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• WiLinx Licenses Tensilica's Xtensa LX2 Processor Core For Low-Power UWB Chips (Tuesday Mar. 04, 2008)
  Tensilica, Inc. today announced that WiLinx, a Los Angeles based fables semiconductor company, has licensed the Xtensa LX2 configurable processor for its low-power True-UWB single chip CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) solutions
  
  
• ARC Helps STEC's New MACH4 Compact Flash Capture HD Multimedia Content at Twice the Speed Of Competitive Offerings (Monday Mar. 03, 2008)
  ARC International today announced that STEC Inc. (Nasdaq: STEC), a leading supplier of solid state drives (SSDs), has extended its existing relationship with ARC and taken a new license for ARC’s configurable technology
  
  
• InterDigital Licenses 3G Modem Technology to Leading Asian Semiconductor Company (Thursday Feb. 28, 2008)
  InterDigital's SlimChip(TM) Mobile Broadband Modem IP, high-performance WCDMA/HSDPA/HSUPA baseband designs and protocol stack software, has been selected for integration in the company's dual mode chips. Under the licensing agreement, InterDigital will provide complete UMTS 3GPP Release 6 modem technology and customer support.
  
  
• Arteris NoC On-Chip Communication Solution Selected by Pixelworks for High Performance Digital Video Applications (Tuesday Feb. 26, 2008)
  Arteris, Inc., the leading provider of Network-on-Chip (NoC) solutions, today announced that Pixelworks, Inc. has selected Arteris’ on-chip interconnect IP solution for use in its next-generation digital video image processor products.
  
  
• Microchip Technology Unites MIPS Technologies' Analog and Processor IP in Latest 32-bit PIC32 MCU Release (Tuesday Feb. 26, 2008)
  MIPS Technologies today announced that its IP cores for Full Speed USB 2.0 On-the-Go (OTG) functionality were chosen by Microchip Technology Inc. to provide USB functionality in its 32-bit PIC32 microcontroller (MCU) family.
  
  
• SandForce Licenses Tensilica's Diamond Standard 108Mini for Storage Controller Chipsets (Tuesday Feb. 26, 2008)
  Tensilica, Inc. today announced that SandForce, Inc., of Cupertino, Calif., has licensed the Diamond Standard 108Mini RISC controller core to use in their high-performance storage controller chipset designs.
  
  
• Mattel Becomes 40th Licensee, Setting a Major Milestone in Moore Microprocessor Patent Licensing Program (Monday Feb. 25, 2008)
  Alliacense today announced that Mattel, Inc. has purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent™ (MMP) Portfolio license from The TPL Group. Mattel designs, manufactures and markets toys under a variety of iconic brands.
  
  
• ARC Powers Audio for Fujitsu's Next-Generation Multi-Standard HD Set-Top Box Solution (Wednesday Feb. 20, 2008)
  ARC International today announced that Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) has extended its long term relationship with ARC and taken a license for one of ARC’s powerful audio solutions
  
  
• eMemory Collaborates with MagnaChip to Offer One Time Programmable Macro for 0.18 um CMOS Process (Monday Feb. 18, 2008)
  eMemory Technology today announced that it has signed an agreement to collaborate with MagnaChip Semiconductor in the development of embedded NVM technology and the qualification of an 0.18um One Time Programmable (OTP) macro using both the CMOS logic and high-voltage processes.
  
  
• Paragon Wireless Chooses SoftRISC's Codec Solution for its GSM/VoWLAN Dual-Mode Smart Phone (Thursday Feb. 14, 2008)
  SoftRISC’s solution enables Paragon to use ARM CPU resources, which significantly reduce Paragon’s BOM cost, and board space, thus improving design implementation time without compromising voice quality for end users.
  
  
• Samsung Signs Multi-Year License for Tensilica Diamond Standard 330HiFi Audio DSP (Thursday Feb. 14, 2008)
  Samsung will use the Diamond Standard 330HiFi audio DSP in mobile handset and other designs.
  
  
• NextWave Wireless's ARC-Based Mobile Digital TV Solutions Provide Consumers Ubiquitous Video Access (Wednesday Feb. 13, 2008)
  ARC International today announced that NextWave Wireless has taken a license for a configurable ARC solution to be incorporated into NextWave’s innovative Mobile TV receiver solution, which will be used as part of an integrated TDtv System in Package.
  
  
• Abilis Systems' ARC-Based Mobile TV Solution Is World's Smallest DVB-H/T Receiver (Wednesday Feb. 13, 2008)
  ARC International today announced that Abilis Systems, a Kudelski Group company, is using ARC technology in the world’s smallest digital mobile TV receiver for DVB-H/T applications.
  
  
• Leader in the Mobile Digital Television Chip Market Signs Multiuse License Agreement for Configurable ARC Solutions (Wednesday Feb. 13, 2008)
  The customer’s series of ARC-Based™ system-on-chip (SoC) devices will be leveraging ARC’s configurable core and DSP technologies while aiming to achieve high-quality, multi-standard, digital TV reception in nearly every global geographic region.
  
  
• On2 Licenses Video Technologies To MediaTek Inc. (Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008)
  On2 Technologies announced today that it has licensed Hantro™ embedded software video codecs to MediaTek.
  
  
• ARM Agrees Subscription License With Renesas Technology (Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008)
  ARM today announced that ARM and Renesas Technology Corp have signed a subscription license that gives Renesas full access to all ARM® processor IP for future-generation products.
  
  
• Intertrust Announces Patent License Agreement With Motorola (Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008)
  Examples of licensed trusted distributed computing technologies include trusted mobile application technologies. Licensed digital rights management technologies include Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) and Marlin DRM.
  
  
• CEVA Extends its CDMA Market Reach With VIA Telecom's Latest Design Wins (Monday Feb. 11, 2008)
  CEVA today announced the CEVA-TeakLite™ DSP Core is at the heart of VIA Telecom's CDMA baseband processor chosen by Dopod, in collaboration with China Unicom, to power its new range of low-cost handsets for the Chinese market.
  
  
• Infineon Technologies Chooses On2 For Video Codecs (Monday Feb. 11, 2008)
  On2 Technologies announced today that Infineon Technologies has signed a multiple use license agreement for integrating the On2’s latest Hantro video accelerators.
  
  
• Toshiba Licenses SPIRIT's Audio Software to Evaluate New Semiconductor Designs (Monday Feb. 11, 2008)
  SPIRIT DSP announced today that Toshiba Corporation has licensed SPIRIT's audio software for evaluating Toshiba's next generation semiconductor designs.
  
  
• DIRECTV Joins Ranks of MMP Patent Portfolio Licensees (Friday Feb. 08, 2008)
  Patriot Scientific announced today that The DIRECTV Group has purchased a Moore Microprocessor Patent™ (MMP) Portfolio license from The TPL Group, Patriot's exclusive licensing partner.
  
  
• Imagination Technologies Licenses another POWERVR SGX Graphics Core to NEC Electronics (Thursday Feb. 07, 2008)
  This announcement extends the highly successful and growing relationship between the two companies. In April 2006 NEC licensed Imagination’s POWERVR SGX 535 core which it is deploying in a number of devices including its NaviEngine 1 single-chip system for car navigation, announced in October 2007.
  
  
• Leading Smartcard Provider Again Adopts ARC For High Volume, Ultra High Security Applications (Wednesday Feb. 06, 2008)
  ARC International today announced that it has signed a new agreement with a major smartcard company that first licensed ARC’s configurable solutions in 2005.
  
  
• Silicon Hive and Apical Imaging Partner to Develop World Class Embedded Imaging Solutions For Mobile Devices (Wednesday Feb. 06, 2008)
  Partnership strives to expand both company’s offerings in image signal processing markets building on Apical software algorithmic expertise and Silicon Hive’s Programmable HiveFlex ISP processor family.
  
  
• Transmeta Corporation Confirms First LongRun2 Licensee Has Achieved Volume Production (Wednesday Feb. 06, 2008)
  Transmeta expects to recognize approximately $215,000 in royalty revenue in the first quarter of 2008 for products using Transmeta's LongRun2 technologies that were sold by its licensee during the fourth quarter of 2007.
  
  
• ARM and Samsung Electronics Extend Strategic Long-Term Licensing Agreement (Tuesday Feb. 05, 2008)
  Under the terms of the agreement, Samsung will continue to have access to all ARM® processors and AMBA® on-chip interconnect and controller IP for use in future products aimed at the wireless, digital consumer and mobile internet device markets.
  
  
• NXP and ARM Expand Strategic Relationship With Major Licensing Agreement (Tuesday Feb. 05, 2008)
  NXP will introduce a new family of microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M3 processor starting in 2008, further expanding its broad portfolio of 56 ARM7™ and ARM9™ family-based MCUs.
  
  
• Gaisler Research announces new LEON3 licensing agreements (Friday Feb. 01, 2008)
  Gaisler Research AB announced new licensing agreements with leading companies such as Synplicity Hardware Platforms Group (Sweden), and Magima Technologies (China).
  
  
• MediaTek adopts Ocean Blue MHEG-5 software (Tuesday Jan. 29, 2008)
  Ocean Blue Software and MediaTek have completed a software engineering project to adapt the Ocean Blue Voyager MHEG-5 & DSMCC software to the MediaTek DVB platform.
  
  
• Arithmatica Licenses Read Channel Intellectual Property (Monday Jan. 21, 2008)
  Arithmatica today announced that it has licensed its read channel intellectual property (IP) exclusively to Siglead, a Japanese startup that is developing semiconductors and IP for the hard disk drive industry.