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Imagination-MIPS, Dassault Experiences, and TSMC Videos

IP giant Imagination is acquiring MIPS while Dassault Systemes eyes semiconductors. At the TSMC OIP, Sean and I drop in on Imaginations, True Circuits, and ARM.

Here are a few highlights from a very busy couple of weeks:

> Imagination To Acquire MIPS – Purchase price for Imagination is $60 million; Portfolio of patents to be sold separately to Bridge Crossing for $350 million.

> Systems Simulation Moves from Goods and Services to Experiences – This is the first of two stories about Dassault Systemes’s move into the experience-based economy and the world of semiconductor development.

"Honey, here’s our new car!" Tesla Motor’s F. Paul Lomangino, Director of Engineering Applications, talked about the upcoming 2014 Model X with Falcon Wings at the Dassault Systemes 3DExperience event. @Dassault3DS @3DXForum

> TSMC OIP 2012 Walkabout Videos with Sean O’Kane:

Interview with David Harold from Imagination Technologies

Interview with Stephen Maneatis from True Circuits

Interview with John Heinlein from ARM