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Michael,
Welcome to the issue of April 5, 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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    EDA development going in-house, analyst says
    Wipro says interest in outsourcing is on the rise
    Brave New World -- lawyers may become more important than engineers
    IP/SOC PRODUCTS
    SafeNet Makes Available New, Stronger Industry Standard Algorithm
    Rambus Unveils Micro-Threading In DRAM Cores
    Availability of low-cost PCI Express Design Kit through HiTech Global Distribution
    Faraday Announces the Industry's Smallest 0.18um Library-miniLib
    Elpida, Toshiba claim world's fastest DRAMs based on the XDR memory interface technology from Rambus Inc
    IntelliProp Introduces OEM Solutions for Consumer Electronics Storage Applications
    VeriSilicon Announced Release of Library Products for HeJian Technology 0.18 and 0.25 micron Process Technology
    Knowlent Announces Opal Electrical Verification Platform and Support for PCI Express, Serial ATA
    DEALS
    Transmeta and Sony Group Reach Agreement on Multi-Year Strategic Alliance
    USDC Contracts with Next Sierra to Develop OLED Driver Chips
    BUSINESS
    Kleiner Perkins and Vinod Khosla Invest Additional $7.5 Million in eASIC Corporation
    MIPS Technologies Solidifies its Leadership Position in DTV and STB Markets with International Software Alliances
    Cygnus Communications Inc. Announces the Acquisition of SiWorks Inc.
    Transmeta Announces Strategic Restructuring Plan
    ARC Brings the Power of Configurable Processor Technology to Japan
    ARC International Announces Strategic Partnerships with Kogent and NSW to Service Growing Japanese Consumer Electronics Market
    Shareholders Approve Cadence's Acquisition of Verisity
    FINANCIAL RESULTS
    MindTree Announces record 90% growth; Achieves revenues of $55 million
    Patriot Scientific Says Licensing Agreements Result in Quarterly Profit
    Silicon Storage Technology (SST) Updates Guidance on Expected First Quarter 2005 Results
    LEGAL
    MOSAID Technologies: Court Issues Summary Judgement Ruling in Infineon Patent Case
    Via Licensing Announces Availability of Joint Patent License for AVC (H.264) Video Compression Standard
    PEOPLE
    New Fabless Semiconductor Company, Ambric, Inc., Brings on Jerry Ardizzone, Former President of ARM USA as VP of Sales
    Transmeta Corp. Names Arthur L. Swift as President & CEO
    DESIGN SERVICES
    NetEffect Selects eInfochips as a Design Services Partner for Next Generation Ethernet Solution
    EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
    Axeon and Infineon unveil embedded machine learning system
    ARC International and Green Hills Software Announce Enhanced MULTI Development Environment for Configurable ARC Processors
    SafeNet Announces QuickSec IKEv2 Toolkit
    FS2 System Navigator Delivers Debugging for SOCs with Multiple Tensilica Xtensa Processors
    FOUNDRIES
    Tower Semiconductor Board Approves 2005 Operating Plan Focused On Maximizing Operational Efficiencies
    FPGA/CPLD
    Xilinx Ships Virtex-4 LX200: World's Highest Density FPGA
    Actel and Prover Technology Announce Equivalence Checking Support for Actel Design Flows
    Xilinx Extends Low Cost Leadership With New ISE WebPACK 7.1i
    EDA
    Agilent Technologies Uses Zenasis Technologies' ZenTime to Increase System-on-Chip Performance and Accelerate Time to Silicon
    Mentor Graphics Donation of SystemVerilog Assertion (SVA) Version of Open Verification Library Accepted by Accellera
    ZAiQ Technologies and S2C Inc. Collaborate on a Transaction-Based SoC Design and Validation System
    OTHER
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