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• ApaceWave Introduces the APW-2000 Mobile WiMAX Wave 2 Baseband SoC (Monday Sep. 10, 2007)
  The APW-2000 is a high-performance, low-power, mobile WiMAX baseband SoC containing PHY, MAC, embedded CPU, and multiple data interfaces. Supported by powerful mobile station software, the SoC requires a minimum of external components to create WiMAX modems for CPE's, PC Cards, USB adapters, and portable handheld devices.
  
  
• MediaPhy Launches Multi-Standard Single-Chip for Global Mobile TV Applications (Monday Sep. 10, 2007)
  Addressing the fast growing global mobile TV market, MediaPhy today introduced the MP2011 SoloTM, the world’s first all CMOS single-die to offer true global mobile TV capability covering DVB-H, Mobile DVB-T, ISDB-T 1-3-13 segment and T-DMB/DAB standards.
  
  
• Neotion is introducing the newer generation MPEG-4 decoder chip: the NP4+ (Monday Sep. 10, 2007)
  Based on an ARM 926 processor running at 144 Mhz, the NP4+ comes in a 256 pins BGA packaging. It indeed meets the drastic low power consumption & heat dissipation constraints that are essential to build Common Interface or CableCard® type Modules.
  
  
• Broadcom Announces Industry's Most Advanced 65 Nanometer Solution for Next Generation Cable, Satellite and IP Set-Top Boxes (Friday Sep. 07, 2007)
  The new SoC builds upon the field proven and successful family of Broadcom® advanced high definition (HD) video compression solutions by utilizing 65 nanometer process technology to significantly reduce bill of materials (BOM) costs and enable higher levels of integration and system performance versus currently available solutions
  
  
• XMOS Semiconductor secures 16 million USD for Software Defined Silicon (Thursday Sep. 06, 2007)
  XMOS has created a new category of semiconductors for consumer electronics applications that need high performance, low manufacturing cost and extreme design flexibility – at a price point and a time-to-market that promises to revolutionise the consumer electronics ASIC and ASSP markets.
  
  
• Abilis Systems Ships World's First Production DVB-T 90nm CMOS "Single-Die" Mobile Digital TV Receiver (Tuesday Sep. 04, 2007)
  Abilis Systems Ships AS-102, the World's First Product to Integrate a Multi-Band RF Tuner, With an Advanced Demodulator, Memory and a USB 2.0 Interface Onto a 90nm CMOS Single-Die
  
  
• NXP wins Samsung mobile phone design-in, says report (Tuesday Sep. 04, 2007)
  Dutch chip company NXP BV is set to begin supplying South Korean consumer giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. with an integrated circuit for inclusion in low-cost mobile phones in the fourth quarter, according to a Reuters article that referenced Frans van Houten, CEO of NXP, as its source.
  
  
• Atmel and AWAH System Extend Design Agreement to Systems-on-Chip based on Atmel's AT91CAP Customizable Microcontroller (Monday Sep. 03, 2007)
  WAH will work with clients to transform their design specifications into netlists for the metal programmable portion of the AT91CAP customizable microcontroller, incorporating IP blocks licensed from Atmel's libraries of ARM-based peripherals and interfaces as required.
  
  
• Broadcom Extends Leadership in Networking Silicon Market with Industry's First 65 Nanometer Gigabit Ethernet Switches (Thursday Aug. 30, 2007)
  Broadcom leveraged its advanced 65nm intellectual property (IP) portfolio to develop the StrataXGS® 200 series, a new generation of intelligent GbE switches that will accelerate the deployment of secure unified communications infrastructures.
  
  
• Sunplus Presents World's First DVD SoC Solution SPHE8203A with DivX HD Playability (Thursday Aug. 30, 2007)
  Sunplus’ SPHE8203A DVD turnkey solution has plenty multimedia added-on features, such as DVD servo control, MPEG1/2/4 video decode, MP3/AAC/PCM audio decode, USB and card reader functions, DVB transport stream demultiplexing, and HDMI 1.2 compliant transmitter. The superior compression and performance of DivX HD enables consumers to enjoy true HD A/V entertainment with legacy DVD-9 discs on SPHE8203A-inside DVD players, at a price point which is much more cost-effective than next-generation blue-laser players.
  
  
• Dune Networks Announces Availability of SPAUI Implementation on Altera FPGAs (Wednesday Aug. 29, 2007)
  Dune Networks, a leading provider of networking devices for Data Center, Enterprise and Carrier Ethernet platforms today announced the availability of SPAUI code for Altera Corporation’s Stratix II GX FPGAs.
  
  
• Avago Technologies Leads Industry With 17 Gbps SerDes Performance in 65 nm CMOS Process (Wednesday Aug. 29, 2007)
  ith close to 45 million SerDes channels shipped, Avago has established a solid track record of delivering reliable, high-performance IP and now continues to push ASIC design limits by validating 17 Gbps SerDes in 65 nm.
  
  
• Lantronix Launches Family of Turnkey Networking System-on-Chip Coprocessors for High-Volume, Low-Cost Products (Wednesday Aug. 29, 2007)
  The DeviceLinx™ XChip™ SoC family enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to embed serial-to-Ethernet connectivity and web services into a whole new class of high-volume, price-sensitive products so they can be remotely managed over the Internet. With market-proven, royalty-free application and network firmware included, XChip speeds time-to-market as virtually no additional coding or licensing commitment is necessary to enable powerful network connectivity into any product with a microcontroller.
  
  
• NEC Electronics Sets New Bar for ARM Processor Core Performance (Tuesday Aug. 28, 2007)
  NEC Electronics' 90-nanometer (nm), 700 MHz (931 MHz under nominal process conditions) dual-core implementation of the ARM11(TM) MPCore(TM) multicore processor is the highest-performing ARM processor core on the market, while the NEC Electronics-implemented ARM926EJ-S(TM) processor core is the industry's fastest at 130 nm, clocking in at 400 MHz (532 MHz under nominal process conditions).
  
  
• Spreadtrum Announces First Commercial AVS Audio/Video Decoder Chip (Monday Aug. 27, 2007)
  Spreadtrum Communications, Inc, one of China's leading wireless baseband chipset providers, today announced its new SV6111 product, the world's first commercial AVS audio/video decoder chip. AVS is the audio and video coding- decoding standard independently created by China.
  
  
• Stretch Inc. Introduces World's First 16-Channel H.264 Digital Video Recorder in a PCI-Express Add-in Card (Thursday Aug. 23, 2007)
  The Stretch PCIe DVR Reference Design Kit (RDK) is a production ready, high performance audio/video capture and hardware compression platform capable of performing H.264 compression on 480 frames of D1 video per second.
  
  
• Micronas Announces Single-Chip Solution for Full HD 1080p Flat-Panel TVs (Thursday Aug. 23, 2007)
  The single-chip solution provides the complete electronics platform for a Full HD 1080p TV featuring integrated audio, video, Teletext, OSD, and controller-related functionalities, even memory and program ROM, and a dual input port HDMI receiver. The VCT-Premium has been engineered for maximum picture and sound quality.
  
  
• Garmin Integrates New GPS Chipset from STMicroelectronics (Thursday Aug. 23, 2007)
  ST's Teseo solution integrates a high-sensitivity single-chip baseband (STA2058) with embedded flash and an RF front-end (STA5620), complemented with full software libraries. The product is available both in a single-package form (STA8058) and as a dual-chip offering. ST designers are currently working on a System-on-Chip solution that integrates the Teseo GPS engine and an ARM9 core for GPS navigation processing.
  
  
• Broadcom Announces Complete Digital TV Receiver System Designed to Meet the NTIA's Digital-to-Analog TV Coupon Program (Monday Aug. 20, 2007)
  The BCM3543 converts ATSC signals to NTSC for displaying on analog TVs and features key system functionality that includes Channel 3 or 4 radio frequency modulated output, EIA/CEA-909 smart antenna support, and keypad and remote control support. This extensive level of support reduces the complexity and system cost associated with the design of NTIA-eligible converter boxes.
  
  
• Toshiba Announces Second-Generation, High-Performance 3D Comb Filter And Video Decoder For Next-Generation Flat-Panel TVs, Set-Top Boxes, DVD Recorders And PC-TV Cards (Monday Aug. 20, 2007)
  Complete Analog-Video Processing Solution in Compact Package Combines 3D Comb Filter, Noise-Reduction Functions and Embedded DRAM to Reduce Design Complexity and Overall System Cost
  
  
• Tilera Now Shipping the TILE64 Processor: the World's Highest Performance Embedded Processor (Monday Aug. 20, 2007)
  MIT Spin-Out Creates 64-Core Processor based on Breakthrough "Mesh" Architecture with Innovative Multicore Software Programming Model
  
  
• Nokia and STMicroelectronics Plan Deeper Ties in 3G Technology Development (Thursday Aug. 09, 2007)
  Nokia and STMicroelectronics today announced their intention to deepen their collaboration on the licensing and supply of integrated circuit designs and modem technologies for 3G and its evolution. The two companies also are negotiating a plan relating to transferring a part of Nokia's Integrated Circuit (IC) operations to STMicroelectronics.
  
  
• Sun Microsystems Enters Commercial Silicon Market With World's Fastest Commodity Microprocessor (Tuesday Aug. 07, 2007)
  Having surpassed 5,500 downloads of the OpenSPARC(TM) T1 source code, Sun is working to release source code for the UltraSPARC T2 processor to the OpenSPARC community
  
  
• Renesas Technology Develops SuperH Family SH72546RFCC Achieving Industry's Top-Level Operating Speed of 200 MHz and Featuring Industry-First Use of 90 nm Process for a Microcontroller with On-Chip Flash Memory (Friday Aug. 03, 2007)
  Incorporating high-performance SH-2A CPU core and offering approximately fourfold increase in performance over previous Renesas Technology product, enabling implementation of high-precision, real-time engine and transmission control
  
  
• LSI to outsource entire production (Thursday Aug. 02, 2007)
  LSI Corp. announced it will outsource its entire production including backend and test to third-party service providers. The move will save costs and create flexible capacities without additional investments, the company said. More than 2000 jobs are at stake.
  
  
• Broadcom's Industry-Leading Bluetooth Silicon and Software Achieve Bluetooth 2.1 Qualification (Thursday Aug. 02, 2007)
  By supporting the recently-ratified standard, the Broadcom® BCM2046 Bluetooth transceiver simplifies the set-up of mobile phones and other Bluetooth products, while improving the overall user experience with longer battery life and stronger security. The BCM2046 is now the only Bluetooth Version 2.1 solution that supports enhanced data rate (EDR) technology and offers a high-performance Class 1 radio.
  
  
• QUALCOMM Begins Utilizing 45 Nanometer Semiconductor Process Technology (Thursday Aug. 02, 2007)
  QUALCOMM Incorporated today announced that its first chip leveraging 45 nanometer (nm) process technology has taped out. The next milestone in CMOS semiconductor manufacturing, 45 nm technology enables chips that feature higher speeds, lower power consumption and enhanced integration with reduced die cost by providing more die per wafer.
  
  
• Nethra Imaging introduces 3.2-megapixel image processor with JPEG encoder for today’s smallest handheld devices (Wednesday Aug. 01, 2007)
  The NI-2065/66 family is currently in production and includes a JPEG encoder for enhanced compression capabilities leading to high frame rate captures, hence reducing blur and storage time. Built on a 0.13-micron process and boasting low power, the NI-2065/66 image processors fit into a 5mm x 6mm package.
  
  
• Faster ARM Core Boosts Processing Power of STMicroelectronics Nomadik Mobile Multimedia Chip (Tuesday Jul. 31, 2007)
  STMicroelectronics today announced an addition to its award-winning1 Nomadik® family of mobile multimedia application processors, which builds on the success of the pioneering STn8810 by increasing the speed of its ARM9 core by almost 50%. The new higher-speed core in the STn8811 delivers stunning performance for general-purpose applications running alongside video, music and image processing on smart mobile phones, personal media players (PMPs) and personal navigation devices (PNDs)
  
  
• LSI Samples New Generation of 65nm Physical Layer IP for Hard Disk Drives (Monday Jul. 30, 2007)
  LSI Corporation today announced that it has begun shipping sample quantities of its next-generation 65-nanometer multi-interface Physical Layer (PHY) IP for hard disk drives (HDD) in notebook and desktop personal computers as well as enterprise storage systems.