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Securyzr Digital True Random Number Generator (TRNG) by Secure-IC, compliant with NIST SP800-90
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Gemalto Acquires Trusted Logic, a Leading Provider of Secure Software Platforms (Tuesday Sep. 08, 2009)
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Trusted Logic from its founders and other shareholders
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Wipro-NewLogic to close site in Sophia Antipolis, say employees (Friday Sep. 04, 2009)
In an open letter to the press, employees of Wipro-NewLogic's R&D center in Sophia Antipolis, France, who chose to remain anonymous, announced the company's intention to cease all of its semiconductor activities in France and close its site in Sophia Antipolis.
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Athena Joins Actel CompanionCore Program (Monday Aug. 31, 2009)
The Athena Group announces the immediate availability of its silicon-proven cryptography cores for Actel IGLOO® and ProASIC®3 FPGAs. And, for a limited time, Athena is offering introductory pricing on the entire family of cryptography products for Actel FPGAs, with most symmetric encryption cores available for US$10,000 or less.
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Synfora Acquires Esterel Studio, Adds Control-Intensive IP Development Capabilities to Product Portfolio (Thursday Aug. 27, 2009)
Synfora today announced that it has purchased Esterel Studio. Esterel Studio is based on the Esterel synchronous programming language in use for the design of control logic and bus systems by three of the top 10 semiconductor companies in system-on-chip (SoC) designs.
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Jennic and Mitsubishi Corporation announce strategic partnership (Monday Aug. 24, 2009)
Jennic and Mitsubishi announce a partnership agreement in Japan to serve the emerging markets for low power wireless technology. The agreement sets out the basis of a strategic partnership, with MC representing and supplying the complete range of hardware and software solutions from Jennic, and their own solutions.
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RF startup Sequoia Communications shuts down (Friday Aug. 21, 2009)
Fabless RF semiconductor vendor Sequoia Communications Inc. has ceased operations due to inability to secure additional funding, according to one of the company's venture capital backers.
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Hypersilicon Becomes New Distributor of Chips&Media Video IP Cores in China (Thursday Aug. 20, 2009)
Chips&Media, Inc., the leading provider of video Intellectual property (IP) cores, today announced that it has broadened the company’s sales network in China with the addition of Hypersilicon as a new distributor and strategic partner.
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Mentor Graphics Acquires LogicVision; Unites BIST, ATPG and Test Pattern Compression Technologies (Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009)
Mentor Graphics and LogicVision today announced that LogicVision stockholders have voted to approve, and the parties have closed, the previously-announced merger. Former LogicVision stockholders will receive 0.2006 share of Mentor Graphics common stock in exchange for each share of LogicVision common stock.
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Key ASIC Acquires Gateway Silicon, Inc., an ASIC Design Company in Taiwan (Tuesday Aug. 18, 2009)
Key ASIC announces that it has signed a definitive agreement with the shareholders of Gateway Silicon to acquire up to 100% of the company in a cash transaction.
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Analogix Semiconductor Closes $10 Million Series B-3 Funding (Tuesday Aug. 18, 2009)
Analogix today announced that it has closed a $10 million Series B-3 venture capital funding round. The round was led by China-focused venture capital group Keytone Ventures.
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Virage Logic Announces Intent to Acquire ARC International (Tuesday Aug. 18, 2009)
Virage Logic today announced its intent to acquire ARC International. The proposed acquisition would expand Virage Logic's ability to serve the global semiconductor market by complementing its existing portfolio of physical IP and standards-based advanced interface IP with ARC's widely accepted processor IP, a necessary component for complex System-on-Chip (SoC) integrated circuits.
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NVIDIA SLI Technology Now Licensed For INTEL Core I7 And Core I5 Platforms (Tuesday Aug. 11, 2009)
Intel, ASUS, EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI to Offer Core i7 and Core i5 Motherboards with Full Support for NVIDIA SLI Multi-GPU Technology
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PLX Exceeds $100 Million Mark for PCI Express; 16 Million Ports Shipped (Monday Aug. 10, 2009)
PLX Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLXT), the leading global supplier of PCI Express® (PCIe®) switch and bridge silicon solutions, today announced it has reached a new milestone of having shipped more than $100 million in revenue from its industry-leading PLX® ExpressLane™ PCI Express family.
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Amalfi Semiconductor Fuels Explosive Growth with $24 Million in Series C Funding (Monday Aug. 10, 2009)
Amalfi Semiconductor, a developer of high-performance, CMOS Radio Frequency (RF) and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced that it has received $24 million in Series C funding from four investment firms.
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Transmeta buyer Novafora goes under, says report (Friday Aug. 07, 2009)
Novafora Inc.--which gained fame by acquiring Transmeta Corp.--has gone out of business, according to reports.
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SMSC and Symwave Join Forces to Capitalize on Growth of USB 3.0 (Friday Aug. 07, 2009)
SMSC and Symwave announced today a strategic relationship with the objective to accelerate delivery of superior end-to-end USB 3.0 solutions into high volume mobile, consumer and computing segments.
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Imagination preps three-tier Meta processor roadmap (Thursday Aug. 06, 2009)
Graphics core licensor Imagination Technologies Group plc (Kings Langley, England) is making a push to persuade chip companies to license its Meta multithreading processor as a housekeeping and operating system host in system-chips for multimedia devices.
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Google to Acquire On2 Technologies (Thursday Aug. 06, 2009)
On2 and Google jointly announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire On2, a leading developer of video compression technology.
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Gennum Announces Plans to Align Investment to Better Capitalize on Future Growth Opportunities (Thursday Aug. 06, 2009)
Announced Changes, Improving Visibility and Increased Order Flow Point to Improved Profitability and Cash Flow in 2009 and Beyond
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Sales, profits, jobs contunue to decline at ARC (Wednesday Aug. 05, 2009)
ARC International, the licensor of configurable processor cores that last week confirmed that it is in discussions that may result in an offer being made for the company, said revenues for the six month of the year ended June 30 were £7.3 million ($11.0 million), a decrease of 22 percent on the corresponding period last year but in line with expectations.
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Winbond Plans to Enter Product Transfer and Technology Licensing Agreement with Qimonda AG for Graphic DRAM (Tuesday Aug. 04, 2009)
Winbond Electronics Corporation Board of Directors today approved a proposal to enter product transfer and technology licensing agreement with Qimonda AG for Graphic DRAM business that uses Graphic Double Data Rate (GDDR) specification.
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Imagination Technologies considers growth by acquisition (Friday Jul. 31, 2009)
Multimedia core licensor Imagination Technologies Group plc (Kings Langley, England) is on the look out to grow by acquisition, as well as organically, according to Tony King-Smith, vice president of marketing.
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Possible offer for ARC International PLC (Thursday Jul. 30, 2009)
The board of directors of ARC International notes today’s movement in the Company’s share price and confirms that it is in discussions with a third party which may or may not lead to an offer being made for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Company.
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eMemory's Neobit OTP reaches 1 million wafer production mark; IP solutions for 65 nm processes launched (Wednesday Jul. 29, 2009)
eMemory announced today that the number of wafers incorporating Neobit OTP has now surpassed 1 million pieces in mass production. In addition, eMemory is actively developing technology for advanced processes, extending its reach to 65nm technology. At present, verification has already been completed in Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, with mass production projected to begin in Q4 2009 for high-end IC products with exceptional market promise.
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ARM, Chartered, IBM, Samsung, and Synopsys Collaborate to Deliver Vertically Optimized Solution for 32/28nm Mobile SoC Designs (Monday Jul. 27, 2009)
In a move that addresses fundamental challenges in creating advanced systems-on-chips (SoCs), ARM, Chartered Semiconductor, IBM, Samsung Electronics and Synopsys today announced an agreement to develop a comprehensive technology enablement solution for the design and manufacture of mobile Internet-optimized devices.
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Six Early Adopters Select USB 3.0 Verification IP From Denali Software (Thursday Jul. 23, 2009)
Denali Software today announced six top-ten semiconductor customers have taken delivery of Denali PureSpec(TM) verification IP (VIP) solution, based on the latest USB 3.0 specification from the USB Implementer's Forum (USB-IF), for use in next-generation chip designs.
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Report: India to pursue homegrown microprocessor design (Monday Jul. 20, 2009)
The Indian government will reportedly bring together top engineers to design what is tentatively being called the "India microprocessor".
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Virage Logic Receives Letter of Reprimand From NASDAQ Department (Monday Jul. 20, 2009)
Virage Logic today announced that it received a letter of reprimand from the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Department of the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC for failing to comply with the stockholder approval requirements set forth in NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635.
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SiliconXpress Receives Series A Funding (Monday Jul. 20, 2009)
SiliconXpress, an innovative fabless semiconductor company specializing in design services for digital and mixed-signal devices, today announced the successful completion of Series A funding.
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SMSC Announces Agreement to Acquire Tallika (Thursday Jul. 09, 2009)
SMSC today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Tallika, a team of approximately 50 highly skilled engineers located in design centers in Chennai, India and Phoenix, Arizona. This team will bring to SMSC a broad set of capabilities, including SoC and software development.