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Michael,
Welcome to the issue of April 12, 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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Host-Side SATALink 2-Port with ARM AMBA Bus Core from Silicon Image
SD/SDIO/MMC Host Controller with CE-ATA support from ASICS World Services
IBM CoreConnect PLB SDRAM Controller, a Memory Controller for PPC405 processors in Virtex-4 and Virtex-II Pro FPGAs from Array Electronics
IEEE 802.16d MAC from Wi-LAN Inc.
1 to 40Mhz Crystal Oscillator from ChipIdea Microelectronics
Display Graphics Engine with video support from Bitsim
Wanted IPs :
  • IEEE 802.15.4/ZigBee RF IP
  • Voice Codecs (G.711, G.723, G.726, G.729 VHDL or RTL)
  • High Speed SERDES
  • Development of an Arithmetic Operation System of a Variable Digit Number Type
    A practical approach to design reuse
    A Verification Environment Creation Infrastructure for Bus-Based Systems and Modules
    Cutting Costs But Not Performance for VoIP-Enabled End-Points
    Bridging the Wi-Fi/Embedded Divide
    Mark Templeton, president of ARM Inc., advocates more dynamic collaborative design
    IBM VC calls for 'open' hardware
    Cadence Executive Chairman Ray Bingham calls on China to respect intellectual property
    IP/SOC PRODUCTS
    Wipro Technologies announces Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 802.11a MAC and Baseband IPs
    Arasan launches Worlds first CE-ATA Host Controller IP core; Ambarella the first licencee
    PLX, Rambus Exhibit PCI Express Switching At Intel Developer Forum In Taiwan, China
    GDA PCI Express Controller and Rambus PHY Combined Solution on PCISIG Integrators list
    Altera, ATEME to Demonstrate Industry's First FPGA-Based H.264/AVC Encoder at NAB2005
    ARM Announces Free Processor Access Via Web Distribution
    UpZide and Tensilica to Cooperate on VDSL2 Data-Path Design
    ICC Offers Java-Optimized ARM Processor-Based Platform To Fabless Consumer Electronics Designers
    STRUCTURED ASIC
    LSI Logic Receives Industry's First Qml Certification at 0.13-Micron for Military and Aerospace Applications
    IPWireless Gains Performance/Cost Reduction for Its 3G-UMTS Base Station Using LSI Logic RapidChip(R) Platform ASIC
    DEALS
    Magima Licenses the MIPS32 4Kc Core for its STB/DTV Products
    Chipnuts Technology To Design Power-Efficient Mobile Phone Multimedia Chip Sets Based On ARM Processors
    Elixent licenses its reconfigurable semiconductor IP to Matsushita Electric for advanced system-on-chips
    LSI Logic H.264 Technology Integrated in New HD and SD MPEG-4 AVC Systems From Modulus Video
    BUSINESS
    Freescale, Philips and STMicroelectronics Expand Industry's Largest R&D Alliance; Crolles2 Alliance Partners Intend to Enhance Collaboration across Libraries and System-on-Chip Intellectual Property Blocks
    Cadence Completes Acquisition of Verisity
    Digital Core Design increases its presence in India
    Elixent attracts strategic investment from Panasonic and Toshiba
    IP analysis firm eyes Russia through outsource pact
    FINANCIAL RESULTS
    Faraday Monthly Sales Report - March 2005
    Actel Corporation Preannounces Better than Expected First Quarter Revenue
    Virage Logic Announces Expectations of Preliminary Results for Second Fiscal Quarter of 2005
    LEGAL
    MOSAID Sues Infineon in Texas for Patent Infringement
    DESIGN SERVICES
    India's Mindtree joins Cadence's Jumpstart program
    Simulation testbench gives green light for advanced WiMax system development
    EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
    Mindspeed Announces VoIP-Over-Cable Software For Comcerto Family of VoIP Processors
    SafeNet Announces QuickSec for Telecom
    FOUNDRIES
    UMC Expands X Architecture Support -- First Pure-Play Foundry to Provide Qualified 90-nm Design Rules
    Foundry sales fall in Q1, UMC utilization hits 60%
    TSMC Monthly Sales Report - March 2005
    Tower's 0.18-micron Technology Platform Enables QuickLogic to Ramp Production of Power-Optimized Eclipse II Products
    FPGA/CPLD
    Industry's First FPGA-Based AES Reference Design Highlights Altera's Booth Demonstrations at NAB2005
    Philips and Xilinx Deliver World's First Low-Cost Programmable PCI Express Solution
    Actel ProASIC Plus FPGAs Chosen by Integen Technologies Inc. for In-Hotel Video-on-Demand and Internet Delivery System
    Altera Completes Rollout of MAX II CPLD Family
    FABLESS
    SigmaTel Portable Digital Audio Technology Drives GPX SportX Headphone MP3 Player
    Tips for the fabless
    EDA
    Dolphin Technology Endorses Magma's Advanced Memory BIST Solution within Blast DFT
    IBM exec calls for system-level tools
    OTHER
    SafeNet SafeXcel Security Processors Receive FIPS Certification

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