D&R Headline News (May 2014)

Headlines for Friday May. 30, 2014

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New 8051 IP Core Matches Legacy Timing and Peripherals for Easy System Life Extension

Continuing to use the hundreds of thousands of old systems built around 8051 microcontroller chips has become easier and highly cost-effective with a flexible new 8051 IP core available from semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc.

• Apple's IoT 'Good Housekeeping' Label: MFi
• True Circuits Showcases Revolutionary DDR 4/3 PHY and latest PLL and DLL Hard Macros at DAC
• Arasan Chip Systems Announces Availability of ONFI 3.2 NAND Flash Controller IP & PHY Solution
• G-Analog to Release GMIG, the World's Fastest Layout Migration and Prototyping Tool

Headlines for Thursday May. 29, 2014

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Memoir Systems' High Performance Renaissance Memories Available for ARM 16nm FinFET Physical IP

Memoir Systems Inc., today announced availability of its Renaissance soft memory IP for ARM® Artisan® physical IP targeting TSMC 16nm FinFET-Plus (16FF+) designs. Based on Memoir’s award-winning Algorithmic Memory® technology, Renaissance Memories provide additional memory ports delivering up to 16x memory operations per cycle for ARM Artisan SRAM IP.

• Elliptic Technologies Joins the Fido Alliance for Stronger Authentication Standards
• Avery Design Systems Revs PCIe and eMMC VIP and Introduces VIPs for HMC, LRDIMM, Soundwire, UHS-II, and CAN FD
• Sidense SHF Embedded Memory Macros Target High-Performance and Low-Power Applications in TSMC 28nm Processes
• Synopsys Introduces DesignWare ARC Processors Optimized for Low-Power Embedded DSP Applications
• Energy-Saving 2.5D Graphics Accelerator Gets Better Performance and Android OS Support
• Nangate Releases 15nm Open Source Digital Cell Library
• Why Intel-Rockchip Tie-Up Matters
• Will Expediency Make Intel an ARM Mali Licensee?
• ARM to Acquire Duolog Technologies
• NetSpeed Systems Aims to Revolutionize the Design of SoCs with On-Chip Network Solution
• Avery Design Systems Targets Low Power Retention Register Synthesis

Headlines for Wednesday May. 28, 2014

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CAST 8051 IP Subsystem for CAN FD Transceiver Development Utilized by ON Semiconductor

With a reputation for supplying energy-efficient, leading-edge electronics like CAN Bus Transceiver chips for automotive applications, ON Semiconductor Corporation wanted to be early-to-market with the brand new, next-generation CAN Flexible Data Bus. The Brno (Czech Republic) engineers tasked with this faced one fundamental challenge: Where would they find a CAN FD controller to test with?

• Intel Enters into Strategic Agreement with Rockchip to Accelerate, Expand Portfolio of Intel-Based Solutions for Tablets
• Allegro DVT showcases its HEVC/H.265 Video Encoder IP at DAC 2014
• Silicon Creations Provides CERN with High-Performance SerDes IP

Headlines for Tuesday May. 27, 2014

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Cadence Offers Production Proven USB 3.0 Host Controller IP

Cadence today announced that a production proven host controller IP for USB 3.0 has been added to the Cadence IP offering. The Cadence® USB 3.0 xHCI host controller IP was originally developed by Fresco Logic.

• Breker Verification Systems, Truechip Solutions Partner to Provide Interoperable, High-Quality Verification IP Environment
• Altera Delivers Early Access Software for Next-Generation, Non-volatile FPGAs
• Synopsys and TSMC Collaborate to Validate DesignWare IP in TSMC 16-nm FinFET Process
• Grain Media Launches Its 4Kx2K IPcam SoC Solutions by Adopting Faraday's Serial Interface (MIPI/Sub-LVDS/HiSPi) Technology
• Inuitive Introduce NU3000 ASIC, The Industry's Most Advanced 3D imaging and computer vision processor for PCs, laptops, tablets, smartphones and consumer devices
• Arasan Chip Systems Presents MIPI D-PHY, M-PHY and USB 2.0 IP at the 51st DAC

Headlines for Monday May. 26, 2014

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35 IC Vendors already adopted Allegro DVT HEVC/H.265 Compliance Streams

At DAC 2014, just 18 months after introduction, Allegro DVT is pleased to announce having licensed its HEVC/H.265 compliance streams to 35 major IC vendors in China, Europe, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the U.S.

• New foundry-sponsored sROMet TITAN available at TSMC 55 nm HV
• Dolphin Integration enable Dongbu HiTek's users to benefit from their ultra high density standard cell library

Headlines for Friday May. 23, 2014

• Microchip Technology Announces Acquisition of ISSC Technologies

Headlines for Thursday May. 22, 2014

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Synopsys Unveils Industry's First Complete PCI Express 4.0 IP Solution

Synopsys today introduced the industry's first complete PCI Express 4.0 IP solution, consisting of DesignWare PHY, controllers and verification IP (VIP) targeting enterprise computing applications such as servers, networking, storage systems and solid state drives (SSDs).

• Global Leader in Flash Memory Storage Adopts Arrow Devices' JEDEC UFS and MIPI Solutions
• New Business Model: Flexible Silos
• OmniPhy Announces 2.5v I/O Transistor based Mixed Signal PHY Availability in TSMC 28nm HPM
• Leading technology companies form open source foundation 'prpl' supporting 'datacenter to device' portability
• Imagination and Oracle collaborate to enhance Java for embedded and the Internet of Things
• Synopsys Posts Financial Results for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2014
• GUC Unveils Its First 16nm IP

Headlines for Wednesday May. 21, 2014

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Mentor Graphics Acquires Nimbic, Inc.

Mentor Graphics today announced that it has acquired Nimbic, Inc., a leading provider of Maxwell-accurate, 3D full-wave electromagnetic (EM) simulation solutions. Nimbic’s high-performance high-end simulation capability and ability to accurately calculate complex electromagnetic fields will expand and strengthen Mentor’s chip-package-board simulation portfolio.

• Cadence Announces New Integrated Solution for Rapid Die-Package Interconnect Planning
• Uniquify Announces UniquiPHY DDR System Analyzer

Headlines for Tuesday May. 20, 2014

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Cadence and ARM Expand Collaboration for 64-bit Processor Designs

Cadence today announced the signing of the first EDA Technology Access Agreement with ARM that includes access to the ARM v8-A 64-bit architecture in the ARM Cortex-A50 processor series. This agreement also provides access to ARMv7 32-bit processor technology, ARM Mali GPUs (graphic processor units), System IP and ARM Artisan® libraries.

• Uniquify Announces Immediate Availability of LPDDR4 Memory Subsystem IP
• Fingerprint Cards Acquires Anacatum Design
• Increase in First Quarter 2014 Silicon Wafer Shipments
• SMIC Offers Stable and Robust Wafer Productions for Fingerprint Sensors
• IP Cores, Inc. Ships an FPGA Version of Its 100 Gbps MACsec Statistics IP Core
• Cadence Offers Immediate Availability of DDR4 PHY IP on TSMC 16nm FinFET Process
• CSR Selects Cadence Palladium XP Platform for Development of ARM-based Automotive Infotainment Systems
• Cadence Extends Spectre XPS to Support Mixed-Signal Designs
• IPextreme Welcomes Truechip to Constellations
• Uniquify Offers 10-Minute Mini-Webinar on DSCL for Achieving the World's Fastest DDR

Headlines for Monday May. 19, 2014

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Sonics Introduces Next-Generation Development Environment To Ease Semiconductor IP Integration For Heterogeneous Multicore SoCs

Sonics today introduced its next-generation SonicsStudio development environment that addresses the integration challenges of complex system-on-chip (SoC) designs that include multiple processor and intellectual property (IP) cores

• Vitesse Licenses Gigabit Ethernet IP Cores To Freescale
• Intel gains, Nvidia flat, and AMD loses graphics market share in Q1

Headlines for Friday May. 16, 2014

• SMIC and Other Groups Collaborate to Setup the "IC Advanced Technology Research Institute" to Put Research Into the Fast Lane
• Imagination's PowerVR Rogue GPUs are shipping in mass volume with 32- and 64-bit platforms for mobile and beyond
• FDSOI: Is Cadence, Not Samsung, the Tipping Point?
• Startup Faces SoC, Gender Challenges
• Chips&Media's world first HEVC Codec IP with 10bit support licensed to semiconductor companies

Headlines for Thursday May. 15, 2014

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Cadence Announces Immediate Availability of Industry's First Verification IP for PCI Express 4.0 Technology

Cadence today announced the availability of the industry's first verification IP (VIP) supporting PCI Express® (PCIe®) 4.0 architecture. This VIP enables designers to quickly and thoroughly complete the functional verification for their system-on-chip (SoC) designs with less effort and greater assurance that the design will operate as expected.

• Cadence Announces Availability of IP Solutions on 28nm FD-SOI Process
• MediaTek, SK Hynix, AMD, and Micron Sales Surge in 1Q14!
• Is 450mm Dead In The Water?
• Videantis celebrates 10-year anniversary as a leading video semiconductor IP supplier
• Uniquify Delivers High-Performance DDR3 Memory System Running in Low-Cost, Wire Bond Package
• Mars Photos from Curiosity Compressed On Demand Using JPEG Encoder IP Core in MSSS Camera System
• IPextreme Welcomes Methods2Business to Constellations, Helps Company Plant Flag in the Semiconductor IP Market
• HDL Design House Adopts ARM Engineer Accreditation Program
• Rambus Joins JEDEC Committee to Advance Server Memory Systems
• Intel's Foundry Goal: Next-Gen Systems?
• Samsung and STMicroelectronics Sign Strategic Agreement to Expand 28nm FD-SOI Technology

Headlines for Wednesday May. 14, 2014

• IP Workshop at 51st DAC: "Driving Quality to the Desktop of the DAC Engineer"

Headlines for Tuesday May. 13, 2014

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Arasan Chip Systems Announces the Industry's First SD 4.1 and eMMC 5.0 Combined Host Controller

Arasan announced today the availability of the industry’s first combined SD 4.1, SDIO 4.1, eMMC 5.0 Host Controller. Arasan’s long-standing active contributor status to both SDA and JEDEC allows a first to market advantage with both storage card and embedded Flash memory controllers for mobile applications.

• eASIC Announces Support for GigaChip Interface
• IP Integration: Not a Simple Operation
• Sonics Appoints New Asia Sales Director
• Xilinx Ships First Virtex UltraScale FPGA and Expands Industry's Only 20nm High-End Family for 500G on a Single Chip
• Kilopass' Gusto Ultra-Low Power NVM IP for Code Storage Enabled on UMC 55nm LP Process
• Forward Concepts Forecasts LTE Baseband Market to Grow 47% in 2014
• VESA Adds "Adaptive-Sync" to Popular DisplayPort Video Standard
• Imagination Technologies shares program for Imagination Summit 2014: "Inspiring Tomorrow's Connected World"
• IPextreme Leverages New DAC 2014 Focus on IP
• HiSilicon Expands Cadence Palladium XP Platform Usage For Mobile and Digital Media SoC and ASIC Development

Headlines for Monday May. 12, 2014

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Chips&Media Licenses AVS+ IP to Over 10 Customers

Chips&Media announced today that its CODA966 and CODA988, the first AVS+ enabled cores, have been licensed to over 10 customers. Chinese new video and audio coding standard (AVS+) has been applied to Chinese domestic satellite high definition digital TV broadcast channels and six CCTV HD channels.

• IP To Meet 2.5D Requirements
• Argon Streams update includes HEVC Range Extensions
• Silicon Image Reference Design Partnership with MediaTek Gains Additional MHL Smartphone Design Wins
• Do Auto MCUs Need Proprietary Flash?
• Achronix Announces PCI-SIG Compliance for Hardened PCI Express on Speedster22i FPGAs
• TSMC April 2014 Revenue Report
• MEMOIR SYSTEMS named a Gartner "cool vendor" in Semiconductor, 2014

Headlines for Friday May. 09, 2014

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ON Semiconductor Introduces New Qualified IP Blocks on its 180 nm Process Leading to Reduced Time to Market

ON Semiconductor has announced the availability of new qualified intellectual property (IP) on its proprietary ONC18 180 nanometer (nm) process technology. The newly qualified circuit blocks will help ON Semiconductor’s foundry (GDS2) interface customers minimize the risk of the need for silicon re-spins and therefore help reduce development costs and shorten time-to-market for new designs.

• SilabTech to exhibit at Design Automation Conference
• Argon Design licenses Argon Streams to ARM
• Chukong Technologies and ARM Raise the Bar for Mobile Gaming Performance
• UMC Reports Sales for April 2014

Headlines for Thursday May. 08, 2014

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Uniquify Demonstrates Fastest DDR4 Memory Performance in Silicon for TSMC's 28HPM Process Technology

Uniquify announced today it has achieved the industry’s fastest DDR4 performance in silicon of 2800 megabits per second (Mbps). The combination of Uniquify’s adaptive DDR4 intellectual property (IP) and SK Hynix’s high-performance DDR4 SDRAM memory components is operating at 2800Mbps in a system implemented using TSMC’s 28HPM process technology.

• Synopsys Introduces Optimized DTS-HD Decoder for DesignWare ARC Audio Processors
• Can ARM succeed in the entry-level server space?
• Wearable SoC: Let DSP Do 'Always Listening' Chores
• 12-bit Extended JPEG Decoder Further Extends Compression Options Available from CAST

Headlines for Wednesday May. 07, 2014

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Intel Should Exit Mobile, Analyst Says

Analysts at JP Morgan are calling for Intel to shut down its mobile and communications group to improve corporate profitability in the wake of poor earnings per share in the first quarter of 2014. But the x86 giant and at least one other analyst said the company should stay the course in the hotly competitive smartphone and tablet market.

• Taiwanese and Chinese Companies Represented Five of the Eight Fastest Growing Top-25 Fabless IC Suppliers in 2013
• ARM: Days of China copying Western tech are ending
• GLOBALFOUNDRIES Introduces 55nm Automotive-Specific Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Platform
• Synopsys Establishes Center of Excellence with Freescale to Speed Development of Automotive Electronic Systems Software
• D&R announces a new version of its IP and EDA Tools Enterprise Management Platform (IPMS V9)
• Peregrine Semiconductor Ships First UltraCMOS 10 Production Units
• Silicon Image Completes Acquisition of UpdateLogic, Inc.
• Stars of IP Party Expands for DAC 2014 in San Francisco

Headlines for Tuesday May. 06, 2014

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IP Cores, Inc. Announces NIST SP800-90B Update for Its True Random IP Cores

IP Cores, Inc. announces compact version of its true random IP cores compliant with the new revisions of the NIST SP800-90Arev1, SP800-90B, SP800-90C.

• Imperas Announces ARMv8 ISS and ARMv8 Platform Roadmap
• GUC Monthly Sales Report - April 2014
• AMD Unveils Ambidextrous Computing Roadmap

Headlines for Monday May. 05, 2014

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Altera Customers Achieve Industry Milestone - Realizing 2X Core Performance Gain with Stratix 10 FPGAs and SoCs

Altera today announced Stratix® 10 FPGA and SoC customers are successfully achieving the anticipated 2X core performance gain in their designs compared to previous generation high-performance programmable devices.

• Wearables Need Tailored SoCs
• Global Semiconductor Industry Posts Highest-Ever First Quarter Sales
• DCD's I2C IP Core requires no programming

Headlines for Friday May. 02, 2014

• Kilopass to Exhibit at Five TSMC 2014 Technology Symposium Events in China, Taiwan, The Netherlands, Israel, Japan

Headlines for Thursday May. 01, 2014

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Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGAs are First 20nm Devices to Achieve PCI Express Compliance

Xilinx today announced that its Kintex® UltraScale™ FPGAs are the first 20nm devices to achieve PCI Express® compliance and are now listed on the PCI-SIG® integrator's list. The Kintex UltraScale FPGAs, with integrated Endpoint blocks for PCI Express enabling high performance applications, passed rigorous electrical, protocol, and interoperability tests at the latest PCI-SIG event held on April 3, 2014.

• Mellanox Technologies Standardizes on Synopsys' Design Compiler Graphical
• ARM Holdings PLC Announces Retirement of CFO in May 2015