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Gennum Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Tundra Semiconductor (Friday Mar. 20, 2009)
Gennum and Tundra today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement providing for the acquisition by Gennum of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Tundra, a supplier of system interconnect products and intellectual property (IP) to the world’s leading communications, computing and storage companies. The transaction, which is valued at approximately Cdn$86 million, adds new digital switch and bridge products and functionality to Gennum and builds on Gennum’s growth strategy of extending its high-speed signal integrity expertise and solutions to a broader set of markets.
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apt-X expands Licensing business in Consumer Electronics following the sale of its APT Broadcast hardware division (Wednesday Mar. 18, 2009)
APT Licensing Ltd. announced today the further expansion of its digital audio compression licensing business using the substantial proceeds from the sale of its former broadcast hardware division to the Audemat group, a leading manufacturer of innovative digital communications equipment to the television and radio broadcast industry and telecommunications operators.
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Rapid Bridge announces Value and Innovate Pricing Plans (Tuesday Mar. 17, 2009)
Rapid Bridge LLC, a premier provider of IP, today announced two new plans to meet the needs of SoC customers
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SpringSoft Completes Acquisition of Certess (Tuesday Mar. 17, 2009)
SpringSoft today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Certess. The acquisition resulted in SpringSoft purchasing all outstanding shares of Certess, and the transaction has received necessary shareholder and regulatory approvals.
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IPextreme Levels the Playing Field with Constellations Program (Tuesday Mar. 17, 2009)
IPextreme today announced another business model innovation for the semiconductor IP industry, its Constellations™ program. Constellations provides the business level infrastructure for enabling an open community of independent semiconductor IP companies to collaborate at the sales level by sharing sales intelligence and market wisdom to provide a virtual world-wide sales footprint.
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Sonics Marks Licensee Milestone with Total Shipments Surpassing 500 Million Units (Tuesday Mar. 10, 2009)
Sonics has announced that the company’s cumulative licensee shipments surpassed the 500 million unit mark at the end of 2008. For more than a decade, Sonics has been shipping its solutions to leading semiconductor companies including Texas Instruments, Broadcom Corp., Samsung and Toshiba.
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Tundra Semiconductor Selects Synopsys as Its Primary EDA Partner (Monday Mar. 09, 2009)
Synopsys today announced that Tundra Semiconductor Corporation , a leader in System Interconnect, has selected Synopsys as its primary EDA partner.
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S2C Offers Northwest Logic's High-Performance Memory Interface IP in China (Wednesday Mar. 04, 2009)
S2C today announced the representation of Northwest Logic in China. Northwest Logic's provides IP Cores interfacing to DDR3/2 SDRAM, RLDRAM II, PCI Express, PCI-X, PCI and MIPI. S2C will provide value-added support and services for Northwest IP core users throughout different design phases.
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ARM Invests in Japanese Software Vendor eSOL (Wednesday Mar. 04, 2009)
ARM and eSOL today announced that ARM has made a strategic investment in eSOL Co., Ltd , a leading Japanese embedded software developer, and that the two companies plan to collaborate on a series of initiatives aimed at leveraging their combined strengths and delivering compelling ARM® processor-based solutions to the automotive industry, in addition to the digital consumer products.
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CEVA, Inc. Adopts Rule 10b5-1 Stock Repurchase Plan (Monday Mar. 02, 2009)
CEVA today announced that it adopted another share repurchase plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on February 27, 2009.
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SpringSoft Agrees to Acquire Certess (Monday Feb. 23, 2009)
SpringSoft today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Certess, Inc., creators of the Certitude™ Functional Qualification solution.
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Aspex Semiconductor reaches profitability - wins significant contracts (Friday Feb. 20, 2009)
Aspex Semiconductor today announced that the company has secured a number of significant orders for its Accelera cards, Silicon Intellectual Property (SIP) and has entered into a long-term development contract to build a 65nm custom ASIC device.
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Maxim and Universal Electronics Purchase Zilog Universal Remove Control and Secure Transaction Businesses (Thursday Feb. 19, 2009)
In a simultaneous closing, Maxim acquired technology, intellectual property and assets for Zilog’s universal remote control hardware and secure transaction businesses, and UEI acquired technology, intellectual property and assets of Zilog’s remote control and universal infrared (IR) database solution. The parties have cross-licensed technology and intellectual property to one another for purposes of the continued conduct of their respective businesses.
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Jasper Design Automation Raises $7 Million in Series D Funding (Wednesday Feb. 18, 2009)
Jasper Design Automation today announced it has raised $7 million in Series D financing. The investment round was led by new investor, ZenShin Capital of Menlo Park.
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MOSAID Expands Into New Markets With Acquisition of 300 Communications Patents (Wednesday Feb. 18, 2009)
MOSAID Technologies today announced that it has acquired a significant portfolio of 300 patents from SercoNet Ltd. The new portfolio of wired and wireless communications patents will enable MOSAID to expand its licensing activity into the enterprise and consumer communications, networking, and Internet access markets.
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ARM Announces 10 Billionth Mobile Processor (Monday Feb. 16, 2009)
ARM announced that has ARM® Partners have shipped 10billion ARM Powered® processors to the mobile device market – the equivalent of 2.5 ARM processors for every mobile cellular subscriber in the world
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New DesignWare Verification IP Alliance Program Expands Availability of High-Quality VMM-Enabled Verification IP (Wednesday Feb. 11, 2009)
Synopsys today announced the launch of its DesignWare® Verification IP (VIP) Alliance program with initial members eInfochips, a spec-to-system solutions company, and NoBug, a digital design, verification and EDA company.
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ARM Extends Its Leadership In Media Processing With Acquisition Of Video Technology Company (Tuesday Feb. 10, 2009)
ARM today announced that it has acquired Logipard AB, a leading Sweden-based video IP company. The privately-owned designer of power-efficient video encode and decode acceleration technologies for the mobile and consumer markets is the leading provider of video IP to one of the world’s leading mobile technology suppliers for platforms used by LG Electronics and two other leading mobile handset OEMs.
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CSR and SiRF combine forces for Bluetooth and GPS market leadership (Tuesday Feb. 10, 2009)
CSR and SiRF today entered into a conditional agreement under which SiRF will merge with CSR, increasing the scale of CSR in the high-growth GPS technology market and strengthening CSR's position as a global leader in both Bluetooth and GPS.
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Accent Expands ASIC Operations and Opens Design Facility in China (Tuesday Feb. 10, 2009)
Accent, a leading fabless ASIC provider offering highly differentiated design and turnkey services for state-of-the-art SoC silicon solutions, today announced the opening of its new design and operations center in Shanghai, China.
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ARM acquires Swedish video processor company, Logipard AB (Thursday Feb. 05, 2009)
As part of its fourth quarter and full year 2008 financial results, processor IP licensor ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) reported that in December 2008 it acquired Logipard AB (Lund, Sweden).
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ARM set to cut 3% of jobs, imposes pay freeze (Thursday Feb. 05, 2009)
ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England), a licensor of processor-related intellectual property, is looking to cut about 3 percent of its workforce and has imposed a pay freeze from Jan. 1, 2009, company executives told financial analysts Tuesday (Feb. 3).
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Atmel Acquires MeshNetics ZigBee Intellectual Properties (Tuesday Feb. 03, 2009)
Atmel announced today that Atmel has acquired all MeshNetics ZigBee Intellectual Property Rights from LuxLabs BVI for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition of the MeshNetics ZigBee IP, includes BitCloud(TM) ZigBee PRO software and ZigBit(TM) wireless modules.
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Chips&Media Opens New Sales and Support Office in Shanghai, China (Monday Feb. 02, 2009)
Chips&Media,Inc, a global leading video IP Provider, today opened its China office in Shanghai to excavate enormous opportunities for China semiconductor market and to assist customers with more efficient technical support and consulting.
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Intellectual Ventures Acquires Transmeta Patent Portfolio (Thursday Jan. 29, 2009)
Today, Intellectual Venture Funding completed the acquisition of the patent portfolio formerly developed and owned by Transmeta Corporation. This transaction follows the acquisition of formerly publicly traded Transmeta by privately held Novafora, Inc.
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Novafora Completes Acquisition of Transmeta (Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009)
Novafora, Inc., a developer of video processors, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Transmeta. The acquisition – which was formally announced on November 17, 2008 – was finalized upon approval by Transmeta shareholders.
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Virage Logic Strengthens Non-Volatile Embedded Memory (NVM) Business (Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009)
Virage Logic announced it is strengthening its non-volatile embedded memory (NVM) business with the appointment of Dr. Yankin Tanurhan as vice president and general manager of the company's NVM Solutions business unit.
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MathStar Has Prepared FPOA Technology Package for Purchase (Tuesday Jan. 27, 2009)
MathStar, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in high-performance programmable logic, is finalizing its Field Programmable Object Array (FPOA) technology and intellectual property package for sale.
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AMD and Virage Logic Collaborate to Provide Broad Portfolio of Standards-Based Interface IP Solutions (Tuesday Jan. 27, 2009)
Virage Logic and AMD today announced a new relationship that grants Virage Logic the rights to license, modify and sell standards-based advanced interface IP that AMD designs for use in its extensive graphics processor product line. The agreement enables Virage Logic to provide AMD's silicon-proven technology for PCIe, HDMI and MIPI interfaces at advanced process nodes to companies seeking to leverage existing IP in order to help speed product development.
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Maxim Integrated Products Acquires Innova Card, Leading System-On-Chip (SoC) Manufacturer For Secure Terminals (Thursday Jan. 22, 2009)
Maxim Integrated Products announces today that it has acquired Innova Card, a privately held, fabless semiconductor company whose focus is advanced secure microcontroller technology for financial terminals.