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GoAhead Software acquires S3's embeddedMIND Business (Jan. 14, 2010)
GoAhead® Software today announced that it is acquiring the embeddedMIND business of S3. The embeddedMIND team has been delivering best of breed configuration management software for several years with their commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) solution for network equipment manufacturers.
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Presto Engineering Receives Venture Funding To Expand its Pioneering Labless Strategy into Europe (Jan. 14, 2010)
Presto Engineering Inc., the pioneer of the labless business model for semiconductor companies, announced today that it has received $2 million in funding to support its expansion and future growth in Europe.
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Evatronix IP Cores Now Available in the LFoundry Process Design Kit (PDK) (Jan. 12, 2010)
Evatronix and Landshut Silicon Foundry announced today the agreement to support most popular products from the Evatronix IP portfolio within the LFoundry leading analog / mixed signal technology nodes. The partnership will allow customers to easily apply Evatronix IP to LFoundry’s process design kits (PDK) in both 150 nm and 350 nm technology platforms.
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Open-Silicon Targets Derivative IC Market with SLE Acquisition (Jan. 12, 2010)
Open-Silicon announced today the acquisition of Silicon Logic Engineering (SLE) to enhance the company’s derivative IC design capabilities. The SLE team, based in Eau Claire, Wis., joined Open-Silicon effective December 7, 2009.
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Virage Logic Establishes Corporation and R&D Center of Excellence in the Netherlands (Jan. 12, 2010)
Virage Logic today announced it has established a Dutch corporation (B.V.) in conjunction with its new research and development (R&D) center of excellence in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The new site has been established as a result of Virage Logic's recent acquisition of NXP's horizontal advanced CMOS intellectual property (IP) rights and certain engineering talent and equipment.
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eSilicon and Virage Logic Sign Partner Agreement (Jan. 06, 2010)
Under the terms of the agreement, eSilicon will gain access to Virage Logic's extensive IP product portfolio and technology expertise, thereby providing eSilicon customers with a best-in-class design-through-production solution.
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Lantiq Acquires IP and Assets from Metalink and Broadens its Portfolio in Leading Edge WLAN 11n Technologies (Jan. 06, 2010)
Lantiq acquired WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) related assets and intellectual property (IP) from Israel based Metalink Ltd., a leading provider of high performance wireless communication silicon solutions with the capability to deliver HD-video-streams over the 802.11n standard.
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SiBEAM Invigorates CE and PC Industries with Launch of Products and Partnerships to Fuel WirelessHD Expansion (Jan. 05, 2010)
SiBEAM announced formal entry into mass production of its second generation chipsets as well as the launch of the company’s IP licensing program designed to address increased demand for embedded 60GHz solutions in new market segments within the CE and PC industries, as well as encourage shared success within the WirelessHD market.
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MOSAID and Samsung Enter Standstill Agreement (Jan. 04, 2010)
MOSAID today announced that it has entered into an 19-day standstill agreement with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. MOSAID and Samsung have successfully negotiated a new agreement, that is subject to approval by both companies' Boards of Directors on or before January 18, 2010.
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Faraday to transfer its IP Business to Innopower (Dec. 30, 2009)
Innopower, a wholly owned subsidiary of Faraday Technology, today announced, effective immediately, that it has been granted as the sole IP distributor of Faraday. Innopower will promote Faraday IP solutions in world-wide region and provide the front-line support for customers.
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GigOptix Receives $4.5M Federal Funding for Polymer based Integrated Photonic Transceiver under the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill (Dec. 21, 2009)
GigOptix today announced that, as part of the Fiscal Year 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations bill which was passed by the House of Representatives on December 15th and approved by the Senate on December 19th, the company was approved to receive $4.5 million in funding towards the development of an Integrated Photonic Transceiver, to be kicked off in the first quarter of 2010, and fully deployed through 2010.
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Plurality Secures Second Round of $12 Million Dollars From Japan-Based Investors (Dec. 17, 2009)
Plurality announced today it has secured a second round of investment totaling US$12M from Japanese investors, bringing the company's total committed funding to-date to US$20M. The funding will be used for the planned expansion of operation in Asia and North America, the introduction of Plurality's HyperCore(TM) multimedia acceleration IP, and a 256-core acceleration processor chip.
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On2 and Google Announce Exchange Ratio for On2 Merger (Dec. 17, 2009)
On2 Technologies and Google jointly announced today that the exchange ratio, or the fraction of a share of Google Class A Common Stock to be issued for each share of On2 Common Stock in connection with Google's proposed acquisition of On2, will be 0.0010.
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eSilicon Signs Multi-Year Agreement with Synopsys (Dec. 16, 2009)
eSilicon today announced it has signed a multi-year agreement with Synopsys that includes access to the Galaxy™ Implementation Platform, the Discovery™ Verification Platform, DesignWare® IP and services.
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Rambus Acquires Patented Innovations and Technology from Global Lighting Technologies (Dec. 15, 2009)
Rambus today announced it has acquired technology and a portfolio of advanced lighting and optoelectronics patents from Global Lighting Technologies Inc. (GLT). These patented innovations, which include MicroLens™ light distribution technology, broaden Rambus' solutions for computing and consumer electronics. As part of this agreement, Rambus will pay GLT $26 million.
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eInfochips acquires nGIN Technologies (Dec. 10, 2009)
eInfochips has acquired nGIN Technologies, a Chennai headquartered hi-tech Networking Software and protocol stacks, Solutions & Services provider, for telecom OEMs.
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On2 Technologies Provides Update On Its Proposed Merger With Google (Dec. 07, 2009)
On2 Technologies today provided an update regarding its proposed merger with a subsidiary of Google.
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Arteris Raises $9.7M as Qualcomm and ARM Join Existing Investors behind Network-on-Chip (NoC) Pioneer (Dec. 07, 2009)
Arteris announced today that it has raised the first tranche of a strategic investment round totaling $9.7 million from a group of investors led by Qualcomm Incorporated and including ARM.
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IXYS Announces Acquisition of Zilog (Dec. 07, 2009)
IXYS today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Zilog. IXYS will acquire all of Zilog’s outstanding common shares for $3.5858 per share in cash, or approximately $62.4 million.
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SiTune Corporation Secures Series B Financing with Greenlane Investments LLC (Dec. 04, 2009)
SiTune announced that it has secured its Series B financing with current investor Greenlane Investments LLC. SiTune will use the proceeds of the new financing for ramping production of its latest generation of state of the art Mobile Digital TV and Universal CMOS TV tuners based upon its P2TUNE architecture and grow its international sales infrastructure.
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Novelics, Chips & Media, and Posedge Join IPextreme Constellations (Dec. 01, 2009)
IPextreme announced today that Novelics®, Chips & Media®, and Posedge® have joined Constellations™, a program by IPextreme® designed to increase sales opportunities for leading semiconductor intellectual property (IP) companies.
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picoChip attracts $20 Million investment to accelerate growth (Nov. 18, 2009)
picoChip today announced that it has completed a $20 million funding round. Already the dominant supplier for femtocell silicon, supporting all the major HSPA carrier deployments, this additional investment will help picoChip extend its leadership and grasp the growing market opportunity in the femtocell sector
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Virage Logic Completes Acquisition of NXP's Horizontal Advanced CMOS Semiconductor IP Technology and Development Team (Nov. 17, 2009)
Virage Logic today announced it has completed the acquisition of NXP's horizontal advanced CMOS intellectual property (IP) rights and certain engineering talent and equipment.
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Open-Silicon Signs 150th ASIC Design Win (Nov. 17, 2009)
Open-Silicon announced today that it has reached the 150th design win milestone. The company has experienced an increasing demand for its develop-to-spec IC services over the past two years, and seen public companies increasingly embrace the company’s OpenMODEL™.
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Silicon Storage Technology to be Acquired for $2.10 per Share (Nov. 16, 2009)
SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.) (NASDAQ: SSTI), a memory and non-memory products provider for high-volume applications in the digital consumer, networking, wireless communications and Internet computing markets, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by Technology Resource Holdings, Inc., a Prophet Equity LP-controlled entity, as well as by members of SST's management team.
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Lantiq Successfully Closes Acquisition of Home Networking and DSL Assets and Intellectual Property from Aware (Nov. 16, 2009)
Lantiq today announced the successful closing of the acquisition of Home Networking and DSL related assets and intellectual property (IP) from Massachusetts based Aware Inc.
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STMicroelectronics and NXP Announce Agreement for Licensing of Contactless MIFARE technology (Nov. 12, 2009)
NXP and STMicroelectronics today announced a global strategic licensing agreement for NXP’s MIFARE™ technology. The licensing agreement now enables STMicroelectronics to integrate the entire MIFARE family into its security solutions for mobile phone and banking applications.
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Stretch Inc. Secures $10M in Mezzanine Funding Round (Nov. 12, 2009)
Stretch today announced it has received $10 million in mezzanine funding, co-led by existing investors Worldview Technology Partners, Oak Investment Partners, and Menlo Ventures.
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Cavium Networks Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire MontaVista Software (Nov. 11, 2009)
Cavium Networks today announced that it is has signed a definitive agreement to acquire MontaVista Software for $50 million, comprised of approximately $16 million in cash and approximately $34 million in Cavium Networks common stock.
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GigOptix, Inc. Announces Acquisition of ChipX (Nov. 10, 2009)
GigOptix, a leading high speed analog semiconductor manufacturer specializing in electronic engines for the optically connected digital world, today announced that the company has signed a definitive agreement, and completed the acquisition of ChipX, Incorporated, a privately-held fabless supplier of analog and mixed signal custom Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) on November 9, 2009.
