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• LG Electronics licenses Imagination Technologies' POWERVR graphics IP technologies (Wednesday May. 11, 2011)
  Imagination Technologies has signed a license agreement with LG Electronics for IP cores from Imagination’s POWERVR graphics family.
  
  
• Tilera Integrates AuthenTec Embedded Security into New TILE-Gx Manycore Processor Family (Tuesday May. 10, 2011)
  AuthenTec and Tilera today announced that Tilera has chosen AuthenTec’s SafeXcel embedded hardware security engines for use in its new TILE-Gx™ multicore processor family, targeting data networking, telecom and cloud datacenter servers.
  
  
• Imagination Technologies licenses further high-performance graphics processor cores to MediaTek (Tuesday May. 10, 2011)
  Imagination Technologies has signed a license agreement with MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company, for both the latest member of Imagination's POWERVR SGX graphics processor family and for Imagination's POWERVR Series6 multimedia family, codenamed Rogue.
  
  
• Posedge selects EnSilica's eSi-3250 processor for innovative 7-core Residential and SMB Gateway SoC (Monday May. 09, 2011)
  EnSilica has announced that Posedge has licensed its high-performance eSi-3250 32-bit processor core for an innovative, new Residential and SMB Gateway solution that performs Wire-Speed Routing at multi-gigabit rates.
  
  
• Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Selects Forte's SystemC High-Level Synthesis, Floating Point IP Software for SoC Design (Thursday May. 05, 2011)
  Realtek Semiconductor has selected high-level synthesis (HLS) software and floating point IP from Forte Design Systems™ for the design and development of systems on chip (SoCs) for communications network, computer peripheral and multimedia applications.
  
  
• GN ReSound Inks ASIC Engagement with eSilicon (Tuesday May. 03, 2011)
  eSilicon today announced that GN ReSound, a technology leader in hearing aid solutions, has contracted with eSilicon for the production of the AD4.0 ASIC. This ASIC is a key component in next generation hearing instruments from GN ReSound.
  
  
• SMSC Inter-Chip Connectivity Technology Licensed by AMD (Thursday Apr. 28, 2011)
  SMSC announced today that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) has licensed SMSC's patented Inter-Chip Connectivity(TM) (ICC) technology.
  
  
• Vivante GPU IP Cores Power the Latest Freescale i.MX 6 Series of Application Processors (Tuesday Apr. 26, 2011)
  Last week at the Linley Tech Mobile Conference, Freescale Semiconductor detailed the GPUs licensed from Vivante powering the recently announced i.MX 6 series of applications processors. The i.MX 6 series is Freescale’s latest line of application processors scalable from single, dual and quad cores and including multi-stream 1080p video plus Freescale’s Triple-Play graphics architecture.
  
  
• LG Electronics Licenses ARM Processor Technology to Drive Platform Strategy in Home and Mobile Markets (Tuesday Apr. 26, 2011)
  ARM today announced a new licensing agreement with LG Electronics that provides access to the high performance, low-power ARM®Cortex™ processor and ARM® Mali™ GPU families. This includes the Cortex-A15 MPCore and Cortex-A9 MPCore processors, as well as the ARM Mali-T604 GPU and ARM CoreLink™ interconnect and system IP.
  
  
• Orange Selects AuthenTec's New Downloadable DRM Solution to Deliver Orange Cinema Series to Android Phone and Tablet Users (Tuesday Apr. 26, 2011)
  AuthenTec today announced that leading European wireless provider Orange has chosen AuthenTec’s new downloadable digital rights management (DRM) solution to enable secure delivery of movies and TV content to Android phone and tablet users.
  
  
• MIPS Technologies' Processor IP Drives New Hybrid Media Player/Set-top Box Chipset from ALi Corp. (Monday Apr. 25, 2011)
  MIPS Technologies announced today that Taiwan's ALi Corporation based its new system-on-chip (SoC), which is targeted for the emerging "triple play" market, on the popular MIPS32® 24KEf core.
  
  
• Cosmic's Linear Regulator IP in mass production with Innofidei Chip-set (Thursday Apr. 21, 2011)
  Cosmic Circuits today announced that Innofidei Inc., a Chinese based IC and system solutions provider has realized mass production success on their chipset by licensing the Linear Regulator IP from Cosmic Circuits.
  
  
• Leadcore Technology Addresses High-end Mobile Market with suite of ARM IP including ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore Processor, Mali-400 MP GPU and Artisan Physical IP (Tuesday Apr. 19, 2011)
  Leadcore Technology Co., Ltd. has licensed a suite of ARM IP including the ARM® Cortex™-A9 MPCore Processor, the ARM Mali™-400 MP Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and the ARM Cortex-A9 Performance Optimization Pack™ for the TSMC 40LP process technology.
  
  
• Cisco and WiLAN Sign New License Agreement (Friday Apr. 15, 2011)
  Wi-LAN today announced that Cisco and WiLAN have signed a new patent license agreement pursuant to which Cisco receives a multi-year license to virtually all of WiLAN’s patent portfolio.
  
  
• AllWinner Technology Selects ARM Cortex CPU and Mali GPU Technologies To Bring Integrated SoC To Android OS-Based, Connected Consumer Devices (Tuesday Apr. 12, 2011)
  AllWinner Technology Co. Ltd., a leader in High Definition (HD) media semiconductor solutions, has licensed the ARM® Cortex™-A8 processor and the Mali™-400 MP Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), bringing high definition displays within a low power envelope to a wide range of Android™ OS-based connected consumer products, from tablets through to multimedia systems for automotive.
  
  
• TranSwitch Selects eSilicon to Reduce Manufacturing Costs and Streamline Design-to-Manufacturing Process (Tuesday Apr. 12, 2011)
  TranSwitch and eSilicon today announced that they have signed an agreement for eSilicon to manage the supply chain for a large number of existing TranSwitch products as well as to collaborate on cost optimization of new products.
  
  
• Anobit selects Analog IPs from Cosmic Circuits (Tuesday Apr. 12, 2011)
  Cosmic Circuits today announced that Anobit, an Israel-based provider of NAND-based solutions, has licensed IP cores from Cosmic Circuits for several of its SoCs, some of which are currently in volume production.
  
  
• MIPS Technologies' MIPS32 74K Core Powers Advanced GPON Processors from BroadLight (Tuesday Apr. 12, 2011)
  MIPS Technologies and BroadLight today announced that BroadLight's BL23500 third generation GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) processor family is powered by the MIPS32® 74K® core
  
  
• Telechips Extends Licensing of ARM Mali GPUs to Bring High-End Graphics to Android-Based Tablets (Monday Apr. 11, 2011)
  Telechips Inc. has extended its license of ARM® Mali™ embedded graphics products to include the Mali-400 MP Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). Telechips is enabling visually stunning graphics in the latest Android™-based tablets, building on the demand for Telechips’ current and successful range of Mali-200 GPU-based consumer devices.
  
  
• Shanghai InfoTM Licences Range of ARM CPU and GPU IP to Address Full Range of Mobile Computing Devices (Thursday Apr. 07, 2011)
  Shanghai InfoTM has licensed a series of ARM® IP, including ARM11™, Cortex™-A5 MPCore™ and Cortex-A9 MPCore processors as well as ARM Mali™-300 and Mali-400 MP Graphics Processing Units (GPUs).
  
  
• GigOptix, Inc. Announces $750,000 Order for Next Generation 100G DWDM Modulator Drivers (Thursday Apr. 07, 2011)
  GigOptix today announced the booking of a $750,000 purchase order for its 100G quad-driver for use by our tier 1 telecom customer in its 100G DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) networking systems.
  
  
• Network Equipment Leader ZyXEL Integrates AuthenTec Embedded Security in New ZyWALL Series of Network Security Appliances (Thursday Apr. 07, 2011)
  AuthenTec today announced that ZyXEL Communications has chosen its QuickSec™ IPsec Server toolkit to enhance security in its ZyWALL Series of network security appliances.
  
  
• Skyviia Selects Discretix Hardware-Assisted DRM For Hybrid Set-Top Boxes SoCs (Monday Apr. 04, 2011)
  Discretix announced today that Skyviia Corporation has chosen Discretix’ hardware-assisted DRM for integration into its SoCs for hybrid set-top boxes.
  
  
• Fairchild Semiconductor Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success with DesignWare USB 2.0 nanoPHY IP (Thursday Mar. 31, 2011)
  Synopsys today announced that Fairchild Semiconductor has achieved first-pass silicon success for its FUSB2500 UTMI+ Low-Pin Interface (ULPI) USB On-The-Go (OTG) transceiver chip utilizing Synopsys' DesignWare® USB 2.0 nanoPHY IP.
  
  
• Silicon Harmony Selects Mixed-Signal IP from S3 Group for Advanced Digital TV ASIC (Monday Mar. 28, 2011)
  S3 Group today announced that Silicon Harmony has licensed its mixed-signal IP for their Digital TV ASIC. S3 Group delivered a high performance ADC and PLL combination from its portfolio as part of the deal.
  
  
• Xronet chooses Analog Front-end from Cosmic Circuits for their WiFi Chip-set solutions (Thursday Mar. 24, 2011)
  Cosmic Circuits, a leading provider of differentiated Analog and Mixed-Signal IP cores today announced that xRONET has licensed its analog front-end for their WiFi chipset solution.
  
  
• SRS Labs and Qualcomm Sign Licensing Agreement to Bring HD-Quality Audio to Mobile Devices (Wednesday Mar. 23, 2011)
  SRS Labs, Inc today announced the completion of a licensing agreement with Qualcomm Incorporated for the distribution of SRS audio technologies within Qualcomm’s Snapdragon™ chipsets
  
  
• Freescale Licenses Synopsys' DesignWare IP Portfolio to Accelerate SoC Designs (Wednesday Mar. 23, 2011)
  Synopsys today announced that Freescale Semiconductor has licensed Synopsys' DesignWare® IP. The multi-year agreement gives Freescale access to Synopsys' broad portfolio of DesignWare interface and analog IP such as USB, HDMI, PCI Express®, SATA, and MIPI interfaces, as well as data converters, audio codecs and video front -ends.
  
  
• Wilocity Tapes-Out Multi-Gigabit Wireless Communication SoC Using Synopsys DesignWare IP (Tuesday Mar. 22, 2011)
  Synopsys today announced that Wilocity has successfully taped-out its multi-gigabit Wireless Gigabit Alliance-compliant system-on-chip (SoC) utilizing Synopsys' broad portfolio of high-quality DesignWare® IP and assistance from Synopsys Professional Services.
  
  
• Xincomm Selects CEVA DSP Core for LTE Baseband Chipsets (Monday Mar. 21, 2011)
  CEVA today announced that Xincomm Communications [China] has licensed the CEVA-X DSP to power its next-generation TDD/FDD-LTE UE baseband SoC.