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• Broadcom Announces the Industry's First Complete Blu-ray/HD DVD System-on-a-Chip Solution for Media Player Development (Thursday Nov. 09, 2006)
  Broadcom's Advanced, Integrated SoC Provides the Foundation for Universal Media Players That Support Both Blu-ray and HD DVD Optical Discs in One Platform
  
  
• IC Nexus and MCE Bring 90nm and Finer Nodes ASIC Services for Hand Held Devices to UK and Ireland Markets (Friday Oct. 27, 2006)
  IC Nexus and MCE have established a tight partnership to enable U.K. and Ireland based design engineers to take advantage of Fujitsu’s sub-100 nanometre (nm) processes for the design of low cost, low power and low leakage ASICs for hand-held devices.
  
  
• QUALCOMM Announces Manufacturing With Common Platform Technology Partners IBM, Samsung and Chartered (Thursday Oct. 26, 2006)
  Close Alliance With Foundry Partners Drives QUALCOMM's Integrated Fabless Manufacturing Strategy
  
  
• RMI(R) Records the Shipment of One Million MIPS-Based(TM) Processors to Networking, Security, Wireless and Consumer Markets (Wednesday Oct. 25, 2006)
  Raza Microelectronics(R), Inc.'s MIPS-Based Solutions Achieve Significant Penetration in Target Markets With All Products in Full Production
  
  
• DOLPHIN Integration: a mixed signal Circuit ''out of the ordinary'' Right on first Silicon (Tuesday Oct. 24, 2006)
  In the frame of a subcontracting agreement for a Canadian start-up, Imaginum, DOLPHIN Integration has developed one of the largest circuits ever seen, mixed logic and analog, ''Good on First Silicon''
  
  
• eSilicon Introduces Comprehensive Production Services (Monday Oct. 23, 2006)
  With this new model, eSilicon leverages its proven in-house expertise and infrastructure to support the complete semiconductor manufacturing process, providing the benefits of lower production costs while offering access to a full range of manufacturing a
  
  
• Silicon Image Delivers Blazing-Fast 340 MHz HDMI Solution for All PC Digital Output (Monday Oct. 23, 2006)
  VastLane HDMI Transmitters Enable Seamless Connection to 150 Million DVI PC Monitors and HDMI HDTVs
  
  
• AMCC Delivers Highly Integrated, Security-Enabled System-on-Chip, Offering Low-Power and Low-Cost Benefits to Customers; AMCC's PowerPC(R) 440EPx Commences Sampling (Monday Oct. 23, 2006)
  Processor Provides High-Performance, Single-Chip Solution for Pervasive and General-Purpose Applications
  
  
• SST Announces Industry's Smallest ATA Solid-State Storage Devices (Monday Oct. 23, 2006)
  NANDrive Allows Seamless Integration into Mobile and Embedded Applications
  
  
• Boston Circuits Unveils Details of the gCORE16 Multicore Processor; Revolutionary new ''Grid on Chip'' architecture delivers PC level performance and flexibility at embedded level cost, power, size (Tuesday Oct. 10, 2006)
  In development since early 2005, the gCORE16 integrates sixteen 32-bit RISC processor cores and key system peripherals such as PCI Express, USB, and video interfaces on a single chip, making it an ideal main processor for embedded multimedia applications
  
  
• Solectek Chooses the Fujitsu WiMAX SoC for its SkyWay-MAX Multiservice Access Systems (Monday Oct. 09, 2006)
  The new Solectek fixed broadband wireless platform to provide data, voice and video service delivery with unparalleled link ranges
  
  
• Toshiba Helps Global Locate Meet 6-Month Time-To-Market Window And Reduce Cost With Marlin A-GPS Custom SOC For Advanced 3G Handsets And Smartphones (Thursday Oct. 05, 2006)
  Selection of Toshiba Ultra Low-Power 130nm Process Technology Results in Highly Integrated Custom SoC that Lets Handset Designers Increase Range and Battery Life through an Enhanced Power BudgetSelection of Toshiba Ultra Low-Power 130nm Process Technology
  
  
• Advanced Technetix Commits to Atmel and ARM for Security for Its Patented AccessKey (Tuesday Oct. 03, 2006)
  Advanced Technetix, announced today that chipsets from Atmel® Corporation and software from ARM Technologies is incorporated in the development of Advanced Technetix’s patented AccessKey™, due to be released in the fourth quarter of this year
  
  
• STMicroelectronics Launches New Super-Integrated ARM7-Based Microcontrollers with Full-spec Operation at 3.3Vand 5V (Thursday Sep. 28, 2006)
  The first general-purpose ARM7 Flash microcontrollers to support full-spec operation at both 3.3V and 5V, the new family delivers 54 MIPS (at 60MHz) performance while providing outstanding low power modes down to 12 micro A in STOP or 10 micro A in STANDB
  
  
• FSA Reports Fabless Revenue Topped $23B in 1H 2006 (Tuesday Sep. 26, 2006)
  Highest 1H Total in Fabless History
  
  
• Artimi Conducts First Public Demonstration of Next Generation WiMedia Wireless USB MAC (Tuesday Sep. 26, 2006)
  This first public demonstration of the company's RTMI-150 system-on-a-chip solution includes live bulk data transfer and synchronisation between end user devices and a PC server, illustrating the maturity and flexibility of the Artimi solution
  
  
• Luminary Micro Announces Stellaris LM3S811 Evaluation Kit with ARM(R) RealView(R) Microcontroller Development Kit Software (Tuesday Sep. 26, 2006)
  Stellaris LM3S811 Evaluation Kit is Both Evaluation Platform and A Serial In-Circuit Debug Interface for Stellaris ARM Cortex(TM)-M3-Based Microcontrollers
  
  
• NXP Semiconductors unveils industry's first ARM7 microcontrollers with dual high-speed buses (Monday Sep. 25, 2006)
  NXP LPC2300 and LPC2400 feature two AHB buses enabling simultaneous operation of Ethernet, USB, CAN, SDRAM and other peripherals
  
  
• Qimonda and Nanya Achieved Successful Qualification of 75nm DRAM Technology (Monday Sep. 18, 2006)
  Qimonda AG and Nanya Technology Corporation today announced the successful qualification of the 75nm DRAM Trench technology, and of the first 75nm product they are each offering to the market, a 512Mb DDR2 memory chip
  
  
• EWAN Contracts with ARM Technologies and JTAG Technologies to Provide for Secure Componentry for Its Patented AccessKey(TM) (Thursday Sep. 14, 2006)
  eWan1, Inc. (Pink Sheets:EWAN) announced today that the company has contracted with ARM Technologies (LSE:ARM) (NASDAQ:ARMHY) and JTAG Technologies to provide software that will be used in finalizing the development of eWan's patented AccessKey(TM), due t
  
  
• NEC Electronics Introduces Industry's First Ultra-Low-Power 55-nanometer Embedded DRAM Technology (Wednesday Sep. 13, 2006)
  Optimized for Low Power and High Performance, Embedded DRAM Solution Targets Next-Generation Mobile and Digital Consumer Devices
  
  
• Impinj's Gen 2 RFID Monza Tag Chips and Speedway Readers Earn EPCglobal Interoperability Certification (Wednesday Sep. 13, 2006)
  Leading Gen 2 RFID solution provider, Impinj, Inc., today announced that EPCglobal Inc., the not-for-profit standards organization dedicated to driving global adoption of the Electronic Product Code (EPC) for supply chain excellence, has awarded interoper
  
  
• Infineon Introduces Highly-Integrated SoC Solutions to Enable Higher Performance, Cost-Optimized VoIP Solutions for Next Generation Residential Gateways (Monday Sep. 11, 2006)
  Infineon Technologies AG (FSE/ NYSE: IFX) today announced a new family of highly-integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions with dual-core architecture and several integrated peripherals.
  
  
• Samsung Introduces the Next Generation of Nonvolatile Memory -- PRAM (Monday Sep. 11, 2006)
  Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced semiconductor technology solutions, announced that it has completed the first working prototype of what is expected to be the main memory device to replace high density NOR flash within the next
  
  
• Arasan AC2200i available from TRIAS Mikroelektronik (Wednesday Sep. 06, 2006)
  SDIO Card Controller connects your appliance to a PocketPC or PDA
  
  
• Tokyo Electron Device Debuts Industry's Fastest JPEG Chipset to Meet Demand for High Quality Images (Tuesday Sep. 05, 2006)
  TED’s inrevium™ JPEG Chipset Features High Speed Encoder, Decoder and Video Multiplexer to Target Digital Video Recorder and IP Camera Markets
  
  
• New integrated chip enables next generation of DAB enabled digital audio products (Thursday Aug. 31, 2006)
  Frontier Silicon, the market leader in semiconductor solutions for mobile TV and digital radio, has launched a new advanced and highly integrated system-on-chip IC which will enable the next generation of DAB digital radio-based products
  
  
• Siano Enables TV Everywhere With Launch of New Multi-standard, Multi-band Single-chip Receiver for Mobile TV (Thursday Aug. 31, 2006)
  Siano Mobile Silicon, a fabless semiconductor maker of solutions for Mobile Digital TV (MDTV), announced today the launch of its new product, the SMS1010 single-chip receiver for mobile digital TV (MDTV)
  
  
• NEC Electronics and NEC Introduce IMAPCAR Image Processor with Advanced Parallel Processing Capabilities for Automotive Safety Systems (Friday Aug. 25, 2006)
  New Processor Adopted in Lexus LS460 Pre-crash Safety System
  
  
• Impinj Unveils Gen 2 RFID Tag Chips with Specialized Data Storage for Enhanced Article Identification and Anti-counterfeiting (Monday Aug. 14, 2006)
  Responding to demand for radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags that can store detailed product information for specialized applications, leading semiconductor and RFID technology provider, Impinj, Inc., today announced the availability of two enhance