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ClearSpeed Technology and BAE Systems Sign Technology License Agreement (Wednesday Sep. 05, 2007)
In a significant expansion of its strategy, ClearSpeed has licensed the design of its next generation processor to BAE Systems for use in the most demanding of environments – space
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ARM Invests in Embest to Underline Support for the Chinese Embedded System Design Community (Wednesday Sep. 05, 2007)
This investment demonstrates ARM’s commitment to providing the Chinese embedded system community with advanced development tools, certified training and expertise on ARM Powered® system design, further strengthening its support for Chinese engineers seeking to gain stronger design capabilities and competitiveness.
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LSI Announces Agreement to Acquire Tarari, Inc. (Wednesday Sep. 05, 2007)
LSI Corporation announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tarari, Inc., for approximately $85 million in cash. Tarari is an award winning, privately held maker of silicon and software that provides content and application awareness in packet and message processing, enabling a new class of advanced security and network control for service provider and enterprise networks.
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MoSys, Inc. Authorizes Stock Repurchase Plan (Wednesday Aug. 29, 2007)
As of June 30, 2007, the Company had approximately 32 million shares outstanding and also had cash, cash equivalents and short and long term investments of approximately $88 million.
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Sonics files for IPO (Monday Aug. 27, 2007)
According to one report Sonics is looking to raise $80 million in the IPO.
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MIPS Technologies Acquires World's Leading Analog Intellectual Property Company; Acquisition of Chipidea Microelectronica S.A. Propels MIPS to #2 Ranking (Monday Aug. 27, 2007)
MIPS Technologies will pay an aggregate of $147 million in cash, with an additional performance-based milestone payment of 610,687 shares of MIPS Technologies' common stock in 2009. At today's closing, MIPS Technologies will make an initial payment of approximately $120 million from its current cash reserves with the balance released from escrow within two years subject to an indemnification holdback and deferred payments for the Chipidea co-founders remaining with the company.
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Rambus Provides Update Regarding Independent Review of Past Stock Option Practices (Friday Aug. 24, 2007)
Rambus today announced that the Special Litigation Committee established by the Company’s Board of Directors has concluded its review of claims relating to stock option practices that are asserted in derivative actions against a number of present and former officers and directors of the Company.
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Luminary Micro Closes $25M in Series C Round (Thursday Aug. 23, 2007)
Luminary Micro, creator of the award-winning Stellaris family of ARM® Cortex(TM)-M3-based microcontrollers (MCUs), announced today that it closed its Series C funding round for $25 Million (USD).
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Tallika Corporation Opens Office in the Silicon Valley (Friday Aug. 17, 2007)
Tallika Corporation, a concept-to-production electronic design services and Intellectual Property licensing company, announced today that it opened an office in San Jose, California to support its growth.
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Virage Logic Completes Acquisition of Ingot Systems (Thursday Aug. 16, 2007)
The acquisition expands Virage Logic's ability to serve the company's chosen markets by adding new products and services required in the rapid development of System-on-Chip (SoC) integrated circuits to Virage Logic's current family of physical IP products including memory compilers, logic libraries and related development tools.
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TI Acquires Integrated Circuit Designs, Inc. to Expand Low-Power RF Design Resources (Thursday Aug. 16, 2007)
Texas Instruments (TI) Incorporated today announced that it has acquired Integrated Circuit Designs, Inc. (ICD), a privately-held company that specializes in the design of radio-frequency (RF) integrated circuits (ICs). Combining ICD's design expertise with TI's extensive high-performance analog and low-power microcontroller product portfolio will enhance TI's ability to provide industry-leading low-power RF solutions for industrial, commercial and consumer applications.
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Transmeta Announces Reverse Stock Split (Wednesday Aug. 15, 2007)
The reverse split will reduce the number of outstanding shares of Transmeta's common stock from approximately 200 million shares to approximately 10 million shares.
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IPextreme Expands Global Presence with Three New Representatives: Maojet in Taiwan; Progate in Korea; and Sital in Israel (Friday Aug. 10, 2007)
Starting immediately, Maojet Technology Corporation, Progate Technology Limited and Sital Technology will be selling in Taiwan, Korea and Israel, respectively, IPextreme’s large and growing portfolio of high-value IP originally developed and proven by large semiconductor companies. IPextreme is headquartered in California’s Silicon Valley and already has design centers with sales and support operations in Munich, Germany, and Tokyo, Japan.
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Virage Logic Enters into Agreement to Acquire Ingot Systems (Tuesday Aug. 07, 2007)
The planned acquisition will expand Virage Logic's ability to serve the company's chosen market by adding new products and services required in the rapid development of System-on-Chip (SoC) integrated circuits to Virage Logic's current family of memory compilers, logic libraries and related development tools
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Acquisition of Intrinsix Corp.'s Federal Systems Division Expands Abraxas Corporation's Engineering Capabilities (Friday Aug. 03, 2007)
Abraxas Corporation, a leading risk mitigation technology company headquartered in McLean, Virginia announces the purchase of Intrinsix Federal Systems, a division of Intrinsix Corp. of Westboro, Massachusetts. Intrinsix Federal Systems (IFS) is based in Maryland and supports defense electronics.
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Wi-LAN Announces Completion of Early License Program (Friday Aug. 03, 2007)
Wi-LAN estimates that revenues of approximately $75 million will be generated from licenses signed during the Early License Program, excluding revenues generated from V-chip license deals signed during the period.
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Synopsys Completes Acquisition of MOSAID Semiconductor IP Assets (Monday Jul. 30, 2007)
The integration of MOSAID's double data rate (DDR) memory controller and PHY semiconductor IP products into Synopsys' DesignWare® IP portfolio will further expand the breadth of Synopsys' standards-based connectivity IP solutions. The final purchase price for the acquisition was $15.3 million.
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VaST Completes Investment Round of $12 Million (Tuesday Jul. 24, 2007)
VaST Systems, the leader in electronics virtualization, today announced the closing of $12M in round D funding. The round is led by ZenShin Capital with participation from previous investors Allen Buckeridge, Foundation Capital, and Mohr Davidow Ventures to drive growth in key automotive, consumer and wireless markets.
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Arasan Chip Systems Emerging Markets Program Sends USB IP Sales Soaring in China (Tuesday Jul. 24, 2007)
Arasan is gaining market share rapidly by offering China customers a special set of incentives on Silicon IP along with the critical elements of a total USB solution that they require to efficiently integrate USB into a SoC/ASIC. Arasans ability to provide onsite support and integration services in China and Taiwan have set it apart from the pack.
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CCID Consulting Forecasts IP Core Will Be an Opportunity for China's Chip Design Industry (Friday Jul. 20, 2007)
CCID believes that there are four main reasons why using commercial IP (Silicon Intellectual Property) to design large-scale complex systems is an opportunity for China's chip design industry to achieve key developments.
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RF Engines wins another UK government grant (Thursday Jul. 19, 2007)
This latest grant by the South East Development Agency (SEEDA) is to undertake research into a novel and flexible receiver architecture that is reconfigurable ‘on-the-fly’. The project draws on RFEL’s world-leading techniques in signal processing on FPGAs and world class RF design expertise.
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European chip production not competitive, warns Infineon CEO (Thursday Jul. 19, 2007)
Infineon CEO Wolfgang Ziebart warned the European semiconductor production has already lost its competitiveness against Asian countries. Wages are too high and government aid is too low in Europe, he said.
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ChipX signs Distribution Agreement with Nu Horizons Electronics for U.S. and Europe (Wednesday Jul. 18, 2007)
ChipX announced today it has signed a distribution agreement with Nu Horizons Electronics. The agreement is effective immediately and provides Nu Horizons customers with global fulfilment and distribution access in North America and Europe to the widest range of ASIC solutions and services from ChipX.
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Synopsys Agrees to Acquire MOSAID Semiconductor IP Assets (Monday Jul. 16, 2007)
Synopsys plans to integrate such assets, consisting primarily of MOSAID's double data rate (DDR) memory controller and PHY semiconductor IP products, into its DesignWare® IP portfolio. The purchase will further increase the breadth of Synopsys' offerings in standards-based connectivity IP. The purchase price for the acquisition is approximately $15 million, payable in cash.
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Atmel Sells Network Storage Products to MoSys Inc. (Thursday Jul. 12, 2007)
As part of the transaction, Atmel will transfer the products and related intellectual property to MoSys, and over 100 current Atmel employees located in various sites worldwide will become employees of MoSys. None of the products has been released to production, thus there is no revenue transferred.
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Mtekvision and Chips&Media announce a strategic alliance for multimedia IP products (Wednesday Jul. 11, 2007)
Chips&Media, a leading video IP provider, and Mtekvision, a leading digital multi media semiconductor company, have decided to build a strategic alliance for Mtekvision’s next generation applications.
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STMicroelectronics Outlines Next Steps to Improve Cost Structure (Wednesday Jul. 11, 2007)
In a move to further optimize asset utilization and enhance performance for shareholders and customers, following the decision to deconsolidate its Flash memory business, STMicroelectronics today announced that it will rationalize three of its manufacturing operations.
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MoSys Extends Technology Offering Beyond Leading 1T-SRAM Memory IP to Include Mixed Signal Technology Aimed at High Definition DVD and Other Consumer Products (Tuesday Jul. 10, 2007)
MoSys announces the acquisition of a number of mixed signal chip designs from Atmel Corporation. As part of the transaction, MoSys will also hire the Atmel design team that has developed these products.
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Faraday's UR-IP Center Begins Operations; Afatech, CAT, and SMedia Join as Core Members (Tuesday Jul. 10, 2007)
The purpose of Faraday' UR-IP Center is to unite the competitive, high-end , and silicon proven IP portfolios from small-to-mid-size fabless design companies and take advantage of Faraday's well-established sales networks to market these IPs to large fabless semiconductor companies and IDMs around the world. Through this cooperative effort, Faraday will be able to fully utilize the shared resources, expand IP business, and strengthen the leading position in the IC design industry.
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Improv Systems Lays Foundation for Growth in China, New Facility, Partnerships to Help Meet Demand for Configurable DSP Solutions (Monday Jul. 09, 2007)
From its office in the Beijing IC Design Park, which is supported by the Beijing Municipal government to help foster more IC design activity in the region, Improv will offer extensive pre- and post-sales technical support for its complete Jazz-based tool and IP product portfolio Improv