D&R Headline News (October 2008)

Headlines for Friday Oct. 31, 2008

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GDA Technologies Announces Availability of Bali Reference Board Based on Freescale's MPC5121e Processor

With 32 Kbyte instruction cache and 32 Kbyte data cache, a double-precision FPU, and instruction and data MMU, the MPC5121e is a powerful processor designed for automotive, industrial, and multi-market applications.

• Digital Blocks Announces the TFT LCD Controller Reference Design for Altera FPGA Development Kits based on the DB9000AVLN LCD Controller IP Core
• Arasan Chip Systems Builds On Strategic Mobile Initiative With MIPI CSI-2 IP Solution Release
• A Scary Thought: IP Provider CAST is Fifteen Years Old Today
• Avnet, Xilinx and Texas Instruments Release Avnet Spartan-3A DSP FPGA / DaVinci Development Platform
• MoSys, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
• Open-Silicon, Inc. Continues Strong Growth: Best Quarter to Date

Headlines for Thursday Oct. 30, 2008

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Synopsys Announces Availability of DesignWare SATA PHY IP in SMIC 130-nm Process Technology

Synopsys today announced the immediate availability of the silicon-proven DesignWare® SATA PHY IP for SMIC's popular 130 nanometer (nm) process technology.

• Atheros Launches Align Technology Leveraging 802.11n 1-Stream Specification to Provide Upgrade from Legacy 802.11g
• Mentor Graphics Broadens Support of OVM Compliant Verification IP for IEEE802.3-2005 Gigabit Ethernet-based Designs
• Altera's Stratix III FPGAs Enable Accverinos to Accelerate High-Performance ASIC Prototypes
• TSMC Reports Third Quarter EPS of NT$1.18
• MIPS Technologies Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

Headlines for Wednesday Oct. 29, 2008

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Rumor mill: TSMC approached to buy Chartered

There are rumors that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) has been approached to acquire all or part of Singaporean foundry rival Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd.

• Powerchip Semiconductor Settles Litigation with MOSAID
• TranSwitch Corporation Announces the First Licensing of its DisplayPort Transceiver IP by One of the World's Leading Semiconductor Companies
• Evatronix introduces a Hi-Speed USB Embedded Hub Controller
• Xilinx Announces Development Platform for Building Dual Processor Embedded Systems Using Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs
• Actel Announces Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
• CEVA, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results
• Top 10 Taiwan SoC Design Company Takes ARC License to Produce Cellular Baseband Designs
• Axell Corporation, Beceem, EDA Express, Magillem, MtekVision and Verilab Join OCP-IP
• Comtech AHA Announces GZIP Data Compression Board with Support for Virtual Compression Channels
• Silicon Image Opens New Research & Development Center And Sales Office In Shanghai, China
• Gabriel Technologies Corporation Announces Federal Lawsuit Involving Patent Infringement and Misappropriation of Technology Against Qualcomm Inc.

Headlines for Tuesday Oct. 28, 2008

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ARM Holdings plc Reports Results For The Third Quarter and Nine Months Ended 30 September 2008

Highest ever quarterly revenues at $134.4m, up 7% year-on-year;

• MoSys 1T-SRAM Embedded Memory Technology Meets TSMC 90 Nanometer eDRAM Process Standards
• EADS Astrium, Hifn, Innovision Research, Magnum Semiconductor, Rockwell Collins, Universite de Cergy Pontoise, Vivante, and Wipro Join OCP-IP
• Movidia Selects Virage Logic's Intelli(TM) LPDDR Interface IP Solution to Meet Stringent Mobile Video Application Requirements

Headlines for Monday Oct. 27, 2008

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UMC Announces Foundry Industry's First 28nm SRAMs

UMC utilized advanced double-patterning immersion lithography and strained silicon technology to produce the chips, which feature very small six-transistor SRAM cell sizes of approximately 0.122 um2.

• Kilopass Technology Announces Charlie Cheng as the New CEO
• DFI Technical Group Releases Low Power Features with New DDR PHY Interface Specification Version 2.1
• SMIC Received U.S. Export Licenses for 32nm Technologies
• TranSwitch Corporation Completes Acquisition of Centillium Communications, Inc.
• Actel Breaks New Ground with nanoPower and nanoSize FPGAs
• Mentor Graphics Announces Nucleus Platform Media Player for Rapid Delivery of Multimedia Applications
• Express Logic and Virtutech Help Develop Applications in Mixed OS Environments

Headlines for Friday Oct. 24, 2008

• Rambus Reports Third Quarter Financial Results
• Dolphin Integration - Annual Statement 07/08 on Operating Income
• Faraday Reported 2008 Third Quarter Results

Headlines for Thursday Oct. 23, 2008

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Sonics OCP Library for Verification Now Shipping

Sonics today announced the general availability of the Sonics OCP Library for Verification (SOLV). Core designers are using the SOLV package for debugging, performance tuning and validation of complex intellectual property (IP) cores using OCP interfaces.

• Analysis: NXP's options limited as economy worsens
• Xilinx and EB Drive OBSAI Standard Adoption for Wireless Infrastructure
• SMIC Successfully Developed 0.11 Micron CIS Process Technology
• Cadence Announces Accounting Review and Postpones Release of Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results and Webcast
• Hifn Has Taken an ARC License for Its 4th Generation Applied Services Processors Targeting the Security Market
• Calypto, Forte Collaboration Results in Advanced SystemC Design Flow

Headlines for Wednesday Oct. 22, 2008

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Silicon Hive Receives US$7M in New Funding From Intel Capital and Current Investors

Company aims to expand global sales/marketing and grow the HiveGo solution portfolio for mobile phones and Mobile Internet Devices

• New Licensing Model Launched By XJTAG
• Arteris Delivers Major Productivity Features for Its Network-on-Chip Interconnect IP and Toolset
• SMSC's MediaLB Interface Implemented in Freescale's i.MX35 Applications Processors
• SiliconBlue Secures $24 Million in Series-B Funding
• MOSAID Grants First Microcomponent Patent Portfolio Sub-license to Panasonic Corporation
• e2v selects new Cortus APS3 32-bit CPU core for sensor interface mixed signal ASICs
• Altera's Stratix III FPGAs Deliver Advanced Computing Power and Performance in Quasonix's Latest Telemetry Products
• STMicroelectronics Expands (U)SIM Card IC Offering with Two New 32-bit ARM-Based Families

Headlines for Tuesday Oct. 21, 2008

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IPextreme Delivers Free ColdFire Processor for Altera Cyclone III FPGA

IPextreme today announced immediate availability of the V1 ColdFire® IP core optimized for Altera Cyclone III devices. The V1 ColdFire FPGA CIII Processor core can be downloaded free of charge.

• Sigma Designs Leverages MIPS Technologies' IP Cores in New High-performance Media Processor
• PTV and Philips to arrange for successful spin out of INTRINSIC-ID
• Xilinx Automotive Solutions Enable Networking for Vehicle Infotainment Systems Using MOST Standard
• ARM Profiler for Symbian OS: ARM and Symbian Collaborate to Enable Feature-Rich, Low-Power Advanced Mobile Applications
• Fresco Logic Demonstrates Industry's First SuperSpeed USB Extensible Host Controller Interface (xHCI)
• Patriot Scientific Corporation Announces Respironics, Leader in Respiratory Market, to Be Licensed by MMP(TM) Portfolio

Headlines for Monday Oct. 20, 2008

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Altera Demonstrates Its Automotive In-Cabin Infotainment Development Platform at Convergence 2008

Altera’s FPGA-based P.A.R.I.S. Platform includes pre-verified IP from more than a dozen third-party hardware and software vendors. Using the P.A.R.I.S. Platform, automotive designers can easily expand the functions of their automotive systems and seamlessly migrate their FPGA-based systems across multiple vehicle classes.

• Conexant Sells Wireless Intellectual Property for $15 Million
• Cadence CTO blasts critics
• Samplify Evolves Business Model From IP Developer to Semiconductor Supplier; Now Targets Multi-Billion Dollar Market
• Xilinx Automotive Solutions Go Beyond Silicon to Accelerate Development of Driver Assistance and Driver Information Systems
• Pigeon Point Systems Unveils Breakthrough Integrated HPI for Leading ATCA Shelf Manager
• Wipro-NewLogic Releases its IEEE 1394 Software Stack for Automotive Applications
• Movidia Secures US$14M Series A Funding
• Samplify Systems Announces Availability of World's First 16-channel, 12-bit, 65 Msps A/D Converter With Integrated Real-Time Data Compression
• MEMS commercialization: What's taking so long?
• Are we moving to an all-ARM world?
• KPIT Cummins and VaST Partner to Deliver Virtualization Tools and Services to Improve Software Quality for Automotive OEMs & ODMs

Headlines for Friday Oct. 17, 2008

• Target Enters into MPEG-2 License with MPEG LA
• Federal Trade Commission Authorizes Rambus to Receive Withheld Royalties
• Actel Corporation Announces 10% Reduction in Force to Improve Operating Results and Promote Profitability

Headlines for Thursday Oct. 16, 2008

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IMEC presents scalable architecture for flexible forward error correction

IMEC’s FEC enables, on one processor, the turbo- and LDPC decoding of major communication standards. The technology is available for the industry either through a soft IP transfer, or through joint R&D projects.

• Nokia set to pay Qualcomm $2.3bn in patent deal
• Silicon Interfaces announces the release of its Open Verification Methodology (OVM) Based Gigabit Ethernet MAC SystemVerilog OVC
• Cswitch Corporation Selects Rockfish Technology for Interlaken Verification IP
• NTT DOCOMO, Renesas, Fujitsu, and Sharp to Jointly Develop Platform for HSUPA Mobile Phone
• IMEC demonstrates 3D stacked integrated circuits

Headlines for Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008

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Cadence Expands Enterprise Verification IP Portfolio by 5X to Provide Industry's Broadest OVM Multi-Language Offering

VIP Portfolio Extends to Over 30 Industry-Standard Protocols, Enabling Customers to Improve Schedule Predictability, Productivity, and Product Quality

• Achronix Completes First Close of $52 Million Series B Preferred Stock Financing
• Cadence Board of Directors Creates Interim Office of the Chief Executive; Michael Fister Resigns
• LogicVision Reports Management Changes
• Altera Announces Third Quarter Results
• Maxim Integrated Products Announces Acquisition of Digital Video Leader Mobilygen
• UBIDYNE Selects JAZZ Semiconductor's 0.18-micron SiGe BICMOS process to develop world's first pure digital radio system
• German Court Finds DVD Disc Manufacturer Odeon Infringes MPEG-2 Patents

Headlines for Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008

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Evatronix Application-debugging Support Environment for 8051 and 68000 compliant IP cores improved with trace and TCP/IP support

The newest release of the EASE enhances its predecessor functionality by two new features: the configurable real-time trace and the TCP/IP support, hence providing customers with better, faster and more convenient interface between the hardware prototype and the embedded software development environment.

• Express Logic and Renesas Technology Team to Offer Audio-Video Media Player Reference Design
• MoSys, Inc. Provides Business Update and Announces Stock Repurchase Plan
• Former Samsung Multimedia Lab Chief Joins Denali's Executive Team
• Tensilica's Xtensa Customizable Processor Used in Panasonic Mobile’s Wireless Baseband Processor
• HDIC Cooperates with SMIC for Successful Debut of High Definition TV Transmission Chips during Beijing Olympic Games
• IMEC starts new research activities on resistive RAM

Headlines for Monday Oct. 13, 2008

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Qimonda Announces Global Restructuring Program and Agrees to Sell Its Stake in Inotera Memories to Micron Technology

Qimonda AG announced today a global restructuring and cost reduction program. The program is intended to reposition Qimonda in the market and substantially increase its efficiencies through a wide-ranging realignment of its business

• Toshiba licenses IMEC’s power-efficient, flexible processor technology
• Xilinx Senior Executive, Patrick Little, Joins Fast Growing eASIC As New CEO
• Innovative Integration Inc, and R-Interface announce a partnership to co-market & develop IP products & hardware for wireless applications
• INSIDE Contactless and TIEMPO Announce Partnership on Next Generation Chip Product
• Alma Technologies to integrate Scalado SpeedTags technology in its JPEG products
• Actel Addresses Miniaturization and Portability Trends in Medical Equipment
• The Lenovo ThinkPad X300 Ultraportable Notebook Incorporates ARC Sonic Focus Technology
• MAPPER and TSMC Take Next Step in Exploring Multiple E-beam Lithography for IC Manufacturing at 22 nanometer node and Beyond
• TranSwitch to Present Industry Leading HDMI / DisplayPort Solutions at SoCIP 2008 Conference in Beijing and Shanghai
• Mentor Graphics Olympus-SoC Place-and-Route System Slashes Design Closure Times with Industry's First Parallel Timing Analysis and Optimization Technology

Headlines for Friday Oct. 10, 2008

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Global Semiconductor Alliance Reports Fabless Revenue Totaled $27.3 Billion, 12 Percent Growth Year-Over-Year in 1H 2008

Fabless revenue totaled $13.9 billion in CYQ2 2008, rising 4 percent quarter-over-quarter and 9 percent year-over-year. CYQ2 2008 fabless revenue equated to 21 percent of the Q2 2008 semiconductor sales total.

• Patriot Scientific Corporation Releases First Fiscal Quarter Report
• SiRF & Qualcomm Sign Mutual Patent Non-Assertion Agreement
• EDA Consortium Reports Industry Revenue Down Slightly in Second Quarter 2008
• Innovative Silicon Unveils Z-RAM Memory Technology Breakthroughs

Headlines for Thursday Oct. 09, 2008

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Video: ARM's chief on the economy and Atom

The outlook is for stormy weather in the global cellular industry, but ARM Ltd. chief executive Warren East is hopeful his company is diversified enough to remain stable.

• Phabrix Leverages Xilinx Programmable Solutions in Award-Winning Handheld 3G-SDI Test Signal Analyzer for Broadcast Applications
• Micrium Supports ARM Cortex Processors with Broad Portfolio of Embedded Systems Software Components
• NEC Electronics America Teams with Ariane Controls to Support Designers of Electronics Systems in the Smart Energy Market
• TSMC September 2008 Sales Report
• Panasonic and Renesas Technology to Collaborate on Development of SoCs at 32-nm Process Node
• Abilis Systems Standardizes On ARC For Mobile DTV Applications
• Fujitsu Microelectronics, e-Shuttle and D2S to Develop Maskless ICs

Headlines for Wednesday Oct. 08, 2008

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Broadcom Files Suit Asserting Qualcomm's Licensing Practices Violate U.S. Law

The complaint asserts that Qualcomm's use of "exhausted" patents to control post-sale use of products in the wireless communications industry results in a double recovery of royalties (or other consideration) to Qualcomm for the use of its patents.

• Dongbu HiTek and Kilopass Announce Availability of XPM Embedded NVM for Dongbu's 0.18um Process Node
• SiRF Debuts SiRFlinkIII Combo Radio IC to Drive Next-Generation Mobile Convergence Devices
• UMC Reports Sales for September 2008
• Macraigor Systems Provides On-Chip Debug Solutions with Eclipse Ganymede and Full GNU Toolset Support for ARM Cortex-M3 Processors
• Imagination Technologies -- Further Licence Agreement Signed with Samsung Electronics
• NXP World-Class 200mm Fab Available for Immediate Operations

Headlines for Tuesday Oct. 07, 2008

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Arm Introduces LPDDR2 Memory Controller to Accelerate Chip Performance and Improve Energy Savings

ARM today announced the ARM® PrimeCell® low-power DDR2 (LPDDR2) dynamic memory controller (PL342), which provides a high-performance interface to LPDDR2 memory systems that provide more than twice the bandwidth of LPDDR memory systems and deliver significant power savings over standard DDR2 memory.

• AMD and Advanced Technology Investment Company of Abu Dhabi to Create Leading-Edge Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
• Cadence Collaborates With ARM to Deliver Hardware/Software Emulation Environment, Accelerating Processor-Based Design
• Imagination Technologies extends successful POWERVR SGX53x family
• Faraday Monthly Sales Report - September 2008
• US Supreme Court Denies Samsung Appeal in Rambus Case
• VIASIC's Place and Route technology Chosen by Achronix semiconductor
• ARM Tackles Design Challenges for Complex, Application-Rich Consumer Devices With Latest Realview Development Tools
• ARM Announces Active Assist Service to Accelerate Partner Deployment of ARM Architecture
• K-Will Corporation Licenses HiveFlex VSP 2200 Processor From Silicon Hive
• Imagination Technologies confirms design wins for all announced members of its industry-leading POWERVR SGX family

Headlines for Monday Oct. 06, 2008

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videantis announces full HD 1080p video codec IP solution for mobile and consumer devices

By combining a powerful, programmable high definition stream unit with multiple video engines, the v-MP4180HDX solution is capable of encoding and decoding video up to full HD 1080p resolution in a wide range of standards on extremely small silicon area with less than 1MHz load on the host CPU.

• NXP introduces industry's fastest ARM Cortex-M3 Microcontrollers
• Crocus Technology Raises 11.5M Euros to Develop MRAM Technology
• TranSwitch Corporation Issues Corporate Update in Anticipation of its Pending Merger with Centillium Communications, Inc.
• Lattice Accelerates PCI Express System Design With New Low Cost LatticeECP2M Development Kit
• ARMv8 instruction set will be application driven, says exec
• BroadLight Selects CEVA VoIP Platform for GPON Residential Gateway SoC
• ARM Demonstrates Complete Solution for SOC Backplane Design with Fabric and Verification IP
• Elpida Completes Development of 65nm Chip Shrink
• Silicon Interfaces announces its OVM Based IEEE 1394 Link Layer Controller Verification IP
• Toshiba announces first ARM Cortex-M3 microcontroller

Headlines for Friday Oct. 03, 2008

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Microchip's Sanghi: Why we want Atmel

Microchip Technology Inc. chairman, president and CEO talks with EETimes business editor Bolaji Ojo about why his company has teamed up with ON Semiconductor Corp. to pay $2.3 billion for mixed signal and microcontroller IC supplier Atmel Corp.

• Comment: A skeptic's view of the Microchip/Atmel merger
• SMIC tips 40-nm, enters 32-nm talks with IBM
• Patriot Scientific Announces Portfolio License Agreement with Rockwell Automation
• IPextreme and Texas Instruments Host Webinar on "cJTAG – IEEE 1149.7: Next Generation Test and Debug"

Headlines for Thursday Oct. 02, 2008

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Magma Realigns Organization for Enhanced Focus On Key Technology Segments and Improved Financial Profile

Magma Design Automation today announced it is restructuring certain aspects of the company's operations, resulting in reduced costs and focus on key product areas.

• Arasan Chip Systems Drives Strategic Mobile Initiative with Release of MIPI DSI IP Solution
• Vivante Extends Business Agreement with Top Ten Fabless Semiconductor Company
• No nanoelectronics technology can replace CMOS until 2030, says TI exec
• August Semiconductor Sales Up 5.5 Percent Year-on-Year
• CoWare and MontaVista Deliver Joint Solution to Accelerate Software Development for Linux-based Devices
• Free software bundles from Texas Instruments help customers reduce design time and cost for their innovative video products
• Virage Logic Announces Promotion of Dr. Alex Shubat to CEO, Chairman and Former CEO Dan McCranie Becomes Executive Chairman
• Samsung Implements Silicon Image InstaPort Technology in Next Generation DTVs
• Yitran Communications and Tower Semiconductor Announce Production Launch of Yitran's IT700 PLC Module
• Wi-LAN Litigation Update
• GateRocket Ships Advanced FPGA Verification Solution for Virtex-5 FPGA
• ARM Rounds Out Agenda for Developers' Conference 2008 with Exciting Special Events Lineup

Headlines for Wednesday Oct. 01, 2008

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Coresonic reveals demonstration platform that delivers world's smallest and most efficient WiMAX solution

Coresonic will demonstrate the company's LeoCore WiMAX personality pack running on a new FPGA-based evaluation system to show how it is possible to add a complete mobile WiMAX solution to any device with very little additional silicon.

• Rhonda Becomes Tensilica's First Authorized Software Design Center
• XStreamHD Purchases License for Audio Processing Technology from ARC International