| Maxim Announces Acquisition of Two Product Lines from Zilog |
February 20, 2009 -- Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. has acquired the Wireless Control and Secured Transaction product lines from Inc. In this transaction, Maxim and Universal Electronics, Inc. (UEI) jointly purchased the Wireless Control ... read more |
| ARM Mali GPU Licensees Increase to 18 with Addition of Amlogic and Mtekvision |
February 20, 2009 -- ARM has announced two additional licensees for the ARM Mali-200 and ARM Mali-55 graphics processing units, increasing the momentum of Mali OpenGL ES graphics acceleration in the mobile and consumer device markets.
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| Apache Deepens Collaboration with STMicroelectronics |
February 20, 2009 -- Apache Design Solutions, Inc. has expanded its business relationship and technical collaboration with STMicroelectronics to address the upcoming power and noise challenges associated with 45/32-nm designs. Apache and ... read more |
| Zocalo Introduces EDA Tool Dedicated to Assertion Library Productivity |
February 20, 2009 -- Zocalo Tech, Inc. is introducing Zazz, a productivity tool for use with assertion libraries. The initial release supports Accellera’s Open Verification Library (OVL) and Cadence’s Incisive Assertion Library (IAL).
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| Discretix CryptoCell Security Platform for 4G LTE Chipsets |
February 20, 2009 -- Discretix Technologies, Ltd. today announced that its CryptoCell security technology has been chosen to provide integrated protection for LG Electronics’ new LTE (Long Term Evolution) chipsets. As the exclusive securi ... read more |
| Sonics Joins ChipEstimate.com |
February 19, 2009 -- Sonics, Inc. has joined .com, an intellectual property and chip planning portal serving 21,000 registered users in the electronics and semiconductor industries. The portal makes it easier for designers to locat ... read more |
| Magma Enhances SiliconSmart with New Functional Recognition Capabilities, Speeding Modeling of Standard Cells and I/Os |
February 19, 2009 -- nc. has announced the availability of new functional recognition capabilities in the SiliconSmart Library Characterization and Modeling product line. Leveraging advanced algorithms, SiliconSmart automatically recogniz ... read more |
| LSI Selects Synopsys as Its Primary EDA Partner |
February 19, 2009 -- Synopsys, Inc. announced today that LSI Corp. has signed an expanded business agreement to establish Synopsys as its primary EDA partner across the LSI design flow. As a result of the expanded relationship, LSI plans ... read more |
| Jasper Design Automation Raises $7 Million in Series D Funding |
February 19, 2009 -- Jasper Design Automation has raised $7 million in Series D financing in an investment round led by new investor, ZenShin Capital of Menlo Park. Joining the financing were existing investors: Accel Partners, Cambrian V ... read more |
| Epson's Semiconductor Division Extends Deployment of SpringSoft Automated Debug System |
February 19, 2009 -- SpringSoft, Inc. today announced that
Seiko Epson Corp. has extended the terms of its volume purchase agreement for
the SpringSoft Verdi Automated Debug System. The multi-year extension solidifies
the deployment ... read more |
| Actel Rolls Out Low-Cost Igloo nano Starter Kit |
February 19, 2009 -- Actel Corp. has introduced new low-cost starter kits for the company's low-power Igloo nano FPGAs. The Igloo nano kits can be used for prototyping designs targeted to Igloo nano FPGAs or lower cost ProASIC3 nano FPGAs ... read more |
| X-FAB Announces Major Technology Advancements in BiCMOS Platform to Enable New Optoelectronics Applications |
February 18, 2009 -- X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries AG has announced five new options for its 0.6µm BiCMOS technology platform, two of which deliver first-of-a-kind capabilities for the emerging and rapidly expanding optoelectronics market ... read more |
| SafeNet Security IP Helps Secure Texas Instruments Next-Generation OMAP Applications Processors |
February 18, 2009 -- SafeNet, Inc. has announced that its silicon-proven SafeXcel IP will add security capabilities to the Texas Instruments, Inc. OMAP4 platform.
SafeXcel IP solutions enable handset OEMs to implement a wide range o ... read more |
| Newport Media Announces 65-nm System-on-Chip for China’s CMMB Mobile TV |
February 18, 2009 -- Newport Media has announced the first complete 65-nm CMOS single-chip solution for the China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) digital television standard. The NMI500 Sundance C mobile digital TV receiver integrat ... read more |
| MontaVista Introduces Customizable Linux-Based Mobile Internet Device Platform |
February 18, 2009 -- MontaVista Software, Inc. today announced Montabello, a new Linux-based software platform for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) that provides an integrated set of applications including a web browser, document reader, em ... read more |
| Imagination Technologies Announces OpenVG 1.1 Conformance for PowerVR SGX Cores |
February 18, 2009 -- Imagination Technologies, Ltd. is reporting that its PowerVR SGX520, SGX530 and SGX535 graphics cores have passed the Khronos conformance tests for OpenVG 1.1. The cores, which range from SGX520, the smallest OpenGL E ... read more |
| GateRocket Develops RocketDrive for Altera Stratix IV FPGAs |
February 18, 2009 -- GateRocket, Inc. has announced the development of its RocketDrive for Altera's Stratix IV FPGAs. The RocketDrive cuts verification and in-system debug time for advanced single or multi-FPGA based projects while adding ... read more |
| Altium Expands Programmable Device Options for Next-Generation Electronics Design |
February 18, 2009 -- Altium, Ltd. continues to expand programmable device options for its Desktop NanoBoard reconfigurable hardware development platform with the release of a new daughter board aimed at high-performance signal processing, ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics’ MDmesh V Power-MOSFET Technology Achieves Best On-Resistance per Area for Highest Efficiency and Power Density in 650-V Rating |
February 18, 2009 -- STMicroelectronics has announced a performance breakthrough for silicon power MOSFETs by achieving the best on-resistance per die area with its latest MDmesh V technology. MDmesh V will enable a new generation of 650- ... read more |
| RAD3 Communications Announces Wireless Communications IP Library |
February 18, 2009 -- RAD3 Communications, Inc. (RAD3) has announced the commercial availability of its wireless communications IP library. RAD3’s extensive library of IP is targeted to wireless infrastructure vendors, semiconductor compan ... read more |
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