D&R Headline News | Most Popular | SoC News Alerts | |

Deals / Success Stories News

• Movidia Licenses Arasan's SD/SDIO IP Core for Next-Generation Multi-Media SoC (Wednesday Jun. 17, 2009)
  Arasan announced that Movidia, a fabless semiconductor company based in Dublin, Ireland, specializing in video editing technology for mobile phones, has licensed Arasan's Secure Digital SD/SDIO/MMC Host IP and SD/SDIO Combo Device IP for its next generation SoC.
  
  
• China's Institute of Computing Technology Licenses Industry-Standard MIPS Architectures (Monday Jun. 15, 2009)
  MIPS Technologies today announced that The Institute of Computing Technology (ICT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has licensed the MIPS32® and MIPS64® architectures to further development and commercialization of its Loongson family of processors.
  
  
• Melfas Chooses ARM Cortex-M0 Processor For Capacitive Touch Screen Controllers (Wednesday Jun. 10, 2009)
  ARM today announced that Melfas has chosen the ARM® Cortex™-M0 processor and ARM physical IP libraries for their future controller ICs for capacitive touch screen solutions.
  
  
• Sidense OTP Memory IP Enables SpectraLinear Non-Volatile Programmable PC Clock Family (Tuesday Jun. 09, 2009)
  Sidense and SpectraLinear today announced that Sidense’s 1T-Fuse™ single-transistor bit cell non-volatile memory macros represented a key component in SpectraLinear’s recently announced PC EProClock® programmable PC clock family.
  
  
• PixArt Takes ARC License as a Platform For Image Processing Solutions (Tuesday Jun. 09, 2009)
  ARC International announced today that PixArt Technologies has taken a license for a member of the ARC® 600 core family as its platform for imaging processing in a wide variety of high-growth image application markets.
  
  
• TranSwitch Integrates Tensilica Xtensa Processors into its Atlanta 2000 Gigabit-rate Communications Processor (Tuesday Jun. 09, 2009)
  Tensilica today announced that TranSwitch has integrated two Xtensa customizable Dataplane Processor Units (DPUs) into its recently introduced Atlanta 2000 gigabit-rate communications processor product family.
  
  
• Sital's 1553 IP is used by NASA (Tuesday Jun. 09, 2009)
  Sital's 1553 IP is used by NASA at the lunar orbiter, lounched on June 17.
  
  
• PLX Technology Selects Snowbush IP PCI Express 3.0 PHY for Next-generation Switches (Monday Jun. 08, 2009)
  Gennum today announced that PLX Technology chose its Snowbush IP PCIe 3.0 PHY for the PLX® next generation of PCIe switches.
  
  
• Fujitsu Microelectronics Solutions Adopts EVE's ZeBu Emulation Platform to Develop Embedded Software Before Tapeout (Thursday Jun. 04, 2009)
  EVE today announced Fujitsu Microelectronics of Tokyo, Japan, has selected its ZeBu (for Zero Bugs) hardware-assisted verification platform for hardware-software co-design. FMSL will use ZeBu to start software development earlier, shortening the total system development time and optimizing partitioning between hardware and software.
  
  
• RF Engines Ltd wins new contract with EONIC of the Netherlands (Thursday Jun. 04, 2009)
  RF Engines Limited (RFEL), the specialists in high performance signal processing design work, have been contracted by EONIC of Delft in the Netherlands for the development of a novel digital downconverter to be used in one of their latest signal processing platforms.
  
  
• CYIT Selects Vivante to Meet the GPU Needs of TD-SCDMA Wireless Devices (Monday Jun. 01, 2009)
  Vivante today announced that Chongqing CYIT Communication Technologies has selected Vivante GPU technology for deployment in TD-SCDMA solutions. CYIT Technologies will adopt Vivante GPU IP cores to develop chips designed specifically for the TD-SCDMA 3G standard, which is expanding rapidly in China and globally.
  
  
• ARC's Sonic Focus Audio Technology Now Available on ViXS XCode 3290 SoC to Enable a Rich Audio/Video Consumer Experience (Monday Jun. 01, 2009)
  ARC International (LSE: ARK) today announced that its processor IP and audio subsystem embedded in the feature-rich ViXS Systems XCode® 3290 system on chip (SoC) is now available
  
  
• Netronome Licenses ARM Multiprocessing Technology For Next-Generation Network Flow Processor (Wednesday May. 27, 2009)
  ARM today announced that Netronome, a leading developer of highly programmable semiconductor products that provide intelligent and secure flow processing for virtualized servers and network equipment, has licensed the ARM11™ MPCore™ multicore processor and a portfolio of ARM® Physical IP for incorporation into its NFP-32xx family of Network Flow Processors™.
  
  
• Netronome's Network Flow Processor Utilizes Denali's Suite of PCI Express 2.0 Products for Virtualized Servers and Network Equipment (Wednesday May. 27, 2009)
  Denali Software today announced that Netronome Systems has deployed Denali Databahn(TM) PCI Express (PCIe) design cores, MMAV(TM) and PureSpec(TM) verification IP, which support the latest PCIe I/O virtualization (IOV) specifications from the PCI-SIG, in designing their new, high-performance Network Flow Processor NFP-3240, targeting unified computing architectures.
  
  
• Dongbu HiTek Selects Kilopass Embedded NVM Solution for 0.18um BCD Process (Tuesday May. 26, 2009)
  Kilopass announced today that it is developing One-Time Programmable Memories (OTP) for Dongbu HiTek’s 0.18um BCD process. Dongbu HiTek launched the industry’s first 0.18um BCD process in June 2008. The 0.18um BCD device integrates 1.8V and 5V – 65V bipolar and MOS transistors and 12-60V power MOS transistors.
  
  
• ARC and Realtek Sign Agreement to Extend Reach of ARC Sonic Focus Audio Technology into PCs and Laptops (Tuesday May. 26, 2009)
  ARC International and Realtek Semiconductor have agreed to bundle the ARC® Sonic Focus™ suite of audio enrichment software with Realtek codecs shipped to its OEM and ODM customers globally. In return, ARC has optimized its Sonic Focus software technology for the Realtek codec for PC and laptop applications.
  
  
• Vivante GPU IP Chosen By Leading Mobile Multimedia SoC Provider (Friday May. 22, 2009)
  Vivante Corporation announced today that a Taiwanese developer of high quality multimedia chipsets for mobile applications and a trusted supplier to global first-tier handset makers has added silicon proven Vivante scalable 2D and 3D graphics solutions to their system-on-chip (SoC) designs.
  
  
• Atmel and ARM Expand Strategic Relationship With Subscription License Agreement (Wednesday May. 20, 2009)
  Atmel and ARM today announced an extension to their strategic relationship with a new subscription license agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Atmel gains access to a number of existing and future ARM(R) Cortex(TM) processors for use in products aimed at a broad variety of applications and markets.
  
  
• MIPS64 Architecture Powers New Superscalar XLP Processor from RMI Corporation (Tuesday May. 19, 2009)
  MIPS today announced that its high-performance MIPS64® architecture is powering the new XLPTM Processor from RMI Corporation. The XLP Processor, introduced separately by RMI today, is reportedly the highest performance per watt multi-core processor in the industry based on the MIPS64® instruction set.
  
  
• ARM Selects Jasper for Formal Verification of IP (Tuesday May. 19, 2009)
  Jasper Design Automation, provider of advanced formal technology solutions, today announced its JasperGold® Verification System has been adopted by ARM.
  
  
• PLDA Achieves IP Success with Cadence SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) Verification IP (Monday May. 18, 2009)
  Cadence today announced that PLDA utilized Cadence® Incisive® USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed USB) verification IP (VIP) to achieve IP success for its commercial USB 3.0 design IP.
  
  
• Chipsbank Selects Vivante GPU IP for Consumer Electronics (Monday May. 11, 2009)
  Vivante Corporation today announced its silicon proven GPU IP has been selected by Chipsbank Microelectronics Co., Ltd., a fast-growing, fabless IC design company that specializes in low power, high speed digital designs for consumer electronics across Asia.
  
  
• Actions Semiconductor and Dolphin Integration enable a solution for the next generation of portable audio players (Monday May. 11, 2009)
  Actions Semiconductor, the leading Chinese Fabless Supplier of SoCs for portable audio and video players and Dolphin Integration, the pervasive supplier of high-performance and low-power Virtual Components, disclosed their cooperation in the field of Silicon IP components for Microcontrollers, Memories and Audio Converters.
  
  
• Verismo Networks Licenses On2 VP6 Codec for VuNow Internet TV Platform (Monday May. 04, 2009)
  On2 Technologies and Verismo Networks announced today that Verismo has licensed its On2 VP6 video codec for use in the Verismo VuNow Internet TV platform. The VP6 license and software integration enable Verismo VuNow devices to play VP6 video in resolutions up to and including 720p (HD model only)
  
  
• MOSAID Signs First Deal for New Communications Patents in Record Time (Friday May. 01, 2009)
  MOSAID Technologies today announced that it has granted the first license to its new portfolio of 300 communications patents, which it purchased in February 2009. The five-year term license was granted to a U.S.-based provider of Internet Protocol Private Branch Exchanges (IP-PBXs), Voice over IP (VoIP) telephones and related services.
  
  
• AMCC Licenses Elliptic 3GPP/LTE Cellular Basestation Security Solution for use in its Latest Power Architecture Processor (Thursday Apr. 30, 2009)
  Elliptic is pleased to announce that AppliedMicro has licensed its high performance SNOW 3G security engine in support of AppliedMicro customers implementing 3GPP LTE (Long Term Evolution) base stations.
  
  
• ARM Licenses Securcore SC300 Processor To Toshiba For Secure Applications (Thursday Apr. 30, 2009)
  ARM today announced it has licensed the ARM® SecurCore® SC300™ processor to Toshiba for use in future embedded security applications. The SC300 processor is based upon the Cortex™-M3 processor
  
  
• ASUS Licenses On2 VP7 Video Codec for Skype Videophones (Thursday Apr. 30, 2009)
  On2 Technologies announced today that ASUS has licensed the On2 VP7 video format & encoder/decoder software SDK to develop Skype-enabled videophones.
  
  
• Ember and ARM Target High Performance ZigBee Networks (Tuesday Apr. 28, 2009)
  ARM and Ember announced that Ember’s soon to be introduced, next-generation ZigBee semiconductors will utilize the ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor setting a new bar for high performance and low power consumption in the fast growing ZigBee market.
  
  
• Aeroflex Gaisler announces new LEON3 licensing agreements (Tuesday Apr. 28, 2009)
  Aeroflex Gaisler today announced new licensing agreements with Ulis (France) and Versatile Silicon (Japan). They have selected the LEON3 processor and the GRLIB IP-library for their new products.