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• Vivante GPU IP Selected for MPRC SoC Solution Designed for 3C Convergence Computing Platform (Monday Apr. 27, 2009)
  Vivante announced that the Microprocessor Research and Development Center (MPRC) of Peking University (Beijing, China) selected Vivante 2D/3D GPU IP technology for its Single-Chip-PC SoC Platform, placing the graphics power of OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1, and OpenVG in an affordable, 3C computer for schools.
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Licenses Processor IP to Leader in China's Thriving DTV and Set-top Box Markets (Monday Apr. 27, 2009)
  MIPS Technologies today announced that Haier (Beijing) IC Design Co. is leveraging high-performance, low-power MIPS32(R) processor cores to power DTV and set-top box (STB) SoC designs. The company already has one MIPS-Based(TM) design, Hi2035, in mass production.
  
  
• TranSwitch Chooses Kilopass as their 65nm OTP Provider (Monday Apr. 27, 2009)
  Kilopass announced today that TranSwitch has chosen Kilopass’ 65nm OTP (One Time Programmable) solution to demonstrate it with TranSwitch’s HDMI IP cores. The OTP is used for HDCP key storage. Kilopass’ 65nm XPM has completed and passed qualification in the TSMC IP9000 program.
  
  
• Oki Semiconductor Signs DRAM License With MOSAID (Thursday Apr. 23, 2009)
  MOSAID Technologies today announced that it has signed a five-year running royalty patent license agreement with Oki Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Oki) of Japan.
  
  
• Percello Ltd. Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success With Denali Design and Verification IP Products (Wednesday Apr. 22, 2009)
  Denali today announced that Percello, a fabless semiconductor company developing digital baseband processor chips, has achieved first-pass silicon success with Denali's Databahn(TM) DDR memory controller IP and MMAV verification IP, successfully deployed in its low-power PRC6000 system-on-a-chip (SoC).
  
  
• ARM and Mindspeed Extend Relationship With Cortex-A9 Processor Agreement (Wednesday Apr. 22, 2009)
  ARM and Mindspeed today announced that Mindspeed has licensed the ARM® Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ processor for use in their next generation multiservice networking platforms, designed to support voice and data services across wireline and wireless networks.
  
  
• Shanghai Info Micro-electronics Expands SoC Platform with Vivante GPU IP for Mobile Gaming (Tuesday Apr. 21, 2009)
  Vivante Corporation announced today that Shanghai Info Micro-electronics, a manufacturer of personal media players, digital photo frames and cameras, portable GPS devices, intelligent toys, and mobile computing platforms, has added Vivante scalable 2D and 3D graphics solutions to their turnkey, multimedia, system-on-chip (SoC) designs.
  
  
• Prism Announces Mindspeed Technologies to License Interconnect IP (Tuesday Apr. 21, 2009)
  Prism Circuits today announced that Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. has licensed Prism's multi-protocol SerDes (Serial/Deserializer) and DDR3/2 PHY solutions for its ASICs.
  
  
• Frontier Silicon Selects Mixed-Signal IP from S3 for Advanced Digital Radio SoC (Monday Apr. 20, 2009)
  S3 today announced that Frontier Silicon has licensed its mixed-signal IP for their Chorus 3 SoC. S3 delivered a high performance PLL from its portfolio as part of the deal.
  
  
• Mindspeed Integrates Elliptic's Gigabit per Second IPsec Engine in new Comcerto 1000 Family of Processors (Thursday Apr. 16, 2009)
  Elliptic Semiconductor and Mindspeed Technologies today announced that Mindspeed has selected Elliptic’s Gigabit per second internet protocol security (IPSec) engine for use in its new low-power, Comcerto 1000 system-on-chip (SoC) processor.
  
  
• Intertrust Announces Patent Licensing Agreement with Samsung Electronics (Tuesday Apr. 14, 2009)
  Intertrust Technologies and Samsung Electronics have entered into a patent licensing agreement for all products made by the Samsung Digital Media & Communications (DMC) Division.
  
  
• High-Performance MIPS64 Architecture Drives Cavium Networks' New OCTEON II Processors (Tuesday Apr. 14, 2009)
  MIPS today announced that its ultra high-performance MIPS64® architecture is powering the new OCTEON™ II Internet Application Processors (IAP) introduced today by Cavium Networks.
  
  
• Vivante GPU IP Selected for C2 Microsystems' Jazz-Based Media Processor SoC (Monday Apr. 13, 2009)
  Vivante today announced that C2 Microsystems has selected Vivante GPU IP technology to bring feature-rich GUI and on-screen display capabilities to their high performance SoC media processors.
  
  
• Synopsys Selected by Marvell as Its Primary EDA Partner (Tuesday Apr. 07, 2009)
  Marvell chose Synopsys because of its broad product portfolio and its ability to help Marvell meet aggressive product schedules by consistently delivering a proven flow and providing outstanding global support.
  
  
• RDA Microelectronics Leverages CEVA Bluetooth IP to Deliver Ultra Low-Power, Single-Chip Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Solution (Thursday Apr. 02, 2009)
  CEVA and RDA Microelectronics today announced that RDA has licensed and deployed CEVA's Bluetooth baseband and protocol stack IP in a highly cost-effective, single-chip Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR IC optimized for power-sensitive, portable devices. RDA has commenced volume shipment of the RDA5868 IC to local Chinese design houses for integration in handset platforms.
  
  
• TES Electronic Solutions Selected By NEC Electronics for 3D Embedded Graphics Technology (Wednesday Apr. 01, 2009)
  TES today announced that NEC Electronics Corporation has signed a license agreement for TES's D/AVE-3D Graphics IP for use in NEC Electronics' multifunction system-on-chip (SoC), targeting automotive applications. D/AVE-3D supports industry standard OpenGL-ES 1.1 and OpenVG 1.01 Graphics API.
  
  
• On2 Technologies Licenses VP7 Video Codec To Westec Interactive (Wednesday Apr. 01, 2009)
  On2 announced today it has licensed its proprietary On2 VP7 video compression technology to Westec Interactive. Westec will integrate the VP7 video codec to its Digital Video Recorder (DVR) to increase the quality of stored video without compromise.
  
  
• Mixel's MDDI PHY IP Embedded In QuickLogic's Proven System Block (PSB) targeting Qualcomm-based mobile products (Monday Mar. 30, 2009)
  Mixel and QuickLogic announced today that the companies have embedded Mixel’s MDDI PHY into QuickLogic’s MDDI PSB. This PSB, along with QuickLogic’s 2nd generation Visual Enhancement Engine (VEE) will be included in the newly announced ArcticLink II VX4 solution platform family.
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Continues To Gain Traction in Portable Market with Multimedia Phone Design Win (Monday Mar. 30, 2009)
  MIPS today announced that Mavrix Technology licensed its MIPS32(R) 4KEc(R) synthesizable processor core for next-generation media processor designs.
  
  
• SPIRIT Audio Engine Licensed by Thomson To Ensure the Best Quality Sound for the Innovative DECT Phone (Friday Mar. 27, 2009)
  SPIRIT DSP announced today that Thomson has licensed and integrated SPIRIT audio engine into its innovative Symbio DECT phone.
  
  
• Visualon Integrates On2 VP6 Video Into Mobile Multimedia Applications (Thursday Mar. 26, 2009)
  On2 Technologies announced today that it has licensed its On2 VP6(R) video format and software to VisualOn Inc. VisualOn will optimize and integrate VP6 decoding software into its multimedia application suite for mobile platforms.
  
  
• ARC Extends Reach in Medical Device Market On New License Agreement with Boston Scientific (Tuesday Mar. 24, 2009)
  A long-time ARC customer and worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a broad range of interventional medical specialties, Boston Scientific will use the new license in ultra-low power integrated circuits for implantable cardiac rhythm management device applications.
  
  
• Unisys Corporation Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent Portfolio License (Monday Mar. 23, 2009)
  Alliacense today announced that Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS - News) has purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent™ (MMP) Portfolio license from The TPL Group. Unisys Corporation is a worldwide information technology (IT) services and solutions.
  
  
• GCT Semiconductor Leverages MIPS Technologies' Analog IP for Mobile WiMAX(TM) (Thursday Mar. 19, 2009)
  MIPS today announced that GCT Semiconductor is leveraging a range of its advanced Analog Front Ends (AFEs) to support highly-integrated single-chip and chipset solutions for Mobile WiMAX and WiFi connectivity.
  
  
• 4M Wireless Licenses LTE Protocol Stack to 4G Baseband Chip Vendor (Thursday Mar. 19, 2009)
  4M Wireless Ltd., the leading supplier of LTE protocol stack software has licensed its technology to a fabless semiconductor company developing a 4G multi-mode baseband chip for LTE. The 4M Wireless LTE protocol stack is compatible with legacy 2G/3G protocol stacks as well as WiMAX stacks.
  
  
• MindTree Adopts Mirabilis Design's VisualSim to Deliver Architecture Exploration Services to its Semiconductor and Hardware Customers (Wednesday Mar. 18, 2009)
  Mirabilis Design Inc., announced today that MindTree Ltd. has adopted VisualSim, a systems engineering software for performance analysis, power estimation and architecture exploration of electronics and real-time software, for offering early architecture exploration services to its hardware and System-on-Chip (SoC) customers.
  
  
• Denali IP Product Deployed in Celeno's Latest HD Video Wi-Fi Chip (Monday Mar. 16, 2009)
  Denali today announced that Celeno has incorporated its high-performance Databahn(TM) DDR memory controller IP into its new 5 GHz Wi-Fi system on a chip (SoC) that aims to support whole-home distribution of multiple high definition IPTV video streams for carrier-class gateways, DVRs and set-top boxes. Denali's Databahn enabled Celeno's engineers to achieve optimal system-level performance for its DRAM systems in the design of the CL1300 and fast time to market.
  
  
• ViXS Systems Selects Virage Logic's High-Performance Intelli(TM)DDR 2/3 Memory Interface IP Solution for Video Processing Systems (Wednesday Mar. 11, 2009)
  ViXS will expand its use of Virage Logic embedded memory IP to include Virage Logic's high-performance DDR memory interface solution--supporting speeds up to 1.6 Gigabits-per-second (Gb/s)--for its high-end XCode video and networking products.
  
  
• Alvand Technologies' Ultra-Low Power ADC/DAC IP Has Been Selected By Faraday Technology for High-Performance, and Next-Generation Mixed-Signal ASICs (Thursday Mar. 05, 2009)
  Faraday has selected Alvand Technologies to be its partner for high-performance, ultra-low power analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters (ADC/DAC) for Faraday’s next-generation mixed-signal ASICs. ASIC customers looking for top tier ASIC SOC services can now seamlessly incorporate Alvand’s mixed-signal IPs into their designs at Faraday.
  
  
• Fujitsu chooses ARM Cortex technology for automotive applications (Tuesday Mar. 03, 2009)
  ARM today announced that Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe GmbH has signed a major licensing agreement for the ARM® Cortex-R4F processor for use in automotive applications including safety and chassis.