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Recore Systems selects Zeisel Engineering as representing partner (Thursday Aug. 25, 2011)
Zeisel Engineering is now a representing partner to Recore Systems for Recore’s entire product portfolio, including the Moon family of DAB/DAB+/DMB receiver chips and Recore’s DSP IP.
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Cosmic Circuits partners with Innotech for Japan market (Monday Aug. 22, 2011)
Cosmic Circuits announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Innotech, a leading distributor for EDA, IP & ASICs, to reach out to customers in Japan.
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Arasan Chip Systems Announces Additional Sales Territory in Turkey (Thursday Aug. 18, 2011)
Arasan announced today that the company has increased its International support by expanding the sales territory for its Sales Representative EGDS.
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WiLAN Announces Intention to Make an All-Cash Takeover Offer for MOSAID Technologies and C$200 Million Extendible Convertible Debenture Offering (Thursday Aug. 18, 2011)
Wi-LAN today announced that it intends to make a formal all-cash offer to acquire all the outstanding common shares of MOSAID Technologies Incorporated (“MOSAID”) for approximately C$480 million.
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Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility (Monday Aug. 15, 2011)
Google and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash, or a total of about $12.5 billion, a premium of 63% to the closing price of Motorola Mobility shares on Friday, August 12, 2011.
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ASIX Electronics buys MosChip assets (Thursday Aug. 11, 2011)
The acquisition enhances ASIX’s portfolio of embedded networking and connectivity products by adding single, multi-port Serial, Parallel, Ethernet, VGA, and IrDA connectivity for various computer and peripheral equipment with PCI Express (PCIe), Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) and USB host interface.
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Arasan Chip Systems Announces New Partner in Japan (Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011)
Arasan announced today that the company has increased its International support through a partnership with REVSONIC in Japan.
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Link_A_Media Devices Secures $16 Million in Series D Funding (Wednesday Aug. 10, 2011)
Link_A_Media Devices, Inc. a leader in the development of semiconductor system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for the data storage market, secured $16 million in Series D funding.
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Samsung Electronics Acquires Grandis, Inc. (Wednesday Aug. 03, 2011)
Samsung Electronics today announced acquisition of Grandis, Inc., a leader in spin transfer torque random access memory (STT-RAM).
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ANSYS, Inc. Announces Successful Closing of Apache Acquisition (Tuesday Aug. 02, 2011)
ANSYS announced today the Company has successfully completed the acquisition of Apache Design Solutions.
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Ridgetop Receives Microelectronics R&D Contract From Missile Defense Agency (Tuesday Aug. 02, 2011)
Ridgetop Group reported today that it had received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM.
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ANSYS & Apache Receive Early Termination of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Proposed Merger (Wednesday Jul. 27, 2011)
ANSYS today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have issued early termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) waiting period for ANSYS’ proposed acquisition of Apache Design Solutions, Inc. ANSYS currently expects to close the acquisition in the third quarter of 2011.
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Arasan Chip Systems Announces New Partner in Israel (Tuesday Jul. 26, 2011)
Arasan announced today that the company has increased its International support through a partnership with EGDS in Israel. EGDS will provide Sales and Marketing support for Arasan Chip Systems in Israel, and serves as point of contact for all its customers in this region.
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Mindspeed Acquires IPG Communications (Tuesday Jul. 26, 2011)
Mindspeed today announced that it has acquired substantially all of the assets of privately held IPG Communications, Inc. of San Diego, CA.
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Losses swell, outlook flat at ST-Ericsson (Thursday Jul. 21, 2011)
Financial results for the second quarter at ST-Ericsson, the mobile phone chip joint venture between STMicroelectronics NV and Ericsson AB, were bleak with sales down, losses up and a flat outlook for the third quarter.
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Zarlink Board of Directors Responds to Microsemi Corporation Announcement (Thursday Jul. 21, 2011)
Canadian chip company Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. has acknowledged the receipt of unsolicited bids for the company from analog and mixed-signal rival Microsemi Corp. and said that they have all been rejected because they undervalue the company.
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Novocell Semiconductor, Inc. Awarded Keystone Innovation Grant (Thursday Jul. 21, 2011)
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has recognized Novocell Semiconductor, Inc. as a leader in driving technology growth in the Penn-Ohio region and has awarded them a Keystone Innovation Zone Grant. This grant will be used to purchase equipment to fully automate Novocell’s testing lab for more efficient silicon verification and IP qualification.
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Microsemi Corporation Announces Proposal to Acquire Zarlink Semiconductor, Inc. for CAD $3.35 in Cash, Updates Guidance (Wednesday Jul. 20, 2011)
Microsemi announced today that it has made a proposal to the board of directors of Zarlink to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the Company for CAD $3.35 per share in cash.
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Cosmic Circuits partners with Newlinktek for IP sales in Korea (Wednesday Jul. 20, 2011)
Cosmic Circuits announced today that it was partnering with Newlinktek, Korean distribution company for EDA and IP, to reach out to SoC customers in Korea.
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Intel to Acquire Fulcrum Microsystems (Tuesday Jul. 19, 2011)
acquire Fulcrum Microsystems Inc., a privately held fabless semiconductor company that designs Ethernet switch silicon for data center network providers.
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InterDigital Exploring Potential Strategic Alternatives (Tuesday Jul. 19, 2011)
InterDigital today announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a process to explore and evaluate potential strategic alternatives for the company, which may include a sale or other transaction.
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CebaTech Changes Company Name to Altior (Tuesday Jul. 19, 2011)
CebaTech announced today that it has changed its name to Altior™, Inc. Altior is Latin for "Higher", which reflects the Company's progression from offering Intellectual Property (IP) cores to offering embedded solutions that significantly boost system performance.
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Cadence Acquires Azuro (Tuesday Jul. 12, 2011)
Cadence today announced it has acquired Azuro, Inc., a company that has pioneered a paradigm shift in the digital implementation and optimization of next-generation SoCs
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S2C Distributes Snowbush PCIe and SATA IP in China (Tuesday Jul. 12, 2011)
S2C Inc., a leading rapid SoC/ASIC prototyping solutions provider, announced today its plans to distribute the Gennum Corporation Snowbush IP in China.
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Orca Systems Raises $5 Million in Series B Funding Round (Monday Jul. 11, 2011)
Orca Systems announced that it has closed series B funding of over $5 million from new investor Ventureast.
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Energy efficiency company Amantys secures significant funding from Fidelity International's Moonray Investors and ARM (Friday Jul. 08, 2011)
Amantys, an energy efficiency power electronics company, today announced the successful closing of a $7 million Series A round. The new funding enables Amantys to continue with the commercialisation of its digital power switching platform.
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TowerJazz Sells its Holdings in HHSL for $32 Million (Friday Jul. 08, 2011)
TowerJazz today announced that it has agreed to sell its holdings in HHSL, one of Mainland China's leaders in the field of IC foundry service, in a HHSL buyback transaction, for $32 million in cash.
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Microsemi Acquires ASIC Advantage, Inc. (Thursday Jul. 07, 2011)
Microsemi today announced it has acquired privately-held ASIC Advantage, Inc.
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VIA Technologies Announces Sale of Stake in S3 Graphics (Wednesday Jul. 06, 2011)
VIA Technologies today announced the signing of definitive agreement to sell all of its shareholding in S3 Graphics HTC
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Valens Semiconductor Closes $14 Million Investment B Round (Wednesday Jul. 06, 2011)
Valens Semiconductor, a leading provider of semiconductor products for the distribution of uncompressed high-definition (HD) multimedia content and the inventor of the HDBaseT™ technology, announced today that it has raised $14 million in its latest round of funding.