D&R Headline News (May 2013)

Headlines for Friday May. 31, 2013

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PLDA And IP-Maker Enable High Performance Storage Devices with Integrated PCIe 3.0 Controller with NVM Express IP Core

PLDA and IP-Maker today announced a joint solution integrating PLDA’s XpressRICH3 PCIe 3.0 with IP-Maker’s NVM Express (NVMe) IP cores. Cloud computing, video broadcast and high performance computing applications require high bandwith and low latency storage devices such as PCIe SSDs, enabled by the combination of speed and performance provided by PCIe 3.0 and NVMe protocol.

• HiSilicon Using Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect Fabric IP in Multiple Product Lines
• Intel, ARM on even footing in Net of Things, says IDC
• 2013 Semiconductor Forecast Lowered to 6%
• Digital Core Design announces D68HC11, HC11 legacy with all peripherals on board
• GLOBALFOUNDRIES Accelerates Adoption of 20nm-LPM and 14nm-XM FinFET Processes with Comprehensive Production-Ready Design Flows

Headlines for Thursday May. 30, 2013

• Slow Global GDP Growth Weighs On IC Market
• HDL Design House and Airics Seminar on Latest Verification Trends in FPGA and ASIC
• MediaTek Introduces New Quad-Core Application Processor for Fast-Growing Tablet Market
• HSA Foundation Announces First Specification
• Forte Design Systems, CircuitSutra Partner on Design Services, IP Co-Development

Headlines for Wednesday May. 29, 2013

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Xilinx and TSMC Team to Enable Fastest Time-to-Market and Highest Performance FPGAs on TSMC's 16-nanometer FinFET

Xilinx and TSMC announced that they are teaming together to create the fastest time-to-market and highest performance FPGAs to be built on TSMC's 16-nanometer FinFET (16FinFET) process, a program Xilinx calls 'FinFast.'

• Cadence Design Tools Certified for TSMC 16nm FinFET Process and for TSMC 20nm Process
• Synopsys Introduces Starter Kit for DesignWare ARC EM Processors
• Intel is buyer of ST-Ericsson GPS unit
• TSMC Certifies Synopsys' Digital and Custom Solutions for 16-nm FinFET Process
• ARM Announces Power-Optimized Dual-Core ARM Cortex-A15 Hard Macro

Headlines for Tuesday May. 28, 2013

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Kilopass and UMC Align For Advanced 28nm IP

Kilopass and UMC today jointly announced that they have signed a technology development agreement. The agreement calls for Kilopass to port its non volatile memory (NVM) Intellectual property (IP) to two of UMC’s leading edge 28nm processes: the High-K Metal Gate 28HPM in high demand by portable device system on chip (SoC) manufacturers and the poly gate 28HLP favored by consumer electronics SoC designers.

• RDA Microelectronics Boosts Mobile Phone Performance with Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect IP
• ST-Ericsson announces sale of its Connectivity (GNSS) business
• S2C Debuts Low-Cost Rapid SoC Prototyping Hardware - K7 TAI Logic Modules
• INSIDE Secure announces industry's broadest set of FIPS-certified Embedded security offerings
• Chips&Media Licenses HEVC/H.265 Decoder Core to a Leading Fabless Semiconductor Company
• Lattice's Latest Design Software Enables Designers to Derive Big Benefits From Tiny FPGAs

Headlines for Monday May. 27, 2013

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FujiFilm Adopts DMP's Graphics IP Core "SMAPH-H"

DMP announced today that DMP’s graphics IP core “SMAPH-H” is used in Fujifilm’s latest digital cameras. SMAPH-H provides GUIs(graphic user interface) and functions for displaying relevant information to take a picture.

• PRO DESIGN Unveils Affordable Virtex 7 Based FPGA Module for Multi FPGA Prototyping
• Cortus appoints Dr Richard Ryu as Technical Director, Korea
• EEMBC and VOLKSWAGEN to Develop Benchmarking Standards to Quantify Microcontroller Energy Efficiency

Headlines for Friday May. 24, 2013

• Dolphin Integration announces a new generation of ultra-dense standard cell library for GSMC 0.18 mm uLL eFlash process
• Penetration of Verification IP
• Synopsys Delivers VDK for Renesas RH850 MCUs
• Cisco Completes Acquisition of Ubiquisys
• Cadence Completes Acquisition of Cosmic Circuits

Headlines for Thursday May. 23, 2013

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LG Electronics Becomes Lead Partner For ARM Cortex-A50 Family Of Products And Next-Generation Mali GPUs

ARM announced that LG Electronics has licensed the next generation of ARM® Cortex®-A50 series of central processing unit (CPU) solutions and the next generation of ARM Mali™ graphics processing units (GPUs). This agreement means that LG Electronics will have access to ARM’s highest-performing CPU and GPU solutions to create market-leading technology.

• Vivante GPU Core Maximizes Graphics Efficiency of SAMSUNG GALAXY Tab 3
• Nvidia Adopts Arrow Devices' UniPro CheckMate Verification Solution
• Industry needs to up its research game, says Intel
• Broadcom: Time to prepare for the end of Moore's Law
• Synopsys Posts Financial Results for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2013
• ProximusDA teams with STMicroelectronics to develop next-generation distributed SOC TLM virtual prototypes
• MOSCAD Design & Automation Achieves New Milestone in Fully Integrated Silicon Oscillators

Headlines for Wednesday May. 22, 2013

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Avery Design Systems Announces eMMC and SD Verification IP Solutions

Avery today announced availability of its eMMC and SD verification IPs. The addition of eMMC and SD/SDIO extends Avery's portfolio of storage-related VIP which also includes Universal Flash Storage (UFS), SCSI Express (SOP/PQI), NVM Express, USB Attached SCSI (UASP), and SATA.

• TSMC Certifies Cadence Tempus Timing Signoff Solution for 20nm Designs
• Imperas Delivers Next Generation Embedded Software Development Suite Based On ToolMorphing Technology
• Crocus Licenses its Magnetic Logic Unit Technology to TowerJazz
• Praesum Communications Introduces Serial RapidIO Endpoint Core for AMBA 4 AXI4
• North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts April 2013 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 1.08
• Oasys Announces RealTime Floorplan Compiler
• UMC Establishes its Specialty Technology Center of Excellence in Singapore

Headlines for Tuesday May. 21, 2013

• Intel's new CEO shakes things up
• Altera Stratix V GX FPGAs Achieve PCIe Gen3 Compliance and Listing on PCI-SIG Integrators List
• EnSilica partners with Cross Border Technologies to accelerate sales growth in key European and Asian markets
• Imec and GLOBALFOUNDRIES collaborate to advance high-density memory technolog
• Xilinx and Sumitomo Electric Collaborate on Smarter Solutions that Reduce Network CapEx and OpEx Costs
• Samsung Announces Industry-First 45 nanometer Embedded Flash Logic Process Development
• ST to deny rivals FDSOI access
• Qualcomm and Samsung Pass AMD in MPU Ranking
• Vivante Showcases Low Power GPU Solutions Shipping in 100M+ Devices at Multicore Developers Conference

Headlines for Monday May. 20, 2013

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Xilinx Achieves PCI Express Compliance Across its All Programmable 28nm Devices

Xilinx, Inc. today announced that its All Programmable 7 series FPGAs and Zynq®-7000 All Programmable SoCs have achieved full PCI Express® compliance and are now listed on the PCI-SIG integrator's list.

• Cadence Introduces the Tempus Timing Signoff Solution, Delivering Unprecedented Performance and Capacity in Design Closure and Signoff
• GUC Monthly Sales Report - April 2013
• Google TV Devices with Vivante GPU Cores Ready for Android Jelly Bean Update

Headlines for Friday May. 17, 2013

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Synopsys DesignWare IP for PCI Express 3.0 Passes First PCI-SIG PCIe 3.0 Compliance Workshop

Synopsys today announced that its DesignWare® PHY and digital controller IP for the PCI-SIG® PCI Express® 3.0 is the first complete solution from a single vendor to pass compliance testing at the first PCI-SIG compliance workshop for PCI Express 3.0.

• ST's strategy is a tale of two segments

Headlines for Thursday May. 16, 2013

• Ultra-Low Latency H.264 Video Encoding Now Available from CAST
• sureCore receives GBP250K SMART Award to prototype its low power SRAM technology

Headlines for Wednesday May. 15, 2013

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Test and Verification Solutions launches bigger library of Verification IP

Test and Verification Solutions (TVS) announced today that it has expended it’s asureVIP™ library of verification IP to cover protocols in MIPI, Memories, Universal Serial IO and Communication as well as a bespoke VIP development service.

• Calxeda and Fedora Project Deploy Servers on Path to Make ARM a Primary Architecture
• OneSpin Solutions Reaches for the Cloud, Driving New Technology, Business Model for Easy Adoption
• LogMeIn and ARM Announce Collaboration to Accelerate Commercial Products on the Internet of Things
• Forte Design Systems Announces Cynthesizer 5 SystemC High-Level Synthesis
• ACE's latest CoSy compiler development system optimizes for extreme architectures
• High-Level Synthesis Software from Forte Design Systems Adopted by LG

Headlines for Tuesday May. 14, 2013

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Teledyne Acquires Axiom IC

Teledyne Technologies announced today that its subsidiary, Teledyne DALSA B.V., has acquired Axiom IC B.V., a fabless semiconductor company that develops high-performance CMOS mixed-signal integrated circuits.

• Chip Memory Technology Inc. Emerges from Stealth Mode to Reveal Unique Embedded NV Memory Solution
• Altera to Deliver Breakthrough Power Solutions for FPGAs with Acquisition of Power Technology Innovator Enpirion
• Aizyc Technology Upgrades its SDXC3.0 Host IP to support up to 7 Devices on SD Shared Bus
• Elecard announces the release of a new version of Elecard ARM Codec SDK.
• TSMC plots system super chips
• Jasper Makes Formal Verification Power-Aware with a New Low Power App for Verification of SOCs with Multiple Power Domains
• Open-Silicon Celebrates Its 10th Year Anniversary With Continued Growth

Headlines for Monday May. 13, 2013

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What will the IP landscape look like in the future

Today the question is: When the 3rd party IP market/business was first conceived, it was a bunch of small startups plus a few more established players. Significant consolidation has happened and a lot of IP is now supplied by the EDA companies. What do you think the IP landscape will look like in the future? Who owns it?

• Achronix Tapes Out Industry's First FinFET-based System-on-Chip Using Synopsys' IC Compiler and IC Validator
• Cadence Characterization Solution for Complex Multi-bit Cells Delivers Power and Performance Benefits for Yamaha
• Energy efficient EFM32 "Wonder Gecko" with ARM Cortex-M4 and FPU now available
• Eleven Companies Move Up in 1Q13 Top 20 Semi Supplier Ranking
• UltraSoC delivers first Universal Debug IP to PMC-Sierra
• Segars won't rock the ARM boat

Headlines for Friday May. 10, 2013

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TSMC April 2013 Sales Report

TSMC today announced its net sales for April 2013: On a consolidated basis, net sales for April 2013 were approximately NT$50.07 billion, an increase of 13.5 percent from March 2013 and an increase of 23.5 percent over March 2012.

• UMC Reports Sales for April 2013
• Smartphone Apps Processor Revenue Soared 60 Percent in 2012

Headlines for Wednesday May. 08, 2013

• HiSilicon Technologies Tapes Out 50+ Million Instance ARM Processor-based SoC Using Synopsys IC Compiler
• NeoFuse - eMemory's Innovative Anti-fuse eNVM Technology

Headlines for Tuesday May. 07, 2013

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S3 Group licenses custom ADC and DAC Solution to Avalent Technologies' SoC Platforms

S3 Group today announced that it has licensed a custom ADC and DAC solution to Avalent Technologies for the development of their latest SoC.

• Intel Launches Low-Power, High-Performance Silvermont Microarchitecture
• Cadence to Acquire IP Business of Evatronix, Further Expanding IP Portfolio
• Ittiam Announces Induction of Lip-Bu Tan to the Company Board
• Texas Instruments and Continental collaborate to deliver first 65 nm safety ARM Cortex microcontroller used in advanced automotive safety applications
• STMicroelectronics and Quantenna Enter Strategic Licensing Agreement
• Cadence Incisive Enterprise Simulator Improves Low-Power Verification Productivity By 30%

Headlines for Monday May. 06, 2013

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Synopsys, Imagination make gains in semi IP ranking

Synopsys and Imagination made gains on leader ARM in the semiconductor IP market in 2012, according to market research firm Gartner.

• Altera Opens the World of FPGAs to Software Programmers with Broad Availability of SDK and Off-the-Shelf Boards for OpenCL
• Latest Release of Synopsys IC Compiler Introduces New Technologies to Further Speed Design Closure
• Altera Quartus II Software v13.0 Enables World's Fastest FPGA Designs

Headlines for Friday May. 03, 2013

• AMD to Create Tailored Products Integrating Customer-Specific IP through Semi-Custom Business Unit
• Global Semiconductor Sales Outpace Last Year through First Quarter of 2013

Headlines for Thursday May. 02, 2013

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Fabless Suppliers Play Increasing Role in IC Market

Unlike the relatively close annual market growth relationship between fabless IC suppliers and foundries, fabless IC company sales growth versus IDM (integrated device manufacturer) IC supplier growth has typically been very different.

• Intel Board Elects Brian Krzanich as CEO
• Digital Blocks DB9000 TFT LCD Controller IP Core Family Achieves Leadership Across a wide range of applications
• CEVA, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2013 Financial Results
• Imagination Technologies Group plc: Year-end trading update
• Analog IC Market Struggles to Gain Footing in 2012
• Microsemi Selects Intel Corporation Foundry Services for the Development of Digital Integrated Circuits
• Silicon Image Announces First Quarter 2013 Earnings

Headlines for Wednesday May. 01, 2013

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Vivante Demonstrates The First OpenGL ES 3.0 Production Silicon to Successfully Run Rightware Basemark ES 3.0 Benchmark

Vivante today announced it became the first mobile GPU vendor to publicly and successfully demonstrate Basemark® ES 3.0 in customer silicon.

• CircuitSutra releases SystemC Model Library for Virtual Platforms