March - 2010

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• Chip Design
  SpringSoft Unveils Unique Automated Custom Digital IC Place and Route Tools

  Laker Custom IC Design Platform Expanded with New Row Placer and Custom Digital Router to Efficiently Integrate Digital Design in Mixed-Signal ICs HSINCHU, Taiwan --(Business Wire)--
• Embedded Intel®
  Intel Launches Its Most Secure Data Center Processor

  Second-Generation High-K Metal Gate 32nm Processors Blend Security, Performance, Energy Efficiency SANTA CLARA, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Mar 16, 2010 Combining unprecedented security,
• Chip Design
  GigOptix Receives Approximately $500,000 Funding to Enable New Era of Ultra Fast Hybrid Silicon-Organic Integrated Circuits Based on Proprietary Polymer

  ZURICH --(Business Wire)-- Mar 10, 2010 GigOptix-Helix AG, subsidiary of Palo Alto, CA based GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB: GGOX), a fabless semiconductor company, that provides electronic engines
• 8-Bit & 16-Bit
  Microchip Announces New 8-, 14- and 20-pin Enhanced Mid-Range PIC® Microcontrollers (MCUs)

  Peripheral-Rich MCUs Achieve Less Than 50 µA/MHz Active Current and Extremely Low Sleep Currents CHANDLER, Ariz. --(Business Wire)-- Mar 02, 2010 Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:
• IP Solutions
  Sonics Announces Support for AMBA 4 Specification

  Sonics’ Products Compatible With New Protocol MILPITAS, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Mar 11, 2010 Sonics, Inc.®, announced that its on-chip communications solutions will support phase
• Chip Design
  Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer Accelerates Analog/Mixed-Signal Engineering Productivity with Built-in DRC Visualization and Correction

  New SmartDRD Technology Brings Automation to Custom Layout Design Rule Checking MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) , a world leader
• Chip Design
  Magma Unveils Tekton – First Static Timing Analysis Solution to Deliver Fast Multi-Scenario Analysis on a Single CPU

  Next generation architecture offers speed, capacity and accuracy required for the industry’s toughest designs SAN JOSE, Calif., March 10, 2010 –– Magma® Design Automation Inc.
• Chip Design
  Analysts Have Bullish Views on Semiconductor Sector in 2010

  JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA--(Marketwire - March 8, 2010) - www.rothmanresearch.com "The recovery of semiconductor sector is gaining momentum after being able to manage and recover
• Chip Design
  Imec and Synopsys Collaborate on 3D Stacked IC Development

  Synopsys TCAD Tools Accelerate Development of Through-Silicon Via Technology MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – March 9, 2010 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and
• IP Solutions
  ARM AMBA 4 Specification Maximizes Performance and Power Efficiency

  New AMBA specification and AXI protocols build on de facto standard to broaden market applicability CAMBRIDGE, U.K. --(Business Wire)-- Mar 08, 2010 ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMH)]
• IP Solutions
  Micrium Supports Actel SmartFusion Devices

  uC/OS-II, uC/OS-III, uC/TCP-IP and uC/Probe Available on New SmartFusion Development Kits WESTON, Fla. --(Business Wire)-- Mar 08, 2010 Micrium, a leading provider of high-quality
• IP Solutions
  Forte Design Systems Ships Latest Version of CellMath Designer

  Improvements Reduce Area, Increase Performance, Lower Power Consumption on Datapath-Intensive Design Blocks SAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Mar 05, 2010 Forte Design Systems,
• Chip Design
  SiTel and Target Partnership Yields Powerful VoIP DSP

  Target's IP Designer tool suite enables development and programming of audio-specific high-performance, ultra-low-power DSP for SiTel's award-winning Green VoIP processors ‘s-Hertogenbosch,
• IP Solutions
  Tensilica CTO Chris Rowen Selected for Multiple Presentations at DATE Conference

  SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - March 04, 2010) - Chris Rowen, Tensilica founder and chief technology officer, will discuss SOC design for the wireless baseband at this year's DATE (Design
• Chip Design
  Tanner EDA and IC Mask Design Collaborate on Tools to Accelerate Analog Layout Design

  Tanner EDA layout expertise and IC Mask Design’s layout technology to boost design productivity and quality MONROVIA, California – March 2, 2010 – Tanner EDA, the catalyst for
• 8-Bit & 16-Bit
  Microchip Announces Higher Memory, Higher Pin Count Expansion of Enhanced 8-bit PIC® Microcontrollers (MCUs)

  MCUs Feature Industry-Leading Integration and Low Power Operation CHANDLER, Ariz. --(Business Wire)-- Mar 02, 2010 Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller
• Chip Design
  CoWare Unveils Next-Generation, System-Centric Analysis for CoWare Platform Architect and CoWare Virtual Platform

  Non-intrusive Data Collection, Powerful Eclipse-based Visualization and Meaningful System Metrics Deliver Significant Productivity Improvements to Electronic Systems Companies SAN
• Chip Design
  STMicroelectronics Delivers 90nm STM32 MCU with Unique Flash Accelerator for Extra Performance Boost

  STM32 embedded Flash performance gets double boost with 90nm production availability and Adaptive Real-Time accelerator enabling zero-wait program execution up to 120MHz GENEVA, March
• Chip Design
  Analog Devices Blackfin Development Tools Discount Reduces Cost of New Application Designs

  Significant Price Reduction for ADI’s VisualDSP++ and Emulator Product Bundles Lowers Cost Threshold NORWOOD, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Mar 01, 2010 Analog Devices, Inc. today announced
• IT Storage & eSecurity
  Security Appliance Solutions Based on Freescale Processors Take Scalability, Performance and Energy Efficiency to New Levels

  Ranging from 4 to 20 Gbps performance, solutions combine Freescale multicore processors and VortiQa application software with technology from top ODMs and software providers SAN FRANCISCO

February - 2010

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• Chip Design
  NXP Semiconductors Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Results

  Solid Sequential Sales Growth and Gross Margin Improvement Q4 Highlights Fourth quarter sales at USD 1,130M* versus USD 1,034M* in Q3 and USD 979M* in Q4 2008 Comparable sequential
• IP Solutions
  Networking & Storage Leaders Adopt 100/ 40G Ethernet Verification IP from nSys

  Newark, CA, February 24, 2010- nSys Design Systems, offering the world’s largest portfolio of Verification IPs, announced their 100/ 40G Ethernet nVS (nSys Verification Suite), which
• Chip Design
  Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue to Grow 20 Percent in 2010

  News Release Rising DRAM Prices Coupled with Strong PC Demand Will Result to Over 55 Percent DRAM Revenue Growth This Year STAMFORD, Conn., February 24, 2010 —  Worldwide
• Chip Design
  STMicroelectronics Introduces SPEAr Microprocessors for Embedded-Control Applications

  Equipment manufacturers across market segments get access to powerful yet flexible and cost-efficient digital engines GENEVA, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM)
• Chip Design
  Magma Reports Revenue of $31.0 million for Third Quarter – Exceeds All Financial Guidance

  SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 25, 2010 –– Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today reported revenue of $31.0 million for its fiscal 2010
• 8-Bit & 16-Bit
  Microchip Technology Announces Amendment To Definitive Agreement For Acquisition Of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.

  News Release CHANDLER, Arizona – February 23, 2010 – (NASDAQ: MCHP) - Microchip Technology Incorporated, a leading provider of microcontrollers and analog semiconductors, today
• Chip Design
  Duolog Tools Auto-generate OVM Verification Environment

  DUBLIN --(Business Wire)-- Feb 23, 2010 Duolog Technologies today announced that its award-winning Socrates chip integration platform can now auto-generate a complete OVM verification
• Low Power Systems
  Dialog Semiconductor and TSMC Collaborate on Industry-Leading BCD Process for Power Management ICs

  Dialog raises level of power management integration to address needs of future portable devices such as smartphones, ebooks, netbooks KIRCHHEIM/TECK, Germany and HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C.,
• FPGA & CPLD
  Xilinx Picks 28nm High-Performance, Low-Power Process to Accelerate Platforms for Driving the Programmable Imperative

  Process choice and architectural unification lowers total power consumption by 50%, increases capacity by 2x and drives down costs while improving designer productivity SAN FRANCISCO,
• FPGA & CPLD
  XMOS launches end-to-end digital iPhone Dock reference design for high-quality audio reproduction

  Bristol, UK and Sunnyvale, CA, February 23rd, 2010. XMOS has launched a reference design for iPhone® and iPod® docks, which keeps the audio signal path end-to-end digital, from the