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Abilis Systems Standardizes On ARC For Mobile DTV Applications (Oct. 09, 2008)
ARC International today announced that Abilis Systems has standardized its mobile DTV product development on ARC® technology. Accordingly, Abilis has taken a new license for ARC solutions that will help extend its range of mobile digital TV chips. |
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Dongbu HiTek and Kilopass Announce Availability of XPM Embedded NVM for Dongbu's 0.18um Process Node (Oct. 08, 2008)
Kilopass Technology and Dongbu HiTek today announced that silicon verification and early life testing for Kilopass’ extra-permanent memory or XPM technology for the Dongbu HiTek 0.18um process technology Generic process node has been completed and that XPM is now available for customers’ use. |
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Imagination Technologies -- Further Licence Agreement Signed with Samsung Electronics (Oct. 08, 2008)
Imagination Technologies reports that further to the license agreement announced in April 2008, Samsung has signed a multi-use licence agreement for a second core from Imagination's POWERVR SGX graphics acceleration core family. |
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VIASIC's Place and Route technology Chosen by Achronix semiconductor (Oct. 07, 2008)
ViASIC today announced that Achronix Semiconductor Corp. selected ViASIC’s ViaPath™ place and route software for use in its Achronix CAD environment (ACE). |
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K-Will Corporation Licenses HiveFlex VSP 2200 Processor From Silicon Hive (Oct. 07, 2008)
Programmable video signal processor adds unprecedented flexibility and processing power to industry leading real-time video quality monitoring and video quality evaluation systems targeting Full 1080p HD broadcast streams |
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BroadLight Selects CEVA VoIP Platform for GPON Residential Gateway SoC (Oct. 06, 2008)
CEVA and BroadLight today announced that BroadLight has licensed and deployed the CEVA-VoP™ Voice-Over-Packet platform in their newest BL2348 GPON Residential Gateway (RG) System-on-Chip (SoC) solution. |
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Patriot Scientific Announces Portfolio License Agreement with Rockwell Automation (Oct. 03, 2008)
Patriot Scientific Corp. today announced that Rockwell Automation has purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent™ (MMP) Portfolio license from The TPL group, Patriot Scientific’s exclusive licensing agent. |
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Vivante Extends Business Agreement with Top Ten Fabless Semiconductor Company (Oct. 02, 2008)
Vivante Corporation today announced a multi-million dollar, multi-year, multi-use extension to an existing 2007 license agreement covering Vivante GPU IP cores. |
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XStreamHD Purchases License for Audio Processing Technology from ARC International (Oct. 01, 2008)
XStreamHD has selected ARC audio processing technology for decoding of Dolby® Digital Plus for XStreamHD’s ultimate home entertainment system which delivers Full HD (1080p) video and studio quality audio directly to the home via satellite. |
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Shenzhen Integrated Circuit Design Industrial Center Licenses Low-Power Cores from MIPS Technologies (Sep. 30, 2008)
MIPS today announced that Shenzhen Integrated Circuit Design Industrial Center has licensed its low-power MIPS32® M4K® and MIPS32® 4Kc(TM) processor cores for next generation IC designs. |
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Fujitsu Adopts Tensilica's Xtensa Processor as Baseband Processor for Fujitsu Mobile Phone (Sep. 29, 2008)
Tensilica, Inc. today announced that Fujitsu Limited of Tokyo, Japan, has licensed the Xtensa LX2 customizable processor core as the baseband processor for Fujitsu’s mobile phone. |
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Zoran Uses Kilopass XPM Memory in Consumer Electronic Chips (Sep. 29, 2008)
XPM standard logic CMOS compatible one-time programmable memory adds on-chip security to DVD and DTV products |
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Transmeta Announces Two Agreements with Intel (Sep. 25, 2008)
Transmeta today announced that it has entered into two agreements with Intel Corporation relating to the licensing of Transmeta technologies and intellectual property. Transmeta to Receive One-Time Payment of $91.5 Million |
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Aldec selected by Thales to deploy DO-254/ED-80 CTS for Level B Certification Compliance of Advanced Avionics System (Sep. 25, 2008)
Aldec, Inc. announced today that Thales has decided to deploy the DO-254/ED-80 CTS(Compliance Tool Set) from Aldec. The DO-254/ED-80 CTS is an In-Hardware FPGA validation system developed to meet Level A-D requirements defined by the DO-254/ED-80 Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Certification Manual. |
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Denali Software Design and Verification IP Adopted By Siverge Networks to Accelerate ASIC Design for Wireless Solution Providers (Sep. 23, 2008)
Denali's design IP, integrated PHY, and verification IP accelerates Siverge's designers' ability to design DDR2/3 memory systems, lower their integration risk, and speed their time-to-market for their new convergence chip. |
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IPextreme Provides Solarflare Additional Licenses of Infineon C166SV1 Microcontroller IP (Sep. 18, 2008)
IPextreme and Solarflare announced that after a successful release of the 10Xpress SFT9001 10GBASE-T PHY, the existing C166SV1 Microcontroller license has been extended. |
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Frontier Silicon Selects Elliptic as Security Supplier (Sep. 18, 2008)
The next-generation Frontier product will offer enhanced security capability for multi-scheme digital rights management (DRM) including support for Microsoft Certified for Windows Vista® DRM (formerly known as PlaysForSure). |
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Cryptography Research Announces License Agreement for Differential Power Analysis Countermeasures Patents with Renesas Technology (Sep. 17, 2008)
Cryptography Research Inc. (CRI) today announced an agreement with Renesas Technology Corp. regarding the use of CRI’s patents to enhance the security of tamper-resistant smart card chips against Differential Power Analysis (DPA) and related attacks. |
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PLDA announces that PLDA's AHB-PCIe Bridge IP has been selected for JVC's next generation professional digital camcorder system. (Sep. 15, 2008)
JVC will be utilizing the PLDA AHB - PCIe Bridge IP to provide a robust interconnect solution for its newest professional digital camcorder optional product . The PLDA AHB-PCIe Bridge IP will be used inside the JVC camcorder option to enable connection to an ExpressCard™ removable memory card. |
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Sunplus mMedia Licenses CEVA's MM2000 Multimedia Solution for Portable Multimedia Processors (Sep. 09, 2008)
CEVA today announced that Sunplus mMedia has licensed the fully programmable MM2000 portable multimedia solution for the development of low-cost, high performance system-on-chips (SoCs) for power-sensitive applications, including portable multimedia players (PMPs). |
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Analog Devices Selects Virage Logic's AEON(R) Non-Volatile Memory Technology for High-Reliability Applications (Sep. 09, 2008)
The AEON product line, acquired by Virage Logic as part of its recent purchase of the NVM IP business of Seattle-based Impinj, Inc., is part of the company's comprehensive portfolio of embedded NVM solutions. |
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CEVA MM2000 Multimedia Solution Powers Solomon Systech MagusCore High Performance Portable Multimedia Processor (Sep. 09, 2008)
MagusCore SSD1933 dual-core multimedia processor leverages MM2000 to deliver superior multimedia performance at ultra-low power consumption for portable devices |
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Tensilica's Xtensa Processor Core Adopted by NEC For NEC's Mobile Phone SOC (Sep. 08, 2008)
Tensilica today announced that NEC Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, has licensed the Xtensa LX2 customizable processor core for NEC’s Mobile Phone SOC (system-on-chip). |
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SP Devices' time-interleaving technology in module from Texas Instruments (Sep. 04, 2008)
TI today introduced an evaluation module (EVM) that combines TI's fastest 14-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) in an interleaved fashion with a Xilinx® Virtex®-5 FPGA to create the best-performing high-speed digitizer solution in the market. The FPGA comes pre-installed with SP Devices' proprietary time-interleaving technology to eliminate interleaving spurs, which enhances performance and facilitates rapid system-level evaluation for wireless communications, military, test and measurement applications. |
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Imagination Technologies Extends Relationship with International Electronics Systems Company with Significant Multi-year Licensing Deal (Sep. 04, 2008)
Imagination Technologies reports that, further to its announcement on 6th July 2007 of an initial license agreement with an international electronics systems company, this company has now concluded a new multi-year, multi-use license agreement which gives it access to Imagination’s wide range of current and future POWERVR® graphics and video IP cores. |
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Percello Licenses CEVA DSP Core for Femtocell Basestations (Sep. 03, 2008)
Percello's processor architecture leverages the powerful and fully programmable CEVA-TeakLite-III DSP to deliver a highly-integrated and cost-effective Femtocell solution, offering un-precedented levels of performance and functionality. |
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Sigma Designs Licenses Imagination's POWERVR SGX Graphics Core Family (Sep. 02, 2008)
Imagination Technologies reports that Sigma Designs has licensed a member of Imagination's POWERVR SGX graphics core family under a multiple-use license arrangement for use in SoC devices targeting multimedia consumer electronics products. |
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Renesas Technology Adopts Stratosphere Solutions' StratoPro-STX Variability Characterization Platform for 45nm (Sep. 02, 2008)
Random and systematic process variability is a significant cause of parametric yield loss and higher design margins at 65nm and 45nm. Using StratoPro-STX, engineers incorporate complex devices within their characterization infrastructure, extract within-die statistics such as mean and 3-sigma and pin-point the exact location of any failing device while minimally using scarcely available tester resources. |
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Qimonda Started Volume Production of Rambus XDR DRAM for PlayStation(R)3 Computer Entertainment System (Aug. 26, 2008)
Qimonda and Rambus today announced that Qimonda has started shipping XDR™ DRAM in volume for the PLAYSTATION(R)3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system. |
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Marvell Enters Licensing Agreement with Trimble for GPS Software Technology (Aug. 26, 2008)
With this agreement, Marvell gains direct access to Trimble's full GPS Digital Signal Processor (DSP) software as well as tools for development support and testing, all of which are backed by Trimble's historical leadership and its strong GPS intellectual property portfolio. |
