| ITRI Tapes out Low-Power DVFS Test Chip With Cadence Encounter Synthesis and Implementation |
September 8, 2005 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced today that the SoC Technology Center (STC) of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan, has taped out a low-power test chip using the Cadence Encounter digital IC de ... read more |
| NemeriX Receives 25 Million EUR in Series-B Financing |
September 8, 2005 -- NemeriX, a fabless semiconductor company and GPS chipset provider, closed a 25 million EUR Series-B financing Round. All existing Series A investors - Atila Ventures, Auriga Partners, PolyTechnos Venture-Partners, and VI Pa ... read more |
| Tvia's TrueView Digital Display Processors Powers LCD Screens in Thales TopSeries In-Flight Entertainment Systems |
September 8, 2005 -- Thales, an in-flight entertainment (IFE) system manufacturer today, has integrated Tvia, Inc.'s TrueView digital display processors in its TopSeries IFE systems to airline fleets worldwide. The TopSeries system is offered o ... read more |
| Zoran Powers Acer's New Families of Digital Terrestrial LCD Televisions |
September 8, 2005 -- Zoran Corp. has revealed that its SupraTV processor provides the digital television engine for Acer's new AT3795 LCD television product line being introduced throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Canada.
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| Gaisler Research Launches the LEON3 Processor as a Standard Component Using Actel Space Qualified RTAX2000S FPGAs |
September 8, 2005 -- Gaisler Research's fault tolerant LEON3 processor in combination with the recently qualified radiation tolerant Actel RTAX2000S FPGAs will present a competitive alternative to the processors currently used by the space indus ... read more |
| MiraVid Announces Release of Fully Featured Real-Time H.264/AVC 1080p Software Decoder |
September 8, 2005 -- MiraVid, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of a H.264/AVC 1920x1080p software decoder. According to MiraVid, the H.264/AVC Decoder supports a complete set of profiles and levels including Baseline, Extended, Main ... read more |
| Xilinx and 4i2i Unveil High Definition H.264/AVC Encoder Available in a Single FPGA |
September 7, 2005 -- Xilinx, Inc. and 4i2i Communications, Ltd., a supplier of video coding intellectual property cores, have launched of the industry's first High Definition H.264 video encoder in a single FPGA. Using Xilinx programmable logi ... read more |
| Faraday and SafeNet Form Strategic Marketing Partnership in Security Processor Market |
September 7, 2005 -- Faraday Technology Corp. and SafeNet, Inc. a leader in information security, today announced that the two companies have entered a strategic marketing partnership that will encourage both sales forces to jointly promote cu ... read more |
| Zoran SupraTV Processor Powers Grundig's New Family of Satellite and Terrestrial Set-top Box Products |
September 7, 2005 -- Zoran Corp. has revealed that its SupraTV processor powers multiple new families of Grundig entry and premium free-to-air satellite and free-to-air terrestrial set top box products now shipping to European markets, includin ... read more |
| Verisilicon Licenses ZSP400 and Forms Strategic Partnership with LSI Logic to Offer Turnkey SoC Solutions |
September 7,2005 -- The DSP Product Division of LSI Logic Corp. and VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon) today announced that VeriSilicon has licensed the ZSP400 digital signal processor (DSP) core to strengthen its IP portfolio. The co ... read more |
| New ARM API Reduces Development Time and Cost for Mobile and Consumer Security Applications |
September 7, 2005 -- ARM has announced a new Application Programming Interface (API) for its TrustZone Software technology. This new API enables software and hardware developers to write single applications which can be used to target multiple s ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Seamless Product Supports Next-Generation PowerQUICC III Communications Processor from Freescale |
September 7, 2005 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced a new Seamless processor support package (PSP) for the Freescale PowerQUICC III MPC8548E communications processor containing a PowerPC core. The Seamless product and new PSP provide desig ... read more |
| KONKA Selects Genesis Microchip as Its Predominant Supplier of Video Controllers for New Flat-Panel Televisions |
September 7, 2005 -- Genesis Microchip, Inc. today announced that KONKA Group, a television and mobile phone manufacturer in China, has made Genesis its predominant supplier of advanced TV controller chips for its LCD, CRT and Plasma televisio ... read more |
| Elan Microelectronics Validates Libraries and Memories Using Cadence Encounter Conformal Custom Technology |
September 7, 2005 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that Elan Microelectronics Corp. has validated its standard cell libraries and embedded memories using the Cadence Encounter Conformal Custom equivalence checking solution. Elan u ... read more |
| Altera Low-Cost Solutions Adopted by NEC for HSDPA Basestation Products |
September 7 2005, -- Altera Corp. today announced that Tokyo-based NEC Corp. will use Cyclone FPGAs and MAX 3000 CPLDs in its 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) macro basestations that supp ... read more |
| Altium Designer Selected by Agilent-Qianfeng as Design System of Choice |
September 6, 2005 -- Altium, Ltd. today announced the selection of Altium Designer as the electronics design system of choice by Agilent Technologies' strategic new joint venture in China, Agilent-Qianfeng Electronics Technologies. According to ... read more |
| Express Logic and MIPS Technologies Bring ThreadX RTOS Support to the MIPS32 24K and 4KE Core Families |
September 6, 2005 -- Express Logic, Inc. and MIPS Technologies, Inc. have announced the availability of Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS for the MIPS32 24K and 4KE processor core families. According to Express Logic, ThreadX is a natural fit for th ... read more |
| Wintegra Processors Used by ZyXEL to Broaden IP DSLAM Family |
September 6, 2005 -- Wintegra, Inc. today announced ZyXEL Communications Corp., a broadband access solution provider, has selected Wintegra's WinPath access processors as the aggregation device of choice for several new modules for its IP DSLAM ... read more |
| Tripath Unveils New Architecture Platform for Digital Amplifiers |
September 6, 2005 -- Tripath Technology, Inc., creators of Class-T digital audio amplifiers and Digital Power Processing (DPP), today announced the availability of a new architecture platform for digital amplifiers. Code-named Trivici, this arch ... read more |
| Cypress Introduces Physical Layer Port Protection Switch for Video Systems |
September 6, 2005 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has introduced a broadcast video link protection switch that provides cost-effective redundancy throughout an entire video network. The YLink port protection switch offers users an easy-to-impleme ... read more |
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