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• Dolphin Integration announces an embedded high rejection LDO powering sensitive Analog Components (Tuesday Apr. 15, 2008)
  Dolphin Integration launches an Ultra-Low Drop-Out Regulator dedicated to the supply of sensitive analog blocks: LR-2.8~4.2/1.8~3.3.
  
  
• ARM Enhances Feature Set of Popular Cortex-M3 Processor for Extreme Low-Power Functionality (Monday Apr. 14, 2008)
  The latest release includes a new Wake-Up Interrupt (WIC) controller which allows almost instantaneous return to fully active mode from an Ultra-Low Leakage (ULL) retention state and introduces enhanced power management features that address the ongoing need in the embedded market for increased performance and longer battery life in next-generation designs.
  
  
• PLDA announces immediate availability of PCIe 2.0 IP Core supporting new Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs (Thursday Apr. 10, 2008)
  PLDA, the industry leader in the high-speed bus IP market, today announced the immediate availability of their PCIe Gen 2 FPGA IP support for the Virtex®- 5 FXT platform.
  
  
• Imaging Solutions Group (ISG) announces High Speed FireWire(tm) IEEE-1394b Intellectual Property (Wednesday Apr. 09, 2008)
  ISG has implemented the 1394b Link Layer as an IP Core solution in Verilog and it can be ported to any FPGA or ASIC solution. Currently implemented in a Xilinx Spartan 3 FPGA for simplicity, low-cost, & space-efficiency it is fully compatible with IEEE-1394 IIDC DCAM specifications.
  
  
• Virage Logic First to Deliver Complete Memory Compiler and Logic Library IP Portfolio for TSMC 40nm Process (Monday Apr. 07, 2008)
  Virage Logic Corporation today announced the availability of memory compilers and logic libraries for TSMC’s 40-nanometer (nm) process.
  
  
• Wipro-NewLogic demonstrates IEEE 1394b Link IP Cores for PC, Consumer, Storage & Automotive applications (Monday Apr. 07, 2008)
  In one of the demonstrations for 1394b OHCI Link, Wipro showcased data transfer between an external Hard Disk Drive and a PC along with simultaneous streaming of video from the external hard disk. The PC was connected to Wipro’s PCI based platform running the IEEE 1394b OHCI IP core along with Window’s IEEE 1394 drivers and a 3rd party PHY.
  
  
• Dolphin Integration announces an ultra High Density library in shrunk processes. (Monday Apr. 07, 2008)
  Dolphin Integration's standard cell library SESAME uHDvLC is already known for its cost reduction capability in the standard processes 0.18 and 0.13 µm. Its ultra High Density enables silicon costs reduction and its very Low Power offers the possibility to reduce packaging costs.
  
  
• Novelics Announces Availability of Single-Transistor SRAM for 65-nanometer System-On-Chip Desgin (Thursday Apr. 03, 2008)
  coolSRAM-1T™Is Only 65nm SRAM-1T Available in Standard Bulk CMOS process for High-Density Embedded Memory Applications
  
  
• Synopsys' New DesignWare IP Significantly Simplifies Transition to PCI Express (Wednesday Apr. 02, 2008)
  The DesignWare LE IP for PCIe is a cost-effective solution that provides ease-of- use features to simplify the complexities of transitioning to PCI Express for applications requiring a single lane, such as existing PCI/PCI-X designs, ExpressCards, Ethernet controllers, SATA controllers and wireless hubs.
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Unveils Industry's First Multi-threaded, Multiprocessor IP Core for the Embedded Market (Tuesday Apr. 01, 2008)
  MIPS Technologies today introduced the MIPS32® 1004K coherent processing system-the industry's first embedded multi-threaded, multi- processor licensable IP core.
  
  
• More configurations for the audio CODEC from Dolphin Integration proven with 100 dB (Monday Mar. 31, 2008)
  Dolphin Integration confirms the success of its celebrated audio CODEC, which enjoys its first birthday with the announcement of its silicon results and its enriched portfolio.
  
  
• Arasan Chip Systems Completes UNH Gigabit Ethernet Interoperability Testing (Tuesday Mar. 25, 2008)
  Arasan announced today that its silicon proven Gigabit Ethernet IP solution has completed interoperability testing at the University of New Hampshire's Interoperability Lab (UNH IOL).
  
  
• TaraCom Integrated Products and GDA Technologies Enter into Partnership to Combine Their GPON SerDes Phy IP and MAC Developed for System Designs (Thursday Mar. 20, 2008)
  TaraCom Integrated Products and GDA Technologies have entered into a partnership to combine their extensive experience in the mixed signal and digital technologies to offer an integrated solution for GPON applications for the ONU SerDes Phy and the GPON MAC
  
  
• Silvus Technologies and Ittiam Systems Announce Partnership to Provide 802.11n PHY/MAC IP Solution for Highest Wi-Fi Throughput and Extended Range (Monday Mar. 17, 2008)
  The new offering will include Silvus' 802.11n PHY and Ittiam's 802.11n MAC. Highlights for this new joint offering include 20 MHZ and 40 MHz advanced MIMO modes and a 600 Mbps full throughput Media Access Controller (MAC) which is IEEE 802.11n draft 2.0 compliant.
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Offers Silicon-Proven Hi-Fi Quality Audio IP in Deep Submicron Processes (Wednesday Mar. 12, 2008)
  MIPS Technologies today announced that its 96dB Audio IP Codec -- already silicon-proven in multiple deep submicron processes and foundries -- has been silicon-proven in TSMC 90nm and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing 130nm processes.
  
  
• Arasan Chip Systems Releases Gigabit Ethernet Driver Source and Verification IP Package (Tuesday Mar. 11, 2008)
  Arasan announced today the addition of a Gigabit Ethernet Verification IP (VIP) as well as availability of device drivers for 10/100 Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet applications.
  
  
• Coresonic announces the first of its wireless modem hardware solutions with WiMax 'personality pack' enabling quick addition of IEEE802.16 (Tuesday Mar. 11, 2008)
  The new WiMax 'personality pack', based on the company's LeoCore programmable baseband processor technology, provides complete IEEE802.16 functionality, from the RF interface through to the central processor interface.
  
  
• ARC Introduces the World's First "Sonic Focus-Ready" Audio Subsystem, Setting New Standards for Sound Fidelity And Energy Efficiency (Tuesday Mar. 11, 2008)
  This fully programmable, licensable solution enables system-on-chip (SoC) designers to build devices that achieve high-quality audio using a very low power budget.
  
  
• New ARC Energy PRO Core Family Slashes Power Consumption By Up to 75% (Tuesday Mar. 11, 2008)
  The ARC® Energy PRO™ core family leverages the company's recently announced, ultra low power Energy PRO technology to set new standards for low power consumption by reducing power usage by up to 75 percent
  
  
• CAST Expands System IP Offerings with Embedded Internet and USB Subsystems (Friday Mar. 07, 2008)
  The two new system IP products combine IP cores for an 8051 processor with an Ethernet MAC controller core and with a hi-speed USB 2.0 device controller core. Verified TCP/IP and USB software stacks are also included, and a development board is available for each subsystem.
  
  
• Synopsys Enters Embedded Memory Market With Highly Differentiated IP (Wednesday Mar. 05, 2008)
  Synopsys and Novelics today announced the expansion of Synopsys' DesignWare® IP portfolio with the addition of an innovative SRAM-1T embedded memory IP that is implemented in bulk logic CMOS technology, requiring no additional manufacturing costs.
  
  
• intoPIX announces a real-time JPEG 2000 4K Encoder (Wednesday Mar. 05, 2008)
  Now extending its activities into Post Production intoPIX created a new 4K JPEG 2000 Encoder, the IPX-JP4K-E, with its established IPX-JP4K-D Decoder as a complete JPEG 2000 2K and 4K compression and decompression solution.
  
  
• Silvus Technologies Announces Commercial Availability of 802.11n PHY IP Solution (Monday Mar. 03, 2008)
  The Silvus 802.11n PHY IP solution is a licensable and synthesizable HDL implementation of the IEEE Standard 802.11n Draft 2.0 Edition.
  
  
• Tundra's SLE Division Announces Market's First 150 Gb/s Interlaken IP Core (Thursday Feb. 28, 2008)
  SLE’s new Interlaken IP Core is now available with more than twice the performance of the standard 60Gb/s version. This new high-speed core delivers the performance and bandwidth that new designs require, now with higher data transfer rates.
  
  
• SMSC's MediaLBIP Core Selected for Altera's Automotive Infotainment Development Platform (Monday Feb. 25, 2008)
  Developed by SMSC, MediaLB is an inter-chip communication technology used to efficiently transport multimedia data through SMSC's intelligent network interface controllers (INICs) onto a Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST®) network.
  
  
• Arasan Chip Systems First to Announce Availability of eMMC IP Cores (Friday Feb. 22, 2008)
  The Arasan eMMC IP core is a fully compliant MMC v4.3 memory controller recently announced by MMCA and JEDEC. Based upon MMC v.4.1/4.2, eMMC is an architecture comprised of an embedded storage solution with MMC interface, flash memory and controller.
  
  
• Eureka Technology's SD Host Controller IP Core Available in Altera's Automotive Infotainment Development Platform (Thursday Feb. 21, 2008)
  Eureka Technology announced today that its Secure Digital (SD) host controller intellectual property (IP) core has been selected by Altera Corporation for use in the PARIS automotive infotainment development platform.
  
  
• PLDA Announces Immediate Availability of PCIe Gen 2 FPGA IP Design for Altera's Stratix II GX (Wednesday Feb. 20, 2008)
  PLDA today announced the immediate availability of their PCIe Gen 2 FPGA IP, designed for Altera Stratix® II GX FPGAs. The PLDA PCIe IP Core is 100 percent compliant with Revision 2.0 of the PCIe specification.
  
  
• MIPS Technologies Extends Digital Consumer Leadership with Industry's First HDMI 65nm IP Solution (Wednesday Feb. 20, 2008)
  The HDMI transmit IP is optimized for today's low power requirements crucial for portable and cell phone applications-supporting data rates of 1.65 Gbps per TDMS channel (approximately 5 Gbps in total) and video resolutions up to 1080p at 60Hz.
  
  
• Cosmic Circuits introduces Silicon-Proven Temperature-Sensor in TSMC 65nm technology (Monday Feb. 18, 2008)
  Cosmic Circuits today introduced a silicon-proven temperature sensor in the 65nm TSMC process. The temperature-sensor comes with an integrated 12b sigma-delta Analog-to-Digital converter to provide an accurate digital readout.