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Inno-Logic announced today the release of their USB3.0 OTG controller IP. Innovative Logic is the first company to announce the release of USB3.0 OTG controller IP.
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Imagination has updated its current portfolio of MIPS Aptiv cores, extending each of the Aptiv families with new core configurations. In addition, later this year Imagination will start rolling out an entire generation of new MIPS CPUs, including 32-bit and 64-bit cores.
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Synopsys today announced the industry's first M-PCIe interoperability demonstration. The demonstration shows the successful interoperability between M-PCIe interfaces from Synopsys and Intel using M-PCIe-based switch and endpoint devices.
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Chips&Media has unveiled its innovative bandwidth saving technology to deliver premium 4K video content with merely a half memory bandwidth.
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Total inventory held by semiconductor suppliers declined significantly in the first quarter as excess stockpiles created during the global economic malaise of 2012 were cleared away, done in anticipation of a resurgence in consumer demand for electronic products expected by the second half of 2013.
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Marking a dramatic shift in business strategy, Nvidia announced today that it will begin licensing current and future GPU and modem technology to other silicon vendors.
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VeriSilicon announced today the availability of Hantro G2 multi-format video decoder IP to support ultra HD 4K video decoding for HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding, aka H.265) video coding standard. The G2 IP also adds support for the upcoming VP9 web video format from the WebM Project.
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GDA Technologies and Mixel today announced the availability of a complete solution for the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI®) supporting M-PHY Universal Flash Storage (UFS) use-case. This joint solution consists of the Mixel MIPI M-PHY (Physical Layer) and the GDA MIPI UniproSM and UFS Cores delivered as silicon Intellectual Property (IP).
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Dolphin Integration blows it all by providing Audio Codecs with their new BassPower headphone feature. This innovation has been implemented in response to economical market constraints, thanks to its very low silicon area enabling a significant cost reduction of the Bill of Material.
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Cadence today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the IP business of Poland-based Evatronix, SA SKA.
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Arasan announced today the release of its SSIC Adapter IP, supporting the USB 3.0 specification for USB Superspeed Inter-Chip (SSIC).
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Imagination Technologies reports that it has signed a license agreement with Toshiba Corporation for a range of technologies from Imagination’s Ensigma connectivity and PowerVR graphics and video families.
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Generation 10 devices are optimized based on process technology and architecture to deliver the industry’s highest performance and highest levels of system integration at the lowest power.
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Intel's new microprocessor, Haswell, won’t revive a sagging PC market or give Intel a huge leg up in tablets from what I hear.
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Northwest Logic today announced that its PCI Express® (PCIe®) 3.0 solution, including the Expresso 3.0 Core (PCI Express 3.0 Controller Core) and Expresso DMA Core passed all Gold and Interoperability tests at the April 2013 PCI-SIG® Compliance Workshop. This testing was done with 8 lanes running at 8 Gbit/s SERDES rates at the first official PCIe 3.0 compliance workshop.
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Microchip Technology, through its Silicon Storage Technology (SST) subsidiary, and Novocell Semiconductor, Inc. (Novocell) today announced that Microchip and SST have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Novocell.
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True Circuits announced today the introduction of a new high performance DDR 4/3 PHY with state-of-the-art tuning and training, and remarkable physical flexibility to adapt to each customer's die floorplan and package. The DDR 4/3 PHY has been developed using the powerful custom design automation tools that have made TCI's line of high performance PLLs and DLLs a staple in the semiconductor industry for over 15 years.