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• Imagination Technologies adopts XJTAG to speed development of system-on-chip designs (Thursday Mar. 04, 2010)
  Imagination Technologies is using the XJTAG boundary scan development system to accelerate the development of its systems-on-chip designs for customers across the mobile phone, handheld, mobile computing and in-car electronics markets.
  
  
• Networking & Storage Leaders Adopt 100/ 40G Ethernet Verification IP from nSys (Thursday Feb. 25, 2010)
  nSys Design Systems announced their 100/ 40G Ethernet nVS (nSys Verification Suite), which has been successfully deployed by industry leaders across Ethernet applications.
  
  
• Korea's Leading Fabless Semiconductor Company Selects Sonics for Mobile Digital Multimedia Product (Tuesday Feb. 23, 2010)
  Sonics said today that its SonicsMX product has been selected by Core Logic as part of the company’s chip design for a multimedia product with HD video. Core Logic expects to ship its design by end of Q4 2010.
  
  
• CEVA DSP Powers Samsung's First Generation LTE Modem (Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010)
  CEVA today announced that Samsung Electronics has deployed CEVA DSP core technology in their first generation commercial Long Term Evolution (LTE) modem. The Kalmia modem chipset supports download speed up to 100Mbps and upload speed of 50Mbps within the 20MHz frequency bandwidth.
  
  
• Silicon Hive Announces Technology Collaboration with Intel Corporation (Tuesday Feb. 16, 2010)
  Silicon Hive B.V. announced a technology collaboration with Intel to apply its parallel processing technology across mobile and embedded segments based on the Intel Atom Processor roadmap. Previously, Intel Capital had led a $7M investment round in Silicon Hive.
  
  
• Beceem Selects CEVA-XC DSP for 4G Multi-Mode Baseband Chipsets (Tuesday Feb. 16, 2010)
  CEVA today announced that Beceem Communications, the leading provider of 4G Mobile WiMAX chips, has licensed the CEVA-XC communications processor to power its next-generation 4G multi-mode platform, the BCS500.
  
  
• Mixel and Graphin Announce a MlPl M-PHY Strategic Partnership (Monday Feb. 15, 2010)
  Mixel® Inc., the leader in mobile mixed-signal Intellectual Property (IP), and Graphin Co., Ltd., a rapidly emerging leader for image sensor evaluation suites, today announced that Graphin™ will license the Mixel M-PHY IP and that the two companies will collaborate to produce a “Golden M-PHY” IC to be used in Graphin’s evaluation systems.
  
  
• Mixel's MIPI D-PHY IP Licensed by Canesta (Monday Feb. 15, 2010)
  Mixel® Inc., the leader in mobile Mixed-Signal IP (Intellectual Property) announced today that Canesta is using Mixel’s MIPI (Mobile Industry Processor Interface) D-PHY.
  
  
• Samsung and ARM Expand Relationship to Drive Graphics Processing for Future Mobile and Consumer Products (Monday Feb. 15, 2010)
  Samsung Electronics and ARM announced today that Samsung has adopted the ARM(R) Mali(TM) graphics processor architecture for its future graphics-enabled system-on-chip (SoC) ICs as well as for its ASIC and foundry business, in a long-term strategic collaboration on graphics technology.
  
  
• Mindspeed Licenses Intellectual Property Cores for Next-Generation Radio Network Interfaces from Radiocomp (Monday Feb. 15, 2010)
  Mindspeed Technologies today announced that it has licensed common public radio interface (CPRI™) intellectual property (IP) cores from Denmark-based Radiocomp® for use in Mindspeed®’s application-specific system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for next-generation mobile broadband basestation platforms.
  
  
• Discretix to Provide Android and Windows Mobile DRM Security for Sony Ericsson (Monday Feb. 15, 2010)
  Discretix today announced that Sony Ericsson has chosen Discretix’ Multi-Scheme DRM Client to protect distribution and consumption of multimedia content on select mobile phones and for its PlayNow services.
  
  
• Leading Provider of 4G Mobile WiMAX Semiconductors Taps MIPS Technologies' Processor Cores (Wednesday Feb. 10, 2010)
  MIPS Technologies today announced that Beceem, a leading provider of 4G Mobile WiMAX chips, licensed its MIPS32® 4KEc® synthesizable processor core for next-generation wireless networking products.
  
  
• Sequans Selects CEVA DSP Core for LTE / WiMAX Chipsets (Wednesday Feb. 10, 2010)
  CEVA today announced that Sequans Communications, a leading 4G chipmaker, has licensed the CEVA-X1641 DSP core to power its next generation LTE and WiMAX baseband processors.
  
  
• HiSilicon, a Division of Huawei, Licenses Tensilica's Xtensa Dataplane Processor and ConnX DSP IP Cores (Tuesday Feb. 09, 2010)
  Tensilica announced today that HiSilicon has licensed Tensilica's Xtensa customizable dataplane processors (DPUs) and ConnX DSP semiconductor IP cores. HiSilicon will use Tensilica's DPUs and DSPs in network equipment chip design.
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Licenses Processor IP to Taiwan's IC Plus Corp. (Monday Feb. 08, 2010)
  MIPS Technologies today announced that IC Plus Corp. licensed the MIPS32® 24KEf Pro synthesizable processor core for next-generation networking devices in the digital home. IC Plus, based in Taiwan, is a provider of integrated circuits for communications and networking.
  
  
• Marvell Selects Denali VIP Products for Next-Generation Products Enterprise-Wide Including Storage, Wireless, and Printer Businesses (Thursday Feb. 04, 2010)
  Denali today announced that Marvell has signed an expanded business agreement that establishes Denali as an IP partner thus enabling a company-wide adoption of Denali's comprehensive line of verification IP (VIP) products to speed the design and verification of Marvell's future products for various applications. Marvell is using Denali's PureSuite™ compliance suite, PureSpec™ and MMAV™ for functional verification of complex interface protocols such as: PCIe 3/2/1, USB 3/2, Ethernet, and SATA 3/2.
  
  
• MOSAID Signs Wireless Patent License Agreement With Sony (Monday Feb. 01, 2010)
  MOSAID today announced that it has signed a worldwide, non-exclusive wireless patent license agreement with Sony Corporation of Japan.
  
  
• ROHM Signs Major 1T-SRAM Technology License Agreement with MoSys (Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010)
  MoSys today announced that ROHM has signed a major technology license agreement for MoSys’ 1T-SRAM® embedded memory technology. The technology license agreement will enable ROHM to design and manufacture ICs utilizing 1T-SRAM in ROHM's fabrication facilities.
  
  
• Shinco Electronics Enters Into MPEG LA's MPEG-2 License (Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010)
  MPEG LA announced today that Shinco Electronics entered into MPEG LA’s MPEG-2 Patent Portfolio License during 2009.
  
  
• Mindspeed 3G/4G/LTE Baseband Solution Deploys CEVA DSP Processor to Deliver Best-in-Class Performance for Next-Generation Base Stations (Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010)
  Mindspeed and CEVA announced today that CEVA’s proven, high-performance CEVA-X1641 DSP for wireless infrastructure applications is deployed in Mindspeed’s new Transcede 4000 wireless baseband packet processor.
  
  
• CHiL Semiconductor Corporation Selects Kilopass' XPM Field-Programmable Embedded Non-Volatile Memory (Tuesday Jan. 26, 2010)
  Kilopass Technology and CHiL Semiconductor today announced that CHiL has licensed Kilopass’ XPM™ non-volatile memory (NVM) solution.
  
  
• NXP and Intrinsic-ID collaborate to raise the bar in chip security (Wednesday Jan. 20, 2010)
  NXP and Intrinsic-ID today announced a collaborative agreement to license and deploy a hardware intrinsic security (HIS) solution in NXP’s next-generation SmartMX security chip technology.
  
  
• Coronis, an Elster Group company, chooses the Cortus APS3 CPU for their next generation System-on-Chip solution (Wednesday Jan. 20, 2010)
  Coronis has announced the selection and the successful integration of the CORTUS APS3 CPU core into Coronis’ next generation System-on-Chip solution.
  
  
• Sidense OTP Memory IP Helps "Green Up" Audium's Power Amplifier (Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010)
  Sidense and Audium Semiconductor, have announced the use of Sidense's ultra-low-power SLP one-time programmable (OTP) memory in Audium's recently announced high efficiency AS1001 audio power amplifier chip.
  
  
• Socle Technology realizes success using Cosmic Circuits' Analog IP across designs (Wednesday Jan. 13, 2010)
  Cosmic Circuits today announced that Socle Technology has realized success with multiple chip designs integrating Analog IP cores licensed from Cosmic.
  
  
• Deutschmann Automation Selects Innovasic Semiconductor’s Ethernet Connectivity Solution (Monday Jan. 11, 2010)
  Deutschmann Automation and Innovasic Semiconductor are pleased to announce that Deutschmann has incorporated Innovasic’s fido1100® Communications Controller and reference design into their UNIGATE® IC and UNIGATE® CL EtherNet/IP gateway products.
  
  
• Virage Logic and Conexant Collaborate to Deliver Advanced Audio Solutions for a Broad Range of PCs and Laptops (Monday Jan. 11, 2010)
  Under the terms of the agreement, Virage Logic will offer its Sonic Focus suite of audio enrichment software on the Conexant codecs sold to PC manufacturers worldwide. Conexant is currently providing audio codecs running Sonic Focus audio software to major PC OEMS worldwide.
  
  
• Virage Logic Inks Deal with IDT to Provide Its Sonic Focus Software on PC Codecs (Friday Jan. 08, 2010)
  Under the terms of the agreement, Virage Logic will offer its Sonic Focus suite of audio enrichment software on the IDT(R) codecs sold to PC manufacturers worldwide. This includes the new 92HD89X Power Smart audio codecs, announced in September 2009, designed to meet the audio demands of today's business and consumer desktops.
  
  
• ASUS Employs Virage Logic's Sonic Focus(R) Technology and Bang & Olufsen ICEpower Audio System Design to Deliver High Quality Sound on Their NX90 Notebook PC (Thursday Jan. 07, 2010)
  Virage Logic today announced that ASUSTeK Computer has licensed Virage Logic's Sonic Focus audio enrichment IP to provide an enhanced entertainment listening experience on their next generation ASUS NX90 multimedia notebook.
  
  
• Phison Licenses Virage Logic's ARC(R) 600 Family of Microprocessor Core IP for Use in Their Flash Controller Applications (Wednesday Jan. 06, 2010)
  Virage Logic today announced that Phison Electronics has selected Virage Logic's ARC 600 family of configurable 32-bit embedded microprocessors for wide deployment in their flash controller applications.