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CEVA today announced that CEVA IP was shipped in over 190 million customer chipsets in 2006, representing a 45% increase on 131 million units shipped in 2005.
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The first generation REALOID chip is used in Epson’s latest photo-capable inkjet printers and multi-function printers (MFPs), including the newly announced Colorio PM series MFPs. The Epson Stylus Photo R380 Ultra High-Definition REALOID-based printer is now available in the US. The strategic relationship also includes next-generation REALOID designs.
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The three-way partnership will allow customers to leverage the synergies of Faraday's extensive IP selection, Oki's front-end design expertise, and pervasive sales channels, and UMC/UMCJ's manufacturing excellence.
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Carlo Bozotti, chief executive officer of STMicroelectronics NV, told analysts Wednesday (Jan. 24) that ST would align with ''industry leaders'' to obtain a 32-nm CMOS process for use in its wafer fabs and as a platform for specialized extensions.
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Accent has announced that it has entered into a technology licensing agreement with ARM for the ARM7TMI-S™, the ARM926EJ-S™ and the ARM1136J-S™ synthesisable processors, as well as a range of PrimeCell® peripherals and Physical IP technology. The agreement will see Accent focus on the use of ARM® processors for all new design projects realised for fabless and chipless IC customers requiring a core licence through Accent.
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ARM today announced that Broadcom Corporation has licensed its PrimeCell® high-performance AMBA® 3 AXI™ interconnect technology (PL301), along with the AMBA Designer tool, for next generation on-chip bus development involving wireless and mobile platforms
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MOSAID Memorize offers the highest performance DDR SDRAM memory controller IP available on the market. Supporting DDR2 data rates up to 1066Mb/s, Memorize delivers DDR3 performance today. MOSAID's Maestro fractional-N PLL is a fully integrated, programmable, low power, high performance, Delta-Sigma Fractional-N PLL. It is optimized for line operated and battery powered applications where the system clock can operate at data rates as high as 3.2GHz.
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The ARM DesignStart program was established to provide designers with the ability to evaluate ARM processors for use in their designs. The program enables fabless companies, from start-ups through to small and medium size organizations, to do the majority of their design activities, including SoC integration and verification, software development and chip layout, prior to obtaining a full ARM Processor Foundry Program License.
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Berman takes the reins of the company as it begins a new phase of growth and expansion, targeting high-growth applications such as mobile media and digital TV and new geographic markets with its unique processing technology and accompanying tool suite.
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Arasan provides a Total Technology Solution to all its licensees including IP source code, a test environment, sample device drivers, synthesis scripts, and complete technical documentation. The Total Technology Solution also includes optional SDIO Development tools like the SD Host Validation Platform, SDIO Device Development Board, and SD/SDIO host Linux stack.
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The core architecture offers a flexible and high-speed solution in a cost-effective, single-chip FPGA. It is able to sustain the high encoding requirements of the large DCI (Digital Convergence Initiative) and broadcasting frame formats, including 2048 x 1080 and 4096 x 2160 resolutions and frame rates up to 48 frames per second.
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PureSpec support of the PCI Express Base 2.0 specification includes dynamic link speed management, link retraining, inferred electric idle, Access Control Service (ACS), and Functional-Level Reset (FLR). Preliminary support for the proposed multi-root hierarchy IOV and Address Translation Services specifications is also available.
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The PIP-AMBA package will enable designers to successfully and rapidly build complete embedded systems using the industry standard ARM926EJ processor in a configurable logic fabric. The combination of the ARM926EJ core, the CAST PIP-AMBA and the Nextreme logic fabric enables designers to build cost-optimized custom embedded systems in a zero mask charge and no minimum order quantity.
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The Athena Atomic Signal Processing library now supports sampling rates ranging from kilohertz to 500 MegaSamples per second and beyond.Applications ranging from GPS filters to WiFi, WiMAX, and even space-based reconfigurable receivers, all find Athena's unique technology delivers unmatched results.
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PowerVR SGX is a comprehensive graphics solution which, along with an industry-leading 3D graphics feature set that exceeds Khronos’ OpenGL 2.0 shader and Microsoft Vertex and Pixel Shader Model 3 requirements, also supports a full range of key video codecs and OpenVG 2D vector graphics acceleration.
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Based on Certified Wireless USB Technology from the USB Implementers Forum (USBIF), Wipro-NewLogic’s DRD MAC IP core acts as Wireless USB Device as well as Wireless USB Embedded Host. For the demo, one Wireless USB setup is configured as Embedded Host MAC (attached to a PC), the second is configured as a Device MAC (attached to a mobile handset). With this setup images and files are transferred through Wireless USB protocol.
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Silicon Image paid approximately $13.5 million for sci-worx (including sci-worx’ net debt) in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition of sci-worx is expected to enhance and accelerate the expansion of Silicon Image’s system-on-a-chip (SoC) design capabilities for the storage, distribution and presentation of high-definition (HD) content in the consumer environment
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eASIC implemented the 32-bit ARM926EJ processor using its standard design flow and obtained 150MHz typical performance. The 90nm Nextreme family with the embedded ARM926EJ processor is available now and is well suited for use in a vast range of applications, including digital imaging, portable media players, wired communication, wireless communication, storage and industrial.
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Novocell Semiconductor announced that its NovoBlox OTP Memory has been silicon validated in Jazz Semiconductor’s CA18HR 0.18-micron process.
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The acquisition is driven to strengthen and expand EVE's position in the hardware-assisted verification market from leading supplier of extremely fast emulation/prototyping solutions to provider of best-in-class accelerators.