| Transmeta Streamlines Operations to Focus on Core Business of IP Licensing |
February 6, 2007 -- Transmeta Corp. today announced that the company is streamlining its operations to focus on its core business of developing and licensing intellectual property. Last week, Transmeta began the initial phase of its re-al ... read more |
| AM3D's 3D Mobile Handset Audio Now Available for Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio Engine |
February 6, 2007 -- Tensilica, Inc. and AM3D today announced that AM3D’s Zirene Audio Enhancement and Diesel Power Mobile 3D Audio products are now available for Tensilica’s HiFi 2 Audio Engine and Diamond Standard 330HiFi processo ... read more |
| Ramtron Introduces USB Interface for Its Versa 8051 MCU Development Kit |
February 6, 2007 -- Ramtron International Corp. announced that it will now offer a universal serial bus (USB) interface for in-circuit programming/ debugging with its Versa 8051 microcontroller development tools. The VJTAG-USB, a USB-base ... read more |
| Zarlink Analog Foundry to Supply New JFET Technology to Silicon Sensing Systems |
February 6, 2007 -- Zarlink Semiconductor, Inc. has been awarded a contract from Silicon Sensing Systems, Ltd., a BAE Systems and Sumitomo Precision Products joint venture company, for the supply of the JFETs (junction gate field-effect t ... read more |
| Faraday Announces SOC Alliance with Palmchip Design Services |
February 6, 2007 -- Faraday Technology Corp. announced today that it has formed a SOC Service Alliance with Palmchip Corp. After several months of training and cooperation, Palmchip design services team has successfully engaged in ... read more |
| Bluespec Unveils AzureIP Foundation Library to Facilitate IP Design and Reuse |
February 5, 2007 -- Bluespec, Inc. today announced the availability of AzureIP Foundation Library, a family of pre-packaged and verified intellectual property (IP) building blocks and design reuse capabilities to accelerate ESL design and ... read more |
| Texas Instruments Drives Converged Services with New Carrier Infrastructure Platform |
February 5, 2007 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has announced the availability of its newest DSP-based carrier infrastructure processor with exceptional voice and video processing capabilities. TI's newest infrastructure platform, the TM ... read more |
| 3Leaf Networks Streamlines Logic Design Team Verification With Cadence Incisive Formal Verifier |
February 5, 2007 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that 3Leaf Networks, a leader in scalable enterprise data centers and virtual servers, has incorporated the Cadence Incisive Formal Verifier (IFV) into its overall design fl ... read more |
| Accellera Calls for Award Nominations to Honor Contributions to Its EDA Standards Efforts |
February 5, 2007 -- Accellera invites the electronic design community to nominate an individual for its 4th annual Technical Excellence Award. Accellera's Technical Excellence Award recognizes an outstanding individual who has helped crea ... read more |
| LG Electronics Licenses Tensilica's Diamond Standard 330HiFi for High Quality Audio in Mobile TV Chipset |
February 5, 2007 -- Tensilica, Inc. today announced that LG Electronics of Korea has licensed Tensilica's Diamond Standard 330HiFi Audio Engine, the industry's most popular audio processor core for cellular handsets. LG Electronics will u ... read more |
| LG Adopts Apache's PsiWinder for Full-Chip Clock Jitter and Critical Path Timing Sign-off |
February 6, 2007 -- Apache Design Solutions, Inc. today announced that LG used PsiWinder to accurately measure full-chip jitter on its clock network and to optimize the design to minimize the impact of noise. By using PsiWinder for full-c ... read more |
| ChipX Introduces Embedded Array Products as Alternatives to Standard Cell ASICs |
February 5, 2007 -- As a new alternative to standard cell ASICs, ChipX Corp. today introduced a line of Embedded Array products built with structured ASIC libraries, also known as a structured ASIC fabric. ChipX Embedded Arrays in UMC 0.1 ... read more |
| Spansion Joins Denali Memory Vendor Program |
February 5, 2007 -- Denali Software, Inc. today announced that Spansion, Inc. has joined its Memory Vendor Program (MVP) which provides chip designers with high-quality simulation models and other engineering resources to efficient ... read more |
| CoWare Processor Designer Provides Increased Support for Next-Generation VLIW Processors |
February 5, 2007 -- CoWare, Inc. has announced a new release of CoWare Processor Designer that provides increased support for next-generation Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) processors. The new CoWare Processor Designer lets users explo ... read more |
| TI Pushes 3G Deployments with Single-Chip Base Station W-CDMA Baseband Processor |
February 5, 2007 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) today announced a highly integrated digital signal processor (DSP) targeted toward Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) base stations. This new three-core DSP, running at 1GHz pe ... read more |
| SEMATECH to Continue Pursuing Planar Transistor Scaling Strategy |
February 5, 2007 -- Front-end engineers at SEMATECH, Inc. will combine planar CMOS approaches with new channel materials to develop effective transistors for the 22-nm half-pitch technology generation, but will continue to investigate Fin ... read more |
| Forza Silicon Joins Tower Semiconductor's Authorized Design Center Program |
February 5, 2007 -- Forza Silicon Corp. and Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. are expanding their relationship to design and produce mixed signal and image sensor chips utilizing Tower's process and design technology capabilities. Forza Si ... read more |
| Xilinx Ships Highest Performance DSP Platform with New Virtex-5 SXT FPGAs |
February 5, 2007 -- Xilinx, Inc. today announced initial shipments of its 65-nm Virtex-5 SXT FPGAs optimized for high-performance digital signal processing. According to Xilinx, the SXT platform establishes an industry record for DSP perf ... read more |
| QuickLogic Adds NAND Flash Controller for PolarPro and Eclipse Programmable Logic Families |
February 5, 2007 -- QuickLogic Corp. has announced the introduction of a full featured NAND Flash memory controller solution for its ultra-low power PolarPro and Eclipse II programmable logic families. Architected with direct input from c ... read more |
| Nokia Growth Partners Leads Growth Financing Investment in Summit Microelectronics |
February 5, 2007 -- Summit Microelectronics, Inc. today announced that Nokia Growth Partners, the later-stage focused investment arm of Nokia, has led a growth financing investment round in the company. The $10M round includes Nokia Growt ... read more |
|