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• Intilop Releases Altera's Stratix IV/V FPGA platform with their 16K Concurrent-TCP-Session Hardware Accelerator (Thursday Sep. 04, 2014)
  The Complete ‘Full TCP stack’ pre-ported and verified on Altera Stratix IV/V Platform with Intilop’s 6th generation industry leader, delivers ‘77 nanosecond TCP processing times and 97% TCP throughput. Network Hardened, most reliable, mature and most widely adapted worldwide over the last 5 years.
  
  
• Kilopass' XPM Antifuse Embedded Non-Volatile Memory IP Successfully Completes TSMC9000 Qualification for TSMC 55nm HV Process (Wednesday Sep. 03, 2014)
  Kilopass today announced successful TSMC9000 qualification of its XPM one-time programmable (OTP) antifuse eNVM IP core.
  
  
• 64-bit MIPS Warrior core will change the game for CPUs from mobile devices to datacenter servers (Tuesday Sep. 02, 2014)
  Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) announces the highly-efficient MIPS I-class I6400 CPU family, the first IP cores to combine a 64-bit architecture and hardware virtualization with scalable performance through multi-threading, multi-core and multi-cluster coherent processing.
  
  
• Andes Technology Unveils New Low-Power Platform IP Ideal for Internet-of-Things, Wearable Devices (Tuesday Sep. 02, 2014)
  Andes Technology, Asia’s first dedicated vendor of 32-bit CPU cores and associated System-on-Chip (SoC) platforms, unveiled a new low-power SoC subsystem for expanding Internet-of-Things (IoT) and wearable device markets.
  
  
• A rethought PIC IP Core - the DRPIC1655X (Monday Sep. 01, 2014)
  Digital Core Design celebrating in 2014 15th Anniversary, presents the DRPIC1655X IP Core, which is compatible with the industry standard PIC 16XXX, but… ensures 4 times faster architecture and 1 system clock instruction execution time.
  
  
• Rambus and Northwest Logic Certify Interoperability of DDR4/3 PHY and Controller (Tuesday Aug. 26, 2014)
  Rambus and Northwest Logic today announced they have validated interoperability of the Rambus R+™ DDR4/3 PHY with the Northwest Logic DDR4/3 SDRAM Controller Core. The combined solution provides customers with a differentiated memory subsystem that brings together the superior signal integrity offered by the Rambus R+ PHY along with the robust Northwest Logic controller core for a proven and easy-to-integrate solution.
  
  
• SiliconArts May Disrupt Mobile Graphics (Monday Aug. 25, 2014)
  Seemingly out of nowhere -- well, South Korea actually -- a four-year old startup recently burst on the scene with a ray-tracing chip, the RayCore.
  
  
• New standard cell and memory libraries at 28 nm from Dolphin Integration (Monday Aug. 25, 2014)
  Dolphin Integration are proud to announce the launch of a complete panoply of memories and standard cells at TSMC 28 nm HPM/HPC. In order to meet the requirements of ultra low-power and cost-sensitive applications in this process, their expertise in Power Management Networks was instrumental for this new panoply.
  
  
• CSEM's new Sub-1V Bluetooth Smart RF transceiver IP offers best-in-class per-formance for wearable sensors and IOT (Thursday Aug. 21, 2014)
  CSEM has announced the availability of IcyTRX-65, a 2.4GHz sili-con RF IP optimised for low power Bluetooth Smart (Bluetooth Low Energy) circuits. Consuming only 5mW and directly powered from a 1V battery, IcyTRX-65 sets a new benchmark for low pow-er BLE circuits.
  
  
• eMemory Provides Tailor-Made MTP Solutions in Low-Cost Green Process Platforms, Develops Diverse MCU Product Range (Wednesday Aug. 20, 2014)
  eMemory, an embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) industry leader, who has strong capabilities to excel in both R&D and application realms and has accumulated great quantity in mass production for its proprietary silicon IP solutions. While focusing on the development of advanced technologies, the company remains attentive to the evolution of consumer products and industrial trends.
  
  
• Analog Bits Launches PLL Products for Chinese Semiconductor Market (Tuesday Aug. 19, 2014)
  Analog Bits today announced availability of a new family of core-based PLL products designed specifically for use by China’s fast growing semiconductor community.
  
  
• Northwest Logic's PCI Express Gen3 Core and S2C's Virtex-7 ASIC Prototyping Platform fully validated together (Monday Aug. 18, 2014)
  Northwest Logic and S2C, Inc. announced today that Northwest Logic’s PCI Express® (PCIe®) 3.0 solution, including the Expresso 3.0 Core (PCI Express 3.0 Controller Core) and family of DMA Cores has been validated on S2C’s ASIC prototyping platforms. These cores are now the latest addition to S2C’s Prototype Ready™ IP suite.
  
  
• Dolphin Integration announce the availability of their Reusable Power Kit Library at TSMC 180 nm eLL (Monday Aug. 18, 2014)
  
  
  
• MagnaChip to Offer Competitive Embedded Multiple Time Programmable (MTP) IP Solutions (Monday Aug. 11, 2014)
  MagnaChip, a Korea-based designer and manufacturer of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products, today announced that it has signed a joint development agreement with Yield Microelectronics Corporation (YMC) to develop a family of embedded 0.18um standard Multiple Time Programmable (MTP) IP solutions.
  
  
• Dolphin Integration reveal high quality and common-mode noise-resilient audio CODEC targeting automotive infotainment application (Monday Aug. 11, 2014)
  Dolphin Integration offer an audio CODEC targeting automotive infotainment applications, sCODS100-N.11-Xenon, providing optimal voice command and in-cabin phone conversation performances for best-in-class listening sound system.
  
  
• DMP Launches the world's smallest GPU IP core for Wearables and Internet of Things (IoT) (Monday Aug. 11, 2014)
  Digital Media Professionals Inc. (DMP) today announced that it has the world’s smallest GPU IP core “ant” for small display that it is expected to be used in Wearables, IoT and other small footprint products.
  
  
• Vidatronic Announces Buck DC-DC Switching Converter IP with Excellent Power Efficiency for Low Power Applications (Wednesday Aug. 06, 2014)
  Vidatronic announces the VBUCK400T110, a Buck DC-DC switching converter IP core in the TSMC 110nm CMOS process. The VBUCK400T110 is optimized for microprocessor, application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), and system-on-a-chip (SOC) integration. The Buck IP core can be used to implement dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) for modern microchips.
  
  
• Squid Systems Video Codec Hardware IP Available for Licensing (Wednesday Aug. 06, 2014)
  Squid Systems today announced availability of its programmable SQ400 multi-core architecture and hardware IP for video coding/decoding applications. The scalable SQ400 provides a coherent approach to IC design for multiple video standards and resolutions, for applications including broadcast equipment, cloud-based video servers, consumer DVRs and media gateways, IP cameras, surveillance servers and automotive driver assistance systems.
  
  
• Moortec Semiconductor Announce Transient Voltage Supply Monitor for Advanced Node SoCs (Monday Aug. 04, 2014)
  Moortec Semiconductor, provider of high accuracy on-chip temperature sensors for advanced-node CMOS technologies, announces its Voltage Transient Monitor (VTM) IP which is a part of its Moortec Embedded Die Sensor (MEDS) family. The VTM is a self-contained IP block specially designed to monitor dynamic supply voltage conditions at a continuous sample rate of 1MHz.
  
  
• IP-Maker to showcase new NVMe reference design at Flash Memory Summit (Monday Aug. 04, 2014)
  IP-Maker is announcing the availability of a new NVMe reference design, featuring the full hardware NVMe IP integrated with PCIe and DDR3 controller interconnections.
  
  
• Dolphin Integration launch an innovative IP portfolio for 28 nm multimedia SoC (Monday Aug. 04, 2014)
  As the time is ripe, Dolphin Integration announce their 28 nm offering at TSMC HPM, with a broad range of products to address the pending challenges of multimedia SoC. Based on 30 years of design experience, Dolphin Integration reveal their intent to support leading Fabless companies to reach their stringent objectives of very low power consumption, small silicon area and low Bill-of-Material.
  
  
• TekStart and Pico Computing Partner to Deliver Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) Intellectual Property (IP) Solutions for Networking, Computing, and Processing Markets (Thursday Jul. 31, 2014)
  Pico Computing and TekStart today announced the availability of Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) Controller Intellectual Property (IP). HMC technology brings greatly expanded bandwidth (up to 240GB/s) to image processing, packet processing, video processing, and other high-performance computing applications.
  
  
• Cadence Achieves PCIe 3.0 Compliance for PHY and Controller IP (Tuesday Jul. 29, 2014)
  Cadence today announced that its PHY IP and Controller IP for PCI Express® (PCIe®) 3.0 have passed certification tests from PCI-SIG ®. The solutions were tested to their full potential and complied with the full speed of 8GT/s for PCIe 3.0 technology. The compliance assures designers that their system-on-chip (SoC) designs will operate as expected.
  
  
• eMemory NeoEE SIP Expands Wireless Communication ICs Applications (Tuesday Jul. 29, 2014)
  eMemory’s Multiple Times Programmable (MTP) Silicon Intellectual Property (SIP) NeoEE offers simple structure and small micro size for system on chip (SoC) design. Its ability to replace conventional plug-in EEPROM with embedded EEPROM can reduce IC size for achieving compact IC designs and production cost effectively.
  
  
• Ultra high density standard cell library SESAME uHD-BTF to enrich Dolphin Integration's panoply at TSMC 90 nm eF and uLL (Monday Jul. 28, 2014)
  Dolphin Integration are proud to announce the availability of the ultra high density standard cell library at 90 nm LP eFlash and uLL which comes to complete the panoply offering in this node.
  
  
• Ultra-low power 'Whisper' architecture raises the bar for connectivity IP in IoT, wearables and more (Thursday Jul. 24, 2014)
  Imagination Technologies announces the new Ensigma Series4 ‘Whisper’ low-power radio processing unit (RPU) architecture, designed to drive a new generation of wearables, IoT and other connected devices where ultra-low power consumption and low cost points are key.
  
  
• Innovative Logic Inc. and M31 Technology Introduce a USB-IF Certified Complete SuperSpeed USB 3.0 IP Solution (Thursday Jul. 24, 2014)
  Innovative Logic together with M31 Technology jointly announce certification completion of its USB 3.0 device controller IP. Inno-Logic’s USB3.0 Device controller along with PHY from M31 Technology successfully passed all compliance tests and received certification from USB-IF in June 2014.
  
  
• Sonics Upgrades Flagship On-Chip Network to Improve Memory Subsystem Support and Quality of Service (Tuesday Jul. 22, 2014)
  Sonics today introduced a major upgrade of its SonicsGN™ on-chip network intellectual property (IP) that improves support for memory subsystems and provides higher performance with guaranteed bandwidth allocation across multiple system-on-chip (SoC) flows.
  
  
• OFDM Baseband Processor by Noesis Technologies (Monday Jul. 21, 2014)
  Noesis Technologies announced today the immediate availability of its ntOFDM_BBP custom baseband processor, which implements the physical layer of an OFDM, time division duplexing (TDD) system. The baseband processor includes both transmission and reception bit-level and symbol-level processing chains including a sophisticated synchronization unit.
  
  
• Imagination introduces industry's smallest Android GPU solution (Wednesday Jul. 16, 2014)
  Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) announces a new PowerVR graphics processor IP core that provides the industry’s smallest Android compatible GPU solution. This latest addition to the line-up at an incredibly small 0.55mm2 (250MHz in 28nm) silicon footprint features full OpenGL ES 2.0 capability, ultra-low power consumption, and Imagination’s advanced PVRTC texture compression technology.