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LOS GATOS, Calif., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IC Manage, Inc. today announced that Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR), the world's leading provider of programmable logic devices, has signed a multi-year license agreement for the IC Manage Global Design Platform(TM) (GDP), including IP Central(TM), for use across the company's worldwide development sites. Altera adopted IC Manage design management solutions to achieve higher IP reuse, trace bug interdependencies, and improve...

DALLAS, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ideal for enterprise gateway applications such as session border controllers and IP PBX gateways, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) is offering developers a highly dense and scalable solution, including development software, delivering unprecedented system level power and cost efficiency. With TI's KeyStone-based TMS320C665x multicore digital signal processors (DSPs), developers more effectively meet the specialized gateway...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online In order to speed up the pace of production of faster and more power efficient computer chips, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has announced they are investing €838 million (US $1 billion) in ASML, a tool maker from the Netherlands. Already one of the world’s largest tool makers, ASML currently provides equipment and tools to some of the heavy weights in chipmaking, namely Intel and Samsung. For their...

DRESDEN, Germany, Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - ZMD AG (ZMDI), a Dresden-based semiconductor company that specializes in enabling energy-efficient solutions, today announces the release of the ZSPM4121 and ZSPM4141. As a global supplier of analog and mixed-signal solutions for automotive, industrial, medical, information technology and consumer applications, ZMDI is pleased to introduce this class-leading family of ultra-low power, low drop-out (LDO) regulators and under-voltage...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, through its Taiwan subsidiary, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SpringSoft (TAIEX:2473), a global supplier of specialized IC design software headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The SpringSoft acquisition supports Synopsys' strategy to quickly and effectively deliver the...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Ciranova, a privately held electronic design automation (EDA) company focused on delivering productivity improvements in custom IC design by reducing the time and effort needed to develop transistor-level layout on advanced...

FARMINGTON, Conn., July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Global cellular handset shipments grew 6.5% in 2011 to 1.51 billion units, compared to 12% growth in 2010. While overall handset growth in 2012 is forecast for around 11%, stronger than 2010, the smartphones segment will do significantly better, growing a predicted 17% to the 502 million unit level this year. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120726/CG47224) As the global mobile phone market experiences yet another year of...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and TowerJazz (NASDAQ: TSEM, TASE: TSEM), the global specialty foundry leader, today announced that they have qualified Synopsys' unified mixed-signal IC design solution for TowerJazz's power management analog/mixed-signal reference design flow (Reference Flow 2.0) and 180-nanometer...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Arteris Inc., the inventor and leading supplier of network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect IP solutions, today announced that Rockchip has selected Arteris® FlexNoC(TM) interconnect IP as the backbone SoC interconnect for its upcoming Application Processor. The company, a leading Chinese fabless semiconductor company and mobile internet System-on-Chip (SoC) provider will leverage the chip in new cost-effective Android-based tablets and...

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., July 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced that an independent organization providing technical and scientific research, development and advisory services to national security space programs has completed reliability testing of Microsemi's commercial-grade Axcelerator® FPGAs. The tests lasted more than four...