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• ConnectX InfiniBand Adapters and 10Gb Ethernet NICs Designed for PCI Express 2.0 Technology with Denali PureSpec Verification IP (Tuesday Sep. 25, 2007)
  Denali Software today announced that Mellanox's ConnectX Dual-Port 20Gb/s InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters (HCA) and dual port 10Gb Ethernet NICs for high-performance servers and storage have been designed to meet the latest specification for PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 utilizing Denali's PureSpec™ verification IP product.
  
  
• Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) Selects MIPS32 M4K Core for Next-Generation Video Processing (Monday Sep. 24, 2007)
  MIPS Technologies today announced that ASTRI has licensed the low-power MIPS32® M4K® processor core for the development of advanced H.264 video processing applications.
  
  
• Kabens Video DAC ships in volume in MtekVision parts (Friday Sep. 21, 2007)
  Kaben Wireless Silicon and MtekVision Ltd announced today that the KR-DAC-06 Video DAC achieved high production volumes. The Video DAC is one of the industrys best products powering some exciting cellular products from major handset makers.
  
  
• Global Unichip Licenses ARM Physical IP, Fabric IP and Development Tools (Thursday Sep. 20, 2007)
  By expanding its current ARM technology portfolio, which includes the ARM7TDMI®, ARM926EJ™, ARM922T™ and ARM946E™ processors, GUC will also be able to make ARM physical design, system design and development tools available to its customers in volume and accelerate time-to-market.
  
  
• Synopsys' Memory IP Development Environment Selected by UMC for Advanced Design Processes (Wednesday Sep. 19, 2007)
  Synopsys today announced that UMC has selected Synopsys' memory IP development automation environment for its most advanced design processes. Synopsys' development environment is production-proven and allows designers to develop memories in less time and with fewer dedicated resources.
  
  
• Chips&Media expands high definition video IP license agreement (Wednesday Sep. 19, 2007)
  Leading video IP provider Chips&Media announced today that Freescale will use Chips&Media’s High Definition Video IP in its next generation i.MX multimedia applications processors, enabling a new class of high-quality, low-power portable and mobile video products.
  
  
• Advanced Bionics Deploys CEVA-TeakLite DSP Core to Enhance Its Harmony HiResolution Bionic Ear System (Tuesday Sep. 18, 2007)
  The CEVA-TeakLite core, used in the external (behind the ear) sound processor of the Harmony system, is a key component in providing unmatched hearing capability for severe-to-profoundly deaf individuals that would otherwise have little or no perception of sound. The device benefits from the CEVA core's support for CD-quality audio, wide input dynamic range and powerful dual-loop automatic gain control.
  
  
• Shanghai's Opulan Technologies Extends Commitment to MIPS-Based(TM) SoC Design With Hard Core License (Tuesday Sep. 18, 2007)
  Developed by MIPS Technologies' Shanghai R&D facility and targeting TSMC's 130nm process, the 4KEc hard core is a technology-specific implementation of the synthesizable 32-bit 4KEc processor. Opulan is the latest China licensee to develop MIPS-Verified(TM) designs, further establishing Greater China as MIPS' fastest growth market worldwide.
  
  
• Sigma Space Picks DapTechnology's FireLink 1394b IP Core for NASA R&D Project (Monday Sep. 17, 2007)
  FireLink, implemented in industry-standard VHDL code, is available for Xilinx and Altera FPGA devices. The product is targeted at applications requiring up to 800 Mbits/Sec of bandwidth and embedded designs requiring a general purpose IEEE 1394b Link Layer Controller.
  
  
• Freescale Licenses AMD Graphics Technology to Deliver Exceptional Mobile Visuals (Monday Sep. 17, 2007)
  Freescale will incorporate AMD’s best-in-class, industry-standard OpenGL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.0 graphics core technologies in its i.MX applications processors.
  
  
• Fault tolerant LEON3 processor licensed for new space missions (Wednesday Sep. 12, 2007)
  Gaisler Research AB announced that license agreements have been signed for the use of the fault tolerant LEON3 processor with Assurance Technology Corporation (US), Syderal SA (Switzerland) and Tubitak Uzay (Turkey). The LEON3 and the GRLIB IP library will be used together with the RTAX2000S FPGA from ACTEL Inc.
  
  
• Silicon & Software Systems (S3) Delivers Complete Right-First-Time Set-Top Box SoC Platform for NXP Semiconductors (Tuesday Sep. 11, 2007)
  Silicon & Software Systems Ltd. (S3) today announced that it provided a full suite of IC, software and hardware design capabilities to NXP enabling the delivery of their latest STB100 System-On-Chip (SoC) based platform for consumer Set-Top Box(STB) applications.
  
  
• INDILINX Licenses CEVA SATA 3.0Gbps Device IP for Solid State Drive Applications (Tuesday Sep. 11, 2007)
  CEVA today announced that INDILINX Co. Ltd has licensed CEVA's latest generation SATA 3.0Gbps Device Intellectual Property (IP) for the development of solid state drive (SSD) products.
  
  
• ARC Signs Licensing Agreement for Configurable Solutions For Next-Generation Computing Products (Tuesday Sep. 11, 2007)
  ARC International today announced it has signed a new multi-year, royalty bearing licensing agreement with Intel Corporation. The agreement covers several ARC® products and was completed in the second half of 2007.
  
  
• Denso Wave Becomes 23rd Licensee of Patriot Scientific Patents (Tuesday Sep. 11, 2007)
  Patriot Scientific (OTC Bulletin Board: PTSC) announced today that Denso Wave Incorporated has purchased a license for the company's microprocessor-related patent portfolio.
  
  
• 4i2i Communications Licenses Coding Technologies' MPEG-4 aacPlus Audio Codec (Friday Sep. 07, 2007)
  The combination of Coding Technologies' aacPlus v2 and 4i2i's MPEG4/H.264 encoding and decoding technology will provide device manufacturers with a range of SOC (System On Chip) audio and video solutions for FPGAs and ASICs from a single source IP vendor.
  
  
• Patriot Scientific Licenses Microprocessor Patents to DMP Electronics Inc. (Friday Sep. 07, 2007)
  Patriot Scientific today announced that DMP Electronics Inc. of Taiwan has purchased an implementation license to the company's microprocessor patent portfolio for use in DMP's semiconductor devices.
  
  
• GDT licenses H.264 core to Hyperstone (Wednesday Sep. 05, 2007)
  Hyperstone GmbH, member of the CML Microsystems Plc group, has entered into an exclusive agreement with Global Digital Technologies S.A. regarding GDT's video encoder IP cores conforming to ISO/IEC 14496-10 (ITU-T H.264 or MPEG-4 Part10 /AVC) video coding standard.
  
  
• Faraday Provides PixArt USB IP, Joining Hands for Next-generation Product Lines (Tuesday Sep. 04, 2007)
  Faraday's USB OTG PHY and Controller IP are silicon proven in UMC 0.25µm, 0.18µm, 0.13µm, and 90nm processes, while the 65nm USB OTG PHY IP will be available soon in 2007.
  
  
• Sicon Licenses Certicom Security for Digital Content Protection (Tuesday Sep. 04, 2007)
  Certicom Corp. (CIC) announced today that Sicon Semiconductor has licensed Certicom® KeyInject™ system to protect the high-definition digital content protection (HDCP) cryptographic keys that it embeds into its silicon chips for use in TVs, projectors, monitors and other consumer products.
  
  
• Denali IP Products Deployed in Next-Generation Dual-Core Packet Processors For Wireless Multimedia Networks (Friday Aug. 31, 2007)
  Denali Software today announced that Mindspeed Technologies has implemented Denali's Databahn™ DDR memory controller IP in its Comcerto 100 Series SoC
  
  
• Gaisler Research announces new licensing agreements with leading Asian companies (Thursday Aug. 30, 2007)
  Gaisler Research AB announced new licensing agreements with leading Asian companies such as ACARD Technology Corp. (Taiwan), Alpha Microelectronics Corp.(Taiwan) and Satrec Initiative (Korea).
  
  
• Patriot Scientific Announces Licensing Agreement with the LEGO Group (Thursday Aug. 30, 2007)
  LEGO becomes the 21st licensee of the company's fundamental patent portfolio and the fourth in Europe, after Nokia (Finland), Bull (France), and Schneider Electric (Germany). Previously announced licensees include such global corporations as Intel, AMD, Hewlett Packard, Casio, Fujitsu, Sony, Nikon, Seiko Epson, Pentax, Olympus, Kenwood, Agilent, Lexmark, NEC Corporation, Funai Electric, SanDisk and the Sharp Corporation.
  
  
• PowerLayer Microsystems Licenses MIPS32 24KE Core for Next-Generation DTV Designs in Growing China Market (Wednesday Aug. 29, 2007)
  MIPS Technologies today announced that PowerLayer Microsystems has licensed the MIPS32 24KEc™ processor core to advance the development of next-generation digital television (DTV) products.
  
  
• Cadence Selects Wipro-Newlogic's Wireless LAN IP For Its SoC Functional Verification Kit (Monday Aug. 27, 2007)
  By selecting Wipro-NewLogic technology to be integrated into the wireless segment representative design included with the kit, Cadence® is giving designers the verification capabilities they need to solve the challenges associated with developing and verifying an 802.11 WLAN-enabled SoC.
  
  
• Cadence Selects Chipidea's USB 2.0 IP For Its SoC Functional Verification Kit (Monday Aug. 27, 2007)
  Electronic Design Solution Addresses Time-to-Market Risks for Consumer and Wireless System-on-Chip Designs for USB 2.0 Subsystem Integration and System Verification
  
  
• HiSilicon Licenses Sarance Interlaken Protocol IP (Friday Aug. 24, 2007)
  Semiconductor IP vendor Sarance Technologies Inc. and HiSilicon Technologies Co Ltd. today announced a licensing agreement that will see HiSilicon license Sarance’s Interlaken Protocol IP core for use in HiSilicon FPGA and ASIC products.
  
  
• NSCore's PermSRAM(R) Nonvolatile Memory Licensed to ROHM (Thursday Aug. 23, 2007)
  NSCore, Inc., a supplier of nonvolatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP), today announced an agreement under which NSCore's PermSRAM technology is licensed to ROHM, a Japanese leading semiconductor manufacturer for use throughout its logic products.
  
  
• Xi'An Huaxun Licenses ARM7TDMI Processor (Wednesday Aug. 22, 2007)
  This licensing agreement enables Xi’An Huaxun to develop advanced SoCs for GPS navigation systems, which are now being widely adopted by Chinese consumers. Xi’An Huaxun started its ARM technology-based design through the ARM DesignStart™ Program and is now ready to bring its proven design success into production.
  
  
• ASUS licenses HelloSoft's Echo Cancellation Technology for mobile handset platforms (Wednesday Aug. 22, 2007)
  HelloSoft announced today that ASUSTeK Computer licensed HelloSoft’s echo cancellation technology for use in ASUS’s dual-mode 3G handsets