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• Ridgetop Group Awarded DOE Contracts for High Performance Radiation-Hard Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs) (Thursday Aug. 16, 2012)
  Ridgetop announced that it has been awarded two Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II contracts from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to design high performance, radiation-hard analog to digital converter (ADC) integrated circuits (ICs).
  
  
• Novatek in Volume Production with Three New Home Entertainment SOCs Using Tensilica HiFi Audio DSP (Tuesday Aug. 14, 2012)
  Tensilica today announced that Novatek is in volume production with three new home entertainment SOC designs that use Tensilica's HiFi Audio DSP for a high-fidelity audio listening experience.
  
  
• ARM and Cavium Extend Relationship with ARMv8 Architecture License (Thursday Aug. 02, 2012)
  ARM and Cavium, a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications and the digital home, have announced that Cavium is an architecture licensee for the ARMv8 architecture.
  
  
• DMP 3D Graphics IP Core "PICA200 Lite" is adopted for OLYMPUS Tough TG-1 (Tuesday Jul. 31, 2012)
  Digital Media Professionals Inc. (DMP), a leading provider of 2D/3D graphics Intellectual Property (IP) cores, today announced DMP 3D graphics IP core “PICA200 Lite” is adopted for OLYMPUS Tough TG-1 compact digital camera of Olympus Imaging Corporation.
  
  
• Nufront Selects Sonics' Complete Line of System IP for Family of Advanced Applications Processors (Wednesday Jul. 25, 2012)
  Sonics today announced that Beijing Nufront has selected Sonics' complete portfolio of system IP for their advanced roadmap of applications processors targeting the mobile and cloud computing markets.
  
  
• Arteris FlexNoC Interconnect IP licensed by Rockchip for Android-Based Tablets (Thursday Jul. 19, 2012)
  Arteris today announced that Rockchip has selected Arteris® FlexNoC™ interconnect IP as the backbone SoC interconnect for its upcoming Application Processor.
  
  
• u-blox uses SiliconGate power management IP for u-blox 7, the world's lowest-power multi-GNSS platform (Wednesday Jul. 18, 2012)
  SILICONGATE LDA today announced that u-blox, the global leader in positioning and wireless technology for the machine-to-machine (M2M), automotive and consumer markets, has used SiliconGate’ High Performance Power Management IP in its newest generation core positioning technology platform u-blox 7.
  
  
• Samsung Selects AuthenTec's VPN Security to Enhance Enterprise Security in New Android Smartphones & Tablets (Monday Jul. 16, 2012)
  AuthenTec today announced that Samsung has chosen its QuickSec™ VPN security for use in new Android smartphone and tablet models. AuthenTec's QuickSec Mobile VPN Client for Android enhances secure communication through an Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) based VPN client which is integrated in Samsung smartphones and tablets.
  
  
• SENSIO Hi-Fi 3D and SENSIO S2D Switch will be available to TCL customers (Monday Jul. 16, 2012)
  TCL Multimedia and SENSIO Technologies today announced the signing of an agreement for the integration of the SENSIO® Hi-Fi 3D and SENSIO® S2D Switch technologies in TCL 3DTVs.
  
  
• Major SoC Provider for China's Power Grid Market Licenses MIPS Technologies' Processor IP for Smart Grid Solutions (Monday Jul. 09, 2012)
  MIPS Technologies and Vango Technologies announced they are working together to provide solutions for the fast-growing China smart grid market. Vango will leverage MIPS Technologies' popular MIPS32® M14K® processor cores to provide 32-bit microcontroller functionality in smart meter and smart grid SoCs.
  
  
• Open-Silicon's Interlaken IP Core Selected for Netronome's Next-Generation Flow Processors (Monday Jul. 09, 2012)
  Open-Silicon announced today that Netronome has selected Open-Silicon's Interlaken IP core for its next-generation flow processors. Chosen because the IP core supports Interlaken look-aside protocol and standard Interlaken protocol within a single IP instance, it also offered flexible SerDes lane mapping between the logical and physical SerDes lanes.
  
  
• MIPS Technologies and Broadcom Sign Broad Patent and Technology License Agreement (Tuesday Jul. 03, 2012)
  MIPS Technologies announced that it has entered into a multi-faceted patent and technology license agreement with Broadcom Corporation, a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications.
  
  
• Cadence Digital PHY Design IP Adopted By Brite Semiconductor (Tuesday Jul. 03, 2012)
  Cadence today announced that its collaboration with Brite Semiconductor has enabled the integration of the Cadence® DDR Soft DLL PHY IP into the design ecosystem for manufactured devices from SMIC. Specifically, Brite and Cadence plan to integrate the DDR PHY IP with I/Os for implementation on SMIC 130nm, 65nm, 55nm, and 40nm process technologies.
  
  
• Javelin Semiconductor chooses Kilopass Non Volatile Memory Intellectual Property Core for MIPI RFFE Digital Interface in Next-Generation CMOS Power Amplifiers (Tuesday Jun. 26, 2012)
  Kilopass today announced that Javelin Semiconductor has selected the XPM NVM IP core. Javelin Semiconductor plans to incorporate Kilopass’ NVM IP into next-generation products that include the MIPI RFFE digital interface and support programmable capabilities.
  
  
• SENSIO 3D Decoder integrated in Christie SKA-3D processor (Thursday Jun. 21, 2012)
  SENSIO today announced the integration of SENSIO® 3D Decoder into Christie’s new digital cinema processor, the SKA-3D™. The SKA-3D™ is a multipurpose product that delivers audio/video processing and powerful 2D/3D image playback from virtually any content.
  
  
• Sonics Selected by Toshiba for Next-Generation Product Development (Monday Jun. 18, 2012)
  Sonics today announced it collaborated with Toshiba Corporation Semiconductor & Storage Products Company for next-generation product development in embedded multimedia and automotive SoC designs.
  
  
• Nationz Technologies Licenses MIPS Technologies' Processor Cores for Mobile Payment Solutions (Thursday Jun. 14, 2012)
  MIPS today announced that Nationz Technologies Inc., a provider of security processors and RF chips in China, licensed MIPS Technologies' MIPS32® M4K® processor cores for use in its 2.4G RFID-SIM/SD mobile payment products, widely used in mobile phones.
  
  
• Cosmic Circuits' MIPI M-PHY reference cards used in Agilent Technologies' transmitter test solution (Tuesday Jun. 05, 2012)
  Cosmic Circuits today announced that its MIPI M-PHY HS-G2 reference cards have been used by Agilent Technologies for the development of their MIPI transmitter measurement solution. The test solution is designed to perform MIPI M-PHY measurements automatically, saving time for the end-user.
  
  
• Target's IP Designer Tool-Suite Adopted by Dialog Semiconductor to Create OpenVG Graphics Processor Core (Tuesday Jun. 05, 2012)
  Target Compiler today announced that Dialog Semiconductor adopted Target’s IP Designer™ tool-suite to create a new embedded graphics processor core. The IP Designer tool-suite enabled the design of the processor architecture and hardware, and the implementation of the OpenVG™ 1.1 embedded graphics API in a record time, for integration into Dialog Semiconductor’s recently announced Green VoIP™ “SC14453” multicore system-on-chip (SoC).
  
  
• Huawei Adopts Target's IP Designer Tool-Suite to Build Next-Generation Baseband DSP (Tuesday Jun. 05, 2012)
  Target Compiler today announced that Huawei has adopted Target’s IP Designer™ tool-suite. Huawei is using IP Designer to design DSP cores for next generation wireless communication devices.
  
  
• Cavium And Elliptic To Collaborate On Providing Security And Content Protection On Cavium's PureVu Wireless Display SoC (Thursday May. 31, 2012)
  Elliptic Technologies announced that Cavium, Inc., has chosen Elliptic’s premium content protection security solutions for use with Cavium’s PureVu ® family of media SoC’s targeted at wireless display and home media streaming applications
  
  
• Xtendwave selects EnSilica's eSi-3200 processor for the receiver IC implementing NIST's next-generation WWVB atomic timekeeping signal (Thursday May. 31, 2012)
  EnSilica has announced that Xtendwave has licensed its high-performance eSi-3200 32-bit processor core to power Everset™, Xtendwave’s time code receiver solution for the next-generation WWVB atomic timekeeping signal. The new signal, broadcast by NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology), a US Government agency, will represent the official time of the USA and includes the implementation of daylight saving time and leap seconds.
  
  
• GainSpan Licenses Cosmic Circuits IP (Monday May. 28, 2012)
  Cosmic Circuits announced that Gainspan,a leader in low power embedded Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi connectivity has licensed Cosmic’s IP for use in its product development.
  
  
• Nufront's Third-Generation Mobile Applications Processor Powered by Cadence DDR3/3L/LPDDR2 Memory Interface IP Solution (Monday May. 21, 2012)
  Cadence today announced that Nufront's NS115 chipset integrated the Cadence configurable DDR3/3L/LPDDR2 Memory Controller and Hard PHY IP core in its dual-core ARM® Cortex™-A9 based mobile applications processor.
  
  
• Hisilicon Licenses Range of ARM Mali Graphics Processors to Drive the Next-Generation of Smart Connected Devices (Monday May. 21, 2012)
  HiSilicon and ARM today announced that HiSilicon has licensed a range of ARM® Mali™ Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) including the market leading Mali-400 MP GPU and the latest high-performance Mali-T658 GPU.
  
  
• HiSilicon Extends Multi-License Deal with Vivante for Graphics IP (Tuesday May. 15, 2012)
  Access to the latest Vivante IP cores, give HiSilicon an innovative technology platform based on the latest 3D, CGPU (Composition GPU) and GPGPU APIs. The latest agreement enables HiSilicon to deliver the highest graphics performance in products spanning its entire portfolio.
  
  
• AMD Selects Synopsys as a Verification IP Partner (Tuesday May. 15, 2012)
  Synopsys today announced a multi-year agreement to provide AMD with its next-generation Discovery™ Verification IP. This agreement covers a variety of VIP titles including USB 3.0, ARM® AMBA® AXI™ interconnect, SATA 3.0, PCI Express® Gen 3, and MIPI, as well as Synopsys' Protocol Analyzer, a unique protocol-aware SoC debug environment.
  
  
• iC-Logic Licenses Arteris FlexNoC And C2C Interconnect IP For Automotive Systems On Chip (Wednesday May. 09, 2012)
  iC-Logic chose FlexNoC and C2C to create a flexible and high speed communication chip to respond to the increasing demand of high speed connectivity in car infotainment systems.
  
  
• Imagination licenses multiple multimedia IP cores to HiSilicon (Thursday May. 03, 2012)
  Imagination Technologies has signed a license agreement with HiSilicon covering multiple PowerVR multimedia IP cores from Imagination, including graphics, video and display technologies. Under the license agreement HiSilicon has licensed a member of the PowerVR Series6 ‘Rogue’ GPU graphics family.
  
  
• Intrinsic-ID enables Secure Boot Software Authentication on New VoIP Processor of Dialog Semiconductor (Friday Apr. 27, 2012)
  The Dialog Semiconductor SC14453S is the world’s first commercially available Voice over IP (VoIP) processor circuit that integrates Intrinsic-ID’s patented Hardware Intrinsic Security IP – also referred to as Physical Unclonable Function (PUF).