March 25, 2008
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	Samsung acquires Clairvoyantes IP assets The move sees Samsung gain Clairvoyantes PenTile technology, which the company described as offering a significant reduction in power consumption for high-resolution... Numetrics measures 45-nm IC project schedule risk Extending top-down project planning and risk measurement capabilities, Cupertino, Calif.-based semiconductor design schedule predictability software company... Icahn sues Motorola, questions CEOs qualifications Billionaire stockholder Carl Icahn is seeking company documents that he believes will allow shareholders to investigate whether and to what extent the board of directors... Statistical timing gets a foothold in leading-edge designs Is statistical timing analysis really helping anyone, or is it an EDA-industry marketing ploy? This simmering debate within the leading edge of the chip design community... Micron appoints CFO Boise, Idaho-based memory giant Micron Technology Inc announced late Thursday the appointment of Ronald C. Foster to CFO and VP of finance, effective April 1. IC Insights: The sky isnt falling Acknowledging the US economy has seen better days, IC Insights says that its no time to panic and tells the industry to hold out for full Q1 results before re-evaluating... Power Forward group launches low-power design methodology guide The Power Forward Initiative (PFI) this week announced that its online publication, A Practical Guide to Low-Power Design User experience with CPF, is now available and... Mentor, AMCC to develop electronic design curriculum for Vietnam university It was a good week for the semiconductor industry coming out to support academia with Intel and Microsoft leading the way. Mentor Graphics Corp announced this week... Synopsys adds rapid prototyping, FPGA tools with Synplicity acquisition Mountain View, Calif.-based semiconductor design and manufacturing software company Synopsys Inc this afternoon announced it has agreed to acquire FPGA... Ban on Qualcomm chips upheld A US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld an injunction against certain Qualcomm cellular chips and software found to infringe three Broadcom patents.
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