Design And Reuse SoC News Alert

June 20, 2005

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Welcome to the issue of June 20, 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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INDUSTRY ARTICLES

Managing multiple evaluations of analog IP

Equivalency checking verifies sequential changes

Revving video encoding on C64x/DM64x DSPs

Embedding FPGAs in DSP-driven Software Defined Radio applications

COMMENTARY/ANALYSIS

The search for semiconductor IP intensifies

Platform ASICs a natural fit at 90 nm, say DAC panelists

IP is an Ecosystem, Denali Says

IP verification panel advocates standards

Panelists Discuss IP-vendor Survival Strategies

IP gurus discuss interoperability

IN THE NEWS

IP/SOC PRODUCTS

POWER MANAGEMENT: Converters move on-chip to regulate SoC's voltage

Impinj and TSMC Qualify AEON Memory

Jennic validates its Serial RapidIO intellectual property in silicon

Photron Technologies and AccelChip Implement Unique Digital Filter Design into FPGAs for Breakthrough Wireless Communications Technology

ARM Artisan Silicon-Verified Serial Link 200 PHY Series Available On Leading 90-Nanometer Processes

STRUCTURED ASIC

GDA Technologies to Release RapidChip Based PCIe Development Platform by Fall 05

DEALS

Samsung Debuts PowerVR MBX Enabled Phone

Rambus Signs New Technology License Agreement With IBM; Agreement Allows Access to XDR Memory Controller Interface Cell for ASIC Customers

Yamaha Selects ZSP(R) Cores and Audio Software to Speed Multimedia Applications to Market

IndigoVision Technology Behind New Cell-Phone MPEG-4 Chip

BUSINESS

Faraday and Innovasic Semiconductor Enter into Strategic Partnership

MOSAID Withdraws Offer to Acquire TriCN

eInfochips to double headcount

ARC International Passes 100th Licensee Milestone

LEGAL

ITC Commences Investigation of Qualcomm Based on Allegations of Unfair Trade Practices and Infringement of Broadcom Patents

Skyworks Settles Patent Litigation and Executes License Agreement with Qualcomm; Skyworks SMV Patent Portfolio Licensed to Qualcomm

PEOPLE

Patriot Scientific Names New Chairman/CEO; David H. Pohl to Lead Company in New Direction

Virage Logic Chief Scientist Named 2005 IEEE Industrial Pioneer Award Recipient

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

Discretix And ARM To Offer A Full Solution For Secure 32-bit Flash Controllers

FOUNDRIES

UMC Fabricates Record-Setting Voltage-Controlled Oscillator Using CMOS Technology

FPGA/CPLD

Poseidon automates the generation of hardware accelerator modules for Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs

FABLESS / IDM

Pixelworks Launches PWBSP-16 Broadband Signal Processor IC for High-Volume, Video-Centric Consumer Applications; Completely Programmable System-on-chip IC Delivers Multi-codec Solution for High-quality IPTV Video at a Competitive Price

Semtech to Acquire XEMICS

Jennic announces availability of evaluation kit for single chip ZigBee device with choice of stacks from Korwin and Luxoft

EDA

Tools missing as ESL rolls

Poseidon Design Systems supports Synplicity Synthesis tools

Designers adopt ESL, but tools are lacking

'Spirit' consortium claims progress on IP tool

OTHER

ARM Recipient of Synopsys Fifth Annual Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award

Transdimension and Chipidea host webinar on simplifying the integration of high-speed USB

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