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• Nero Announces Design Win With VIA Technologies, Inc.; Nero Digital IP Core to Provide Future VIA Products with AVC/H.264 High Profile Solution for SD and HD Video Decoding (Tuesday May. 23, 2006)
  Nero, leaders in digital media technology, announces today that the company is licensing its Nero Digital IP core to VIA Technologies, Inc., leading suppliers of system components for the PC and embedded markets
  
  
• SafeNet Security Technology Selected by PMC-Sierra for Highly Integrated System-on-Chip (SoC) Solution (Tuesday May. 23, 2006)
  SafeNet today announced that PMC-Sierra has licensed SafeNet's silicon-proven SafeXcel IP Packet Engine to add powerful security capabilities to PMC-Sierra's MSP8520(TM) Multi-Service Processor® for secure networking, IP storage and printer/imaging applic
  
  
• Freescale Semiconductor License with Imagination Technologies (Monday May. 22, 2006)
  Imagination Technologies Group plc reports that Freescale Semiconductor has signed a multiple-use licence agreement with Imagination which enables Freescale to deploy Imagination’s PowerVR MBX Lite core alongside a wider range of CPUs and to also use Im
  
  
• RF Engines sign further contract with Thales UK for the supply of an Advanced FPGA channeliser design (Monday May. 22, 2006)
  RF Engines (RFEL), the experts in signal processing for FPGA, have been awarded a contract by Thales’ Land & Joint Systems Division for the supply of a complex channeliser design
  
  
• POSDATA Spurs Mobile WiMAX Terminal Chip Set Using Silicon Hive Processor (Monday May. 22, 2006)
  POSDATA and Silicon Hive announced that POSDATA has licensed Silicon Hive's AVISPA-CH1 processor IP for the development of base band solution embedded in mobile WiMAX terminal chips.
  
  
• Stargen Momentum Builds with Advanced PCI Express Wins (Monday May. 22, 2006)
  StarGen, the leader in Advanced PCI Express Interconnect solutions, today announced that in the first six months of sampling its initial products in the AXSys PCI Express/Advanced Switching product line it has secured eight design wins from top tier OEMs
  
  
• Zoran Ships ICs with Kilopass' Embedded 0.18um Non-Volatile Memory (Wednesday May. 17, 2006)
  Kilopass Technology, a leading provider of semiconductor non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP) for standard CMOS logic process, today announced that Zoran Corporation, a leading provider of digital solutions for applications in the digital
  
  
• Sunplus Licenses ARM1176z-S Processor for Advanced Consumer Electronics Applications (Tuesday May. 16, 2006)
  Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd, an industry-leading consumer IC design company, and ARM, today announced that Sunplus has licensed the ARM1176JZ-S(TM) processor and ARM® RealView® SoC Designer ESL tools, for developing high-performance, low-power integrated
  
  
• Toshiba and ARC Collaborate to Grow Industry Adoption of Configurable Processor Technology Worldwide (Tuesday May. 16, 2006)
  ARC International (LSE:ARK) and Toshiba Corporation today jointly announced that the companies have entered into a strategic collaboration intended to grow the worldwide semiconductor industry's adoption of configurable technology
  
  
• Tri-Vision U.S. V-chip patent licensed to Humax (Monday May. 15, 2006)
  Tri-Vision International Ltd./Ltee today announced that it has licensed its V-chip technology under United States Patent No. 5,828,402 to Humax Co. Ltd. of Korea. The license is valid through the expiration of the patent in 2016
  
  
• Tri-Vision V-chip licensed to Chinese OEM/ODM manufacturing company (Wednesday May. 10, 2006)
  Tri-Vision International Ltd./Ltee today announced that it has licensed its United States Patent No. 5,828,402 to an original equipment manufacturer in China for selected brand name models.
  
  
• Industry Leaders License Latest StarCore Technology (Wednesday May. 10, 2006)
  StarCore announced today that Agere Systems and Freescale are licensees for the all new StarCore(TM) SC3000 family of processors cores
  
  
• Icera reveals ChipIdea as design partner (Tuesday May. 09, 2006)
  Chip Microelectronica SA, a provider of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor circuits in the form of intellectual property, designed a key part of the Livanto mobile communications baseband chip offered to the market by Icera Inc.
  
  
• Tri-Vision U.S. V-chip patent licensed to ViewSonic (Thursday May. 04, 2006)
  Tri-Vision International Ltd./Ltee today announced that it has licensed its V-chip technology under United States Patent No. 5,828,402 to ViewSonic Corporation of the USA.
  
  
• Elliptic Semiconductor Licenses Cryptographic Co-Processor Engine to picoChip Designs Limited (Wednesday May. 03, 2006)
  Elliptic Semiconductor today announced that picoChip Designs Limited has selected Elliptic's cryptographic co-processor engine for use in its PC202, PC203 and PC205 picoArray processors
  
  
• PLDA's AHB / PCI Bridge IP Chosen by Focus Enhancements for Ultra Wideband Product Applications (Wednesday May. 03, 2006)
  PLDApplications (PLDA) today announced a licensing agreement for its AHB / PCI Bridge IP controller that is integrated in Focus Enhancements' Talaria Ultra Wideband (UWB) product
  
  
• Yamaha Licenses Virage Logic Semiconductor IP for Next-Generation Mobile Phone Platform (Wednesday May. 03, 2006)
  Virage Logic today announced that Yamaha Corporationhas strengthened its relationship by licensing components of Virage Logic's IPrima(TM) platform including embedded memories and standard cells
  
  
• OKI Electric Licenses SMSC's MediaLB Technology (Wednesday May. 03, 2006)
  SMSC (Nasdaq: SMSC) today announced that it has reached a licensing agreement with Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (TSE: 6703) enabling its controllers that target next generation in-car information equipment market, such as digital car-audio systems, to
  
  
• BiTMICRO Networks Standardizes on Synopsys' DesignWare PHY IP for PCI Express and SATA (Tuesday May. 02, 2006)
  Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a world leader in semiconductor design software, today announced that BiTMICRO Networks has chosen Synopsys' DesignWare® physical layer (PHY) Cores for PCI Express® and Serial-ATA (SATA) high-speed serial interfaces
  
  
• MOSAID and PortalPlayer Establish Intellectual Property Partnership; PortalPlayer Licenses MOSAID Patent Portfolio (Tuesday May. 02, 2006)
  MOSAID Technologies Incorporated (TSX: MSD) today announced that PortalPlayer, Inc., (NASDAQ: PLAY) is the unnamed patent licensee that was previously announced under a separate news release issued by MOSAID on March 15, 2006.
  
  
• RF Engines Extends Its Relationship With The French CEA With Studies Into Advanced Measurement Techniques (Monday May. 01, 2006)
  RF Engines Limited (RFEL), the provider of high performance signal processing solutions for FPGA, today announced that they have completed a groundbreaking study for the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) Laboratories and also signed a major new contra
  
  
• Genesis Microchip and Mobilygen Announce Technology Cross-Licensing and Joint Product Development Agreement (Friday Apr. 28, 2006)
  Genesis® Microchip Inc., a world leader in the development of image processing technologies for flat-panel TVs, monitors, and other consumer display products, and Mobilygen, the leader in video codec solutions for mobile devices, today announced the compa
  
  
• Imagination Technologies Licenses PowerVR SGX to NEC Electronics (Thursday Apr. 27, 2006)
  Imagination Technologies reports that NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a world-leading semiconductor company, has licensed one of Imagination’s PowerVR SGX graphics / video core family members under a multiple-use license arrangement
  
  
• NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH Licenses SMSC's MediaLB Technology (Wednesday Apr. 26, 2006)
  NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH and SMSC (Nasdaq: SMSC) today announced that they have reached a licensing agreement enabling NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH to enrich its automotive product portfolio with gateway and audio solutions that connect with the Med
  
  
• Taifatech Adopts Configurable ARC Processor To Create Next-Generation Consumer Chipsets (Wednesday Apr. 26, 2006)
  ARC International (LSE: ARK) today announced that Taifatech, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in controllers for management and connectivity through LAN or WLAN, has taken a license for a configurable ARC™ 700 core to develop ARC-Based™ system
  
  
• VXIS Adopts Configurable ARC Video Subsystem For Portable Digital TV Applications (Wednesday Apr. 26, 2006)
  ARC International (LSE: ARK), the world leader in configurable CPU/DSP processors and application-specific subsystems, today announced that VXIS Technology Corporation of Taiwan has taken a license for the ARC™ Video Subsystem
  
  
• Skymedi Adopts the ARC Video Subsystem To Create Integrated Multimedia Player Chip (Wednesday Apr. 26, 2006)
  ARC International (LSE: ARK) today announced that Skymedi Corporation, a leading Taiwanese storage and multimedia solutions provider, has taken a license for the ARC™ Video Subsystem to create a fully integrated system-on-chip (SoC) targeting the burgeoni
  
  
• ARM Software Delivers Unparalleled 3D Graphics And Java Acceleration For LG Feature Phones (Tuesday Apr. 25, 2006)
  ARM, [(LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)], today announced that LG Electronics, Inc. (KSE: 06657.KS), a pioneer in multimedia convergence technology, has licensed the ARM® Swerve Client and Jazelle® JTEK™ software for integration into its next-generation ARM Powe
  
  
• Micronas Licenses MOSAID 90nm DDR/DDR2 Memory Controller Solution (Tuesday Apr. 25, 2006)
  MOSAID Technologies Incorporated (TSX: MSD) announced today that Micronas GmbH has licensed the MOSAID 90nm DDR/DDR2 memory controller solution for use in its advanced System-on-Chip (SoC) products.
  
  
• Nero Partners With Digital Rapids to Provide Professional AVC Solutions for Post- Production, Broadcast, IPTV and More (Monday Apr. 24, 2006)
  Nero, leaders in digital media technology, today announced a partnership with Digital Rapids, a leading developer of professional hardware and software solutions for post production, broadcast, IPTV, Video on Demand (VOD) and other advanced media applicat