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• Inside Secure Launches its First Secure Element (Monday Oct. 29, 2012)
  INSIDE Secure today entered the secure element market with the introduction of the VaultSEcure IC, a secure element that is ready to transform NFC mobile commerce while setting new industry benchmarks.
  
  
• CSR Unveils Advanced Bluetooth and Audio Solution for Automotive Infotainment - First to Integrate Three Essential System Needs (Monday Oct. 29, 2012)
  CSR today debuted the CSR8350™, a highly integrated Bluetooth® 4.0 stereo audio solution for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that brings superior aptX® Bluetooth stereo audio quality to the automotive market for the first time.
  
  
• Sequans Introduces StreamliteLTE, a New Line of Chips for the Internet of Things (Thursday Oct. 25, 2012)
  4G chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS) today introduced StreamliteLTE™, a new line of LTE semiconductor solutions aimed at the market for Internet connected devices.
  
  
• Renesas Electronics Announces the Development of Smart Analog - A Fully Configurable Analog Front-end Technology Enabling Smarter Sensors (Tuesday Oct. 23, 2012)
  Renesas today introduced Smart Analog, a technology innovation that stands to have a radical effect on the way engineers implement sensors in embedded designs.
  
  
• XMOS launches new tools and IP offering for embedded applications (Wednesday Oct. 17, 2012)
  XMOS today launches the xTIMEcomposer Studio development environment and xSOFTip IP library. The new IP and design flow dramatically increase the market reach of XMOS' xCORE multicore microcontrollers, allowing the company to address a broad range of embedded applications that demand real time performance beyond the capabilities of traditional microcontrollers (MCUs).
  
  
• Tilera's TILE-Gx Processor Family Expands With a 9-Core Offering, Providing Unparalleled Integration and Performance at Under 10 Watts (Thursday Oct. 11, 2012)
  Tilera today announced availability of the TILE-Gx9™, a 64-bit 9-core processor targeted at applications in networking, multimedia, storage and general purpose computing. Extending all the product advancements of the TILE-Gx™ processor family, the TILE-Gx9 delivers industry-leading compute-per-watt, enabling low-power environmentally friendly designs.
  
  
• Accent ASMgrid2 Reference Designs Ushers In Next Generation Smart Meter Capability (Monday Oct. 08, 2012)
  Accent announced today the introduction of its ASMgrid2 Reference Designs to the company’s comprehensive set of hardware and software tools. The three new designs showcase the full communication capabilities of ASMgrid2’s industry-leading integration in complete system configurations required for wired and wireless smart meters.
  
  
• Silicon Image Announces New Video Processors for Next-Generation Home Theater Applications (Monday Oct. 01, 2012)
  Silicon Image today announced two new upscaling video processors, designed to also enhance the picture quality of streaming or downloaded Internet video. Both products incorporate Silicon Image's proprietary VRS® ClearView technology, which performs real-time video format conversion including scaling of SD and HD content to resolutions up to 4Kx2K using adaptive techniques designed to scale both video and graphics.
  
  
• Broadcom Delivers World's First 28nm Multicore Communications Processor Series (Monday Oct. 01, 2012)
  Broadcom today introduced the 28nm XLP® 200-Series, a new line of low-power multicore communications processor solutions optimized to meet the performance, scalability and efficiency demands of enterprise, service provider 4G/LTE, data center, cloud computing and software defined networking (SDN) environments.
  
  
• Silicon Image Expands MHL Product Line with Four New Products (Wednesday Sep. 26, 2012)
  Silicon Image today announced the expansion of its MHL portfolio with four new products—the SiI8558 MHL transmitter, the SiI9296 MHL-to-HDMI bridge, the SiI1296 MHL-to-VGA bridge, and the SiI9293 dual-mode MHL/HDMI receiver
  
  
• New Atmel Cortex-M4 MCUs Consume 66% Less Power, Provide Highest Efficiency (Tuesday Sep. 25, 2012)
  Atmel today set new low-power and efficiency standards for ARM® Cortex™-M4 processor-based microcontrollers (MCUs) with the launch of the new SAM4L family of devices, based on industry-recognized benchmarks.
  
  
• Micrel and Marvell Deliver World's First Standards-Compliant Ethernet PHYs for In-Vehicle Networking (Tuesday Sep. 25, 2012)
  Marvell and Micrel today announced the world's first fully interoperable IEEE 802.3 standard-compliant Ethernet PHY for in-vehicle networking.
  
  
• Ambarella S2 IP Camera SoC Delivers 4K Ultra HD Resolution Video (Friday Sep. 21, 2012)
  Ambarella's S2 family of SoCs is based on a Dual Core ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-A9 CPU and a high-performance video engine that delivers multi-stream H.264 encoding up to 4K (3840x2160p30) resolution for outstanding image clarity and detail.
  
  
• Samsung Begins Mass Producing Industry's Highest Density (128GB) Embedded NAND Storage (Thursday Sep. 20, 2012)
  Samsung Electronics today announced that it has begun volume production of 128-gigabyte (GB) embedded memory for next-generation smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.
  
  
• Silicon Image Announces Advanced DTV Port Processor Solution With InstaPrevue Technology (Wednesday Sep. 19, 2012)
  Silicon Image today announced the industry's most advanced port processor solution for the television and display markets, the SiI9687. The SiI9687 is a 4-port HDMI® port processor that is also compliant with the latest MHL 2.0 specification.
  
  
• SK Hynix Introduces DDR3L-Reduced Standby for Mobile Solutions (Tuesday Sep. 18, 2012)
  SK Hynix announced that it has introduced DDR3L-RS (Reduced Standby) DRAM for mobile solutions using its 20nm class technology.
  
  
• MoSys Announces Second Generation Bandwidth Engine IC Delivering up to 384 Gbps Throughput in a Single Device (Monday Sep. 17, 2012)
  MoSys today announced a second generation Bandwidth Engine device optimized for high-speed buffering applications. The device is based on a second generation architecture that includes higher speed interfaces and adds industry leading Intelligent Error Management capabilities.
  
  
• Peraso Introduces Industry's Smallest Fully Integrated 60 GHz Transceiver (Monday Sep. 17, 2012)
  Peraso Technologies Inc. today announced the immediate availability of the PRS1021 Low Power 60 GHz Transceiver. The PRS1021 is targeted at emerging mobile applications such as multi-gigabit wireless I/O and high definition wireless display.
  
  
• ClariPhy Announces Enhanced 40G LightSpeed Coherent SoC to Boost Performance of Coherent Optical Transport in Metro and Regional Networks (Monday Sep. 17, 2012)
  ClariPhy Communications announced today an optimized 40G coherent SoC for metro networks.
  
  
• Renesas Electronics Introduces USB 3.0 Hub Controller with Industry-Leading Low Power Consumption and Small Mounting Area (Monday Sep. 10, 2012)
  Renesas Electronics today announced the availability of its SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) hub controller SoC, the µPD720210, for use in hubs that enable connection of multiple devices supporting the USB 3.0 standard, such as PC peripherals and digital TVs.
  
  
• Kalray Announces First Samples of MPPA-256 Processor in 28nm (Monday Sep. 10, 2012)
  Kalray today announced the availability of first samples of the 28nm MPPA-256 processor targeting embedded applications among them Imaging and signal processing. This resulted from the 28nM development and production partnership established with GUC and TSMC.
  
  
• IDT Announces World's First PCI Express Gen 3 NVMe NV-DRAM Controller (Thursday Sep. 06, 2012)
  IDT today announced the industry’s first NVM Express (NVMe) enterprise non-volatile DRAM (NV-DRAM) controller with native support for PCIe® Gen 3.
  
  
• Sequans' Second Generation LTE Technology Approved by China's MIIT (Thursday Sep. 06, 2012)
  Sequans announced that its second generation LTE baseband chip has been officially approved by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) for use in China.
  
  
• Scaleo chip introduces SILant, a functional safety technology enabling ISO 26262 ASIL D system design at no performance compromise (Monday Sep. 03, 2012)
  Scaleo chip, announced today the introduction of SILant®, a superset of innovative technologies offering ISO 26262 compliant ASIL D system design without compromise in performance.
  
  
• Silicon Image Announces Approved Module Program for 60GHz WirelessHD Products Targeting Consumer Video Applications (Wednesday Aug. 29, 2012)
  Silicon Image today announced the launch of the Approved Module Program (AMP) which offers qualified original device manufacturers (ODMs) access to the Silicon Image GameChanger™ Reference Platform designs for the fastest path to volume production of WirelessHD® standard-compliant products.
  
  
• Adapteva Delivering on Vision of the Future of Parallel Computing (Wednesday Aug. 22, 2012)
  Adapteva today announced that it is sampling the fourth generation of its Epiphany multicore architecture, making the ground-breaking performance and energy efficiency of the Epiphany platform widely available for co-processing solutions to be implemented by industries requiring the next leap forward in parallel computing.
  
  
• IDT Introduces Industry's First NVM Express Enterprise Flash Controller (Wednesday Aug. 22, 2012)
  IDT today announced the industry’s first NVM Express (NVMe) enterprise flash memory controller with native support for PCIe® Gen 3.
  
  
• IntelliProp, Inc. Announces New SATA Bridge with NCQ (Thursday Aug. 16, 2012)
  IntelliProp announced today the availability of a new SATA Bridge with NCQ, the IPA-SA117A-BR
  
  
• Ubiquisys Raises $19M Investment to Meet Demand for 3G/LTE/WiFi Public Small Cell Hotspots (Thursday Aug. 16, 2012)
  Ubiquisys today announced it has raised $19m in an oversubscribed round from new investors Mobile Internet Capital and Nissay Capital, together with existing investors including 5CCG/Sallfort Privatbank AG, Accel Partners, Advent Venture Partners, Atlas Venture and Yasuda.
  
  
• CSR Debuts First SiRFstarV Chip Optimised for Mobile Devices - Selected by LG Electronics for New Flagship Smartphone (Thursday Aug. 16, 2012)
  CSR today introduced the new SiRFstarV 5t tracker, the first SiRFstarV architecture product optimised to deliver continuous, highly accurate location awareness to the latest generation of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices.