August 2008

Welcome to the August 2008 issue of IP Times – your continuing source for semiconductor Intellectual Property (IP) news, trends, and developments. This is your opportunity to get caught up with Virage Logic’s news and events after the summer break.

Resource Center

EuroAsia IC Industry Awards 2008 – Don’t Forget to Vote for Virage Logic!
As the industry’s trusted semiconductor IP partner, Virage Logic has been nominated in the Yield Management – Best Process Award category of the EuroAsia IC Industry Awards for the company’s innovative Self-Test and Repair (STAR™) Yield Accelerator. Virage Logic’s STAR Yield Accelerator offers capabilities far beyond conventional physical de-processing and manual analysis, and can pinpoint the exact physical location of memory faults and provide guidance of the root cause. By enabling engineers to troubleshoot yield issues in a secure and efficient manner, the STAR Yield Accelerator protects both manufacturers’ sensitive process data and designers’ closely guarded design data.

This is your chance to let the industry know you think Virage Logic’s STAR Yield Accelerator is an industry-leading embedded test and repair solution. Users will determine who wins based on the number of votes. VOTE NOW!

Virage Logic in the News

AMD’s ATI Radeon™ HD Products Leverage Virage Logic’s Embedded Memory IP
Virage Logic recently announced that Advanced Micro Devices' ATI Radeon 4800 series graphics products leverage their advanced embedded memory IP for superior performance. The relationship between AMD and Virage Logic provides AMD with access to Virage Logic's embedded memory IP offering to support graphics processors and other devices for 65-nanometer (nm) and 55nm processes and beyond. Read more.

Upcoming VIP Partner Events

Virage Logic’s VIP Partner Program brings together technology and business alliances with our industry partners for the benefit of our mutual customers. As part of the VIP Partner Program, Virage Logic supports our partners’ global events, such as the ones listed below.

Chartered Technology Forum 2008 - Taiwan
September 3, 2008
Ambassador Hsinchu Hotel, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC
Find out about Chartered’s unique value-added solutions for specific markets and applications, and learn more about their advanced processes – down to 32nm. And don’t forget to visit the Virage Logic booth to see first-hand how we collaborate with Chartered to provide customers with innovative advanced technology solutions. Register to attend.

CDNLive! 2008 Silicon Valley
September 9-11, 2008
San Jose Marriott Hotel and San Jose McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, CA
Attendees at CDNLive! will learn how to overcome complex design issues and discover the latest technology solutions to address their design challenges. As a Cadence partner and member of the Power Forward Initiative, Virage Logic’s IP experts will be on hand with important information about how we work in collaboration to provide the best IP solutions for your design requirements.  Registration.

SMIC 2008 Technology Symposium
September 19, 2008
SMIC Shanghai, Pudong New Area, Shanghai, ROC
This symposium is for SMIC customers, IC designers, design service providers, packaging, assembly and test engineers, quality and reliability engineers, equipment and material suppliers, universities and research institutes. As long time partners with SMIC, Virage Logic’s IP experts will be on hand to discuss how we work together to provide a variety of System-on-Chip (SoC) design solutions. Register now.

Synopsys Users Group (SNUG) Boston
September 22-23, 2008  
Boston Marriott Newton Hotel, Newton, MA
Plan to attend SNUG in Boston and be sure to stop by Virage Logic’s Gold Sponsor booth at the Interoperability Fair to meet with the industry’s foremost IP experts to learn more about the company’s broad portfolio of silicon proven semiconductor IP.Register Now.

TSMC 2008 Europe Technology Symposium
September 23, 2008  
Dorint Airport Hotel, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The TSMC Technology Symposium offers news and insights on advanced technologies; providing programs and sessions to help keep you informed. As TSMC’s early development partner, visit the Virage Logic IP experts to learn how TSMC and Virage Logic partner to provide mutual customers with integrated IP solutions for advanced technology nodes. Register to attend.

Common Platform Tech Forum 2008
September 30, 2008  
Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA
Join Virage Logic at the Common Platform Tech Forum, hosted by Chartered, IBM and Samsung. This event helps to promote greater interaction among partners and customers. Come and learn how Virage Logic works with the Common Platform to support mutual customers’ manufacturing needs with advanced technologies and silicon-proven semiconductor IP. Register.

Upcoming Industry Events

As the industry’s trusted semiconductor IP partner, Virage Logic participates in a variety of global industry events to help educate the system-on-chip (SoC) design community on the latest advanced IP technology. See below for a list of upcoming events where you can hear Virage Logic’s IP experts address the complex issues facing the industry today.

Portable Design Conference
September 18, 2008
Wyndham Hotel, San Jose, CA
This conference gathers together design engineers specifically engaged in the development and engineering of portable devices. The conference presents a variety of technologies in a variety of industries to address the key challenges of engineers developing small and portable devices. As a silver sponsor, Virage Logic will be exhibiting and speaking in a breakout technical session on low power. Register to attend.

Global Semiconductor Association (GSA) IP Conference
September 24-25, 2008
Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA
The GSA IP Conference will address the business, quality and metric issues surrounding quality IP and how important it is for semiconductor suppliers to incorporate a healthy IP ecosystem within their business strategy. Showcasing perspectives from design, third-party IP vendors, foundries, and EDA companies, the topics will concentrate on the opportunities, risks and rewards in obtaining quality IP. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Virage Logic panelists, Kamalesh Ruparel and Dr. Yervant Zorian who will be highlighting the IP provider’s perspective. Register now.

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