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Nordic to acquire AI/ML technology in the US (Thursday Aug. 24, 2023)
Nordic Semiconductor today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the IP portfolio of US-based artificial intelligence and machine learning company Atlazo.
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AMD Acquires Mipsology to Deepen AI Inference Software Capabilities (Thursday Aug. 24, 2023)
I am pleased to share that today we welcome the talented team from Mipsology, a leader in AI software and long-standing AMD partner based in Palaiseau, France, to the AMD family.
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Groq Selects Samsung Foundry to Bring Next-gen LPU™ to the AI Acceleration Market (Thursday Aug. 24, 2023)
Groq, an artificial intelligence (AI) inference systems innovator, today announced it has contracted with Samsung's growing Foundry business to be its next-gen silicon partner, solidifying Groq's product roadmap with a US-based foundry services provider.
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Synopsys Completes Acquisition of PikeTec GmbH (Thursday Aug. 24, 2023)
Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) today announced it has completed the acquisition of PikeTec GmbH. PikeTec is one of the leaders in solutions for the testing and verification of automotive software for control unit systems.
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Arm Announces Public Filing of Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering (Monday Aug. 21, 2023)
Arm Holdings Limited (“Arm”) today announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) relating to the proposed initial public offering of American depositary shares (“ADS”) representing its ordinary shares.
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Silicon Motion Terminates Merger Agreement with MaxLinear and Intends to Pursue Substantial Damages in Excess of the Agreement's Termination Fee Due to MaxLinear's Willful and Material Breaches of the Merger Agreement (Thursday Aug. 17, 2023)
Silicon Motion’s position is that MaxLinear’s Willful and Material Breaches of the Merger Agreement prevented the merger from being completed by August 7, 2023.
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Creonic Engages in Numerous Research Projects within the 6G Platform (Thursday Aug. 17, 2023)
Creonic, the leading provider of IP cores for satellite communications, proudly announces its active participation in multiple cutting-edge research projects within the realm of the 6G Platform.
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Intel Announces Termination of Tower Semiconductor Acquisition (Wednesday Aug. 16, 2023)
Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) today announced that it has mutually agreed with Tower Semiconductor (Nasdaq: TSEM) to terminate its previously disclosed agreement to acquire Tower due to the inability to obtain in a timely manner the regulatory approvals required under the merger agreement, dated Feb. 15, 2022.
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Tower Announces Termination of Intel Acquisition Agreement (Wednesday Aug. 16, 2023)
Tower Semiconductor (NASDAQ: TSEM & TASE: TSEM), today announced it has mutually agreed with Intel Corporation to terminate their previously announced merger agreement entered into in February 2022.
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Certus Semiconductor Partners with Pragma Design for Embedded ESD Detection Technology (Wednesday Aug. 16, 2023)
Certus Semiconductor is delighted to announce a strategic collaboration with Pragma Design, a distinguished name in innovative electronic design solutions. This partnership marks a significant leap forward in advancing Embedded Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Detection Technology.
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Intel and Synopsys Expand Partnership to Enable Leading IP on Intel Advanced Process Nodes (Tuesday Aug. 15, 2023)
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to expand the companies’ long-standing IP (intellectual property) and EDA (electronic design automation) strategic partnership with the development of a portfolio of IP on Intel 3 and Intel 18A for Intel’s foundry customers.
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CEVA Joins Samsung SAFE™ Foundry Program to Accelerate Chip Design for the Mobile, Consumer, Automotive, Wireless Infrastructure and IoT Markets (Monday Aug. 14, 2023)
CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies and custom SoC solutions, today announced that it has joined the Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem (SAFE™) to streamline chip design and accelerate time-to-market for CEVA licensees using Samsung's advanced foundry processes.
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Rambus Initiates $100 Million Accelerated Share Repurchase Program (Friday Aug. 11, 2023)
Rambus today announced that it initiated an accelerated share repurchase program with Royal Bank of Canada, through its agent RBC Capital Markets, LLC to repurchase an aggregate of approximately $100 million of its common stock.
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Socionext Strengthens Design and Development Capabilities with New Office in Bangalore, India (Friday Aug. 11, 2023)
Socionext, a global leader in the design and development of innovative System-on-Chip products, will open its new branch office in Bangalore, India, to bolster its engineering resources to support the companyʼs global business expansion.
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Allegro MicroSystems to Acquire Crocus Technology to Accelerate Innovation in TMR Sensing Technology (Wednesday Aug. 09, 2023)
Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (“Allegro”) (Nasdaq: ALGM), a global leader in power and sensing semiconductor technology for motion control and energy efficient systems, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Crocus Technology (“Crocus”) for $420 million in cash.
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TSMC Board of Directors Meeting Resolutions (Tuesday Aug. 08, 2023)
TSMC Board of Directors Meeting Resolutions
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Leading Semiconductor Industry Players Join Forces to Accelerate RISC-V (Tuesday Aug. 08, 2023)
Semiconductor industry players Robert Bosch GmbH, Infineon Technologies AG, Nordic Semiconductor, NXP® Semiconductors, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., have come together to jointly invest in a company aimed at advancing the adoption of RISC-V globally by enabling next-generation hardware development.
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TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, and NXP Establish Joint Venture to Bring Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing to Europe (Tuesday Aug. 08, 2023)
TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM), Robert Bosch GmbH, Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY), and NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced a plan to jointly invest in European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC) GmbH, in Dresden, Germany to provide advanced semiconductor manufacturing services.
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Tenstorrent Raises a $100M Strategic Up-round Co-led by Hyundai Motor Group and the Samsung Catalyst Fund (Monday Aug. 07, 2023)
Tenstorrent is pleased to announce that it closed a $100M strategic financing up-round led by Hyundai Motor Group and Samsung Catalyst Fund, with participation from Fidelity Ventures, Eclipse Ventures, Epiq Capital, Maverick Capital, and more.
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Renesas to Acquire Cellular IoT Technology Leader Sequans Through Tender Offer (Monday Aug. 07, 2023)
The Acquisition of Sequans Will Allow Renesas to Extend More Comprehensive IoT Solution Offering
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Cadence to Acquire Rambus PHY IP Assets (Friday Jul. 21, 2023)
Cadence Design Systems and Rambus today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Cadence to acquire the Rambus SerDes and memory interface PHY IP business. Rambus will retain its digital IP business, including memory and interface controllers and security IP.
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Arm expands open-source partnerships to reinforce commitment to open collaboration (Thursday Jul. 20, 2023)
A key tenet for Arm and our ecosystem is collaboration across the open-source community to create a strongly curated Arm architecture that is more stable for software to land on, enabling millions of developers worldwide to test and build their applications.
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Thalia Secures $2.7 Million Funding to Strengthen Position as Leading IP Reuse Partner for Semiconductor Industry (Thursday Jul. 20, 2023)
Thalia, a prominent analog IP reuse specialist, has announced the successful completion of a substantial funding round, propelling the company into its next phase of growth. The $2.7 million (£2.125 million) investment is lead by Mercia Ventures, who has backed the company since 2014, alongside continued support from Deepbridge Capital and private investor Guillaume d’Eyssautier.
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GMAC Intelligence Goes Big with BrainChip Partnership (Monday Jul. 17, 2023)
BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF, ADR: BCHPY), the world’s first commercial producer of ultra-low power, fully digital, event- based, neuromorphic AI IP, welcomes AI/ML software company GMAC Intelligence as a partner to its Essential AI ecosystem.
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European Commission Approves Broadcom's Acquisition of VMware (Thursday Jul. 13, 2023)
Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO), a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, received conditional approval today from the European Commission to complete its acquisition of VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW).
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Crypto Quantique Selected for European Innovation Council (EIC) Grant Funding (Wednesday Jul. 12, 2023)
Crypto Quantique, a leading provider of quantum-based security solutions for the internet of things (IoT), today announced that it has been selected to receive European Innovation Council (EIC) funding via a growth grant for its submission on Quantum secure cryptography to secure IoT devices in deep submicron nodes.
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EUROPRACTICE starts offering access to Pragmatic's flexible integrated circuit foundry services through imec (Wednesday Jul. 05, 2023)
EUROPRACTICE Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) services will now offer flexible integrated circuit fabrication from Pragmatic Semiconductor, headquartered in Cambridge, UK. Within the EUROPRACTICE consortium, imec will be the partner that provides customers with access to Pragmatic’s technologies and technical support.
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ADTechnology Joins Synopsys IP OEM Partner Program (Monday Jul. 03, 2023)
ADTechnology today announced that they have joined the Synopsys IP OEM Partner Program to gain access to Synopsys' broad portfolio of leading IP solutions targeting Samsung Foundry advanced process technologies.
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Celestial AI, the Creator of the Photonic Fabric Optical Interconnect Technology Platform, Raises $100 Million in Series B Funding (Thursday Jun. 29, 2023)
Celestial AI, the Photonic Fabric™ company, today announced it has raised $100 million in Series B funding led by IAG Capital Partners, Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) and Temasek’s Xora Innovation fund.
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BrainChip Selects IPro Silicon IP to Serve Israel's high growth AI market (Monday Jun. 26, 2023)
BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF, ADR: BCHPY), the world’s first commercial producer of ultra-low power, fully digital, event-based, neuromorphic AI IP, has selected IPro Silicon IP Ltd. to expand its sales presence in Israel.