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Imagination announces new fabric collaboration with NetSpeed (Wednesday Jan. 06, 2016)
Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) and NetSpeed Systems Inc., a supplier of on-chip network technology and tools, are working together to deliver next-generation fabric solutions for the most advanced SoC (system on chip) designs.
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Rambus Renews Patent License Agreement With Toshiba (Tuesday Dec. 29, 2015)
Rambus today announced that it has renewed its patent license agreement with Toshiba Corporation. Under the terms of the new three-year agreement, Toshiba will be licensing a broad range of technologies from Rambus to cover products that include SoC’s with DRAM memory controllers and/or serial link interfaces, as well as Flash Memory and system products.
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Intel Completes Acquisition of Altera (Monday Dec. 28, 2015)
Intel today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Altera. The acquisition complements Intel’s leading-edge product portfolio and enables new classes of products in the high-growth data center and Internet of Things (IoT) market segments.
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PsiKick Raises $16.5M Series B Round to Power a Batteryless Revolution in the "Internet of Things" (Tuesday Dec. 22, 2015)
PsiKick, the self-powering Internet of Things (IoT) systems company, today announces a $16.5M Series B financing, led by Osage University Partners and joined by existing investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA), the University of Michigan Investment in New Technologies Fund (MINTS) as well as individual angels.
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Synopsys Bolsters Software Integrity Platform with Acquisition of Static Code Analysis Vendor Goanna Software (Monday Dec. 21, 2015)
Synopsys has acquired Goanna Software, a privately held software company based in Australia that provides static source code analysis tools for reducing security vulnerabilities, improving code quality, and ensuring compliance with industry coding standards.
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HEVC Advance Announces Revised Licensing Structure (Monday Dec. 21, 2015)
HEVC Advance, an independent licensing administrator, today announced an updated royalty rate structure resulting from active engagement with market participants across the industry. The updates support accelerated adoption of HEVC in the marketplace for the benefit of both industry and consumers.
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Fairchild Semiconductor Announces Further Developments in Connection with an Unsolicited Proposal (Thursday Dec. 17, 2015)
Fairchild today announced that its board of directors, after conducting a review and considering the advice of its legal and financial advisors, has concluded that the unsolicited proposal received on December 7, 2015, to acquire Fairchild for $21.70 per share in cash would not reasonably be expected to result in a “Superior Proposal” as defined in Fairchild’s Agreement and Plan of Merger with ON Semiconductor.
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Microsemi Corporation Commences Exchange Offer to Acquire PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Wednesday Dec. 16, 2015)
Microsemi today announced that it commenced an exchange offer for all of the outstanding shares of PMC-Sierra through a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsemi, pursuant to their previously announced merger agreement, dated November 24, 2015.
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Chinese Group Bids for Fairchild (Thursday Dec. 10, 2015)
A Chinese government-backed firm has initiated a bidding war for chip maker Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc., which last month accepted an acquisition offer from ON Semiconductor Corp.
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VeriSilicon and NextG-Com Announce Joint Partnership for Developing Next Generation Cat-0/Cat-M Reference Platform (Thursday Dec. 10, 2015)
VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon) and NextG-Com Limited (NextG-Com) today announced a joint partnership to develop next generation Cat-0/Cat-M reference platforms.
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OmniPhy Announces Silicon-Proven Ethernet PHY IP Adoption in China (Tuesday Dec. 08, 2015)
OmniPhy, the leading supplier of Ethernet PHY intellectual property (IP) for the consumer, automotive, and industrial markets today announced the widespread adoption of silicon-proven Ethernet PHY IP in the cost-sensitive China market.
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INSIDE Secure Dominates Emerging MACsec Market whose Growth is Driven by Rising Cloud Adoption and Growing Datacenter Market (Tuesday Dec. 08, 2015)
INSIDE Secure today announced major wins for its MACsec secure engines which have gained a dominant position in the market due to high throughput rates and strength of security.
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NXP and Freescale Announce Completion of Merger (Monday Dec. 07, 2015)
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) and Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd. (NYSE: FSL) today announced the completion of the merger pursuant to the terms of the previously announced merger agreement from March 2015.
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TSMC Applies for 12-inch Wafer Fab and Design Service Center in China (Monday Dec. 07, 2015)
TSMC today submitted an application to the Investment Commission of Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs for an investment project to build a wholly-owned 12-inch wafer manufacturing facility and a design service center in Nanjing, China.
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Toshiba Considers Listing or Partial Sale of Chip Business (Monday Nov. 30, 2015)
Toshiba Corp. said Friday (Nov. 27) that it was considering splitting off its semiconductor business with listing it as a means of raising capital or it could sell off part of its chip business.
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TSMC to Sell 5.1% of Xintec Inc. (Friday Nov. 27, 2015)
TSMC today announced to sell 5.1% ownership of Xintec Inc.
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NXP Announces Final Regulatory Approval and Closing Date for Merger with Freescale (Friday Nov. 27, 2015)
NXP today announced it has received final regulatory approval from the Ministry of Commerce (“MOFCOM”) of China to complete its merger with Freescale
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Microsemi Corporation Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Wednesday Nov. 25, 2015)
Microsemi and PMC-Sierra today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsemi will acquire PMC for $9.22 in cash and 0.0771 of a share of Microsemi common stock for each share of PMC common stock through an exchange offer.
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Silicon Labs Acquires Telegesis, a Leading Provider of ZigBee Modules (Tuesday Nov. 24, 2015)
Silicon Labs has announced the acquisition of Telegesis, a leading supplier of wireless mesh networking modules based on Silicon Labs’ market-leading ZigBee® technology.
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Truechip Partners with Advinno to Market Verification IP Products in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei & Cambodia (Thursday Nov. 19, 2015)
Truechip Solutions, the verification IP specialist, announced today that they have appointedAdvinnoas their authorized sales representative for South east Asia.
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ON Semiconductor to Acquire Fairchild Semiconductor for $2.4 Billion in Cash (Wednesday Nov. 18, 2015)
ON Semiconductor and Fairchild today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for ON Semiconductor to acquire Fairchild for $20.00 per share in an all cash transaction valued at approximately $2.4 billion.
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Microsemi Corporation Announces Revised Proposal to Acquire PMC-Sierra for $12.05 per Share in Cash and Stock (Wednesday Nov. 18, 2015)
Microsemi today announced that it has increased its proposal to acquire PMC-Sierra in a cash and stock transaction.
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Dream Chip Technologies Supports ARM's Free Access to Cortex-M0 Processor IP (Wednesday Nov. 11, 2015)
Dream Chip Technologies (DCT) today announced its support for the ARM® Cortex®-M0 processor which is now available through ARM's DesignStart Portal. Through this portal, ARM is making it far easier to design, prototype and produce system-on-a-chip (SoC) components by offering free pre-commercialization use of ARM Cortex-M0 processor IP.
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Synopsys and ARM Expand Collaboration to Accelerate Software Development for ARM-based Designs (Tuesday Nov. 10, 2015)
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) today announced the extension of a multi-year licensing agreement with ARM to provide the latest ARM Fast Models for ARM Cortex processors, including the recently announced ARM Cortex-A35 core, as part of Synopsys Virtualizer Development Kits.
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Imagination and Testin partner to accelerate time-to-market for app development in Greater China (Tuesday Nov. 10, 2015)
Imagination Technologies is partnering with Testin, a leading provider of cross-platform cloud-based automated testing solutions, to create the Imagination Application Testin Center (IATC).
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CEVA and UltraSoC Partner to Enable Advanced Debug for CEVA DSP Cores (Monday Nov. 09, 2015)
CEVA and UltraSoC announced today that the companies have partnered to make UltraSoC's universal system-on-chip (SoC) debug solution available for CEVA DSP cores.
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EnSilica appoints Anglia Components as business development partner for eSi-Modules (Monday Nov. 09, 2015)
EnSilica has appointed Anglia Components as its business development partner in the UK and Ireland for its eSi-Modules family of FPGA-based system-on-modules.
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Synopsys Extends Software Integrity Platform with Acquisition of Open Source Software Management Company Protecode (Friday Nov. 06, 2015)
Synopsys has acquired Protecode, a privately held Canadian software company that provides solutions for detecting and managing open source software (OSS) and the associated license and security risks.
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Sckipio Receives Investment from Intel Capital (Tuesday Nov. 03, 2015)
Sckipio Technologies, the leader in G.fast modems, today announced it has received investment from Intel Capital, the strategic investment and M&A arm of Intel Corp.
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EDA Start-Up Intento Design Raises 900k Euros in Early Stage Funding (Tuesday Nov. 03, 2015)
Intento Design today announced that it has raised 900k Euros in early stage funding. The equity allows Intento to focus on product development as well as expansion of the company’s global sales and marketing efforts.