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• Mentor Graphics Nucleus Innovate Program Adds NXP Semiconductors and Expands Device Support (Monday Feb. 18, 2013)
  Mentor Graphics today announced that NXP Semiconductors has become part of the Mentor® Embedded Nucleus® Innovate Program. Participants in the Nucleus Innovate program now have access to board support packages for NXP Semiconductor microcontroller devices.
  
  
• Nuvoton NuMicro Family 32-bit Cortex-M0 MCU Debuts A New Series - NUC123 (Monday Feb. 18, 2013)
  Nuvoton Technology Corporation announces the launch of NUC123 series－a new 32-bit Cortex™-M0 microcontroller with USB 2.0 Full Speed devices and a 10-bit ADC.
  
  
• Univa Brings Enterprise Workload Management to ARM-based Servers, Speeding Delivery (Friday Feb. 15, 2013)
  With Univa Grid Engine supporting ARM, dynamic workloads are automatically placed, enabling ARM to perform tasks far more quickly and efficiently.
  
  
• NXP HD Voice Processing Smartphone Software Now Available for Tensilica's HiFi Audio/Voice DSPs (Thursday Feb. 14, 2013)
  NXP Software and Tensilica, Inc. today announced that NXP Software’s LifeVibes VoiceExperience is now available and optimized for Tensilica’s HiFi Audio/Voice DSP family.
  
  
• Tensilica and Acoustic Technologies Extend Partnership to Deliver Complete Wideband HD Voice Processing Solution for Smartphones, Tablets and Other Mobile Computing Devices (Wednesday Feb. 13, 2013)
  Tensilica's HiFi Audio/Voice DSP and Acoustic Technologies' SoundClear Voice Solution Shipping in Leading Smartphones to Provide Optimal Speech Intelligibility
  
  
• Morpho and Tensilica Partner for Image Processing Solutions for Mobile Devices (Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013)
  Tensilica, Inc. and Morpho, Inc. today announced that they are partnering to port Morpho’s innovative mobile imaging software to Tensilica’s new IVP imaging DSP. Morpho has been a Tensilica Xtensions partner for several years and will help support new joint customers with their extensive background in imaging algorithm development.
  
  
• Almalence Ports Optimized Image Processing Software onto Tensilica's New IVP Imaging/Video DSP (Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013)
  Tensilica, Inc. and Almalence today announced that they are partnering to port and optimize Almalence’s software for digital image processing to Tensilica’s new IVP imaging/video DSP (digital signal processor).
  
  
• Dream Chip and Tensilica Partner for Imaging/Video Development on the New IVP DSP (Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013)
  Tensilica, Inc. and Dream Chip Technologies (DCT) today announced that they are partnering to port and optimize DCT’s video and image signal processing software to Tensilica’s new IVP imaging DSP (digital signal processor).
  
  
• Irida Labs and Tensilica Partner for Computer Vision Applications on Tensilica's New IVP Imaging/Video DSP (Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013)
  Tensilica, Inc. and Irida Labs today announced that they are partnering to enable availability of Irida Labs’ computer vision software portfolio on Tensilica’s new IVP imaging/video DSP (digital signal processor).
  
  
• Synopsys Signs Multiyear Collaboration Agreement with ARM for Early Software Development for ARMv8 Processors (Monday Feb. 11, 2013)
  Synopsys today announced the extension of its software development tools offering for ARM processor-based systems with the VDK Family for ARMv8 Processors.
  
  
• Daou InCube to offer Design Platforms based on Cortus processors (Thursday Jan. 31, 2013)
  Cortus and Daou InCube announce that they are teaming up to offer platforms and design services based on Cortus 32-bit processor cores.
  
  
• Freescale Semiconductor partners with IAR Systems to reach new performance high (Tuesday Jan. 29, 2013)
  IAR Systems® today announced that its development tool suite IAR Embedded Workbench® has helped partner Freescale Semiconductor achieve unmatched performance scores for its Kinetis K70 microcontroller (MCU) series.
  
  
• Phoenix Systems ports Phoenix-RTOS to EnSilica's eSi-RISC processor family (Monday Jan. 28, 2013)
  EnSilica and Phoenix Systems have announced that they have successfully ported the Phoenix-RTOS, designed specifically for both single and multicore embedded systems applications, to the eSi-RISC family of highly configurable soft processor cores.
  
  
• Pengwyn open development platform from SILICA targets industrial applications (Thursday Jan. 24, 2013)
  SILICA has expanded its range of microcontroller development tools by introducing a new ARM-based board for industrial applications. Designed under the umbrella of SILICA's Core ‘n More support programme, Pengwyn is a low cost single-board computer based on TI's AM 3354 ARM Cortex™-A8 Microprocessor.
  
  
• AppliedMicro Contributes First ARM-Based Microserver Specification to Open Compute Project (Thursday Jan. 17, 2013)
  AppliedMicro today announced that it has signed its contribution license with the Open Compute Project (OCP) Foundation, developing the first micro server board design specification based on the ARMv8 architecture.
  
  
• Avnet Embedded and Calxeda Showcase ARM-Based Solutions (Thursday Jan. 17, 2013)
  Avnet Embedded and Calxeda today announced a joint exhibit of ARM-based server solutions at the Open Compute Project Summit, highlighting options that leverage Avnet’s data center solutions and Calxeda’s ARM-based EnergyCore server-on-a-chip (SoC) technology.
  
  
• Waves MaxxAudio Sound-Enhancement Technology Is Now Available for Tensilica HiFi Audio DSP Cores (Monday Jan. 07, 2013)
  Waves and Tensilica have launched a new cooperative effort. Today they announced that Waves’ MaxxAudio® sound-enhancement technology is now available for Tensilica’s HiFi audio DSP cores.
  
  
• CEVA Partners with iOnRoad to Deliver Personal Driving Assistance Technology with CEVA-MM3101 Platform (Monday Jan. 07, 2013)
  CEVA, today announced it is partnering with iOnRoad for personal driving assistance. The two companies have integrated and optimized the iOnRoad software for use with the CEVA-MM3101 imaging and vision platform for camera-enabled devices.
  
  
• YoYo Games and MIPS Release Free Android Game Development Platform Exclusively for MIPS-Based Devices (Friday Jan. 04, 2013)
  MIPS Technologies and YoYo Games announced the release of fast and easy game development software for MIPS-Based products such as tablets and other devices.
  
  
• Highly-Integrated MIPS-Based SoC from Ingenic Sets New Performance Point for Power-Efficient and Affordable Devices (Friday Jan. 04, 2013)
  The affordable dual-core JZ4780 SoC offers high performance, advanced graphics and other new functionality, along with ultra-low power consumption.
  
  
• CEVA Introduces Comprehensive Computer Vision Library Optimized for CEVA-MM3101 Imaging & Vision Platform (Thursday Jan. 03, 2013)
  Optimized for the CEVA-MM3101 imaging & vision platform, the software library enables application developers to simply and efficiently add vision capabilities to System-on-Chips (SoCs) incorporating the CEVA-MM3101.
  
  
• Eclipse IDE now available for users of IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM (Wednesday Jan. 02, 2013)
  IAR Systems® announced that a complete integration with the Eclipse IDE is available for the high-performance development tool suite IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM®.
  
  
• Mentor Graphics Nucleus Innovate Program Adds Boards from STMicroelectronics to Accelerate Start-Up Development (Wednesday Dec. 19, 2012)
  Mentor Graphics today announced its Mentor® Embedded Nucleus® Innovate Program has added board support for STMicroelectronics devices. The Nucleus Innovate Program is designed to help businesses with less than $1M in annual revenue kick-start their embedded development projects.
  
  
• Altior's AltraSTAR - Hadoop Storage Accelerator and Optimizer Now Certified on CDH4 (Wednesday Dec. 19, 2012)
  Altior Inc. today announced that its AltraSTAR – Hadoop Storage Accelerator and Optimizer is now certified on CDH4 (Cloudera's Distribution Including Apache Hadoop Version 4), the standard platform for Hadoop in the enterprise.
  
  
• INSIDE Secure Introduces End-To-End Security Offering for Digital Transmission Content Protection - Internet Protocol (DTCP-IP) (Tuesday Dec. 11, 2012)
  INSIDE Secure today announced the availability of DRM Fusion for DTCP-IP, a new software-based end-to-end security solution that ensures that high-value content such as high-definition video remains secure and is copy protected when transmitted between PCs, tablets, smartphones, smart TVs, gaming consoles and HD projectors.
  
  
• Aldec Adds ARM Cortex-A9 Support to HES-7 ASIC Prototyping Platform (Monday Dec. 10, 2012)
  Aldec, in its commitment to support the growing requirements of hardware and software verification engineers, now supports ARM® dual-core Cortex™-A9 MPCore® application development and verification in its HES-7™ ASIC prototyping platform.
  
  
• Mentor Embedded Accelerates High-Performance Signal and Image Processing Application Development with Support for MATLAB and ARM Platforms (Monday Dec. 10, 2012)
  Mentor Graphics announced the availability of its latest Mentor® Embedded Sourcery™ VSIPL++ product. The Sourcery VSIPL++ product adds support for ARM v7 Cortex A with NEON single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) processing platforms, and an interface to MATLAB® for signal and image processing algorithm conversion.
  
  
• ARM and National Instruments Launch Development Solution for Power Optimization (Thursday Nov. 29, 2012)
  ARM® Development Studio 5 (DS-5™) toolchain interfaces with National Instruments multifunction data acquisition (DAQ) devices for power analysis of ARM Linux and Android targets.
  
  
• CEVA, DiMAGIC Corporation Ltd. Partner to Integrate Adaptive Beam-forming Using Microphone Array Technology with CEVA-TeakLite Family of DSPs (Monday Nov. 19, 2012)
  CEVA and DiMAGIC today announced the companies have partnered to deliver a solution for enhanced digital audio capabilities in automotive, mobile and consumer products.
  
  
• Sprint and ARM Collaborate to Drive Innovation around Internet of Things (IoT) (Monday Nov. 19, 2012)
  ARM today announced availability of a rapid prototyping developer kit for the Internet of Things (IoT) market that integrates the Sprint Mobile Broadband USB 598U Modem by Sierra Wireless with the mbed microcontroller development platform, which is based on the ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor