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SMIC and RRAM Leader Crossbar Announce Strategic Partnership Agreement (Friday Mar. 11, 2016)
SMIC, China's largest and most advanced semiconductor foundry and one of the world's largest foundries, and Crossbar, Inc., the RRAM (Resistive Random Access Memory) technology leader, jointly announced today that they had signed a strategic partnership agreement on non-volatile RRAM development and production.
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ON Semiconductor Extends Tender Offer to Acquire Fairchild Semiconductor (Monday Mar. 07, 2016)
ON Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: ON) (“ON Semiconductor”) announced that it has extended its previously announced tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. (Nasdaq: FCS) (“Fairchild”) for $20.00 per share in cash (the “Offer”) pending the satisfaction of the conditions to the Offer set forth in the merger agreement entered into on November 18, 2015 between ON Semiconductor and Fairchild.
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Intel Security Expands Partner Ecosystem (Friday Mar. 04, 2016)
Intel Security today announced several major strategic initiatives, from the expansion of the Intel Security Innovation Alliance™ to collaborations with Siemens* and BT*. These initiatives build on Intel Security’s commitment to help customers address the increasingly urgent need to shorten response times when advanced targeted attacks occur and more easily remediate compromised systems, leading to a simplified and more automated threat defense lifecycle.
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Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Leaba Semiconductor (Thursday Mar. 03, 2016)
Cisco announces intent to acquire Leaba Semiconductor, a venture-backed fabless semiconductor company based in Israel. Leaba is a team with a strong and successful track record of designing leading edge networking semiconductors that provide innovative solutions to address significant infrastructure challenges.
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Synopsys Extends Leadership in Functional Safety and Security Verification with Addition of Key Technology for ISO 26262 Compliance (Thursday Mar. 03, 2016)
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) has acquired WinterLogic, the technology leader in fault simulation used in automotive, safety and security environments for the design and verification of advanced system on chips (SoCs). Fault simulation is a key technology for compliance testing of the ISO 26262 functional safety standard and its Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) classification.
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Rambus Cryptography Research Signs Licensing Agreement with The Athena Group to Accelerate Adoption of DPA Countermeasures (Monday Feb. 29, 2016)
Rambus today announced that its Cryptography Research division has signed an agreement with long-term ecosystem partner, The Athena Group, Inc. (Athena), to its patents covering DPA Countermeasures for use in Athena cryptographic security IP cores for field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and defense application specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Athena is a leading provider of security, cryptography, and anti-tamper IP cores with DPA countermeasures that address the insidious security threat of side-channel attacks.
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Synopsys and Mindtree Collaborate to Deliver Complete Bluetooth Smart IP Solution for IoT SoCs (Tuesday Feb. 23, 2016)
Synopsys today announced that it has collaborated with Mindtree to deliver a complete Bluetooth Smart IP solution consisting of Synopsys' DesignWare® Bluetooth® Smart PHY IP on TSMC's 55-nanometer (nm) and 180-nm processes and Mindtree's BlueLitE link layer and software stack IP.
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ARM Enables Mass Industrial IoT System Deployments with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Tuesday Feb. 23, 2016)
ARM is accelerating industrial Internet of Things (IoT) deployments with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) by enabling greater device interoperability. The companies are focused on enabling new applications for industrial automation, smart cities, environmental monitoring and smart lighting.
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Mentor Graphics Signs Multi-year Agreement with ARM for Early Access to ARM IP to Accelerate SoC Verification, Implementation and Testing (Wednesday Feb. 17, 2016)
Mentor Graphics has signed a multi-year subscription agreement with ARM to enable early access to a broad range of ARM intellectual property (IP) and related technologies. This will enable Mentor to optimize its tools and methodologies for ARM-based system-on-chip (SoC) designs.
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TSMC Details Earthquake Impact, Updates 1Q'16 Guidance (Wednesday Feb. 17, 2016)
TSMC today updates first quarter 2016 guidance after further examination of the impact of the earthquake that struck southern Taiwan on February 6, 2016.
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Percepio raises expansion capital (Thursday Feb. 11, 2016)
Percepio AB, the Swedish developer of visualization tools for embedded software developers, has secured a new investment round to accelerate expansion, and focus on development and marketing of its Tracealyzer software.
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Imagination Technologies: Chief Executive change, trading update and restructuring initiatives (Monday Feb. 08, 2016)
Imagination Technologies announces that Sir Hossein Yassaie has stepped down as Chief Executive with immediate effect. Andrew Heath, one of the non-executive directors, has been appointed Interim Chief Executive.
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Xilinx Announces Data Center Ecosystem Investment Program to Broaden Cloud Computing and NFV Acceleration Solutions (Wednesday Feb. 03, 2016)
Xilinx today announced a new Data Center Ecosystem Investment Program to be administered through its corporate venture arm, Xilinx Technology Ventures.
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e2v strengthens semiconductors business with acquisition of Signal Processing Devices (Wednesday Feb. 03, 2016)
e2v has strengthened its investment in high performance electronic solutions with the acquisitioni of Swedish signal processing design and development company, Signal Processing (SP) Devices.
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Sankalp Semiconductor Completes Acquisition of Interra Systems Design Service Business Unit (Monday Feb. 01, 2016)
Sankalp Semiconductor, a leading semiconductor system on chip service provider, today announced that they have completed the acquisition of privately-held Interra System's Design Service business, which includes their memory design, SOC verification and ASIC/EDA automation service businesses.
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ST Exits Set-Top Box Chip Biz, Plans Layoffs (Thursday Jan. 28, 2016)
STMicroelectronics NV has said it will stop developing products for the set-top box and home gateway markets and plans to lay off up to 1,400 workers out of its total headcount of more than 43,000.
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MorethanIP and OmniPHY Announce Sweeping Partnership on Integrated Ethernet Solutions (Wednesday Jan. 27, 2016)
OmniPHY, the leading supplier of Ethernet PHY intellectual property (IP) for the consumer, automotive, and industrial markets, and MorethanIP, the leader in Ethernet silicon solutions, have announced a partnership that provides customers with ‘best-in-class’ MAC, PCS, and PHY solutions for a wide range of Ethernet protocol implementations.
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Sony Acquires Altair Semiconductor, Israeli Innovator of LTE Modem Chip Technology (Tuesday Jan. 26, 2016)
Sony Corporation ("Sony") is announcing that it has reached an agreement with Altair Semiconductor ("Altair") and its major shareholders to acquire the company. The purchase price is 212 million U.S. dollars (approximately 25 billion yen), and Sony expects to complete the acquisition in early February, 2016.
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Videantis partners with Almalence for higher quality imaging (Tuesday Jan. 26, 2016)
Videantis and Almalence today announced their partnership to bring higher quality image and video capture to the automotive, mobile, drones, and sports cameras markets.
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Rambus Acquires Secure Mobile Payment and Ticketing Solutions (Tuesday Jan. 26, 2016)
Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS) today announced it has acquired Smart Card Software Ltd which includes Bell Identification Ltd (Bell ID) and Ecebs Ltd (Ecebs) through the purchase of all outstanding shares of Smart Card Software Ltd., for £64.7M in cash.
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Microchip Technology To Acquire Atmel (Tuesday Jan. 19, 2016)
Microchip and Atmel today announced that Microchip has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Atmel for $8.15 per share in a combination of cash and Microchip common stock
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Qualcomm and Guizhou Province Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement and Form Joint Venture to Design and Sell World-Class Server Chipsets in China (Monday Jan. 18, 2016)
In a ceremony today at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, Qualcomm Incorporated and officials from the People’s Government of Guizhou Province signed a strategic cooperation agreement and unveiled a joint venture – the Guizhou Huaxintong Semi-Conductor Technology Co., Ltd.
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Microsemi Corporation Completes Acquisition of PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Monday Jan. 18, 2016)
Microsemi announced today that Microsemi's wholly-owned subsidiary Lois Acquisition Corp. successfully merged with and into PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq: PMCS) ("PMC"), completing Microsemi's acquisition of PMC.
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Silex Technology, Inc. Acquires embWiSe Technologies PVT, LTD. (Thursday Jan. 14, 2016)
Silex Technology, Inc. (Kyoto, Japan), a global leader in wired and wireless networking solutions, today announced a definitive agreement to acquire embWiSe, an expert in complete embedded Wi-Fi® driver software and security supplicant frameworks.
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Visteon Signs Agreement to Acquire India-based Automotive Multimedia Systems Supplier, AllGo Systems (Wednesday Jan. 13, 2016)
Global automotive cockpit electronics supplier Visteon Corporation (VC) today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire AllGo Systems, a leading developer of embedded multimedia system solutions to global vehicle manufacturers.
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Semtech and MultiPhy Enter into a Strategic Agreement to Bring to Market a Complete Chipset for 100G Single Wavelength Optical Module Solutions (Monday Jan. 11, 2016)
Semtech and MultiPhy announced today that they have entered into a strategic agreement aimed at accelerating the introduction of a 100Gbps single wavelength optical module solution.
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Sequans and Foxconn Subsidiary Socle Form LTE for IoT Strategic Partnership (Monday Jan. 11, 2016)
LTE chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A. (NYSE: SQNS) and system-on-chip designer Socle Technology Corp., a fully-owned subsidiary of Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics manufacturer, announced a strategic partnership to address the global market for the LTE-enabled Internet of Things (IoT).
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Microsemi Corporation Provides Acquisition and Business Updates; Announces the Expiration of the HSR Waiting Period (Monday Jan. 11, 2016)
Microsemi Corporation today announced that with the pricing of the $450 million senior notes offering, and its credit facility commitments, it has successfully obtained financing commitments to close the acquisition of PMC-Sierra.
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INSIDE Secure Collaborates with Microsoft to Address Hollywood Studios' Security Requirements for 4K/UHD and HDR Content (Thursday Jan. 07, 2016)
INSIDE Secure today announced that the company is collaborating with Microsoft to upgrade its popular DRM Fusion implementation of PlayReady to enhance the security of over-the-top (OTT) content distribution by combining hardware and software security.
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VeriSilicon Completes Acquisition of Vivante (Thursday Jan. 07, 2016)
VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon), a Silicon Platform as a Service (SiPaaSTM) company, today announced that it has successfully closed its previously announced acquisition of Vivante Corporation (Vivante). The all-stock transaction significantly expands VeriSilicon’s robust IP platform for the automotive, IoT, mobility, and consumer markets.