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• OCZ Technology Group Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success with DesignWare IP and Synopsys Professional Services (Jun. 19, 2013)
  Synopsys today announced that OCZ has achieved first-pass silicon success for its NAND flash Vector SSD using Synopsys' DesignWare® DDR2/3-Lite PHY, Embedded Memories, STAR Memory System® solution and Professional Services.
  
  
• Imagination signs license agreement with Cavium for MIPSr5 architecture (Jun. 17, 2013)
  Imagination Technologies has signed a license agreement with Cavium, Inc. for the latest Release 5 MIPS architecture (MIPSr5).
  
  
• HARMAN Professional Licenses Oxford Digital Filter Technology and Patent Portfolio for Professional Audio Applications (Jun. 14, 2013)
  HARMAN today announced a comprehensive technology licensing agreement with Oxford Digital Limited, granting the rights to use Oxford Digital’s proprietary filter technologies in AKG, BSS, Crown, dbx, JBL, Lexicon, Soundcraft, and Studer professional audio products.
  
  
• Imagination signs license agreement with Toshiba for range of Imagination’s technologies (Jun. 11, 2013)
  Imagination Technologies reports that it has signed a license agreement with Toshiba Corporation for a range of technologies from Imagination’s Ensigma connectivity and PowerVR graphics and video families.
  
  
• Microsemi Adopts Cortus Processor Core for New Mixed Signal SoC Platform for Industrial Applications (Jun. 03, 2013)
  Cortus today announced that its Cortus processor cores have been chosen by Microsemi Corporation for a new mixed signal system-on-chip SoC platform for industrial applications.
  
  
• SiTune Corporation signs strategic license agreement with major semiconductor company serving STB and TV markets (Jun. 03, 2013)
  SiTune announced a non-exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with one of the major TV media processor companies in the U.S. By this agreement, SiTune gave the rights to its partner to integrate its advance and state-of-the-art low power and low cost TV tuner for terrestrial, satellite and cable applications in this partner’s future products. SiTune Tuner IPs can support all digital/analog TV standards with lowest power consumption and superior performance for sensitivity, adjacent channel, and rough cable signal conditions like tilt.
  
  
• Altera Licenses Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect Fabric IP for ARM-based Processor Systems (Jun. 03, 2013)
  Arteris today announced that Altera has licensed Arteris FlexNoC(TM) interconnect IP as the system interconnect for its future SoC products.
  
  
• HiSilicon Using Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect Fabric IP in Multiple Product Lines (May. 31, 2013)
  Arteris today announced that HiSilicon Technologies Co., Ltd. has licensed Arteris®FlexNoC® interconnect IP for use as the on-chip interconnect fabric in multiple SoCs targeting many market segments.
  
  
• RDA Microelectronics Boosts Mobile Phone Performance with Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect IP (May. 28, 2013)
  Arteris today announced that RDA Microelectronics has selected Arteris FlexNoC interconnect IP as the backbone SoC interconnect for its new wireless Systems-on-Chip (SoC) platforms.
  
  
• Chips&Media Licenses HEVC/H.265 Decoder Core to a Leading Fabless Semiconductor Company (May. 28, 2013)
  Chips&Media reports that it has signed a strategic license agreement with a Taiwan-based dominant fabless semiconductor company, for next-generation HEVC decoder IP core, WAVE410. The core will be integrated into future high-end DTV SoCs .
  
  
• FujiFilm Adopts DMP's Graphics IP Core "SMAPH-H" (May. 27, 2013)
  DMP announced today that DMP’s graphics IP core “SMAPH-H” is used in Fujifilm’s latest digital cameras. SMAPH-H provides GUIs(graphic user interface) and functions for displaying relevant information to take a picture.
  
  
• Vivante GPU Core Maximizes Graphics Efficiency of SAMSUNG GALAXY Tab 3 (May. 23, 2013)
  Vivante Corporation marked another major milestone in the rapid adoption of its industry leading GPU technology. The GC1000 graphics core, integrated into the Marvell PXA986 SoC, is powering the highly-anticipated Samsung GALAXY Tab 3 7.0
  
  
• Nvidia Adopts Arrow Devices' UniPro CheckMate Verification Solution (May. 23, 2013)
  Arrow Devices announces that Nvidia, a leader in computer graphics and next generation mobile platforms, has adopted Arrow Devices' MIPI UniPro CheckMate Verification Solution.
  
  
• Crocus Licenses its Magnetic Logic Unit Technology to TowerJazz (May. 22, 2013)
  Crocus Technology and TowerJazz today announces a licensing and joint promotion agreement for the use of Crocus’ Magnetic Logic Unit (MLU) process technology by TowerJazz in its customers’ embedded SoC applications.
  
  
• UltraSoC delivers first Universal Debug IP to PMC-Sierra (May. 13, 2013)
  UltraSoC announced today that it is working with PMC-Sierra to incorporate its silicon IP technology into PMC’s next generation of storage controllers. This development program, which is expected to lead to PMC taking a licence, incorporates UltraSoC’s library of advanced, feature-rich debug IP at the leading edge of embedded systems for PMC.
  
  
• S3 Group licenses custom ADC and DAC Solution to Avalent Technologies' SoC Platforms (May. 07, 2013)
  S3 Group today announced that it has licensed a custom ADC and DAC solution to Avalent Technologies for the development of their latest SoC.
  
  
• STMicroelectronics and Quantenna Enter Strategic Licensing Agreement (May. 07, 2013)
  STMicroelectronics and Quantenna announced today that they have signed a non-exclusive worldwide licensing agreement giving ST the ability to integrate Quantenna IP into its broad array of systems-on-chips and giving Quantenna the ability to leverage the entire ecosystem of ST’s entertainment, networking and security products.
  
  
• NASA Selects Ridgetop Group to Develop an Innovative Modular SiGe 130 nm Cell Library (Apr. 25, 2013)
  Ridgetop announced that it has been selected to receive a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 contract from NASA. Ridgetop will create a cell library of key “building block” analog cells needed to accelerate the development, improve the reliability, and reduce the cost of a wide range of integrated circuits (ICs) essential for space missions and other demanding applications that must tolerate harsh environments.
  
  
• DMP 3D Graphics IP Core "SMAPH-S" is selected by Renesas Electronics (Apr. 23, 2013)
  
  
  
• Leadcore Technology License CEVA DSP Technologies for Mobile Devices (Apr. 17, 2013)
  CEVA today announced that Leadcore Technology Co., Ltd. one of the core members of Datang Telecom Technology and Industry Group, has licensed CEVA DSP technologies and platforms for their next-generation mobile devices.
  
  
• Leadcore Adopts Hantro Video IP (Apr. 16, 2013)
  VeriSilicon announced today that the Hantro G1 Multi-format Decoder and Hantro H1 Multi-format Encoder have been adopted by Leadcore, a leading TD-SCDMA and TDD-LTE telecom technology and solution company in China
  
  
• Rockchip Leverages Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect IP for Next Generation SoCs (Apr. 16, 2013)
  Arteris today announced that Rockchip has again selected Arteris® FlexNoC® interconnect IP as the backbone SoC interconnect for its new SoC platforms.
  
  
• Fujitsu Semiconductor ASIC Design for 2G/3G/4G Baseband Processor in Volume Production with Synopsys 28-nm MIPI M-PHY (Apr. 09, 2013)
  Synopsys today announced that Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited is successfully shipping a 2G/3G/4G baseband processor using Synopsys' DesignWare DigRFv4 M-PHY and DigRF 3G PHY IP.
  
  
• Barco Silex FPGA design speeds transactions in award-winning Atos Worldline Hardware Security Module (HSM) (Apr. 08, 2013)
  Barco Silex today announced that Atos Worldline uses a Barco Silex FPGA crypto platform in its ADYTON. The ADYTON integrates Barco Silex’s IP to achieve RSA and ECC performance levels of over 7000 op/s in RSA CRT and FIPS 140-2 Security level 4 certification.
  
  
• Microsemi Integrates Inicore Enhanced Reliability CAN IP into SmartFusion2 SoC FPGA (Mar. 25, 2013)
  Inicore Inc. announced today that its CAN controller IP core CANmodule-IIIx has been incorporated into Microsemi Corporation’s recently released SmartFusion®2 SoC FPGAs.
  
  
• MIPS multi-threaded CPUs from Imagination push performance to new levels for Altair's new LTE chipsets (Mar. 21, 2013)
  Imagination Technologies announces that two new baseband processors from Altair Semiconductor, a leading developer of high performance, single-mode LTE chipsets, are powered by MIPS CPU cores from Imagination.
  
  
• Beken License CEVA Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and 4.0 IP for Low Power Bluetooth Product Families (Mar. 19, 2013)
  CEVA today announced that Beken has licensed CEVA's Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy IP solutions for the development of Bluetooth-enabled ICs.
  
  
• CAST's 200th 8051 IP Core License Goes to Ensphere Solutions (Mar. 12, 2013)
  CAST, Inc. marked its sixteenth year providing 8051-compatible IP cores by announcing its 200th 8051 license. Customer Ensphere Solutions has a reputation for advanced optical and copper communications chips and will use the 8051 microcontroller in an upcoming high-performance computing (HPC) interconnect IC.
  
  
• Freescale and ARM Extend Relationship with Cortex-A50 Processor License for Future i.MX and QorIQ Products (Feb. 27, 2013)
  Freescale Semiconductor is licensing the ARM® Cortex™-A50 series of microprocessors (MPUs) for future versions of its i.MX applications processor and QorIQ communications processor product lines.
  
  
• Cryptography Research Signs License Agreement with EchoStar for CryptoFirewall Security Technology to Combat Piracy (Feb. 27, 2013)
  Cryptography Research today announced a license agreement with EchoStar Technologies to adopt the Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall™ security core for use with EchoStar set-top box technologies to protect against TV signal theft.