D&R Headline News (July 2010)

Headlines for Friday Jul. 30, 2010

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Comment: Andy Grove, startups and job creation

Andrew Grove, the co-founder of Intel Corp., doesn't buy the again-fashionable argument that startups, preferably technology startups, are the best way to create new American jobs.

• Dolphin Integration announces the availability of a flexible CODEC configuration with ultra low power for providing Nomad systems
• JEDEC Publishes Widely Anticipated DDR3L Low Voltage Memory Standard
• Actel Announces Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results and Appoints Chairman
• Faraday Reported 2010 Second Quarter Results

Headlines for Thursday Jul. 29, 2010

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Renesas Electronics Announces "Growth Strategies and Structural Reform Measures" to Construct Business Structure Resistant to Market Changes

Renesas Electronics today introduced a three-pronged business strategy including (1) formulation of growth strategies by optimizing business portfolios, (2) realization of merger synergies, such as the integration of development environments, technology platforms and various infrastructures, and (3) implementation of structural reforms to create a business structure with stable profitability and resistance to changing market conditions.

• NTT DOCOMO Licenses LTE Platform for Chipsets to MediaTek
• TSMC Reports Second Quarter EPS of NT$1.55
• IP Cores, Inc. Announces a MACsec (IEEE 802.1ae) Security Processor IP Core.
• Sigasi announces first round funding
• New-Generation Microprocessor from STMicroelectronics Targets High-Performance Connectivity and Embedded Applications
• MagSil and Western Digital Settle Patent Infringement Lawsuit
• Cadence Reports Q2 2010 Financial Results
• Innopower Accelerate SoC Performance with 1.2GHz in 55nm

Headlines for Wednesday Jul. 28, 2010

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Synopsys First to Deliver High-Performance Audio IP in 40-nm and 55-nm Process Technologies

Synopsys today announced the addition of the DesignWare® 96 dB Hi-Fi Audio IP in the 40-nanometer (nm) and 55-nm process technologies to its broad portfolio of high-quality audio IP solutions. Synopsys is the first IP provider to offer audio codecs, digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) in these advanced processes.

• Zoran Selects Kilopass' XPM Non-Volatile Memory for Products Manufactured Using Advanced Low-Power Process
• Rambus Introduces High-Performance DDR3 Memory Controller Interface Solution for Consumer Electronics
• MOSAID Showcases Solid State Drive Prototype
• CEVA, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results
• CSR expands audio expertise with acquisition of APT
• EnSilica declares "Open Season" on the 8051
• Silicon Image Achieves Revenue Growth and Profitability in the Second Quarter
• SySDSoft Ports Complete LTE Protocol Stack to Tensilica's Atlas LTE Reference Architecture
• MMP Portfolio(TM) Prevails In Latest Patent Reexamination

Headlines for Tuesday Jul. 27, 2010

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ARM Holdings plc Reports Results for the Second Quarter and Half Year Ended 30 June 2010

ARM Holdings plc announces its unaudited financial results for the second quarter and half year ended 30 June 2010, demonstrating continuing progress in executing its strategy with multiple design wins taking ARM further into new markets.

• Jasper DFI Formal Verification Proof Kits Now Available
• Khronos Drives Rapid Evolution of Cross-Platform 3D Graphics with Release of OpenGL 4.1 Specification
• ITC Issues Notice of Final Determination in Rambus Matter Regarding NVIDIA Products
• Actel Announces New FlashPro4 Programmer
• Xilinx Improves Design Flow for Industry's Only Proven Partial Reconfiguration FPGA Technology with ISE Design Suite 12.2
• Virage Logic Continues to Broaden Semiconductor IP Offering with New Portfolio of SoC Infrastructure Solutions
• Virage Logic Expands Semiconductor IP Portfolio with Silicon-Proven SiANA(TM) Analog IP Offering
• Virage Logic's New ARC(R) Sound AS221BD Dual-Core Processor Targets Blu-ray Audio
• eMemory prevails to become the first automotive grade OTP provider to automotive IC makers

Headlines for Monday Jul. 26, 2010

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NXP acquires Jennic to extend leadership in low power RF solutions for wireless applications

NXP Semiconductors today announced its acquisition of Jennic, a leading developer of low power RF solutions for wireless applications in smart energy, environment, logistics and consumer markets. The acquisition will see Jennic’s state-of-the-art portfolio of 802.15.4 and Zigbee low power RF solutions integrated across a wide range of NXP’s High Performance Mixed Signal products.

• Altera's Stratix V FPGAs Provide RLDRAM 3 Memory Support
• NetLogic Microsystems Announces Breakthrough Multi-Core Processor Solution which Integrates 128 NXCPUs
• MIPS Technologies Delivers Reference Implementation for Skype on MIPS-Based Devices
• IP Cores, Inc. Announces an IPsec Security Processor IP Core
• MindTree Unveils Bluetooth Low Energy Stack on TI's WiLink 7.0 Solution
• Mentor Graphics Collaboration with National Instruments Speeds Time to Market with Faster Test Bench Development

Headlines for Friday Jul. 23, 2010

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Microsoft Licenses ARM Architecture

ARM and Microsoft today announced that they have signed a new licensing agreement for the ARM® architecture. The agreement extends the collaborative relationship between the two companies. Since 1997 Microsoft and ARM have worked together.

• Dolphin Integration announces the availability of the HD-LP Panoply at 130 nm for reducing SoC area up to 20%
• MoSys, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results
• MoSys Tapes out Bandwidth Engine(TM) IC for Next Generation Networking Applications
• Rambus Reports Second Quarter Earnings
• Lattice Semiconductor Reports Second Quarter 2010 Results; Achieves Further Sequential Gains in Revenue, Gross Margin, Net Income and Cash Flow From Operations
• FPGA startup Tier Logic folds

Headlines for Thursday Jul. 22, 2010

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Xilinx Reports Third Consecutive Quarter of Record Sales; Operating Margin Reaches 35%

Xilinx, Inc. today announced first quarter fiscal 2011 sales of $594.7 million, up 12% sequentially and up 58% from the first quarter of the prior fiscal year. First quarter fiscal 2011 net income was $158.6 million, or $0.58 per diluted share.

• Mentor Embedded Nucleus Real Time Operating System Adoption Exceeds 2.1 Billion Handsets
• Semiconductor input costs vs output prices -- managing the squeeze
• CEA-Leti Unveils Low-Power Reconfigurable Multicore Chip For Software-Defined Radio and Cognitive Radio
• EVE Will Vigorously Defend Itself Against Mentor Graphics Corporation's Allegation
• HDL Design House announces HVT MX25L VITAL behavioral model
• RDC Semiconductor Selects Virage Logic's All Digital Intelli(TM) DDR3 PHY for Next-Generation SOC
• SMIC and Virage Logic Extend Partnership to 40nm LL Process Technology
• MoSys Launches the GigaChip(TM) Alliance for Serial Chip-to-Chip Communications
• Dini Group Names EuropeLaunch as Exclusive Agent

Headlines for Wednesday Jul. 21, 2010

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POSEDGE announces Industry's Smallest and Fastest SDIO 3.0 Device Controller

Posedge has announced the availability of soft IP core that performs Secure Digital IO (SDIO) device functionality. The PE-SDIOD3.0 is highly configurable and is fully compliant with the latest SDIO specification version 3.0. The Core supports SPI, SD1, and SD4 bit transfer modes for Non-embedded applications and 8bit transfer mode for embedded applications.

• Mentor Graphics Files Import Suspension Application Against EVE with Japanese Customs Office
• No way into server market for ARM, says analyst
• Cadence and ARM Collaborate to Create an ARM-Optimized System Realization Solution
• EnSilica's eSi-RISC embedded processors validated for Mentor Graphics' Precision Synthesis FPGA design flow
• Synopsys and Virage Logic Announce Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Proposed Acquisition
• Samsung First to Begin Mass Producing 2-Gigabit Green DDR3 Using 30nm Class Technology
• Altera Announces Record Second Quarter Results, Increases Quarterly Dividend

Headlines for Tuesday Jul. 20, 2010

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ARM and TSMC Sign Long-Term Strategic Agreement

ARM and TSMC today jointly announced a long-term agreement that provides TSMC with access to a broad range of ARM processors and enables the development of ARM physical IP across TSMC technology nodes. This agreement supports the companies’ mutual customers to achieve optimized Systems-On-Chip (SoC) based on ARM processors and covers a wide range of process nodes extending down to 20nm.

• MOSAID Signs New Patent License Agreement With Nanya Technology
• Chelsio Communications Licenses Tensilica's Xtensa LX Customizable Dataplane Processor Core for 10 Gigabit Ethernet
• Faraday Introduces 1GHz Performance ARM v5 Compliant Processor - FA726TE

Headlines for Monday Jul. 19, 2010

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Actel's Radiation-Tolerant Flash Based FPGAs Now Qualified for Spaceflight Systems

Actel today announced the first fully qualified flash based FPGAs for space flight applications. Actel's RT ProASIC®3 family successfully passed the extensive testing required for MIL-STD-883 Class B qualification.

• Actel's RTAX-DSP FPGAs Achieve MIL-STD-883 Class B Qualification
• Actel's CorefIR v4.0 Delivers Configurable Digital Filter Generation for Rtax-DSP with On-Chip Math Blocks
• CoreFFT v4.0 Now Available for Actel's RTAX-DSP FPGAs
• Xilinx Launches First High-Density, Rad-Hard Reconfigurable FPGA For Space Applications
• S3 Group and Broadcom Support BSkyB’s Set-Top Box Development
• RF Engines' Wideband Digital Down Converter efficiently processes 1 GHz bandwidth
• Lattice Expands Reference Design Portfolio for Popular MachXO and ispMACH 4000ZE PLDs
• Kaben Wireless Silicon anounces Silicon-proven 0.35-0.5 ps Programmable Clock Source IP

Headlines for Friday Jul. 16, 2010

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Aeroflex Gaisler announces MIL-STD-1553B IP-Core

Aeroflex Gaisler AB, a leader in System on Chip (SoC) design, today announces the availability of a MIL-STD-1553B IP-core. The MIL-STD-1553B IP-core includes Bus Controller (BC), Remote Terminal (RT) and Monitor (MT) and configures as either a BC/RT/MT or RT only. The MIL-STD-1553B is available for licensing either as a part of the GRLIB IP library or as a separate IP-core in VHDL source code.

• TSMC Begins Construction on Gigafab In Central Taiwan
• DOLPHIN Integration and Infolytica Corporation enable mechatronic system simulation using MagNet and MotorSolve coupled with SMASH
• Rambus Reaches 1,000th Patent Milestone

Headlines for Thursday Jul. 15, 2010

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TowerJazz Licenses Kilopass' One-Time Programmable Non-Volatile Memory IP

TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, and Kilopass Technology, a leading provider of semiconductor logic non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP), today announced that TowerJazz has licensed Kilopass’ one-time programmable (OTP) memory intellectual property (IP) for its 0.13μm CMOS process.

• Silicon Labs Introduces Online Clock Tree Design Service
• OPTi Announces Licensing Agreement with Atmel Corporation, Broadcom Corporation and Standard Microsystems Corporation
• UMC Obtains Advanced Process Tools through Texas Instruments
• Tabula Builds New Sales Representation Organization Driving Growth in Next Generation Telecom and Wireless Infrastructure Applications
• Renesas Electronics Introduces New USB 3.0 Host Controller with 85 Percent Reduced Power Consumption
• ASSET and IPextreme collaborate to enable ScanWorks as an IEEE 1149.7 test solution

Headlines for Wednesday Jul. 14, 2010

• MoSys and Northwest Logic Offer Integrated PCI Express and DDR3 Solutions
• Intilop's TCP/IP Offload engine provides lowest latency and fastest TCP/IP throughput

Headlines for Tuesday Jul. 13, 2010

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Silicon Image Introduces New RAID IP Core Based on Production-Proven SteelVine(R) Technology

Silicon Image today announced the availability of a new IP core based on its SteelVine (R) Series 3 Core technology for SATA storage processors. The IP core is a low-cost solution supporting RAID0, RAID1 and JBOD for consumer electronics (CE) storage applications.

• LynxOS-SE Supports ARM Cortex-A8 on a TI OMAP 3 for Secure Mobile Applications
• EDA Consortium Reports Revenue Increase for Q1 2010
• Avalon and AppliedMicro Enable Efficient 100G Muxponder Applications
• Algotronix announces an XTS-AES IP core for storage applications
• Renesas Electronics Announces Development of New SRAM Circuit Technologies to Reduce Adverse Impacts of Random Variability in Scaled-down LSI Devices

Headlines for Monday Jul. 12, 2010

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Altera Ships Lowest Power FPGAs with 6.375-Gbps Transceivers

Altera today announced it has enhanced its Arria® II GX FPGA variant with 6.375-Gbps transceivers and up to 1.25-Gbps LVDS support, while broadening the reach of the family with the addition of the new Arria II GZ FPGA variant.

• ARM launches RVDS v4.1 and DSTREAM
• Arithmetic Processing IP Core for MP3 Decoders Feature Smallest Circuit Size and Lowest Power Consumption
• PMC-Sierra's Second-Generation 6Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip Controllers Deliver Enhanced Performance for PCIe 3.0 x86 Platforms
• ST-Ericsson and Ericsson showcase complete TD-LTE solution
• Wind River and LSI Collaborate to Deliver Optimized Multicore Solutions for Networking Infrastructure Industry
• CEA-Leti Building Europe’s First 300mm R&D Line Dedicated to 3D-Integration Applications
• NetLogic Microsystems Introduces the Industry's Lowest Power 10/40/100GE PHY for Next-Generation Data Center Ethernet Applications
• SiliconBlue Ships World's Smallest Footprint FPGA for Mobile Handsets
• GSA Announces Infrastructure to Ease Third-Party IP Licensing Process for Semiconductor Industry

Headlines for Friday Jul. 09, 2010

• TSMC June 2010 Sales Report
• Dolphin Integration offers a cutting-edge solution for the smooth integration of a precise measurement Converter into a soC

Headlines for Thursday Jul. 08, 2010

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The analog IC "shortage": real or hype?

It's that time again: we have a shortage of some IC types, as opposed to a glut, yet why do we never have the "just right" balance?

• MIPS Technologies Teams with ETRI to Encourage SoC Design Innovation in Korea
• Texas Instruments continues to lead Bluetooth low energy technology advancements
• Sagem Wireless and ST-Ericsson to partner on LTE
• Dr. I. C. Chen Joins UMC as Vice President
• IP Cores, Inc. Ships a High-Speed Forward Error Correction (FEC) IP Core
• IPWireless and Altair Semiconductor Partner to Develop Wireless Industry's First Multi-Band, Multi-Mode Long Term Evolution (LTE) Modem
• Worldwide Semiconductor Revenues Will Increase to $295 Billion in 2011 and Surpass $340 Billion in 2014, According to IDC

Headlines for Wednesday Jul. 07, 2010

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Open-Silicon Integrates 50 DesignWare Interface and Analog IP Products with 100 Percent Silicon Success

Synopsys today announced that Open-Silicon has licensed and integrated 50 high-speed DesignWare® IP products into customers' chips with 100 percent first-pass silicon success.

• eMemory announces industry's first and only Green High Density OTP solution
• Arteris Adds Support for Tensilica’s Dataplane Processor Core Interface, Expanding Multi-core SOC Network-on-Chip Options
• Altera's Quartus II Software Version 10.0 Delivers Unprecedented Performance and Productivity for High-End FPGAs

Headlines for Tuesday Jul. 06, 2010

• Lattice and Helion Provide Full HD HDR Color Pipe for Video Security & Surveillance Applications on Lattice FPGA Families
• Renesas Electronics to acquire Nokia's wireless modem business; companies to form strategic business alliance for modem technology development
• Faraday Selects Alvand Technologies AFE (Analog Front End) IP to Support Next Generation Wireless Applications

Headlines for Monday Jul. 05, 2010

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Analysts lag 'actual' chip market growth

The "actual" global market for chips was $24.02 billion in May, as calculated from the three-month average of $24.65 billion given out by the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA).

• Nanoradio has secured financing of EUR 10 millions from existing investors to strengthen Nanoradio's growth expansion
• IP Cores, Inc. Ships Compression/Encryption Combo IP Core
• Sundance introduces its latest OFDM FPGA IP core based on 802.11a/g/n

Headlines for Friday Jul. 02, 2010

• DOLPHIN Integration upgrades SLED and SMASH delivering block-busting innovation

Headlines for Thursday Jul. 01, 2010

• Icera chooses TVS to perform independent verification
• CoFluent Design and NSW launch CoFluent-On-Demand SaaS program