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• Argon Design licenses Argon Streams VP9 to Renesas Electronics (Wednesday Feb. 03, 2016)
  Argon Design Ltd, a leading supplier of advanced video verification solutions, has signed licensing and support agreements for Argon Streams VP9 with Japanese semiconductor company Renesas Electronics Corporation.
  
  
• Arteris announces 9 new IP licensees in 2015 (Tuesday Feb. 02, 2016)
  Arteris customers added during 2015 include SK Hynix, ZTE, Beijing Pinecone, Sequans Communications, Montage Technology, Blu Wireless Technology, and three as of yet undisclosed automotive and consumer electronics customers.
  
  
• Chips&Media has licensed its VP9 and HEVC multi decoder IP to Nexell and other 5 chip manufacturers (Tuesday Feb. 02, 2016)
  Chips&Media Inc. announced that six worldwide major SoC makers have licensed WAVE412 Multi-format Decoder IP. WAVE412 is world’s first VP9 and HEVC combo decoder IP in a single core with super compact size.
  
  
• Cobham Announces QML V Qualification of their MRAM's with IP from Everspin Technologies, Inc. (Monday Feb. 01, 2016)
  Cobham Semiconductor Solutions announces QML V certification of their non-volatile products using Magnetoresistive Random-Access Memory (MRAM) intellectual property from Everspin Technologies, Inc.
  
  
• Truechip announces first customer shipment of Interlaken and MIPI DSI Comprehensive Verification IP (CVIP) (Thursday Jan. 28, 2016)
  Truechip Solutions, the verification IP specialist, announced today that it has shipped early adopter versions of its Interlaken and MIPI DSI Comprehensive Verification IP (CVIP) to its partners in the early adoption program.
  
  
• AMD Extends Patent License Agreement with Rambus (Monday Jan. 25, 2016)
  Rambus Inc. today announced that it has extended its patent license agreement with Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD). Under the terms of the agreement, AMD will continue to be licensed for its integrated circuit and circuit board products for an additional five years. Specific terms of the agreement are confidential.
  
  
• Palma Ceia SemiDesign Selected by LG Electronics to Provide Analog IP for Advanced WiFi (Monday Jan. 25, 2016)
  Palma Ceia SemiDesign, a provider of analog and RF IP for next-generation WiFi and mobile communications, today announced LG Electronics has selected Palma Ceia as its IP partner in the development of next-generation WiFi chipsets.
  
  
• Rambus Cryptography Research CryptoMedia Platform to be Integrated into Kaleidescape Home Cinema Products (Friday Jan. 22, 2016)
  Rambus today announced that its Cryptography Research division has signed an agreement with Kaleidescape, Inc., the leading provider of premium home movie players, servers, and downloaded content, to integrate its CryptoMedia platform into the Kaleidescape Strato Movie Player, the first 4K Ultra HD high-dynamic-range (HDR) movie player for the home.
  
  
• Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect IP is Licensed by ZTE (Tuesday Jan. 19, 2016)
  Arteris today announced that ZTE has licensed Arteris® FlexNoC IP for use in its systems-on-chip (SoC).
  
  
• Arteris FlexNoC Physical Interconnect IP is Licensed by Renesas Electronics Europe for use in High-End SoCs (Tuesday Jan. 12, 2016)
  Arteris today announced that Renesas Electronics Europe has licensed Arteris® FlexNoC Physical™ IP for use in its High-End SoC business division.
  
  
• Sonics signs first customer for ICE-Grain Power Architecture and closes 2015 with five new SonicsGN NoC licenses (Tuesday Jan. 12, 2016)
  Sonics today announced that it has signed an agreement with the first customer for the company’s ICE-Grain™ Power Architecture that was introduced in May 2015. The customer, a global player in the consumer electronics and semiconductor industries, will incorporate Sonics’ hardware-based power management and control technology into a high-volume mobile application.
  
  
• DMP licenses GPU IP core "SMAPH-F" for Renesas Electronics' SoCs for Office Appliances (Tuesday Jan. 12, 2016)
  DMP today announced that it has licensed the DMP GPU core, SMAPH-F, to Renesas Electronics Corporation, for its SoCs (system-on-chips) for office appliances.
  
  
• Synopsys DesignWare IP Enables First-Pass Silicon Success for SK Hynix Universal Flash Storage Device (Wednesday Jan. 06, 2016)
  Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), today announced that SK Hynix has achieved first-pass silicon success for its 64 GB Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 2.0 device using Synopsys' DesignWare® UFS Host Controller, UniPro Host Controller and M-PHY IP
  
  
• Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect IP is Licensed for use in Select Samsung SUHD TV Models (Wednesday Jan. 06, 2016)
  Arteris today announced that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., has licensed Arteris FlexNoC interconnect IP for extensive use within in its Visual Display business. Samsung is a long-term Arteris FlexNoC IP user, having first licensed Arteris IP in 2010.
  
  
• Celeno Adopts CEVA DSP for High Performance 802.11ac Wave 2 4x4 Products (Monday Jan. 04, 2016)
  CEVA announced today that Celeno Communications has licensed and deployed the CEVA-XC DSP for its 802.11ac Wave 2 4x4 Wi-Fi chip portfolio.
  
  
• iCatch Technology Selects Synopsys' DesignWare IP Portfolio for Digital Video and Image SoCs (Thursday Dec. 17, 2015)
  Synopsys today announced that iCatch Technology has selected Synopsys' portfolio of silicon-proven DesignWare® IP, scalable FPGA-based prototyping system and trusted professional design services for its digital video and image system-on-chip (SoC).
  
  
• Analogix and Pinecone Collaborate on USB-C Technology (Monday Dec. 14, 2015)
  Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. and Beijing Pinecone Electronics Co. Ltd., today announced their licensing agreement of Analogix’s Intellectual Property (IP) for USB-C™ technology.
  
  
• InvenSense Provides High-Accuracy Turn-By-Turn Navigation User Experience To HiSilicon Mobile Platforms And Huawei Smartphones (Monday Dec. 14, 2015)
  InvenSense today announced that the InvenSense Positioning Library (IPL) software sensor-assisted positioning technology has been licensed by Huawei for incorporation into the Kirin 950 mobile application processor platforms.
  
  
• Allegro DVT AnnounceS the Adoption of its HEVC System Compliance Streams by TPV. (Thursday Dec. 10, 2015)
  Allegro DVT announces that TPV, a worldwide leading manufacturer of monitors and LCD TVs, has adopted Allegro DVT’s DVB HEVC System compliance streams for the validation of a new range of HEVC-enabled LCD TV models.
  
  
• SKY5000 Dual Card Reader Chip from Synic Solution is based on Cortus APS23 (Thursday Dec. 10, 2015)
  Synic Solution, a specialist in secure access and Cortus, a technology leader in low power, silicon efficient, 32-bit processor IP, announced that the Synic SKY5000 integrated Dual Card Reader solution uses a Cortus APS23 core to enable the flexible implementation of user applications.
  
  
• TLi goes to Silicon with Arasan UFS IP (Tuesday Dec. 08, 2015)
  TLi, a leading Korean semiconductor company that had previously licensed Arasan’s UFS Device Controller IP and its MPHY supporting up to Gear 3 speeds, has now gone to silicon with Arasan’s UFS offering. TLi is the latest company to join the ranks of several others that have successfully gone to silicon with Arasan’s UFS Total IP Solution.
  
  
• Sonics Adds Three New NoC Licensees in China (Tuesday Dec. 08, 2015)
  Sonics, Inc., the world’s foremost supplier of on-chip network (NoC) technologies and services, today announced that it has signed three new licensees of SonicsGN®, the company’s flagship interconnect product, in China.
  
  
• Artosyn Licenses SonicsGN On-Chip Network to Integrate Drone SoC (Tuesday Dec. 08, 2015)
  Sonics today announced that Artosyn Microelectronics (Shanghai, China) has licensed SonicsGN®, the company’s flagship NoC product. Artosyn is using SonicsGN as the IP integration technology for a new system-on-chip (SoC) design that combines several drone functions, which were previously separate chips, into a single device.
  
  
• Chinese Game Developer Perfect World Licenses ARM Enlighten Global Illumination (Wednesday Dec. 02, 2015)
  Geomerics, an ARM company, today announced that leading Chinese gaming company Perfect World has licensed Enlighten™, the advanced global illumination technology, to deliver richer graphics in its highly anticipated mobile titles.
  
  
• LG Electronics (LGE) Licenses Rambus Cryptography Research's CryptoManager Security Platform (Tuesday Dec. 01, 2015)
  Cryptography Research, the security division of Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS), today announced that LG Electronics (LGE), a global technology leader in consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile communications, has licensed the CryptoManager™ security platform for its next-gen mobile devices.
  
  
• Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect IP is Licensed by SK Hynix for Solid State Storage Device (SSD) Controllers (Friday Nov. 13, 2015)
  Arteris today announced that SK Hynix, Inc., has licensed Arteris FlexNoC IP for use in its solid state memory storage products, including SSD controllers.
  
  
• Wave Semiconductor Selects Andes Technology for Embedded Core Wave to Use N9 5-Stage Pipeline CPU Core (Wednesday Nov. 11, 2015)
  Andes Technology today announced that Wave Semiconductor has licensed Andes low power, N9 32-bit, 5-stage pipeline CPU core and Andes AE210P peripherals for a new chip design.
  
  
• Northwest Logic Uses Avery Design System’s High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) Model to Verify Its High-Performance HBM Controller IP Core (Tuesday Nov. 10, 2015)
  Northwest Logic and Avery Design Systems today announced that Northwest’s High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) Controller Core has been verified utilizing Avery’s HBM memory model.
  
  
• Beijing Pinecone Licenses Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect IP for Smartphone Application Processors (Monday Nov. 09, 2015)
  Arteris today announced that Beijing Pinecone Electronics Co., Ltd, has licensed Arteris FlexNoC IP for use in its smartphone application processor chipsets.
  
  
• Blu Wireless Licenses Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect IP for HYDRA WiGig and 4G Backhaul Subsystems (Tuesday Nov. 03, 2015)
  Arteris today announced that Blu Wireless Technology has licensed Arteris FlexNoC interconnect IP for use in its HYDRA WiGig and 60GHz millimeter wave baseband IP.