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• Synplicity Announces Improved Performance for Lattice FPGAs (Tuesday Nov. 29, 2005)
  Expansion of OEM and Development Agreement Designed to Produce Superior Results
  
  
• Altera Programmable Solutions Accelerate Blaupunkt's Automotive Navigation Product Development (Monday Nov. 28, 2005)
  Blaupunkt Shortens Development Time for its TravelPilot Rome Automotive Navigation System Using Altera’s Cyclone FPGAs and Nios II Embedded Processors
  
  
• Tektronix, Altera, and FS2 Collaborate on Real-Time Logic Debug Solution for Altera FPGAs (Wednesday Nov. 16, 2005)
  Tektronix® TLA Logic Analyzers, Altera Quartus II Design Software Version 5.1, and FS2 FPGAView Software Provide Complete Debug Packag
  
  
• Xilinx Increases Investment In Regional Headquarters To Support High-Growth Asia Pacific Market (Tuesday Nov. 15, 2005)
  US$40 million investment in Singapore for new building with additional manufacturing capacity
  
  
• Altera Releases SerialLite II Protocol Optimized for Stratix II GX FPGAs (Monday Nov. 14, 2005)
  Second-Generation Serial Protocol Extends Flexibility, Increases Performance and Offers Substantial Cost Savings
  
  
• Altera Delivers New Simulation Capability With DSP Builder Development Tool Version 5.1 (Tuesday Nov. 08, 2005)
  See Demonstration of DSP Builder at SDR Forum
  
  
• High-Performance Platform From National Semiconductor And Xilinx Accelerates Design Of Gigahertz-Speed Data Acquisition Systems (Monday Nov. 07, 2005)
  Board Integrates Xilinx' Highest Performance Virtex-4 FPGA and National’s Low-Power, Gigahertz-Speed ADC in a Ready-to-Use Development Platform
  
  
• Altera Qualifies MAX II CPLD Family for Extended Temperature Range (Monday Nov. 07, 2005)
  Low-Cost CPLDs Now Available to Provide Even Greater Design Flexibility for Automotive, Military and Industrial Applications
  
  
• Actel Delivers Secure, Comprehensive Design Flow for Complex FPGA Development Using ARM7 Family Processor (Wednesday Nov. 02, 2005)
  Company's Libero IDE Also Bolsters Industry-Leading Static Timing Analysis and I/O Capabilities
  
  
• Xilinx Announces Record Quarter for High Volume Spartan Series (Monday Oct. 31, 2005)
  World's Best Selling Low-Cost FPGAs Achieve Cumulative Revenue of $1.3B - 70% More Than Nearest Competitor
  
  
• Altera Continues to Deliver FPGA Design Productivity With Release of Quartus II Software Version 5.1 (Tuesday Oct. 25, 2005)
  Designers Can Start Their Stratix II GX Designs Now
  
  
• Mistral Joins Xilinx Alliance Program (Tuesday Oct. 25, 2005)
  Will offer design services and total solutions on Xilinx Programmable Logic
  
  
• Xilinx And Wavesat Collaborate In Development Of World's First Mini-PCI Reference Design For WiMAX (Tuesday Oct. 25, 2005)
  Wavesat chooses Xilinx low-cost Spartan-3E FPGA to bring flexibility and easy customization to WiMAX Mini-PCI Reference Design
  
  
• CoreConsole Tool Simplifies Creation of FPGA-Based System-Level Designs (Monday Oct. 24, 2005)
  Tool Works with Actel's Soft ARM7 Family Microprocessor to Enable Rapid IP Integration and Early System-Level Evaluation
  
  
• FPGA vendors mine specific niches (Monday Oct. 24, 2005)
  Two stalwarts in field-programmable gate arrays are looking to capitalize on growing niches that show signs of eventually becoming mainstream applications for FPGAs
  
  
• Xilinx Targets $2 Billion High-Performance DSP Market With FPGA Industry's First Application-Optimized Solution Roadmaps (Monday Oct. 24, 2005)
  Xilinx extends leadership in DSP with market-tailored solutions built on industry-leading FPGA performance, implementation tools and ecosystem support
  
  
• Altera's New Stratix II GX FPGAs With Embedded Transceivers Deliver Superior Signal Integrity (Monday Oct. 24, 2005)
  Designed to deliver superior signal integrity, Stratix II GX FPGAs offer a complete programmable solution for the growing number of applications and protocols requiring high-speed serial transceivers
  
  
• Xilinx Delivers Highest Performance DSP Solutions for Multimedia, Video and Imaging Applications (Monday Oct. 24, 2005)
  FPGA Leader's XtremeDSP MVI Solutions Simplify Development of Real-Time Video Systems and Take Design Performance to New Levels
  
  
• Altera Completes Rollout of Low-Cost Cyclone II FPGA Family (Monday Oct. 17, 2005)
  All Cyclone II FPGAs are shipping today as production-qualified devices and are available for volume shipments from distributors worldwide
  
  
• Superior Signal Integrity Puts Altera's Stratix GX FPGAs Into Ceterus Networks' New Cross Connect (Monday Oct. 10, 2005)
  Altera’s Reliable Transceiver Offering Enables Ceterus Networks to Bring Next-Generation Ethernet Services to Legacy Networks
  
  
• Xilinx Reaffirms Commitment To Automotive Market With Introduction Of Spartan-3E And Virtex-4 XA Devices (Monday Oct. 03, 2005)
  Lowest cost per gate and highest performance in the industry increase company’s lead in $450 million automotive PLD market
  
  
• Cypress Delivers Media Transfer Protocol Reference Design For Portable Media Players (Wednesday Sep. 28, 2005)
  New Design Enables Quick and Economical Digital Rights Management Implementation
  
  
• Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGAs Enable Latest Digital Audio Products for Touring Musicians (Wednesday Sep. 28, 2005)
  Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGAs Enable Latest Digital Audio Products for Touring Musicians
  
  
• Actel Drives Down Total System Cost With the Industry's Fastest FPGA Power-Up Solution (Monday Sep. 26, 2005)
  Actel's FPGAs Feature Power-Up Performance Up to 4,000 Times Faster Than Competitive Offerings
  
  
• Modulus Maximizes High Definition MPEG-4 AVC Encoder Performance With Xilinx FPGA Technology (Tuesday Sep. 20, 2005)
  Unique Combination of CPU and FPGA Yields Image Quality and Bandwidth Efficiency
  
  
• Achronix Semiconductor Corporation Announces 650MHz FPGA and Early 2006 Release of 1+GHz Product (Tuesday Sep. 20, 2005)
  The Achronix FPGA, based on a commercially available CMOS technology, operates at speeds of over 650MHz, at lower power than state-of-the-art FPGA products from leading programmable logic vendors
  
  
• Altera MAX II Devices Reduce Costs and Increase Manufacturing Flexibility for Leapster L-MAX Handheld (Wednesday Sep. 14, 2005)
  Altera CPLD Adds TV-Compatible Video Capability to Award-Winning Leapster Platform
  
  
• Xilinx Simplifies Embedded System Design With New Integrated PowerPC And MicroBlaze Development Kit (Tuesday Sep. 13, 2005)
  Xilinx Award-Winning Platform Studio, High Performance Virtex-4 FX FPGA Board, PowerPC and MicroBlaze Processor Designs Available in Single Easy-to-Use Kit
  
  
• Altera's New Cyclone II FPGA Packages Further Drive Down Costs for High-Volume Applications (Monday Sep. 12, 2005)
  The Cyclone II EP2C20 device is now available in the low-cost 240-pin quad flat pack (QFP) package, and the EP2C35 and EP2C50 devices are available in the 19 x 19 mm, small form factor 484-pin Ultra FineLine BGA® (UFBGA) package
  
  
• Altera's Stratix and Cyclone FPGAs Chosen for EVS' Live-Production High-Definition Video (Friday Sep. 09, 2005)
  Altera's leading-edge programmable broadcast solutions, combined with EVS' expertise in video storage and broadcast production networks, set the stage for EVS to lead the industry in live HD video production