Announces the Low Cost Cortex-M1 Development Kit For Altera Cyclone III
• Rambus Reaches Settlement in Securities Class Action
• ARC and Cadence Offer New Low-Power Design Methodology for Demanding Mobile Applications
• P-Product Joins Tensilica's Partner Network: Ports Codecs to the HiFi 2 Audio Engine
• TSMC August 2007 Sales Report
• Tower Semiconductor Signs and Closes Credit Agreements for the Execution of its Capacity Ramp-Up Plan for Fab2
• FS2 and Tektronix Introduce FPGAView Software for Tektronix MSO4000 Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes
• ApaceWave Introduces the APW-2000 Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 Baseband SoC
• MediaPhy Launches Multi-Standard Single-Chip for Global Mobile TV Applications
• S1 Core updated to OpenSPARC T1 version 1.5
• Neotion is introducing the newer generation MPEG-4 decoder chip: the NP4+
• S3 and GIGA-BYTE demonstrate the world's first Open Platform OMA BCAST phone
• LogicVision Provides Desktop Silicon Characterization and Diagnostics Solution with the Introduction of Silicon Insight
• Dolphin Integration announces the availability in September 2007 of Third Generation Schematic Link EDitor, named SLED

Headlines for Friday Sep. 07, 2007

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Xilinx and Barco Announce Single-Chip JPEG2000 Implementation

Based on successful implementation of Barco Silex JPEG2000 cores on Xilinx® Virtex(TM)-5 FPGAs, the solutions significantly reduce the cost of broadcast and digital cinema initiative (DCI) archiving, post-production, distribution, and server systems.

• Altera and PLDA Announce Audio Solution for Broadcast Market
• 4i2i Communications Licenses Coding Technologies' MPEG-4 aacPlus Audio Codec
• Broadcom Announces Industry's Most Advanced 65 Nanometer Solution for Next Generation Cable, Satellite and IP Set-Top Boxes
• Xilinx and MindWay Announce New Portfolio of Broadcast Modulation Solutions
• Xilinx and intoPIX Team to Deliver Latest IP Solutions to Broadcast Industry
• Xilinx Announces High Definition Real-Time MPEG4 AVC/H.264 Encoder Solution
• Altera Premieres High Definition Quality Initiative
• Patriot Scientific Licenses Microprocessor Patents to DMP Electronics Inc.
• Faraday Monthly Sales Report -- August 2007

Headlines for Thursday Sep. 06, 2007

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Atmel and Lead Tech Design Collaborate for Video Systems-on-Chip based on Atmel's AT91CAP Customizable Microcontroller

Atmel® Corporation and Lead Tech Design (LTD) announced today a collaboration to develop video systems-on-chip, based on Atmel's AT91CAP customizable microcontroller for their mutual clients, with video expertise and hardware and software IP blocks contributed by Lead Tech Design.

• XMOS Semiconductor secures 16 million USD for Software Defined Silicon
• QuickLogic Extends CSSP Library With Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Compatible High Speed UART Core
• Global Unichip Announces Opening of the GUC Shanghai Office in China
• Lattice to Showcase Industry's First True 90nm Non-Volatile FPGA at the Embedded Systems Conference Boston
• ChipMOS Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Walton Advanced Engineering, Inc.
• Wi-LAN Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results

Headlines for Wednesday Sep. 05, 2007

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Mentor Graphics Offers PCI Express Controller and AMBA Bridge Intellectual Property Solutions

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced availability of PCI Express® (PCIe®) Controller and AMBA® Bridge intellectual property (IP) solutions for the rapid and cost-effective integration into ASIC and System-On-Chip (SoC) platforms.

• ARM selects XJTAG for RealView development tools debug and test
• GDT licenses H.264 core to Hyperstone
• Tensilica and Tallika Announce Secure SOC FPGA Platform
• ClearSpeed Technology and BAE Systems Sign Technology License Agreement
• Faraday Implements 640 MHz ARM926EJ-S Hard Core Using UMC 90 nm Process Technology
• ARM Invests in Embest to Underline Support for the Chinese Embedded System Design Community
• LSI Announces Agreement to Acquire Tarari, Inc.

Headlines for Tuesday Sep. 04, 2007

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Rambus and Cadence Collaborate and Deliver Fully Integrated and Independently Verified PCI Express Solutions

The two companies have collaborated and now offer highly adaptable PCI Express digital cores and PHY IP from Rambus, tightly integrated and verified with Cadence verification IP.

• Axon Pioneers Next Generation of Triple-Rate SDI Video Processing Systems With Stratix II GX FPGAs
• ARM Releases AAC and H.264 Openmax DL Libraries, Highly Optimized for Cortex-A8/NEON and ARM11 Processors
• S3, Sofia Digital and O2 collaborate to implement platform independent Mobile TV applications
• SMIC, Hua Hong NEC in merger talks, says report
• Faraday Provides PixArt USB IP, Joining Hands for Next-generation Product Lines
• Texas Instruments Launches New Low-Cost DaVinci(TM) Processor to Spur Growth of Portable, HD Video Applications
• Sicon Licenses Certicom Security for Digital Content Protection
• China's First Digital TV Broadcast Standard Launched on Altera's Stratix II FPGA
• Abilis Systems Ships World's First Production DVB-T 90nm CMOS "Single-Die" Mobile Digital TV Receiver
• NEC Electronics Europe and Vector Informatik release complete AUTOSAR software stack based on combined hardware and software know-how
• NXP wins Samsung mobile phone design-in, says report

Headlines for Monday Sep. 03, 2007

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MIPS-Chipidea merger's goal: 'virtual' SoCs

MIPS Technologies Inc.'s $147 million acquisition last week of Chipidea Microelectronica S.A., a privately held supplier of analog and mixed-signal intellectual property, advances both companies' ambitions for transforming system-on-chip design.

• Atmel and AWAH System Extend Design Agreement to Systems-on-Chip based on Atmel's AT91CAP Customizable Microcontroller
• Digital Blocks Extends the DB9000 TFT LCD Controller IP Core Family with the availability of the DB9000OCP for the Open Core Protocol 2.2 Interconnect
• Triad announces availability of its new LVDS Transmitter and Receiver drivers