SMIC, Virage Logic Offer IP on 65nm Low-leakage Process
Virage Logic Corporation (Nasdaq: VIRL), the semiconductor industry’s trusted IP partner, and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC; NYSE: SMI and SEHK: 0981.HK), the leading foundry in China, announced the expansion of their longstanding partnership to include the 65-nanometer (nm) low-leakage (LL) process technology. Under the terms of the agreement, System-on-Chip (SoC) designers will have access to Virage Logic’s SiWare Memory compilers, SiWare Logic libraries, SiPro MIPI and Intelli DDR IP on SMIC’s 65nm LL process. This joint agreement is part of Virage Logic’s strategy to expand its business through industry leading foundries and highlights SMIC’s commitment to provide a complete IP solution for its customers.
Greenliant Acquires NAND Drives, Controllers, Assets from Microchip
Microchip Technology Incorporated, a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, announced the consummation of the sale of certain non-core assets from its Silicon Storage Technology (SST) subsidiary. The product lines sold included NAND Drives, NAND controllers, Smart Card ICs, Combo Memory, Concurrent SuperFlash, Small-Sector Flash and many-time Programmable Flash memories. The buyer, Greenliant Systems Ltd., is a new company founded by Mr. Bing Yeh, the ex-Chairman and CEO of SST. The sale included inventory, equipment, intellectual property and certain other assets and liabilities associated with the product lines. Approximately 100 employees (18% of SST’s workforce) transferred to Greenliant as part of this transaction. SST also agreed to provide certain transition services to Greenliant for up to 90 days. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Cadence, IBM to Develop Integration Optimized IP
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the global leader in EDA360, announced a joint development agreement with IBM to create high-performance integration-optimized IP that will help customers deliver leading-edge designs while reducing the risk and time associated with integrating complex SoC Designs. Under the agreement, the companies will develop DDR PHYs, memory controllers, and protocols such as PCIe and Ethernet under 32-nanometer silicon-on-insulator. The technology will be used in servers, video games and other devices and will be available through the newly announced Cadence® Open Integration Platform.
Kontron Acquires AP Labs Group
Through its US subsidiary, Kontron has acquired 100 percent of US company AP Labs Group, which is based in San Diego, California. The group, which has two operating companies, is regarded as one of the leading system integrators in the areas of defense and aerospace. Since its inception in 1984 the company has firmly established itself on the market for the development and series production of highly complex and robust computer systems, as well as specialized applications. Kontron anticipates that both new subsidiaries will make an annual revenue of USD 30 million. Kontron intends to integrate AP Labs with its North American headquarters, which is also based in San Diego. Kontron has access to cost-efficient, local production capacities as the result of the company AP Parpro Inc., which also forms part of the group and is located in Mexico, close to Kontron’s NA headquarters.
Liquavista Debuts LiquavistaVivid Intelligent Adaptive Display
Liquavista BV announced the launch of its next product platform LiquavistaVivid. Bringing a level of performance unparalleled by other transflective displays, LiquavistaVivid is the ultimate, highly versatile, intelligent adaptive display; specifically developed to support a broad range of feature rich, multi-functional consumer electronic devices.
MathWorks Code Generation Tools Support Eclipse, Embedded Linux
MathWorks announced that its Target Support Package and Embedded IDE Link products now support the Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE) and Embedded Linux through the GNU compiler tool chain. As a result, engineers can automate project creation in Eclipse and deploy real-time embedded systems on Linux using automatically generated code from MATLAB and Simulink models. These capabilities enable engineers using Model-Based Design to rapidly implement and verify algorithms on processors that can run Embedded Linux, such as ARM, Freescale, and Intel.
MIPS Technologies Supports WebM Project, VP8 Video Codec
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, announced support for the new WebM open web media project and the open source VP8, a high performance video codec that will bring high-quality video content and experiences to web-connected devices. MIPS Technologies will work with its partners and licensees to ensure fully optimized hardware/software support for VP8. WebM and the open sourcing of VP8 were announced separately by Google and partners.
Mentor Graphics, NetLogic Team on Multi-Core Embedded Linux
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT), a leader in electronic design automation and embedded software solutions, announced a collaborative agreement with NetLogic Microsystems, Inc., a leader in high-performance intelligent semiconductor solutions for next-generation Internet networks. Under the agreement, Mentor Graphics Embedded Software Division will provide its Linux® technology on NetLogic Microsystems’ XLP[tm], XLR® and XLS® multi-core, multi-threaded processors. This collaboration furthers the recent announcement of both NetLogic Microsystems and Mentor Graphics as founding members of the eNsemble[tm] Multi-Core Alliance, an industry organization aimed at driving best-in-class innovations in multi-core parallel processing platforms and software development.
Kilopass XPM NVM Passes SMSC TrueAuto Automotive Quality Process
Kilopass Technology Inc., a leading provider of semiconductor logic non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP), and SMSC (NASDAQ: SMSC), a leading semiconductor company providing Smart Mixed-Signal Connectivity[tm] solutions, announced that Kilopass’ XPM[tm] NVM has passed SMSC’s TrueAuto automotive quality process, and will be embedded in many of SMSC’s TrueAuto[TM] ICs. SMSC’s TrueAuto approach goes far beyond the stress tests prescribed by the AEC-Q100 specifications. It is a total quality approach that includes the design, the qualification and the production of the integrated circuits with the goal of zero defects per million.
ASSET ScanWorks Supports Intel Xeon 5600/7500, Itanium 9300 Processors
The ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments from ASSET® InterTech, the leading supplier of open tools for embedded instrumentation, is the first third-party platform with validation and test tools for the newly announced families of server processors, the Intel® Xeon® 5600 and 7500 series, and the Itanium 9300 series.
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