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• Xilinx Achieves 28nm Milestone with Over $1B in Cumulative Revenues and 65 Percent Market Segment Share (Tuesday May. 12, 2015)
  Xilinx announced that it has achieved a significant milestone at 28nm with over $1B of cumulative product revenue, realized over three quarters faster than any previous node. In addition, Xilinx has attained 65 percent cumulative 28nm market segment share since it started shipping in calendar year 2012.
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor Announces MachXO3LF Devices With On-Chip Flash Memory (Monday May. 11, 2015)
  Lattice today announced the MachXO3LF™ device, the newest member of its MachXO3™ FPGA family, which provides essential bridging and I/O expansion functions to meet the increasing connectivity requirements of communications, computing, consumer and industrial markets.
  
  
• Altera Announces New Spectra-Q Engine for Industry-leading Quartus II Software to Accelerate FPGA and SoC Design (Monday May. 11, 2015)
  Altera unveiled its Spectra-Q™ engine, a new technology at the heart of the company’s proven Quartus® II software, to improve design productivity and time-to-market for next-generation programmable devices.
  
  
• Land Transport Authority of Singapore Selects Xilinx Automotive Zynq All Programmable SoCs for Intelligent Transport Systems (Monday May. 11, 2015)
  Xilinx today announced that the Land Transport Authority of Singapore has selected Xilinx® Automotive (XA) Zynq® -7000 All Programmable SoCs for its Intelligent Transport Systems.
  
  
• Xilinx Accelerates System Verification with Vivado Design Suite 2015.1 (Monday May. 04, 2015)
  Xilinx today announced acceleration of system verification with the release of the Vivado® Design Suite 2015.1, featuring major productivity advances for the development and deployment of All Programmable FPGAs and SoCs.
  
  
• HMS Industrial Networks AB Collaborates with Xilinx to Deliver Next Generation Industrial Networking Solutions (Monday Apr. 27, 2015)
  HMS Industrial Networks AB announced today that it is collaborating with Xilinx to deliver next generation industrial networking solutions. HMS's latest industrial network IP is based on the leading Anybus technology for Xilinx® FPGA and SoC devices
  
  
• Altera Joins Industrial Internet Consortium to Influence Global Ecosystem for Internet of Things (Monday Apr. 13, 2015)
  Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced the company has joined the Industrial Internet Consortium, a collaborative industry organization facilitating development of a global ecosystem for the Internet of Things (IoT).
  
  
• Xilinx All Programmable Devices Enable Blackmagic Design to Develop Complete 4K Camera Systems on Chip (Thursday Apr. 09, 2015)
  Xilinx today announced that its All Programmable devices are enabing Blackmagic Design to develop complete 4K camera systems on a chip. These devices are at the heart of Blackmagic's URSA camera, which features a 4K Super 35 sensor with global shutter and a fold out 10" monitor, and the Production Camera 4K which is the world's smallest Ultra HD 4K cinema production camera.
  
  
• Altera to Demonstrate Ultra HD End-to-End Solutions at NAB 2015 (Thursday Apr. 09, 2015)
  Featured for the first time will be the Altera multichannel, real-time H.265 hardware codec delivering a high quality full HD experience by implementing the Altera H.265 IP on a single chip with unprecedented quality and efficiency.
  
  
• Xilinx and its Ecosystem Demonstrate 'Any Media over Any Network' Connectivity with All Programmable Professional Video Solutions at NAB 2015 (Wednesday Apr. 08, 2015)
  Xilinx and its ecosystem will demonstrate their 'Any Media over Any Network' connectivity with their All Programmable, professional video solution demonstrations at NAB 2015.
  
  
• Xilinx UltraScale 20nm Devices Enable JDSU ONT 400G Ethernet Test Platform (Tuesday Apr. 07, 2015)
  Xilinx today announced that its Virtex® UltraScale™ 20nm FPGA is enabling the JDSU ONT 400G Ethernet test platform. This new platform delivers 400G bandwidth and ensures precise analysis on a true packet-to-packet basis to support the needs and complexity of advanced 400G applications.
  
  
• Microsemi Announces RTG4 Radiation-tolerant FPGAs For High-speed Signal Processing Applications (Tuesday Apr. 07, 2015)
  Microsemi today announced availability of its RTG4™ high-speed signal processing radiation-tolerant FPGA family. The RTG4's reprogrammable flash technology offers complete immunity to radiation-induced configuration upsets in the harshest radiation environments, requiring no configuration scrubbing, unlike SRAM FPGA technology.
  
  
• Altera and TSMC Innovate Industry-first, UBM-free WLCSP Packaging Technology Platform for MAX 10 FPGA Products (Tuesday Apr. 07, 2015)
  Altera and TSMC today announced the two companies have produced an innovative, UBM-free (under-bump metallization-free) WLCSP (wafer-level chip scale package) technology that provides enhanced quality, reliability and integration for Altera's MAX® 10 FPGA products.
  
  
• Xilinx Launches Next Generation of Video over IP Connectivity Solutions to Address Emerging All IP-Based Networks (Wednesday Apr. 01, 2015)
  Xilinx launched its next generation of Video over IP connectivity solutions to address the industry's transition to all IP-based networks. These new connectivity solutions enable 'any media over any network' transport capabilities to the broadcast and pro a/v markets.
  
  
• Xilinx SDAccel and SDNet Software Defined Development Environments Earn Lightwave Innovation Award Distinctions (Tuesday Mar. 24, 2015)
  Xilinx today announced that its SDAccel™ and SDNet™ software defined development environments were each recognized in the 2015 Lightwave Innovation Awards Program for technical excellence. The Lightwave Innovation Awards program distinguishes the top products and solutions available within the optical networking industry as determined by an independent panel of third-party fiber optics experts.
  
  
• Altera and Eutecus Single-chip, FPGA-Based Solutions "See" and Provide Intelligent Vision for Smart Cities (Tuesday Mar. 24, 2015)
  Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) and strategic IP partner Eutecus announce the availability of the ReCo-Pro Multi-Channel High-Definition (HD) Video Analytics platform based on Eutecus’ MVE™ video and fusion analytics technology and Altera’s Cyclone® V SoC and Enpirion® PowerSoC devices.
  
  
• Xilinx Enables Any Media over Any Network with Comprehensive Suite of All Programmable Professional Video Solutions (Monday Mar. 23, 2015)
  Xilinx today announced that it is enabling any media over any network with the industry's most comprehensive suite of programmable professional video solutions. The new generation of solutions for 4K/Ultra-HD and 8K/Super Hi Vision includes 'any to any' video connectivity, video processing, and development boards that enable designers to rapidly build ultra-high quality video systems for the broadcast and professional a/v markets.
  
  
• Compelling OTN Solutions for 200G and 400G to be Demonstrated by Altera on its Arria 10 FPGAs at OFC 2015 (Monday Mar. 23, 2015)
  Altera is demonstrating at OFC 2015 two products for optical transport networks designed with Arria® 10 FPGAs: the Altera SoftSilicon® 400G Transponder/Muxponder (TPO516) and the Altera SoftSilicon single-chip 20-channel any-rate mapper (TPOC226) with segmentation and reassembly (SAR).
  
  
• Altera FPGAs Drive Low-Bandwidth, High-Efficiency Videoconferencing for Avaya (Monday Mar. 16, 2015)
  Altera today announced that a new Avaya Scopia videoconferencing system takes advantage of Altera’s powerful H.265 video codec solution, which is capable of handling full duplex encoding and decoding on a single FPGA, enabling best-in-class videoconferencing.
  
  
• Microsemi and Marvell Collaborate to Simplify Synchronous Ethernet Designs for Packet Switched Networks (Thursday Mar. 12, 2015)
  
  
  
• Microsemi Announces High Performance SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA Dual-axis Motor Control Kit (Wednesday Mar. 11, 2015)
  Microsemi today announced availability of its SmartFusion2™ SoC FPGA dual-axis motor control kit with a modular motor control IP suite and reference design.
  
  
• Altera Announces 30-Amp Integrated Digital DC-DC Converter For Generation 10 FPGAs (Wednesday Mar. 11, 2015)
  Altera is adding a 30-amp PowerSoC DC-DC step-down converter to its growing portfolio of Enpirion power solutions for FPGAs. The 30-amp EM1130 is the first in a family of integrated digital DC-DC step-down converters that will provide power management for Altera's Generation 10 FPGAs, specifically for Arria® 10 and Stratix® 10 FPGA core and transceiver power supply rails.
  
  
• Xilinx Announces SDSoC Development Environment for All Programmable SoCs and MPSoCs (Monday Mar. 09, 2015)
  Xilinx today announced the SDSoC™ Development Environment for All Programmable SoCs and MPSoCs. The third member of the Xilinx® SDx™ family of development environments, the SDSoC development environment enables the broader community of embedded software developers to leverage the power of hardware and software 'all programmable' devices.
  
  
• Xilinx All Programmable Devices Enabling ZTE Pre5G 3D/Massive MIMO Base Station (Tuesday Mar. 03, 2015)
  Xilinx today announced its All Programmable devices are enabling ZTE's pre5G 3D/massive MIMO base station. Comprising 128 antennas, ZTE's massive MIMO system uses a frontal area similar to existing 8-antennas systems. Integrating antennas, base station units and RFs in one module, ZTE's Massive MIMO base station uses only one-third of the installation space of traditional systems, lowering operating costs and total cost ownership of operators.
  
  
• Altera and China Mobile Demonstrate Virtualized C-RAN Platform for 5G at Mobile World Congress 2015 (Monday Mar. 02, 2015)
  At the Mobile World Congress 2015 today, Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) and China Mobile demonstrated jointly a Centralized/Coordinated/Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) platform targeting the next generation of virtualized 5G wireless networks.
  
  
• Xilinx and BEEcube Announce Highly Scalable Prototyping Platform for 5G Massive MIMO Antenna Systems (Wednesday Feb. 25, 2015)
  Xilinx and BEEcube today announced a highly scalable prototyping platform for 5G massive MIMO antenna systems. The new MegaBEE prototyping platform supports up to 256x256 antennas and provides all the elements necessary to put a massive MIMO system on the air within LTE bands and without external hardware.
  
  
• Microsemi's Innovative TimeProvider 5000 System Supports Phase Synchronization Needed for LTE Advanced and Small Cell Deployments (Wednesday Feb. 25, 2015)
  Microsemi today announced its award-winning TimeProvider® 5000 Software Release 2.2, adding ITU-T G.8275.1 phase synchronization profile support with a software upgrade and license key.
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor Enables Faster IEC61508 Certification with FPGA Functional Safety Design Flow (Tuesday Feb. 24, 2015)
  Lattice today announced the availability of the Functional Safety Design Flowsolution based on the Lattice Diamond® Design Tools. Certified by TÜV-Rheinland, an independent organization globally recognized for safety and quality testing, the package enables users to bring their product to market faster by simplifying and speeding up the IEC61508 safety certification process for applications using Lattice FPGAs.
  
  
• Microsemi Extends its Leadership in Cyber Security for Automotive and IoT Applications with Escrypt Public Key Infrastructure (Tuesday Feb. 24, 2015)
  Microsemi today announced a reference design with Escrypt GmbH that utilizes the security features of SmartFusion2® SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2® FPGAs along with Escrypt's CycurKEYS® cloud-based Certificate Authority (CA).
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor Expedites & Simplifies USB Type-C Implementation in Consumer and Industrial Devices (Tuesday Feb. 24, 2015)
  Lattice today announced three new, freely-downloadable reference designs that enable designers working in consumer, industrial and other sectors to quickly implement the cable detect and power delivery functions required to unlock the new capabilities of Type-C including 100W power, 20Gbps bandwidth, reversibility and flexibility.