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• Xilinx Releases First 28nm FPGAs to Production (Thursday Mar. 01, 2012)
  Xilinx today announced it has reached another industry milestone with its limited production release of the industry's first 28nm FPGAs.
  
  
• Lattice Announces Upgraded HDR-60 Video Camera Development Kit Featuring New GUI from Helion (Thursday Mar. 01, 2012)
  Lattice today announced an upgrade to the Lattice HDR-60 Video Camera Development Kit, now enhanced with a Helion Graphical User Interface (GUI).
  
  
• Lattice Announces Support for Panasonic 1080p Image Sensor (Thursday Mar. 01, 2012)
  Lattice today announced it will demonstrate a LatticeECP3-based video camera supporting the Panasonic MN340411080p image sensor.
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor, Helion Demonstrate 3D Video Camera Based on LatticeECP3 FPGA (Wednesday Feb. 29, 2012)
  At the Embedded World show in Nuremberg, Germany, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced it will demonstrate a LatticeECP3(TM) FPGA-based video camera supporting dual sensors and 3D imaging viewable with active shutter 3D glasses.
  
  
• Lattice Announces Support For Recently Released MIPI BIF Standard (Tuesday Feb. 28, 2012)
  Lattice today announced the adoption of the MIPI Battery Interface (BIF) standard within the iCE40™ mobileFPGA™ family of products. As an industry-created and adopted standard, the MIPI BIF single-wire specification accelerates the design and use of smart batteries in mobile devices.
  
  
• Xilinx Unveils Linux OS-Based Asymmetric Multi-Processing Solution Supporting Zynq-7000 EPP at Embedded World 2012 (Tuesday Feb. 28, 2012)
  Xilinx, Inc. today announced open-source Linux Asymmetric Multi-Processing (AMP) support for its extensible processing platform (EPP), enabling developers to put Zynq™-7000 devices to work on applications that need to deliver deterministic, real-time responsiveness for markets such as automotive, industrial and others with similar requirements.
  
  
• Altera Selects Symmetricom as its Synchronization Technology Partner (Monday Feb. 27, 2012)
  Symmetricom today announced that Altera Corporationselected Symmetricom as its synchronization technology partner and has joined its SyncWorld Ecosystem Program as the first FPGA vendor.
  
  
• Xilinx 7 Series FPGAs Highlight Industry 100G Technology Leadership in Optical and Wired OTN Solutions at OFC 2012 (Monday Feb. 27, 2012)
  Best-in-Class Transceivers and Market-Leading IP Cores Provide Optical System Vendors and Next-Generation 100G Optical Module Suppliers with High Bandwidth Communication Platforms
  
  
• Altera Demonstrates First FPGAs to Interoperate with 100-Gbps Optical Module (Wednesday Feb. 22, 2012)
  Altera today announced it has successfully demonstrated interoperability with a 100-Gbps optical module using its 28-nm Stratix V GT FPGAs.
  
  
• Xilinx Reaches Industry Milestone with Record-Fast 28nm Product Rollout: $1B in Design Wins, Thousands of Device Shipments in First Year of Introduction (Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012)
  Xilinx today announced it has reached an industry milestone with over $1B in design wins for its newest line of 28nm FPGA and extensible processing platform (EPP) devices.
  
  
• Lattice Ships More Than 20 Million Programmable Mixed Signal Products (Monday Feb. 13, 2012)
  Lattice Semiconductor today announced that it has shipped more than 20 million programmable mixed signal devices.
  
  
• CEVA, Inc. Announces Record Fourth Quarter and Year End 2011 Financial Results (Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012)
  CEVA today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. All-time high quarterly and annual revenue of $16.0 million and $60.2 million, up 22% and 34% year-over-year, respectively
  
  
• Xilinx Launches First Design Platforms for Accelerating 7 Series FPGA Design Productivity and System Integration (Tuesday Jan. 31, 2012)
  Xilinx today launched its first Targeted Design Platforms for accelerating systems development and integration with its 28nm 7 series FPGAs. Xilinx's Targeted Design Platform approach to FPGA system design and integration provides the industry's most comprehensive development kits – complete with boards, ISE® Design Suite tools, IP cores, reference designs and FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) support – so designers can begin applications development immediately.
  
  
• Three New Devices Extend The Power Efficiency, Package Size, And Performance Of The Popular LatticeECP3 FPGA Family (Tuesday Jan. 24, 2012)
  Lattice Semiconductor today announced the immediate availability of Low Power, High Speed, and Mini Package additions to the highly successful LatticeECP3™ FPGA family.
  
  
• Xilinx Announces ISE Design Suite 13.4 Further Extending 7 Series FPGA Support and Design Productivity (Wednesday Jan. 18, 2012)
  Xilinx today released ISE® Design Suite 13.4, which provides public access to the MicroBlaze™ Micro Controller System (MCS), new RX Margin Analysis and debug capabilities for the 28nm 7 Series FPGAs and partial reconfiguration support for the Artix™-7 family and Virtex®-7 XT devices.
  
  
• Xilinx Making Immersive 3D and 4K2K Displays Possible with 7 Series FPGA System Integration (Thursday Jan. 05, 2012)
  Xilinx today introduced new 28nm Kintex™-7 Field FPGA-based targeted reference designs and a new development baseboard for accelerating the development of next-generation, 3D and 4K2K display technologies aimed at giving consumers a rich, immersive experience.
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor and Aptina Announce Dual Image Sensor Stereo Camera Reference Design for CES 2012 (Thursday Jan. 05, 2012)
  Lattice, in collaboration with Aptina, today announced that it will be demonstrating a low cost, dual image sensor design at CES 2012. The dual image sensor design utilizes two Aptina MT9M024/MT9M034 720P image sensors and combines the image into a single bus on which an ISP (Image Signal Processor) can operate.
  
  
• Lattice Announces Transfer Of Its Standard Military Drawing (SMD) Product Line To Arrow Electronics Inc. (Tuesday Jan. 03, 2012)
  Lattice today announced the transfer of its Standard Military Drawing (SMD) product portfolio to Arrow Electronics Inc., effective immediately. Lattice's SMD products include the GAL® family (GAL16V8, GAL20V8 and GAL22V10) of simple PLDs and the ispLSI® 1000 family (ispLSI 1016, ispLSI 1024, ispLSI 1032 and ispLSI 1048) of complex PLDs.
  
  
• BIOS AP Designs Spartan-6 FPGAs into RAID Motherboard for Surveillance & Storage System Applications (Tuesday Dec. 20, 2011)
  Xilinx announced today that BIOS AP has designed Xilinx Spartan®-6 FPGAs its ROMB miniITX ATOM motherboard for leading surveillance server and network attached storage system applications.
  
  
• Altera Interoperates First 28-nm FPGA with PLX Technology's PCIe Gen3 Switch (Tuesday Dec. 13, 2011)
  Altera today announced it has successfully interoperated its 28-nm Stratix® V GX FPGA with PLX® Technology's ExpressLane™ PCI Express® (PCIe®) Gen3 switch.
  
  
• Lattice Announces New Version Of Mixed Signal Design Software (Monday Dec. 12, 2011)
  Lattice today announced release 6.2 of its PAC-Designer® mixed signal design software, with updated support for Lattice’s Platform Manager™, Power Manager II and ispClock™ devices.
  
  
• New Release Of Lattice Diamond Design Software Accelerates FPGA Design Optimization For Low Power And Cost Sensitive Applications (Monday Dec. 12, 2011)
  Lattice today announced release 1.4 of its Lattice Diamond® design software, the design environment for Lattice FPGA products. Users of Lattice Diamond 1.4 software will benefit from several usability enhancements that make FPGA design exploration easier and reduce time to market.
  
  
• Xilinx Ships First Zynq-7000 Devices, the World's First Extensible Processing Platform (Thursday Dec. 08, 2011)
  Xilinx today announced its first Zynq(TM)-7000 Extensible Processing Platform (EPP) shipments to customers, a major milestone in the roll-out of a complete embedded processing platform that for the first time offers developers ASIC levels of performance and power consumption, the flexibility of an FPGA and the programmability of a microprocessor.
  
  
• Lattice Ships 75 Million MachXO Programmable Logic Devices (Monday Dec. 05, 2011)
  Lattice Semiconductor today announced that it has shipped more than 75 million MachXO™ PLDs (programmable logic devices) since their introduction.
  
  
• Altera Continues Rollout of 28-nm Product Portfolio with Shipment of Arria V FPGAs (Tuesday Nov. 29, 2011)
  Altera today announced it has started shipping its 28-nm Arria® V FPGAs. The Arria V devices are the lowest power mid-range FPGAs available on the market today with 10.3125-Gbps transceiver technology
  
  
• New LatticeECP4 Family Redefines Low Cost, Low Power FPGAs, Features High Performance Innovations (Monday Nov. 28, 2011)
  6G SERDES, Hardened Communication Engines and Ultra-High Bandwidth DSP Blocks Among Innovations for Cost and Power Sensitive Applications in Wireless, Wireline and Video Markets
  
  
• Lattice Releases Sercos III Real-Time Industrial Ethernet Solution (Tuesday Nov. 22, 2011)
  Lattice Semiconductor today announced the immediate availability of a Sercos III real-time Ethernet solution. The low cost, low power LatticeECP3(TM) FPGA-enabled Sercos III solution provides a low cost and flexible design alternative for real-time industrial networking applications.
  
  
• Xilinx Accelerates Design Cycles and Lowers Costs for Industrial Networking and Motor Control Systems (Tuesday Nov. 22, 2011)
  Xilinx today announced new Ethernet protocol support and motor control building blocks for its Industrial Targeted Design Platforms, including new EtherCAT, Ethernet POWERLINK, PROFINET and SERCOS III interconnect reference designs, as well as new IP cores for building intelligent motor control systems and a new motor control development kit from Avnet Electronics Marketing
  
  
• ABS GmbH Selects the LatticeECP3 FPGA family for CCD Interface and Processing (Monday Nov. 21, 2011)
  Lattice today announced that ABS GmbH has chosen the mid-range LatticeECP3™ FPGA for use in its compact digital camera reference design.
  
  
• Xilinx Enables Industrial Networking, Motor Control and Machine Vision Through Latest Generation Targeted Design Platforms (Friday Nov. 18, 2011)
  Xilinx will demonstrate advanced motor-control, networking and machine-vision technology based on its latest programmable devices, platforms and collaborations enabling high-speed industrial control and real-time networking applications.