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• Actel Unveils Third-Generation FPGA Programming Tool (Monday Aug. 21, 2006)
  High-Throughput Silicon Sculptor 3 Expands Parallel Programming Capability; Offers Seamless Upgrade From Previous Generations
  
  
• Xilinx Award Winning Platform Studio Extends Ease-Of-Use For Embedded Processing Design (Monday Aug. 21, 2006)
  New tool suite release opens early access for embedded processing with industry leading Virtex-5 platform FPGAs
  
  
• Cypress Releases Enhanced Version of PSoC Express(TM) Design Tool That Requires No ''C'' or Assembly Coding (Monday Aug. 21, 2006)
  Cypress Semiconductor Corp., today introduced Version 2.1 of PSoC Express(TM), the innovative development tool for PSoC® (Programmable System on Chip(TM)) mixed-signal arrays that dramatically simplifies embedded design
  
  
• Xilinx Ships Over 10 Million Platform Flash Memory Devices (Wednesday Aug. 09, 2006)
  Successful collaboration with STMicroelectronics delivers industry-leading high volume, low-cost configuration solution
  
  
• Actel Broadens Support for CoreMP7-Based Designs With New SoftConsole Tool (Monday Jul. 31, 2006)
  Free Software Program Development Environment Integrates With Actel's Full Suite of FPGA Development Tools
  
  
• Altera Ships Industry's Highest Density FPGA With Embedded Transceivers (Monday Jul. 24, 2006)
  EP2SGX130 Device Enables Designers to Configure Multiple Protocols on a Single Device
  
  
• Altera Announces First AQEC-Compliant FPGAs (Tuesday Jul. 18, 2006)
  Altera Corporation today announced that its Stratix® and Cyclone® FPGAs have been certified to be in compliance with the Aerospace Qualified Electronic Components (AQEC) specification GEIA-STD-0002-01
  
  
• Xilinx Releases ISE WebPACK 8.2i - FPGA Industry's Only Free Fully Featured Design Suite (Monday Jul. 17, 2006)
  This new version includes all the features of the 8.2i release of the popular Xilinx ISE Foundation(TM) software with full support for optional embedded, digital signal processing (DSP) and real-time debug design flows
  
  
• Altera Customers Gain Performance, Power and Signal Integrity Advantages From Stratix II GX FPGAs (Thursday Jul. 13, 2006)
  These Altera® devices allow customers to leverage reliable multigigabit transceiver performance, power and signal integrity. On-time delivery of fully functional Stratix II GX devices is proof of Altera’s commitment to meeting customers’ quality and relia
  
  
• Altera Expands Into Portable Market With Lower Cost, Lower Power MAX II CPLDs (Monday Jul. 10, 2006)
  Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) today announced it has expanded the MAX® II device family to address the growing portable applications market.
  
  
• Actel's Enhanced Libero IDE Offers 'Smart' Functionality for Fusion Mixed-Signal FPGAs (Monday Jul. 10, 2006)
  Advanced Timing and Power Analysis Features Improve Flexibility, Efficiency and Reliability while Maximizing Performance and Minimizing Costs
  
  
• Altera Adds New Member to Cyclone II FPGA Family (Wednesday Jul. 05, 2006)
  Altera today introduced a new member of its low-cost Cyclone® II FPGA family, the EP2C15A. Featuring 240 Kbits of embedded RAM and 14,448 logic elements, the new Altera® device gives designers a higher memory-to-logic ratio than previously available.
  
  
• Xilinx issues Spartan-3 recall (Thursday Jun. 29, 2006)
  Programmable logic supplier Xilinx Inc. has issued what appears to be a sizeable recall of Spartan-3, Spartan-3E and Spartan-3L FPGAs made between early September 2005 and late April of this year, according to a posting on the company's Web site.
  
  
• Xilinx Delivers ISE 8.2i - A Complete Logic Design Solution For The New 65nm Virtex-5 FPGA Family (Monday Jun. 26, 2006)
  Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX ) today announced immediate availability of the 8.2i Integrated Software Environment (ISE™) tool suite, the latest release of its widely-used design solution, now supporting the company’s newest line of 65nm Virtex™-5 domain-opt
  
  
• Actel's Four-Million System Gate Prototyping Solution Saves Time and Mitigates Costly Risks for Space Flight FPGAs (Monday Jun. 26, 2006)
  Maintaining its steadfast support for designers in the aerospace industry, Actel Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTL) today announced prototype availability of the RTAX4000S, the industry's highest-density, high-reliability field-programmable gate array (FPGA) for
  
  
• Altera's Stratix II FPGAs Provide Complete Design Security Solution for Protection of Intellectual Property (Monday Jun. 19, 2006)
  Intellectual property (IP) protection has become a primary challenge in today’s highly competitive commercial environment, as well as in government and military applications, which have an inherent need for elevated security. In response, Altera Corporati
  
  
• Xilinx CoolRunner-II CPLDs Adopted In Wilcom's Handeld Information Terminal Manufactured By Sharp (Wednesday Jun. 14, 2006)
  Xilinx low-power programmable devices help deliver advanced mobile features such as voice, video, Internet and email in latest W-ZERO3 handsets
  
  
• E Ink Selects Actel's Flash-Based FPGAs for Use in Next-Generation Electronic Paper Display Controller (Thursday Jun. 08, 2006)
  Actel Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTL) today announced that its flash-based ProASIC3 field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have been selected by E Ink Corporation for use within its next-generation electronic paper display controllers.
  
  
• XtremeData Picks Altera's Stratix II FPGAs to Deliver Processor Acceleration for AMD Opteron Processor-Based Systems (Tuesday Jun. 06, 2006)
  Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) announced today that XtremeData Inc. chose Altera’s largest Stratix® II FPGA device for their XD1000 FPGA coprocessing solution.
  
  
• QuickLogic Announces Production Shipments of World's Lowest Power FPGA - PolarPro (Thursday May. 18, 2006)
  QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the lowest power programmable logic leader, announced production shipments of the first two members of the industry’s lowest power family of FPGAs, the QL1P075 and the QL1P100.
  
  
• Xilinx Unveils 65nm Virtex-5 Family - Industry's Highest Performance Platform FPGAs (Monday May. 15, 2006)
  Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the world’s leading supplier of programmable solutions, today unveiled its new Virtex™-5 family of domain-optimized field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), built upon the industry’s most advanced 65-nanometer (nm) triple-oxide
  
  
• Xilinx Delivers Virtex-5 LX Devices - World's First 65nm FPGAs In Customer Hands (Monday May. 15, 2006)
  Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the world’s leading supplier of programmable solutions, today announced initial shipments of Virtex™-5 LX FPGAs, the first of four domain-optimized platforms in its new 65-nanometer (nm) Virtex-5 field programmable gate array
  
  
• Altera and Sequans Provide First Mobile WiMAX Base Station Modem Chipset (Monday May. 15, 2006)
  Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) and SEQUANS Communications today announced the availability of the first mobile WiMAX basestation modem chipset supporting the recently ratified IEEE 802.16e-2005 broadband wireless access standard.
  
  
• Altera Now Shipping Version 6.0 of Nios II Processor and Development Tools (Tuesday May. 09, 2006)
  Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced the immediate availability of version 6.0 of the Nios® II embedded processor and the Nios II Embedded Design Suite (EDS)
  
  
• NEC Chooses Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs For GBPS WDM Optical Communications Systems (Monday May. 08, 2006)
  Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ: XLNX), the global leader in programmable logic solutions, today announced that its Virtex-4 FX FPGA has been chosen by NEC for its SFI-5-compliant 40 Gbps WDM optical communications systems
  
  
• Altera Delivers Major Advancements for High-Density Designs With Quartus II Software Version 6.0 (Monday May. 08, 2006)
  Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced that it is shipping version 6.0 of its Quartus® II software. Included in this version is the TimeQuest timing analyzer, the first timing analysis tool from an FPGA vendor to provide comprehensive native su
  
  
• Altera Ships Second Member of Stratix II GX FPGA Family (Monday May. 01, 2006)
  Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) today announced that it has begun shipping the second member of its Stratix® II GX family, the EP2SGX90F, featuring 16 mulitgigabit transceivers and 90,000 logic elements (LEs).
  
  
• Synplicity and Actel Strengthen OEM Relationship for Best-In-Class EDA Solutions (Monday May. 01, 2006)
  Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, Actel obtains the right to distribute the Synplify Pro®, Identify® and Synplify® DSP software solutions to its customers as part of its Libero® Integrated Design Environment (IDE). The expanded agreement will a
  
  
• Achronix Semiconductor and Chartered to Collaborate on Low-Power Gigahertz Speed FPGAs (Wednesday Apr. 26, 2006)
  Achronix Semiconductor Corporation announced today that it will collaborate with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Nasdaq: CHRT and SGX-ST: Chartered) to develop and manufacture its ULTRA Gigahertz speed family of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA
  
  
• Panasonic Chooses Altera FPGAs for New Solid-State Broadcast Camera Recorders (Wednesday Apr. 26, 2006)
  Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) announced today at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Conference that Panasonic leverages the performance and flexibility of Altera® FPGAs to drive the recording functions in their new Professional Plug-in (P2