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Headlines for May. 31, 2006
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X-FAB Partners With Akustica to Deliver World's First CMOS MEMS Single-Chip Microphones |
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Panelists explore system-to-silicon link |
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Aware, Inc. Appoints Keith Farris As Chief Financial Officer |
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Neterion Renews Tensilica Xtensa LX Configurable Processor License |
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Chipidea Offers Controller Core To Complete Full Line Of USB Offerings |
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Oki Semiconductor and Integration Associates Announce Industry's First Commercially Available ARM7-Based ZigBee Solution |
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Renesas Technology Licenses Capacitor-less Twin-Transistor RAM to EMT |
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SMIC Tianjin Secures Financing for Expansion |
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Celoxica Unveils Next-Generation Video and Imaging Platform; RC340 programmable platform fully integrated into ESL-design flows for real-time video, image and data streaming applications |
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Headlines for May. 30, 2006
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Rambus Announces Audit Committee Investigation of Historical Option Granting Practices |
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Altera Updates Second Quarter Guidance |
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IP reuse on the rise, says Synopsys CEO |
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Altera, IFI, SMSC Partnership Provides FPGA-Based, MOST Interface |
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Elliptic Semiconductor Licenses Crytographic Processor Engine to Wavesat |
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Aware, Inc. Announces PMC-Sierra as New Licensee |
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Wi-LAN Completes Sale of Technology Development Division to Fujitsu Microelectronics America; Final Agreement Reflects Wi-LAN's Transition into a Licensing Company |
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Denali Opens Register Description Language, Announces SystemRDL |
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Bluespec Plugs ESL Synthesis Hole in SystemC |
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SMIC Adopts ARM Physical IP for Both Low-Power and High- Performance Designs at 90 Nanometer Technology Node |
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CSR to provide BlueCore Silicon for Motorola iRadio wireless audio car adapter |
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IntelliProp Releases Additional Verification IP for Storage Interfaces |
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Fifth Consecutive Quarter of Profitability Propels Sonics' Growth; Company Adds European Sales Director |
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Tri-Vision awards V-chip license to Shinco |
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Pre-Fab Chip Design Takes Root |
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SigmaTel Powers Konica Minolta Magicolor 2480 MF Color Laser All-In-One System |
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Headlines for May. 29, 2006
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Tundra Expands Industry-Leading Portfolio of Serial RapidIO(R) Switches |
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Micro Magic Back in Business With Revised Suite of Tools |
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Headlines for May. 25, 2006
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STMicroelectronics Certifies Mentor Graphics Catapult C Synthesis Libraries and Joins Silicon Vendor Partners Program |
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UMC Announces Readiness for 65-nanometer X Architecture Designs |
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TSMC Production-Ready for 65-nm X Architecture Designs |
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Headlines for May. 24, 2006
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Arithmatica Announces Floating Point Library Customer in Advanced 3D Graphics Group |
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FPGA Market Will Reach $2.75 Billion by Decade's End |
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Tri-Vision awards V-chip license to second Chinese OEM/ODM manufacturer |
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ST increases outsourcing, denies fab-lite strategy |
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Imagination Technologies Group plc: Preliminary results for the twelve months to 31 March 2006 |
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ARM Holdings PLC - Board Changes |
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X-FAB Reduces Die Size with New Trench-Isolated SOI CMOS Technology |
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Tower Semiconductor Begins Production of Metro Wi-Fi Baseband Controller for Wavion |
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Headlines for May. 23, 2006
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Nero Announces Design Win With VIA Technologies, Inc.; Nero Digital IP Core to Provide Future VIA Products with AVC/H.264 High Profile Solution for SD and HD Video Decoding |
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SafeNet Security Technology Selected by PMC-Sierra for Highly Integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) Solution |
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Luminary Micro Launches Four New Stellaris(TM) 32-bit Microcontrollers Based on ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-M3 |
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LogicVision Announces the Industry's First True At-Speed Deterministic Test Compression Solution |
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Key ASIC and Silterra Partner to Deliver Design-to-Manufacture Services Targeted for Mobile and Consumer Electronics Markets |
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Virtutech Announces Simics Model For Leon2 Processor |
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Aldec Granted New Patent on Automatic ASIC Prototyping |
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Headlines for May. 22, 2006
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Tensilica Granted 8 New Configurable Processor Technology Patents |
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eInfochips Launches Comprehensive Suite of ARM technology-based IP and Services and Joins ARM Connected Community Program |
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Altera Delivers PCI-SIG-Compliant x8 PCI Express Solution Supporting Stratix II GX FPGA |
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Freescale Semiconductor License with Imagination Technologies |
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Denali Announces Verification Solution for Consumer Electronics Storage Systems |
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RF Engines sign further contract with Thales UK for the supply of an Advanced FPGA channeliser design |
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New WiMAX Reference Library for CoWare Platform-driven ESL Design |
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POSDATA Spurs Mobile WiMAX Terminal Chip Set Using Silicon Hive Processor |
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ProDesign CHIPit Prototyping Systems Supports Transaction Based Verification |
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Transmeta Delivers Specialized Processor to Support Microsoft's Pay-as-you-go Computing With FlexGo for Emerging Markets |
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AsicAhead Enters WiMAX Market with Breakthrough Single-Chip Programmable Radio |
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STMicroelectronics Unveils 90nm System-on-Chip Capability for Hard Disk Drives |
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Freescale Paves the Way for Autonomous Vehicles with Industry's First 32-Bit Flash-Based Microcontroller with FlexRay(TM); Integration of Networking Protocol with PowerPC(R) Core Targets High-End Powertrain and Chassis Applications |
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Impinj Appoints Renowned Executives to Board of Directors |
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BroadLight Leads GPON Silicon Market With 25 Design Wins for Its Industry-Leading GPON Solution; BroadLight Extends Its Leading ITU-T PON Position in North America Into Countries Around the Globe |
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Stargen Momentum Builds with Advanced PCI Express Wins |
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Chipidea Data Converter Recognized For Leading-Edge Performance at Top Semiconductor Design Showcase |
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Headlines for May. 19, 2006
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VaST Systems Technology and Wipro Limited Join Forces; Demand for VaST products drives collaboration |
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Poseidon Announces Sales Channel Partnership with PROTOtyping to Service Growing Japanese Electronics Market |
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Headlines for May. 18, 2006
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MPEG Surround: High Quality Multi-Channel Audio Combines Highest Efficiency and Backwards Compatibility |
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AnaFocus, a spanish mixed-signal startup offers vision chips |
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Jasper Design Automation Joins Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP) |
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Tower Announces Plan to Ramp Up Capacity of Fab 2 by Approximately 50% |
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QuickLogic Announces Production Shipments of World's Lowest Power FPGA - PolarPro |
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Headlines for May. 17, 2006
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Rambus woos European consumer electronics industry |
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Open source is business, not charity, Sun exec says |
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LSI Logic 8 Gb/s SerDes Core to Enable Next Generation SANs |
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Wi-LAN Technologies Sues D-Link for Patent Infringement |
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Zoran Ships ICs with Kilopass' Embedded 0.18um Non-Volatile Memory |
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TSMC Names Synopsys to Distribute Its Production-Ready 65-nm Nexsys Libraries |
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Wi-LAN announces James Skippen as CEO; Company hires MOSAID Technologies head of Patent Licensing |
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TSMC 65-Nanometer Process Moves to Volume Production |
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Actel Expands IP Portfolio for Military, Aerospace and Communications Applications |
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Synopsys buy a step toward embedded software development |
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Proven Software Solutions launches IrDA compliant protocol stack |
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Faraday and Intelop Enter Partnership for Custom Networking ASIC and Structured ASIC Engagements |
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Synopsys Acquires Virtio Corporation |
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Nero Introduces Reference Quality Nero Digital Audio MPEG-4 and 3G Encoding Software; Free download is available for personal use via Nero website |
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Headlines for May. 16, 2006
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MOSAID Announces Resignation of its General Counsel |
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Silicon Hive announces new image signal processor |
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Sonics Offers Low-Cost SMART Interconnects(TM) Solution; New Version of S3220(TM) Adds OCP 2.0 Support |
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CEVA Expands CEVA-X DSP Family with New Core and System Platform |
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Sunplus Licenses ARM1176z-S Processor for Advanced Consumer Electronics Applications |
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Reducing Power in Next-Gen Processors and IP |
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Grace Semiconductor Joins ARM Foundry Program; Grace Licenses ARM7TDMI and ARM926EJ Processors |
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D2 Technologies Launches ARM VoIP Solution on TI OMAP Platforms |
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Renesas Technology and Nanya Technology Reach Settlement in Patent Infringement Lawsuits |
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Chipnuts and SMIC to Jointly Offer C626 Multimedia Chip For Mobile Phones |
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Toshiba and ARC Collaborate to Grow Industry Adoption of Configurable Processor Technology Worldwide |
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Freescale Introduces Industry's Highest-Performance Fully Programmable Digital Signal Processor |
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Cost of engineering is only one consideration, says Infineon CEO |
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Headlines for May. 15, 2006
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Tri-Vision U.S. V-chip patent licensed to Humax |
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Silicon Laboratories Acquires Silembia |
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Silicon & Software Systems (S3) Introduces 90nm IP Portfolio for Consumer and Enterprise Networking Applications |
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Denali Announces Embedded Software Product |
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CAST Energizes Small, Fast Systems with New Low-Power, 32-Bit Processor Cores |
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UMC Names Raymond Leung Vice President of Memory IP Development |
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ARM Launches Next-Generation Processor |
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Xilinx Unveils 65nm Virtex-5 Family - Industry's Highest Performance Platform FPGAs |
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Cadence Releases Proven Reference Methodology for New ARM Cortex-R4 Processor |
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Design Compiler Topographical Technology-Based ARM-Synopsys Reference Methodology Delivers Higher Productivity |
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Xilinx Delivers Virtex-5 LX Devices - World's First 65nm FPGAs In Customer Hands |
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TSMC Unveils First 65-Nanometer Data-Driven DFM Design Ecosystem |
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Virtutech Simics Used For Development Of Switchcore Xpeedium3 Switch Chip Before Silicon Availability |
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Altera and Sequans Provide First Mobile WiMAX Base Station Modem Chipset |
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IntellaSys Unveils Revolutionary ''Scalable Embedded Array(TM) (SEA) Platform'' to Launch Multicore Processor Chip Solutions |
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LSI Logic Completes $105 Million Sale of Gresham Fab to ON Semiconductor |
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Headlines for May. 12, 2006
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EDA vendors need to step up system-level design efforts, says EDAC panel |
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Panel: EDA and IP vendors subservient to consumer |
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Infineon Technologies: Advanced 65nm mobile phone chip works first time - 30 million transistors integrated on one cell phone key |
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Headlines for May. 11, 2006
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Bluespec Updates ESL Synthesis Toolset; Offers Improved Verilog RTL Output for Practical IP Delivery Vehicle |
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Silicon Interfaces announces the release of its new Verification Intellectual Property Gigabit Ethernet MAC OVA Checker VIP |
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Tower Semiconductor plans capacity investment |
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New Group Simplifies NAND Flash Integration; Standard Interface to Accelerate Time to Market for NAND-based Products |
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Comsys Presents ComMAX Solution at the IEEE 802.16 Conference in Israel |
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Headlines for May. 10, 2006
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Tri-Vision V-chip licensed to Chinese OEM/ODM manufacturing company |
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Faraday Monthly Sales Report - April 2006 |
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Digital Core Design today announces the release of a Double Precision Floating Point Coprocessor |
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CSR to combine high-performance, low-power Bluetooth reference designs with Freescale platforms |
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Industry Leaders License Latest StarCore Technology |
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TSMC April 2006 Sales Report |
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Headlines for May. 09, 2006
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Infineon to expand foundry services |
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Mosis offers IBM 90-nm process on MPW |
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Transmeta Corporation Announces CFO Transition Plan |
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Transmeta Reports First Quarter 2006 Results |
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MathStar, Inc. Announces Machine Vision Library for the Field Programmable Object Array (FPOA) |
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Altera Now Shipping Version 6.0 of Nios II Processor and Development Tools |
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Samsung Ventures leads 15.4M Sandbridge Technologies Series 'B' Extension |
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Icera reveals ChipIdea as design partner |
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OCP-IP Announces Six New Members |
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Silicon Image Unveils New Branding System |
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Altera To Review Historical Option Practices |
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Headlines for May. 08, 2006
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Multigig Announces RotaryWave Clock Technology |
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Sonics Achieves Breakthrough in SystemC-based SoC Modeling |
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Arasan Chip Systems Launches the AC2200i SDIO Card Controller ASIC |
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Knowlent Corporation Closes Second Round Financing, Names New Board Members |
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NEC Chooses Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs For GBPS WDM Optical Communications Systems |
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SMIC and Aurora Systems in Volume Production of Digital LCOS Panel Chips |
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nSys Design Systems Joins ARM Connected Community |
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OneSpin Solutions Enters EDA Market with Breakthrough Formal Verification Solution; OneSpin 360 Module Verifier First to Enable True Functional Sign-off and Risk-Free IP Reuse |
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IPTC Joins OCP-IP |
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Altera Delivers Major Advancements for High-Density Designs With Quartus II Software Version 6.0 |
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Mentor Graphics Delivers the Next Generation of Functional Verification |
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Headlines for May. 05, 2006
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Hardware-independent Bluetooth software offers easy-to-integrate platform for Purple Labs |
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IDM model gets bad rap, says 'fab club' exec |
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Headlines for May. 04, 2006
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Aware, Inc. Reports 2006 First Quarter Financial Results |
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Tri-Vision U.S. V-chip patent licensed to ViewSonic |
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Innovative Silicon Inc. Creates Technology Advisory Board |
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AMD: At 45 nm and beyond ICs require high level HW/SW tools |
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Virage Logic Reports Second-Quarter Fiscal 2006 Results; Revenues up 11% and Royalties up 46% Sequentially; GAAP EPS of $0.01, Including $0.05 Per Share of After-Tax Stock-Based Compensation Expense |
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Virage Logic Announces Resignation of CFO -- Chairman Dan McCranie to Serve as Interim CFO |
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DWA Wireless Announces Availability of 1 Mbps 868/915 MHz Solution |
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Altera and Genesys Logic Deliver PCI-SIG-Compliant x4 PCI Express Solution |
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STMicroelectronics Introduces Versatile High-Definition Set-Top-Box Platforms at MEDC 2006 |
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Headlines for May. 03, 2006
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Inapac gains funding, tips IP roadmap |
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Elliptic Semiconductor Licenses Cryptographic Co-Processor Engine to picoChip Designs Limited |
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PLDA's AHB / PCI Bridge IP Chosen by Focus Enhancements for Ultra Wideband Product Applications |
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Yamaha Licenses Virage Logic Semiconductor IP for Next-Generation Mobile Phone Platform |
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OKI Electric Licenses SMSC's MediaLB Technology |
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TTPCom and Analog Devices, Inc. Agreement Speeds Customer Development of ADI SoftFone-based Wireless Devices |
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Rambus reasserts pressure in Taiwan |
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Monolithic System Technology, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2006 Financial Results |
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PortalPlayer, Inc. Reports Strong Q1 Revenue and Net Income |
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CoWare Expands European Sales Team With Addition of Hubert Wolters |
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Atmel Chooses LinuxLink by TimeSys as Linux Solution for Developers Targeting Latest ARM-based Processors |
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Headlines for May. 02, 2006
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Mentor Graphics Platform Express is the First Platform-Based Design Solution to Support The SPIRIT Consortium's New Specification |
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BiTMICRO Networks Standardizes on Synopsys' DesignWare PHY IP for PCI Express and SATA |
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MOSAID and PortalPlayer Establish Intellectual Property Partnership; PortalPlayer Licenses MOSAID Patent Portfolio |
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Legend's MSIM circuit simulator optimized for 'Subcircuit-type Spice model' for nanometer technology |
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Software gains importance for silicon designers |
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Freescale Opens QUICC Engine(TM) Technology to Embedded Developers |
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Rambus Appoints First Fellow |
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Fabless Companies Need Fab Links, Say Conference Speakers |
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Headlines for May. 01, 2006
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Cavendish Kinetics Raises $15.5 Million in Second-Round Funding; Additional Investors from US and Germany will Accelerate Progress in Ultra-Low Power Memory Technology |
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STMicroelectronics Brings Ethernet, Large Memory, and the ARM9E Core to Low-Cost Embedded Flash Microcontrollers |
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Altera Ships Second Member of Stratix II GX FPGA Family |
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LSI Names Robert Payne Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer |
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Synplicity and Actel Strengthen OEM Relationship for Best-In-Class EDA Solutions |
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RF Engines Extends Its Relationship With The French CEA With Studies Into Advanced Measurement Techniques |
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Tarek Verification Systems Introduces a Highly Automated PCI Express Verification IP |
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First Quarter Semiconductor Sales up 7.3 Percent Over 2005 |
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Impinj Reveals Worldwide Distribution Strategy for High Performance Speedway Gen 2 Reader |
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Alliance Semiconductor Announces Sale of Mixed Signal Business to Shah Capital |
