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• On2 Technologies Announces New High Definition Hardware Encoder IP (Monday Sep. 15, 2008)
  The Hantro 7280 enables real-time video encoding up to 1280 x 1024 resolution for low-power chipsets
  
  
• eMemory and MagnaChip Partner to Offer Non-Volatile Memory Logic and High Voltage Processes (Wednesday Sep. 10, 2008)
  eMemory and MagnaChip today announced that the Neobit-embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property has received final verification to be applied in CMOS logic and high-voltage processes.
  
  
• High Performance DDR3 SDRAM Controller from Eureka Technology Supports AHB and AXI Bus Interface. (Monday Sep. 08, 2008)
  Eureka’s DDR3 SDRAM controller is designed specifically to harness the performance advantage of the DDR3 SDRAM. It employs high speed design techniques such as fast page access, pipeline design and smart arbitration. The controller supports both DDR2 and DDR3 SDRAMs to enable a smooth transition between the two SDRAM technologies.
  
  
• intoPIX Introduces its New Range of JPEG 2000 Mathematically Lossless IP-Cores (Monday Sep. 08, 2008)
  The M-Lossless family is able to process 10, 12 and up to 16 color bit depth, HD 1080 resolutions up to 60p and DCI 2K and 4K compliant formats in real-time, keeping bit-to-bit reversibility.
  
  
• Verayo Launches, Introduces Security Solutions Based on "Unclonable" Silicon Chips (Thursday Sep. 04, 2008)
  The core technology that makes these silicon chips unclonable is called Physical Unclonable Functions (PUF). PUF is like a biometrics technology for silicon chips. It extracts a type of “electronic DNA or fingerprint” that is unique to each silicon chip, and uses it for authentication and security applications.
  
  
• GDA Technologies Adds AXI to Its Serial RIO Silicon IP (Wednesday Sep. 03, 2008)
  AXI Bridge was added to GDA's GRIO Serial RIO IP and to enhance designs demanding high performance, low latency, low pin count, reliability and scalability.
  
  
• Anchor Bay Offers New Low-Cost HDMI 1.3 Deep Color Video-Processing IC for Blu-ray Players and AV Receivers (Wednesday Sep. 03, 2008)
  The ABT1030 fully supports HDMI 1.3 with Deep Color™ (36-bit inputs and outputs) and xvYCC colorimetry capabilities, featuring 12-bit input and output resolutions. Video signals from 480i up to full 1080P HDTV is completely supported as well when using the ABT1030's pass-through mode.
  
  
• IPextreme Announces Availability of Market's First IEEE 1149.7 cJTAG Semiconductor IP Core (Tuesday Sep. 02, 2008)
  Texas Instruments, a key contributor to the development of the IEEE 1149.7 standard, collaborates with IPextreme to bring compact JTAG (cJTAG) IP to market
  
  
• Evatronix enhances its NAND Flash Controller with OCP interface and BCH error correction code (Monday Sep. 01, 2008)
  Both BCH algorithm and OCP socket further facilitate the component’s implementation in various System-on-Chip (SoC) environments, as well as significantly reduce the IP core’s gate count while retaining its outstanding performance.
  
  
• DOLPHIN Integration completes its 65 nm Library with the AURIGA sROMet (Monday Sep. 01, 2008)
  The new sROMet AURIGA demonstrates an outstanding architectural property for a single metal programmable solution. Indeed it reuses the same architecture as its twin spRAM URANUS.
  
  
• Moortec Deliver High Performance Transmit Mixer/AGC for UWB Applications (Friday Aug. 29, 2008)
  Moortec deliver a high frequency (9GHz) mixer with high linearity for an Ultra Wideband (UWB) wireless application. The design is silicon proven on a 0.18um BiCMOS process.
  
  
• China readies first multicore Godson CPUs (Thursday Aug. 28, 2008)
  Chinese researchers are preparing the first multicore versions of Godson, the country's first homegrown microprocessor, with a four- and eight-core designs scheduled to tape out in the coming months. China hopes to build a petaflops high-performance computer based on the Godson-3 in 2010.
  
  
• Fresco Logic Demonstrates Industry's First SuperSpeed USB Data Transfer (Thursday Aug. 21, 2008)
  Demonstration Showcases SuperSpeed USB Data Transfer Speed of Over 350 MB/s on Fresco Logic's Hardware Development Platform
  
  
• Arasan Chip Systems Reveals Strategic Mobile Initiative (Wednesday Aug. 20, 2008)
  This strategic initiative centers on 2 key areas: (1) Arasan's technology expertise in the mobile IP space and (2) an "Arasan driven IP eco-system" of partners and customers throughout the mobile market.
  
  
• STMicroelectronics Demonstrates First Physical Layer IP For 6Gb/s SATA Hard Disk Drives (Tuesday Aug. 19, 2008)
  ST’s 6Gb/s SATA PHY is an IP (Intellectual Property) block designed to be integrated with other functions into low power System-on-Chip (SoC) devices supporting 1.5 and 3 Gb/s as well as 6 Gb/s SATA HDDs for mobile and desktop computing applications
  
  
• IBM Builds World's Smallest SRAM Memory Cell (Monday Aug. 18, 2008)
  IBM and its joint development partners -- AMD, Freescale, STMicroelectronics, Toshiba and CNSE -- today announced the first working static random access memory (SRAM) for the 22 nanometer (nm) technology node.
  
  
• ARM Mali-200 GPU Compliant With OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1 and OpenVG 1.0 (Friday Aug. 15, 2008)
  The ARM® Mali™-200 graphics processing unit (GPU) is compliant with the full range of Khronos embedded 2D and 3D graphics standards: OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1 and OpenVG 1.0.
  
  
• POWERVR SGX First with Conformance for all Khronos Mobile APIs on Production Silicon (Friday Aug. 15, 2008)
  Imagination’s POWERVR MBX 3D acceleration core is also conformant with Khronos’ OpenVG 1.0.1 and OpenGL ES 1.1 APIs.
  
  
• Synopsys Launches Full Range of Silicon-Proven DDR3 and DDR2 IP Solutions for SoC Designs (Wednesday Aug. 13, 2008)
  The DesignWare DDR IP solutions deliver memory system performance of up to 1600 Mbps, the maximum data-rate of the JEDEC DDR3 specification. The solutions include configurable protocol and memory controllers, integrated mixed-signal PHYs including I/Os and verification IP.
  
  
• Crocus Establishes Prototyping Environment for Next Generation MRAM Technology (Tuesday Aug. 12, 2008)
  Crocus Technologies today announced that it has qualified its complete manufacturing environment for the development and rapid prototyping of MRAM.
  
  
• Silvus Technologies and Ittiam Systems Announce Expanded Product Line and Commercial Availability of 802.11n IP Solution (Monday Aug. 11, 2008)
  Silvus Technologies and Ittiam Systems today announced the availability of an expanded line of PHY/MAC 802.11n IP solutions, which now covers multiple MIMO configurations (1x1, 2x2, 4x4).
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Announces USB PHY Breakthroughs (Monday Aug. 11, 2008)
  MIPS Technologies today introduced the industry's first 40nm USB PHY IP core and first USB-certified 1.8v 45nm USB PHY IP core.
  
  
• Cosmic Circuits Announces Validation as a Common Platform Solution Provider of New Analog IP Cores (Friday Aug. 08, 2008)
  Cosmic Circuits, a leading provider of differentiated Analog and Mixed-signal IP, today announced the validation of silicon IP cores for 90nm Common Platform™ technology. This includes IP cores for high-performance power-regulation and analog-to-digital conversion that are used predominantly in chips for portable consumer products and communications.
  
  
• Great River Technology Releases ARINC 818 Video IP Core for Xilinx and Altera FPGAs (Thursday Aug. 07, 2008)
  Great River Technology Releases ARINC 818 Video IP Core for Xilinx and Altera FPGAs Great River Technology released the first ARINC 818 IP core for aerospace and military video applications. The IP core targets both Xilinx and Altera FPGAs and drastically reduces the effort of implementing an ARINC 818 interface into new applications.
  
  
• CAST Offers Special System Library IP Package for AMBA-Based FPGAs and SoCs (Thursday Aug. 07, 2008)
  CAST and SoC Solutions today announced that the complete PiP-AMBA system infrastructure library is now available in a special website-only package, with a simplified license for easy purchase, and a reduced US price of $10,000.
  
  
• UMC's Embedded DRAM, URAM(TM) Proven in 65nm Customer Silicon (Monday Aug. 04, 2008)
  Pure-Play Foundry Industry's Only Proprietary Embedded DRAM Solution Enables Performance, Size and Cost Advantages for SoC Products
  
  
• Evatronix announces T8051 - the world's smallest 8051 ISA-compliant IP Core. (Friday Aug. 01, 2008)
  A significant decrease in the number of gates does not affect performance, which surpasses the original MCU by more than 4 times.
  
  
• Denali Announces Complete Bundle of I/O Virtualization Technology Solution With PureSpec PCI Express Verification IP (Thursday Jul. 31, 2008)
  Industry-Leading Verification IP Solution Provides Full Specification Support Of PCI-SIG IOV Technology Standard
  
  
• Denali Releases ONFi 2.0 Memory Controller and Verification Suites (Thursday Jul. 31, 2008)
  FlashPoint Platform Supports ONFi 2.0 NAND Flash Technology for PCIe-based Memory Systems
  
  
• Vivante Brings GPU IP Solutions to MIPS Alliance Program (Wednesday Jul. 30, 2008)
  Vivante will optimize its HD Visual Reality and Mobile Visual Reality line of 2D and 2D/3D graphics processor IP solutions, for integration in designs using the MIPS32® 24K® and MIPS32® 24KE™ cores, which are widely used in media server, DVD, set-top box and mobile solutions.