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• TranSwitch Announces a Technology License Agreement for Its 3.5G HDMI 1.3 PHY IP Core (Monday Jul. 21, 2008)
  This license is for TXC-98072 - 3.5 Gbps/channel HDMI 1.3 Transmitter IP core, designed and fabricated using TSMC’s (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation) 90nm G process. The primary use of this core will be in digital cameras.
  
  
• Tumbleweed Licenses Certicom's Elliptic Curve Cryptography (Monday Jul. 21, 2008)
  Licensing Certicom’s ECC technology provides one of the highest standards of encryption for customers and will help Tumbleweed streamline future Federal Industry Protections Standards (FIPS) 140-2 and Suite B compliance efforts.
  
  
• Rambus and Qimonda Sign Amended Patent License Agreement (Wednesday Jul. 16, 2008)
  This amendment extends the minimum term of the original patent license agreement, but specifies that in the event Infineon ceases to control or otherwise own a majority of Qimonda shares, certain competitors would not accede to the license upon their acquisition of control of Qimonda or a majority of Qimonda shares.
  
  
• MIPS32(R) 74K(TM) Core Featured in Broadcom's New Family of Single-Chip WLAN Router Solutions (Wednesday Jul. 16, 2008)
  The new Broadcom® solutions provide a single platform for building single- and dual-band 802.11n routers with distinct feature sets and price points. The embedded 74K core helps maintain data rates of up to 300Mbps in each band and supports Broadcom's other features that provide Wi-Fi users with the best possible multimedia experience throughout their homes.
  
  
• Air Semiconductor and Dolphin Integration enable next generation GPS solutions (Wednesday Jul. 16, 2008)
  Dolphin Integration, a leading embedded memories supplier, has announced the selection by Air Semiconductor of its latest RAM’s and ROM’s.
  
  
• Design Art Networks selects TurboConcept FEC solutions (Wednesday Jul. 16, 2008)
  TurboConcept announced today that DesignArt Networks has successfully incorporated TC1000-WiMAX turbo encoder/decoder solutions into its 4G Silicon Platform SoC.
  
  
• Telechips Inc. Licenses ARM Mali-200 GPU To Deliver Dynamic User Experiences Across A Wide Range Of Multimedia Designs (Wednesday Jul. 16, 2008)
  OpenGL ES 2.0 conformant Mali-200 GPU enables dynamic 2D and 3D user experiences on all classes of mobile consumer devices
  
  
• Bosch Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent Portfolio License (Thursday Jul. 10, 2008)
  Alliacense today announced that Robert Bosch GmbH has purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent™ (MMP) Portfolio license from The TPL Group.
  
  
• Euphonic Technologies Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success With DesignWare IP for PCI Express (Tuesday Jul. 08, 2008)
  Synopsys, today announced that Euphonic Technologies has achieved first-pass silicon success for its high-performance EGC601 Embedded Graphics Controller system-on-chip (SoC) utilizing Synopsys' DesignWare® IP for PCI Express.
  
  
• Kawasaki Microelectronics Adds Multiple MIPS Technologies Processor Cores to its ASIC IP Portfolio (Tuesday Jul. 08, 2008)
  The synthesizable cores, including MIPS Technologies' highest-performance single-threaded core and its multi-threaded core, will enable K-micro to offer a range of optimized solutions to its customers in office automation, networking, and other key markets.
  
  
• Triductor Licenses Tensilica Diamond Standard 212GP Processor Core (Tuesday Jul. 08, 2008)
  Triductor has used the Diamond 212GP processor as the system controller for VDSL2 design for both the customer premise (CPE) and central office (CO) designs.
  
  
• MIPS32 24Kc Pro Cores Power Magnum Semiconductor's DX1 Family of Professional Video Encoders (Monday Jun. 30, 2008)
  MIPS today announced that its synthesizable MIPS32® 24KcTM Pro processor cores are powering current and future generations of Magnum Semiconductor's DX1 family of professional video encoders.
  
  
• Hoya Purchases Moore Microprocessor Patent(TM) Portfolio License (Monday Jun. 30, 2008)
  Alliacense today announced that Hoya Corporation has purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent™ (MMP) Portfolio license from The TPL Group.
  
  
• ADTechnology Becomes Newest Tensilica Authorized Design Center (Thursday Jun. 26, 2008)
  Tensilica today announced that ADTechnology has become a Tensilica Authorized Design Center, supporting customers of both the Xtensa® configurable processors and the Diamond Standard processor cores.
  
  
• Cypress Incorporates Denali Blueprint for CSR Automation Management (Thursday Jun. 26, 2008)
  Denali Software today announced it has licensed its Blueprint™ product to Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: CY), for use in developing their PSoC® devices.
  
  
• VinChip Supplies USB 2.0 Emulator to Runcom (Wednesday Jun. 25, 2008)
  VinChip USB 2.0 Emulator is easy, flexible and provides exhaustive verification of the USB devices before production. It features the verification of all the USB basic tests which includes all USB events, detection and enumeration of the device.
  
  
• DSP Group Becomes a Licensee of SPIRIT DSP Low Bitrate Voice Codec for Digital Phone Baseband Processors and SoCs (Wednesday Jun. 25, 2008)
  SPIRIT's VoStoC voice codec will be used inside DSP Group's digital phone baseband processors and SoCs for digital answering devices.
  
  
• LG Electronics Shipping MoSys 1T-SRAM(R) DDI Technology in AMOLED-Based Mobile Phone (Tuesday Jun. 24, 2008)
  The MoSys 1T-SRAM Dual-Port Display macro is used as the display buffer memory mounted on the display (chip-on-glass) or on the connecting cable (chip-on-film or tape carrier package). By keeping the display buffer memory on the display itself, LG Electronics should reduce the challenges inherent in electromagnetic interference (EMI), while cutting overall display power consumption.
  
  
• Open-Silicon Adopts Broad Range of MIPS(R) Cores to Speed Time-to-market for Next-generation ASIC Designs (Tuesday Jun. 24, 2008)
  Through the agreement, Open-Silicon gains access to a wide array of optimized and synthesizable MIPS32® cores, and the knowledge gained through leveraging the cores in multiple designs.
  
  
• RF Engines sign further contract with Thales UK (Thursday Jun. 19, 2008)
  RF Engines have been awarded a further contract by Thales’ Land & Joint Systems Division for the rapid supply of a complex FFT-based design on a single Altera Cyclone II FPGA
  
  
• CPU Tech Wins $47M Delivery Order for Acalis(R)-Based Electronics (Tuesday Jun. 17, 2008)
  New Generation Electronics Uses Acalis Low Power, MultiCore Technology
  
  
• XStreamHD Licenses and Deploys CEVA Enterprise SATA IP in XStreamHD HD Media Server (Monday Jun. 16, 2008)
  CEVA's Advanced Enterprise Serial ATA IP interface enables XStreamHD process up to four full HD video streams simultaneously from disk
  
  
• Sonic Focus Featured in HP's New "TouchSmart" PC (Wednesday Jun. 11, 2008)
  Sonic Focus, an ARC International company, today announced that the new generation of HP TouchSmart personal computers use Sonic Focus software to enhance the consumer audio experience.
  
  
• NationalChip Licenses ARM CPU for Next-generation STB Chipset Designs (Tuesday Jun. 10, 2008)
  Leading silicon vendor in Chinese DTV and STB market licenses ARM926EJ-S processor for DTV and consumer electronics applications
  
  
• Athena Wins Army Contract for Anti-Tamper Technology (Tuesday Jun. 10, 2008)
  The Athena Group, Inc. has been selected by the U.S. Army to develop TeraFire®AT anti-tamper products for FIPS 140-2 certifiable modules and system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs.
  
  
• Texas Instruments Adopts Sonics SMART Interconnect(TM) Solutions for OMAP(TM) 3430 Application Processor (Thursday Jun. 05, 2008)
  The announcement represents the second generation of OMAP platforms using Sonics SMART Interconnect solutions. Texas Instruments previously adopted Sonics for its OMAP2 platform products, including the OMAP2420 and OMAP2430 processors.
  
  
• MOSAID Signs Patent License Agreement With Fabless Semiconductor Memory Company (Thursday Jun. 05, 2008)
  The agreements consist of a patent portfolio license agreement, a patent transfer agreement, and an exclusive patent sub-licensing agreement.
  
  
• Globetech Solutions' Verification IP for Latest IEEE Test and Debug Standard Selected by STMicroelectronics (Wednesday Jun. 04, 2008)
  Globetech Solutions today announced availability of an IEEE P1149.7™ design verification intellectual property (VIP) product, along with a metric-driven compliance management suite for the latest IEEE test and debug standard.
  
  
• Sarnoff Expands License in ESD Solution for Toshiba (Wednesday Jun. 04, 2008)
  Sarnoff Europe today announced its expanded license partnership with Toshiba Corporation in Sarnoff’s TakeCharge® electrostatic discharge (ESD) solution.
  
  
• Themis Builds Blade Server Based on Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T2 Processor (Tuesday Jun. 03, 2008)
  Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Themis Computer today announced that Themis will make and sell blade servers based on Sun's UltraSPARC T2 CMT (chip multithreading) processor running the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS).