Semiconductor IP Industry News
February, 2011

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — February 23, 2011 — Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNXT), a leading supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, embedded modem, and video surveillance applications, today announced ...

NXP Announces GreenChip Solution for Non-Dimmable LED Retrofit Lamps

SIGGRAPH 2011 Seeks Real-Time Live! Content

Panphonics Directional Audio Speakers Installed in 7-Eleven In-Store Digital Network in the U.S. and Canada

Tuesday February 22, 2011

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Linde Sees Rapid Growth as Centres of Power Shift in the Global Solar Industry

Wins 25 New Contracts and Renewals with Leading Photovoltaic Suppliers

MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capitalising on the return of growth to the photovoltaic (PV) industry in 2010, the Linde Gases Division of The Linde Group secured over 25 ...

AMD Helps Advance Parallel Computing With OpenCL(TM) University Kit

Mentor Graphics Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Conditional Proposal from the Icahn Group

Fairchild Semiconductor Displays Innovative Technologies for Power Supply and Motion Control Designs at APEC 2011

Monday February 21, 2011

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NXP Expands ARM Cortex-M0 Microcontroller Portfolio With LPC1200 Industrial Control Series

Eindhoven, Netherlands and San Jose, California, February 22, 2011 – NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Nasdaq: NXPI) today announced its LPC1200 Industrial Control Series featuring the ARM® Cortex™-M0 processor. The LPC1200 extends NXP’s 32-bit ARM microcontroller continuum and targets a wide range of industrial applications in the areas of factory and home ...

Mentor Graphics Underscores Comprehensive Support for UVM 1.0

AWR Gifts Software to IMS 2011 Power Amplifier and Wideband Balun Student Design Contest Participants and Winners

Seattle Children’s Hospital Deploys Gemalto Strong Authentication Solutions to Protect Network Data

Friday February 18, 2011

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Mentor Graphics Expects to Meet or Exceed Q4 2011 Financial Guidance

WILSONVILLE, Ore.--( BUSINESS WIRE)--Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ:MENT) today announced that the company will release financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter, ended January 31, 2011, on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at approximately 4:15 ...

Micrel Launches Industry's Smallest System Power Triple LDO Family Featuring Best-In-Class Performance for Battery Powered Apps

Disruption in library offering for the 90 nm LP process with Dolphin Integration's new generation of High Density Standard Cells

Content protection on HTC's Android Devices, powered by Discretix

Thursday February 17, 2011

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X-ES Announces XPort6103, a Rugged Half-Terabyte (512 GB) Solid State Disk XMC With Data Encryption

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Technology Leader Cascade Microtech Finalist for Three Test Awards

Nextreme Introduces Thermobility Wireless Power

MOSAID Technologies (TSX:MSD) to Release Third Quarter Fiscal 2011 Results on March 3, 2011

Wednesday February 16, 2011

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Mentor Graphics to Participate in SemiWiki.com Social Media Platform

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Cadence Elects Susan L. Bostrom to Board of Directors

Avnet Electronics Marketing and Samsung Electro-Mechanics Ink Global Distribution Agreement

Real Intent Presents On Clock Domain Crossing (CDC), Demonstrates Software for Verification Signoff at SemIsrael

Tuesday February 15, 2011

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AMD and ViVu Showcase Wireless HD Content Streaming Solution Powered by AMD Fusion APUs

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Top PC Makers Launch Desktop PCs With AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6450, HD 6570 and HD 6670 Discrete Graphics Cards

MontaVista's Bare Metal Engine(TM) Pushes Linux Performance to New Frontiers -- Wireless Applications Gain 600% Increase in Linux Data Plane Performance

NXP supports NFC API extension in Android 2.3.3

Monday February 14, 2011

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Altair Semiconductor Licenses Sonics' On-Chip Networks for Ultra-Low Power, High-Performance 4G Processors

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Airspan Selects Cavium Networks OCTEON(R) Processors to Power Its Next Generation 4G LTE Products

Vantrix Takes a Quantum Leap in Video Optimization

Electrovaya Reports First Quarter FY 2011 Results

Sunday February 13, 2011

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Cavium Networks and Picochip Partner to Showcase Industry's First End-to-End LTE Femtocell at 2011 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

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Mindspeed to Demonstrate World’s First Commercially-Available Single-Chip eNodeB Solution for LTE Small Cells at 2011 Mobile World Congress

Video Transmission via Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Picocell Emphasizes Unique Feature Set of Company's Breakthrough Transcede System-on-Chip (SoC)

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Friday February 11, 2011

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MediaTek Adopts Mentor Graphics Calibre PERC as Its ESD and Circuit Reliability Verification Solution

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Digi-Key Corporation Awarded 2010 Distributor of the Year by PUI Audio Inc.

Company Profile for Valpey Fisher Corporation

BreakingPoint FireStorm CTM to Launch at RSA 2011: Only Product Capable of Measuring Cost, Performance, and Stability of Moving to Cloud Environment

Thursday February 10, 2011

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Oberthur and NXP Announce Licensing Agreement for MIFARE on SIM Cards

Paris and Eindhoven, February 11, 2010 – NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Nasdaq: NXPI) and Oberthur Technologies, announced today a licensing agreement for NXP’s MIFARE™ technology. This agreement enables Oberthur Technologies to integrate MIFARE™ into its SIM cards globally. This will further drive the adoption of NFC-enabled phones in infrastructures such as ...

Verigy Named Best Semiconductor Test Equipment Supplier in Korea in VLSIresearch's 2010 Customer Satisfaction Survey

Interra's Vega H264/SVC Analyzer for Advanced Media Codec Development Selected by Freescale Semiconductor

Ron Sachs Communications Takes Florida’s Public Affairs and Public Relations Online Through Launch of SachsDigital

Wednesday February 09, 2011

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Synopsys CEO Aart de Geus to Speak at Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference

This event will be broadcast live on the Internet via the Synopsys corporate website at http://www.synopsys.com/Company/InvestorRelations on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 at 9:40 a.m. PT (12:40 p.m. ET). To access the live webcast presentation, please go to the website at least ten minutes early to register and to download and ...

TriQuint Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Results

Microchip Technology to Present at the Stifel Nicolaus 2011 Technology, Communications & Internet Conference

Zoran and Software Imaging Launch New Universal Driverless Printing Solution for Smartphones and Tablets

Tuesday February 08, 2011

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AMD Fusion APUs Accelerate Flash Player 10.2

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Bentley Entrega eB Insight - a base de sua plataforma AssetWise para Gestão de Informações do Ciclo de Vida de Ativos

Members Share Knowledge, Demonstrate Products at MIPI® Alliance All-Members Meeting

OCP-IP Announces Network-on-Chip Working Group Overview White Paper

Monday February 07, 2011

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AMD and Barco Advance Medical Diagnoses With Enhanced Visual Imaging

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Analog Bits Unveils Industry's Lowest Power 40nm High Bandwidth SerDes

Intersil Corporation to Present at the Stifel Nicolaus 2011 Technology, Communications & Internet Conference on February 11th

ON Semiconductor’s New Power MOSFET Devices Deliver Valuable Space Savings and Robust Performance for Automotive Modules

Saturday February 05, 2011

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Microsemi Announces High-Level Synthesis Support from Synopsys

Synopsys(R) Synphony Model Compiler Offers Higher Productivity for Microsemi Customers Developing DSP Algorithms IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 27, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq:MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor technology aimed at building a smart, secure, connected world, today announced that Synopsys' Synphony Model Compiler, a design tool suite ...

Friday February 04, 2011

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Intercept Technology Inc.® Advances its RF Design Flow with AWR Corporation's Microwave Office®

DesignCon 2011 - Santa Clara, California - February 1, 2010 - Intercept Technology, Inc., a leader in PCB/Hybrid/RF electrical engineering applications, today announced an enhanced bidirectional link between Intercept's Mozaix schematic and Pantheon layout design applications and AWR Corporation's Microwave Office software. This bidirectional capability ...

USPTO Validates Sidense's Non-Infringement Position and Rejects Two Kilopass Patents

HDL Design House joins the Hellenic Semiconductor Industry Association

Spreadtrum and TSMC Achieve 3G TD-SCDMA Baseband Processor Milestone

Thursday February 03, 2011

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Monolithic Power Systems Announces Results for the Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2010

The results for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 are as follows:

The results for the year ended December 31, 2010 are as follows:

"2010 was a growth year for MPS, and 2011 is a transitional year. We are now focused on our ongoing efforts to diversify into new markets, ...

Zoran Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Results

Varian Semiconductor Announces Presentation at the Stifel Nicolaus Technology, Communications & Internet Conference

Cadence Announces Global Series of Seminars on Mixed-Signal Design

Wednesday February 02, 2011

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Cadence Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2010 Financial Results

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Altera's 28-nm Variable-Precision DSP Block Architecture Wins the 2011 DesignVision Award

ESI to Present at Stifel Nicolaus’ Technology, Communications & Internet Conference 2011

SiTime Extends Leadership With Highest Performance Silicon MEMS Timing Platform

Tuesday February 01, 2011

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Bourns Announces Industry's First ECL Designed to Tolerate AC Mains Power Contact without Damage

New Bourns® TBU® Series Provides Fast Reacting Circuit Protection that Does Not Alter High Speed Communications Port Signals

"The TBU DT-Series represents a whole new level of circuit protection for sensitive Ethernet ports," said Ian Doyle, product line manager of semiconductor products at Bourns, Inc. "Ethernet interfaces today are used almost ...

Broadcom Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Results

Broadcom Announces 12.5 Percent Increase in Quarterly Cash Dividend and $300 Million Accelerated Share Repurchase Plan

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