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• Silicon Interfaces Introduces 802.11 a,b and g IEEE Standard WLAN Base Band Processor Intellectual Property (Monday Nov. 07, 2005)
  Silicon Interfaces’ BBP core for Wireless LAN is compatible with 802.11 a b and g IEEE standards. It is designed to handle packetized DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum) and OFDM(Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) data transmissions. BBP is a
  
  
• CAST Releases Fast, Flexible Baseline H.264/AVC Video Encoder Core (Thursday Nov. 03, 2005)
  CAST believes this to be the fastest, most capable such core available, encoding the full range of video from QCIF resolution for mobile phones (176 x 120 pixels) at 15 frames per second all the way up to the HDTV resolution needed for Blu-ray DVDs (1920
  
  
• Altera Extends PCI Express Leadership With x8 Solution for Stratix II GX FPGAs (Wednesday Nov. 02, 2005)
  Customers can now turn to Altera for a wide range of programmable PCI Express solutions, including low-cost x1 applications up to high-performance systems using the x8 core in combination with the new Stratix II GX FPGA family
  
  
• Silicon Image Extends Industry Leadership With HDMI Digital IP and Companion Sil9002 PHY Chip (Tuesday Nov. 01, 2005)
  Comprehensive Set of Offerings Enable Quick Integration of HDMI While Giving Customers Design and Cost Flexibility
  
  
• Actel Increases MIL-STD-1553 Reliability With New Version of CORE1553BRT IP Core (Tuesday Nov. 01, 2005)
  First MIL-STD-1553 IP Core to Offer Safe State Machines and 100 Percent Code Coverage
  
  
• VeriSilicon and SMIC Jointly Announce Standard Design Platform for SMIC's Advanced 0.13-micron CMOS Process Technology (Monday Oct. 31, 2005)
  The Standard Design Platform includes memory compilers for single port and dual port SRAM, Diffusion programmable ROM, Two-Port Register File Compiler, standard cell library and I/O cell library
  
  
• Faraday Launches Portable MP3/WMA Audio SoC Design Platform - FIE7005 (Monday Oct. 31, 2005)
  Faraday's FIE7005 Audio Platform Solution Offers Power Optimized System and Highly Integrated Architecture for Portable MP3/WMA Player Consumer Electronics
  
  
• CAST Steps up to Platform IP for ARM and AMBA Systems (Friday Oct. 28, 2005)
  The new Pre-integrated IP(TM) (PiP) products give system-on-chip (SoC) designers a head start by providing the basic hardware and software infrastructure needed for an ARM-based SoC
  
  
• videantis introduces highest performance multistandard semiconductor cores for video applications (Thursday Oct. 27, 2005)
  The v-MP2 , supporting both single and multicore designs, is enhanced in processing performance for latest video coding standards (H.264/AVC, WMV9/VC-1, MPEG-4), power consumption and reduced size
  
  
• Programmable PCI Express Solution Announced by Lattice Semiconductor, Genesys Logic and Northwest Logic (Wednesday Oct. 26, 2005)
  Companies Collaborate to Provide Low-Cost PCI Express Solution with Full Feature Support
  
  
• Altera and Wi-LAN Form Partnership to Offer First Programmable WiMAX BTS Modem Solution (Wednesday Oct. 26, 2005)
  Leading Programmable Logic and IP Providers Deliver Compliant, Low-Cost Modem Solution for the IEEE 802.16-2004 Standard
  
  
• Xilinx Announces Industry's Most Comprehensive Suite Of Programmable WiMAX Solutions (Tuesday Oct. 25, 2005)
  FPGA leader extends leadership in wireless infrastructure space with development tools tailored for rapidly emerging broadband wireless standard
  
  
• Alpha Data and 4i2i Demonstrate Real-Time Teleconferencing at GSPx (Tuesday Oct. 25, 2005)
  Demonstration showcases the first implementation of a high definition H264 video Codec in a single FPGA platform
  
  
• ARC International Creates 128-Bit Extended Instructions to Reduce Power For Multimedia Applications (Tuesday Oct. 25, 2005)
  Award Winning New SIMD Extensions Offer a 10x Improvement in Workload Compared to Non-SIMD Technologies
  
  
• StarCore Unveils StarCore V5 Architecture (Monday Oct. 24, 2005)
  Scalable to over 1 GHz, offers balance of features to power next-generation multimedia handset and high-performance infrastructure applications
  
  
• IMEC Reports Breakthrough Power Efficiency and Performance of Coarse-Grain Processor (Monday Oct. 24, 2005)
  Processor meets requirements for next-generation multi-mode nomadic embedded devices
  
  
• Xtensa 6 Processor Core Provides Fastest Customization Path, Lower Power and Advanced Security Provisions (Monday Oct. 24, 2005)
  Algorithm to Fully Configured Core in Less than One Hour
  
  
• Actel Delivers Industry's First Soft ARM7 Family Processor Optimized for FPGAs (Monday Oct. 24, 2005)
  Actel Brings Industry's Most Popular 32-Bit Embedded Processor to the Masses
  
  
• RF Engines Launches ChannelCore64 - achieving 64 reconfigurable DDC channels in one FPGA (Monday Oct. 24, 2005)
  New multi-channel down-converter FPGA core delivers an exciting step improvement in flexible radio channelisation
  
  
• Virage Logic and MIPS Technologies Accelerate Processor Performance With Core-Optimized IP Kits (Thursday Oct. 20, 2005)
  Performance Enhancements Enable Additional Functionality and Design Headroom
  
  
• The Arrival of World's First High Definition MPEG-4 Video Codec for Licensing from IndigoVision (Thursday Oct. 20, 2005)
  Mainstream High Definition MPEG-4 Video Codec, announced today by IndigoVision in Edinburgh, Scotland, is the first licensable MPEG-4 video codec on the market to support 1920 x 1280 size streaming video images at full 25/30 frames per second frame rates
  
  
• CHIPIDEA extends its 90nm CMOS portfolio with a Low Power and Very Compact 1GHz ADC for Blu-ray and UWB systems (Wednesday Oct. 19, 2005)
  The CI3412hm is a fully differential very high- speed low power ADC core cell designed in a 1.2V 90nm technology. Digital error correction is employed to reduce DNL errors and eliminate missing codes.
  
  
• Xilinx Announces Fully-Compliant Reprogrammable 802.17 RPR Mac Solution (Wednesday Oct. 19, 2005)
  Complete solution facilitates design of highly flexible 1G, 2.5G and
  
  
• First-Time-Ever Demo of FPGA Processing on a Serial RapidIO Device (Wednesday Oct. 19, 2005)
  The demonstration will include full memory-to-memory transfers over a Serial RapidIO x4 backplane between CoSine and an endpoint from Mercury Computers.
  
  
• Digital Core Design (DCD) Announces New Configurable CAN Bus Controller (Tuesday Oct. 18, 2005)
  Core has simple configurable CPU interface which allows to operate with 8, 16 and 32 Bit CPU with little endian or big endian adressing scheme
  
  
• Freescale Taps IPextreme to Accelerate FlexRay Adoption throughout Automotive Industry with IP Offering (Monday Oct. 17, 2005)
  Automotive Network IP Enables Throttle, Braking, Steering and Stability Control By-Wire
  
  
• Ingot Announces New 8B10B Encoder/Decoder Solution (Monday Oct. 17, 2005)
  The IP7020 IP Solution has been silicon proven and validated in an FPGA. It implements the physical coding sub-layer for Gigabit Ethernet and PCI-Express as defined in the ANSI X3.230-1994 and IEEE 802.3z specifications
  
  
• Cavendish Kinetics and AMI Semiconductor announce cooperative marketing initiative; Collaboration formed for Cavendish Kinetics embedded NVM solution's (Monday Oct. 17, 2005)
  Cavendish Kinetics announced full qualification of its embedded One-Time Programmable (OTP) solution on AMI Semiconductor's foundry process
  
  
• Ingot Announces New DDR1/DDR2 Memory Controller Evaluation Kit (Thursday Oct. 13, 2005)
  The kit allows a designer to easily determine the schedule efficiency and operating frequency for the Ingot IP4001 DDR1/DDR2 Memory Controller IP Core
  
  
• Tallika's PCI Express Endpoint Controller Successfully Passes PCI-SIG Compliance Tests (Thursday Oct. 13, 2005)
  The product has also passed interoperability testing with Root complex/Switch/Bridge vendors for PCI Express at the Compliance Workshop