October 23, 2007
	Common Platform Technology Alliance Provides New Model for IC Manufacturing   Walter Ng Chartered Semi IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. and Samsung Electronics have developed a new foundry model for the semiconductor market that offers enhanced flexibility, portability, capacity and resources, while accelerating the rate of technological innovation. more >> Use Diamond Standard or Xtensa configur-able cores in your next SOC design. more >>		Media IP for Experts Ensuring Your Success more >> AEON/MTP EEPROM for Power Management / HV applications from Impinj AEON/MTP EEPROM NVM in 0.13 um process from Impinj Full chip, configurable ESD protection design kit with GDSII,... from Sarnoff Europe Full chip, configurable ESD protection design kit with GDSII,... from Sarnoff Europe Optimally Performance/Power/Cost balanced DSP core from VeriSilicon Mid-range DSP core from VeriSilicon SMPTE 272M-C SD Embedded Audio Encoder from Video-Cores 10 Bit 80 MSPS Dual Pipeline ADC in 65nm LP from Silicon & Software Systems (S3) 12 Bit 160 MSPS Video Triple DAC in 90nm for HD from Silicon & Software Systems (S3) CCD Camera Bayer Pattern De-mosaicing Processor from Video-Cores JPEG 2000 Encoder Core from CAST JPEG2000 Decoder from CAST MBOA UWB RF Front-End Transceiver from ChipIdea High-Speed Inter-Chip USB Physical Layer from ChipIdea Bluetooth 1.2 HCI solution including baseband controller and link... from IPextreme Bluetooth 1.2 HCI solution including baseband controller and link... from IPextreme AES-GCM optimised for 10Gbit/sec IEEE 802.1 MAC Security from Algotronix DesignWare DDR2/DDR3-Lite SDRAM PHY in TSMC65GP25 (2.5V thick... from Synopsys		IP By Foundry   In this survey of available IP by foundry, TSMC dominates with over half of 3rd party IP being developed for their manufacturing technologies. The Common Platform has made an impressive gain over the last year with over a quarter of IP being developed for their technologies. PLDA - PCIe IP for ASIC   Ultra low power IP   Engineering Innovation
	H.264 Video Decoder (AVC/MPEG-4 Part 10) from Conexant WLAN 802.11b/g/a/h/j/n RF Transceiver from ChipIdea Wireless LAN 802.11a Modem core from Wipro-NewLogic Secure Digital (SD & SDIO) & Multi Media Card (MMC3.31 &... from Arasan Chip Systems Multi-Channel Baseline H.264/AVC Video Encoder from CAST DesignWare DDR2/DDR3-Lite Memory Controller implements a... from Synopsys 4-port 10/100/1000 Mbps Layer 2 Ethernet Switch from LDIC Bluetooth Baseband IP from RF Micro Devices DDR2/DDR3 Combination Memory Controller IP from Denali Software HDMI Transmitter from Silicon Image 1Kb to 128Kb NVM (Non-Volatile Memory) for trim, configuration,... from Kilopass Technology
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	NXP, Cadence ink deal to develop ESL technologies To streamline its supply lines and increase operational effectiveness, the Eindhoven, the Netherlands-based independent semiconductor company founded by Philips has... Synopsys touts manufacturing test progress The EDA player has announced two newly-developed advancements in its manufacturing test technologies. IBM, MediaTek to jointly develop ultra-fast wireless chipsets Big Blue and the Taiwnese fabless design house have launched a joint initiative to develop chipsets based on the mmWave frequency band that they claim can quickly... Elpida, UMC develop copper low-k DRAM, PRAM The Tokyo-based DRAM manufacturer and the Hsinchu, Taiwan-based semiconductor foundry are developing advanced DRAM and PRAM with copper low-k backend. Microsoft complies with 2004 EC antitrust decision Putting an end to some three years of protests, Microsoft has finally agreed to comply with its obligations under the European Commission's 2004 antitrust decision against... What does '45-nm' mean, anyway? Backgrounder: When people refer to an IC process technology in terms of nanometers, what physical dimension are they actually measuring? HDMI Licensing group debuts trademark, logo usage guidelines for HD... HDMI Licensing LLC, the group responsible for licensing the HDMI specification, has released a set of guidelines, which will be mandatory in October 2008, requiring... ITC judge issues motion to terminate Nokia/Qualcomm CDMA investigation An administrative law judge for the ITC has issued a final determination to end an investigation based on a patent infringement claim filed by Nokia against Qualcomm... Make front-end power predictable Achieving a predictable power-closure flow means making power a metric and a core part of the process from the early stages of design conception.
	View Denali's exclusive 3-part webcast on the topic of low-power technologies that addresses the increasing importance of power consumption in semiconductor products here. Additional webcasts feature the latest in NAND Flash, SLC/MLC Flash technology, and DDR3 DRAMs available here. Access Denali's solutions here.
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