Design And Reuse SoC News Alert

March 15, 2005

Michael,
Welcome to the issue of March 15, 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 80 MSPS DAC in TSMC 0.13um from Nordic Semiconductor

Silicon-proven IP for Public Key Acceleration from SafeNet

SATALink Device side with ARM AMBA bus from Silicon Image

USB Hi-Speed On-The-Go Controller for Multiple Devices Core from CAST

OCP 2.0 SystemVerilog Assertion Checker from HDL Design House

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

Debugging SoC Designs with Transactions

Compilers Enable Embedded Comm Application Optimization

Design of SystemVerilog Assertion IP

A methodology for DSP-based FPGA design

Why does STMicroelectronics license in FPGA blocks?

Panelists peer into future of FPGAs

Design outsourcing a challenge

IP/SOC PRODUCTS

MindTree to demonstrate its Bluetooth capabilities on OMAP and Nucleus at CTIA Wireless 2005

Arteris introduces industry's first products for building networks on Chip (NoC)

M2000 unveils optimized eFPGA architecture for DSP functions

HiTech Global Distribution expands IP Portfolio with SDIO Core

TransChip and CEVA Collaborate to Create Highly Compact Video Streaming Solution for Multimedia Applications

Falanx Announces Availability of Geometry Processors for Mobile Gaming

Memec Unique Announces Multi-Channel UART Evaluation Kit for Actel ProASIC Plus

Falanx Submits Mali IP Cores to Khronos OpenGL ES Conformance Process

Toshiba Launches Family of SATA PHY Cores That Meet High Speed Requirements of Storage, Networking and Consumer Markets

STRUCTURED ASIC

LSI Logic Introduces RapidChip Xtreme2(TM) Family With Unprecedented SERDES Integration and I/O Bandwidth

DEALS

MoSys 1T-SRAM IP Ships in HUDSON Soft's Video Game Controller; Video Game Controller in Volume Production Targets Toy Markets

NEC Electronics America Expands ASIC IP Portfolio with Tensilica▓s Xtensa Configurable Processor

CEVA-TeakLite DSP License Extended By STMicroelectronics For Next Generation DSL Central Office Chipsets

Further contract successes for new HyperSpeed and HyperLength FFT cores from RF Engines

Micronas Micronas Licenses Silicon Image's HDMI and DVI IPLicenses Silicon Image's HDMI and DVI IP

Virage Logic's High-Density ASAP Memory(TM) IP Used in Development of Low-leakage Wireless Multimedia Processors From NVIDIA

Legerity Selects StarCore Technology to Power Its Next Generation VoIP and FTTP Products

BUSINESS

Digital Core Design will take part in the EU Gateway to Japan

Tensilica Expands Into China

QuickSilver closes operations, shops IP

FINANCIAL RESULTS

Actel Corporation Announces First Quarter Business Update

Faraday Monthly Sales Report -- February 2005

Xilinx Updates Guidance for March Quarter FY05

LEGAL

U.S. District Judge Rules to Disqualify Patriot Scientific Corporation's Counsel and to Deny Witness Testimony

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

STMicroelectronics Introduces Highly Integrated Microcontroller with Embedded Programmable Logic for Wireless Infrastructure Applications

Atmel's New Single-Cycle 8051 Core Provides Big Performance Boost and Low Power

FS2 System Navigator Delivers Multi-Core Debugging for Tensilica Xtensa Processors

FS2 Introduces System Navigator with PDtrace for MIPS32 24K Debug

FOUNDRIES

TSMC's sales falls 18% amid silicon foundry lull

TSMC Monthly Sales Report - February 2005

FPGA/CPLD

Industry Study Reaffirms Reliability of Actel FPGAs Against Radiation-Induced Failures

Xilinx Ships Virtex-4 SX55 - World's Fastest FPGA For DSP

EDA

ZAiQ Technologies and ProDesign Integrate High Speed Transaction-Based Verification System

Synopsys' coreAssembler Reduces Time and IP Integration Risk for Spirit-Compliant IP

OTHER

Rambus Demonstrates Its 800MHz DDR2 Memory Controller Interface At Denali MemCon In Taiwan

Research centre for SoC opens in Belfast

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