Semiconductor News

2005-09-23T15:12:00.000-07:00

September 14th, 2005

Cubic Wafer Prepares for Growth

Arkados Makes Inroads into Broadband Electric Socket Market

Sigma Design and Microsoft Announce IPTV Solution

Integration Associates Moves Further into ZigBee Market with Oki

Integration's Products Selected for First Alert's Wireless Talking Home Alarm System

September 13th, 2005

TechnoConcepts Breaks into Chinas Cell Phone Market - Enables Cell Phone Disaster Response Capability

Accelrys Introduces Nanotechnology Design Tool

Jennic Announces 802.15.4 ZigBee Wireless Microcontroller

SMART Interconnects Wins K-Micro's Praise - Incorporates IP into ASIC Library

Fujitsu Siemens Computers Selects SiS' Chips for Business PCs Agoura Closes Series A Investment Round

September 12th, 2005

Samsung Introduces 16 Gbit Flash Chip - Schedules Production for 2006

Global Silicon Raises $10 Million in Digital Audio Chip Effort

Interface Sciences Launches Oil Spill Technology Early - Seeks Production Partners

Sensory's Voice Recognition Chips to be Wrapped into Interactive Christmas Toys

Brazil to Establish Wafer Fab and Design House Infrastructure

Texas Instruments and Intel Give Semiconductor Financial Projections

September 9th, 2005

Impinj Projects 2005 Shipments of Over 50 Million RFID Chips

NemeriX Completes GPS Chip Set Financing of 25 Million Euro

Santur Corporation Receives MEMS Mirror Patent

Texas Instruments to Offer Educational Webcast for TINA Spice Simulation Program

eRide Selects NewLogic for GPS RF IC Design Services

SRS Lab's Audio Technology Drives into Automotive Market

2005-09-23T15:11:00.000-07:00

September 8th, 2005

Kotura, Silicon Photonics Company, Raises $13 Million

Shellcase Obtains $19.4 Million Funding - To Promote IP Package Business Model

Pelikon Raises 5 Million Pounds for Low-Cost Plastic Display Effort - Shipments Pass the Million Mark

Carbon Nanotube Television In the Works - Said to Lower Capital Investment Costs

Harris Corp. Obtains Patent on MEMS Based Ball Point Pen

Applied Wave Research Acquires APLAC - Expands European and RF IC Market Share

September 7th, 2005

SigmaTel Continues Acquisitions - Moves Further into MFP Market with Oasis

ICurie Receives Grant as it Opens Korean Manufacturing Facility - New Nanocooling Technology Expected

Sipex to Close Fab, Layoff - Selects China's Silan to Foundry Chips

NSF Reports on Inexpensive Nanoscale Manufacturing Technology

STMicroelectronics Migrates NAND Flash to 90 Nanometer Production

Micrel's Fab Now Capable of Sub 0.35 Micron Capability

Cavium Networks and Cypress Offer Joint Network System Solutions

September 6th, 2005

Quellan Obtains $12 Million In Series B

Fluidigm Releases Microfluidic Parallel Processing Chip

Texas Instruments Announces Plans to Add Over 50 New Ultra Low Power Microcontrollers

Christmas Xbox to Be Based On Infineon's Chips

ATI Technologies Expects Revenues to Drop in its Fourth Quarter

AGEIA Aligns with Major Graphics Board Company - to Market 3D Interactive Technology

September 1st, 2005

DiBcom’s Mobile TV Marketing Effort Receives 24.5 Million Euro Investment

Enterprise Network Obtains $2 Million EDA Grant for IT, Nanotechnology and Biotechnology Development

Ramtron Acquires Goal – Power Meter Design Solution Enhanced

Sequence Signs KPIT – Order through Indian Distributor

Hittite Microwave Acquires Assets of Q-Dot

BioForce’s BioMolecular Nanoplacement System Selected for Nanomaterial Development

August 31st, 2005

Passave Prepares IPO – Revenue on Fast Track to $40 Million

Marvell Enters Into Definitive Agreement to Acquire Qlogic’s Storage Semiconductor Business

DataSlide Enlists Broad Mix Of Technology Companies to Further Development of Alternative Disk Drive Technology

Zebra Aligns with Alien – To Incorporate Aliens’ RFID Tag Chips in Labels

Micron Technology Shipping 4Gb and 8Gb NAND Flash Chips

New Christmas Light Patent Based On Semiconductor

2005-09-23T15:10:00.000-07:00

August 30th, 2005

Asocs Obtains Funding to Further Global Cellular Chip Development

AGEIA Technologies Selected as Basis for Massively-Multiplayer Online Games

Oki Licenses Sarnoff’s ESD Technology – Incorporates in 0.5, 0.35 and 0.25 Micron Chips

Dynex Reports Shift in Revenue Momentum to Positive Side

Alereon Releases Wireless USB Developers Kit

Acacia Acquires Patents to Ink Jet Technology

Wi-LAN Reports Financials - Reports on Chip IP License Business

August 29th, 2005

Infineon Invests $1 Billion in Malaysia

Sigmatel Furthers Diversification Strategy with Completion of Protocom Acquisition

MOSAID Reports 54% Increase in Revenue – Acquisitions Plans Noted

Nanosys Receives Investment - Opportunities Seen for Nanotechnology-Based Flexible, Lightweight Sheet Antennas

Victory Labs and Sonarics Labs to Demonstrate DAB Solution at IFA 2005

August 26th, 2005

Wireless Controlled Cars Expected on Market in 2006– Freescale Introduces Key FlexRay Controllers

$100 Million in Equipment Purchases Guarantees M-Systems Flash Chip Supply

Akustica and Sigmatel Integrate Music Quality Phone into Laptops and PC Tablets

PLX and ViXS Develop USB Enabled PC-TV – Plug and Watch Capability

Summit Microelectronics Introduces EEPROM Programmable Power Supply Manager Chip

Analog Devices Offering Design Tool to Speed Clock Network Design

August 25th, 2005

Intellon Raises $24.5 Million for New Generations of Powerline Communication Chips

Mayfield Closes $375 Million Fund Earmarked for Technology Companies

SENSE Holdings Expands on MEMS Agreement with Oak Ridge National Laboratories

HiSilicon Completes Communications Chip Design With Cadence Encounter

Cypress Semiconductor Ships Over 5 Million USB Controllers in Five Months

pSivida Raises $4.2 Million in Private Placement to Further Market BioSilicon

August 24th, 2005

Symmetricom Awarded $3.4 Million in Funding to Develop MEMS Based Atomic Clock – Applications in GPS

Silicon Laboratories Acquires Mixed Signal Design House for $16 Million

Electronic Sensor Starts Winning Orders – Latest Order Valued at $3 Million

Analog Devices Develops Consumer Oriented High Definition Video Wireless Technology

Interra’s EDA Building Blocks Integrated into Carbon Design’s EDA Chip Prototype System

Biomedical Test Uses Urine Based Battery

Broadcom Ships 75 Million Gigabit Ethernet Controller Chips

2005-09-23T15:09:00.001-07:00

August 23rd, 2005

ISSYS Developing Sensor for Fuel Cell Market - Starting Capital Investment Campaign

Analog Devices Offers Instrumentation Amp for Next Generation Ultra Sensitive Portable Medical Instruments

Purdue Developing Nanotech Simulator – Atomic Silicon, Molecular Simulator

Distributed Supercomputer Technology Awarded $150 Million Award for Open TeraGrid Project

AMI Semiconductor Amends $110 Million Loan Agreement for Flextronics Acquisition

IDT Introduces Notebook Clocks – Reduces Power 50 Percent

August 22nd, 2005

Quantum Research Offers Low-Cost Precision Touch Screen Chip to Replace Capacitive Touch Sensors

SatCon Completes $5.8 Million Financing – Company has Motors and Electronics for Alternative Vehicles

Freescale Enters Network Security Market with Acquisition of Seaway Networks

Marvell Reports 31 % Increase in Revenues

Harris & Harris Sets Price for Stock Offering

Ansoft Reports 17 Percent Increase in Revenue

SELEX Sensors & Airborne Systems Select Agilent’s ADS Design Software

Chartered Completes Private Placement of US$300 Million of Units

August 19th, 2005

GE Reports Development of Ideal Nanotube Diode

Magnum Semiconductor Obtains Funding – Quarterly Revenue Reported

Alfalight Receives $7 Million for Laser Diodes

Picolight Completes $27.5 Million Round for Manufacture of Optical Transceivers – Doubles Revenues

National Science Foundation and Semiconductor Industry to Fund Nanoelectronics Initiative

Mindspeed Moves Deeper into VoIP Market with Huawei Design Win and Legerity VoIP Solution Alliance

August 18th, 2005

NanoDynamics and Ames Goldsmith to Advance Nanosilver Powders for Electronic Applications

Semiconductor Companies Target Cancer with Cancer Free Zone Strategy

NSF Funds Three Centers for Advanced Molecular Research Related to Solar Energy, Drug Delivery and Nanopatterning

China’s Power Management Fabless Chip Companies Merge

Texas Instruments Aligns with TCL to Develop IP Phone Solutions

Huawai-3Com selects Passave’s EPON Solution

August 17th, 2005

Luxtera Carries Light for the Optical Age

Intel Invests in Two Chinese Fabless Semiconductor Companies

Siemens Venture Capital Makes Strategic Investment in Dune Networks

Agilent’s Semiconductor Unit Purchased for $2.66 Billion

Aldec Signs Site License with Renasas for 10,000 HDL Simulators

Agilent Reports Signs of Semiconductor Rebound

August 16th, 2005

CSI Generates $5.1 Million in Warrant Exercise

Transmeta Revenue Quadruples – New IP Revenue Contributes $10 Million

Wi-LAN Positions itself for IP Market with New Division

Triant Technology Increases Revenue – Focused on Chip Equipment Health Monitoring

ZigBee Developers Conference Agenda Released

Spansion Outsources Flash Memory Production to TSMC

Kenwood to use SiRF’s Technology for 3D Image Based Car Navigation System

2005-09-23T15:09:00.000-07:00

August 15th, 2005

Nano Cluster Devices Develops and Patents Two New Semiconductor Processes to Speed Production

Alphion Completes $12.1 Million Third Round for Photonic Regeneration

Ziptronix Obtains $7.2 Million – Plans 3D IC Sales and Partners Expansion

Mindspeed Passes 2 Million DS3 / E3 Port Shipment Mark

RoseStreet Labs Opens 3D R&D MEMS Packaging Lab – Aligns with SUSS Microtech

Lumera, a Polymer Nanotechnology Company, Releases Latest Quarterly Report

Advance Nanotech Invests in NanoMagnetic Identification with Equity Stake in Singular ID

August 12th, 2005

GreenShift Invests in Ovation’s Clean Water Appliance

Camtek Receives $5 Million Investment from FIMI Israel Opportunity Fund

Cortina Ports $30 Million in Series C Financing

Motorola Ventures Invests in Powerline Communications Leader Intellon

WiSpry Operations Expand Into New Facility – Open-House
Scheduled for August 16th

Innovative Robotics Receives More Funding

August 11th, 2005

Power Utilities Anticipated to Enter Broadband Internet Market Soon

Xerox Selects DALSA for Low Cost MEMS Collaboration

X-EMI Announces Drop-In Chip Replacement for EMI Noise Reduction

Mindspeed’s VoIP Processor Integrated into Viking’s Voice Gateway Modules

Alliance Semiconductor Reports 49 Percent Gain in Analog and Mixed Signal Revenue
Fujitsu to Ship Structured ASICS - Designed with Cadence Tools

2005-09-23T15:08:00.000-07:00

August 10th, 2005

Ciclon Semiconductor Secures $150,000 Investment

IBM Offers 130 nm SiGe Foundry Process for High Frequency Wireless Applications

Analog Devices Estimates Lower Revenue from Wireless Handsets

Maxim Reports Annual Revenues, Up 16.2 Percent Year Over Year

Mentor Graphics Reports Revenue – Revises Guidance

SIA Reports Global Semiconductor Sales Reached $109 Billion for the First Half of 2005

August 9th, 2005

StarGen Scores $15.4 Million with Serial Interconnect Chip Technology

Opulan Licenses MIPS32 Core for Broadband Chip Applications

Boston Circuit Expands Design Effort for Multi-Core Processor Design

Ferromagnetic Tunable Wideband Scalable Nano-Oscillator at Heart of IMEC’s FP6 Project

Tripath Obtains $6 Million Credit Line – Expects to Increase Revenue 15 to 20 Percent

Sensor Media Licenses Silicon Replacement Technology

August 8th, 2005

MathStar Files for $32 Million IPO

Nujira Raises $7.75 Million in Series A – to Address Cellular Power Efficiency

SemEquip Secures $26 Million for Ion Implantation and Advanced Semiconductor Materials Technology

CSR Projects $128 Million in Sales For 3rd Quarter ; Reports 2nd Quarter Sales of $94.8 Million

China’s Foundry Star, SMIC, Reports 12.3 Percent Increase in Revenue

Taiwan’s Silicon Motion Reports 37 Percent Revenue Gains

August 5th, 2005

Japan’s Semiconductor Giants Report Revenues - Range from Significant Declines to Relatively Flat

Cadence Reports 12 Percent Revenue Gain over Last Year

On Semiconductor Offers Silicon Replacement for Crystal Oscillators

August 4th, 2005

Power Analog Introduces Tiny Digital Audio Amplifiers

Mercury Computer Systems’ Semiconductor Sales Jump

IntelliSense Introduces Complete Top-Down Design Tool

QUALCOMM Selects Dialog Semiconductor’s Display Drivers

Micrel Reduces Energy Costs for Wafer Fabrication Facility By 25 Percent – Receives $300,000 Energy Rebate

August 3rd, 2005

aeroTelesis Obtains $100 Million Capital Commitment

Primarion’s Digital Power Technology Exceeds $22 Million in Funding Support

Alien, the RFID Chip Company, Lands $66 Million in H Round Funding – Total Surpasses $200 Million

Alliacense to Notify Over 100 System Companies about its Microprocessor Technology Patents

Magnolia’s Diversity Solution Receives Test Results

United Kingdom Lures Another to the Island – Through Global Entrepreneurs Programme, iCurie Lands $17 Million

2005-09-23T15:07:00.001-07:00

July 26th, 2005

PowerPulse Develops Low-Cost Chip to Extend Battery Performance 20 to 200 Percent

Microbonds Obtains $7.0 Million Funding and Announces Strategic Alliance

Intel Revenue Increases 15 Percent – Gives Guidance

$10 Million in Funding Available for ASTAR’s RFID Technology Partners – Integrates Antenna Onto Chip

Rapport Lands $7 Million for Power Architecture Development

Entrepix Obtains Credit Line to Add Foundry Capacity

New Disk Drive Technology Receives Seed Funding – to Compete with Flash Chips and Hard Disk Drives

FPGA EDA Vendor Records 100 Percent Bookings Growth from Structured ASIC Design Tools

July 20th, 2005

INVENT Initiative Announced - $600 Million and 5,000 Jobs Planned

Broadcom to Acquire Fabless Siliquent for $76 Million

Swiftech Anticipates Dramatic Revenues Increases from Microprocessor Cooling Technology

Oxford Semiconductor Introduces SATA Bridge Chip

Economic Growth Center Ties New York’s Nanotechnology Center to Silicon Valley

Silicon Border Announces New Hire in Effort to Build High Tech Business Relationships

July 19th, 2005

Raysat Closes $27 Million for Antenna Technology

Sirenza Moves into In-Motion Internet Reception Market – Magnetically Mounted Rooftop Antenna

Flextronics Semiconductor Licenses Aplus’ Flash Technology

IRMA Signs MEMS Licensing Agreement with University of Michigan

ROHM Expands into China’s Tianjin Economic Zone

Hermetic Switch Offers Zero-Power Reed Switch Replacement for MEMS Device

Integral Vision Receives Order from Qualcomm for MEMS Displays Testing

Tegal Reports Etch System for MEMS Installed at ITC

July 18th, 2005

UCLA Researchers Usher in Molecular Electronics Age - Demonstrate Molecular Nano Valve – Molecular Filter Based on Bistable Molecular Switch

Fujitsu Brings Out Flexible Displays, Electronic Paper Display

Samsung Reports Semiconductor Results for the Quarter

Digi International Reports Semiconductor Results – Further Rabbit Gains Anticipated

Fairchild Revenues Decline on Strong Orders from Consumer and Headset Markets

3M to Present its Work in Microfluidics

July 15th, 2005

iCurie Restructures - Now Public; Closes $17 Million Placement

AMD’s Microprocessor Sales See Record Quarter – Dual Core Processor Sees 89 Percent Growth

Chipidea Partners with TransDimensions to Provide Quick Turn USB IP Solution

IBM Offers 0.18 Micron CMOS Image Sensor Foundry Service

Silicon Quest’s New Department Addresses Start-Up’s Needs for Process Expertise

Rambus Reports Record Revenue

July 14th, 2005

Brillian Issues $5 Million in Debentures – Funds to be Used for Manufacturing

Shellcase Works on China Market With Wafer Level Package Technology

Teknovus Breaks into Korean Market

Perfisans Lands $2.5 Million Contract for Boards Based on its Network Chips

eASIC and Fastrack to Offer NRE-Less ASIC

2005-09-23T15:07:00.000-07:00

July 13th, 2005

Redfern Integrated Optics Secures $6.2 Million

Zensys Closes $16 Million for its Home Wireless Technology

KTVentures to Invest in Aprio Design for Manufacturing Technology

Alpha Imaging Selects Sonic’s Audio Synthesizer for Integration into its Multimedia Chips

ARTiSAN Joins AUTOSAR

PCs Become Market for Security Chips; STMicroelectronics Ships 1 Millionth Trusted Platform

LNL Technologies Awarded Optical Chip Patent

July 12th, 2005

Honeywell Invests $5 Million in 300 mm NanoTech Fab at Albany Nanotech

TeraVicta Announces Availability of 7 GHz SPDT RF MEMS Switch and Developers Kit

Tegal Places $22.5 Million in Common Stock and Warrants – Shareholders Must Approve

FPGAs Ideal for Drive-By-Wire Automotive Collision Avoidance System

Chipnuts adds to LSI Logic’s ZSP DSP Core Licenses

Astra Microelectronics Ties Up with Applied Wave Research for MMIC Design Tools and Marketing of Custom Wireless Design Services

July 11th, 2005

Icron Announces $3.9 Million Financing for its 2 Kilometer Wireless USB Technology

Kodak Licenses 4 Transistor CMOS Image Process Technology to TSMC

E-Manufacturing Tools Central to Analyzing Global Wafer Fabrication Data in Real-Time

IMEC and Semizone System-to-Process Courses Expected to Improve IC Industry’s Bottom Line

Nanofluidic Transistor May Be Key to Integrated Bioelectronic Chips

European Union Legislation Moves MEMS Based Vibration Sensor into Driver’s Seat?

Superconductor Technologies Reports 100 Percent Increase in Revenue

2005-09-23T15:06:00.001-07:00

July 8th, 2005

Cellular Eyewear MicroDisplay and Video Service Has Many Applications – Expected Out in October

EzChip Obtains $10.0 Million in Round C

Potentia Semiconductor Obtains $ 8 million for Power Management

FemOne Raises $1.5 Million for Health, Energy and Chips

Consortium of Companies and Organizations Receive $15 Million Grant for Portable Disease Diagnostic System

Harris & Harris Invests another $1 Million in NeoPhotonics

Three More Companies Join Power.Org

July 7th, 2005

Sub-Saharan Africa to See $5 Million in More Technology Funding – Commitments Reach $30 Million
Magma Licenses IBM’s Physical Design Software – Increased Chip Yield Expected
Dialog Semiconductor Reports Design Win for its Cellular Music Machine Chip Technology
ARC International Wins 900,000 British Pound Deal for Smart Card
CSR Makes Headway into iPod and Cellular Stereo Headphone Markets
Beatnik Commits its Audio Engine to Cellular Music Chip Set Solution

July 6th, 2005

Northern Trust Appointed Custodian for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - $1 Billion in Assets
United Kingdom Attracts Vortis’ Cell Phone Technology with More Owner Equity
Outsource Twist - On Semiconductor Brings Fab Home to Save $30 Million
Contaminated Wafer Water May Be Valuable Source of Chemicals
Netcell Teams with Diskeeper to Give Storage Processor Unit (SPUs) Data Loss Protection
ChipX Announces Family of 12 New Structured ASICs for USB Market

July 5th, 2005

STMicroelectronics Aligns with McubeWorks to Win Video Cellular Market

Oki Semiconductor Moves to Capture India’s Semiconductor Market

Broadcom Passes 50 Million Wi-Fi Chipset Milestone

AMD Files Suit against Intel In Japan

Passave Eyes Korean Market after Passing KT’s Benchmark Test

Vativ Announces 10 Gbps Stacking Link IC

July 1st, 2005

Seaway Networks Virus Protection Chip Selected By StreamShield
Blue7 Communications Demonstrates UWB MPEG Video Streaming Chipset
SigmaTel Gives Guidance
Micron Technology Announces Latest Financials –30 Percent Drop in Memory Prices Dampens Revenue
Acacia Research Obtains $2.9 Million in Commitments to Purchase Stock
New Wireless Remote Control Mouse Offers Long Distance Internet Surfing, Game Playing and Movie Watching

June 30th, 2005

Xceive Receives $13.5 Million for Mobile TV Generation

Rensselaer Polytechnic Develops Nanobrushes for Wide Range of Applications

STMicroelectronics’ and Acacia’s Microlaboratory Agreement Signals Chip Industry 's Advance Into the Forefront of Medical Technology

SMSC Announces Revenue Increase of 30 Percent

Denali and Taracom Provide Timely SATA DDR IP Solution

MOSAID Reports 75 Percent Increase in Revenue

2005-09-23T15:06:00.000-07:00

June 29th, 2005

Advanced Coding Systems and Applied DNA Formulate Microwire Agreement

ViASIC Reports 12 ViaMask Tapeouts - Lower Mask Costs and NRE Driving Market Acceptance

TeraRecon Selects Silicon Dimensions Chip2Nite for Medical Imaging Development

Innovative Silicon Lands $16 Million in Series B Funding for True One Transistor Memory Cell Technology

Will Sutherland to Lead Technology Effort for New Actuator and Sensor Technology

Elpida Leapfrogs DRAM Industry - Develops 2 Gbit DRAM Chip

OmniVision Reports 20 Percent Growth in Revenues

June 28th, 2005

Global IP Sound Raises $6.38 Million

ParkerVision Goes Fabless – High Volume Accounts from Wireless Market Noted

BAE Systems Wins $12.5 Million NASA Contract for High Temperature ASIC Technology

Datang Selects Comsys GSM/GPRS Technology for Cellular Chipset

HiSense Develops China’s Color TV Chip – China to Produce Own Chips for 75 Million Color TVs

June 27th, 2005

Focus Enhancements Adds $4.2 Million in Funding Commitments – Gives Revenue Outlook

HelloSoft Ends Series B Round with $16 Million

Canadian Government Contributes $4.55 Million to Nanofabrication Centre – Includes Nanoimprint Lithography

Variety of Canadian Automotive Technology Research Projects Funded

Cornerstone of India’s Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Capacity Placed

June 24th, 2005

picoChip Obtains $20.5 Million in Third Round

Power Architecture Standard Advances as Membership Nears 30

Funding for Silicon Based Fuel Cell Technology Included in House Bill

Chipcon Passes 1 Million ZigBee Shipments, 67% Growth

Poseidon's Hardware Accelerators Chosen By Xilinx and Synplicity for FPGA Design Flows

WindSpring to Reduce Cellular Memory Requirements with Kyocera

Photron Technologies Implements Ultra Spectral Modulation Design on FPGA

2005-09-23T15:05:00.000-07:00

June 22nd, 2005

Hanson’s Disease Sensors Funded as Part of Life Sciences Greenhouse Effort

Semtech Plans for New Market Segments with XEMICS Acquisition

Silicon Graphics and Celoxica Team to Accelerate HDL-Free FPGA Computer Architecture Designs

Lumera Obtains Order and Patent for Electro-Optic Modulator

NEC Electronics Reports 50 Percent less Interconnect Density at 45 Nanometers

Nanotech Labs Place Orders for Nanomaterials Production Equipment

June 21st, 2005

Siemens Inks Acquisition of Sensant - Medical Imaging to Reach New Resolution Levels with MEMS Technology

MIPS Signs VoIP Implementation Agreement with D2

Microbridge Selects Intellisense for MEMS Design and Simulation

EST's Sensor Technology Selected for Variety of Food, Agriculture Applications

Maxim GPS Solution Eliminates Baseband IC - Solution Pegged at $4.00

Nanowires Overcome Yield Problems in IC Design

UC Scientists Develop 10 GHz Nanotube Interconnect

Ignious IP Tools Focus on Multi-Core Microprocessor Integration

Psivida Korean Patent Integrates MEMS with Reconstructive Orthopedics

June 20th, 2005

Scientists Receive Award for Process That Spins Versatile Nanotube Yarns - Licenses to Be Available

Super Bright LED Technology Spins Additional $2 Million Investment - White Light Bulb Contender

SemiSouth Closes Series A Round

Dow's Conductive Grease Reported to Improve Thermal Performance 10 to 15 %

Gradient Design Automation Announces Pre Tape Out Thermal Analysis Design Tool for Chips

Analogic Reports Healthy Medical Sales in Quarterly Report

June 17th, 2005

Genoa Color Technologies' Primary Color Technology Secures $5 Million
Crossbow Arranges $12 Million in New Round of Financing from Intel and Cisco
LTX Corp Develops Pin Controller for Micromachine Relay
Sensor Platforms Introduces Multipurpose Sensor Signal Processing Chip - Potential Market Coup
Next Generation of FRAM Chips to Be One Sixth the Area - Scheduled for 2006
Denso Corporation to Build New Wafer Fabrication Facility - 17 Billion Yen Allocated
Nallatech Revenues Up 80% - FPGA Computing Noted
Trazar Obtains Exclusive License from Cubic for RF Based Wafer Cleaning Device
Affymetrix Reports New GeneChip Scanner Increase Data Analysis Capability 5 Fold

June 15th, 2005

Series A Funding Brings $15 Million for SiBEAM's Gbps Wireless Chip Technology

Pixim Closes $12 Million for Image Capture and Processing Silicon

Tharus Raises $5.5 Million for Development of EDA Verification Appliances

Infineon Extends DSL Portfolio With ViNAX Chipset

Sonics Collaborates with TransEDA for EDA Tool Development

Texas Instruments and RadioScape First to Offer DRM Technology

Accelerated Analog Design Design Flow Used to Develop Oki's Analog IP

Teknovus Places Quad EPON OLT Chip Set On Market

Agilent Ships 400 Million Optical Mouse Sensors, Announces New Precision Laser Mouse - Reports Say IC Unit Up for Sale

Synopsys Moves Ahead into Middle East Market

2005-09-23T15:04:00.001-07:00

June 14th, 2005

austriamicrosystems Provides Digital Rights Management Support in its 9X9 mm MP3 Chip Solution

Turbo Code Software Tool Provides Path to Wireless Power Savings, Improved Coverage and Data Rates

Spectra Licensing Group Licenses Turbo Code Patents to Freescale

Group of Four to Develop New High Speed Computer Chip

Conexant Announces Family of Accelity VDSL and VDSL2 Chips

Artimi Brings Out its UWB Solution

Center for Nanoelectronic Technology Opens in Germany - 700 Million Euros Funding Planned

Samsung Digital TV Mobile Phones Based on Texas Instruments OMAP Processor

Self-Assembling Polymer Nanocomposites Reported as Promising Solar Cell and Display Technology

June 13th, 2005

Bay Microsystems Acquires Parama Networks - Reports $8.4 Million in Series D Funding

New Medical Patch Contains Micro Chip to Reduce Swelling from Injuries

NanoHorizons Offers License for New Breakthrough Nanotube Based Solar Cell Technology

Carsem Doubling Test Operations in Response to High Growth Turnkey Test Trend

BDA Offers PLL Noise Analysis Tool for Analog RF Applications - 35 Customer Designs to Date

Lattice Aligns with 20 Design Partners as Market Clamors for its FPGAs

Rockwell Selects StratEdge for High Speed Assembly

Hierarchical Physical Design Based Timing Optimization Performed in 15 Minutes

Fab Owners Association Continues to Grow

Ember Announces Tiny Zigbee-on-a-Chip - ZoC

June 10th, 2005

Clear Shape Rounds up $5 Million for High-Energy DFM Effort

S2C Enters IP SOC Interconnect Market - to Simplify and Speed SOC Design Process

Optichron Reduces Nonlinear Distortion 90 Percent - New Module Includes Linearizer Technology

Giga Scale Cools Chip Budget Worries with Design for Cost Tool

Lumax Sees Little Competition for Tak's Photo Printer Chip Technology

Magnolia and Curitel Agree to Develop Dual Band Cell Phone

MEMS Development Company, SwRI, Develops Low-Cost, Easy Maintenance, Portable Gas Turbine

Sunlight Antenna for Solar Cells is Focus of Research Agreement

2005-09-23T15:04:00.000-07:00

June 9th, 2005

IRI Ubiteq to List on Osaka - Expected to Bring in 280 Million Yen

Tehuti Networks' Series A Funding Valued at $4.2 Million

Optosecurity Lands $2.4 Million in First Round

Yogitech Brings in One Million Euros

Power Integrations Reduces Charger's No Load Power Specification

Nethra Imaging Offers Digital Camera Chips - Primes Cellular Phones for Photo Printer Applications

LeWiz Communications Announces Stack Support for SAN / NAS

Future Waves Samples DAB Chip

June 8th, 2005

u-Nav Microelectronics Introduces Low-Power, Battery Powered GPS / Cellular Chipset

Cygnus Communications Acquires SiWorks

ANSYS Latest Revision Reduces RF IC and RF - MEMS Simulation Time 50 Percent

3D Vertical Integration Continues - HP Obtains Patent

Adecco Reports on Boston Job Market - Technical Demands Noted

Wearable Electronics Out-of-Fashion at Infineon - Market Pegged at $1 Billion

India Plans Memory Chip Foundry

IBM's Timing Analysis EDA Solution Now Available to All - Tools Focus on Timing Yield Problems

Xilinx Ships 3.5 Million 90 Nanometer FPGA Chips

Molecular Transistor Fabricated - Worlds Smallest and Most Expensive

June 7th, 2005

SiRF Acquires Motorola's GPS Chipsets for $20 Million - Supply Contract Included

Ample Communications Reaches 100,000 Ethernet Port Shipments

Philips and Infineon to Supply Chips for Electronic Passport Programs in Germany

Microtune and DiBcom Enter into Agreement to Develop High Performance Car TV

Integration Associates Moves into Zigbee Market with CompXs Acquisition

Optimal Design Package Offers Simultaneous Power and Signal Net Simulation

AXIOM's Multiprocessor-Accelerated Verilog Tool Wins Over Three

California Micro Devices Exits Medical Chip Market - Sells Fab to Microchip

June 6th, 2005

Siemens Invests In and Selects Global Locate's GPS Chipsets

Microsoft's Wireless Xbox 360 Vendors Unearthed

Xoomsys Distributed Circuit Simulation Technology Tested - 20 Times Speed Up

DALSA Moves further into Medical Market with X-Ray Image Sensor Contract

Rabbit Semiconductor Readies for Internet Based Automated Test Diagnostics with Simple Com

EnOcean Brings Out Solar Powered Wireless Sensor - Transmits 300 Meters

Motorola Purchases Interest in Sonaptic

2005-09-23T15:03:00.001-07:00

June 3rd, 2005

Samsung Starts Volume Production of 4 Gbit NAND Flash Memory Chips

New Visual Raises $3.5 Million - Embarq Chipset Critical to Telecom Companies

Arithmatica Enters Silicon Area Optimized EDA Market - Customers Report 20% Area Savings

New 3D Chip Packaging Technology to Make Consumer Electronic Devices More Compact

InkSure Aims for RFID Market with Patent on Pennyless Tags

Raymor Receives Aerospace Contract for Metalic Titanium Nanopowder

Bluetooth Shipments Reach 5 Million Units per Week

RAD Communications to Demonstrate Second Generation TDM over IP ASIC

Texas Instruments and AudioCodes Further VoIP Relationship

2005-09-23T15:03:00.000-07:00

June 2nd, 2005

Paratek Closes $15 Million for 3D Dielectrically Optimized RF Circuit Designs

Ink Technology Funded to Expand into New Markets

One-Stop Contract Design House Funded

Dual Core Processors to Improve Worker Productivity

Validity Sensors Receives Patent for Durable RF Fingerprint Technology

Zarlink Divulges Implantable Medical Communications Network Technology

June 1st, 2005

Digi International Acquires Rabbit Semiconductor

mPhase and Bell Labs Increase Metal Detector Capability a Thousand Fold - Seeks Silicon Partners

Mindspeed VoIP Vocoders Now In TelcoBridges’ VoIP on a Blade

Zyvex and SPACEHUB Partnership to Improve Space Flight Air Quality - Cost-Effectively

Triad Announces Mixed Structured ASIC Design Kit - to Reduce Need for Custom Design

Mentor Graphics Ethernet IP Chosen

Imagination Reports IP Core Revenues – DAB Units Projected to Increase

SMIC Obtains $600 Million through China Development Bank

MAY 31st, 2005

FPGA Companies Unite to Build Low-Cost, 1 Teraflop Supercomputer - £3.6million in Funding

InPhase Closes $32.1 Million For 300 Gbyte Disk Drive Technology

Hemisphere GPS Develops GPS Chipset

CSI Wireless Reports $5 Million in Purchase Orders

Ansoft Corporation Fourth Quarter Revenues Increase 22%

Magnum Semiconductor to Acquire Cirrus Logic's Video Product Line

WiSpry Receives Patent for MEMS Based Variable Capacitor

MAY 27th, 2005

Golden Gate's WiresFirst Algorithm Tuned to Future Process Generation Power Issues

DTS to Offer Products Based on Realtek and C-Media Chip Sets

Prelude Trust plc Invests in Fabless SiConnect

SyChip Announces VoIP System in Package Technology - Based on LSI Logic Processor

High Power RF Transistors Shipments at Freescale Pass 10 Million

IXYS Reports 37 Percent Gain in Fiscal Year Revenues

MAY 26th, 2005

14 Million Euros for OneSpin Chip Designs

Toshiba Reveals Photon-Based Encrypted Communication Technology

Smart Link Enables Low Cost VoIP Phones with VoIP Gateway Chip Technology

Silicon Works Lowers Cost of Smart LCD Drivers with PenTile

Elliptic Semiconductor Launches Security Portfolio for Digital Rights Management

FreeLinc to Integrate Aura’s Wireless Headset Technology

MAY 24th, 2005

Dimatix Opens Silicon MEMS Fab - To Produce Microfluidic Devices for Nanofluid Printing Applications

Ageia's Game Processor Technology Brings in Shiny and Others

Cellular IC Design Tool Developed to Address Cell Phone Chip Market

Tomato LSI Selects DongbuAnam Process for LCD Driver Chip Production

Samsung's 90-nanometer 512Mb DRAM Memory to Be Used in PLAYSTATION 3

Marvell Reports Revenue Increase of 35%

2005-09-23T15:02:00.000-07:00

MAY 23rd, 2005

Quellan Reduces Interconnect Induced Timing Delays - 400 Percent Speed Increase

VaST Closes $12 Million - Plans R&D and Field Support

Production Costs for Dendrimer Nanostructures May Drop Soon

New Snap On Technology to Lower Cost of Wafer Fab Construction

SiRF Introduces OEM GPS Solution - Lower Bill Of Materials Emphasized

Dowa Mining to Produce Nitride Materials and Wafers for Gallium Nitride Applications - Hybrid Vehicles Mentioned

Stone Pillar Reduces Test Plan Time 90 Percent

MAY 20th, 2005

Sonics Interconnect IP Shipments Pass 100 Million

Tezzaron Incorporates CAST IP Core for High-Speed Stacked 3D IC Processor

Synopsys Releases Quarterly Results - Time-Based License Revenues Increase

Tensilica Reports LX Processor Scores Highest Benchmark Ever

Crimson Samples Low Cost MSPP-on-a-Chip

MAY 19th, 2005

Soitec’s 300 Millimeter SOI Wafer Sales Rise 248 Percent

High Technology Wages Drop, Verilog Designers Rank 5th of Top Titles

PMC-Sierra VoIP Adapter Solution now Available - Based on MIPS Core

World Gold Council Funds Solaris' Ocular Nanorod Efforts - Gold Base Noted

Apogee Brings out First MEMS Products - Named Sensilica

Sarnoff Offers Snap-On ESD IO Protection for Chip and IP Designs

ChipMOS Furthers Ties With Himax

Silicon Design Systems Introduces K-Route

Semiconductor News Reports

2005-09-23T13:06:00.000-07:00

Semiconductor News Commentary

By Mark Stansberry, www.perfectdisplay.com, marketing@perfectisplay.com