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• ARM Licenses Cortex-M3 Processor To Fujitsu Microelectronics (Wednesday Sep. 02, 2009)
  With the licensing of the Cortex-M3 processor from ARM, Fujitsu Microelectronics will be able to provide a wide range of solutions that feature superior performance and low power consumption as well as being able to support the high code density, low memory requirements of 16-bit code.
  
  
• MegaChips Licenses Low-Power IP Core from MIPS Technologies for Single-Chip LSI Solutions (Tuesday Sep. 01, 2009)
  MIPS today announced that Japan's MegaChips Corporation, a global leader in customizable system LSIs, selected the MIPS32(r) 4KEc(r) processor core for next-generation digital consumer SoCs.
  
  
• ARC announces Distribution License Agreement for MQX Real Time Operating System with Freescale Semiconductor (Monday Aug. 31, 2009)
  ARC today announced that Freescale Semiconductor has licensed the MQX RTOS and TCP/IP software stacks. The license extends across Freescale’s broad portfolios of 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs); 16-bit digital signal controllers (DSCs); and 32-bit microprocessors (MPUs) based on ColdFire®, Power Architecture™ and ARM® cores.
  
  
• nSys solves Verification IP needs for Nethra's wide range of applications (Thursday Aug. 27, 2009)
  nSys today announced that Nethra Imaging has selected nSys for all its Verification IP needs, for its applications in the video/broadcast, medical, storage, and test/measurement markets.
  
  
• Symwave Selects Discretix Embedded Security for its High Performance USB 3.0 Storage Controller (Monday Aug. 24, 2009)
  Discretix, a leading global provider of embedded security solutions, and Symwave, a leading silicon supplier of system solutions for SuperSpeed USB devices, today announced that Symwave has chosen Discretix as the provider of security technology for Symwave’s high performance USB 3.0 System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions.
  
  
• Ambarella licenses Imagination Technologies' high-performance graphics processor core (Monday Aug. 24, 2009)
  Imagination Technologies reports that it has signed a multi-use license agreement with Ambarella for a member of Imagination's POWERVR SGX graphics processor family.
  
  
• DivX and NEC Electronics Announce Multi-Year Licensing Agreement for DivX Plus HD Certification (Thursday Aug. 20, 2009)
  DivX and NEC Electronics today announced a multi-year licensing agreement covering the integration of DivX Plus™ HD technology into NEC Electronics’ ‘Enhanced Multi-Media Architecture’ (EMMA™).
  
  
• OmniVision Technologies licenses Beyond Semiconductor IP (Tuesday Aug. 18, 2009)
  OmniVision Technologies licenses Beyond Semiconductor IP
  
  
• Core Logic Licenses ARM Mali-400 MP GPU To Deliver High-Definition Graphics For Next-Generation Portable Media (Monday Aug. 17, 2009)
  ARM announced today that Core Logic has licensed the ARM® Mali™-400 MP multicore graphics processing unit (GPU) to enable significantly enhanced, high-definition (HD) entertainment and browsing experiences on smartphones, fully-featured multimedia phones, portable media players (PMP) and personal navigation devices (PND) without compromising battery life.
  
  
• CEVA-TeakLite-III DSP Core Powers HD Audio in Sunplus' New Blu-ray SoCs (Monday Aug. 10, 2009)
  CEVA today announced that Sunplus Technology has licensed the CEVA-TeakLite-III DSP core for its next generation Set-top-boxes, HDTV and Blu-ray Disc chipsets.
  
  
• Agilent and Wi-LAN Enter Wireless License Agreement (Friday Jul. 31, 2009)
  Wi-LAN today announced Agilent Technologies has signed a license agreement covering various wireless technologies including CDMA, Wi-Fi, WiMAX and Bluetooth.
  
  
• picoChip and Elliptic Collaborate on Comprehensive Security Solution for Femtocell SoC (Wednesday Jul. 29, 2009)
  Femtocells present unique security challenges because they are directly connected to operators' networks. So when picoChip was designing its PC3xx picoXcell family of SoC solutions for the femtocell market, it turned to Elliptic Technologies to help create a secure, standards-compliant architecture.
  
  
• ARM Sees Demand For HD Mobile Media And Entertainment Grow As Mali GPU Licensing Momentum Continues (Wednesday Jul. 29, 2009)
  ARM announces today that it is seeing demand for mobile devices offering a high-definition (HD) entertainment and browsing experience rapidly increasing in Asia, as two more licensing agreements for its ARM® Mali™ graphics processing units (GPUs) are made with mobile technology providers in the region, Rockchip and Telechips.
  
  
• Chips&Media and Innofidei Unveil New Chip Design for CMMB in China Market (Monday Jul. 27, 2009)
  Chips&Media today announced that Innofidei has completed its CMMB single chip design tape out and scheduled to ship in the coming months. Innofidei’s ARM-based new chip design used a Chips&Media’s BodaDx Video IP core family as a video engine supports CMMB standard and video decoding such as H.264, MPEG-4.
  
  
• Austereo licenses audio IP core portfolio from Coreworks including SPDIF, I2S/LJ/RJ serial interfaces and asynchronous sample rate converter for use in radio broadcasting equipment (Thursday Jul. 23, 2009)
  Coreworks today announced that Austereo has licensed a complete set of audio IP to be used in radio broadcasting equipment implemented with FPGAs. The licensed IPs include the Configurable Multi-Standard Stereo Audio Receiver and Transmitter IP cores, the light SPDIF Receiver and Transmitter IP cores, and the high-quality, low noise, low distortion, 24-bit audio Asynchronous Sample Rate Converter.
  
  
• Validity Sensors Licenses Two Tensilica Processors for High-Volume Fingerprint Sensors (Thursday Jul. 23, 2009)
  Tensilica, Inc. today announced that Validity Sensors, Inc., a privately-held biometric sensor company specializing in convenient, secure and reliable fingerprint authentication solutions, is using two Tensilica Xtensa customizable processors in their high-volume fingerprint sensors.
  
  
• Ralink Employs MIPS32 74K Processors in New 802.11n Dual Band WLAN AP/Router SoC (Thursday Jul. 23, 2009)
  MIPS today announced that its MIPS32® 74KTM processor core is powering Ralink Technology's next-generation 802.11n Dual Band WLAN AP/Router SoC.
  
  
• Evatronix IP successfully implemented by HAPA AG to support their printer controllers (Monday Jul. 20, 2009)
  Evatronix SA, announced today its C68000 IP core has been successfully implemented in the HAPA 100 Controller series for printers of the Swiss company HAPA AG.
  
  
• Blue Wonder Communications to Develop LTE Baseband IP Using Multiple Optimized Tensilica Dataplane Processors (Monday Jul. 13, 2009)
  Tensilica today announced that Blue Wonder Communications has licensed Tensilica's Xtensa dataplane processors (DPUs) for an LTE (Long-Term Evolution) embedded broadband modem design
  
  
• InSilica Inc. Licenses Beyond Semiconductor's BA22 Processor (Thursday Jul. 09, 2009)
  InSilica Inc. announced that it has taken a license to use BA22 RISC Processor solution from Beyond Semiconductor in its next generation camera processors. The value to InSilica of Beyond Semiconductor's IP solution is to reduce power in its camera processor SoCs while reducing overall silicon area cost.
  
  
• ARM Mali-SVG-t Software for 2D Graphics Rendering Incorporated into Range of Samsung Mobile Phones (Wednesday Jul. 08, 2009)
  ARM today announced that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading mobile handset provider, has licensed ARM® Mali™-SVG-t software for use in a wide range of mobile handsets, enabling clear graphical rendering of 2D objects and easy scaling for different display resolutions and zoom factors.
  
  
• MediaTek Licenses ARM Mali-400 MP Graphics Processing Unit (Tuesday Jul. 07, 2009)
  ARM announced today that MediaTek Inc, a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, has licensed the ARM® Mali™-400 MP multicore graphics processing unit (GPU) for its system-on-chip (SoC) technology.
  
  
• Altair Semiconductor Successfully Integrates TurboConcept turbo-code IP Cores into its LTE Baseband Processor Product Line (Thursday Jul. 02, 2009)
  Altair Semiconductor, a fabless chip company developing the world's most advanced 4G mobile semiconductors for handheld devices, today announced that it has successfully integrated the TurboConcept LTE/WiMAX solutions in its LTE FourGee product line.
  
  
• Initio Corp. Takes an ARC License Targeting Rapid-Growth USB 3.0 and Solid State Disk Controller Markets (Thursday Jul. 02, 2009)
  The ARC 600 will be embedded within USB 3.0 bridge controllers and SSD controllers to provide a Serial ATA2 to USB 3.0 Bridge and/or individual SATA2 and USB 3.0 outputs. The ARC 600 replaces an 8051 which is overwhelmed by the processing requirements of this application.
  
  
• LogicVision's Memory BIST & Automated Diagnosis Solutions Included by TSMC in Its Advanced Embedded Memory Development Program and QA Flow (Wednesday Jul. 01, 2009)
  ETMemory is a key component of LogicVision's Dragonfly Test Platform(TM) and provides TSMC with an advanced memory BIST IP and insertion automation solution. Silicon Insight, another Dragonfly test platform component, enables automated and interactive diagnosis and characterization of memories tested with ETMemory BIST.
  
  
• DensBits Selects ARC Storage to Silicon for Next Generation Multi-Bit Per-Cell Flash Technology (Wednesday Jul. 01, 2009)
  ARC International announced that DensBits Technologies Ltd. has taken a license to use a member of the configurable and extendable ARC® 600 Storage to Silicon family of cores. The ARC Storage to Silicon engine will be used in next generation multi-bit per-cell Flash technology that is superior to any of the existing multi-bit per-cell technologies.
  
  
• Chinese Academy of Sciences Selects Vivante as GPU Partner for Netbooks (Monday Jun. 29, 2009)
  Vivante today announced a collaborative relationship with the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICT). This long-term, development partnership will enable ICT and Vivante to integrate their respective CPU and GPU designs into a cost-efficient, low-power SoC and advance the state-of-the-art in netbook technology for the next generation.
  
  
• MIPS32 Processor Powers Innovative DTV Platform from NXP (Thursday Jun. 25, 2009)
  MIPS today announced that NXP Semiconductors leveraged the MIPS32® 24KEfTM core for the world's first digital TV processor in 45nm technology, the PNX85500.
  
  
• ARM Provides Technology For LG Electronics Digital TVs (Monday Jun. 22, 2009)
  The ARM11™ MPCore™ multicore processor provides flexible and cost effective processing in next generation DTVs and enables LG Electronics to target a range of platforms with the same architecture simply by implementing single or multiple SMP cores.
  
  
• Imagination Technologies licenses high-performance graphics processor core to MediaTek (Monday Jun. 22, 2009)
  Imagination Technologies reports that it has signed a multi-use license agreement with MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company, for a member of Imagination's POWERVR SGX graphics processor family.