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• DSP Group Unveils New System-on-a-Chip Worldwide Solution for Residential Communication Center (Wednesday Jan. 04, 2006)
  The new solution provides in-house cordless coverage for voice, data and video, supporting any physical connectivity to the residence
  
  
• Hynix and M-Systems to Offer a New Generation of DiskOnChip Embedded Flash Drives for Use in Mobile Handsets and Consumer Electronics Devices (Wednesday Jan. 04, 2006)
  DOC H3, the companies’ first jointly introduced product, will utilize the latest NAND flash from Hynix and M-Systems’ built-in TrueFFS® flash management software
  
  
• LSI Logic and YesVideo Introduce Integrated DVD Recorder Software for Indexing Video Content (Tuesday Jan. 03, 2006)
  YesVideo and LSI Extend Partnership through New, Innovative DVD Recorder Feature
  
  
• Silicon Image Unveils New Technologies and Programs to Provide a Richer Home Entertainment Experience for Consumers (Tuesday Jan. 03, 2006)
  New Technologies Paving the Way for Next Generation Digital Connectivity
  
  
• Centrality Introduces Next-Generation Atlas II Processor Platform (Tuesday Jan. 03, 2006)
  The Introduction of the Atlas II Platform Sets the New Standard for Today's Navigation Systems
  
  
• Broadcom Announces First Fully Compliant High-Definition Decoder Chip for Blu-ray(TM) Disc and HD DVD(TM) Media Players (Tuesday Jan. 03, 2006)
  New HD Decoder Chip is Based on Field-Proven Technology Developed for High-Definition Set-Top Boxes for Cable, Satellite and IPTV Applications
  
  
• NEC Electronics America Announces Availability of First Host Controller Based on Certified Wireless USB Technology (Tuesday Jan. 03, 2006)
  Device Enables Wireless Data Transfer Speeds Up to 480 Megabits Per Second
  
  
• Conexant Expands Low-Power Wi-Fi Portfolio with New Platform for Embedded Applications (Monday Dec. 19, 2005)
  High-performance Platform Includes Innovative Self-hosted Client Technology
  
  
• Wisair Unveils Wireless USB Hub Reference Design (Monday Dec. 12, 2005)
  Technology Developed to Take USB Cables Off of the Personal Computer
  
  
• Mobilic Introduces New Multimedia SoC Processor Family; Mobilic Makes Strong Entry Into the Mobile Video Market With SoC Products That Feature the Industry's Highest Level of Functional Integration (Monday Dec. 12, 2005)
  Mobilic Makes Strong Entry Into the Mobile Video Market With SoC Products That Feature the Industry's Highest Level of Functional Integration
  
  
• Zoran Technology Breakthrough Delivers Entire DVD Recorder Capability On A Single System-On-A-Chip (Monday Dec. 05, 2005)
  Fully Digital DVD Recorder Front End and Back End Optimized On Activa Solution
  
  
• Infineon affirms move to 'fab-lite' strategy (Thursday Dec. 01, 2005)
  Infineon Technologies CEO Wolfgang Ziebart affirmed that the company will not build manufacturing capacity below the 90-nanometer node, migrating to a ''fab-lite'' strategy.
  
  
• Jennic introduces low cost wireless sensor network starter kit for single chip IEEE 802.15.4 wireless microcontroller (Thursday Dec. 01, 2005)
  The kit includes sample demonstrations that highlight the potential for remote monitoring and control applications based on the wireless standard, and enables new product development based on this new technology.
  
  
• Chipcon announces the World's First System-on-Chip Solution with location estimation capability targeting ZigBee/ IEEE 802.15.4 Low Power Wireless Sensor Networks (Wednesday Nov. 30, 2005)
  New Solution Powered with Location Detection Hardware by Motorola
  
  
• Genesys Logic First to Market with PCI Express 4-lane 10Gbps PIPE PHY Chips (Wednesday Nov. 30, 2005)
  Genesys Logic, Inc. (GLI) the high speed I/O communications specialist, today announced full production and availability of its PCI Express GigaCourier™ GL9714 integrated circuit (IC)
  
  
• SafeNet Announces High End Integrated Security Processor for SME Networking Equipment (Wednesday Nov. 30, 2005)
  SafeXcel-5160 is the Most Cost Effective Security Processor for Gigabit Class SME Appliances
  
  
• Zoran and Thomson Announce Low Cost Digital-to-Analog Solution To Support the Transition To Digital Broadcast (Monday Nov. 28, 2005)
  New A-74 Compliant Reference Design for CRT Televisions and Set-Top Boxes To Be Demonstrated at CES 2006
  
  
• Faraday Successfully Completes a Range of 0.13um ASIC Productions (Thursday Nov. 24, 2005)
  Faraday's 0.13µm ASIC technologies address key design challenges in Networking and Consumer Electronics segments
  
  
• World First for Sagem Communication and STMicroelectronics: First MPEG4 Set-Top Boxes Based on Single-Chip Video Decoder (Thursday Nov. 24, 2005)
  Roll-out of leading-edge set-top boxes from Sagem, powered by ST’s STB7100 MPEG4 decoder chip, will enable broadcasters to offer increased number of digital TV channels
  
  
• Chipcon Launches a High-Performance and Low-Cost 2.4 GHz True System-on-Chip With Radio, Flash and MCU (Monday Nov. 21, 2005)
  The CC2510 System-on-Chip (SoC) includes a 2.4 GHz RF transceiver, 32 kBytes of self-programmable flash memory, 4 kB of RAM, a very low-power single-cycle 8051 MCU and many powerful peripheral modules. All of this fits inside a tiny 6 x 6 mm QLP-36 packag
  
  
• Atmel's New 200 MIPS ARM9 MCU Draws Only 2.5 uA Standby, and 350 uA/MHz at Maximum Performance (Tuesday Nov. 15, 2005)
  On-chip LCD, USB Host/Device, 160kByte SRAM and Peripheral DMA Controller Target Wireless Handheld Terminals Like Point-of-Sale Applications
  
  
• Renesas Technology Releases SuperH Family SH7211F Single-Chip Microcontroller with On-Chip Flash Memory, Achieving World's Top-Level Operating Speed of 160 MHz (Tuesday Nov. 15, 2005)
  Incorporating high-performance SH-2A CPU core with excellent real-time control capability, enabling implementation of high-quality real-time control devices for industrial equipment field, etc.
  
  
• Elpida Memory Delivers DDR3 SDRAM Memory Modules to Intel (Monday Nov. 14, 2005)
  512 Megabyte and 1 Gigabyte DIMM Samples Achieve GHz-class Speeds; the Industry's Highest Memory Performance Available
  
  
• Atheros Communications Launches World's Most Integrated Single-Chip 802.11g Access Point Solution (Monday Nov. 14, 2005)
  Cost-Efficient WLAN Technology Increases Accessibility of Home/SOHO Wireless Networking
  
  
• Toshiba and NEC Electronics to Collaborate on 45-nanometer System LSI Process Technologies (Wednesday Nov. 09, 2005)
  To Begin Dialogue on Comprehensive Alliance with Focus on System LSI
  
  
• Qualcomm Introduces the World's Most Advanced Mobile Microprocessor (Tuesday Nov. 08, 2005)
  ''Scorpion'' Core Delivers 1 GHz of Processing Speed with Reduced Power Demands to Enable Wireless Devices with Unsurpassed Performance
  
  
• Atmel supplies rad-hard Leon2 Sparc processor (Monday Nov. 07, 2005)
  The Leon2 microprocessor was designed by Jiri Gaisler to comply with version 8 of the SPARC definition while he was working at the European Space Agency. Gaisler is the founder of Gaisler Research AB (Goteborg, Sweden).
  
  
• Atmel Launches DVD-SoC Industry's Most Integrated and Powerful DVD-Single Chip (Tuesday Nov. 01, 2005)
  Enabling DVD Manufacturers to Develop Smaller, More Innovative Systems Supporting Emerging Consumer Trends
  
  
• STMicroelectronics Launches Second Generation AVC and VC-1 Decoder Enabling the Secure Digital Home to become a Reality (Monday Oct. 31, 2005)
  Advanced high definition decoder improves consumer equipment security and connectivity
  
  
• IBM delivers Power-based chip for Microsoft Xbox 360 worldwide launch (Tuesday Oct. 25, 2005)
  Engineering & Technology Services unit collaborates with Microsoft to build innovative custom game processor