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Mixel MIPI D-PHY IP Integrated into Teledyne e2v Snappy CMOS Image Sensors

San Jose, California – May 29, 2019. Mixel® Inc., a leader in mixed-signal intellectual property (IP), and Teledyne Imaging, a leader in sensor, signal generation, and image processing, today announced that Mixel MIPI® IP has been successfully integrated into Teledyne e2v Snappy 2-Megapixel and 5-Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor IC products.
 
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Sofics’ clipping/scaling circuit enhances reliability of Near Field Communication (NFC) and other wireless interfaces

Sofics bvba (www.sofics.com), a leading semiconductor integrated circuit IP provider announced that its technology to protect wireless antenna pads is now published as a patent by the European Patent Office. The clipping/scaling circuit is used to protect the Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna pads in an ultra-low power Bluetooth chip

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Chinese Semiconductor Foundry SMIC to Delist From NYSE

China’s biggest semiconductor foundry is to withdraw from the New York Stock Exchange. SMIC notified the NYSE of its intention to apply on June 3 to delist its American depositary receipts (ADRs) from the bourse.
 
SMIC cited “a number of considerations,” including the limited trading volume of its ADSs

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CAST Expands Popular UDP/IP Networking Cores Line

Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. today announced two extensions to its line of UDP/IP cores for lean Internet Protocol networking: an increase up to 32 channels for its existing 10G and 40G UDP/IP Hardware Protocol Stacks, and the upcoming release of a faster, 100G version of these IP cores.
 
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After 2Q19 Bottom, Expectations Increase for a 3Q19 IC Market Rebound

IC Insights will release its May Update to the 2019 McClean Report later this month.  This Updateincludes a discussion of the 1Q19 IC industry market results, a detailed quarterly IC market forecast for the remainder of this year, and a look at the top-25 1Q19 semiconductor suppliers.
Over its 60-year history, the IC industry is

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Sankalp Semiconductor to Exhibit at Design Automation Conference – 2019

Sankalp Semiconductor, a design service company offering comprehensive digital & mixed signal SoC services and solutions, will be exhibiting at DAC from June 3rd -5th in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sankalp Semiconductor’s booth will be displaying the company’s capabilities in digital, analog and mixed signal, custom layout, standard cell development, IO

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Marvell to Acquire Avera Semi (GF), Creating an Infrastructure ASIC Powerhouse

Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) today announced it has entered into definitive agreements to purchase Avera Semiconductor, the Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) business of GLOBALFOUNDRIES. This acquisition brings together Avera Semi’s leading custom design capabilities with Marvell’s advanced technology platform and scale, creating a leading ASIC supplier for wired and wireless

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Faraday Geared Up for Data Communication Applications in ASIC Development

Faraday Technology Corporation (TWSE: 3035), a leading ASIC design service and IP provider, today announced its achievement in delivering more than 10 successful projects in the Data Communication market. These projects, implemented primarily on UMC 28nm HPC and 40nm LP, cover applications such as access, aggregation switches, server adaptors, and

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Top Semiconductor Sales Leaders 2018 – 2019

IC Insights will release its May Update to the 2019 McClean Report later this month.  This Update includes a discussion of the 1Q19 IC industry market results, an updated quarterly forecast for the remainder of this year, and a look at the top-25 1Q19 semiconductor suppliers. The top-15 1Q19 semiconductor suppliers are covered in

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Agile Analog secures $5M in funding to change the semiconductor industry

Agile Analog, a Cambridge analog IP company, announces it has closed its latest Pre-A funding round with Delin Ventures, firstminute Capital and MMC Ventures for $5M.

Founded in 2017, Agile Analog will use the funding to expand the existing engineering team in Cambridge and deliver analog IP products to

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