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Synopsys Unveils IP OEM Partner Program with Arrow Electronics, Global Unichip and Open-Silicon (Thursday Nov. 20, 2008)
Arrow Electronics, Inc and Global Unichip Corp. (GUC) join Open-Silicon, an early adopter of the program, as the first companies to sign multi-year agreements standardizing on Synopsys DesignWare® IP for their system-on-chip (SoC) designs.
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ARM Unveils IP Portfolio Program - New Model for ARM IP (Thursday Nov. 20, 2008)
Socle Technology Corp, one of the world’s leading-edge providers of SoC design, is first member of ARM’s IP Portfolio Program which enables fabless design houses to exploit the widest range of ARM technology as part of a full turnkey service.
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Transmeta Corporation Agrees to Be Acquired by Novafora, Inc. (Tuesday Nov. 18, 2008)
Transmeta and Novafora today announced they have signed a definitive agreement for Transmeta to be acquired by Novafora for $255.6 million in cash, subject to certain working capital and other adjustments.
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ST-NXP Wireless Adjusts to Changed Business Conditions and Accelerates Efforts to Capture Identified Synergies (Thursday Nov. 06, 2008)
With today's market outlook appearing quite different than it did just a few months ago, ST-NXP Wireless is taking necessary action to adapt its R&D resources and cost structure to the new business conditions in the industry.
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Cadence Announces Restructuring Program (Thursday Nov. 06, 2008)
The company expects to eliminate at least 625 full-time positions, representing 12% of its global employee base, plus a substantial number of contractors and consultants.
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Renesas and NXP Announce Licensing Agreement on MIFARE Contactless Technology (Monday Nov. 03, 2008)
This agreement is aiming to build momentum for the availability of advanced payment and Near Field Communication (NFC) offerings in contactless infrastructures.
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Silicon Image Opens New Research & Development Center And Sales Office In Shanghai, China (Wednesday Oct. 29, 2008)
Asia R&D and sales operation serves growing global customer base and strengthens company’s market position in Asia-Pacific region
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TranSwitch Corporation Completes Acquisition of Centillium Communications, Inc. (Monday Oct. 27, 2008)
Under the terms of the agreement entered into on July 9, 2008, TranSwitch will issue an aggregate of 25,000,000 shares of common stock and pay $15,000,000 in cash, which will be allocated pro rata among holders of Centillium common stock and in the money stock options outstanding at the closing of the merger
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New Licensing Model Launched By XJTAG (Wednesday Oct. 22, 2008)
New corporate licensing model offers a five year price promise to help businesses plan for the cost of boundary scan equipment - Boundary scan development systems reduce board development time and cost
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SiliconBlue Secures $24 Million in Series-B Funding (Wednesday Oct. 22, 2008)
SiliconBlue, pioneer of a new Ultra Low Power FPGA technology, today announced that it has secured Series-B equity funding in the amount of 24 million dollars.
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Silicon Hive Receives US$7M in New Funding From Intel Capital and Current Investors (Wednesday Oct. 22, 2008)
Company aims to expand global sales/marketing and grow the HiveGo solution portfolio for mobile phones and Mobile Internet Devices
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PTV and Philips to arrange for successful spin out of INTRINSIC-ID (Tuesday Oct. 21, 2008)
Today INTRINSIC-ID, a security company dedicated to protect electronic devices against tampering and counterfeiting announced the completion of its spin-out from Royal Philips Electronics.
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Conexant Sells Wireless Intellectual Property for $15 Million (Monday Oct. 20, 2008)
Conexant Systems, Inc. today announced that it has sold certain domestic and international wireless patents for approximately $15 million. The company also said that it retained the right to incorporate the wireless intellectual property in any current and future products.
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Samplify Evolves Business Model From IP Developer to Semiconductor Supplier; Now Targets Multi-Billion Dollar Market (Monday Oct. 20, 2008)
Samplify maximizes the system value of its real-time data compression technology by integrating it into the data converter. This move positions the company to immediately address the multi-billion dollar data conversion and ASSP markets as application commoditized data converters become integrated with ASSPs.
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Movidia Secures US$14M Series A Funding (Monday Oct. 20, 2008)
Movidia’s advanced low power video processor will, for the first time, enable powerful User Generated Content (UGC) video production functions for mobile phones and other consumer electronics products
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Federal Trade Commission Authorizes Rambus to Receive Withheld Royalties (Friday Oct. 17, 2008)
Rambus today announced it has received an order from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) authorizing the receipt of Excess Consideration pursuant to any contingent contractual obligations.
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Actel Corporation Announces 10% Reduction in Force to Improve Operating Results and Promote Profitability (Friday Oct. 17, 2008)
Actel Corporation today announced a 10 percent reduction in force to improve its operating results. Approximately 60 positions were eliminated.
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Achronix Completes First Close of $52 Million Series B Preferred Stock Financing (Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008)
The proceeds from the financing will be used to fund the development of next-generation products and to support the rapidly accelerating demand for the recently-announced Speedster family of 1.5 GHz FPGAs.
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Cadence Board of Directors Creates Interim Office of the Chief Executive; Michael Fister Resigns (Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008)
The formation of the Interim Office of the Chief Executive followed Michael Fister’s resignation as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of the company, by mutual agreement between Mr. Fister and the Board.
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Maxim Integrated Products Announces Acquisition of Digital Video Leader Mobilygen (Wednesday Oct. 15, 2008)
Maxim today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Mobilygen, a privately held, fabless semiconductor company with leading technology in H.264 video compression
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Innovative Integration Inc, and R-Interface announce a partnership to co-market & develop IP products & hardware for wireless applications (Monday Oct. 13, 2008)
The agreement allows Innovative and R-Interface to offer complete solutions for software-defined radio (SDR) applications by integrating R-Interfaces IP for software defined radio (SDR) with Innovatives high performance X5 family of digitizers and powerful application development tools for SDR development.
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Qimonda Announces Global Restructuring Program and Agrees to Sell Its Stake in Inotera Memories to Micron Technology (Monday Oct. 13, 2008)
Qimonda AG announced today a global restructuring and cost reduction program. The program is intended to reposition Qimonda in the market and substantially increase its efficiencies through a wide-ranging realignment of its business
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NXP World-Class 200mm Fab Available for Immediate Operations (Wednesday Oct. 08, 2008)
NXP Semiconductors today announced it has retained ATREG to sell its fully operational 200mm semiconductor manufacturing facility in Fishkill, New York.
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Crocus Technology Raises 11.5M Euros to Develop MRAM Technology (Monday Oct. 06, 2008)
Crocus' proprietary MRAM technology solves all the well-known problems encountered in earlier MRAM implementations. The company's technology has demonstrated on silicon its stability, reliability, data retention, endurance, and scalability, while exhibiting high speed, low power dissipation, and excellent resistance to external perturbation.
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TranSwitch Corporation Issues Corporate Update in Anticipation of its Pending Merger with Centillium Communications, Inc. (Monday Oct. 06, 2008)
TranSwitch today announced the following in anticipation of its pending merger with Centillium Communications, Inc., a leading provider of highly innovative communications processing technology.
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August Semiconductor Sales Up 5.5 Percent Year-on-Year (Thursday Oct. 02, 2008)
Worldwide sales of semiconductors grew by 5.5 percent to $22.7 billion in August from August 2007 sales of $21.5 billion.
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Magma Realigns Organization for Enhanced Focus On Key Technology Segments and Improved Financial Profile (Thursday Oct. 02, 2008)
Magma Design Automation today announced it is restructuring certain aspects of the company's operations, resulting in reduced costs and focus on key product areas.
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Virage Logic and TSMC Expand Agreement to Provide Process-Optimized IP (Tuesday Sep. 30, 2008)
Under the expanded agreement, Virage Logic will develop physical IP, such as embedded memories and logic libraries, for both new and optimized processes ranging from 180-nanometer (nm) to 40nm.
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Virage Logic's Expanded Business Model Addresses Semiconductor Market's Growing Need to Meet Application-Specific Requirements (Monday Sep. 29, 2008)
Design Ecosystem Collaboration With Strategic Foundry Partners Underscores Virage Logic's Role as the Semiconductor Industry's Trusted IP Partner
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ARM, Chartered, IBM and Samsung Collaborate to Enable Energy-Efficient 32nm and 28nm Systems-on-Chip (Monday Sep. 29, 2008)
ARM to Develop and License Comprehensive Physical IP Design Platform Targeted at Achieving Optimal Power, Performance, and Area for Current and Future ARM Cortex(TM) Processors