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• Mobileye Chooses Sonics SMART Interconnect as Foundation For New Automotive SoC (Tuesday Jan. 10, 2006)
  Deal Highlights Benefits of Outsourcing Complex SoC Design
  
  
• Datang Mobile Licenses Express Logic's ThreadX(R) RTOS for 3G-Wireless Phone Handsets (Monday Jan. 09, 2006)
  Under this agreement, Datang Mobile is licensed to use Express Logic's ThreadX(R) RTOS in its products for the TD-SCDMA (Time Division - Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access) field
  
  
• SMIC Extends NROM Technology License Agreement With SAIFUN (Wednesday Jan. 04, 2006)
  World-leading semiconductor foundry to produce Flash memory cards based on Saifun NROM® technology
  
  
• Toumaz Technology Limited licenses low power radio integrated circuit technology to Siemens Roke Manor Research Limited (Tuesday Jan. 03, 2006)
  Toumaz Technology Limited has signed a licence agreement to deliver IP for the design of certain sub-systems (or circuit blocks) for a low power radio chip being developed by Roke Manor Research Limited
  
  
• Rambus Signs Patent License Agreement with AMD (Tuesday Jan. 03, 2006)
  Agreement for $75M over five years covers all chips except memory
  
  
• Ovonyx and Samsung Sign Technology Licensing Agreement for Phase Change Memory (Thursday Dec. 29, 2005)
  Ovonyx and Samsung today announced that they have entered into a long-term license agreement under Ovonyx’ intellectual property relating to Ovonic Universal Memory (OUM) thin-film semiconductor memory technology
  
  
• Raytac selects the Nordic Semiconductor nRF24XX chipset to deliver low power, omni-directional wireless control to its PCMCIA-sized presentation controller and laser pointer (PP2400) (Tuesday Dec. 20, 2005)
  Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OSE: NOD) today announced Raytac Corporation has selected the company's nRF2402 and nRF2401A, 2.4 GHz RF-chipsets for its latest PP2400 PCMCIA form factor, combined wireless controller and laser presenter
  
  
• ARC and Global Unichip Partner to Speed Digital Audio System-on-Chip Designs For Greater China's Semiconductor Industry (Monday Dec. 19, 2005)
  Partnership Shortens Time to Market for Fabless Chip Companies Targeting High Growth Digital Audio Market
  
  
• Toshiba Achieves Working Silicon on First Pass with Arasan's SD/SDIO Host Core (Monday Dec. 19, 2005)
  Arasan Chip Systems today announced that Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) licensed the Standard SD / SDIO Host Controller IP Core from Arasan Chip Systems and has successfully taken the IP to silicon
  
  
• ProDesign's CHIPit Verification System Selected by Micronas for Complex Consumer SoC Designs (Monday Dec. 19, 2005)
  Increasing System Sales Validates ProDesign's High-Speed Prototyping Concept
  
  
• ARC Engine Powers Fujitsu's Award Winning WiMAX SoC Solution (Friday Dec. 16, 2005)
  ARC International (LSE: ARK) the world leader in configurable CPU/DSP processor cores and application subsystems, today announced that an ARC core plays a critical part in Fujitsu Microelectronics America’s MB87M3400 WiMAX SoC
  
  
• MindTree licenses its Bluetooth IP to NEC (Thursday Dec. 15, 2005)
  MindTree's IP allows wireless transfer of photos, music and video on NEC GSM phones
  
  
• Texas Instruments Announces Availability of Denali's Databahn DDR Controller IP to TI ASIC Customers (Wednesday Dec. 14, 2005)
  TI customers benefit by gaining access to Denali's latest generation of Databahn™ memory controller IP, a key design block, which optimizes the interface between complex IC chips and DDR-DRAM memory devices.
  
  
• Siport Adopts ARC's Patented Configurable CPU and DSP Technologies for Next-Generation Multimedia Applications (Wednesday Dec. 14, 2005)
  ARC International (LSE: ARK) the world leader in configurable CPU/DSP processor cores and application subsystems, today announced that Siport has taken a license for multiple ARCTM 32-bit configurable CPU and DSP cores
  
  
• Toshiba to Collaborate With Sarnoff On Protecting ICs from CDM Electrostatic Discharge; New Silicon IP Solution Addresses Growing Industry Concern (Tuesday Dec. 13, 2005)
  New Silicon IP Solution Addresses Growing Industry Concern
  
  
• Configurable ARC Processor to Enable Encryption Capability for U.S. Government Satellite Scheduled for Launch In 2006 (Tuesday Dec. 13, 2005)
  The aerospace contractor will use ARC’s configurable CPU to develop a radiation hardened semiconductor chip that will handle data encryption functions for a U.S. government satellite
  
  
• SST and Samsung Expand Strategic Collaboration With New SuperFlash Embedded Technology Licensing Agreement (Monday Dec. 12, 2005)
  Samsung to Utilize SST's SuperFlash Technology Targeting High-Volume Consumer Applications for Embedded Flash in 130-nanometer Technology Node
  
  
• SST and TSMC Extend Reach of SuperFlash Embedded Technology Through Expanded Licensing Agreement (Monday Dec. 12, 2005)
  TSMC to Offer SST's SuperFlash Technology in 130-nanometer
  
  
• ARC's Configurable Cores Again Chosen By Conexant for Next-Generation System-on-Chip Design (Wednesday Dec. 07, 2005)
  ARC's Configurable Cores Again Chosen By Conexant for Next-Generation System-on-Chip Design
  
  
• Wireless desktop PC speakers from Lenovo utilise low cost Nordic Semiconductor nRF24Z1TM audio streaming device to deliver CD-quality sound (Wednesday Dec. 07, 2005)
  By exploiting Nordic Semiconductor's nRF24Z1TM single chip 2.4GHz wireless audio streaming device, Lenovo's wireless speaker application delivers 16-bit sampling resolution per channel, 44.1kHz uncompressed CD quality audio across a 4Mbit/s data stream
  
  
• Cheertek Licenses MIPS32 4KEc Core for Next Generation Set-Top Box SoCs (Tuesday Dec. 06, 2005)
  Taiwan Chipmaker Adopts Industry Leading Architecture to Help Manufacturers Reduce Development Costs, Accelerate Time-to-Market
  
  
• Imagination Technologies announces Texas Instrument's new OMAPV2230 Integrated UMTS solution to utilize its PowerVR MBX Lite Graphics Core (Thursday Dec. 01, 2005)
  Imagination Technologies announces Texas Instrument's new OMAPV2230 Integrated UMTS solution to utilize its PowerVR MBX Lite Graphics Core
  
  
• Nivus GmbH uses Array Electronics Multi-Port SDRAM Controller IP in its new NivuSonic ultrasonic measurement device (Tuesday Nov. 29, 2005)
  Ultrasonic controls efficiency of turbines
  
  
• NeoMagic Selects Denali's Verification IP Products for Chip Development Efforts (Tuesday Nov. 29, 2005)
  Denali's PureSpec Used to Verify Compliance, Interoperability of Chip Interfaces
  
  
• Impinj and Texas Instruments Announce RFID Gen 2 Supply Agreement (Tuesday Nov. 29, 2005)
  Impinj’s Silicon Chips Enable TI’s Ultra-high Frequency (UHF) EPC Gen 2 Productsv
  
  
• PMC-Sierra Partners With StorLink for Home NAS Technology (Monday Nov. 28, 2005)
  Centroid IP Powers Solutions for Secure Home Network Storage and Networked Entertainment Applications
  
  
• Mosys 1T-SRAM(R) Selected as Pixim(R) D2500 Video Imaging System's Embedded Memory Solution (Monday Nov. 28, 2005)
  Multi-Megabit Embedded Memory, High-Quality Digital Video Chipset Reaches Volume Production
  
  
• Amino Technologies Plc: Major Licence Agreement Signed (Monday Nov. 28, 2005)
  Amino Technologies plc announces that it has signed a major licence agreement with AS Intercom Ltd, a company incorporated in Cyprus but with principal operations within the Russian Federation
  
  
• eSilicon Announces Licensing Agreement with Innovative Semiconductors (Monday Nov. 21, 2005)
  eSilicon Has Shipped Millions of Chips with Innovative's USB PHY Technology
  
  
• ElementCXI Selects ASIC Architect for PCI Express and DDRII Controller Cores (Monday Nov. 21, 2005)
  ASIC Architect demonstrates capability in PCI Express Solution Space