D&R Headline News (August 2010)

Headlines for Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010

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Posedge Announces High Performance Unified Security (MACsec + IPSEC) Solution

Posedge has announced the availability of PE-UNISEC Soft IP Core that performs integrated MAC Security fully conforming to IEEE 802.1AE standard and IPSEC ESP protocol processing. Posedge has developed the PE-UNISEC engine leveraging its vast experience in Internet Security technologies such as MACsec, IPSEC, SSL, and high performance crypto infrastructure.

• Aptina Unveils 8MP Complete Camera Solution
• Achronix and Opticomp jointly demonstrate multipath 40Gb/s Optical Networking Solution
• Intel-Infineon deal: What analysts are saying
• Arasan Chip System's IP part of App Zone in SD Association Booth
• D&R selects Advanced Semiconductor Technology Ltd. (AST) to be its distributor and technical representative in Israel

Headlines for Monday Aug. 30, 2010

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Intel to Acquire Infineon's Wireless Solutions Business

Infineon Technologies AG and Intel Corporation have entered into a definitive agreement to transfer Infineon’s Wireless Solutions (WLS) business to Intel in a cash transaction valued at approximately US Dollar 1.4 billion.

• Innovative Logic announces to expand their services to embedded customers
• Analysis: Intel's wireless move no guarantee of success
• S2C Announces Virtex-6 Based 4th Generation Rapid SoC Prototyping Solution
• Sankalp Semiconductor adds New Services
• MoSys, Inc. Expands to New Corporate Headquarters

Headlines for Friday Aug. 27, 2010

• Dolphin Integration's Panoply of Memories and Standard Cell Libraries for easing the fabrication capacity shortage
• Analyst: Samsung likely to pass Intel in ICs
• The future of SoC verification: Enterprise computing?
• Opinion: Apple should build a fab
• MPEG LA's AVC License Will Not Charge Royalties for Internet Video that is Free to End Users through Life of License

Headlines for Thursday Aug. 26, 2010

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Arasan Chip Systems First to release UHS-II PHY IP Core

Arasan announced that it has developed the UHS-II PHY IP core, a next generation memory interface being finalized by the SD Association. Arasan, an Executive member of the SD Association, has been in deep engagement with its strategic lead customers who are productizing this interface.

• Silicon Laboratories Grants Limited License for FM Radio Technology to RDA Microelectronics
• China's Godson gets vector boost, aims for 28 nm
• MIPI Alliance Announces New RF Front End Control Interface Specification for Mobile Devices
• Mentor Graphics Collaborates with GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Provide Easier Debugging Capability to IC Designers

Headlines for Wednesday Aug. 25, 2010

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MindTree Launches Bluetooth RF IP Enabling Complete SoC Integration

MindTree today announced the launch of its Bluetooth RF Intellectual Property (IP) offering, designed to provide sensitivity and Interference Tolerance performance, at 1.2 V, exceeding Bluetooth specifications. The RF IP complements MindTree’s market-proven Bluetooth suite of IPs consisting of baseband controller, digital PHY (Physical Layer), stack and profiles.

• Synopsys DesignWare SATA IP Enables First-Pass Silicon Success for Global Unichip Corporation
• Certus Semiconductor Joins IPextreme's Constellations Program
• Icahn increases stake in Mentor to 15%
• Anchor Bay Introduces Intellectual Property Licensing Program
• Discretix Multi-Scheme DRM Supports Microsoft PlayReady, to Enable Premium Content on Connected Devices

Headlines for Tuesday Aug. 24, 2010

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Update: ARM7 gets 40-bit, virtualization support

ARM Ltd. announced extensions for virtualization and 40-bit addressing to the ARMv7a architecture, two of the key new aspects of ARM's upcoming Eagle core. The extensions aim to serve a variety of new and existing markets from digital cameras, Web-connected TVs and servers.

• OCP-IP Delivers Transaction Generator Package
• Synopsys Announces Immediate Availability of DesignWare MIPI M-PHY IP in 40-nm Process Technology
• Renesas Electronics and Acacia Research Enter into Strategic Patent Licensing Alliance
• Innopower Unveils iPaaS IP program
• Mentor moves tools toward 16-nanometer
• Mindspeed to Present Next Generation of 4G Base Station Technology
• Winbond Adopts SpringSoft Laker Layout and Routing Systems for Design of High Performance, Low Power Memory Chips
• STARC, Calypto and Virage Logic Break New Ground With Industry's Lowest Power Design Flow

Headlines for Monday Aug. 23, 2010

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OCP-IP Provides Virtual Platform Leveraging Advanced OCP SystemC TLM Modeling Kit

OCP-IP and CircuitSutra along with Imperas today announced the availability of a Virtual Platform Demo created utilizing OCP-IP’s advanced Modeling Kit.

• Almost 280 Million Combination Chipsets to Ship This Year
• Magma Announces Quartz iPOP Initiative -- Delivers "Improved Productivity, Operability and Performance" for Faster, Higher Capacity Physical Verification
• HDL Design House announces HVT M25PX VITAL behavioral model
• Advantech and NetLogic Microsystems Announce 40Gbps AdvancedTCA Platform
• DapTechnology's 1394b FireLink Extended IP boosts download performance on Ampex MiniR700 Solid State Data Recorder
• Lantiq's New Wireless LAN Chips Set Benchmarks for Reach and Robustness
• SiliconBlue Ships Highest Logic Capacity FPGA in 6x6 mm Footprint Package
• Intilop announces acceptance of their TCP/IP offload engine silicon IP by a major financial institution
• Lantiq Announces Family of Gigabit Speed Gateway Processors with Industry Leading Performance, Flexibility to Support New Digital Home Services

Headlines for Friday Aug. 20, 2010

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Analyst: McAfee buy moves Intel toward IBM model

Intel Corp.'s proposed $7.68 billion acquisition of security software vendor McAfee Inc. moves the No. 1 chip vendor further down a diversification path that could eventually see the company relying less on chip sales and more on software and consulting services, according to a Wall Street analyst.

• Sidense Granted Anti-fuse Memory Cell Patent by USPTO
• Silicon Library Inc. develops SD UHS-II PHY MACRO
• DOLPHIN Integration unique actor for Application Engineering of Silicon IP
• Rambus Announces Accelerated Share Repurchase
• Mentor Graphics Reports Fiscal Second Quarter Results

Headlines for Thursday Aug. 19, 2010

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Synopsys Posts Financial Results for Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2010

Synopsys today reported results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2010. For the third quarter of fiscal 2010, Synopsys reported revenue of $336.9 million, compared to $345.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2009.

• Unison Ultra Tiny Linux OS Now Available for Actel SmartFusion Devices
• ChipWrights Stacks Linux Application Development Kit with Major Enhancements for IPTV Set-Top Boxes and IP Cameras
• AppliedMicro Agrees to Acquire TPACK for Emerging OTN Opportunities
• Intel to Acquire McAfee
• Marvell Acquires DS2 Technology

Headlines for Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010

• L&T Infotech completes Interoperability Tests of LTE-UE with Trillium eNodeB software
• In-System Emulation Technology VarioTAP supports ARM11 Core
• Market shows signs of soft spots, says NXP's Clemmer
• Intel, Micron First to Sample 3-Bit-Per-Cell NAND Flash Memory on Industry-Leading 25-Nanometer Silicon Process Technology
• NVELO Launches Dataplex Product, Brings Solid-State-Storage to Mainstream

Headlines for Tuesday Aug. 17, 2010

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MIT Spin-Out Lyric Semiconductor Launches a New Kind of Computing With Probability Processing Circuits

Lyric Semiconductor, Inc. a DARPA- and venture-funded MIT spin-out, today emerged from stealth mode to launch a new technology called probability processing, which is poised to deliver a fundamental change in processing performance and power consumption.

• MIPS Technologies Joins With Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation to Foster IC Design Innovation
• Evatronix Appoints Country Manager in Mainland China to Enhance Worldwide Customer Support
• New DaVinci DM37x video processors from Texas Instruments combine 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 and 800MHz C64x+ DSP, enabling 720p HD video for media-rich applications
• KPIT Cummins becomes Authorized Tensilica System-on-Chip (SoC) Design Center
• InPA Systems Inc. Targets Active Debug for Rapid Prototyping
• ONFI Introduces New 2.3 Specification with ECC Offload Functionality
• TowerJazz Announces Closing of a Definitive Agreement with its Lender Banks to Refinance and Reduce Its Debt to Improve Its Balance Sheet and Cash Flows
• MOSAID Announces Cisco Complaint
• EVE Stands Firm Against Mentor Graphics Corporation's Allegations

Headlines for Monday Aug. 16, 2010

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Smooth-Stone Secures $48 Million to Complete Development of Semiconductors for Servers, Data Centers

Smooth-Stone today announced it is raising $48 million. Smooth-Stone funding partners include ARM, Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC), Battery Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, Highland Capital Partners and Texas Instruments Inc.

• Outsourced IC design revenue up in 2009, says Gartner
• Sundance Launches New Family of Multicore Developer Platforms
• Nujira licenses its Coolteq.L handset technology to a Tier 1 semiconductor vendor
• Mentor Graphics Files Patent Infringement Suit against EVE
• Aizyc announces silicon proven SDIO 3.0 Host IP Core
• Lattice Announces Improved Synthesis and Power Optimization in CPLD Design Tools
• New Power Architecture Silicon Roadmap Signals Strong Growth in Existing and New Markets as Power Architecture Technology Extends Its #1 Worldwide 32-bit MPU and 32-bit CPU Market Share Leadership through 2009

Headlines for Friday Aug. 13, 2010

• IBM and Infineon divest joint venture Altis Semiconductor
• Rambus and NVIDIA Sign Patent License Agreement

Headlines for Thursday Aug. 12, 2010

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Synopsys Launches DesignWare USB Software Alliance Program

Synopsys today announced the launch of the DesignWare® USB Software Alliance Program with leading USB software providers emsys, Jungo, MCCI and MicroDigital as inaugural members. This alliance program establishes an ecosystem of qualified USB software providers for drivers, firmware and stacks which have proven interoperability with Synopsys' DesignWare USB 2.0 and SuperSpeed USB 3.0 IP.

• US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Rejects All Claims of Sidense's Key Patent ('855) and Orders Reexamination
• Actel Releases Windows 7 Compliant Libero IDE
• SMIC revamps fab deals, confirms capital infusion
• Groundbreaking family of vDisplay IP engines enriches Pleora's solution set for real-time networked video connectivity

Headlines for Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010

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37 Million ASIC Gates for High Speed Prototyping

Dini Group introduces the DN2076k10 featuring seven Xilinx, Virtex-6 FPGAs. This complete logic prototyping system can emulate up to 37 million ASIC gates at clock speeds to 700 MHz. The board is designed be used stand-alone and can be hosted by 4-lane PCIe cable, USB, or Ethernet.

• Rochester Electronics Provides Continuous Support of Altera's FPGAs
• Synopsys Adds TDD Support to LTE Model Library
• Avalon's 2D FEC enables reduced chip size and increased power savings
• WiLAN and UTStarcom Settle Litigation
• Analyst: Slowdown seen in fab tool biz
• Red flags seen as TSMC, UMC post monthly sales
• Novatek Selects Tensilica's HiFi Audio DSP for Blu-ray Disc and DTV
• Synopsys and Lattice Renew OEM Relationship for FPGA Synthesis Software
• Apple iPad upgrade likely to get STMicro gyro

Headlines for Tuesday Aug. 10, 2010

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Sidense Corp. Files Motion for Dismissal and/or Amendment of Kilopass's Claims

Sidense announced it has filed a motion in US District Court seeking dismissal and/or amendment of Kilopass’s numerous claims on grounds that Kilopass has not satisfied the most basic legal requirements in its allegations against Sidense.

• TSMC July 2010 Sales Report
• Analog Devices Collaborates With Altera To Streamline Wireless Infrastructure System Development
• SMIC Reports Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2010
• Elecard releases Elecard Codec SDK G4 v1.3.2 with implemented full DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) support for AVC/H.264 format
• Global Unichip's revenue hits record high for Q2, 2010, totaling NT$ 2.566 billion
• Aplus Flash Technology has signed an agreement with IDT about 0.35um HiEE
• SiliconReef acquires a set of Chipus high performance analog IP licenses

Headlines for Monday Aug. 09, 2010

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NSCore Announces Its OTP-IP Exceeded 55 Million Pieces Threshold

NSCore, Inc., a leading provider of non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP), has announced that the cumulative shipment equipped with its PermSRAM® non-volatile memory IP has exceeded the 55 million pieces threshold.

• Discretix Multi-Scheme DRM Available for the Latest Version of Android (Froyo)
• AnaFocus raises 2.5 million Euro round for corporate expansion and further developing international business
• TI announced as the first licensee of the next generation ARM Cortex-A series processor core
• Lattice Semiconductor Announces Resignation of CEO Effective September 4; Appoints Christopher Fanning as Interim CEO
• Aldec Announces Phase-Based Linting Methodology
• Synopsys Galaxy Implementation Platform Used by TSMC for 28nm Process
• Evatronix to exhibit at the EDA Tech Forum events to strengthen its position in key Asian markets
• CriticalBlue Provides Multicore Software Development Analysis Environment for OCTEON and OCTEON II Processors
• Mentor Graphics Design-to-Silicon Solutions Used in Successful Development of TSMC 28nm Product Qualification Vehicle Test Chip

Headlines for Friday Aug. 06, 2010

• Break-through in the embedded Memory market with Dolphin Integration's dual port RAMs

Headlines for Thursday Aug. 05, 2010

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Semiconductor Roid Rage Prompts iSuppli to Pump Up 2010 Forecast

iSuppli now predicts global semiconductor revenue in 2010 will rise by 35.1 percent to reach $310.3 billion, up from $229.6 billion in 2009. iSuppli’s previous forecast, issued on May 6, predicted growth of 30.9 percent this year.

• Magma's Quartz Physical Verification Software Used by TSMC on Complex 28-nm Product Qualification Vehicle Test Chip -- Delivers Sign-Off Accuracy Along With Required Performance and Capacity
• ZyXEL Integrates Tuxera NTFS into NAS and Router Product Lines
• Cadence Aligns Workforce to Deliver on EDA360 Vision
• MIPS Technologies' Fourth Quarter Revenue Grows 33% Sequentially

Headlines for Wednesday Aug. 04, 2010

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Synopsys and GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Develop DesignWare Interface PHY IP for 28-nanometer Technologies

Synopsys and GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced an agreement to develop the Synopsys DesignWare® SuperSpeed USB (3.0), USB 2.0, HDMI 1.4 Tx and Rx, DDR3/2, PCI Express® 2.0 and 1.1, SATA 1.5/3 Gbps and 6 Gbps, and XAUI PHY IP for GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 28-nanometer (nm) "Gate First" High-k Metal Gate (HKMG) process technologies.

• MoSys, Radiocomp and GDA Technologies Partner to Deliver CPRI and OBSAI Compliant Wireless SerDes IP Solution for 3G and LTE Base Station Market
• STMicroelectronics Advances Set-Top Box Chip Features for Emerging Markets
• SMIC 65-nm Technology Successfully Moves to Volume Production

Headlines for Monday Aug. 02, 2010

• Discretix Announces Multi-Scheme DRM Support For MeeGO Operating System
• Northwest Logic Verifies Compatibility of Its IP Cores with Aldec RTL Simulators
• SpringSoft Validates Full Interoperability of Custom Chip Design Solutions with STARC 90nm iPDK
• BroadLight Announces the Launch of our 3rd Generation 40nm GPON Fiber Access Processor Family