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UltraSoC secures £5m investment to target safety and security applications with its embedded analytics (Monday Jun. 24, 2019)
UltraSoC today announced plans to substantially grow its worldwide operations to address emerging opportunities in the cybersecurity, high-reliability and safety-critical systems markets.
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ON Semiconductor Completes Acquisition of Quantenna Communications (Thursday Jun. 20, 2019)
ON Semiconductor Corporationannounced today that the company has successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of Quantenna Communications, Inc. for $24.50 per share in an all cash transaction.
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SiFive Enhances Silicon Hills Operations with Office in Austin, Texas (Tuesday Jun. 18, 2019)
Central Texas' Hill Country area populated by high-tech companies is joined by the latest office of the leader in RISC-V semiconductor IP design and development
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Introducing Intel's New Network and Custom Logic Group (Monday Jun. 17, 2019)
Disruption because almost every single executive I talk with has seen business disrupted in one way or another or is worried about keeping up with new technology trends and keeping a competitive edge.
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Mythic Secures $30M in New Financing and Strengthens Leadership Team (Thursday Jun. 13, 2019)
Mythic, an innovative AI inference processor company with breakthrough analog compute-in-memory technology, today announced it has secured $30M in Series B-1 funding led by Valor Equity Partners, with additional new investors Future Ventures, Atreides, Micron Ventures, and Lam Research.
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Synopsys Achieves ISO 9001 Certification for IP Quality Management System (Wednesday Jun. 12, 2019)
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that its IP Business Unit has achieved ISO 9001 Quality Management System certification by the British Standards Institute (BSI), one of the world's largest certification bodies.
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Intel to Acquire Barefoot Networks, Accelerating Delivery of Ethernet-Based Fabrics (Wednesday Jun. 12, 2019)
An Emerging Leader in Ethernet Switch Silicon for the Data Center, Barefoot Networks will Help Intel’s Data Center Group Meet the Rapidly-Changing Needs of Hyperscale Cloud Customers
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HDL Design House Adds New Representative in Europe (Tuesday Jun. 11, 2019)
HDL Design House today announced the appointment of a new sales representative, Mr Wim Rijlaarsdam, for the territory of Belgium, the Netherlands and Israel.
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SiFive Secures $65.4 Million In Series D Funding (Friday Jun. 07, 2019)
SiFive, Inc., the leading provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP and silicon solutions, today announced it raised $65.4 million in a Series D round led by existing investors Sutter Hill Ventures, Chengwei Capital, Spark Capital, Osage University Partners and Huami, alongside new investor Qualcomm Ventures LLC.
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OpenHW Group created and announces CORE-V family of open-source cores for use in high volume production SoCs (Thursday Jun. 06, 2019)
A new not-for-profit global organization aims to boost the adoption of open-source processors by providing a platform for collaboration, creating a focal point for ecosystem development, and offering open-source IP for processor cores.
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First steps towards a made-in-Europe high-performance microprocessor (Wednesday Jun. 05, 2019)
The European Processor Initiative (EPI), crucial element of the European exascale strategy, delivers its first architectural design to the European Commission and welcomes new partners
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Thalia DA attracts $2m investment to grow analog IP re-use platforms (Tuesday Jun. 04, 2019)
Thalia Design Automation today announced that it plans significant growth in its worldwide operations, following completion of a $2m (£1.52m) funding round led by Deepbridge Capital and with renewed commitment from the company’s existing investor Development Bank of Wales (formerly Finance Wales).
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AMD and Samsung Announce Strategic Partnership in Ultra Low Power, High Performance Graphics Technologies (Monday Jun. 03, 2019)
AMD and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced a multi-year strategic partnership in ultra low power, high performance mobile graphics IP based on AMD Radeon graphics technologies.
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Infineon to acquire Cypress, strengthening and accelerating its path of profitable growth (Monday Jun. 03, 2019)
Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) and Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: CY) today announced that the companies have signed a definitive agreement under which Infineon will acquire Cypress for US$23.85 per share in cash, corresponding to an enterprise value of €9.0 billion.
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NXP to acquire Marvell's WiFi and Bluetooth Connectivity Assets (Wednesday May. 29, 2019)
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) announces today that its wholly owned subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement with Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) under which NXP will acquire Marvell’s Wireless Connectivity portfolio in an all-cash, asset transaction valued at $1.76 billion.
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Innovative Logic USB IP Portfolio Strengthens RISC-V Ecosystem (Tuesday May. 21, 2019)
Innovative Logic, Inc. today announced the acquisition of its USB IP by leading RISC-V IP and silicon solutions provider, SiFive. As part of the deal, SiFive has hired the majority of Innovative Logic’s employees in Bengaluru, India, to further augment SiFive’s comprehensive IP portfolio and drive the development of the next generation of controllers.
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Marvell to Acquire Avera Semi, Creating an Infrastructure ASIC Powerhouse (Tuesday May. 21, 2019)
Marvell today announced it has entered into definitive agreements to purchase Avera Semiconductor, the Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) business of GLOBALFOUNDRIES.
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Intrinsic ID Secures EUR 11 Million Loan from European Investment Bank (Friday May. 17, 2019)
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a loan agreement with Internet of Things (IoT) security technology company Intrinsic ID. The EIB will lend EUR 11 million in support of the expansion of Intrinsic ID's R&D, engineering, product development and support resources.
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Samsung Foundry Begins Partnership with Silvaco to Launch their Semiconductor IP Assets (Monday May. 13, 2019)
Silvaco Inc., a leading supplier of EDA software and design IP, today announced that the semiconductor design IP of Samsung Foundry is now marketed, licensed and supported through Silvaco Inc.
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Agile Analog secures $5M in funding to change the semiconductor industry (Monday May. 13, 2019)
Agile Analog, a Cambridge analog IP company, announces it has closed its latest Pre-A funding round with Delin Ventures, firstminute Capital and MMC Ventures for $5M. Founded in 2017, Agile Analog will use the funding to expand the existing engineering team in Cambridge and deliver analog IP products to a wide range of waiting customers.
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PowerVR GPU and NNA available on SiFive platform (Monday May. 13, 2019)
Imagination Technologies announces that it has joined SiFive’s DesignShare ecosystem, giving system designers easy access to its industry-leading PowerVR GPU and neural network accelerator (NNA) IP cores. The PowerVR GPU will be the first fully-featured GPU supporting the Vulkan® applications programming interface (API) available via the DesignShare ecosystem.
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CoreHW and RoodMicrotec to establish long-term supply chain partnership (Thursday May. 09, 2019)
CoreHW, a Finnish fabless semiconductor company offering state-of-the-art full custom IC turnkey solutions, IP and design services as well as own IC products, today announces its intention to enter into a long-term supply chain partnership with RoodMicrotec, a leading independent company for semiconductors supply and quality services.
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SmartDV Appoints HyperSilicon Exclusive Sales Representative in China (Thursday May. 09, 2019)
SmartDV™ Technologies today named HyperSilicon Co. Ltd. its exclusive sales representative in China. HyperSilicon is a technical sales and support organization based in Beijing, China, with a 30-member team of IP, system-on-chip (SoC), application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and field-programmable (FPGA) design experts.
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Blu Wireless raises $16.6 million in growth funding round for 5G applications (Monday May. 06, 2019)
mmWave System IP specialist Blu Wireless has raised £12.7m ($16.6m) in a growth funding round led by existing investors Arm, Calculus Capital, Kendall and MGL, and including major new investor Guinness Asset Management.
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SiFive Announces Strategic Partnership with QuickLogic and Launches SoC Templates for Rapid Chip Design (Monday Apr. 29, 2019)
SiFive announced today the Freedom Aware (FA) family of SoC Templates and its strategic development partnership with QuickLogic Corporation, an innovator of ultra-low power voice-enabled SoCs, embedded FPGA IP, and endpoint AI software tools and solutions.
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Xilinx to Acquire Solarflare (Thursday Apr. 25, 2019)
Xilinx announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Solarflare Communications, Inc.. Solarflare is a leading provider of high-performance, low latency networking solutions for customers spanning FinTech to cloud computing.
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Alphawave Joins TSMC IP Alliance Program (Tuesday Apr. 23, 2019)
Alphawave IP, a leading provider of multi-standard connectivity IP solutions for electronic devices, today announced that it has joined the TSMC (NYSE: TSM) IP Alliance Program. The IP Alliance Program, one of five Alliance programs comprising the TSMC Open Innovation Platform®, includes major and leading IP companies, providing the semiconductor industry’s largest catalog of silicon-verified, production-proven and foundry-specific intellectual property (IP).
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Mercury Systems Announces Acquisitions of The Athena Group and Syntonic Microwave (Friday Apr. 19, 2019)
Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com) today announced the acquisitions of The Athena Group, Inc. (Athena) and Syntonic Microwave LLC (Syntonic). The all cash purchase price for both transactions was $46 million in total.
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Synopsys Establishes Center of Excellence with STMicroelectronics to Speed Development of Automotive Electronic Systems (Thursday Apr. 18, 2019)
The program focuses on delivering Synopsys Virtualizer™ Development Kits (VDKs) for the ST Stellar family of automotive multicore microcontrollers (MCUs), enabling companies to accelerate the development of automotive electronic systems by enabling the move from physical to virtual testing.
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Intel to Exit 5G Smartphone Modem Business, Focus 5G Efforts on Network Infrastructure and Other Data-Centric Opportunities (Thursday Apr. 18, 2019)
Intel to Exit 5G Smartphone Modem Business, Focus 5G Efforts on Network Infrastructure and Other Data-Centric Opportunities