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Michael,
Welcome to the issue of April 19, 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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    Compact Flash Controller AMBA Subsystem Core from Aurora VLSI
    Advanced MPEG-2 Transport Stream Demux for Multiple Simultaneous Transport Streams from sci-worx GmbH
    Secure Digital (SD & SDIO), MMC Card (MMC3.31 & MMC4.0) & CE ATA Host Controller Core from Arasan Chip Systems
    I2C e Verification Component from HDL Design House
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  • Model-based approach allows design for yield
    How to analyze processor features for network use
    ARChitect Processor Configurator: The Power of Configurable Processing At Your Fingertips
    Cutting a fast path to semiconductors: With special synthesis and processing, algorithms turn into silicon-but keep an eye on hardware
    A matter of the design chain
    IP quality: design's tough nut
    Foundries should drive IP quality
    Memory problems: Consumer products need a new nonvolatile embedded option
    Mentor VP highlights growing need for systems design reuse
    IP/SOC PRODUCTS
    STMicroelectronics Manufactures 90nm Silicon of World's First Multi-Standard Disk-Drive Physical-Layer IP
    LogicVision Announces Breakthough High-Speed I/O Test Technology
    AccelChip Announces AccelCore IP Core Product Line
    Synopsys to Distribute Tower Semiconductor's 0.18- and 0.13-Micron Silicon Libraries within DesignWare Library
    Mentor Graphics Configurable Port is Compliant with the PCI Express Specification
    Falanx Mali 100 IP Core is First Handheld 3D Hardware Acceleration Certified by Futuremark Smartphone Benchmark
    New cores and peripherals enrich Dolphin's kit for audio ADC and DAC converters
    DEALS
    Siano Mobile Silicon Targets Mobile Digital TV Market Using ARC's Configurable Processor Technology
    ARC International's Configurable Processor Embedded in UPEK's Leading-Edge Biometric Security Technology
    Rambus Signs Patent License Agreement with NEC Electronics
    BUSINESS
    Morpho Technologies Receives Investment in Series C Funding and Announces New CEO; Former ARM Executive and Semiconductor Industry Leader Joins as CEO
    NS8 Forms Co-Development Relationship with Improv Systems to Create a Semiconductor Development Environment for Mobile Devices with iWave Interactive Systems
    ARC International Announces Early Adopter Program For New ARC-Based Multimedia Subsystems
    FINANCIAL RESULTS
    Rambus Reports First Quarter Earnings; Earnings Per Share of 4 Cents; Revenue Growth of 22% Over the First Quarter Last Year
    LEGAL
    Nazomi Wins Appellate Reversal of Court Decision on Java Acceleration Patent
    PEOPLE
    Silicon Image Appoints Industry Veteran Richard L. Sanquini to Board
    Industry Veteran Hitoshi Yoshizawa Appointed President Of Xilinx K.K.
    DESIGN SERVICES
    Silicon & Software Systems (S3) honored as a key contributor to Award Winning Medical Product Design
    EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
    Sundance Unveils Floating-Point Library for TI Fixed-Point TMS320T DSP Family
    Domain Technologies Joins the LSI Logic ZSP Solution Partner Program
    ESPICO To Offer Audio Codecs That Run On ARM OptimoDE Embedded Signal-Processing Data Engines
    FOUNDRIES
    Tower Semiconductor Debuts In-house 0.18- and 0.13-Micron Libraries
    FPGA/CPLD
    Lattice and Synplicity extend OEM Agreement
    Inlet Technologies Using Altera's Stratix FPGAs for Real-Time High-Definition Video Encoding
    Altera and Gennum to Deliver Next Generation Video Interfaces for Broadcast Industry
    Altera FPGAs Drive Panasonic's Industry-Leading Broadcast Products
    FABLESS
    Aspex Accelerates High Definition Video Compression Market in Partnership with MainConcept
    Cradle Technologies Multiprocessor DSP Selected by Digi-flower for IP Network Video Streamer
    International Electronics, Inc. has Selected the nRF2401A for the Revolutionary HeadOn Headset
    EDA
    Aldec Releases Riviera 2005.04 with All New System-Level Simulation Performance and Debugging
    Bluespec adds cosimulation to its cycle-accurate models
    Magma and ARM announce comprehensive, low-power implementation solution for low-power SoC designs
    Newfield Technology Joins CoWare CoTeam Partner Program as a Service Provider
    OTHER
    Samsung says expanding industrial storage market showing growing interest in Single-Level-Cell (SLC) Memory

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