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• Actions Semiconductor Licenses Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect IP for Multimedia Application Processors (Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013)
  Actions Semiconductor leverages silicon-proven network-on-chip (NoC) technology to ease routing congestion and improve timing in next-generation tablets
  
  
• Pixelworks Selects Uniquify's DDR Memory Controller Subsystem IP for System Performance, Field Reliability in its 4Kx2K Ultra High Definition TVs, Digital Projector Solutions (Thursday Feb. 07, 2013)
  Uniquify today said Pixelworks has implemented its DDR Memory Controller subsystem IP blocks in four advanced digital video processor designs.
  
  
• LeadingUI chooses Cortus APS1 Processor for Touchscreen Applications (Thursday Feb. 07, 2013)
  Cortus and LeadingUI announce that they are working together to offer touchscreen designs based on Cortus’ APS1 processor core.
  
  
• Analog Bits IP Now Shipping in Microsemi's SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs IP products dramatically reduce power and area (Tuesday Feb. 05, 2013)
  Analog Bits disclosed an important design win today with Microsemi. Microsemi is now shipping its line of SmartFusion®2 SoC FPGAs with Analog Bits’ highly differentiated Multi­‐Gigabit Serdes IP products.
  
  
• Phison Licenses Tensilica's Dataplane Processor (DPU) for NAND Flash Memory Controllers and SSD Applications (Tuesday Feb. 05, 2013)
  Tensilica today announced that Phison Electronics Corp., the Taiwanese global market leader in flash and USB controller technology, has licensed Tensilica's Xtensa dataplane processor unit (DPU).
  
  
• TU Dresden Realized 28nm Low Power Test Chip with Tensilica Processor and RacyICs Power Management in GLOBALFOUNDRIES Process (Monday Feb. 04, 2013)
  TU Dresden today announced the successful initial operation of a low-power test-chip featuring a Tensilica Xtensa LX4 DSP equipped with RacyICs power management IP implemented in GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ advanced 28nm Super Low Power (SLP) technology
  
  
• MegaChips Licenses Arteris FlexNoC Fabric IP for Next-Generation Imaging SoCs (Tuesday Jan. 29, 2013)
  Arteris today announced that MegaChips Corporation of Osaka, Japan, has selected Arteris FlexNoC fabric IP for use within next-generation imaging SoCs.
  
  
• SENSIO announces its first SENSIO Autodetect integration deal with major semiconductor manufacturer (Monday Jan. 28, 2013)
  SENSIO today announced that it has signed its first license agreement for the integration of SENSIO ® Autodetect into SoCs destined to the consumer electronics market with an important semiconductor manufacturer.
  
  
• WiLAN Signs License with Alpha Networks Inc. (Wednesday Jan. 23, 2013)
  Wi-LAN today announced that Alpha Networks Inc. has signed a multi-year running royalty license agreement for certain technologies in the Company's Digital TV and Display patent portfolio
  
  
• Open-Silicon Implements Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect IP in ARM Cortex-A9 ASIC (Tuesday Jan. 22, 2013)
  Arteris today announced that Open-Silicon implemented the Arteris ® FlexNoC™ interconnect IP as the backbone SoC interconnect in a high-performance ARM®-based networking SoC design.
  
  
• Freescale Boosts Verification Productivity with Synopsys Verification IP (Monday Jan. 21, 2013)
  Synopsys today announced advancements in its longstanding verification collaboration with Freescale® Semiconductor.
  
  
• MediaTek extends licensing partnership with Imagination to TV market (Tuesday Jan. 15, 2013)
  Imagination reports that it has signed a further license agreement with MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, for a multi-core member of Imagination's PowerVR SGX Series5XT graphics processor family.
  
  
• ALi Corporation integrates Cryptography Research CryptoFirewall Security Core into Next Generation System-on-Chip Solutions (Tuesday Jan. 15, 2013)
  Cryptography Research and ALi Corporation today announced that ALi has completed integration of the CRI CryptoFirewall™ security technology into its multimedia STB SOC products. The CryptoFirewall core will be available in the ALi DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T2, ISDB-T, and IP STB chipsets beginning in 2013.
  
  
• ARM and Broadcom Extend Relationship With ARMv7 and ARMv8 Architecture Licenses (Wednesday Jan. 09, 2013)
  ARM and Broadcom have announced that Broadcom has licensed the ARMv7 and ARMv8 architectures. The agreement will enable Broadcom to develop and build its own processors based on the ARM® architecture.
  
  
• CSR aptX Audio Codec Technology Licensed by Sony (Tuesday Jan. 08, 2013)
  CSR plc today announced it has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Sony to enable the consumer electronics giant to incorporate CSR aptX® audio codec technology into a new generation of high-fidelity Bluetooth® audio accessories.
  
  
• DarbeeVision Licenses HDMI Video Processor Design to Lumagen (Monday Jan. 07, 2013)
  Lumagen is developing new Radiance processors that will integrate Darbee Visual Presence™ (Darbee) depth and clarity, that, when combined with Lumagen's Radiance video processing and calibration technology, will result in an unparalleled image quality experience.
  
  
• Inside Secure Provides End-to-End Security Solutions for Set-Top Box Chip Maker Telechips (Monday Jan. 07, 2013)
  INSIDE Secure today announced that Korea-based Telechips is integrating a host of INSIDE Secure security solutions into its new family of set-top box processor chips. Telechips will add INSIDE Secure DRM Fusion™ Agent solutions for HDCP and DTCP-IP and the SafeZone™ secure platform into its new TCC89XX multimedia application processors to help ensure secure boot up and end-to-end content protection.
  
  
• InterDigital and Quanta Computer Expand Patent License Coverage to Include 4G (Friday Jan. 04, 2013)
  InterDigital today announced that its patent holding subsidiaries have amended their worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-bearing patent license agreement with Quanta Computer.
  
  
• InterDigital and Research In Motion Extend Patent License and Include 4G (Wednesday Jan. 02, 2013)
  InterDigital today announced that its patent holding subsidiaries have entered into an agreement which extends the term of their worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-bearing patent license agreement with Research In Motion Limited.
  
  
• Indian LTE Giant Reliance Licenses SPIRIT Mobile Video Engine (Tuesday Dec. 18, 2012)
  SPIRIT DSP has announced today that Indian telecom operator Infotel, a subsidiary of Reliance Group, one of India’s top three private sector business houses with annual turnover of more than $60 billion, has licensed TeamSpirit Voice&Video Engine Mobile.
  
  
• Elliptic Technologies Selects Synopsys' Discovery VIP for ARM AMBA Interconnect for Verification of its Leading Security Systems (Monday Dec. 17, 2012)
  Synopsys today announced that Elliptic Technologies successfully deployed Synopsys' Discovery™ Verification IP (VIP) for the ARM® AMBA® protocol for verification of its new-generation Multi-Packet Manager security protocol accelerator (CLP-630).
  
  
• Miracast Wireless Screencasting on LG Optimus G Secure by Discretix (Monday Dec. 17, 2012)
  Discretix, the leading global provider of field proven content protection solutions, today announced that its hardware-assisted link protection solutions are being used to secure the Wi-Fi Alliance's Miracast wireless screencast technology.
  
  
• Digicine Oristar integrates the intoPIX JPEG 2000 4K technology into its next generation IMB (Wednesday Dec. 12, 2012)
  intoPIX and Digicine Oristar today announced that Oristar is integrating the latest intoPIX JPEG 2000 technology into its new Integrated Media Block (IMB), slated for release in 2013.
  
  
• Vivante Goes Mainstream with OpenCL Computer Vision Products for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) Applications (Wednesday Dec. 12, 2012)
  Vivante today announced its cores have been widely adopted to power the next generation ADAS Computer Vision applications from top tier automotive OEMs.
  
  
• Autotalks Deploys Sonics Technology Advancing Automotive Industry with Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication (Thursday Dec. 06, 2012)
  Sonics today announced that Autotalks has chosen its Sonics Network for AMBA Protocol (SNAP) to power the design of integrated vehicle safety communications processors enabling the world’s first very-large-scale integration (VLSI) for vehicle-to-vehicle communication, dubbed CRATON.
  
  
• CSR Bluetooth Smart Technology Powers New LG One Key Wireless Remote (Tuesday Nov. 20, 2012)
  CSR today announced that CSR µEnergy®, its low energy technology for Bluetooth® Smart connectivity, is at the heart of the new One Key wireless smartphone remote control from LG Electronics.
  
  
• Think Silicon GPUs power latest Dialog Semiconductor VOIP chipsets (Thursday Nov. 15, 2012)
  Think Silicon , today announced that Dialog Semiconductor uses ThinkVG in it's new series of products. ThinkVG is integrated in the recently announced Green VoIP™ “SC14453” multicore SoC along with ThinkLCD Display Processor.
  
  
• Nevion integrates intoPIX JPEG 2000 technology into its VS902 universal access IP platform (Wednesday Nov. 14, 2012)
  intoPIX and Nevion announced that the latest version of Nevion’s VS902 universal access platform features intoPIX JPEG 2000 FPGA technology.
  
  
• ASACA Corporation releases a new range of Broadcast servers based on intoPIX HD JPEG2000 technology (Wednesday Nov. 14, 2012)
  intoPIX announced today the successfully integration of its JPEG 2000 codec IP-core in the new ASACA servers developed for studios and master control rooms.
  
  
• Silicon Image MHL Solution Deployed in Roku Streaming Stick (Monday Nov. 12, 2012)
  Silicon Image today announced that its SiI8334 MHL® (Mobile High-Definition Link) transmitter has been designed into the Roku Streaming Stick™, a wireless product that plugs into the MHL port of Roku Ready® devices to seamlessly deliver Roku's growing collection of high-definition (HD) streaming entertainment including video, music and games.