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CEVA Collaborate for Future Wireless Baseband Technologies with NEC CASIO Mobile Communications (Monday Feb. 14, 2011)
CEVA has announced today an agreement to undertake joint research into the development of cellular modem technologies targeting next generation wireless baseband standards with NEC CASIO Mobile Communications, Ltd. Under the scope of the agreement, CEVA and NEC CASIO Mobile Communications will closely analyze the processing requirements, target performance and system layout of next generation modems.
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Silicon Image Completes Acquisition of Product Lines and Intellectual Property from Anchor Bay Technologies (Friday Feb. 11, 2011)
Silicon Image today announced it has completed the acquisition of select assets from privately held, Campbell, California-based Anchor Bay Technologies, Inc. (Anchor Bay). Acquired assets include Anchor Bay's semiconductor, IP and DVDO systems products developed for the DTV and home theater markets.
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Dialog Semiconductor to Acquire Sitel, a Leading Supplier of Wireless Connectivity and VOIP ICs (Thursday Feb. 10, 2011)
Dialog Semiconductor is pleased to announce that it has completed a transaction to acquire SiTel Semiconductor B.V. (“SiTel”), a leader in short-range wireless, digital cordless and VoIP technology.
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SST and STARCHIP Announce Licensing and Design Partnership (Thursday Feb. 10, 2011)
StarChip® today announced a licensing and design partnership agreement with Silicon Storage Technology. This agreement is for the purpose of developing, marketing, selling and distributing products based on SST’s SuperFlash® non-volatile-memory (NVM) technologies.
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SMSC Issues Statement in Response to Announcement by Conexant of Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal from Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc. (Tuesday Feb. 08, 2011)
SMSC Issues Statement in Response to Announcement by Conexant of Receipt of Unsolicited Proposal from Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc.
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Conexant Announces Receipt of Acquisition Proposal (Tuesday Feb. 08, 2011)
Conexant today announced that on January 18, 2011 it received an unsolicited, written proposal from a private equity firm, Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc., to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Conexant common stock at a price in the range of $2.35 to $2.45 per share in cash.
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Cavium Networks Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire China-Based Celestial Semiconductor (Tuesday Feb. 01, 2011)
Cavium Networks announced today that it is has signed a definitive agreement to acquire China-based privately held Celestial Semiconductor, a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Beijing, China with centers in Shenzhen and Shanghai. Celestial is a fast growing provider of ARM-based SoC processor solutions for a range of digital media applications.
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Kilopass Announces Record Revenue in 2010 (Monday Jan. 31, 2011)
Kilopass today announced record revenue in 2010, posting 100% year-over-year growth in its core business, coming off a strong 2009 that enjoyed significant custom IP development.
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Xilinx Acquires AutoESL to Enable Designer Productivity and Innovation With FPGAs and Extensible Processing Platform (Monday Jan. 31, 2011)
Xilinx today announced the acquisition of high level synthesis leader AutoESL Design Technologies, Inc.
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Shipment Volumes of CEVA DSP-powered Cellular Baseband Processors Surpass Qualcomm, Texas Instruments and Mediatek (Monday Jan. 31, 2011)
CEVA today announced that it is now the world's leading DSP architecture deployed in cellular baseband processors, with CEVA-powered cellular baseband processor shipment volumes surpassing Qualcomm, Texas Instruments and Mediatek.
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Sankalp Opens a New Hybrid Center (Monday Jan. 31, 2011)
Sankalp Semiconductor has decided to open a new hybrid center in East India. It will have an Analog Design Center in Sector-V, Kolkata which is the IT-hub of Kolkata and boasts of companies like IBM, Wipro, Cognizant, TCS, etc.
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Chips&Media to establish R&D center in China (Tuesday Jan. 25, 2011)
Chips&Media today announces that it has set up a research and development(R&D) center in Shanghai, China as part of a unified strategy aiming to further expand their business in China.
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Azini Capital Acquires OneSpin Solutions (Monday Jan. 24, 2011)
Azini Capital today announced it has completed the acquisition of OneSpin Solutions GmbH from founding investors Apax Partners and Infineon AG. Azini has also completed an additional investment in OneSpin to accelerate the company's growth and development.
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Rambus Acquires Patented Innovations and Technology from Imagine Designs (Monday Jan. 24, 2011)
Rambus today announced it has acquired the lighting and display portfolio of patents and technology from privately held Imagine Designs Inc.
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Presto Engineering Receives Funding To Fuel Growth To Service the Worldwide Semiconductor Industry (Friday Jan. 21, 2011)
Presto Engineering announced today that it has received US$6 million in funding to support its expansion and future growth in servicing the worldwide semiconductor industry. This round of funding was led by CM-CIC Capital Privé and included existing investor Masseran Gestion.
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IBM and ARM to Collaborate on Advanced Semiconductor Technology for Mobile Electronics (Tuesday Jan. 18, 2011)
ARM and IBM today announced an agreement between the two companies to extend their collaboration on advanced semiconductor technologies. The resulting technology will provide a suite of optimized physical and processor IP by ARM tuned to IBM’s advanced manufacturing process down to 14nm.
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Icera Secures $12 Million Debt Facility With Silicon Valley Bank (Thursday Jan. 13, 2011)
Icera today announced that it has successfully completed a $12.0 million debt facility with Silicon Valley Bank.
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Legend Design Technology, Inc. will Represent IP Cores, Inc. in Taiwan (Tuesday Jan. 11, 2011)
IP Cores and Legend Design have entered into a representation agreement. The agreement provides for Legend Design, to handle the entire line of products of IP Cores.
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Trident Microsystems Licenses to MSTAR Semiconductors Certain MEMC Patents (Tuesday Jan. 11, 2011)
Trident Microsystems and MStar Semiconductors today announced that they have entered into a patent license agreement relating to a part of Trident's motion estimation and motion compensation (MEMC) patent portfolio.
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Intel to Pay NVIDIA Technology Licensing Fees of $1.5 Billion (Monday Jan. 10, 2011)
NVIDIA announced today that it has signed a new six-year cross-licensing agreement with Intel. For the future use of NVIDIA's technology, Intel will pay NVIDIA an aggregate of $1.5 billion in licensing fees payable in five annual installments, beginning Jan. 18, 2011.
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EVE Grows Revenue Over 50%, Sees Double-Digit Profits, Increases Market Share in 2010 (Monday Jan. 10, 2011)
EVE, the leader in hardware/software co-verification, closed out Calendar Year 2010 with more than 50 percent revenue growth, double-digit profitability and increased market share.
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SMSC to Acquire Conexant Systems, Inc. (Monday Jan. 10, 2011)
SMSC and Conexant Systems today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which SMSC will purchase all of the outstanding shares of Conexant in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $284 million including the assumption of Conexant's net debt.
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Gennum Aligns Organization to Capitalize on Significant Growth Opportunities Created for High Speed Signal Integrity Products (Friday Jan. 07, 2011)
Gennum announced today it has realigned its organization to further capitalize on the growing demand for its signal integrity products. Gennum is combining its optical and analog and mixed signal product groups.
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SMSC Introduces Industry's Most Complete Digital Wireless Audio Processor With Tri-Band Support and Embedded Multi-Channel USB 2.0 Audio Controller (Thursday Jan. 06, 2011)
SMSC today announced the availability of the DARR83, the industry's most complete digital wireless audio processor with tri-band support and an embedded multi-channel USB 2.0 audio controller.
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Qualcomm to Acquire Atheros, Leader in Connectivity & Networking Solutions (Wednesday Jan. 05, 2011)
Qualcomm has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Atheros for $45 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of $3.1 billion.
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Vivante Opens Second R&D Facility in China (Wednesday Jan. 05, 2011)
Vivante Corporation today announced the official opening of its second R&D facility in China. Located in the Chengdu High-tech Zone, considered the hub of game and application software development in China, the Chengdu facility enables the company to take advantage of the talent pool in Western China.
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Acacia Subsidiary Enters into Settlement Agreement with Etron Technology America, Inc. (Friday Dec. 31, 2010)
Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTG) announced today that its subsidiary, DRAM Technologies LLC, has entered into a settlement agreement with Etron Technology America, Inc. and Etron Technology, Inc. covering patents relating to certain DRAM memory chips.
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Vivante Momentum Continues in the GPU Market with 40 Licensees (Tuesday Dec. 28, 2010)
Vivante Corporation today announces the company has marked four major corporate milestones in 2010. The product milestones include a cumulative 40 companies licensing Vivante GPU cores; and multiple customers having integrated Vivante’s industry leading multicore GPUs into semiconductor products launching in 2011.
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Rambus Announces Completion of the Accelerated Share Repurchase (Monday Dec. 27, 2010)
Rambus today announced that it has completed an accelerated share repurchase pursuant to a Share Repurchase Agreement to repurchase $90 million of its common stock. Rambus Inc. repurchased 4.8 million shares at an average price of $18.88.
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Toshiba's logic unit goes fab lite (Friday Dec. 24, 2010)
Toshiba Corp.'s logic IC unit is going fab lite. The company's so-called Logic LSI Division will expand its outsourcing of cutting-edge products, including 40-nm chips, to multiple foundries from fiscal year 2011.