Semiconductor IP Industry News
September, 2011

TOKYO & CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) and Amkor Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMKR) today announced that they have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for the acquisition by Amkor of Toshiba Electronics ...

The U.S. Commerce Association selected Smartmatic Corporation for the 2011 Best of Boca Raton Award in Identity Management Systems

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NVIDIA uses the Perforce SCM tools as its primary data management solution. The flexibility and open architecture of this system allows customization for the needs and methodologies of all departments throughout the company. Its scalability enables efficient support of almost 4,000 users. The robustness of the Perforce server allows for ...

Eindhoven, Netherlands and Hilden, Germany, September 27, 2011 - NXP Semiconductors N.V. (Nasdaq: NXPI) and SEGGER Microcontroller today announced that the emWin graphic library will be offered for free with NXP ARM® microcontrollers. Developed by SEGGER, emWin provides a robust, efficient GUI for any application operating with a graphical LCD, ...

Eindhoven, Netherlands and San Jose, California, September 26, 2011 - NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today introduced the LPC11D00 and LPC12D00 series of microcontrollers – the first ARM® Cortex™-M0 microcontrollers with integrated segment LCD drivers, enabling high contrast and brightness in a single chip. Featuring the NXP PCF8576D LCD driver, ...

Eindhoven, Netherlands, September 22, 2011 - NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today introduced the TFF101xHN, a family of integrated downconverters for use in Low Noise Block (LNB) 10.7-GHz to 12.75-GHz Ku band satellite receiver systems. Designed for downlink signal reception for TV satellite dishes, NXP’s new family of DVB-S compliant ...

Eindhoven, Netherlands, September 19, 2011– NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today introduced the NTAG203 NFC Forum-compliant Type 2 tag, the newest family of integrated circuits to enhance the deployment of NFC tags forOEMs, inlaycustomers and end users. As customer interest in NFC continues to grow,NXP has responded with the ...

Brussels, Belgium and Berlin, Germany, September 15, 2011 – Last week, the European Union announced its intent to introduce the eCall emergency call system by 2015. Starting in 2015, all new cars in the 27 European Union member states, as well as Croatia, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, are to be ...

Eindhoven, Netherlands and Anaheim, Calif., September 13, 2011 - NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced that its PN544 Near Field Communication (NFC) radio controller will support Windows 8. NXP worked closely with Microsoft to develop a NFC driver for Windows 8, enabling a variety of use cases that ...

Eindhoven, Netherlands and San Jose, California, September 12, 2011 – NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced the release of a breakthrough USB3.0 SuperSpeed redriver, the PTN36241B – a dual-channel device that supports 5 Gbps per channel with optional settings that provide a high level of extendability.  As computing systems become ...

Eindhoven, Netherlands and Gainesville, Florida, September 8, 2011 - Hand washing is the single most important procedure for preventing infections, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Nevertheless, contaminated healthcare workers’ hands continue to play a major role in transmitting infections, contributing to prolonged hospital stays, ...

Eindhoven, The Netherlands and Beijing, China, September 7, 2011 – The China Anti-counterfeiting Technology Association, Ministry of Public Security, presented its Blue Shield Award to NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) during the 6th ID, Smart card & Ticket Security & Anti-counterfeiting Technology Summit in Beijing. The award recognizes the foreign ...