| Sirenza Microdevices to Acquire Micro Linear Corporation |
August 15, 2006 -- Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Micro Linear Corp. Under the terms of the agreement, 0.365 of a Sirenza share will be issued for each Micro Linear s ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics to Deliver Select EDA Technologies to Freescale Semiconductor |
August 14, 2006 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. will supply Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. with select EDA technologies designed to enhance the manufacturability and testability of semiconductors. Mentor plans to provide EDA tools in sever ... read more |
| Impinj Unveils Gen 2 RFID Tag Chips with Specialized Data Storage for Enhanced Article Identification and Anti-Counterfeiting |
August 14, 2006 -- Impinj, Inc. today announced the availability of two enhanced functionality RFID chips: Monza/ID chips with secure factory-programmed product identification numbers and Monaco/64, the first in a line of chips with user- ... read more |
| Dolby Laboratories and MIPS Technologies to Deliver Next-Generation Audio Technology for Set-Top Box, HD DVD, and Blu-ray Disc Markets |
August 14, 2006 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. and Dolby Laboratories, Inc. have announced that the companies will deliver next-generation audio technology across all segments of home entertainment, including the set-top box, HD DVD, and Blu- ... read more |
| Design Automation Conference Announces Call for Papers Featured |
August 14, 2006--The 44th Design Automation Conference (DAC) invites original technical contributions describing recent and novel research or engineering developments in the area of electronic design automation. The conference will featur ... read more |
| Dongbu Electronics and Cadence Jointly Develop Process Design Kit to Support High-Voltage BCDMOS Chips |
August 8, 2006 -- Dongbu Electronics has collaborated with Cadence Design Systems, Inc. to develop a high-voltage BCDMOS (Bipolar, CMOS, DMOS) process design kit (PDK) to facilitate the processing of 60-V chip designs at the 0.35-m ... read more |
| Faraday Adds New Memory Compilers to Its miniIP Platform; Reducing AC Power and Area without Performance Penalty |
August 7, 2006 -- Faraday Technology Corp. hasadded two new memory compilers to its miniIP Platform portfolio, a collection of full-function essential IPs with reduced area and power consumption. The new ultra-low-power single-port SRAM c ... read more |
| DSP Second Quarter Shipments up 14.7% over Last Year's Q2 |
August 14 -- On a sequential basis, Q2/2006 DSP chip shipments were up 3.3% over Q1 to the $2.1 billion level. Although the wireless segment still dominates, Q2 only saw a 2.8% shipment increase in that segment. Automotive and consumer segments ... read more |
| K-MICRO adopts MOSAID Mobilize IP Platform for ASIC Products |
August 8, 2006 -- MOSAID Technologies, Inc. and K-Micro (Kawasaki Microelectronics) announced that the MOSAID Mobilize IP (intellectual
property) platform will be integrated into K-MICRO's low-power, low-leakage 90-nm ASIC product ... read more |
| Free Model Foundry Announces Availability of VHDL and Verilog Models for Spansion'S MirrorBit ORNAND Solutions |
August 8, 2006 -- Free Model Foundry (FMF), an open source model warehouse and design services company promoting development and distribution of simulation models of electronic components, today announced the development of VHDL and Veril ... read more |
| NEC Electronics Expands Portfolio of 8-Bit 78K0S/Kx1+ All Flash Microcontrollers |
August 8, 2006 -- NEC Electronics America, Inc. announced the expansion of its 8-bit 78K0S/Kx1+ microcontroller series to include 10 new devices that complement the company's all flash portfolio and provide seamless coverage of system req ... read more |
| MediaTek Adopts Mentor Graphics Clock-Domain Crossing Methodology for Digital Media Integrated Chipsets |
August 8, 2006 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that MediaTek, Inc. has selected the 0-In Clock-Domain Crossing (CDC) solution for its verification methodology. By using the Mentor Graphics 0-In CDC solutions in the RTL mod ... read more |
| Cypress Clock Generator Supports Emerging Cell Processor Applications |
August 7, 2006 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has introduced a clock generator specifically developed to provide the high performance clock signals required for both the Rambus, Inc. XDR (Extreme Data Rate) memory systems and the FlexIO p ... read more |
| Industry Report Demonstrates Reliability of Actel's Flash-Based FPGAs |
August 7, 2006 -- According to Actel Corp. a comprehensive third-party investigation confirmed that its flash-based FPGAs are immune to configuration upsets caused by high-energy neutrons naturally generated in the earth's atmosphere. Th ... read more |
| Lattice Announces Low Cost Programmable SPI-4.2 Solution for LatticeECP2 FPGAs |
August 7, 2006 -- Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has announced the immediate availability of the only full rate SPI-4.2 solution based on a low cost FPGA fabric. This solution, consisting of a LatticeECP2 FPGA plus a Lattice-developed soft i ... read more |
| Cadence Introduces Universal Verification Components Featured |
August 7, 2006 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today introduced Universal Verification Components (UVCs), a new line of reusable verification IP (VIP) that integrates compliance management and mixed-language flexibility with advanced simu ... read more |
| Faraday and Elliptic Form Strategic Marketing Partnership for Worldwide ASIC and IP Business Expansion |
August 4, 2006 -- Faraday Technology Corp. today announced that Elliptic Semiconductor, Inc. has joined Faraday's Design Access Partnership Program. According to the terms of the agreement, Faraday's ASIC customers are entitled to ... read more |
| Crossware Releases Starter Kit for Philips LPC210X ARM-based Chips |
August 4, 2006 -- Crossware Products has introduced a starter kit for Philips LPC210X ARM-based microcontrollers to provide developers with a highly flexible and feature-rich environment for rapid program development. The kit can also be ... read more |
| Agere Systems Adopts Sigrity's Unified Package Designer for Single and Multi-die Package Design |
August 4, 2006 -- Sigrity, Inc. today announced that Agere Systems, Inc. has adopted Unified Package Designer (UPD) for use in the design of its advanced semiconductor packages. Agere chose UPD because of the strength of its featur ... read more |
| Microchip Technology Offers More Memory in Low-Power, CAN-Enabled PIC Microcontrollers |
August 4, 2006 -- Microchip Technology, Inc. has introduced the four-member PIC18F4685 family of high-performance, low-power 8-bit Controller Area Network (CAN) microcontrollers with 80 or 96kBytes of Flash and integrated EEPROM memory to ... read more |
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