Design And Reuse SoC News Alert

March 8, 2005

Michael,
Welcome to the issue of March 8, 2005 of D&R SoC News Alert, our email update to provide you with the latest news and information in the System-On-Chip Community.

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Dual 10-bit 160 MSPS ADC in TSMC 0.13um with PGA buffer in front from Nordic Semiconductor

32-bit RISC microprocessor core featuring protected operating modes, position-independent code and high code density from Cambridge Consultants

68HC08 Binary-compatible 8-Bit FAST Microcontroller with DoCD on-chip Hardware Debug System from Digital Core Design

Quad-channel SATA PHY Core from Silicon Image

Secure Hash Algorithm Accelerator (256-bit) from Athena

USB2.0 PHY LS-FS-HS 3.3V-1.2V-1.2V UTMI+ TSMC 0.13 from ChipIdea Microelectronics

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MPEG2 Decoder IP core for HD quality streaming

STBus asynchronous decoupler: an answer to the IP integration issues in future technologies

Low power microcontroller design techniques for mixed-signal applications

Using Vera and Constrained-Random Verification to Improve DesignWare Core Quality

MIMO Holds Key to High Bandwidth Wireless Systems

Turning software into hardware

The four Rs of efficient system design

GlobalPress Summit panelists debate route to working SoCs

IP/SOC PRODUCTS

Chipidea, Solid Silicon Technology Offer Integrated USB 2.0 and USB 2.0 OTG IP Solutions for Chartered's 0.13-Micron and 0.18-Micron Processes

LSI Logic Drives High Performance Applications With Synthesized ARM1156T2-S Processor and Reference Design

NEC Electronics Unveils 90-Nanometer Embedded DRAM Technology

Bitboys Introduces Vector Graphics Processor for Mobile Devices at Game Developers Conference

ARM Discloses Technical Details and Partner Support For ARMv7 Architecture

TRIM's LTR1004 and LTR4041 Voltage Reference IPs are Available for IBM 0.13um Process Technology

CAST Expands USB OTG Line with New Multi-Port IP Core

Newest Release of SonicsMX Addresses H.264 and Legacy Interconnectivity

Faraday Technology Introduces Industry's Smallest USB2.0 PHY IP

UMC and Virage Logic Announce Qualification of Embedded Non-Volatile Memory Technology on UMC's 0.18um Logic Process

LTRIM Technologies offers a family of pure CMOS silicon proven power management analog IPs to IBM Microelectronics foundry and ASIC customers

OCP-IP Announces Release of OCP 2.1 Specification

Genesys Logic Introduces PCI Express and GigaSata Serial ATA Products at IDF Spring 2005

Altera's PCI Express IP Core Passes PCI-SIG February Workshop Compliance Tests

STRUCTURED ASIC

NEC Electronics Introduces the CMOS-12M Series of Mainstream Structured ASICs

DEALS

MIPS Architecture Selected by Infineon as Standard for its VoIP Solutions

HED Licenses ARM922T Processor For SoC Designs

BUSINESS

Costello's analog automation pioneer, Barcelona, to fold

MPEG-only bows out of codecs race; H.264 and VC-1 still contending

MIPS Technologies Launches China Operations

LEGAL

Judge Again Dismisses Rambus Patent Claims in Virginia Case

USPTO Awards ARC International Key Patent On Configurable Processor Technology

PEOPLE

Tensilica Names Dan Weed as Vice President of Customer Engineering

DESIGN SERVICES

Innotech Joins ARM Foundry Program With ARM7TDMI Microprocessor License

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

Accelerated Technology Announces Nucleus IPC for Rapid Development of Multi-Processor Applications

MIPS Technologies Teams with TimeSys to Deliver MIPS Architecture and Core-Optimized 2.6 Linux Distributions to Licensees and OEMs Worldwide

ARM Announces Rapid System Prototyping Solution

Intel targets multithreaded software for multicore processors

Tensilica Offers Automatically Configured RTOS and Development System Support for Xtensa LX Configurable Processor

FOUNDRIES

Tower aims to ship ICs made on 130-nm process in 2005

Chartered updates guidance for first quarter

PCI Express adoption could boost TSMC in Q2, says report

Gurus mull challenges of 65 nm at Global Press Summit

FPGA/CPLD

Lauterbach Debugger Delivers Multi-Processor Support for Altera's Nios II Embedded Processor

Xilinx Virtex-4 FX FPGAs With PowerPC Processor Deliver Breakthrough 20x Performance Boost

Actel and ARM Sign Landmark Agreement to Bring ARM7 Processor Family to Burgeoning FPGA Market

Altera's Stratix II Family Leads the Industry With 2X Signal Integrity Performance Over Competing FPGAs

OTHER

austriamicrosystems launches fully automotive-qualified non-volatile process for foundry customers

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