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• SMSC Inter-Chip Connectivity Technology Licensed by Samsung (Friday Oct. 14, 2011)
  SMSC announced today that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd (Samsung) has licensed SMSC's patented Inter-Chip Connectivity(TM) (ICC) technology.
  
  
• Imperas Cooperates with Renesas Electronics on Verification of OVP Fast Processor Models of Renesas V850 Cores (Wednesday Oct. 12, 2011)
  Imperas today announced that Imperas and Renesas Electronics Corporation have been cooperating on the verification of the Open Virtual Platforms Fast Processor Models of the Renesas V850 cores. These models are being used with the OVPsim(TM) virtual platform simulator, usually for software testing of automotive electronics applications.
  
  
• Gemalto Select Keil Tools for ARM Processor-based Smartcard Development (Tuesday Oct. 11, 2011)
  Keil MDK-ARM™ development environment has been selected by Gemalto as the toolchain for all its ARM processor-based smartcard development.
  
  
• Evatronix Develops MIPI SLIMbus IP To Help LnK Introduce their New Product - I2S to SLIMbus Audio Bridge (Monday Oct. 10, 2011)
  Evatronix and LnK, the provider of test and verification solutions for SLIMbus, have announced today the successful implementation of MIPI SLIMbus and I2S IP cores in the new I2S-SLIMbus Audio Bridge from LnK.
  
  
• Imagination Technologies licenses further high-performance graphics processor core to MediaTek (Friday Oct. 07, 2011)
  Imagination Technologies reports that it has signed a license agreement with MediaTek Inc., a fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, for a member of Imagination's POWERVR SGX Series5XT graphics processor family.
  
  
• Kilopass Non Volatile Memory XPM Intellectual Property Core Holds Configuration Data in Haier Digital TV Decoder (Tuesday Oct. 04, 2011)
  Kilopass today announced that its XPM IP is integrated into a Haier Set Top Box (STB) decoder SoC targeting the global high-growth STB market. Configuration data for mixed signal components are programmed in Kilopass XPM IP for each Haier SoC during final test and can be reprogrammed once installed to accommodate wear in the mixed signal components over time.
  
  
• Sonics and Lantiq Team to Design Next-Generation Networks for the Digital Home (Monday Oct. 03, 2011)
  Sonics and Lantiq today announced a collaboration where Sonics will provide Lantiq with on-chip networks, memory subsystems and advanced design verification tools.
  
  
• ColdFire architecture continues to blaze new territory in processor licensing models (Monday Oct. 03, 2011)
  Four years since introducing the ColdFire architecture to the semiconductor IP market, IPextreme has licensed V1, V2, and V4 implementations of the ColdFire architecture to over 100 users. Devices and systems built around ColdFire architecture IP solutions are already widely deployed and others are heading for production. Designers increasingly see the ColdFire architecture as the preferred 32-bit processor solution for new designs, allowing them the flexibility to choose from advanced ASSP devices from Freescale Semiconductor or to license the identical ColdFire processor and subsystem IP for implementation in their own ASICs and FPGAs.
  
  
• Cryptography Research Signs License With Major Smartphone Manufacturer (Friday Sep. 30, 2011)
  Cryptography Research today announced it has signed a license agreement with a major smartphone and tablet manufacturer for the use of CRI's Differential Power Analysis (DPA) countermeasures patents.
  
  
• Open-Silicon Licenses Broad Range of ARM Technology to Develop Low-Power Networking, Telecommunications, Storage and Computing SoCs (Wednesday Sep. 28, 2011)
  ARM and Open-Silicon, Inc. today announced that the companies have signed a comprehensive multi-year licensing agreement for a broad portfolio of ARM® technology. This includes ARM Cortex™ processors and associated ARM Processor Optimization Packs (POPs), ARM Mali™ Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) and ARM system IP.
  
  
• Cosmic Circuits provides ARM with PLLs used in test chip evaluations at multiple technology nodes (Monday Sep. 26, 2011)
  Cosmic Circuits today announced that its PLL solutions are being used by ARM to evaluate their libraries in multiple technology nodes.
  
  
• Intilop (Formerly Intelop) announces a Strategic partnership agreement with BNP Paribas, a major French bank, to deliver 10 G Bit Networking System Solutions for Financial applications (Thursday Sep. 22, 2011)
  Intilop Inc (formerly intelop), a leading developer and provider of advanced high complexity IPs and system solutions in Network protocol processing, traffic acceleration, traffic management and network security, today announced a strategic agreement with the leading investment banking giant, BNP Paribas of France to provide solutions for their Networking systems for Financial applications.
  
  
• MStar licenses Imagination Technologies' PowerVR graphics IP technologies (Tuesday Sep. 20, 2011)
  Imagination Technologies has signed a multi-use license agreement with MStar Semiconductor, Inc. (MStar), a worldwide leader in Digital TV chip sales, for IP from Imagination’s PowerVR SGX Series5XT graphics family.
  
  
• AuthenTec Enhances VPN Security on New NEC LifeTouch Android Tablets (Wednesday Sep. 14, 2011)
  AuthenTec today announced that NEC has chosen its QuickSec VPN Client solution for enterprise-class security in its new LifeTouch® NOTE models for business and LifeTouch Security Pack Android tablet models to be launched in Japan.
  
  
• Cavium Picks Tensilica for Next-Generation Wireless Broadband Application (Wednesday Sep. 14, 2011)
  Tensilica, Inc. today announced that Cavium has licensed Tensilica's IP for its next-generation wireless broadband products. The Tensilica products selected include Tensilica's popular baseband IP specialized for channel decode applications and signal processing to achieve best-in-class speed, power and performance.
  
  
• Vitesse and Aliathon Collaborate on 40G/100G OTN (Tuesday Sep. 13, 2011)
  Vitesse and Aliathon today announced that Aliathon will license Vitesse’s patented portfolio of 40G and 100G hard decision enhanced Forward Error Correction (eFEC) cores for its FPGA and ASSP solutions aimed at emerging Optical Transport Network (OTN) applications.
  
  
• MStar Semiconductor Selects Cryptography Research for Robust Security in Next Generation Set-Top Box Solution (Wednesday Sep. 07, 2011)
  Cryptography Research and MStar Semiconductor today announced that MStar will license CRI's CryptoFirewall™ security technology for integration into its multimedia system-on-a-chip (SoC) set-top box chips.
  
  
• Sony licenses Imagination Technologies' PowerVR graphics IP technologies (Tuesday Sep. 06, 2011)
  Imagination Technologies has signed a further license agreement with Sony for IP cores from Imagination’s PowerVR SGX Series5XT graphics family.
  
  
• Verimatrix Licenses Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall Security Technology (Friday Sep. 02, 2011)
  Cryptography Research and Verimatrix today announced that Verimatrix has licensed Cryptography Research's CryptoFirewall™ security core technology to help build advanced solutions protecting video delivery revenue streams.
  
  
• Nufront Licenses Vivante Corporation's Dynamic GUI Composition Engine (Thursday Sep. 01, 2011)
  Vivante announced today that Nufront, a leading Chinese high-tech company, has licensed its market leading display and pixel composition GUI engine.
  
  
• Kawasaki Microelectronics Licenses SNAP to Design Next-Generation, High-Volume Networking Chips (Tuesday Aug. 30, 2011)
  Sonics Helps K-micro Achieve Superior Cost Efficiencies in PON Markets and Manage On-Chip Complexities for Advanced Networking ASICs
  
  
• Nufront Selects CEVA DSP Core for Wireless Baseband Chipsets (Tuesday Aug. 30, 2011)
  By leveraging CEVA's powerful and flexible DSP engine, Nufront can develop an ultra-low power, cost-efficient wireless solution powered by the world's number one DSP architecture for wireless communications.
  
  
• Silicon Image's Dual-Mode MHL and HDMI Port Processor Designed Into Industry's First MHL-Enabled Televisions From Toshiba (Tuesday Aug. 30, 2011)
  Silicon Image today announced that its SiI9381A dual-mode MHL™ and HDMI ® port processor has been designed into Toshiba's new MHL-enabled DTVs, which will be initially rolled out in Australia.
  
  
• Idea! Electronic Systems Selects Mixed-Signal IP from S3 Group for Digital TV ASIC (Monday Aug. 29, 2011)
  S3 Group today announced that Idea! Electronic Systems has licensed its mixed-signal IP for their Digital TV ASIC.
  
  
• Palmchip Licenses AcurX51 Smart Grid Platform to Greenvity Communications (Tuesday Aug. 23, 2011)
  Palmchip and Greenvity Communications today announced that Greenvity has licensed Palmchip's AcurX Smart Grid platform for use in Greenvity's smart energy and Home Area Network (HAN) based solutions.
  
  
• ZiiLABS Selects High Performance Video DAC from S3 Group for High Definition TV Output (Monday Aug. 22, 2011)
  S3 Group today announced that ZiiLABS licensed its mixed-signal IP for their ZMS-20 and ZMS-40 media-rich applications processors.
  
  
• TranSwitch's HDMI 1.4 Technology Selected by Samsung Electronics for Next-Generation High-Definition Televisions (Friday Aug. 12, 2011)
  TranSwitch today announced that the Company’s HDMI® 1.4 Intellectual Property (IP) with patented Phaswitch™ technology has been selected by Samsung Electronics for its next generation of televisions.
  
  
• Silicon Image InstaPort S Technology Featured in Toshiba REGZA 2011 DTV Models (Tuesday Aug. 09, 2011)
  InstaPort S-enabled DTVs will work with any connected HDMI ®-enabled source device to improve the consumer's HD experience by reducing to a single second the four to seven second delay that typically occurs with non InstaPort-enabled DTVs when switching between HDMI-enabled source devices.
  
  
• Loongson Licenses MIPS32 and MIPS64 Architectures for Embedded and Computing Applications (Monday Aug. 08, 2011)
  With these processors, Loongson Technology is targeting a range of applications from high-end computing, cloud servers and terminals to embedded applications such as industrial control, smart meters, automotive, GPS and mobile devices.
  
  
• HiSilicon Licenses ARM Technology for use in Innovative 3G/4G Base Station, Networking Infrastructure and Mobile Computing Applications (Tuesday Aug. 02, 2011)
  ARM today announced that HiSilicon has licensed a range of ARM IP for use in 3G/4G base stations, networking infrastructure, mobile computing and power management applications.