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• Altera to Build Next-Generation, High-Performance FPGAs on Intel's 14 nm Tri-Gate Technology (Tuesday Feb. 26, 2013)
  Altera and Intel today announced that the companies have entered into an agreement for the future manufacture of Altera FPGAs on Intel's 14 nm tri-gate transistor technology.
  
  
• Xilinx Announces Full Production of its Entire Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC Family (Monday Feb. 25, 2013)
  Xilinx today achieved an important milestone as its entire Zynq™-7000 All Programmable System-on-a-Chip (SoC) device family reached full volume production.
  
  
• Altera Introduces FPGA-Based HSR/PRP Reference Design Targeting Smart Grid Automation Equipment (Monday Feb. 25, 2013)
  Altera today expanded its FPGA-based solutions targeting smart energy systems by announcing a High-availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR) and Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) reference design targeting smart grid substation automation equipment.
  
  
• Xilinx and TEKTELIC Reduce Cellular Radio Infrastructure Development Time with Scalable IP and High Performance Transceiver (Friday Feb. 22, 2013)
  Xilinx today announced the availability of a high performance development solution for designing next-generation heterogeneous wireless networks, such as high-end picocells, microcells, macrocells, and active antenna arrays.
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor Names Mark Wadlington Corporate Vice President of World Wide Sales (Thursday Feb. 21, 2013)
  Lattice today announced that Mark Wadlington has joined the company as Corporate Vice President of World Wide Sales. Leveraging his more than two decades of sales management experience at major FPGA and ASIC vendors, Mark will lead all aspects of Lattice's sales efforts, including the direct sales force, field application engineering, distribution, and sales development.
  
  
• Xilinx Accelerates Design Productivity for High Volume Applications (Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013)
  Xilinx, Inc. today announced the availability of the Artix(TM)-7 FPGA AC701 Evaluation Kit for developing high-performance systems that target applications requiring both low cost and low power.
  
  
• Xilinx Stays a Generation Ahead with Multiple 20nm Firsts (Wednesday Jan. 30, 2013)
  Xilinx today announced three major milestones in the execution and introduction of its next generation 20nm All Programmable Devices. The 20nm portfolio builds upon Xilinx breakthroughs proven at 28nm to provide an extra generation of system performance, lower power and programmable system integration.
  
  
• JDSU Adopts Altera Stratix V GT FPGA for Production of Next-Generation Optical Testers (Monday Jan. 28, 2013)
  JDSU Adopts Altera Stratix V GT FPGA for Production of Next-Generation Optical Testers
  
  
• Lattice Upgrades FPGA Design Software Platforms, Focuses On Ease Of Use, Low Power (Tuesday Jan. 22, 2013)
  Lattice announced an array of advancements to its software platforms, debuting new versions of Lattice Diamond® and iCEcube2™ design tools.
  
  
• Xilinx Vivado Design Suite Now Available in WebPACK Edition (Thursday Dec. 20, 2012)
  Xilinx today announced its Vivado™ Design Suite is now available in WebPACK Edition, giving designers immediate access to a no cost, device-limited version of the industry's first SoC strength design environment.
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor Will Feature Real-Time 3D Video Converter at CES 2013 (Monday Dec. 17, 2012)
  Lattice today announced it will demonstrate 3D Impact Media's RealityBox, a low density LatticeECP3™ FPGA-based real-time 3D video converter at CES 2013
  
  
• Altera Ships Its First SoC Devices (Wednesday Dec. 12, 2012)
  Altera today announced the first shipments of its 28 nm SoC devices, whichcombine a dual-core ARM® Cortex™-A9 processor system with FPGA logic on a single device.
  
  
• Altera and ARM Announce Industry's First FPGA-Adaptive Embedded Software Toolkit (Wednesday Dec. 12, 2012)
  Altera and ARM today announced that, with a unique agreement, the companies have jointly developed a DS-5 embedded software development toolkit with FPGA-adaptive debug capabilities for Altera SoC devices.
  
  
• Shipments of Lattice iCE FPGA Family Reach 15 Million (Wednesday Dec. 12, 2012)
  Lattice today announced that since December 2011 it has shipped 15 million iCE FPGA devices, including its flagship ultra-low density iCE40™ FPGA family, making this the company's fastest shipping product of the past decade.
  
  
• Huawei Names Xilinx '2012 Excellent Core Partner' for 28nm Technology Leadership, Quality, Product Delivery & Support (Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012)
  Xilinx today announced that it has been named "2012 Excellent Core Partner" by Huawei Technology Co., Ltd., a global leader in providing next-generation telecommunications networking solutions to the world's top telecommunications operators.
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor will Showcase New Reference Design for MIPI CSI-2 Image Sensor Bridge at CES 2013 (Monday Dec. 10, 2012)
  Lattice today announced it will demonstrate a MIPI Specification CSI-2 (Camera Serial Interface 2) image sensor bridge reference design at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
  
  
• Xilinx Accelerates Productivity in Industrial Automation with Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs (Monday Nov. 26, 2012)
  Xilinx demonstrates new design platform that enables industrial designers to deliver high performance and increased safety for motion control and industrial networking solutions
  
  
• Altera Quartus II Software Version 12.1 Accelerates System Development with Enhanced High-Level Design Flows (Monday Nov. 19, 2012)
  Altera today announced the release of its Quartus II software version 12.1, the industry's number one design suite in performance and productivity for CPLD, FPGA, SoC FPGA and HardCopy ASIC designs.
  
  
• Huawei, Altera mix FPGA, memory in 2.5-D device (Thursday Nov. 15, 2012)
  Huawei and Altera will package an FPGA and a Wide I/O memory on a 2.5-D silicon interposer to bust through memory bandwidth limits in communications systems. The technology presents thorny challenges but could become critical in networking, said a senior scientist for Huawei.
  
  
• Xilinx 20nm All Programmable Portfolio Builds on 28nm Breakthroughs to Stay a Generation Ahead (Tuesday Nov. 13, 2012)
  Xilinx today announced its strategy for its 20nm portfolio, including the next-generation 8 series All Programmable FPGAs and second generation of 3D ICs and SoCs.
  
  
• Altera Simplifies Industrial Ethernet Design for Factory Automation Systems (Monday Nov. 12, 2012)
  Altera’s Collaboration with Softing Industrial Automation Delivers Simplified Licensing Structure with a Unified Software Application Programming Interface
  
  
• Altera Motor Control Development Framework Delivers Unprecedented System Integration, Scalable Performance and Flexibility (Monday Nov. 12, 2012)
  Altera today announced a new Motor Control Development Framework that delivers unprecedented system integration, scalable performance and flexibility, while at the same time significantly reducing development time and risks for motor control system designs.
  
  
• Lattice and Acamar to Announce SDI Camera at China Security Expo 2012 (Monday Nov. 12, 2012)
  Lattice today announced that it will be demonstrating a LatticeECP3™ FPGA-based SDI (Serial Digital Interface) camera‚ Acamar’s ACM701‚ at the China Security Expo
  
  
• Altera's Functional Safety Data Package for Industrial Applications Accelerates Design Time and Reduces Certification Risks (Wednesday Nov. 07, 2012)
  Altera today announced the availability of an updated version of its functional safety data package for automotive, industrial, medical and defense applications.
  
  
• Altera Announces Industry's First FPGA Support for OpenCL - Eases the Adoption of FPGAs for Accelerating Heterogeneous Systems (Monday Nov. 05, 2012)
  Altera today announced the FPGA industry’s first Software Development Kit (SDK) for OpenCL™ (Open Computing Language) which combines the massively parallel architecture of an FPGA with the OpenCL parallel programming model.
  
  
• Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC Accelerates the Development of Trusted Systems at ARM TechCon 2012 (Wednesday Oct. 31, 2012)
  Xilinx today announced at ARM TechCon™ 2012 availability of solutions that further extend the Zynq™-7000 All Programmable SoC's use within trusted systems that must meet strict safety and security requirements.
  
  
• Altera First to Benchmark Complex High-Performance Floating-Point Digital Signal Processing Designs on 28 nm FPGAs (Monday Oct. 29, 2012)
  Altera today announced it is first in the industry to successfully benchmark complex, high-performance floating-point digital signal processing (DSP) designs on 28 nm FPGA devices.
  
  
• Xilinx Announces Defense-Grade 7 Series FPGAs and Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs with Fourth Generation Secure Capabilities (Monday Oct. 29, 2012)
  Xilinx today announced its fourth generation secure architecture with Information Assurance and Anti-Tamper IP core support for defense-grade 7 series FPGAs and Zynq™-7000 All Programmable SoCs.
  
  
• Xilinx Multiplies Productivity with Vivado Design Suite 2012.3 (Tuesday Oct. 23, 2012)
  Xilinx today announced the immediate availability of Vivado™ Design Suite 2012.3, offering for the first time new productivity enhancements for customers running the tools on multi-core processor workstations as well as new reference designs for speeding design implementation.
  
  
• Lattice MachXO2 Control Development Kit Enables Complex System Control and Interface Prototyping (Monday Oct. 22, 2012)
  Lattice today announced the immediate availability of the Control Development Kit for its MachXO2™ family of ultra-low density FPGAs‚ enabling low cost prototyping of complex system control and video interface designs.