D&R Headline News (Last 14 Days)

Headlines for Friday May. 27, 2022

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Broadcom to Acquire VMware for Approximately $61 Billion in Cash and Stock

Broadcom and VMware today announced an agreement under which Broadcom will acquire all of the outstanding shares of VMware in a cash-and-stock transaction that values VMware at approximately $61 billion, based on the closing price of Broadcom common stock on May 25, 2022.

• Synopsys Initiates $200 Million Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreement

Headlines for Thursday May. 26, 2022

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New Crypto Quantique device management service streamlines IoT security lifecycle with key integration of the Microchip Trust Platform Design Suite

Crypto Quantique, a specialist in quantum-driven cyber security for the internet of things (IoT), announces it has integrated its QuarkLink onboarding and device management technology for IoT devices into the Microchip Trust Platform Suite tool.

• Ex-Intel Global Senior VP Jim Finnegan joins Corigine
• The Value of Small M&A Deals for Chipmakers

Headlines for Wednesday May. 25, 2022

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Siemens streamlines, secures embedded RISC-V development with latest Nucleus ReadyStart solution

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today availability of its leading Nucleus™ ReadyStart™ solution for embedded development targeting the fast-growing adoption of the RISC-V architecture.

• London Stock Exchange welcomes EnSilica plc to AIM
• ADTechnology to launch its 5nm A53-based Platform, ADP500 based on Samsung Foundry
• LeapMind announces "Efficiera Anomaly Detection model"
• Synopsys Appoints Two New Directors

Headlines for Tuesday May. 24, 2022

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Rambus Completes Acquisition of Hardent

Rambus today announced the completion of the acquisition of Hardent, Inc. (“Hardent"), a leading SoC digital design company.

• NSITEXE Selects ImperasDV for Automotive Quality RISC-V Processor Functional Design Verification
• Top Three Suppliers Held 94% of 2021 DRAM Marketshare
• PUFsecurity's secure crypto coprocessor PUFcc wins COMPUTEX 2022 Best Choice Award
• Renesas Will Demonstrate the First Working Silicon Based on the Recently Debuted Arm Cortex-M85 Processor
• X-FAB Adopts Cadence EMX Solver's Electromagnetic Simulation Technology to Support Innovative RF Designs Targeted at Communication and Automotive Markets

Headlines for Monday May. 23, 2022

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EnSilica to list on London Stock Exchange's AIM market, expected to begin trading from 24th May

EnSilica, the UK-headquartered specialist designer and supplier of mixed signal ASICs has announced it is set to be listed on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market. Trading is expected to begin from the 24th May under the ticker ENSI.

• Synopsys and Analog Devices Collaborate to Accelerate Power System Design
• Foundry's 31% Growth in 2021 Outpaced Overall Chip Industry
• MediaTek Launches First mmWave Chipset for Seamless 5G Smartphone Connectivity
• Silicon Catalyst welcomes Flex Logix as an In-Kind Partner
• BrainChip Joins Arm AI Partner Program
• Wireless RF Transceiver IP Cores for IoT applications, available for immediate licensing

Headlines for Friday May. 20, 2022

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QOI Image Compression IP Cores available from CAST and Ocean Logic

Semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST today announced the availability of IP cores implementing hardware encoders and decoders for lossless image compression using the QOI (Quite Okay Image) format.

• ReRAM Proves Resistant To Invasive Attacks
• Imagination Joins Baidu PaddlePaddle "Hardware Ecosystem Co-Creation Program"
• Arasan announces its 2'nd Generation of CAN IP
• Fujikura collaborates with GlobalFoundries to accelerate large-scale commercialization of 5G mmWave Technologies
• GlobalFoundries Advances RF Leadership with GF Connex™ Portfolio and Customer Collaborations
• GlobalFoundries Unveils GF Labs to Accelerate Technology Innovation
• VeriSilicon's Chip Design Process Obtains ISO 26262 Automotive Functional Safety Management System Certification
• Cortus joins the Alliance for Internet of Things Innovation (AIOTI)

Headlines for Thursday May. 19, 2022

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Xiphera's new IP cores complement the existing ECC portfolio

iphera expands its Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) portfolio with two new IP cores: XIP4123C and XIP4133C (together referred as XIP41x3C). Both of these IP cores support Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) key exchange and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) digital signatures.

• Synopsys Posts Financial Results for Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2022
• Intrinsic ID Taps Former Arm Executive to Lead Business Development Efforts as Need for Embedded Security Soars
• SMIC Revenue Soars as Chinese Market Sours
• China-Based IC Production to Represent 21.2% of China IC Market in 2026
• oneNav Announces Competitive pureL5 Field Test Performance Using its Latest Customer Evaluation System (CES)
• GlobalFoundries and Motorola Solutions Announce Strategic Agreement for Chip Supply
• Cadence Digital Full Flow Achieves Certification for GlobalFoundries 12LP/12LP+ Process Platforms
• How real is TSMC's bid for conversion to 1.4-nm process node?

Headlines for Wednesday May. 18, 2022

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Arasan Announces its latest MIPI RFFE(SM) IP compliant to MIPI RFFE(SM) v3.0 Version

Arasan Chip Systems, the leading provider of Total IPTM solutions for today's Systems on Chip (SoC) market announces the immediate availability of its silicon proven high performance and low power consumption MIPI RFFE 3.0SM Host IP and Device core IP for the mobile industry.

• Imagination and Visidon partner for deep-learning-based super resolution technology IMG Series4 NNA enables advanced AI-based software to efficiently upscale images and videos

Headlines for Tuesday May. 17, 2022

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Andes Technology and Crypto Quantique in Global Partnership to Deliver the Ultimate RISC-V IoT Device Security

Andes cooperates with Crypto Quantique’s quantum-driven semiconductor root-of-trust IP, quantum-driven semiconductor hardware IP (called QDID), and the company’s chip-to-cloud IoT device security management platform, QuarkLink, to bring our customers an industrial grade cyber-security solution.

• Flex Logix Partners With Roboflow to Enable Specialized AI Models For Computer Vision Applications
• Quadric and MegaChips Form Partnership to Bring IP Products to ASIC and SoC Market
• Siemens collaborates with GlobalFoundries to provide trusted silicon photonics verification

Headlines for Monday May. 16, 2022

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Major milestones for Arm SystemReady in driving ecosystem standards

SystemReady provides a formal set of compute platform definitions to cover a range of systems from the cloud to IoT and edge, helping software 'just work' seamlessly across a vibrant, diverse ecosystem of Arm-based hardware.

• Algae-powered computing: scientists create reliable and renewable biological photovoltaic cell
• Quadric Appoints Former Arm Vice President Steve Roddy as Chief Marketing Officer and Accelerates the Licensing of Its GPNPU Architecture
• Xiphera joins BittWare Partner Program to enable fast security implementation
• Samsung raising foundry prices
• Roviero joins Arm AI Partner Program to future-proof AI-based IoT solutions
• sureCore appoints Shanghai LoMicro Information Technology Co. Ltd to boost presence in Chinese market
• Introducing the largest portfolio of Verification IP Cores for all types of Testbench verifications of different protocols and interfaces for your advanced Design IPs which are now available for immediate licensing

Headlines for Friday May. 13, 2022

• OMNIVISION Announces Patent Litigation Victory Against ID Image Sensing LLC

Headlines for Thursday May. 12, 2022

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QuickLogic Partners with Intrinsic ID to Provide eFPGA Security Solutions

QuickLogic Corporation today announced that it has partnered with Intrinsic ID, the world’s leading provider of Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) security IP, to provide security options for devices incorporating embedded FPGA (eFPGA) technology.

• TSMC hikes prices
• Arm delivers record revenues and record profits in FY21
• India Prepares to Build Nation's First Chip Fab
• Faraday Continues Expanding Its Ethernet Solutions for Networking Demands in ASIC
• 2023 IC market to fall 22%, says Penn
• ADTechnology Receives Samsung Foundry 2022 Best Engineering Award for Design Service Collaboration
• OPENEDGES To Exhibit its 4-/8-bit mixed-quantization NPU IP at Embedded Vision Summit 2022