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• Cost of engineering is only one consideration, says Infineon CEO (Tuesday May. 16, 2006)
  There are those who believe that the vast majority of semiconductor design work will be done in the not-so-distant future in China, India and other emerging nations
  
  
• IntellaSys Unveils Revolutionary ''Scalable Embedded Array(TM) (SEA) Platform'' to Launch Multicore Processor Chip Solutions (Monday May. 15, 2006)
  IntellaSys Corporation today formally unveiled its Scalable Embedded Array(TM) (SEA) Platform to launch multicore processor solutions for next-generation embedded applications.
  
  
• LSI Logic Completes $105 Million Sale of Gresham Fab to ON Semiconductor (Monday May. 15, 2006)
  LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced it has completed the sale of its Gresham, Oregon semiconductor manufacturing facility to Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC, the primary operating subsidiary of ON Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq:
  
  
• Infineon Technologies: Advanced 65nm mobile phone chip works first time - 30 million transistors integrated on one cell phone key (Friday May. 12, 2006)
  Infineon Technologies AG announced today that the first cell phone chips equipped with its advanced 65-nm CMOS process technology are now available. The components functioned perfectly right from the start, as complicated testing in Duisburg, Munich and B
  
  
• Comsys Presents ComMAX Solution at the IEEE 802.16 Conference in Israel (Thursday May. 11, 2006)
  Comsys Communication and Signal Processing, a leader in wireless baseband solutions, presented ComMAX™, a full Mobile WiMAX baseband processor at the IEEE 802.16 conference held in Tel-Aviv
  
  
• Samsung Ventures leads 15.4M Sandbridge Technologies Series 'B' Extension (Tuesday May. 09, 2006)
  Sandbridge Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company developing the world's first flexible software defined processors for baseband and multimedia processing in mobile handsets, announced today that it recently closed a $15.4M extended Series B fundin
  
  
• Arasan Chip Systems Launches the AC2200i SDIO Card Controller ASIC (Monday May. 08, 2006)
  The AC2200i is designed using Arasan's Industry Standard SDIO Card Controller IP Core technology, which has been licensed by over 50 companies Worldwide.
  
  
• STMicroelectronics Introduces Versatile High-Definition Set-Top-Box Platforms at MEDC 2006 (Thursday May. 04, 2006)
  Developed in conjunction with Microsoft Corp., these new Windows CE-based platforms benefit from the combination of ST's market-leading, high-performance high-definition (HD) decoders and the flexibility of the component approach Microsoft is building for
  
  
• STMicroelectronics Brings Ethernet, Large Memory, and the ARM9E Core to Low-Cost Embedded Flash Microcontrollers (Monday May. 01, 2006)
  STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), one of the world's leading semiconductor manufacturers, has become the first company to combine Ethernet connectivity, an ARM9E processor core, and large embedded SRAM and Flash memories in a general-purpose Flash microcont
  
  
• Impinj Reveals Worldwide Distribution Strategy for High Performance Speedway Gen 2 Reader (Monday May. 01, 2006)
  Impinj, Inc., the number one supplier of Gen 2 RFID chips and a market leader in embedded nonvolatile memories, today announced its channel strategy of partnering with value-added resellers (VARs) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to deliver pro
  
  
• MathStar, Inc. Announces Professional Video Library for the Field Programmable Object Array (FPOA) (Monday Apr. 24, 2006)
  MathStar, Inc. (Nasdaq:MATH) today introduced the Professional Video Library for the Field Programmable Object Array (FPOA). The first intellectual property in the Library is an MPEG2 Multi-Stream Decoder for the MOA1400D FPOA device
  
  
• iSuppli lists China's top fabless IC rankings (Friday Apr. 21, 2006)
  Solomon Systec was the largest fabless semiconductor company in China last year, according to the rankings from iSuppli Corp., but a pair of domestic vendors grabbed the spotlight.
  
  
• Impinj, NEC TOKIN and NEC Partner to Deliver High Performance Gen 2 RFID Readers in Japan (Friday Apr. 21, 2006)
  Impinj, Inc., the number one supplier of Gen 2 Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips and readers, and NEC TOKIN Corporation, located in Sendai City, Japan, today announced an agreement to co-develop RFID readers for the Japanese market.
  
  
• ZiLOG(R) Demonstrates ARM-9(R) 32-Bit MCU at ETA Expo (Wednesday Apr. 19, 2006)
  ZiLOG(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: ZILG), a leading provider of integrated microcontrollers (MCUs) and universal remote control solutions announced that it will demonstrate its recently announced 32-bit ARM-9(R) capability during the 2006 Electronic Transactions Ass
  
  
• Asono selects Nordic's nRF24Z1 transceiver to deliver uncompressed, CD-quality audio via wireless link between its DAB radio and remote stereo speaker (Wednesday Apr. 19, 2006)
  Asono selects the nRF24Z1 in preference to Bluetooth for its Digital Audio Broadcast radio because of the proprietary device's superior sound quality, lower power consumption and greater resistance to interference from other RF devices operating in 2.4GHz
  
  
• Perfisans Signs Another Design Win With Tanxia Systems, Inc. (Tuesday Apr. 18, 2006)
  Perfisans Networks Corp., a next-generation semiconductor designer focused on the burgeoning Gigabit Ethernet market, has announced the signing of yet another Supply Agreement with Tanxia Systems Inc. (TSI) for its proprietary network accelerator solution
  
  
• SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.) Announces Single-Chip Controller Targeting Portable Applications (Monday Apr. 17, 2006)
  SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.), a leader in flash memory technology, today announced the industry's first single-chip, fully integrated mobile platform controller targeting mobile devices.
  
  
• Oki Semiconductor Launches ARM-Based Microcontroller that Reduces Encryption/Decryption Time for IC Card Terminals (Monday Apr. 10, 2006)
  Oki Semiconductor, a leading technology partner for the new era of digital communications and convergence, today announced the launch of its ARM®-based ML675050 microcontroller, an application specific LSI (ASSP) that integrates all functions necessary in
  
  
• CSR Demonstrates Bluetooth Chip Incorporating FM radio at CTIA (Tuesday Apr. 04, 2006)
  CSR plc today announces that it will demonstrate its BlueCore5-FM silicon at CTIA in Las Vegas. CSR announced BlueCore5-FM in September 2005, and was the first time Bluetooth and FM had been combined in a single chip. BlueCore5-FM is the first product fro
  
  
• Zoran Launches Programmable Processor For Emerging Office Desktop Color Printer Market (Monday Apr. 03, 2006)
  Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq: ZRAN) announced the availability of its Quatro 4230 digital printer processor, a highly integrated, fully programmable, system-on-a-chip (SOC) solution for printer manufacturers
  
  
• Infineon has accelerated its Memory carve-out: New memory company Qimonda will start operations on May 1st, 2006 (Friday Mar. 31, 2006)
  Infineon Technologies AG (FSE/NYSE: IFX) announced today another milestone in its strategic realignment. The carve-out of its memory products business group into a new company will be effective on May 1st, 2006, two months ahead of schedule.
  
  
• Spansion Licenses ARM Processor to Expand Its Logic-on-Flash Solutions (Tuesday Mar. 28, 2006)
  Spansion Inc. today announced that it has licensed the ARM7TDMI-S(TM) processor and the SecurCore(TM) SC100(TM) processor, enabling Spansion to integrate the ARM(R) processor with its MirrorBit(TM) Flash memory on a single die
  
  
• picoChip launches new family of cost-effective multi-core DSP chips for next-generation wireless, breaks $1/GMAC barrier (Wednesday Mar. 22, 2006)
  picoChip has launched its next generation of picoArray multi-core processor arrays for next-generation wireless systems. The PC202, PC203 and PC205 are the first devices in the family, and are highly integrated, high-performance and extremely cost-effecti
  
  
• CSR's BlueCore with DSP architecture adds MP3 support to GGBlu headset (Wednesday Mar. 22, 2006)
  CSR PLC (LSE: CSR.L) the wireless communications specialist and global leader in Bluetooth technology, today confirmed that BlueCore3-Multimedia is at the heart of GG Telecom's award-winning GGBlu stereo Bluetooth headset.
  
  
• ST expands China reach with HHNEC (Monday Mar. 13, 2006)
  Chinese silicon foundry specialist Shanghai Hua Hong NEC Electronics Co. Ltd. (HHNEC) continues on its quest to build a 300-mm fab and is reportedly working with a new and surprising partner: STMicroelectronics Inc., according to an analyst.
  
  
• Airspan Announces Commercial Availability of MicroMAX-SOC WiMAX Base Station (Monday Mar. 13, 2006)
  Airspan Networks, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of WiMAX and WiFi based broadband wireless access networks, and carrier class Voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) solutions, today announced its plans to start shipping MicroMAX-SOC (system on a chip) t
  
  
• Samsung Electronics Begins Volume Production of First 80-nanometer DDR2 Memory (Monday Mar. 13, 2006)
  Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced today that it is the first manufacturer in the industry to begin mass producing DDR2 DRAM -- 512 Megabit (Mb) -- on an 80 nanometer (nm) scale
  
  
• FSA Reports Fabless Revenue Topped $40B in 2005 Becoming Highest Annual Total in Fabless History (Friday Mar. 10, 2006)
  Association Releases CY 2005 Growth Statistics from Year-End Global Fabless Fundings & Financials Report
  
  
• SigmaTel Launches New Software Development Kit for STMP3600 Portable Media SoC (Thursday Mar. 09, 2006)
  New SDK 4.201 Offers PlaysForSure(TM) 1.2 Support for WMDRM10 and Ability to Store and Playback WMDRM10 Content from Removable Media
  
  
• New Serial ATA Host Controller from Silicon Image Enables eSATA Connectivity for PC and CE Applications (Tuesday Mar. 07, 2006)
  Ultra low-cost PCI-Express 3 Gigabyte per second SATA Gen II Host Controller