| Exar to use Synopsys platforms for 65nm designs
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2009-05-28 |
| Exar has signed an expanded business agreement to establish Synopsys as its leading EDA partner. |
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| Analysis: The story behind MIPS-Chipidea breakup
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2009-05-20 |
| An examination of the MIPS-Chipidea breakup suggests that both did not have the qualities to make the merger work. |
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| MIPS, Chipidea break up
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2009-05-12 |
| MIPS has divested its analogue business group to Synopsys in an all-cash transaction for Rs.111.36 crore ($22 million |
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| LFoundry exec sees bright future ahead
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2009-05-07 |
| Michael Lehnert: With our technology, we will gain a large share of the market. |
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| VCs puzzled over future investments
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2009-04-22 |
| Xilinx CEO Moshe Gavrielov said it was all over: Venture capital would not return to the semiconductor industry. |
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| Building tomorrow's smart grid
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2009-04-13 |
| This could be the year the smart grid starts its transformation from an overhyped concept to a set of working prototypes. |
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| TSMC qualifies 0.18µm embFlash process tech
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2009-04-03 |
| The Taiwanese manufacturing giant has qualified a family of processes intended for automotive, analogue and power-sensitive applications |
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| Synopsys to dominate EDA market?
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2009-02-24 |
| Synopsys says its relative strength will buttress trends that have been working in its favour, driving even more marketshare its way. |
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| TI acquires power management start-up
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2009-02-13 |
| With Ciclon, TI gains quick entry into the power MOSFET and other analogue-oriented IC businesses |
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| Analysis: Plug-and-play IP goal still elusive
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2009-02-11 |
| Users still complain of the lack of standards and effective quality metrics that they say would help greatly in confidently selecting IP |
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| 'Programmable broadband' has arrived for PC TV
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2009-01-21 |
| CrestaTech has demonstrated a "region-free TV," capable of receiving analogue or digital TV broadcast, radio and GPS signals |
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| Semi industry calls for R&D, India focus
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2009-01-13 |
| The 2009 international VLSI and embedded systems conferences in Delhi concluded with industry executives calling for greater R&D focus and more innovations targeted for the Indian market. |
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| What lies ahead for semis?
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2009-01-05 |
| Forecasters seem to have different opinions about the overall outlook for the semi market in 2009. |
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| Too many analogue foundries
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2008-12-29 |
| The odds for analogue foundries' survival aren't looking good as vendors face an IC market downturn |
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| Semi IP market remains bright
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2008-12-18 |
| The semiconductor IP market will exceed $2 billion this year and show about a 7.7-per cent y-on-y growth |
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| Synopsys makes contribution to IPL Alliance
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2008-11-14 |
| Synopsys has contributed a draft standard for interoperable property and parameter definitions to the IPL Alliance. |
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| IBM claims first 45nm SOI foundry service
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2008-11-12 |
| IBM's Microelectronics Group claims the industry's first 45-nm, silicon-on-insulator foundry offering. |
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| Gloomy outlook for semi industry
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2008-10-31 |
| The semiconductor industry faces a long-term decline with decreasing R&D investments and a tougher competition climate, says iSuppli. |
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| Maxim acquires digital video leader
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2008-10-21 |
| Maxim announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Mobilygen. |
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| Maxim acquires fabless semi company
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2008-10-16 |
| Maxim has announced that it will acquire Mobilygen, a developer of H.264 video compression chips. |
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| DTV decoding chip market set for rapid growth
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2008-10-07 |
| TV makers are driven to offer sets with advanced video decoding chips capable of working with multiple video standards. |
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| Cash is 'king' in ON Semi, Microchip bid for Atmel
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2008-10-06 |
| Microchip's Sanghi said he is prepared to sweeten the deal by offering a combination of Microchip shares and cash. |
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| Synopsys offers unified mixed-signal solution for custom design
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2008-09-24 |
| Synopsis announces its entry into mixed-signal implementation with the Galaxy Custom Designer. |
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| Vishay-IR deal could end or get ugly
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2008-09-03 |
| How will Vishay respond to IR's rejection of its Rs.6,857.35 crore ($1.6 billion) acquisition offer? |
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| IC makers face 'More than Moore' era
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2008-07-21 |
| Chip and semiconductor equipment makers are at a crossroads as they face "More than Moore" era. |
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| Chip R&D 'is not dead'
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2008-07-16 |
| Intermolecular and SRC are expected to roll new R&D initiatives at this week's Semicon West. |
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| Indian tech companies develop chip IP
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2008-07-09 |
| Indian tech firms facing cost pressures are seeking a way out by boosting R&D investments for chip IP |
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| Synopsys preps for 'techonomic' challenges
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2008-07-01 |
| Synopsys CEO Aart de Geus: I call the challenges "techonomic" because technology and money affect each other. |
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| NICE Systems select TI's DaVinci technology
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2008-06-24 |
| TI announced that NICE Systems has selected its DaVinci technology for its next-generation NiceVision Net edge devices. |
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| Great expectations for Galileo users
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2008-06-18 |
| A wealth of R&D is under way to ensure Galileo terminals will be working in 2012 or 2013. |
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