December 5, 2011 -- Vivante Corp. today announced its licensing agreement with Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. has been extended to include the next generation of high-performance, multicore graphics GC5000-MP and GPGPU IP.
| NextOp and AMD Sign Multi-Year Licensing Deal for BugScope Assertion Synthesis Technology |
December 5, 2011 -- NextOp Software, Inc. today announced that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has signed a multi-year, multi-license agreement for worldwide deployment of NextOp's BugScope assertion synthesis product. NextOp's BugScope impr ... read more |
| Imagination Technologies Licenses PowerVR IP Cores to Ricoh |
December 5, 2011 -- Imagination Technologies, Ltd. has signed a license agreement with Ricoh Company, Ltd., a leader in digital office equipment and advanced document management solutions and services, for IP cores from Imagination's Powe ... read more |
| NXP Ships Fastest ARM Cortex-M4 and Cortex-M3 Microcontrollers |
December 5, 2011 -- NXP Semiconductors today announced the availability of the LPC4300 Digital Signal Controller (DSC). At 204MHz, this is the fastest ARM Cortex-M4 processor currently available. The LPC4300 is also the industry's first a ... read more |
| Accellera and OSCI Approve Merger and Unite to Form Accellera Systems Initiative Featured |
December 5, 2011 -- Accellera and the Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI) have announced that their members and Boards have approved their merger, and they have united to form the Accellera Systems Initiative. The new organization lever ... read more |
| DVCon 2012 Boasts Record Number of Paper Submissions, Announces Keynote Speaker and Other Events Featured |
December 5, 2011 -- The 2012 Design and Verification Conference (DVCon), sponsored by Accellera, received 145 paper submissions, a conference record. Twenty nine percent of them will be presented at the conference. Also growing is ... read more |
| MagnaChip Launches Module-Based Process Design Kits for Power and Display Driver Applications |
December 5, 2011 -- MagnaChip Semiconductor today announced that it now offers module-based process design kits (PDK) designed specifically to support power and large display driver IC design applications.
MagnaChip's PDK ... read more |
| Microsemi Unveils SmartFusion cSoC and FPGA Private Label Program |
December 5, 2011 -- Microsemi SoC Products Group today unveiled a private-labeling program for its SmartFusion customizable system-on-chip (cSoC) and its portfolio of flash and antifuse-based FPGA solutions.
Key program ... read more |
| MIPS Technologies and Ingenic Semiconductor Announce Availability of Android "Ice Cream Sandwich" Tablet |
December 5, 2011 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. and Ingenic Semiconductor Co., Ltd. today announced worldwide availability of the world's first tablet based on Android 4.0, known as "Ice Cream Sandwich," that is retailing for less tha ... read more |
| TI's KeyStone Multicore Architecture Scaled to Support Capacity for C-RAN Applications and Networked Server Developers |
December 5, 2011 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) today unveiled an expansion of its KeyStone multicore architecture for emerging cloud radio access network (C-RAN) applications and network server developers. Specifically, TI is scaling it ... read more |
| Agilent Technologies Signs Acquisition Agreement with Accelicon Technologies |
December 1, 2011 -- Agilent Technologies, Inc. and Accelicon Technologies, Inc. have signed a definitive acquisition agreement. The transaction, subject to the customary closing conditions, is expected to be completed in 60 to 90 d ... read more |
| System-ready DACs Combine Accuracy with Integrated Precision Reference Conditioning Circuitry |
December 5, 2011 -- Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) today introduced digital-to-analog converters (DACs) that provide high accuracy and ultra-low noise, simplifying the design of precision instrumentation and analytical equipment. The new high ... read more |
| Kilopass and UMC Sign Long Term Technology Roadmap Agreement |
November 30, 2011 -- Kilopass Technology, Inc. and United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) today jointly announced that they have expanded their existing manufacturing license agreement. In addition to the 40-nm low-power process in th ... read more |
| IAR Systems Adds New Functionality to Development Tool Suite for TI's MSP430 |
November 30, 2011 -- IAR Systems AB today announced the availability of new functionality in IAR Embedded Workbench for Texas Instruments, Inc.'s MSP430 microprocessor family. The new version adds several new features, among which ... read more |
| AltaSens Adopts Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSpice Platform for HD CMOS Image Sensors |
November 30, 2011 -- Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. today announced that AltaSens, Inc. has selected the company's AFS Platform for full-circuit post-layout verification, block-level characterization, and device noise analysis of its hi ... read more |
| Magma's Latest Version of FineSim Pro Delivers 3X Faster Run-Time |
November 30, 2011 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. today announced the availability of a new version of the FineSim Pro full-chip circuit-level simulation product that delivers 3X faster run-time than previous versions while continuing to ... read more |
| Synopsys to Acquire Magma Design Automation Featured |
November 30, 2011 -- Synopsys, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Magma Design Automation, Inc. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Synopsys will acquire Magma for $7.35 per Magma share in cash, resulting in a t ... read more |
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