D&R Headline News (September 2011)

Headlines for Sep. 30, 2011

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Xylon Announces New SD Host Controller IP for Xilinx FPGAs

Xylon's logiSDHC SD Host Controller IP core now supports Xilinx® 7 Series FPGAs and the ARM® AMBA® AXI4 bus. The new version of Xylon's Secure Digital Host Controller for SD memory and MMC cards enables users to easily add mass storage capabilities to their Xilinx FPGA design.

• Arasan Chip Systems Announces ONFI 3.0 NV-DDR2 PHY and Patent Pending Dynamically Configurable ECC technology for NAND Flash Controller
• Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Capital Equipment Spending to Decline 19.2 Percent in 2012
• Silicon Image Introduces New Family of MHL Transmitters with Integrated High-Speed Switch and Support for MIPI DSI Interface
• Cryptography Research Signs License With Major Smartphone Manufacturer
• MOSAID Addresses Wi-LAN's Many Mischaracterizations in its Notice of Extension
• Samsung Develops Industry's First LPDDR3 DRAM, Using 30nm-class Process Technology
• Novocell Semiconductor, Inc to Exhibit at 2011 GSA Semiconductor Ecosystem Summit

Headlines for Sep. 29, 2011

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Mosaid says Google bought patents for $11M

Canadian IP licensor Mosaid Technologies Inc. said Wednesday (Sept. 28) that Google Inc. recently bought five patent families from the firm for $11 million.

• Elliptic Technologies Expands DTCP-IP Content Protection Solutions For Android-based Devices
• ARM and Synopsys Sign ARM Cortex Processor Models Agreement
• Fujitsu Selects Mentor Graphics Sourcery CodeBench for FM3 Microcontroller Family Embedded Development
• First Industry-Wide Web Portal for Transaction-Level Model Access Welcomes Model Developers and Users
• Renesas Electronics Announces High-Performance, High-Function Systems-on-Chip (SoC) for High-End Automotive Display Systems
• WiLAN Extends Offer to Acquire MOSAID
• Imagination announces Minimorph development system for connected devices
• MeeGo gone: Intel drops OS in favor of Tizen

Headlines for Sep. 28, 2011

• Tektronix Unveils Industry's Most Cost-Effective Solution for MIPI® Alliance M-PHY Testing
• Paradigm Works Releases UVM 1.x VerificationWorks
• NRFLAb and Cycleo Join Expertise on RF Test and Wireless IP to Ensure Innovative Wireless IP Testability and Manufacturability
• Open-Silicon Licenses Broad Range of ARM Technology to Develop Low-Power Networking, Telecommunications, Storage and Computing SoCs
• JEDEC Publishes New Standard for Serial NOR Flash
• Paradigm Works Releases Free Open Source UVM 1.x VerificationWorks Scoreboard
• Atmel and Redpine Signals Collaborate to Provide Ultra-Low-Power 802.11n Wi-Fi Capability for AVR and ARM-based Microcontrollers

Headlines for Sep. 27, 2011

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HDL Design House announces new MIPI IP products

With more than five years of industry experience in developing MIPI standards for different SoC in mobile applications, HDL Design House MIPI expert team currently has more than 25 specialists with expertise in different MIPI protocols that enable us to provide our customers with fast and efficient deployment of the new MIPI based products.

• Synopsys Enhances Synplify FPGA Synthesis Software to Enable Higher Reliability FPGA Design
• Broadcom Announces Industry's First 40nm Single Chip HomePlug AV and IEEE 1901 Powerline Device
• World's First Via Configurable RF Receiver Introduced by Triad Semi and Kaben Wireless
• New Magillem Sequence Editor Simplifies Creation and Verification of Register Sequences
• Cadence Enables ST-Ericsson to Achieve Significant Productivity Gain for its 40-Nanometer Baseband Chip Design
• Fraunhofer IIS Becomes Tensilica Authorized Design Center Partner
• InterDigital Announces Strategic Alternatives Process is Ongoing
• NXP to Offer emWin Graphic Library Free with ARM Microcontrollers
• AuthenTec to Exhibit and Speak at Linley Tech Processor Conference

Headlines for Sep. 26, 2011

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Cadence Accelerates Adoption of Emerging Mobile Standards With Expanded Verification IP Portfolio

Cadence today announced new protocol and memory model verification IP (VIP) that will accelerate the adoption of the latest mobile standards. Through close collaboration with leading system and semiconductor companies, and standards bodies, Cadence is delivering VIP at a very early stage -- in many cases, ahead of the final specification -- helping mobile SoC and system manufacturers to be first to market with increasingly feature-rich mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets.

• Ambarella A7L Enables the Next Generation of Digital Still Cameras With 1080p60 Fluid Motion Video
• Altera Delivers Industry's First FPGA-based Serial RapidIO Gen2 Solution Enabling Next-Generation Wireless Base Station Deployments
• Elpida Develops Industry's First 25nm Process 4-Gigabit DDR3 SDRAM
• NXP Unveils Industry's First Cortex-M0 Microcontrollers with Integrated Segment LCD Drivers
• Cosmic Circuits provides ARM with PLLs used in test chip evaluations at multiple technology nodes
• TI delivers leading analog integration, best-in-class low power and floating-point performance in new Stellaris ARM Cortex-M4F microcontrollers
• MOSAID Provides Update on Value-Enhancing Process and Urges Shareholders Not To Tender To Inadequate Wi-LAN Takeover Bid
• Synopsys Delivers Unified Solution for Digital and Custom SoC Designs

Headlines for Sep. 23, 2011

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Arasan Chip Systems Introduces USB 2.0 HSIC PHY IP

Arasan announced today the availability of its USB 2.0 HSIC PHY IP. The USB 2.0 HSIC (High Speed Inter Chip) Standard is being rapidly adopted by the mobile industry as a means of connecting subsystems within smartphones and tablets.

• Texas Instruments completes acquisition of National Semiconductor
• VIA Sues Apple for Patent Infringement
• ARM VSTREAM Accelerates Functional SoC Validation on RTL Simulators

Headlines for Sep. 22, 2011

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Intilop (Formerly Intelop) announces a Strategic partnership agreement with BNP Paribas, a major French bank, to deliver 10 G Bit Networking System Solutions for Financial applications

Intilop Inc (formerly intelop), a leading developer and provider of advanced high complexity IPs and system solutions in Network protocol processing, traffic acceleration, traffic management and network security, today announced a strategic agreement with the leading investment banking giant, BNP Paribas of France to provide solutions for their Networking systems for Financial applications.

• Microsemi Corporation to Acquire Zarlink Semiconductor Inc.
• Wind River and Leadcore Team to Develop and Test Android SoC
• IAR Systems Collaborates with HOLT Integrated Circuits for the MIL-STD-1553 Application Development Kits using ARM Cortex-M3
• Gennum Reports 2011 Third Quarter Results
• Numetrics to Provide Project Planning Tools to STMicroelectronics

Headlines for Sep. 21, 2011

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STMicroelectronics Launches World's Most Powerful Cortex processor-based Microcontrollers

This extension to the STM32® platform is based on the latest ARM® Cortex™-M4 core, which adds signal-processing capabilities and faster operations to the already outstanding portfolio of STM32 microcontrollers; the new series, which is available now, reinforces ST’s leadership and claims the title of highest-performance Cortex-M processor-based microcontroller range in the market.

• Gartner Says Current Semiconductor Inventory at "Worrisome Levels"
• GSA Reports All Semiconductor Company Segments Garnered Funding in August 2011
• Jasper Design Automation Continues to Accelerate Its Global Growth with Appointment of Coby Hanoch as New Vice President of International Sales

Headlines for Sep. 20, 2011

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Sonics Unveils Industry's First GHz Network-on-Chip

Sonics today announced SonicsGN™ (SGN), the industry’s first GHz network-on-chip (NoC) for advanced, concurrent applications processing and system-level design. SGN allows SoC designers to deliver high-performance, simultaneous application processing for smart phones, mobile video and tablets.

• Altior Announces State-of-the-Art Compression-Decompression File System Accelerator for High Performance Primary and Secondary Data Storage Applications
• Synopsys' DesignWare STAR Memory System Shipped in 1 Billion Chips
• Xilinx Updates September Quarter Sales Guidance
• Inphi Delivers Industry's First 100 Gigabit Ethernet CMOS PHY Solutions for Next Generation 100G Line Cards
• Silicon Line Announces Availability of the World's First MIPI M-PHY Optical Media Converter IC for Mobile Phones
• MStar licenses Imagination Technologies' PowerVR graphics IP technologies
• ArcSoft Receives $20M Investment to Expand Development of Advanced Multimedia and Imaging Technologies and Software Applications
• Cadence Announces DFI 3.0-compliant Design and Verification IP
• Gennum and Altera Demonstrate 4x25Gb/s ICs for Next-Generation 100Gb/s Networks
• Advanced IC Process Characterization Tool Puts Reliability Data in Hands of Fabless Design Houses

Headlines for Sep. 19, 2011

• Fujitsu Standardizes on Cadence DFM Technologies for 28nm ASIC and Mixed-Signal Designs
• Gennum Enables Next Generation Storage and Data Communication Networks with Industry's First Integrated Chipset for 16G Fibre Channel
• ARM and Mentor Graphics Define Comprehensive Test Methodology for Arm-Based Designs
• DFI Technical Group Releases Latest High-Speed Memory Controller and PHY Interface Specification
• Cortus closes new round of investment to fund three year development plan
• Mentor Graphics Adds User Defined Fault Models and Cell-Aware ATPG to Improve IC Test Quality
• Methodics Expands Global Sales Organization to Meet Growing Demand for IP and Design Data Management Solutions
• MultiPhy Unveils World's First 100G PHY IC for the Metro Market

Headlines for Sep. 16, 2011

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Cosmic Circuits announces extensive 28nm roadmap

Cosmic Circuits has several IPs in various stages of development in 28nm technology. These include system-clocking PLLs, MIPI DPHY and MPHY, Wireless AFE and Monitoring ADCs.

• Atollic boosts ARM processor-based development productivity with unveiling of Atollic TrueSTUDIO for ARM

Headlines for Sep. 15, 2011

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Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Sales Slowing Rapidly; 2011 Revenue to Decline 0.1 Percent

Worldwide semiconductor revenue has slowed in 2011, and the market is on pace to have revenue total $299 billion, a decline of 0.1 percent from 2010, according to Gartner, Inc.

• Sequans' LTE Technology Approved by China's MIIT
• More advice on navigating patent-law shifts

Headlines for Sep. 14, 2011

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Open-Silicon Awarded Patent for Low Power ASIC Design Methodology

Open-Silicon announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent 7,941,776 related to Open-Silicon’s PowerMAX technology.

• AuthenTec Enhances VPN Security on New NEC LifeTouch Android Tablets
• SRS Labs Expands Portfolio of Advanced Audio Solutions Available for Tensilica HiFi DSP Cores
• MOSAID Sells Non-Strategic Patents
• Navigating the shifts in U.S. patent law
• Cavium Picks Tensilica for Next-Generation Wireless Broadband Application
• HD Enterprise Class Content Distribution and Delivery Now Enabled with Ittiam's Video Networking System on TI's DaVinci digital media technology

Headlines for Sep. 13, 2011

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MIPS Technologies Comments on Announcement by Starboard

MIPS today acknowledged the receipt of notice from Starboard Value LP, which owns approximately 9.1% of the outstanding shares of MIPS, regarding its intent to nominate four candidates for election to the MIPS Board of Directors at the Company's 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

• Imagination and Orca partner to deliver highly integrated TV receiver solutions
• Report: Intel acquires ESL firm CoFluent
• Vitesse and Aliathon Collaborate on 40G/100G OTN
• Micro/sys, Inc. Uses Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA to Build Integrated FPGA & ARM Cortex-A8 Processor Single-Board Computer
• UMC Delivers Foundry Industry's Most Compact MTP IP Solution
• GLOBALFOUNDRIES Offers BCDlite Technology Process for Applications in the Automotive Industry
• New Partnership Brings Audyssey's Sound Correction Technologies To Tensilica's HiFi Audio DSP

Headlines for Sep. 12, 2011

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ARM Forecast To Record Highest Growth In The 32/64-bit MCU/eMPU Market But x86 Set To Remain The Leading Challenger

According to findings from the 2011 edition of Semicast’s study of 32/64-bit Microcontrollers, Embedded Microprocessors & DSPs, ARM became the leading architecture for 32/64-bit MCUs/eMPUs in 2010, ahead of x64/x86 and Power Architecture.

• Altera Demonstrates Industry's First Model-Based Floating-Point DSP Capabilities for FPGAs
• Dolphin Integration launches a 65 nm compiler for Dual Port Register Files reaching the highest density
• Posedge Inc. Announces Its High Performance, Low Gate Count PE-SD3.01/SDIO3.0/eMMC4.5 Combo Device Controller IP
• Sidense's NVM IP Completes TSMC IP9000 Assessment at 90nm Low-Power Process Node
• Broadcom to Acquire NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., A Leader in Network Communications Processors
• MOSAID Updates Shareholders On Special Committee Process, Addresses Wi-LAN Mischaracterizations
• CEVA Announces Availability of Dolby Mobile Technology for CEVA-TeakLite-III DSP
• Athena Announces Advanced True Random Number Generator
• EtherWaves Expands Digital Radio Choice - Adds Support for Tensilica Dataplane Processor Cores
• CoreEL Technologies launches its low cost audio-video decoding module solution
• ABI Research Sees Fast Transition to 802.11ac, Crossing the 50% Threshold in 2014
• Content Sharing Solution for Android Devices Utilizing DLNA and Secure DTCP-IP
• Lattice Launches Power & Platform Management Seminars and Lowers Price of Evaluation Boards and Platform Manager Devices
• WiLAN Responds to MOSAID Directors' Circular
• TSMC August 2011 Sales Report

Headlines for Sep. 08, 2011

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Imagination Technologies Group plc - Interim Management Statement

Imagination Technologies is today issuing its Interim Management Statement for the period from 1 May 2011 to 7 September 2011.

• Kontron Makes a Strategic Entry Into ARM Architecture Addressing Customer Needs in Power Consumption, Performance per Watt
• Upcoming Xilinx FPGA shows 3-D IC progress
• Xilinx Accelerates Broadcast Industry Adoption of Video Over IP at IBC 2011
• Renesas Electronics Introduces SuperH Microcontrollers that Combine Connectivity Functions Such as USB and System Control Capabilities on a Single Chip
• Altera Rolls Out New, Easy-To-Use Arria V Early Power Estimator Tool
• SIGMA Corp. Designs Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGAs Into Newest Line of SIGMA SD1 High-Performance Digital Cameras
• Cortus S.A. appoints EDASIP as Sales Representative in Europe
• Chipus provides IPs at SilTerra Technologies

Headlines for Sep. 07, 2011

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Sonics Marks 15 years of IP Leadership and Innovation

Company’s 15-year Anniversary Validates Role of On-Chip Network IP in Advancement of System-Level Design, SoC Integration

• Kilopass Says Business Tort Case a Legal Maneuver; Remains Focused on Winning Patent Infringement Trial
• Qualcomm to Acquire HQV and FRC Video Processing Assets from IDT
• Mentor Graphics Vista ESL Platform Takes Center Stage in Mentor's ESL Strategy with Expanded Functionality
• Silicon Image Introduces InstaPrevue Technology
• Analogix Announces SlimPort Compatibility with MyDP Mobile Connectivity Standard
• MOSAID Board Unanimously Recommends That Shareholders Reject Wi-LAN's Hostile Takeover Bid
• TSMC says equipment vendors late for 14nm
• intoPIX enlarges its JPEG 2000 IP-core offering on Altera FPGA devices
• RF Engines'HyperSpeed Plus offers unprecedented FPGA performance with 52 Giga Samples per Second Pipeline FFT cores
• MStar Semiconductor Selects Cryptography Research for Robust Security in Next Generation Set-Top Box Solution
• SiliconBlue Ships 10 Millionth Custom Mobile Device
• Altera Updates Third Quarter Sales Guidance
• Trident Announces New Generation of Advanced Set-Top Box SoCs Featuring Enhanced Performance, Security and Support for Online Content Viewing

Headlines for Sep. 06, 2011

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Sony licenses Imagination Technologies' PowerVR graphics IP technologies

Imagination Technologies has signed a further license agreement with Sony for IP cores from Imagination’s PowerVR SGX Series5XT graphics family.

• China's fabless turn to Taiwan, says survey
• Markman Ruling Puts Sidense in Strong Position to Win Lawsuit
• Altera Releases Industry's First 28-nm FPGA Development Kit
• Accent Introduces Smart Meter Industry Game Changer with Advanced Chip Family
• Industry-Leading Lattice MachXO2 PLD Family Now Available In Small WLCSP Package
• Tecnoroll Designs Spartan-6 FPGAs into New FLEXMod 3.0 Digital Video Broadcast Module
• GOEPEL electronic provides new Test and Programming Strategies for Texas Instruments DaVinci Media Processors

Headlines for Sep. 05, 2011

• intoPIX PRISTINE boards now enable 4K 3D stereoscopic real-time JPEG 2000 encoding and decoding
• ARM and University of Michigan Extend Research Collaboration to Explore the Limits of Energy Efficient Computing
• Avant Technology Partners With NEC To Market High-Level Synthesis In Asia

Headlines for Sep. 03, 2011

• Sidense Sues Kilopass and CEO, Charlie Cheng
• Kilopass Receives Favorable Markman Order Ahead of ItsPatent Infringement Trial Against Sidense

Headlines for Sep. 02, 2011

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Synopsys Acquires nSys Design Systems

With this acquisition, Synopsys is increasing its investment in VIP technology to address the growing verification challenges designers face as they create more and more complex systems on chips (SoCs) to serve the demand for 'smart' electronics.

• USPTO Examiner Maintains Position on Sidense's '855 Patent - Upholding Its Validity Over the Kilopass Peng Patents
• Verimatrix Licenses Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall Security Technology
• Triad Semiconductor Hire Announcement: Bill Pratt, VP of Engineering
• Veteran Technology Executives Robin Abrams and John Bourgoin Join Lattice Semiconductor's Board of Directors

Headlines for Sep. 01, 2011

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Nufront Licenses Vivante Corporation's Dynamic GUI Composition Engine

Vivante announced today that Nufront, a leading Chinese high-tech company, has licensed its market leading display and pixel composition GUI engine.

• IBM Expands Power Licensing As Leading Developers Eye New Applications
• DSP Group Announces Availability of Its First XpandR III Reference Design for Connected Multimedia Terminals
• MOSAID Acquires 1,200 Nokia Standards-Essential Wireless Patents and 800 Wireless Implementation Patents
• Semico Forecasting February 2012 as the Bottom; Next Upswing Begins: 2Q12
• GTC: GLOBALFOUNDRIES Charts Course for 28nm, 20nm and Beyond
• Elliptic Technologies Debuts New Multi-Packet Processing Security Engine For High Capacity Wireless And Network Applications
• Electronics enters era of 'systemic risk'
• 3D ICs without TSVs?