Design And Reuse SoC News Alert

May 9, 2005

Michael,
Welcome to the issue of May 9, 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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Variety of configurable I/Os

Embedded 8051 microcontroller

System-on-Chip Monitoring System from RealFast Intellectual Property AB

DDR I/II Controller Core from Tallika Corp.

10-bit 80 MSPS Pipeline ADC in 0.13um (low area, low power) from Silicon & Software Systems Ltd.

QR Matrix Factorization core, Factoring a real-valued, input matrix A into an upper triangular matrix R and a lower triangular matrix Q such that Q . R = A from AccelChip

MPEG-4/H.263 SelectCore CIF CODEC video from Sarnoff Corp.

Single Channel 2.5Gbps PCI-Express SerDes from Next Sierra, Inc.

12-bit, 40 MHz, with SH,1.8 V Pipeline ADC from ChipIdea

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10/100/1000 Ethernet PHY

Step down DC-DC Converter

Serdes 6.25 Gbs

Software must take full advantage of multicore platforms

Measuring the value of third party interconnects

FPGAs aid in high-end memory interface design

Take a scalable approach to fabric interface controller design

A comprehensive approach for verification of OCP-based SoCs

Designing Using the AMBA (TM) 3 AXI (TM) Protocol -- Easing the Design Challenges and Putting the Verification Task on a Fast Track to Success

Interview: Roelandts, president and CEO of Xilinx discusses the shifting balance between FPGAs and ASICs, the role of FPGAs in consumer electronics and supply chain gains

ADI's data converter business reflects a mixture of standbys and custom brews

IP/SOC PRODUCTS

ARC International and Tao Group Provide the Lowest Power Java Solution for Embedded Devices

Matsushita launches 'integrated platform' chip strategy

Sarnoff H.264 Decoder Delivers High-Quality Video On Portable Devices, Cell Phones

LEON3 has passed SPARC V8 compliance testing

DEALS

TUV Rheinland selects SeaSolve Software's IEEE 802.15.4 WPAN PHY Layer Compliance Test and Analysis Solution

Motorola buys TTPCom's AJAR platform

MIPS Technologies and ITE Technology, Inc. Announce Agreement to License MIPS32 4KE Pro Core Family

BUSINESS

Cadence and Faraday Announce Library Collaboration For Nanometer Design

Zoran Corporation Agrees to Acquire Oren Semiconductor

Strategy Analytics: Growing Automotive ASIC Market Provides $2.4 Billion Opportunity

Silicon Image Receives NASDAQ Notifications

Philips reorganizes semiconductor division

STMicro FPGA IP up for Grabs

FINANCIAL RESULTS

Faraday Monthly Sales Report - April 2005

LEGAL

Acacia Technologies Adds Intel and Advanced Micro Devices to Computer Memory Cache Coherency Litigation

PEOPLE

Howard Bubb Named CEO of Ambric, a Fabless Semiconductor Start-up

Abraham Sofaer Joins Rambus Board of Directors

DESIGN SERVICES

Cambridge Consultants to help develop next-generation terminal equipment for Iridium Satellite

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

Mentor Graphics and LSI Logic Announce Seamless Product Support for ZSP Processor Cores

FOUNDRIES

TSMC Monthly Sales Report - April 2005

TSMC expands DFM recommendations at 90 nm

April sales fall 30 percent year-on-year at UMC

Doubts remain about Chartered Semi's recovery

SMIC and UTAC to Establish Semiconductor Assembly and Testing Facility in China

FPGA/CPLD

Xilinx Expands Signal Processing Portfolio For Digital Communication System Design

Built for Speed: Quartus II Software Version 5.0 Boosts Stratix II Memory Performance Up to 550 MHz

Atmel Extends its FPGA to ASIC Conversion Service for Space Applications

Atmel's FPSLIC II Dynamically Reconfigurable SoC Supports "Silicon-Sharing" For Peripherals & Interfaces

FABLESS

Fulcrum Microsystems Raises $20 Million to Expand the Market for its Innovative Interconnect Semiconductors

EDA

TransEDA Announces Automatic Verification for AMBA AXI-Based Designs

OTHER

Sonics' Research Reveals Dramatic Gains in Volume, Market Share, and Profits Using Third-Party Intelligent Interconnect Strategy for SoC Design

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