D&R Headline News (March 2011)

Headlines for Thursday Mar. 31, 2011

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Report: Google could standardize Android on ARM

Google Inc. may be entering talks with ARM Holdings plc about a standardization of Android operating system for an ARM-based chipset, according to a Digitimes report that references unnamed sources at notebook computer makers.

• MOSAID and Hynix Sign Memorandum of Understanding
• Ambarella A7 IP Camera SoC Brings 1080p60 Performance into the Video Surveillance Mainstream
• Fairchild Semiconductor Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success with DesignWare USB 2.0 nanoPHY IP
• ChipStart Selects S2C to Facilitate Prototyping ChipStart's SoC System Management Options
• Sidense 1T-OTP Memory Available in ON Semiconductor 180 nm Process Technology
• Chinese Microcontroller Market to Expand by Two Thirds by 2015
• Mentor Graphics Corporation Announces Pricing of Private Placement of 4.00% Convertible Subordinated Debentures Due 2031
• Icahn turns up heat on Mentor's board
• SMIC Announces 2010 Annual Results
• MunEDA Unveils Industry's First Commercially Available Automated Solution for Process Technology Porting of Circuit Schematics and IP
• HDL Design House Adopts Magmas Full Suite of Software to Accelerate SoC and IP Development

Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 30, 2011

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Synopsys Announces Availability of DesignWare PHY and Embedded Memory IP for TSMC Advanced 28-nanometer Technologies

Synopsys today announced that it has worked with TSMC to develop a broad portfolio of DesignWare® interface PHY IP including SuperSpeed USB 3.0, USB 2.0, HDMI, PCI Express®, DDR and SATA as well as embedded memories for TSMC's 28-nm.

• AuthenTec Expands IPsec Toolkit Offering to Address Security in New Mobile Devices and Networking Systems
• Synopsys preps 'surge' verification via cloud
• Five predictions following Japan quake
• Global Semiconductor Alliance Board of Directors Election Results
• Altera Charts New Course for the Industry with Optical Innovation
• Evatronix to Discuss Multi-configuration Challenges in IP Design at the D&R IP-SoC Day in Tel-Aviv

Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 29, 2011

• Industry Veteran Vijay Dube Takes Helm At Elliptic Technologies

Headlines for Monday Mar. 28, 2011

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MIPS Technologies Unveils Plans for Industry's First 64-Bit Multi-threaded Multiprocessor IP Core Code Named "Prodigy"

MIPS Technologies today unveiled its plans to offer the industry's first IP core that combines a 64-bit processor architecture with simultaneous multi-threading (SMT) technology.

• Cadence Releases Industry's First Wide I/O Memory Controller IP Solution
• Silicon Harmony Selects Mixed-Signal IP from S3 Group for Advanced Digital TV ASIC
• Mentor Graphics Board of Directors Affirms Commitment to Strategic Plan
• Ocean Logic releases 1080p H.264 encoder and limited decoder with 8-16:1 compressed frame store that requires no off chip DRAM
• Tabula Secures $108 Million in the Largest Round Awarded to a Private Semiconductor Company Over the Last Decade
• Lattice and Helion Technology Announce Compression and Encryption IP Cores for the LatticeECP3 FPGA Family
• New Tensilica IP Core Targeted to Dataplane and Signal Processing Functions Such as Imaging, Communications and Networking, Boost Data Bandwidth 4X
• CAST Inc. and SignalGeneriX Ltd Join the Hellenic Semiconductor Industry Association
• New Low Cost Breakout Boards Accelerate PLD Design and Hardware Evaluation

Headlines for Friday Mar. 25, 2011

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CAST Simplifies PCI Express FPGA Integration with Application-Level Interface Core

CAST, Inc. has released an IP core that makes it easier to integrate PCI Express in an FPGA-based system. The new PCIEXPAIF IP Core provides a high-level interface between popular system buses like AMBA® AXI4 and the PCI Express hard macro blocks available from FPGA vendors Altera and Xilinx.

• The new PWM audio Modulator of Dolphin Integration presents high flexibility, up to 95 dB SNR for a DAC

Headlines for Thursday Mar. 24, 2011

• Mentor Graphics Delivers Next-Generation Emulation Solutions for the Verification of High-Speed Ethernet Products
• Is the end near for Intel's Itanium?
• Xronet chooses Analog Front-end from Cosmic Circuits for their WiFi Chip-set solutions

Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 23, 2011

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Elliptic's Family Of Security Protocol Processors Offers Widest Choice In Industry

Elliptic Technologies today unveils a tiered family of Security Protocol Processors (SPP) that represents the broadest portfolio of embedded security solutions for packet processing and general cryptographic operations for all major security protocols (SSL/TLS/DTLS, IPsec, 3GPP/LTE-Advanced, WiMax, MACsec, SRTP, storage and PKI).

• SRS Labs and Qualcomm Sign Licensing Agreement to Bring HD-Quality Audio to Mobile Devices
• Freescale Licenses Synopsys' DesignWare IP Portfolio to Accelerate SoC Designs
• Ultra-miniature smart wireless microsystems hold key for wearable and implanted body area networks
• Sequans Announces New WiMAX Chip for Handsets and Tablets

Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 22, 2011

• Wilocity Tapes-Out Multi-Gigabit Wireless Communication SoC Using Synopsys DesignWare IP
• Triad Semiconductor and Kaben Wireless Engage in a Comprehensive Partnership
• Silicon Valley Startup Granted US Patent on Critical DDR2/DDR3 Timing Innovation for Chip Designs
• Wipro to expand IC design unit
• Broadcom Gains Microwave Transmission Technology with Acquisition of Provigent

Headlines for Monday Mar. 21, 2011

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ArrayComm and CEVA Demonstrate TD-LTE Base Station

ArrayComm and CEVA today announced the successful demonstration of ArrayComm's BasePort™ TD-LTE base station PHY running on high performance CEVA DSP cores. The demonstration was implemented on Mindspeed's Transcede™ 4000 System-on-Chip and verified by a tier-1 operator.

• Intilop announces a record breaking Ultra low latency & highest bandwidth 10G bit TCP offload engine SOC for Altera FPGA family
• Brite Semiconductor Licenses Comprehensive ARM IP Portfolio
• Synopsys' Next-Generation DesignWare Data Converter IP Delivers 50 Percent Lower Power with Smaller Area
• Xilinx Ships World's First 28nm FPGA Device and Demonstrates Application Development Platform for Next Generation Systems
• Evatronix Adds the SDLL NAND Flash PHY IP to Its Memory Controller IP Portfolio
• Xincomm Selects CEVA DSP Core for LTE Baseband Chipsets
• SiliconBlue Well Poised for the "Year of the Smartphone"

Headlines for Friday Mar. 18, 2011

• New Analog Bits Display SerDes Reduces Footprint, Power & Cost
• DOLPHIN Integration complete their offering with high added value trainings

Headlines for Thursday Mar. 17, 2011

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CAST and Trilinear Technologies Partner to Deliver Superior Image and Video IP Cores

CAST and Trilinear Technologies have signed a partnership agreement by which imaging and video IP products developed by Trilinear will also be available through CAST.

• Intel ramps hardware-software codesign research
• DATE 2011: SoC realization, the elephant in the room
• MOSAID Files Wireless Patent Infringement Litigation

Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 16, 2011

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Evatronix Boosts the Performance of Its ONFi NAND Flash Memory Controller IP

The Evatronix NAND Flash controller will now provide application designers with a set of features aimed at even better support for High-Speed ONFi memories and an up to 64-bit configurable BCH engine for on-the-fly error correction at the highest available frequencies.

• Imagination Technologies Group plc: Interim Management Statement
• ONFI Announces Publication of the 3.0 Standard, Pushes Data Transfer Speeds to 400 MB/sec
• Mentor urges shareholders to nix Icahn proxy
• Analysts: Xilinx could beat Altera to 28-nm
• Rambus Signs Patent License Agreement with Toshiba
• SMIC Clarification Announcement

Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 15, 2011

• Magillem announces that Magillem Platform Assembly solution is now supporting OCP Vendor Extension for IEEE 1685 IP-XACT
• Research project looks to repairing working chips
• MIPS Technologies Appoints Dave Singhal as Vice President of Corporate Development and Strategy
• Synopsys Mixed-signal Verification Solution Delivers 5X Speed-up at Amlogic
• Lauterbach's TRACE32 PowerTools for Xilinx Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform
• Intel Acquires Egypt-based SySDSoft
• LatticeXP2 FPGAs Power the First Low Power, Real-Time Video Processing Engine
• OSCI Welcomes Adoption of SystemC AMS 1.0 Standard Inside Industrial Design Flows for Mixed-Signal System Design
• Recore Systems' Xentium DSP central to many-core demo at DATE2011
• Digital Blocks Celebrates 14 Years of Offering 82xx Peripheral Replacements

Headlines for Monday Mar. 14, 2011

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Inside the iPad2 and the Apple A5

Information on what's inside the Apple iPad2 is becoming available as teardown experts open up the first tablets going on sale. Here are some pictures and analysis from our sister division UBM TechInsights which is in the process of burrowing into the secrets of the system—including Apple's new A5 microprocessor.

• Apache Design Solutions, Inc. Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
• Updated: Samsung fabs Apple A5 processor
• Mentor Graphics Delivers First Multimedia Platform for Hardware Emulation of 3D TV Products
• Cadence Enhances Unified Custom/Analog Flow to Boost Productivity at Nodes Down to 20nm
• Xilinx Raises Quarterly Dividend $0.03 per Diluted Share; Reiterates Sales Guidance for March Quarter
• Arteris, EVE Strengthen Partnership to Provide Enhanced Design Flow for Mobile, Wireless SoCs
• Lattice Ships 10 Millionth Power Manager Device
• Study predicts dramatic changes in automotive landscape
• FULAN Selects Tuxera NTFS for Multi-Channel PVR Over USB

Headlines for Friday Mar. 11, 2011

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Aeroflex Gaisler Announces a Fault Tolerant Dual Core Processor for Space Applications

Aeroflex Gaisler announces today a new fault tolerant processor - the GR712RC. The GR712RC is an implementation of a dual-core LEON3FT SPARC V8 processor using RadSafe technology.

• Update: Quake prompts supply chain worries
• BIRD Owl, the new real-time debugging solution for the 16-bit microcontrollers, from Dolphin Integration
• SpringSoft's Laker Leads the Way to SignOff-Driven Custom Layout Flow with Integration of Calibre RealTime

Headlines for Thursday Mar. 10, 2011

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Open-Silicon Enhances Its Interlaken IP Core for Very High-Speed Chip-to-Chip Serial Interfaces

Open-Silicon announced today the availability of an enhanced version of its Interlaken controller IP core. The updated core features fully-configurable SerDes lane mapping between the logical and physical SerDes lanes.

• Analyst: Altera to catch Xilinx in 2012
• GDA (L&T Infotech) Pravega SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) IP Receives USB-IF Certification
• TSMC February 2011 Sales Report
• ABIT chooses Fractional PLL from Cosmic Circuits for the RF SoC
• SMS Business Momentum Adds to eSilicon's Revenue Growth
• UMC to Provide Foundry Services for Sanken Electric

Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 09, 2011

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RDA and SMIC Reach 55nm Joint Production Milestone

SMIC and RDA Microelectronics today announced that RDA5802N, an FM receiver chip using SMIC's 55nm Low Leakage (LL) logic process and adopting Innopower's IP solution, is now in risk-production.

• Tatvik Announces High Performance VP8 Video Decoder Optimized For Cortex-A8 Using ARM NEON Technology
• Report: Microsoft to pay Nokia $1 billion for support
• Apple, TSMC to expand foundry ties
• Vimicro PC-CAM Processors in Production With Kilopass' Embedded Non-Volatile Memory Technology
• Arteris Network on Chip Reaches New Milestones in 2010 with 9 New Customers and First Year of Cash Flow Positive Operations
• Chips&Media passes the 50 million unit mark
• DeFacTo Technologies Announces PLX Technology Adopts HiDFT-SIGNOFF Solution for RTL Testability
• Synopsys Announces FPGA Synthesis Support for Xilinx's Newest ISE Design Suite 13
• Mentor Graphics Announces Logic and Physical Synthesis Support for Xilinx 7 Series FPGAs
• Microsemi Announces Comprehensive Solar Technology Portfolio

Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 08, 2011

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Thunderbolt interface rattles placid PC landscape

Intel's Thunderbolt interface, supporting two 10-Gbit/second bidirectional channels, has emerged in an Apple notebook and could leapfrog work on USB 3.0.

• UMC Reports Sales for February 2011
• Report: ARM holds back on VC investment
• MediaTek's newly announced MT6573 application processor integrates POWERVR graphics from Imagination Technologies
• ISE Design Suite 13 Kicks-off Broad Support for 7 Series FPGAs and Delivers Enhanced System Level Productivity With New Team Design Flow
• Samplify Systems Completes Series B Funding
• Avago Technologies and Xilinx Streamline Design of 10 Gigabit Ethernet Systems Using FPGAs and Optical Interconnects

Headlines for Monday Mar. 07, 2011

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Arasan to demonstrate its Total MIPI Solution at MIPI Conference in Japan

Arasan announced that it continues to experience strong Company growth, fueled by its MIPI IP Products. Arasan’s portfolio of MIPI IP Products will be demonstrated at the Swissotel, Nakai. The demonstration will show a complete range of products that establish Arasan as the only company in the industry offering a Total Solution ranging from Digital IP, PHY IP and Software Stacks.

• New semi model: fabless and designless
• Altera Delivers Industry's First Integrated 100G EFEC Solutions for FPGAs
• Videos: Demos on the Xilinx Zynq emulation board
• Xilinx Announces Flexible Platform for 100G Optical Transport Network Solutions Development and Smooth Transition to 400G
• Analysts: Chip ASPs to fuel two good years
• Mixel and Northwest Logic Deliver a Unified MIPI Platform Supporting Both CSI-2 and DSI
• CAST IP and Aldec Simulators Unite for Smoother FPGA and ASIC Design Flow
• Yokogawa Achieves 5X Faster Programmable Logic Controller Performance With Synopsys' Processor Designer
• Magillem launches Rev.Enge 2.0, the ultimate design capture solution for PCB/FPGA/ASIC/FIRMWARE development, 3 new plug-ins in this release addressing Technical Documentation Flow, Legacy Formats or Designs, and Certification

Headlines for Friday Mar. 04, 2011

• Standard Cells reducing leakage 40 to 60 times at 90 and 65 nm from Dolphin Integration
• MOSAID Reports Results for Third Quarter Fiscal 2011 and Dividend
• TowerJazz Announces Availability of 0.18um Power Management EPI Platform Design Kit

Headlines for Thursday Mar. 03, 2011

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Alvand Technologies Announces Advanced Wireless MIMO Analog Front End Platform for LTE/WiMAX Application

Alvand Technologies today announced the availability of silicon-proven wireless MIMO analog front-end for LTE/WiMAX, and Wi-Fi applications in 65nm.

• Grace, eMemory Announced Volume Production of Cost Effective OTP Solution for MCU Application
• Aliathon Ltd announcing CommProve as a Network Analytics / Assurance Client
• Microsemi and ESCRYPT Partner to Deliver Cryptographic FPGA Solutions With Enhanced Security
• STMicroelectronics Announces Extension and Production Availability of STM32L Ultra-Low-Power ARM Cortex-M3 Microcontroller Series for "Energy-Lite" Applications
• The case against Thunderbolt
• Ten things to know about Intel's Thunderbolt

Headlines for Wednesday Mar. 02, 2011

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Globalfoundries, TSMC square off in litho

It’s a clash of the titans in the foundry industry between Globalfoundries Inc. and TSMC. They are separately expanding their process offerings and services for customers, but they have different strategies to knock each other off from their respective perches.

• Imagination announces POWERVR Insider SDK 2.8
• Synopsys and Xilinx Collaborate on the Industry's First Methodology Manual for FPGA-Based Prototyping of SoC Designs
• Sibridge Technologies VIPs adopt UVM 1.0
• Microsemi Announces Expanded Industrial Ecosystem for SmartFusion Intelligent Mixed Signal FPGAs
• Microsemi Announces SmartFusion Intelligent Mixed Signal FPGAs Now Available with uClinux
• Altera Updates First Quarter Sales Guidance
• Sony goes 'coreless' in Cell processors
• Zoran Issues Open Letter to Stockholders

Headlines for Tuesday Mar. 01, 2011

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Xilinx Introduces Zynq-7000 Family, Industry's First Extensible Processing Platform

Supported by an extensive ecosystem of tools and IP providers, the Zynq-7000 family tightly integrates a complete ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-A9 MPCore(TM) processor-based system with 28nm, low-power programmable logic for system architects and embedded software developers to extend, customize, optimize, and differentiate their systems.

• Mentor Graphics Transforms SoC Integration and Functional Verification with Next Generation Questa Platform
• Xilinx Zynq EPPs based on two ARM Cortex-A9s create a new category that fits in among SoCs, FPGAs, and microcontrollers
• Synopsys Announces Availability of HAPS-600 High Capacity FPGA-Based Prototyping Solution
• Achronix completes first close of oversubscribed $45 million series C mezzanine financing
• SpringSoft's Siloti System Simplifies Visibility Automation and Debug Flow for System-on-Chip Verification
• Intel: 450-mm wafers must wait on 10-nm
• ST's Bozotti cheers for European chips
• CEVA and Arteris Partner on Multi-Core Interconnect for Next Generation SoC Designs
• SMSC Inter-Chip Connectivity Technology Licensed by NVIDIA