D&R Headline News (July 2011)

Headlines for Friday Jul. 29, 2011

• Cadence Reports Q2 2011 Financial Results
• Trident Licenses to Sunplus Its Current MEMC Patent Portfolio

Headlines for Thursday Jul. 28, 2011

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CAST Releases Royalty-Free 32-bit BA22 Processor Cores for Embedded Systems

CAST, Inc. is shipping new 32-bit processor IP cores based on the BA22 design sourced from Beyond Semiconductor. Engineered to provide high performance using little silicon area, the pipelined 32-bit RISC BA22 architecture delivers 1.41 DMIPS/MHz, with frequencies from 50 MHz to over 300 MHz, using from 12,000 to 38,000 gates, and requiring just 0.023 mW/MHz (in a 65nm process).

• Comsis dramatically improves the QoS of WiFi networks
• TSMC Reports Second Quarter EPS of NT$1.39
• Cambridge Consultants develops industry's smallest 2G and 3G femtocell base station
• IC Insights Lowers 2011 Worldwide Semiconductor Market Forecast to +5%

Headlines for Wednesday Jul. 27, 2011

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Inicore Introduces Enhanced Controller Area Network IP Core

The CANmodule-IIIx is the next generation of Inicore's silicon proven CANmodule-III core. It contains new features such as an increased number of message objects, an AMBA 3 APB compliant bus interface, and single-shot transmission (no message retransmission upon a bus error).

• Cypress and UMC Deliver ICs on New 65-Nanometer SONOS Embedded Flash Technology
• Altior Launches Software Development Kit for Hardware-Accelerated Data Compression for Web Servers, Network and Storage Applications
• ANSYS & Apache Receive Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Proposed Merger

Headlines for Tuesday Jul. 26, 2011

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ARM Holdings plc Reports Results for the Second Quarter and Half Year Ended 30 June 2011

ARM Holdings plc announces its unaudited financial results for the second quarter and half year ended 30 June 2011. Q2 and H1 2010 revenues include catch-up PD royalty revenues of $9.0m (£6.2m)

• Arasan Chip Systems Announces New Partner in Israel
• InterDigital Files Complaint Against Nokia, Huawei and ZTE With International Trade Commission
• Mentor Graphics Announces Comprehensive Embedded Software Development Program for Hardware Companies
• Intel SoCs aided by interconnect, IP library
• C2C Interchip Link Connectivity IP Licensed by 10 Leading Processor and Modem Vendors
• CEVA, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results
• Mindspeed Acquires IPG Communications
• GSI Technology Files Antitrust Lawsuit against Cypress Semiconductor; ITC Institutes Investigation in Response to Cypress Complaint
• SMSC Introduces the Industry's First Programmable USB Power Controller

Headlines for Monday Jul. 25, 2011

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Triad Semiconductor Announces 1-Million Gate Plus Analog Configurable Array

Triad Semiconductor today announced the availability of its largest configurable array to date – VCA-6.

• Mentor Graphics Releases Pyxis Custom IC Design Platform and Delivers Advanced Functionality and Increased Productivity
• Analysts high on Xilinx amid margin concern
• ARM Releases Fast Models v6.1
• MoSys, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results
• IDC Forecasts Worldwide Semiconductor Revenues to Reach $318 Billion in 2012 and Nearly $378 Billion in 2015
• Microsemi Announces SmartFusion cSoC Support with FreeRTOS
• K-micro to sample world's first IEEE 1901 fully compliant power line communication LSI chip set

Headlines for Friday Jul. 22, 2011

• Rambus Reports Second Quarter Financial Results

Headlines for Thursday Jul. 21, 2011

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Taiwan nurtures the next ARM

Meet Andes Technology Corp., Taiwan’s agile and ambitious answer to ARM Ltd.

• Losses swell, outlook flat at ST-Ericsson
• Zarlink Board of Directors Responds to Microsemi Corporation Announcement
• Novocell Semiconductor, Inc. Awarded Keystone Innovation Grant
• Xilinx Space-Grade Virtex-5QV FPGA in Production with Mega-Rad Capability
• Intel boosts capex, eyeing 7-nm node
• Cognovo Software Defined Baseband chip released to Samsung Foundry 45nm Low Power process
• Xilinx Announces Q1 Fiscal 2012 Results; Sales Increase 5% Sequentially

Headlines for Wednesday Jul. 20, 2011

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Microsemi Corporation Announces Proposal to Acquire Zarlink Semiconductor, Inc. for CAD $3.35 in Cash, Updates Guidance

Microsemi announced today that it has made a proposal to the board of directors of Zarlink to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the Company for CAD $3.35 per share in cash.

• MOSAID Demonstrates Production-Ready 256Gb HLNAND Flash Memory Device
• Cosmic Circuits partners with Newlinktek for IP sales in Korea
• Dolphin Integration Mid-Year Financial Statements: toward a promising year!
• Altera Announces Second Quarter Results
• Ricoh Adopts Synopsys' Processor Designer to Accelerate Custom DSP Design

Headlines for Tuesday Jul. 19, 2011

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ARM Processors to Ship in Nearly One-Quarter of Notebook PCs in 2015

After more than 30 years of domination by a single microarchitecture—Intel Corp.’s X86—the PC microprocessor (MPU) market finally is set for some real competition, with shipments of ARM processors set to soar in the coming years and projected to appear in nearly one out of every four notebook PCs made in 2015.

• Fulcrum buy could signal shift for Intel
• Intel to Acquire Fulcrum Microsystems
• Core Logic's CLM9721 Multimedia Application Processor Incorporates AuthenTec's New SafeZone Secure Platform
• Synopsys Introduces Virtualizer Next-Generation Virtual Prototyping Solution
• InterDigital Exploring Potential Strategic Alternatives
• CebaTech Changes Company Name to Altior
• Arteris FlexNoc Interconnect IP Selected by Toshiba for SoC Deployment
• Global Unichip Corporation Selects ARM Technology for a Wide Variety of Applications in Emerging Markets
• Baseband & Application Processors on a Single Die Changing Cellphone Chip Market Dynamics
• RapidIO Trade Association Releases Roadmap to 100 Gbps+ per port with RapidIO 10xN
• Arasan Chip Systems Appoints Senior Director Digital Design

Headlines for Monday Jul. 18, 2011

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AuthenTec Introduces New SafeZone Secure Platform Solution for Connected Mobile Devices

AuthenTec today introduced its new SafeZone™ secure platform solution for mobile and consumer systems on a chip (SoCs).

• EDA Consortium Reports Revenue Increase for Q1 2011
• Renesas Electronics Achieves 4X Faster Performance with Synopsys' HAPS FPGA-Based Prototyping Solution
• New Release of Lattice Diamond Design Software Delivers More Robust Design Capabilities for Low Power, Cost Sensitive FPGA Applications
• IDMs to hurt pure-play foundries, says report
• Lattice's New Mixed Signal Design Software Simplifies Platform Management Design
• Zhang Wenyi Appointed SMIC's Chairman, Executive Director, and Acting CEO
• HiSilicon Boosts Productivity Deploying Advanced Cadence Simulator

Headlines for Friday Jul. 15, 2011

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TSMC test runs Apple processor, says report

Foundry chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has started making the ARM-based A6 processor Apple on a trial basis, according to a Reuters report that cited an unnamed source.

• SMIC: Appointment of Chairman, Redesignation of Director and Independent Non-Executive Director, Resignation of CEO, Appointment of Acting CEO, Resumption of Trading

Headlines for Thursday Jul. 14, 2011

• Crack Semiconductor announces customer acceptance for the CS1024 Public Key Accelerator in Banking applications
• Setting the record straight on the Intel-TSMC 3-D 'race'
• IC Knowledge's Cost Modeling of Semiconductor Manufacturing Shows Fully Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator Technology to be the Most Cost-effective Approach at the 22nm Node
• A million ARM cores to host brain simulator
• Socle Licenses Cortex A9 MPCore for Next Generation Platform Solutions

Headlines for Wednesday Jul. 13, 2011

• Semicon keynoter urges new biz models
• eMemory Offers eNVM IP in TSMC 80nm High-Voltage Technology
• ST lays out strategy for analysts in HK

Headlines for Tuesday Jul. 12, 2011

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Gennum Snowbush IP Group Launches New Multi-Standard PHY IP Platform on TSMC 28nm

Gennum Snowbush IP group today announced the availability of its third generation of silicon-proven Multi-Standard (MS) PHY IP Platform on TSMC 28nm.

• ARM Forecast to Significantly Increase Lead over MIPS, Power Architecture and x86 in the Battle for the Digital Home
• Cadence Acquires Azuro
• Cavium Networks Licenses Arteris FlexNoC Network on Chip Interconnect IP
• GLOBALFOUNDRIES Fabs in New York and Dresden Achieve "Ready for Equipment" Milestone
• Thunderbolt: A lot of noise, but very little spark
• Dream Chip Technology Becomes Tensilica System-on-Chip (SOC) Design Center Partner
• S2C Distributes Snowbush PCIe and SATA IP in China
• Synopsys Leads the Way in Delivering Dual-Patterning-Compliant 20nm IC Implementation Support
• Synopsys Announces Critical Milestone in 20-nm Design Enablement Collaboration With Samsung Electronics
• Samsung, in Collaboration with Physical IP and Design Enablement Partners, Confirms 20nm Design Infrastructure with Test Chip Tape-out
• Aldec Adds UVM Transaction-Level Visual Debugging
• Cadence Encounter Digital Flow Instrumental in Tapeout of Samsung 20-Nanometer Test Chip

Headlines for Monday Jul. 11, 2011

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Alvand Technologies Ships 1 Million Silicon Tuners for Digital TV

Alvand Technologies today announced that one million digital TV receivers incorporating the company’s analog front end RF Tuner silicon IP have been shipped worldwide.

• Posedge Inc Appoints Richard Timpa as Vice President Sales
• Orca Systems Raises $5 Million in Series B Funding Round
• SiliconBlue launches "Los Angeles", Custom Mobile Device platform for high-speed sensor management, custom connectivity and video and image solutions
• Synopsys and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Collaborate to Deliver Interoperable Process Design Kits (iPDKs)
• LSI Now Shipping in Volume Second-Generation 40nm LDPC Read Channel for Hard Disk Drives
• New Freescale i.MX platform extends to advanced, low-power display applications

Headlines for Friday Jul. 08, 2011

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Energy efficiency company Amantys secures significant funding from Fidelity International's Moonray Investors and ARM

Amantys, an energy efficiency power electronics company, today announced the successful closing of a $7 million Series A round. The new funding enables Amantys to continue with the commercialisation of its digital power switching platform.

• TSMC June 2011 Sales Report
• TowerJazz Sells its Holdings in HHSL for $32 Million
• Microtronix Introduces Camera Link IP Core Solution for Altera's Cyclone FPGAs
• The quandary of EDA software piracy
• Dolphin Integration's flexible audio converters allow minimum cost with the freedom of the Analog Front-End to be on a separate die

Headlines for Thursday Jul. 07, 2011

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Taifatech Selects Elliptic Technologies' HDCP 2.0 Content Protection Solution To Deliver High Performance Streaming Media For The Digital Home

Taifatech has joined forces with leading global security IP supplier Elliptic Technologies to build a comprehensive content protection solution for its Wireless Digital TV Streaming Controllers.

• Microsemi Acquires ASIC Advantage, Inc.
• MOSAID Sues HTC and Sony Ericsson on Newly Acquired Cellular Handset Patents

Headlines for Wednesday Jul. 06, 2011

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Innovative Logic announces free licensing of their USB 3.0 SuperSpeed IP

Innovative Logic announced today they will start free licensing their USB3.0 Device Controller IP for prototyping purposes.

• VIA Technologies Announces Sale of Stake in S3 Graphics
• Valens Semiconductor Closes $14 Million Investment B Round
• Xilinx ISE Design Suite 13.2 Steps Up Designer Productivity and Brings Partial Reconfiguration to Kintex-7, Virtex-7 FPGAs
• MegaChips Selects Arteris High-Speed Inter-Chip Communications IP
• CEVA Enhances its CEVA-XC DSP Product Offering With HSPA+ Software IP
• Cortus APS3 Processor at the Heart of PointChips Touch Screen Controller Chip

Headlines for Tuesday Jul. 05, 2011

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Lattice Announces First PCI Express 2.0 Compliant Low Cost FPGA

Lattice today announced that its LatticeECP3 FPGA family is compliant with the PCI Express 2.0 specification at 2.5Gbps. The LatticeECP3 FPGA and its PCI Express (PCIe) IP core passed PCI-SIG PCIe v2.0 compliance and interoperability testing for 1- and 4-lane configurations

• Steady and Modest Growth Mark May 2011 Sales for Semiconductor Industry
• Logicview Selects Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGAs for Next Generation SoC Prototyping System & Emulation Platform
• X-FAB Adds eFlash to High-Voltage 0.18 Micrometer Foundry Offering
• Imagination Technologies enables META connected processor embedded system development by University of Southampton students

Headlines for Monday Jul. 04, 2011

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Cosmic Circuits M-PHY Silicon Proven in 40nm

Cosmic Circuits today announced the immediate availability of its silicon-proven MIPI® Alliance M-PHYSM solution in 40nm.

• HDL Design House Joins the Cadence IP Alliance Program
• Dolphin Integration revolutionizes subsystem performance validation with Application Hardware Modeling
• WiLAN and Texas Instruments Reach Agreement to End Litigation
• MTI Radiocomp enables 'base station on a chip' with JESD-solution
• Chips&Media's Video Codec Technology Used in Freescale’s Latest i.MX 6 Series

Headlines for Friday Jul. 01, 2011

• Digital Blocks Introduces the DB9100 BitBLT / 2D Graphics Engine Verilog IP Core Family for Accelerated Graphics Display Applications