| MIPS acquires analogue IP firm Chipidea
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2007-08-29 |
| MIPS Technologies has acquired analogue IP firm Chipidea Microelectronica as a move to strengthen its position and expand its customer base, making MIPS "the second largest design IP vendor" in the world |
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| Femtocells face tech, commercial hurdles
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2007-07-26 |
| Femtocells that can provide enhanced voice and data coverage in the home for up to six users on their existing 3G handsets have to clear technical, regulatory and commercial hurdles before being deployed. |
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| Technical problems hamper network TV design
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2007-07-20 |
| There are currently many uncontrolled variables ranging from silicon to software bug that make internet TVs hard to develop, and these devices are not yet capable of providing quality user experience. |
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| Is changing analogue market on the rise
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2007-07-17 |
| Despite doubts of workability, integration and testing of analogue IP, the analogue and mixed-signal IP market grew 34 per cent in 2006, accounting for 16 per cent of the overall design IP market, reports Gartner |
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| Faraday's UR-IP Centre to offer high-end mixed-signal IPs
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2007-07-12 |
| Faraday, along with Afa Technologies, Chip Advanced Technology, and SMedia Technology, has started UR-IP Centre to provide high value-added mixed-signal IPs |
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| Synopsys, UMC collaborate on 65/90nm connectivity IP
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2007-07-05 |
| Synopsys has collaborated with UMC to port its DesignWare USB 2.0, PCI Express, SATA and XAUI PHY semiconductor IP to UMC's 90nm and 65nm technologies |
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| Industry tackles approach to DFM, DFY issues
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2007-06-18 |
| Experts from chip, EDA and foundry companies ask whether it's better to deal with DFM and DFY issues at tape-out or minister to the design starting at the register transfer level. |
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| Low power challenges push for system-level EDA
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2007-06-01 |
| It is logical and imminent that the power format standard will evolve to address the current gaps in low-power design. However, how soon the CPF and UPF camps will find common ground for agreement is anyone's guess. |
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| Mentor, UMC address AMS needs
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2007-05-30 |
| Mentor Graphics and UMC have collaborated to develop a mixed-signal design flow that includes an integrated environment for design capture, data management and verification. |
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| Taiwan IC design houses provide system design services
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2007-05-17 |
| According to EE Times-Taiwan's "2007 Taiwan IC Design House Survey, the chipmakers are showing a strong trend towards designing for high-end CE applications. |
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| Cosmic backs Asia foray with IP integration support
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2007-05-16 |
| During the past six months, Cosmic Circuits Pvt. Ltd has been rapidly expanding its presence in key markets in Asia and the Middle East through its partner networks. |
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| TSMC to start running 55nm prototyping service this May
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2007-03-29 |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Co. Ltd will start running its 55nm process technology on a prototype basis in May, initially planning to offer it on a bi-monthly basis. |
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| EU commissioner's DVB-H pick receives criticisms
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2007-03-22 |
| Europe commissioner for Information Society and Media Viviane Reding has singled out DVB-H as the technology of choice for European mobile broadcasting but her decision was criticised by the European Mobile Broadcasting Council. |
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| .11n not to take off like .11b/g, says analyst
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2007-03-16 |
| Analysts don't see a big take-off for .11n, insisting that the 100Mbps link will not prove very useful for some time, either in public hotspots or home networks. |
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| ST, BITS Pilani, IIT to set up research labs
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2007-02-19 |
| STMicroelectronics has announced that it is setting up joint state-of-the-art research and innovation labs at two premier Indian technology institutes, BITS Pilani and IIT Delhi. |
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| Wi-Fi enables Internet radio
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2007-02-16 |
| Claiming to have a handle on Wi-Fi-enabled Internet radio, Frontier Silicon and Cambridge Consultants both insist that Internet radio should be affordable and able to operate without a PC. |
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| WiMAX to boost Taiwan's wireless growth
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2007-01-16 |
| Surprisingly, three of the top four products—mobile phone, Bluetooth, WLAN—in Taiwan wireless communications are experiencing a downturn since 1H 07. Meanwhile, GPS keeps on growing. |
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| Asia set sights on more design activities
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2007-01-08 |
| With the slew of investments and expansion projects undertaken in India, Singapore, Malaysia and even Vietnam last year, multinationals have reaffirmed their confidence in the potential of these nations. |
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| ISA, Cadence discuss low power design
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2006-12-20 |
| India Semiconductor Association (ISA) organised a panel discussion on low power design on December 12, at the Leela Palace Bangalore, in collaboration with Cadence Design Systems Inc. |
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| QualCore's Hyderabad design centre focuses on IP devt
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2006-12-13 |
| One of the mandates of QualCore Logic Ltd's Hyderabad design centre is the development of innovative IPs. QualCore believes that its portfolio of silicon-proven IP has been the key to its successful execution of complex SoC or ASIC design projects |
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| Cadence CEO discusses emerging trends in semicon design
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2006-12-06 |
| Michael J. Fister, president and CEO, Cadence Design Systems Inc., says that's as design complexity across custom ICs, digital ICs, PCB and packaging increases, a holistic level of capabilities are now required from semiconductor design and EDA companies alike. |
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| SiP begins challenging SoC implementations
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2006-11-28 |
| System-in-Package (SiP) technology has begun to challenge SoC implementations as a high-level design strategy for wireless applications because of lengthening SoC design cycles. |
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| Pulsic lyric router integrated in AWR design suite
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2006-07-24 |
| Applied Wave Research and Pulsic have announced that Pulsic's Lyric Automatic Routing system is now integrated into AWR's Analogue OfficeR 2006 design suite for analogue and RFIC design |
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| PMC-Sierra develops MIPS-based processors for residential gateways
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2006-07-17 |
| PMC-Sierra has reportedly developed two spins of its 7000 MIPS-based multiservice processor. |
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| IBM, Chartered agree to support Synopsys IP for 65nm
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2006-07-13 |
| Synopsys Inc. has announced that IBM and Chartered Semiconductor Mfg have agreed to support its DesignWare mixed-signal connectivity intellectual property on the 65nm process. |
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| Cosmic Circuits develops IP cores, gains traction
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2006-06-23 |
| Cosmic Circuits has developed IP cores for several fabs and taped out a number of test chips, and has worked on power management blocks |
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| Gartner sees slowdown in IC industry
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2006-06-12 |
| Gartner has reiterated its bullish chip forecast for 2006, but the market research firm sees a slowdown and consolidation in the IC industry. |
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| IC design growth rate slows down in Korea, Taiwan
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2006-06-01 |
| Korea and Taiwan IC design industries made little progress in 2005. |
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| 65nm tech operations begin at TSMC
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2006-05-26 |
| TSMC has qualified its 65nm low-power process technology, and expects to begin operations soon. |
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| Indian semicon industry to move up the value chain
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2006-05-03 |
| S.R. Dinesh, programme manager for electronics and semiconductor, Industrial Technologies Practice at Frost & Sullivan India, further explained to EE Times India the recent ISA-Frost & Sullivan report. |
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