Taiwan market: Chunghwa Telecom procures thin-client IP STBs for MOD

Aug 19, 11:31

Taiwan-based carrier Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) will procure 19,000 thin-client IP set-top boxes (STBs) from open-bid winner HwaCom Systems in combination with Pegatron Technology for...

Virage Logic expands IP portfolio

Jul 28, 11:28

Virage Logic has announced the expansion of its semiconductor IP product portfolio with the introduction of SiANA, an offering of analog IP components for building multimedia consumer...

SMIC and Virage Logic extend partnership to 40nm

Jul 23, 17:11

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has revealed that its cooperation with Virage Logic now extends to 40nm low-leakage (LL) process technology. SMIC in May...

Nanya enters into new patent license agreement with Mosaid

Jul 21, 14:36

Mosaid Technologies has signed a seven-year, royalty bearing patent portfolio license agreement with Nanya Technology, according to the memory IP specialist. Financial details of...

ARM and TSMC ink long-term strategic deal

Jul 21, 09:23

ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have jointly announced a long-term agreement that provides TSMC with access to a broad range of ARM processors and enables...

MediaTek to volume ship 3D and IPTV solutions in 4Q10, says paper

Newswatch - Jul 19, 14:29

MediaTek will begin volume shipments of 3D TV and IPTV solutions in the fourth quarter of 2010, the Chinese-language Commercial Times has quoted company sources as indicat...

eMemory develops 0.18-micron 3.3V OTP solution

Jul 8, 14:35

Non-volatile memory IP developer eMemory Technology has announced the availability of a 0.18-micron 3.3V one-time-programmable (OTP) solution, developed using the company's proprietary...

CHT to purchase 200,000 IP STBs from DinYen and HwaCom

Jul 2, 10:18

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) on July 1 announced the result of an open bid to procure 200,000 IP set-top boxes (STBs), with Taiwan-based DinYen Technology and HwaCom Systems each winning...

TSMC announces automotive-qualified 0.25-micron OTP IP

Jun 30, 16:57

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that its 0.25-micron one-time programmable (OTP) IP now meets Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) standard AEC-Q100...

Richtek licenses Virage Logic NVM IP for advanced analog and power management products

May 27, 16:08

Virage Logic has announced that Taiwan-based Richtek Technology, a leading Asia-based power management IC provider, has taken a license for Virage Logic's AEON MTP (multi-time programmable)...

TSMC announces 0.18-micron automotive embedded flash IP

May 27, 13:25

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced its 0.18-micron automotive embedded flash IP that passed AEC-Q100 product qualification requirements for a wide range...

Taiwan and China makers eyeing ISDB-T IP STB orders from Latin America

Apr 26, 15:17

Taiwan- and China-based makers are looking to orders for IP STBs (set-top boxes) based on the Japan-developed mobile TV standard ISDB-T from Latin America, because telecom carriers...

Grace enhances design services to customized embedded flash macros

Apr 7, 14:04

China-based foundry Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing has launched an IP portfolio developed to assist customers in complementing their own IC design. The IP blocks offer various...

Faraday expects 20-30% growth in 2010

Feb 1, 14:57

Faraday Technology expects too see a double-digit revenue growth in the first quarter and 20-30% growth in 2010, according to the company.

Sercomm developing LTE-enabled security IP cameras with Verizon

Jan 14, 15:00

Taiwan-based network equipment maker Sercomm is developing LTE-enabled security IP cameras with US-based Verizon Wireless, according to Sercomm president James Wang.

Faraday to transfer IP business to Innopower

Dec 31, 11:03

Innopower Technology, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Faraday Technology, has announced, effective immediately, that it has been selected as the sole IP distributor of Faraday. Innopower...

Taiwan-based Magic Pixel licenses MIPS processor IP for multimedia applications

Dec 24, 14:39

MIPS Technologies has announced that Magic Pixel (MPX), a Taiwan-based multimedia SoC supplier and a spin-off of Macronix International Company (MXIC), has licensed the MIPS32 24KEc...

Memsic to acquire product lines, IP and related fixed assets from Crossbow

Dec 21, 13:46

China-based Memsic has signed an asset purchase agreement with Crossbow Technology, a US-based wireless sensor network supplier, to acquire selected Crossbow Technology product lines...

Taiwan-based analog IC design houses waging patent war to protect market share

Dec 11, 16:16

A patent war has begun among Taiwan-based analog IC makers as more companies have entered the analog IC market. Richtek Technology recently filed suit against uPI Semiconductor, a...

AMD and Intel announce settlement of all antitrust and IP disputes

Nov 13, 16:13

Intel and AMD have announced a comprehensive agreement to end all outstanding legal disputes between the companies, including antitrust litigation and patent cross license disputes...

Faraday, Global Unichip differ on 4Q09 outlook

Nov 4, 14:58

Faraday Technology expects fourth-quarter revenues to drop by 10% due to weaker demand for ASICs, while Global Unichip has said its revenues in the fourth quarter will increase slightly...

Qimonda sets up IP licensing group

Oct 13, 15:46

Qimonda has announced the establishment of Qimonda Licensing, a company responsible for the licensing and exploitation of its worldwide patent portfolio. The IP licensing company...

ARM aims to grab more than 50% share in DTV, STB markets in 2012

Oct 2, 12:24

ARM expects to see the market share of digital TVs adopting ARM core IP to surpass 50% in 2012, and the share among set-top boxes (STBs) will be even higher, according to Jim Wallace,...

Sunplus partners with Synopsys

Sep 30, 11:34

Taiwan-based IC design house Sunplus Technology has announced Synopsys has become its primary EDA partner. Under the new multi-year agreement, Sunplus will consolidate on Synopsys'...

MIPS licenses processor IP to Shanghai-based Opulan Technologies

Sep 23, 17:02

MIPS Technologies has announced that Shanghai-based Opulan Technologies, a supplier of fixed-network solutions for the broadband access market, licensed the MIPS32 24KEc Pro Series...

Zyxel looks to growing shipments of IP STBs and WiMAX CPE

Aug 17, 13:51

Taiwan-based network equipment maker Zyxel Communications has seen its shipments of IP set-top boxes (STBs) and WiMAX CPE start gathering momentum to help bring Zyxel back to growth...

Global Unichip to volume produce 40nm PCIe Gen2 IP by end of 2009

Aug 11, 09:28

Global Unichip has announced that its recent success on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)'s 40nm G process PCIe Gen2 IP has been validated in the data rate that ranges...

eMemory extends IP solutions to 65nm, partnering with Chartered

Aug 10, 11:35

eMemory Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of IP for logic embedded non-volatile memory (NVM), has announced its 65nm Neobit one-time-programmable (OTP) memory is scheduled to enter...

Taiwan market: Government approves Chunghwa Telecom price cuts for IP peering

Aug 6, 16:19

Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on August 5 approved a reduction in IP (Internet protocol) peering charge rates proposed by Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), with the new...

TSMC promoting OIP by combining EDA, IP

Newswatch - Aug 4, 16:16

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is making efforts to make its OIP (Open Innovation Platform) - a technology platform for integrated services from IC design to manufacturing...

ARM announces ultra low-power physical IP technology for next-generation MCU devices

Jul 28, 15:46

ARM has announced the availability of ultra low-power physical IP libraries to drive the next generation of energy-efficient microcontroller unit (MCU) devices.

Taiwan government to offer IC designers free MEMS accelerometer IP

Newswatch - Jul 24, 16:03

Taiwan's National Science Council has announced that it will offer free accelerometer (g-sensor) IP to Taiwan IC design houses. The move is expected to help companies save R&D...

Faraday expected to see sales up 1-5% in 3Q09 thanks to USB 3.0

Jul 23, 14:48

Faraday Technology is expected to see revenues grow 1-5% sequentially in the third quarter as its USB 3.0 solutions recently passed certification for Windows 7 and are expected to...