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Microsystems recently founded develop chips. What kind? company wouldn't disclose details rumor "high-speed interfaces" whatever that means. company recently raised initial funding from Alliance Capital Ventures, Needham Capital Partners, Oxcal Venture Fund, Selby Venture Partners. Stay tuned. Chuck Gershman, Sales Marketing (previously Sales Softcom Actel) 2700 Augustine Ave., Santa Clara, 95054 Tel: 408/653-2181, Fax: 408/653-2186 www.baymicrosystems.com
chitect U.S. Display Consortium's web/roll project. Thompson primary liaison with Opticom memory products. Patrick Smith, Ph.D., President interim (formerly co-principal investigator DARPA-funded silicon plastic program Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) Paul Wickboldt, Ph.D., Director Manufacturing (formerly employed Lawrence Livermore years) Michael Thompson, Ph.D., (Currently leave absence from Cornell. recently spent year-long sabbatical LLNL developing electronics plastics direct printing silicon applications. currently sits technical advisory board Opticom ASA.) Paul Carey, Ph.D., Technical advisory board member principal investigator group leader LLNL DARPA-funded program develop transistors plastic) Greenway Walnut Creek, 94596 Tel: 650/814-4678 www.flexics.com
North American Semiconductor Equipment Report billion)
Month Shipments Bookings BK-to-BL Dec. 1,598 1,908 1.19 Jan. 1,604 2,227 1.39 Feb. 1,594 2,302 1.44 Mar. (final) 1,745 2,547 1.46 Apr. (revised) 1,985 2,711 1.37 (prelim) 2,108 2,746 1.30 Source: SEMI
Genesis Micro Spinoff
Genesis Microchip (Nasdaq: GNSS) spinning image warp technology business into separate start-up company. initial $2-million investment will allow spin-off focus commercialization Genesis' warp technology. company will seek additional equity financing once formed. According Genesis Amnon Fisher, "The warp business consistent with thrust into high-volume markets such monitors, digital CRTs digital consumer video." Genesis Chairman Paul Russo will assume position Chairman interim company while continuing Genesis Chairman. Image warping technology digitally manipulates real-time video images while critical image quality detail maintained. Genesis chip will also perform "arc raster conversion" radar signals from circular display format more common rectangular display used
FlexICs
Patrick Smith, Paul Wickboldt, Michael Thompson, Paul Carey founded FlexICs fabricates semiconductor-on-plastic components array consumer products. Smith negotiated FlexICs' technology licenses formation technology partnerships. Wickboldt leading development company' roll-to-roll technology arSIA Apr. 2000 Global Sales Report billion)
Market 4/99 3/00 Americas Europe Japan Asia Pacific Total 11.2 15.0 Source: 4/00 Y-to-Y M-to-M 15.2
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televideo conferencing applications. 2000, company raised first round funding from InveStar. Corporate Park, Suite Irvine, 92606 www.matchlab.com
monitors. Markets benefiting from image warp related technologies include military displays, projection systems, medical imaging, video editing, broadcast special effects. Genesis been working with Josebased Kaiser Electronics produce image warp chip helmet-mounted display (HMD) system. Kaiser supporting Genesis development warp chip lead customer, expect that chip number military display products. first-generation warp chip expected begin sampling this summer Kaiser additional commercial customers. www.genesis-microchip.com
Manager, Swich Fabric. interface between PACER family components with other components adheres CSIX specification. This allows each component used individually with other industry parts. PACER Protocol Processor designed address demands ATM, TDM, Frame Relay networks. PACER Traffic Manager protocol independent traffic management solution that configured deliver optimal application. Traffic Manager service packet, cell, traffic OC-768 rates. Bandwidth dynamically allocated, tracked, shaped. PACER Switch Fabric modular scalable design that provides Gbps switching bandwidth port 1024 ports. modularity allows system implemented multiple shelves enabling systems vendors overcome physical space constraints. Daryn Lau, Founder, President, (previously spent years Cisco where responsible ASICs) Chris Bergen, Founder, Divivier, Founder, Director Engineering David Booker, Director Marketing/ Business Development 2833 Junction Ave., Suite Jose, 95134 Tel: 408/514-6100, Fax: 408/545-0551 www.zettacom.com
MOBILIAN
Mobilian founded 1999 develop analog digital embedded software wireless communications. 2000, company received $6.4M first round funding from Adler Bessemer. Mobilian's TrueRadio enables "TrueConnectivity" where client devices automatically detect available network resources, select best options, connect them reliably. company office Portland,Oregon; Diego, California; Haifa, Israel. 7431 Evergreen Pkwy, Suite Hillsboro, 97124 Tel: 503/681-8600, Fax: 503/640-3365 www.mobilian.com
Magis Networks
Magis Networks founded 1999 "create core technology products that enable cost-effective wireless data multimedia network solutions home small-office environment." founders previously held senior technical management positions Hughes, TRW, Linkabit, Qualcomm. Magis received funding from VCs, industry partners. Clarence Bruckner, President (formerly held executive level management founding positions several startups. provided technical management expertise development Qualcomm's first handset products.) Crawford, Engineering (formerly founded technology consulting firm) 12555 High Bluff Drive, Suite Diego, 92130 Tel: 858/259-9240, Fax: 858/259-8908 www.MagisNetworks.com
ZettaCom
ZettaCom founded leading provider silicon solutions tomorrow's Internet infrastructure.by delivering powerful high-speed, feature-rich solutions optical switching, MAN/WAN multiservice broadband access markets." company developing chipsets that scaled build Gigabit Terabit systems with any-service, any-speed interface, configurable traffic management capabilities meet variety network requirements. ZettaCom PACER family will provide complete end-to-end OC-768 silicon solution. Targeting OC-12 OC-768 market, PACER family will provide optimal solutions wide range applications. will support wide range protocols, from SONET cross-connects layer switches. PACER family consists major components; Protocol Processor, Traffic
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Alchemy
Alchemy Semiconductor (see 5/99, 9/99) founded 1999 develop high performance, very power solutions Internet Edge Device market. Formerly business unit Cadence, company recently received $15M first round venture capital funding will operate independent company. Inves-
Match
Match develops color imaging products including desktop color copiers, scan/capture-to-print color printers,
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tors include Venture Partners, Austin Ventures, Telos Ventures. Alchemy will seek additional capital future. company approx. employees. 1998 Cadence formed microprocessor design group based core group designers from Digital's Alpha StrongARM design teams. Rich Witek, former StrongARM Alpha architect, Greg Hoeppner, former Director StrongARM Development, head Alchemy development team. Between them, technical founders possess over patents. April Alchemy, than unit Cadence, licensed MIPS architecture develop standard products. Cadence provided Alchemy with seed funding 2000, Alchemy became solely independent company, funded Venture Partners, Austin Ventures, Telos Ventures. Alchemy recently unveiled first Internet Edge Processor, Au1000, based MIPS32 instruction set. Au1000 designed high performance very power, runs features power dissipation less than 500mW version more than Dhrystone MIPS/Watt.
Alchemy targeting Au1000 towards communications market segments whose products operate outer edge Internet. Target applications include wireless palm-sized PCs, emerging applications, VoIP telephony devices, networking products like residential gateways, firewalls, routers. architecture Au1000 consists Alchemy designed 32-bit core with 5stage scalar pipeline, 4-Way, Associative 16KB instruction cache 16KB nonblocking data cache, high-speed MAC, R4000 class MMU. issue 32x16 clock 32x32 every other clock. Au1000 based pseudo-static design includes sleep idle modes. device based custom core, custom cell libraries synthesis, some purchased blocks. Several MIPS32 instructions have been incorporated including multiply-add, multiply-subtract, targeted multiply, zero detect, wait, conditional move, prefetch. device also incorporates many micro architecture enhancements like conditional clocking, pipelined register file
access into fetch stage, speculative executing, branch prediction. on-chip memory controller interfaces 100/125 SDRAM, SRAM, Flash EPROM. System peripherals include GPIO total, dedicated), 10/100 Ethernet Controllers, Device Host, UARTs, 4Mbps IrDA, AC'97 Controller, I2S, SPI/SSI interfaces. Because Au1000 core based MIPS32 instruction R4000 MMU, there broad operating system support including Windows Linux, pSOS, VxWorks. Au1000 will available 200, 400, versions operates 1.25-1.8V core, with 3.3V TSMC will fabricate device 0.18u voltage process. Alchemy claims that Au1000 achieve more than performance synthesized designs with power efficiency. offers better standby efficiency based leakage, power cell libraries. "cut paste" chip layout will enable Alchemy rapidly introduce versions future. Eric Broockman, President (formerly Cirrus' Crystal Division) Rich Witek, co-founder (possesses over years experience processor system design holds patents. Formerly senior processor architect participated major CISC RISC processor design programs including Alpha, ARM, Power VAX, StrongARM 1100 Micro PRISM.) Greg Hoeppner, Engineering cofounder (Has over years experience processor design. contributor both Alpha StrongArm projects.) Phil Pompa, Marketing (Formerly held systems microprocessor marketing management positions with ROLM, AMD, Motorola, UMAX.)
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Montanaro, Co-founder Engineering Director (formerly held leadership roles design first Alpha microprocessors StrongARM 1100) Richard Reis, Co-founder Engineering Director (formerly major contributor Motorola's processors, Cyrix Cx486 6X86 products, Digital's SA1100 StrongARM) Stephany, Co-founder Engineering Director (formerly co-led implementation StrongARM SA-110, implementation version SA-110, implementation SA-1100) 7800 Shoal Creek Blvd., Suite 222W Austin, 78757 Tel: 512/421-6200 Fax: 512/421-6262 www.alchemysemi.com
electronics marketplace, embed high-speed powerline chipsets into products such televisions, VCRs players, making those devices part home network. Inari developer powerline networking technology that allows high-speed data transmission over existing electrical wiring power lines. Inari's secondgeneration chipset, IPL0201, fully integrated MAC/PHY Mbps Powerline Network Controller. IPL0201 combined with IPL0202 designed applications such external powerline network adapters, embedded systems such broadband gateways. IPL0201 supports simultaneous transmission information types including data, control, isochronous communications. will provide engineering support foundry services Inari's second-generation powerline silicon platform. Inari will provide specification, architecture, full digital design, while will integrate that design using digital cell library, digital macro functions analog components. Inari also developing low-cost, low-speed control chip that will integrate home-control functionality into home network well. Inari GlobeSpan have formed joint development effort provide integrated high-speed, powerline home networking gateway solution. GlobeSpan agreement initial step Inari facilitate widespread adoption powerline networking technology into other devices technologies. Inari plans license technology silicon vendors like GlobeSpan create integrated chipsets. Inari will also sell powerlineenabled chipsets modem, gateway, NIC, appliance manufacturers, enabling them offer powerline-enabled products. THOMSON Multimedia (the manufacturer marketer RCA, PROSCAN-brand home electronic products) Inari have formed relationship launch
line computer network adapters utilizing Inari's 2Mbps Powerline chipset. part relationship, Thomson will take stake Inari. Later this year, Thomson will launch adapter product line, which will communicate 2Mbps over home's existing electrical wiring will connect printers parallel ports. Thomson Inari also plan offer powerline networking products that support broadband digital audio streaming video, with introduction 10Mbps powerline networking chipset from Inari first half 2001. Inari also signed agreement with Corinex Global provide Internet access homes multi-dwelling units worldwide. Corinex developer wireless communication products telecom industries. Using Corinex's technology, wireless Internet signals will sent from ISP's location access points homes apartment buildings. Internet signal will then distributed over building home's existing electrical wiring using Inari's current Kbps powerline networking technology. first deployment will occur early next year. Inari currently shipping Kbps PassPort Plug-In Network product, demonstrated second-generation platform January 2000. Second generation 2Mbps chipsets will available followed Mbps powerline chipset 2001 30-40 Mbps chipset after that. company will also release low-cost powerline control chip late 2000. Frohnen, President (formerly operations 3Com, operations U.S. Robotics, senior operations Megahertz) Alan Walbeck, (The original architect NEST residential gateway powerline protocol. Formerly senior hardware/software
Inari
Inari (formerly Intelogis) founded 1997 develop powerline networking technology. Inari received excess million venture capital funding from Power, Zeron Group, Pacific Corp Energy. company's core technology, which transmits high-speed digital signals over existing electrical wiring, developed engineers while part Novell's Embedded Systems Technology (NEST) division. Intelogis, Inari developed marketed PassPort Plug-In Network home-networking product. January 2000, Intelogis announced that shifting business focus from branded retail products powerline chipsets. company will first concentrate efforts selling powerline silicon platforms hardware vendors will develop powerline-enabled modems, gateways, NICs other products that will become part home network. Inari will also target partners consumer
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engineer Novell founder engineering Vyzynz Int'l) Patrick Kelliher, Finance (formerly carrier business unit controller manufacturing controller 3Com assistant corporate controller U.S. Robotics) Ryan Ashton, Marketing Sales (formerly senior marketing sales Megahertz) 11781 Lone Peak Parkway Draper, Utah 84020 Tel: 801/571-4000 Fax: 801/501-7630 www.inari.com
cally focused Bluetooth. Innovent developed pure CMOS transceiver plans introduce single-chip baseband solution year-end. first member Blutonium family, NVT1003, CMOS Bluetooth transceiver, sampling now. Other members family include NVT5001, standalone digital baseband processor, available September, NVT7001, single-chip combining baseband full Bluetooth functionality, available 2000. Beginning 2001, variants NVT7001 will incorporate customer-specific interfaces. NVT1003 manufactured 0.35u CMOS process TSMC. chip integrates virtually components traditionally located `off-chip' such input filter, LNA, VCO, PLL, modulator demodulator, power amplifier. NVT1003 designed withstand interference from unwanted jamming signals, important feature given that Bluetoothenabled products often operate presence other strong radio signals. chip exceeds performance requirements Bluetooth specification extensions specification required operation cellular handset environment. NVT1003 designed used conjunction with baseband processor, such Innovent's 5001, which optimized give maximum performance reliability. 5001 incorporates 8051 controller, Bluetooth baseband core, USB, PCM, UART interfaces. provides efficient hardware implementation necessary signal processing functions, minimizing firmware code size freeing microcontroller processing power other application specific tasks. 7001 combines Blutonium's baseband functions single Adding custom accomplished quickly, allowing customers specify their processors, interfaces, special baseband requirements.
Supplementing Innovent's chips Blutonium firmware software. Innovent provides complete system solution Bluetooth connectivity, implementing Bluetooth protocol stack within 5001 controller. company also provides Windows compatible software tools implement higher layers Bluetooth protocol such RFCOMM, SDP, L2CAP, HCI's host side. Blutonium firmware supports USB, PCM, UART protocols. Innovent's strategy includes developing strategic partnerships with suppliers products such cellular handsets, wireless computing equipment, home automation devices applications ranging from personal area networks wireless LANs. company currently providing samples first generation products qualification several these tier suppliers. Samsung Electro-Mechanics plans develop Bluetooth-enabled products based Innovent's Blutonium family. Samsung will also make investment Innovent. Samsung will incorporate Innovent's Blutonium NVT1003 NVT5001 baseband chips into Bluetooth-enabled communications computing devices. Late breaking news: were writing this profile, Broadcom signed definitive agreement acquire Innovent approximately million shares Class Common Stock. recent price $168 share deal valued approx. $500 million. Broadcom supported Innovent through seed-stage investment, collaborative R&D, close ties with company from Innovent's inception. Broadcom presently owns approximately Innovent. Innovent Broadcom will have number product demonstrations Bluetooth Congress 2000 Monte Carlo, including full wireless Internet browsing incorporating video audio streaming across Bluetooth link implemented with Innovent's CMOS transceiver.
Innovent Systems
Ahmadreza Rofougaran sister Maryam Rofougaran, both veteran RFIC designers, founded Innovent January 1999 develop high performance systems short-range wireless data communications. have made groundbreaking contributions field CMOS design while performing research UCLA have continued commercialize technology over past decade. Innovent closed first round financing April 1999 from angel investors, Crosspoint Venture Partners, Smart Technology Ventures, Ventana Global Ventures, business partner Broadcom. company employees. Innovent recently unveiled business technology strategy addressing multi-billion dollar market short-range wireless communications. Innovent's technology compatible with existing emerging short-range wireless communications protocols including Bluetooth, HomeRF, IEEE 802.11. Innovent claims first company develop high-performance, all-CMOS transceiver. company offers complete solutions comprising single-chip CMOS transceivers, modular scalable digital baseband processors, protocol software/firmware. Innovent currently offers family cores specifi-
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Bill Colleran, Ph.D., president Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Maryam Rofougaran, co-founder Continental Blvd., Suite Segundo, 90245 Tel: 310/524-0065 Fax: 310/640-1668 9565 Waples Ave., Suite Diego, 92121 Tel: 858/550-0035 Fax: 858/550-0034 www.innoventsystems.com
between mobile subscribers that close proximity each other. These network components often overloaded cannot respond request service from subscriber's wireless device you've probably noticed large trade show. QDMA technology based mobile network, which reduces expense increases success rate mobile mobile calls eliminating need wireless infrastructure complete call. MeshNetworks' technology patent 5,943,322 that describes communications method CDMA system without base station. QDMA roots Handheld Multimedia Terminal (HMT) developed Aerospace/Communications Division Industries. has, past several years, been developing technology U.S. military. This technology developed support simultaneous voice over data, multimedia high data rates battlefield conditions with infrastructure. technology allows each wireless terminal function independent, intelligent router repeater. networking provides self-organizing self-healing network structure. Altogether, have spent plan spend more than $150 million this development work over 9-year period. This technology exists today, demonstrable prototype form. Field trial results have been exceptional terms link robustness, data rate, range, quickness self-organization selfhealing network, tolerance mobility (demonstrated helicopter speeds), voice quality service, extensibility multi-hop capability, preciseness geo-location application. MeshNetworks intends build upon ITT's technology will modify extend commercial QDMA system.
MeshNetworks
MeshNetworks founded Feb. 2000 Milcom Technologies commercialize wireless technology developed Industries (ITT) Department Defense. company received $1.6M initial funding from Milcom, Patricof Ventures, BancBoston Capital. also shareholder contributed Handheld Multimedia Terminal technology. additional million will sought July. company employees. MeshNetworks developing next generation wireless communication system Quad-Division Multiple Access QDMA). QDMA data-centric wireless communication system that provides multimedia services (voice, data, video, location) mobile personal Internet devices campus, metropolitan, regional environments. QDMA achieves this through patented IP-based peer-to-peer networking high performance wireless modem. MeshNetworks' objective have system deployed nationwide 2005. Traditional wireless schemes rely expensive wireless infrastructure including base station transceiver, base station controllers, cellular switches complete wireless calls, including those made
Unlike traditional mobile mobile calls which must pass though base station, QDMA allows calls route both voice data through intermediate phones necessary reach desired party. ad-hoc network constantly updated ensure best path always taken should intermediate node fail, network dynamically re-routes calls through other available nodes. This technology used enable mobile-tomobile access, "last mile" high-speed Internet access, without need wireless infrastructure. also capability determine location wireless communications device more precisely than cellular tower based schemes. QDMA infrastructure equipment costs 1/10th those conventional cellular systems voice-only mode, applications shifts toward data, this infrastructure cost advantage improves even more. equivalent infrastructure spectrum investments, QDMA offers advantage either coverage capacity. Operations maintenance costs substantially less because self-healing nature network avoids costly quick-response cell site maintenance. Re-engineering costs response construction population shifts will reduced well. QDMA provides high data rates Mbps peak) unlicensed spectrum. Subscriber devices operate without infrastructure, providing full multimedia services peer-to-peer basis, allowing many cell towers eliminated. provides faster more accurate geo-location than GPS, without building penetration problems associated with GPS. Finally IP-based, providing open application environment. MeshNetworks' architecture made hardware software elements: Transceiver Module within subscriber device, Router, Gateway, Gateway Controller.
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Transceiver Module composed proprietary modem ASIC, DSP, microcontroller, circuitry, memory, proprietary networking link layer software. MeshNetworks embedded proprietary applications this Module: Voice Over position location. VoIP been embedded ensure that QDMA voice performance exceeds that cellular approaches that wired phones. Router mounted light poles, utility poles, rooftops provide range extension routes around obstructions that QDMA network supply high degree coverage Subscriber Devices throughout area. Gateway transition point from subscriber side network backbone. Subscriber Devices connect directly Gateways turn connect with destination Subscriber Device through Internet, PSTN, other network. Gateways designed support maximum 2000 subscribers. Gateway Controller provides call control across MeshNetworks' Gateways between QDMA network other networks such Internet PSTN. also provides Operations, Administration, Management, Provisioning (OAM&P) services QDMA network. Gateway Controller support many Gateways. MeshNetworks will develop custom ICs, software, designs implement QDMA elements. company plans manufacture Routers, Gateways, Gateway Controllers license their custom software infrastructure equipment manufacturers. Alpha product scheduled September 2000. company does have direct competitors, however future will compete with cellular infrastructure providers. Masood Garahi, (formerly Guide's Games Division. Prior joining Guide,
Senior Skytel (which part Worldcom) Richard Licursi, Corporate Development interim until recently. Formerly president Phoenix Wireless Group, which acquired Excel Switching) Peter Stanforth, (formerly Excel Switching Division Lucent co-founder, Phoenix Wireless Group) Larry Koos, Acting Engineering (formerly Executive Koos Technical Services (KTS), engineering services firm specializing Wireless Communications) William Elkington, Product Management (formerly Senior Program Manager Industries) Eric Whitehill, Director Network Software (formerly Senior Staff Engineer Industries) Glen Gray, Director Gateway Controller development (formerly Director Terrestrial Network Development Iridium) Donald Rasmussen, Staff Scientist (formerly responsible development Handheld Multimedia Terminal (HMT) burst packet, direct sequence modem subsystem ITT) Keller Rd., Suite Maitland, 32751 Tel: 407-659-5300, Fax: 407-659-5301 www.meshnetworks.com
PortalPlayer's first product Tango digital media platform, SDMI-compliant media player/recorder system, claimed first kind with both playback record functions. platform, which targeted portable MP3-type player/recorder systems, hybrid systems combining digital audio player/recorders, hard-drive equipped digital audio jukeboxes, would enable users directly record content into format without PortalPlayer also announced support Advanced Audio Codec (AAC), Microsoft Windows Media Audio, M3U, Qdesign decoder technology, with others added 2000. platform includes Tango chip, firmware needed create product, intuitive application that seamlessly links internet locally stored files. Available firmware includes extensive suite decoders, encoders, digital rights management (DRM) technologies, encryption standards, audio effects, both solid-state disk-based storage. Tango directly supports Compact Flash, Sony Memory Stick, SmartMedia, MultiMediaCard, (Secure Digital) Memory solidstate storage. Tango-based systems support banks Flash memory, with bank, banks SDRAM, with bank. Based ARM7 microprocessor, Tango PP5001 SuperIntegration controller chip runs MIPS. Encoding takes between MIPS. manufacturing Tango 0.25u process. PortalPlayer taken into account legal problems encountered other services that facilitate downloading music from internet. "The technology supports both open secure files," stated Marketing Michael Maia. went explain that Tango platform compliant with SDMI Portable Drive Specification 1.0, Phase which includes Verance's SDMI Phase Watermarking System. PortalPlayer also supports systems such InterTrust MetaTrust Utility, DOWNLOADSdirect Mjuice,
Portalplayer
PortalPlayer founded June 1999 former National executives with goal becoming "the leading supplier digital media infrastructure solutions consumer marketplace." company raised million rounds financing that included investments from Chase Capital, Techfund, FlatIron Partners, MP3.com, individual investors. company employees offices California, Washington, India.
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crosoft Windows Media Rights Manager. Other security mechanisms added Flash update. Cirrus, Micronas, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments already have products market, PortalPlayer's Tango only product that ability record well play digital files. Maia also noted that PortalPlayer developed partnerships with companies such MP3.com, which will make easier users access MP3.com's services website. addition, Tango platform able interface with many different formats, while main competitors, Cirrus' Maverick, interfaces only Flash memory. only customer that PortalPlayer announced Sensory Science (formerly Go-Video), consumer electronics company that specializes developing marketing innovative digital audio video products. Tango priced quantities. platform sampling qualified OEMs with volume production scheduled first commercial devices using platform expected market late this year 2001. John Mallard, President, cofounder (previously National; also worked Digital Hardware Engineering Manager Mobile Products Group) Pacholec, CFO, COO, cofounder (most recently Director Business Development National) Sanjeev Kumar, Software Engineering co-founder (most recently Director Software Engineering National; also worked with Digital Software Engineering Manager Mobile Group) Michael Maia, Marketing (most recently Senior Director Marketing Information Appliances Group National)
George Fang, Worldwide Sales (most recently Director Sales Tripath) Jeff Hawkey, Hardware Engineering (formerly acting VLSI director Philips; previously held management positions National, Cirrus NCR) 3255 Scott Blvd., Bldg. Santa Clara, 95054 Tel: 408/855-0830 Fax: 408/855-0841 www.portalplayer.com
Real Intent focused solving these problems through process they call Intent-Driven Verification (IDV), process that allows verification design intent prior simulation synthesis. early May, Real Intent introduced first products: Verix Verix-Pro, both which verify design ensuring that implementation consistent with designer's intent. Real Intent says that their technology eliminates large class design errors (intent violations) reduces dependence need testbenches simulation runs. Verix analyzes description, extracts implied design intent, verifies under possible input conditions, reports results violations. Verix used throughout verification cycle even being modified. This keeps free large class intent violations. Verix-Pro product uses design intent information provided user with description detect expressed design intent violations. Both Verix Verix-Pro used early design cycle soon code available. patent-pending technology that drives includes methods capturing design intent, identifying intent gap, reporting intent violations intuitive manner, well method fullchip verification from automatic hierarchical assembly verified blocks. classes intent violations that Verix detects typically result design errors, which very common early parts design. initial release Verix detects eight different intent violations. These violations include conflicting assignments, where multiple drivers that cause conflicting logical values; blockenable problems, which occur when enabling condition code block never met; range inconsistencies, when vector indexed range. Verix also detects parallel full case inconsistencies; non-resettable flops, static X-source problems, well performing assignment execution check
Real Intent
Founded July 1998, Real Intent company that developing "intentdriven" verification tools. company backed over million funding from angel investors, principal investors being Andy Bechtolsheim, Engineering Gigabit Switching Cisco, Prabhu Goel, formerly founder Chairman Frontline Design Automation. Real Intent intends seek further funding within next year, they currently have employees. When Prakash Narain Rajiv Kumar founded Real Intent, they with belief that nearly design bugs arise because structural does accurately implement design's intent. Following Moore's law, design complexity doubling every 12-18 months, which causes verification complexity increase exponential rate. Real Intent says that companies trying meet this challenge increasing performance hardware software simulators; however, Real Intent contends that fundamental problem with these conventional verification approaches that they vector testbench limited. These approaches require testbench environment created. They then require enormous amount vector generation effort complex debugging process design errors.
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that detects unintended design behavior reflected variable assignments. Verix currently beta, with production release scheduled July 2000 users. Single quantity pricing begins $25K. Verix-Pro option will ship this fall. initial versions Verix Verix-Pro support Verilog, VHDL support will added both products 2001. Prakash Narain, Ph.D., President (previously project leader test verification UltraSPARC architect AMD) Rajiv Kumar, (formerly manager engineer Stephen Pollock, Marketing (previously Director Marketing Simulation Products Cadence Marketing Design Acceleration, which acquired Cadence February '99) 3910 Freedom Circle, Suite 102A Santa Clara, 95054 Tel: 408/982-5444 Fax: 408/982-5443 www.realintent.com
Technology Angels, Yamacraw April 2000. Solutions approx. employees. Solutions transitioned from roots consulting firm specializing analog circuit design product-oriented company developing broadband wireless communication. first chips will part transceiver system allowing cable modems work fixed wireless. chips will built compound semiconductors such gallium arsenide. company's competitive edge proprietary design process called X-Cellacore, which reduces time required analog semiconductor chips into production much 60%. X-Cellacore enables development advanced transceiver architectures accommodating broadband wireless applications between GHz. company developing complete line Flexceivers customer premises equipment many fixed broadband wireless (BWA) applications including licensed unlicensed frequency bands operation. Flexceiver architecture allows increased versatility variety fixed broadband wireless applications MDS, WCS, MMDS, ISM, U-NII bands. Solutions designed many major components transceiver, including LNAs, oscillators, several other intermediate-power amplifiers. features ultra-low noise, high linearity, high gain. features phase noise extremely compact design claimed smaller than conventional VCOs. compact based class higher efficiency linearity. Solutions developed highly integrated architectures fixed broadband wireless access applications GHz. 5-chip radio design includes major radio components beyond antenna duplexer, reducing number radio components from approximately
five chips consist downconverter with integrated amplifier; AGC, demodulation MHz, dual-band synthesizer; transmitter with AGC, modulation MHz, VCO; frequency synthesizer module providing functionality circuit output frequencies GHz; upconverter, driver with integrated AGC. According Solutions, estomated target market size $6B, cumulative through 2007. While they also potential customers, California Amplifier Communications (Watkins-Johnson) could considered competitors. Solutions believes competitive advantages unique RFIC module integration skills strong ties with Georgia Tech research through Yamacraw. Triquint currently fabricates Solutions' devices GaAs foundy. Laskar, Co-Founder Director (Currently Associate Professor Georgia Tech where runs largest program microcircuit design Carl Rust, Co-Founder Director (Associate Director Packaging Research Center Georgia Tech) Steve Richeson, (formerly Marketing Media4, broadband data communications network supplier that acquired EchoStar) Sanjay Moghe, Ph.D., President (most recently served director engineering Telecom broadband wireless advanced microwave technology divisions. also manager MMIC division Pacific Monolithics) 14th Suite 4014 Atlanta, 30318 Tel: 404/876-7707 Fax: 404/876-7484 www.rf-solutions.com
Solutions
Solutions founded 1997 Laskar Carl Rust, both Georgia Tech faculty members. company grew over next months, adding engineers winning design contracts with Lucent Motorola. Solutions also provided RFIC design services TriQuint's GaAs foundry customers. mid-1999, Solutions joined Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) incubator. advance company next stage, founders brought professional management. Steve Richeson recruited late President Sanjay Moghe joined early 2000. company closed million seed funding from Imlay Investments, Intelligent Systems, Encina Technology Ventures, Atlanta
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SyChip
SyChip recently formed Lucent venture that designs markets modules wireless internet appliances based micro-system integration technology (MSIT) developed Bell Labs over past years. SyChip solution targets semiconductor segments that difficult expensive integrate monolithically passives, embedded memory). SyChip received multimillion dollar investment from APack Technologies Taiwan, major supplier micro-system integration services that specializes solder bump flip-chip processes. SyChip, 16th venture announced Lucent, being launched with technical expertise broad areas: proprietary, low-loss, high-resistivity silicon materials fabrication techniques allow passives integrated into silicon chips wafers inches diameter. Chipon-Chip (COC)/flip-chip technology allows hundreds chip interconnections created solder bumps made from lead-free, high-conductivity solder paste. With SyChip's proprietary technology,
chips stacked vertically, greatly reducing space requirements, improving signal access time, reducing power consumption. Both these technologies were developed Bell Labs under direction King Tai, Bell Labs Fellow, SyChip. MSIT composed elements: High passive circuits proprietary silicon substrates, Known Good (KGD) Chip-on-Chip (CoC) technologies, Flip Chip assembly processes. These proprietary technologies optimize interaction between interconnect, package. They enable SyChip provide unprecedented package density module performance that electrically similar single chip solution. process features loss dielectric material, High components, passives cm2, interconnect parasitic effects, excellent performance GHz. SyChip claims that circuits fabricated SyChip's technology achieve electrical performance factors better than those that currently achievable. SyChip will offer complex Chip-Scale Modules (CSMs) that integrate memory, logic, analog, digital, passive functions. SyChip's initial focus will incorporate proprietary passive component chip-on-chip interconnect technologies high-performance modules wireless Internet appliances. estimated that demand wireless internet appliances will grow from 1999 2003. Prismark Partners estimates that market opportunity type wireless modules that SyChip will offer will grow from billion 2000 billion 2004. SyChip solution enables makers portable digital appliances with
limited expertise quickly wireless communication capabilities their products. SyChip will also offer Chip Scale Modules incorporating Baseband, Memory, sections wireless Internet appliances that comply with standards systems such GPS, 3G/GPRS, emerging BlueTooth wireless standard. SyChip could build Chip Scale Modules that incorporate multiple radios single chip. example, customers could have multi-band radio capabilities cell phones, laptops PDAs. Dennis Peasenell, Preident (most recently Chairman, President Microelectronics. Prior President Unitrode) Moses Asom, Senior co-founder (formerly Director Lucent Ventures Group overseeing photonic semiconductor startups) King Tai, Senior cofounder (formerly managed Micro System Integration Group Wireless Research division Bell Labs) Thomas Aiken, Senior (formerly Microelectronics) William Wong, Sales (formerly Director Business Operations Bell Labs Research Silicon Valley) Edwin Muth, interim Engineering (most recently Director, Digital Cordless Physical Design Lucent/Philips Consumer Communications joint venture) Chris Smith, Operations (formerly worked with Adaptive Broadband's Broadcast Products Division, Vixel, Spectrian) Mountain Ave. Murray Hill, 07974 Tel: 908/582-6523 Fax: 908/582-5060 www.sychip.com
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April 2000, Orckit, DSLAM manufacturer, purchased Israeli-based company Silicon Value. Specializing highdensity, low-power ASICs, Silicon Value integrated into Orckit's existing semiconductor division. After this integration completed June 2000, Orckit split semiconductor division apart from systems division, spinning company, Tioga. Tioga combines experience Orckit design team with custom ASIC experience Silicon Value, creating fabless semiconductor company that will focus standardized customized broadband ICs. This company intends public without raising investment capital, with proposed NASDAQ ticker symbol TIGA. Tioga currently employees. Orckit half Tioga brings expertise company, having designed that target both ends local loop. Orkit engineers have developed two-pair 2B1Q HDSL transceiver, wide upstream Kbps ADSL system, high-rate ADSL downstream deployment, Echo Cancelled ADSL system. Orckit team also deployed what they claim first G.lite field trial actual homes. Through residential business deployments, Orckit Semiconductor gained extensive knowledge copper plant issues, including DSL/ POTS interaction, home wiring, remote line feeding, ISDN/DAML issues. Silicon Value side Tioga developed full-custom design techniques ASICs. According Silicon Value, their SiliconMaster technology allows companies produce chips that half size consume less than half power traditional cell-base ASICs. Combining these teams, Tioga will develop both standard customizable solutions systems vendors. company will offer high-density, low-pow-
solutions standard parts, Tioga will also able integrate, single chip, solutions with customer's proprietary blocks. According Vacit Arat, Marketing Sales, chipsets date have been one-size-fits-all variety. "Product differentiation additional functionality came only with additional FPGAs ASICs that increased overall cost substantially," Arat said. "Tioga changes that allowing customers integrate those functions quickly into single chip that contains robust, field-proven core, smaller that cost less consume less power." Besides customizable ASICs, Tioga also developing line standard products equipment. PeakDSL line products will include solutions ADSL/G.Lite, HDSL, HDSL2, SDSL, VDSL. Announced prodcts include TA1080A PeakADSL Octal ADSL Transceiver, TA2040 PeakAFE Quad AFE, TM3001 PeakAMulti-Port Atraffic manager. Tioga's chips fabricated using 0.18u process, current foundry partners TSMC, Chartered, Amkor. PeakADSL solution will available sample quantities 2000. Also available later this year PeakAswitch multiplexer chip. PeakVDSL solution available now, with next-generation chip available 2001. Orckit will remain important partner customer Tioga, but, according Vacit Arat, main reasons spin-off enable Tioga target chips other DSLAM manufacturers. Announced customers date include 3Com, Lucent, WebTV, Conexant. company will maintain offices Jose, Aviv, Jerusalem. Izhak Tamir, Chairman (President Director Orckit, A.T. Communication Channels,
Engineer with Israeli Ministry Defense) Eric Paneth, President Director (Chairman Orckit, which co-founded, Engineer with Israeli Ministry Defense) Aviv Boim, (formerly Orckit, associate Alex Brown, Giza, Israeli investment banking firm) Moti Kintzlinger, Director (previously co-founder Silicon Value headed Digital Semiconductor's Analog Development Group) Boaz Rippin, (previously Engineering Orckit Engineer with Israeli Ministry Defense) Amit Oren, (formerly Core Technology Orckit Engineer with Israeli Ministry Defense) Kra, (previously President co-founder Silicon Value member Digital Semiconductor Design Center core team Israel, where established managed Development Group) Vacit Arat, (previously Silicon Value's Operations Sales Marketing cofounder Director Marketing Crosspoint Solutions) Headquarters: 150A Charcot Avenue Jose, 95131 Tel: 408/434-5300 Fax: 408/434-5310 Israel Headquarters: Technology Park P.O. 48182 Jerusalem 91481 Israel Tel: +972-2-649-1444 Fax: +972-2-649-1445 www.tiogatech.com
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Alantro appointed Bill Carney, most recently senior director worldwide corporate marketing Synopsys, Marketing Sales. Prior Synopsys, spent years with Logic. Chris Heegard, Chairman CEO. www.alantro.com Altera appointed Robert Mahoney, formerly director western area sales Analog Devices, strategic accounts, reporting Michael Jacobs, senior worldwide sales. www.altera.com appointed Frederick Mapp, formerly Information Technology Honeywell, Information Technology CIO, reporting Hector Ruiz, President CEO. www.amd.com Artisan promoted Michael senior director end-user programs, succeeding Jeff Lewis, resigned. Prior joining Artisan, business development manager with Mentor's Inventra division. Artisan's library products more than companies. Mark Templeton, president CEO. www.artisan.com ASIC Alliance, supplier design verification consulting services, appointed Gary Arena CFO, reporting Carlin, President CEO. Arena most recently served Nextera. www.asic-alliance.com BOPS appointed Zafar Malik, formerly Director ASSPs Hitachi Semiconductor, design services. Carl Schlachte, CEO. www.bops.com Cadence appointed Madeleine Ludlow, formerly Cinergy, CFO. Bingham, CEO. www.cadence.com Cambridge Silicon Radio appointed Chris Ladas, most recently Operations Micro Linear, Operations reporting John Hodgson, CEO. www. cambridgesiliconradio.com
Colorado MicroDisplay announced that Terry Scheffer, formerly InFocus chief scientist co-inventor liquid crystal (LC) multi-line addressing technology, will join CMD's technology development team. Mark Willner, CEO. www.comicro. Conexant appointed Bill Giudice Broadband Internetworking Systems (BIS), business unit formed within Conexant's Network Access Division (NAD), reporting Raouf Halim, senior NAD. Giudice cofounder, chairman Maker Communications, which acquired Conexant March. www.conexant.com Cradle Technologies formed Technical Advisory Board that includes Albert Intel Forest Baskett, venture partner Enterprise Associates, Gordon Bell. Satish Gupta, President CEO. www.cradle.com Dense-Pac appointed Mike Harkins, formerly business development senior manager IDT, Sales. Bruce, CEO. www.dense-pac.com Fairchild promoted Laurenz Schmidt Global Operations, reporting Jerry Baker, executive Global Operations. Schmidt's previous assignments included operations Fairchild's Discrete Power Signal Technologies Group managing director South Portland plant. W.T. Greer, promoted senior Interface Logic Group. Greer joined Fairchild logic product development 1997. Izak Bencuya promoted from Power Discrete Products line Discrete Power Signal Technologies Group, reporting Kirk Pond, President, Chairman CEO. will also serve president's executive committee. www.fairchildsemi.com Fujitsu Microelectrics appointed Ryusuke Hoshikawa President CEO, replacing Yuji "Gene" Ezura, returned
Fujitsu Ltd. Japan lead global marketing activities Electronic Devices Group. Hoshikawa, named FMI's Chairman October '98, will retain that position addition responsibilities. www.fujitsumicro.com Hitachi America appointed Gerard Corbett Corporate Communications Group. Corbett joined Hitachi America 1995 head Corporate Communications Group named senior director unit 1999. Yosuke Nakanishi, President Hitachi Electronic Devices (USA), www.hitachi.com Intensys, digital-imaging technology company, appointed Larry Fagg Business Development Sales. Formerly, Fagg held positions several silicon companies, including CrossCheck, Cadence, Silicon Compiler Systems. Todd Rockoff, CEO. www.intensys. iReady appointed Vern Paxson Technical Advisory Board. Paxson senior scientist with AT&T Center Internet Research International Computer Science Institute Berkeley. Koyama, President CEO, www. iready.com Lara promoted Suneel Rajpal from Director Sales Worldwide Sales. Anand Desai promoted from Director Marketing Corporate Communications. Ajit Medhekar, Chairman, www.laranetworks.com Lexra appointed Jonah McLeod, formerly editor-in-chief Electronics, Integrated System Design, Silicon Strategies, head marketing, reporting Charlie Cheng, president CEO. www.lexra.com Metalink appointed Gary Blackington, formerly Eastern Area Sales Manager Technology Group, director North American Eastern region. Roger Wendelken, most recently with Tioga Technologies, named Director Sales North American Western Region. Met-
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alink also appointed Graham Copperwheat, formerly European Product Manager Unique-Memec, Northern Europe Sales Manager. Francois Crepin, President, www.metalink.co.il Micromem Technologies hired Viswanathan CFO. Micromem developing MAGRAM memory technology. Salvatore Fuda, Chairman, www.micromem. Photobit appointed Parkinson, been Photobit board member since October '99, President CEO. Founder former Sabrina Kemeny will become Chairman. Former Chief Scientist Eric Fossum will become Vice-Chairman CTO. Former President Nick Doudoumopoulos will become www.photobit.com RocketChips promoted Hemken from Director, Sales Marketing Sales Marketing. RocketChips supplier analog, mixed-signal wired wireless communications markets. company targets Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, IEEE 1394, Bluetooth markets. Raymond Johnson, President CEO. www.rocketchips.com Silicon Magic opened Japanese headquarters appointed Keiji Murasawa, formerly Oki, position Japan. Alexander Chairman, President, CEO. www.simagic.com Silterra Malaysia appointed Ravi Sundaresan Customer Engineering. Previously, Sundaresan Senior Manager Advanced Technology Development Micro, also served senior member TI's technical staff. Steve Della Rocchetta, Executive Sales Marketing. www.silterra.com TranSwitch appointed Gerald Montry Board. Montry heads Mont Reuil Co., venture capital firm focusing investments telecom software, wireless communications equipment, computer software,
internet infrastructure. Santanu Das, president CEO. www.transwitch.com Vixel appointed Thomas Hughes, most recently President Band, Product Development. company also promoted Kelsey Britz Operations. McCluney, President CEO, www.vixel.com Labs appointed Paul Culberg Executive NUON group. Most recently, Culberg held position Executive Worldwide Sony's Columbia TriStar Home Video unit. Richard Miller, Chairman CEO. nuon-tech.com VxTel appointed Shri Dodani president CEO. served Nortel Asia Pacific, most recently Engineering with Carrier Access. VxTel developer silicon solutions next-generation, packet-based, carrier networks. company developing voice over market. Products will available fall. Atiq Raza, Chairman, Kumar Ganapathy, CTO, www.vxtel.com Xpedion appointed Pete Rodriguez President CEO. Ravender Goyal, founder former CEO, assumed roles Chairman COO. Rodriguez previously held senior management positions sales marketing Escalade until recent acquisition Mentor. www.xpedion. ZiLOG promoted Ponganis from Assistant President CTO. succeeds Dick Moore, been appointed newly created position Professional Services. Curtis Crawford, Chairman, President CEO. www.zilog.com Zucotto, provider Java Wireless Internet, appointed Shane Kelly, formerly Mitel's divisions, Mark Wells, President CEO. www.zucotto.com
IPOs Equity Deals
Altera completed minority investment Level Design, system-level design automation company. Southgate, Altera software engineering, will take seat Level's technical advisory board. Skilken, president Level Design. www.cleveldesign.com, www. altera.com Cores closed million funding from Goldman Sachs, UBS, Beeson Gregory, Societe Generale, Invesco. company raised million date. Within last years, grown from just over people more than people. company licensees core technology date. last months also acquired MetaWare, Precise Software, Vautomation. Terwilliger, President CEO. www.arccores.com ChipPAC filed registration statement with proposed IPO. ChipPAC assembly test house focused packaging. company more than customers, with Intel accounting nearly half sales. estimated offering amount $325 million. underwriter Credit Suisse First Boston. proposed Nasdaq symbol CHPC. fiscal year ending Dec. 1999 revenues were $375.5 million, 12.4% from prior year. ChipPAC 3,851 employees. Dennis McKenna, President CEO. www.chippac.com Clear Logic secured nearly million from private placement equity securities. Seligman Technology Group Adam Smith served co-leads. Additional institutional investors include AsiaTech Ventures Global Alliance. Clear Logic's employees sales channel purchased offering. IDT's fully diluted ownership Clear Logic 35%. Clear Logic's Altera pin-compatible families experiencing quarterly sequential growth that will likely exceed 2Q00. company's goal million year sales rate 2001. next year, Clear Logic will have developed devices that supported
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ture Partners also participated. Jack Peckham, president. www.LightSpeed.com Marvell (Nasdaq:MRVL) announced million shares common stock share. stock currently trading approx. $53. offering Goldman Sachs, co-managed Lehman Brothers J.P. Morgan. fiscal year ended January 2000 Marvell revenues $81.4 million, 282.9% from prior year. company 200+ employees. Sehat Sutardja, Co-Chairman; President CEO. www.marvell.com www.marvell.com NuCORE Technology raised $8.6 million Series funding Vantage Point Ventures including Techfund, Chase Capital Horizon Ventures. NuCORE founded 1997 develop chips, firmware, reference designs digital cameras, camcorders security cameras. This round adds Series financing July '98, which included Techfund, Chase Capital Leasing. NuCORE claims have developed digital camera chipset that approaches film-quality imaging with much higher performance lower power than other product. Raffa, CEO, Seiichiro Watanabe, president, CTO, Founder. www.nucoretech.com NxtWave, developer broadband-communications digital televisions, digital set-top receivers, digital video recorders, cable modems, raised million third-round financing from preceding investors ANADIGICS, Blue Rock Capital, Dimensional Partners, Intel Capital, Investment Partners, Pequot Venture Partners, Capital Ventures, Venture First Associates Whitney Company. Also participating were Unterberg Towbin Capital Partners, Mitsubishi, Capital, Silicon Valley. Matt Miller, president CEO, nxtwavecomm.com Procket raised million second-round financing from U.S. Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Enterprise Associates,
more families Altera's programmable products. Huggins, CEO, Knowlton, Marketing. www.clear-logic.com Frontier Design secured million second-round financing from group private investors located Netherlands. same group investors, Silverline, Ltd., also invested undisclosed amount startup that will develop products based Frontier's speech-related cores. Frontier offers system level design methodology called A|RT (Algorithm Register Transfer), cores design services based this methodology. Herman Beke, CEO. www.frontierd.com Integrated Telecom Express filed registration statement with proposed IPO. estimated offering amount $115 million. underwriters Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, SoundView, Fidelity Capital Markets. proposed Nasdaq symbol ITXI. quarter ending 2000, company revenues $4.1 million. ITEX approx. employees. "Daniel" Chen, Chairman, Richard Forte, President CEO. www.itexinc.com iReady completed million mezzanine round financing Goldman Sachs including Crown Partners original investors B.J. Cassin, Canaan Partners, Crescendo Ventures, Lucas, Jafco America Ventures, NTT, Group Telos Venture Partners. According iReady, more than manufacturers working incorporate iReady technology into their devices. Koyama, president CEO. www.iready.com LightSpeed received million mezzanine round Goldman Sachs, bringing total equity raised million. Prior investors InveStar Capital, Lucent Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Synopsys, U.S. Ven-
Raza Venture Fund. company raised million since inception March 1999. Sharad Mehrotra, Chairman CEO. www.procket.com Sonics received $13.5 million Series funding InveStar including previous investors JAFCO America Ventures Asia Pacific, investors Innotech CDIB Ventures. Also participating were Crystal Technology Venture Capital, PowerWorld Capital Management, Hung-Poo Real Estate Development Company. company raised $18.5 million date. Grant Pierce, president CEO. www.sonicsinc.com Tessera secured more than million additional mezzanine funding from Arbor Company president James Guzy Equity Group Holdings LLC. Their investment follows Tessera's February closure $29.4 million mezzanine financing. Bruce McWilliams, President CEO, www.tessera.com Xpedion received $3.5 million second-round funding, first round participants TeleSoft Partners Redwood Ventures. round also included investors ViVentures Glisson Capital. Angel investment came from variety individuals wireless industries, including Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder Sun; Prabhu Goel, formerly Gateway, FrontLine currently chairman PolicyOne; Atiq Raza Raza Ventures; others. www.xpedion.com
Mergers Acquisitions
Fairchild completed acquisition Optoelectronics approx. $97.8 million, 87.5% paid Fairchild stock with remainder cash. will retain identity Optoelectronics, Fairchild company. QTO, with 1500 employees worldwide, produces more than components product lines: optocouplers, lamps displays infrared components. projects 2000 revenues nearly million. Fairchild believes position
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grow this year over 1999, with profit before running about 15%. Kirk Pond, Fairchild's president, chairman CEO, QTO's President Steve Sherman. www.fairchildsemi.com Mitel Semiconductor acquired Vertex Networks, developer chipsets Layer routing switches, approx. CDN$300 million. move will allow Mitel enter packet processing switch fabric space offer system-wide, IPbased, convergent networks. Mitel's focus will deliver wire speed nonblocking scalability edge WANs. Vertex will become part Mitel Semiconductor will continue Martin Chen, currently Vertex's president CEO. Kirk Mandy, president CEO, Mitel. www.mitel.com, www.vertexnetworks.com, www.vertex-networks.com PMC-Sierra acquired Malleable Technologies approximately 1,250,000 shares Malleable does already own. April, Malleable announced MECA family DSPs optimized VoiceOver-Packet processing applications. Each MECA device process packetize channels compressed voice channels uncompressed voice. During past year Malleable, PMC-Sierra, other members SATURN Development Group collaborated specifications MECA products ensure seamless integration with PMC-Sierra's VORTEX chipset T1/E1 interface solutions. Malleable about employees. Bailey, PMC-Sierra's chairman. www.pmc-sierra.com, www.Malleable.com Magma Design Automation entered into definitive agreement merge with Moscape, provider assertion-based electrical integrity solutions designs. Terms were disclosed. result merger, Magma will positioned deliver comprehensive design, analysis implementation solution designs. Moscape will retained wholly-owned subsidiary Magma operating independent division will continue inter-
face with implementation flows. Rajeev Madhavan, president Magma, Fuad Musa, president Moscape, www.magma-da.com, www.moscape. Microcosm, developer solutions MEMS-enabled products, acquired Coyote Systems, MEMS software development firm. Terms were disclosed. acquisition brings technology interconnect analysis MEMS packaged devices SOCs that incorporate MEMS structures. Coyote software also offers advanced electro-mechanical analysis capability, rapid electrostatic solving, automatic mesh refinement capabilities. Michael Jamiolkowski, President Microcosm, Ljung, President Coyote Systems. www.memcad.com, www.coyotesystems. reached definitive agreement acquire Alantro Communications stockfor-stock transaction valued approx. $300 million. Alantro founded 1997 develop IEEE 802.11 compliant, wireless technology. Alantro, which employs about people, will become part TI's Broadband Access Group operate under name. George Barber, manager TI's broadband access group. Chris Heegard, Chairman CEO. www. alantro.com will acquire Burr-Brown stock-forstock transaction valued approximately $7.6 billion. acquisition strengthens TI's position data converter amplifier segments analog semiconductor market. Data converters estimated grow this year amplifiers expected grow 45%, according SIA. BurrBrown employs about 1500 people will become part TI's catalog Analog organization. Engibous, Chairman, President CEO, Syrus Madavi, Burr-Brown Chairman, President CEO. www.ti.com, www.burr-brown.com Virata acquired Excess Bandwidth exchange approximately million
shares Virata common stock valued approximately $315 million. transaction expected provide Virata with symmetric physical layer capabilities targeted markets both business premises central office equipment. Excess Bandwidth founded 1998 Debajyoti Stanford Professor Thomas Kailath. company employees, including approximately physical layer analog designers. Charles Cotton, Virata, Steve Dines, president Excess Bandwidth. www.virata.com, www.exbc.
Business Financials
Intel will invest billion expand manufacturing operations adding wafer European manufacturing operations Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland. Designated will include 135,000 square feet cleanroom with slightly more than million square feet space total facility. Construction will begin immediately with first production expected second half 2001. expansion will incorporate Intel's 0.13u process with copper metalization. factory will initially manufacture silicon wafers, will capable moving later date wafers. Microsemi sold certain assets operations Microsemi Commercial Components (MCC) business unit part program exit lower margin, slower growing businesses. business unit sales external customers $7.3 million last months. Manuel Lynch, director marketing business development, Philip Frey Jr., chairman, president. www.microsemi.com Photobit shipped millionth CMOS image sensor. Logitech uses Photobit CMOS image sensors QuickCam Express video camera. John Cameron, manufacturing. www.photobit.com Silterra received final approval from Export-Import Bank United States
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loan $674 million. majority exterior construction Silterra's wafer been completed, work currently being done complete interior, particularly 91,000 clean room. Silterra targeted July 2000 move first major process equipment. Formed 1997, Silterra targeting 2001 production first wafers, ramping 30,000 eightinch wafers month 2002. www.silterra.com
0.25u, single-chip, massively parallel SIMD processor with megabits on-chip embedded DRAM. delivers more than trillion operations billion floating-point operations second, along with gigabytes second on-chip memory bandwidth. PixelFusion took advantage configurability core removing using fast multiplier barrel shifter instead. McConnell, PixelFusion, Robert Terwilliger, ARC. www.arccores.com, www.pixelfusion.com Cirrus licensed ARM9E processor core from ARM. core combines both control functions singleprocessor architecture. Reynette marketing, ARM, Peter Hillen, marketing Cirrus' Magnetic Storage Division. www.cirrus.com, www.arm.com Cirrus signed definitive agreement with Creative Technology Vertex Technology Fund (II) form eMicro, fabless joint manufacturing venture based Singapore. eMicro will become licensee Cirrus' proprietary circuits strategic supplier audio codecs other mixedsignal chips Creative. eMicro will managed privately held entrepreneurial venture with opportunity become publicly held company. Specializing mixedsignal chips, eMicro will produce chips based Cirrus' technologies expects create over time. company actively recruiting fill management positions president/CEO CFO; venture already recruited staff about persons. Until president/CEO appointed, David Klein, Cirrus' business development, will serve this role interim basis. Also working with eMicro interim basis H.G. Tan, Creative, focused recruiting technical talent venture. David French, president Cirrus, Wong Hoo, chairman Creative. www.cirrus.com
Dialog Semiconductor ADTRAN, provider network deployment access solutions, collaborating provide ADTRAN with custom interface chips HDSL, HDSL2, SDSL, G.shdsl, agreement builds prior Dialog/ADTRAN partnerships where Dialog's ASICs supported ADTRAN's Total Reach technology used Frame Relay ISDN technology. Roland Pudelko, Dialog. www.dialogsemiconductor.com MystiCom announced that licensed MystiCom MystiPHY110, DSP-based 10/100 Mbps Ethernet core. will initially offer core part 0.15u SA-27E ASIC product line. MystiCom plans introduce Gigabit Ethernet copper technology later this year. Christine King, wired communications IBM, David Almagor, president MystiCom. www.mysticom.com National Telecom collaborating development Bluetooth baseband applications. National will manufacture market Bluetooth chip part portfolio wireless products, including currently available firstgeneration Bluetooth radio solution. Telecom will develop Bluetooth software. www.national.com Silicon Magic announced that Toshiba licensed DVine (DRAM Vector engine) Chip-Multi-Processor (CMP) architecture with embedded DRAM. Shubha Tuljapurkar, Silicon Magic's Audio Video Products www.simagic. Silicon Wave Oren announced their strategic plan create cost effective, energy efficient, high performance cable tuner modules broadband cable access consisting Oren's OR51221 VSB/QAM Demodulator Silicon Wave's SiW100 cable tuner Jacob Tanz, Oren, Chuck Merk, Silicon Wave Broadband Products. www.oren.com, www. siliconwave.com
Licensing Partnerships
Alcatel Netergy Networks have entered into joint development license agreement develop highly integrated voice over chipsets reference designs. These products will based Netergy's embedded software technology packetized voice Alcatel's chip technology. companies will integrate their packetized voice technologies license each other certain technologies critical implementation voice over solutions. companies will first integrate their technologies developing voice-capable modem demonstration platform based Alcatel DynaMiTe MTK-20150 chipset Netergy Audacity-T2 Processor, which will Netergy Veracity Voice-over-packet call protocol stacks audio codecs. second phase collaboration, Netergy will build version Audacity-T2 processor that connects directly DynaMiTe chipset. final phase calls production combined Netergy/Alcatel ADSL solution with integrated voice processing capabilities. Eric Schutz, Strategic Business Development Alcatel. www.alcatel.com, www.netergynet.com Cores PixelFusion revealed that PixelFusion's first product, FUZION 150, based ARC's user-configurable 32-bit processor. FUZION
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TeleCruz AT&T WorldNet will combine TeleCruz's television chipset technology with AT&T WorldNet Service deliver interactive Internet access service televisions. TeleCruz-enabled televisions allow AT&T WorldNet members surf Web, shop, e-mail. TeleCruz-enabled sets allow simple connection Internet built-in modem, embedded chipset interactive software package. TeleCruz platform supported patents that serve foundation convergence Internet industries. TeleCruz-enabled televisions featuring AT&T WorldNet Service package will available this fall. Chatlos, AT&T WorldNet Service Kris Narayan, Chairman TeleCruz. www.telecruz.com
broadband services, VoIP, network convergence. cable modem revenues increased combined. Cisco maintained market share ranking, followed Nortel, 3Com, Lucent. marked 3Com Lucent's movement away from enterprise market, with 3Com taking revenues reorganization. SEMI reported that North American-based manufacturers semiconductor equipment posted another record month shipments 2000. book-to-bill ratio 1.30. 3-month average worldwide shipments 2000 $2.1 billion, above April 2000, above 1999 shipments $1.2 billion. shipments came above previous cycle peak $1.6 billion Nov. '97. 3-month average bookings 2000 $2.7 billion, above April 2000 above $1.5 billion posted '99. bookings came above previous bookings cycle peak (also November 1997) $1.6 billion. reported that worldwide sales semiconductors reached time record high $15.2 billion April 2000, increas-
from $11.2 billion from April 1999, 35.6% year year increase. units consumer electronics sales remained strong during first months 2000. Flash memory continue show exceptional growth with Flash increasing 193% first four months 2000. released Mid-Year Forecast semiconductor industry that predicts annual CAGR through 2003, reaching revenues $312 billion 2003. industry seen such growth since 1993-1995 period. global analog market will grow over during next years. standard cell market will double from $9.2 billion this year billion 2003. DSPs expected grow this year $6.8 billion increase sales billion with growth 2003.
Market Research
In-Stat reported that revenues reached almost $4.4 billion 1999, compared $3.5 billion 1998 will grow estimated CAGR 34.2% across years reach over billion 2004, figure that comparable with today's processor revenues. fastest growing application revenues expected consumer segment multimedia processing wired wireless communication penetrate residences. transportation segment will show rapidly increasing revenues same technologies controls introduced cars. Most revenue will continue generated 16-bit, fixed point architectures, closely followed fixed point 20bit over group, with floating point coming last. www.instat.com In-Stat reported that worldwide networking equipment market reached $10.8 billion 2000, increase from '99. In-Stat believes networking equipment market positioned more robust growth 2000, expects year-end total revenues billion. Quarter quarter growth driven primarily equipment, i.e. digital modems, AWAN switches, VoIP gateways. greater than expected growth ASwitches driven rapid deployment
Emerging Trends
developing series chips help link multiple computer systems peripherals like hard disk drives work together single high-performance server. chips will based InfiniBand, emerging standard being developed InfiniBand Trade Association.
Mid-Year Forecast Region 2000 Rev. $195 2001 Rev. $244 2002 Rev. $279 2002 Rev. $312
Region Americas Europe Japan Asia Pacific Total
Mid-Year Forecast Market Sector 2000 Rev. 116% 2001 Rev. 2002 Rev. 2002 Rev.
Sector Discretes Optoelectronics Analog Logic Micros Microprocessors Microcontroller Memory DRAM Flash Source:
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Intel, initiative supported major manufacturers computers, peripheral equipment, networking gear. InfiniBand Trade Association developing specification channel-based, switched fabric server architecture that provides scalable performance range 500MB/s 6GB/s link with consistent GB/s signaling rate. Association announced that version InfiniBand Architecture specification will delivered September/October timeframe. developing initial products: Host Channel Adapter (HCA) provides dual InfiniBand attachments current PCIX based server systems. Target Channel Adapter (TCA) provides InfiniBand attachment current PCI-X based peripherals. Switch provides simultaneous communication between servers peripherals using InfiniBand technology. Products will available starting 2001. www.chips.ibm.com, www.infinibandta.org Lucent announced agreement whereby proprietary Bell Labs plastic transistor technology been licensed Ink, Lucent's Ventures Group made multi-million dollar investment Ink, return minority equity position. companies will collaborate developing "electronic paper;" flexible, plastic electronic displays made with process similar ink-on-paper printing. plastic sheets could instantly updated computers, wireless Internet connections, could used ultra-thin, lightweight displays cellular phones, PDAs, electronic books. Ink's electronic contains millions tiny "switchable" capsules that react electrical signals they show either dark white pigment. Once switched, display image maintained with little additional power. Bell Labs plastic transistors have properties similar those used
ICs, flexible printed. Used together, grid plastic transistors could create electric fields that cause electronic change color create images. Iuliano, Ink's president CEO, www.eink.com Wireless design centers opening flurry. TriQuint opened RFIC engineering design center Massachusetts initially focus cellular phone handset market. facility headed Dilek Barlas. Ruebusch, Wireless Components Division. www.triquint.com Conexant also opened RFIC design center Massachusetts. Moiz Beguwala, senior Conexant's Wireless Communications Division. www.conexant.com Atmel Swedish microelectronics institute Acreo, co-establishing design center Norrkoping, Sweden. Although Atmel design centers worldwide, this will first focus SiGe BiCMOS process cellular phones. Tony Giraudo, wireless products Atmel, Hans Hentzell, president Acreo. www.atmel.com, www.acreo.se Alantro opened design center Diego, California focus developing WLANs, cable modems, residential gateways, related wireless applications. Chris Heegard, chairman CEO. www.alantro.com Cadence opened wireless design center Dallas, Texas focus projects encompassing cellular, voice, mobile telephony, other modes wireless communication. Initial projects center will support existing partnership with Nokia/ Radio Access Systems (RAS), which calls Cadence provide hardware, software, design services basestation products. Jaime Tenedorio, director Wireless Multimedia Design Groups Cadence, will manage Dallas Design Center, which will eventually house design engineers. Brent Hudson, Wireless Multimedia Design Groups Cadence. www.cadence.com
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Altera supporting Mbps LVDS with True-LVDS technology 0.18u APEX 20KE family PLDs. TrueLVDS capability offers performance improvement over current LVDS bandwidth Mbps. With further enhancements True-LVDS solution, Altera will increase LVDS speeds well above Gbps level. Steve Mensor, director components marketing. www.altera.com Altera disclosed strategy roadmap embedded processor integration system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) designs. Excalibur embedded processor solutions combine programmability, logic, memory with embedded processors, enabling system integration single PLD. Altera anticipates that Excalibur products SOPC technology will expand market potential 2003 from billion traditional industry over billion system integration market opportunity. Altera licensed processor cores from MIPS, allowing Altera develop hard core implementations within framework programmable logic architectures. will supply Altera with ARM9 Thumb cores. MIPS will supply Altera with MIPS32 processor core. Motorola Altera have also entered discussions toward licensing agreement embed Motorola processor cores into Altera PLDs. Processor cores evaluated Altera include 32-bit versions PowerPC derivatives. first phase Excalibur Altera's Nios embedded processor, which achieve MIPS performance volume price point Nios embedded processor core RISC-based, configurable scalable soft core processor that offers 16-bit instruction set, 16-/32-bit datapaths, 5-stage pipeline that executes average instruction clock cycle. When implemented Altera's APEX 20KE architecture, Nios core operate
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MIPS consumes approximately 1,000 logic cells, equivalent capacity APEX EP20K200E, APEX EP20K1500E. Nios embedded processor instantiated multiple times, configured specialized network processor. APEX family ranges from more than million gates shipping 0.18u, 6-layer metal process. Rodney Smith, chairman, president CEO, Cliff Tong, corporate marketing. www.altera.com BOPS introduced bops Manta chip. Manta used develop high-performance applications that BOPS ManArray programmable core family. Manta chip integrates BOPS 2040XL core with PCI, SDRAM MIPS SysA/D I/O. 150MHz, Manta chip provides bops GFLOP performance single DSP. Manta enables OEMs evaluate BOPS' cores. took months Cadence implement physical. TSMC manufactured Manta chip using 0.25u single-poly, 5-layer metal process. Carl Schlachte, chairman, Rick Kepple, sales marketing, David Baker, product development. www.bops.com Centillium entered Voice-over-Packet market with chipset compressing processing high-capacity voice services over packet-based networks, initially starting with voice-over-ATM. Centillium's Entropia chipset complete system solution that includes communications DSP, software voice processing including compression, echo cancellation, Aadaptation layer processing, host software. Entropia CT-GWC2256 CT-GWT2048 support full-duplex voice connections with ADPCM32 compression 32-ms echo cancellation side) well complete AAAL2 support. Future family members will provide support other packet types. devices provide format conversion switching between individual voice streams, flowing across packetized voice conven-
tional circuit switched voice highways. Each voice channel from side echo canceled, compressed, packetized transmission over Anetwork. reverse direction, each packetized voice channel from Anetwork buffered de-jittering, decompressed, terminated interface. Voice compression, echo cancellation, telephony features performed Centillium's proprietary programmable networking functionality (AAL2) performed embedded RISC processor enabling field upgradeability. Alcatel selected Entropia solution integrated voice gateway. www.centillium.com Conexant introduced residential home gateway solution that integrates ADSL, V.90 dial-up, home phoneline networking, Ethernet-ready functionality. four-inone chipset, which part Conexant's AccessRunner family client modems, supports combination functions concurrently, allows OEMs just slot four technologies. InStat projects home networking market will grow $5.7 billion 2004. Chee Kwan, division director broadband products Division. www.conexant.com Conexant recently-acquired Philsar, provider components personal wireless connectivity, will announce details family next-generation Bluetooth system solutions Bluetooth Congress 2000 conference Monte Carlo. Commencing Conexant will deliver first product what will wide array Bluetooth solutions. Bluetooth offering will include family radio components, variety single- two-chip system solutions complete software protocol stack including application profiles. In-Stat projects that worldwide Bluetooth-enabled equipment sales will grow million units 2002, with semiconductor sales Bluetooth products growing more than $1.3 billion. Mike O'Neill, executive director marketing, components subsystems Conexant's Wireless Communications Division. www.conexant.com
Genesis Microchip introduced gmCP1 gmCP2, companions Genesis' gmVLX1A-X gmAFMC video processors, which represent first commercial implementation Macrovision's 525p analog copy protection scheme. addition copy protection, each chip features 30-bit 4:4:4 YCbCr/RGB I/O, glueless interface gmVLX1A-X common DACs, digital sync insertion, gain/offset controls, compatible serial host interface U.S./Japan CGMS (Copy Generation Management System) insertion. Genesis several gmCP1/ design wins with leading manufacturers. Peter Mandl, Marketing Director Consumer Video. www.macrovision.com, www.genesis-microchip.com introduced RC32334, first family integrated processors targeted communications applications. device combines IDT's RC32300 core architecture, operating MHz, with interface; flexible memory controller; standard general-purpose system modules including controller, interrupt controller, serial ports. RC32334 capable dhrystone MIPS MHz. Production now; 10Ku. Bill Eichen, director marketing IPD. www.idt.com Lexra unveiled NetVortex scalable network processing core architecture. first network processing core available licensees build solutions applications ranging from SOHO OC192 data rates. NetVortex will production Q400 been licensed first licensee. NetVortex architecture consists components: LX8000 network engine VortexBus. LX8000 responsible performing computation needed network functions such forwarding address calculation repacketization. VortexBus responsible moving packets from network interface NetVortex computation, then returning packets back network interface. target system design,
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LX8000s VortexBuses used. LX8000 handle different network data packets time, resulting performance improvement more than over existing RISC technology, according Lexra. VortexBus distinct protocol that optimized network traffic, making entire dedicated packet traffic. delivers packet traffic directly into LX8000 memory without interruption forcing processor wait during transfer. portable version runs typical 0.15u process. area each LX8000 mm2, power consumption SmoothCore hard macro version will 0.15u process. single chip hardmacro implementation containing LX8000 processors each with Kbytes instruction Kbytes data memory execute array OC192 services. This implementation provides 3600 MIPS computing power VortexBus transfer rate Gbps mm2. Shipments will begin with production Charlie Cheng, president CEO. www.lexra.com LinkUp introduced L7205, which integrates ARM720T processor with power management, plus Bluetooth-ready UARTs wireless communications, connectivity Link audio codec interface 16-bit stereo sound. Softmodem code allows L7205 chip provide modem functionality wired access Internet. device also integrates 16-bit Piccolo coprocessor, display subsystems capable controlling LCD, interfaces MultiMedia Card Flash-based storage SmartCard access. L7205 aimed products such Pocket PCs, screenphones, smartphones, wireless Internet terminals, set-top boxes, players. Samples now; production August; under 10Ku. Ravi Bhatnigar, President. www.linkupsys.com
MEMSIC successfully developed tested MEMS-based sensor products. These devices enable user sense motion, tilt, force, impact, shock from 100g with high degree accuracy sensitivity very cost. MEMSIC's MX1010 series first acceleration sensor family fully integrated with standard CMOS technology advanced circuitry single chip. On-chip signal processing allows very high level customizing/augmentation, such micro-controller functions. devices feature continuous self-test sensor feedback highest shock survivability industry. www.memsic.com Mitel Semiconductor announced ultralow power MT1020, first Bluetooth baseband controller include full-duplex audio CODEC. MT1020 element Mitel's strategy support cable-free connections between headsets, cellular handsets, computer peripherals, digital cameras, PDAs, notebook computers other applications. According Mitel, Bluetooth module incorporating MT1020 typically consumes less than half power other solutions. complete processor solution includes Mitel's ARM7TDMI-based Firefly embedded microcontroller core, Mitel's Bluetooth Baseband Peripheral (BBP) block, audio CODEC, program memory, UART host interfaces. Samples August with production November. Martin Huckle, Bluetooth product marketing manager. www.mitel.com NewLogic demonstrated "live" Bluetooth systems featuring their BOOST baseband core software protocol stack during Bluetooth Congress 2000 event. BOOST (Bluetooth Original On-chip SysTem) package consists embeddable Bluetooth baseband processor core, full Bluetooth software protocol stack Bluetooth CMOS transceiver. NewLogic founded 1997 provide design services solutions semiconductor systems companies. company's portfolio includes integrated system ICs, embedded non-volatile memory high-frequency designs commu-
nications, automotive consumer electronics markets. Hans-Peter Metzler, President CEO. www.newlogic.com PhotoAccess.com announced availability PhotoChip, which claimed fastest digital image processing chip digital cameras. PhotoChip, company's first generation digital imaging processor, features "instant-on" environment throughput rates megapixels second. Today's digital cameras typically process images megapixels second. PhotoChip being coupled with advanced system design Internet-enabled eCamera being developed PhotoAccess.com. proprietary eCamera will allow digital photo consumers connect directly Internet upload, e-mail, process digital images without having connect computer. Availability eCamera anticipated before 2000. According IDC, worldwide digital still-camera market 1999 million units. Projections 2004 exceed million units, growing CAGR 45%. Mammad Safai, eCamera Systems. www.PhotoAccess. Photobit designed sensor ingestible capsule. This application made possible ultra-low power requirements 3mW) ultra-small silicon size sensor, which produces color video gastrointestinal (GI) tract. disposable capsule-camera will marketed Yokneam, Israel-based Given Imaging Ltd. product swallowed like pill takes images stomach small bowel passes through them unaided. Currently, medical community employs host other options, including endoscopy radiological imaging. Such procedures expensive, produce limited results, cause discomfort least) patients. capsule, which mea-
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sures 11mm 30mm, helps eliminate these drawbacks. diagnostic process begins with patient swallowing "M2A" capsule. pill then passes smoothly through digestive tract naturally excreted. antenna array attached patient wireless recorder, worn belt around patient's waist, records signals transmitted capsule array. computer workstation, equipped with Given's RAPID (Reporting Processing Images Data) software, then processes data produces 20-minute video clip images captured CMOS sensor, synchronization with trajectory capsule passes through body. Gavriel Meron, president Given, Sabrina Kemeny, president Photobit. www.photobit.com Rambus unveiled multi-level signaling technology, Quad Rambus Signaling Level (QRSL) which enables data transfer rates Gbps, twice Rambus' current signaling technology fastest demonstrated SDRAM devices. QRSL combines patented double data rate (DDR) technology along with multi-level signaling transfer bits clock cycle. Toshiba licensed QRSL from Rambus. Dave Mooring, President. www.rambus.com Research Center "Module," developer processor architectures, announced that NeuroMatrix RISC Core (NMRC) available licensing. 32/64-bit VLIW RISC Core powerful engine that been designed easy integration with 64bit multimedia co-processors. NMRC core optimized Samsung's 0.5u process consumes aprox. gates delivers MIPS MOPS 50MHz clock rate. core been licensed Fujitsu MPEG-4 devices. Dmitri Fomine, Marketing Manager ASIC Silicon www.module.ru SiByte unveiled details SB-1, first high-performance, power efficient MIPS64 core. Targeted network-
communications markets, SiByte SB-1 processor core will deliver performance less than watts. Based preliminary benchmark results, SB-1 delivers more than 2000 Dhrystone MIPS GHz. core will built using 0.15u technology estimated size although foundry partner been announced. SiByte's strategy leverage SB-1 core bring market family SoCs. SiByte SB-1 high-performance, power implementation MIPS64 ISA. SiByte SB-1 core supports quad-issue pipeline, which dispatch memory (integer floating point) instructions cycle. Data cache Instruction cache built into core, each 4-way associative. core includes 128-entry, fully associative (Translation Lookaside Buffer) advanced branch predictors optimize flow through pipeline. SB-1 also supports on-chip multi-processing. Dobberpuhl, President CEO. www.sibyte.com TEMIC introduced T7024, SiGe front (including low-noise amplifier power amplifier) radio part Bluetooth systems. Along with TEMIC's single-chip transceiver T2901, Atmel's AT76C55X Bluetooth controller (baseband) standard Flash, forms complete solution needed comply with 20-dBm Bluetooth specification. Samples now. Tillmann, Marketing Manager Bluetooth. www.temic-semi.com Tensilica announced major design improvements options company's Xtensa architecture suite. Xtensa III, third generation company's technology, includes more complete configurability hardware software, more powerful features within Xtensa architecture, seamless integration DSP, control media processor capabilities into environment. preconfigured coprocessor options include Vectra DSP, FPU, 32-bit mul-
tiplier. Vectra features worst-case 0.18u performance MHz, power consumption mW/MHz 0.18u, uW/MMAC 0.15u, minimum footprint including Xtensa base processor 0.18u process. Tensilica also offers more complete automation designer-defined coprocessors using upgraded Tensilica Instruction Extension Compiler, automated configurability system development environments leading third party RTOSes. Chris Rowen, president CEO, Bernie Rosenthal, Marketing Business Development. www.tensilica.com Tower production with 0.35u CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) process. According Tower, sensors manufactured using process feature record-high electro-optical performance, compared other CMOS imagers currently available market. Independent testing measured dark current below electrons second. This value represents extremely high over 80dB, enabling imagers with very high sensitivity photo-grade image quality. Tower plans introduce 0.18u process 2002. Worldwide total CMOS image sensor sales estimated grow over annually reach half-a-billion dollars 2002. Brunwasser, director business line. www.towersemi.com Vitesse introduced VSC9184 2.5Gbps SONET/SDH Pointer Processor VSC9182 40Gbps 768x768 STS-1 Time Slot Interchange (TSI) switch fabric. These first TimeStream family products that support OC-768 pointer processing, scalable STS-1 switching fabrics, integrated backplane transceivers. VSC9184 supports combination STS-1/AU-3 STS-48c traffic. integrates eight 622MHz backplane transceiver ports with board deskew data recovery, eliminating need backplane transceivers. Integrated 48x96 96x48 STS-1 switches groom traffic protection interfaces.
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TimeStream product line provides level grooming capability while providing scalable end-to-end solution constructing system with OC-48 ports using single layer switch fabric, densities 1024 OC-48 ports using 3-layer Clos architecture. Future TimeStream devices will support monolithic OC-192 pointer processing, larger switch fabrics, integrated 2.5Gbps serial interfaces. VSC9182 $495 1Ku; production August. VSC9184 $295 1Ku; production October. Andrew Schmitt, product marketing manager. www.vitesse.com
AOLTV set-top box, manufactured Philips, interactive television service mass-market consumers. service utilizes AOL's interactive content includes features such e-mail, instant messaging, chat. set-top service will offered selected markets this summer will sold exclusively Circuit City stores within target markets online through website. Brian Halla, chairman, president, Michael Polacek, National's information appliance division. www.ia.national.com Pixelworks announced that Samsung selected Pixelworks' ImageProcessor Architecture power line convergence monitors, including flat panel monitor-television combination. Allen Alley, President, Chairman. www.pixelworks.com Silicon Wave working with Palm Bluetooth functionality Palm handheld computers. Silicon Wave Odyssey solution delivers full radio, digital logic lower layer Bluetooth software Palm platform. Silicon Wave providing Palm with Odyssey SiW015 Radio Modem SiW016 Link Controller lower layer Bluetooth protocol software. Silicon Wave also implemented piconet master/slave switch features into
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EZchip's NP-1, 10-Gigabit 7-Layer network processor, will incorporated into ECtel's next generation IP-based solutions. ECtel develops monitoring systems that enable telecom service providers monitor QoS, detect prevent fraud, bill traffic. Aharon Shech, President ECtel, Fruchter, EZchip President CEO, www.ectel.com, www.ezchip.com National America Online have formed alliance develop Internet-ready settop boxes. National Geode processor will provide core technology line set-top boxes that will give consumers access AOL's AOLTV service.
Odyssey. These networking features implemented Odyssey SiW016 Link Controller lower layer Bluetooth software. Piconet allows networking among devices over Bluetooth radio connections create PAN. piconet pointto-point connection between devices point-to-multipoint network with many devices. master/slave switch feature allows another device initiate joining existing PAN. Access over Bluetooth radio link requires master/slave switch feature order another computer initiate connection Bluetooth access gateway. Dave Lyon, CEO. www.siliconwave.com Transmeta announced that Gateway selected Crusoe smart processor power first Gateway's line networkready Internet Appliances developed with America Online. These appliances will automatically launch "Instant AOL" service, customized version AOL's software. They will utilize Netscape Gecko browser technology, component Anywhere strategy. Gateway also selected Transmeta's Mobile Linux operating system these products. Gateway made strategic investment Transmeta April 2000. David Ditzel, Transmeta. www.transmeta.com
Company Financials
Company Micron National Neomagic Monolithics SMSC Tundra Symbol NMGC RFMI SMSC TUN.TO Sales 1,544 Current Qtr. Margin 153.9 -5.3 -14% -1.1 Last Sales 1,152 327.8 -1.4 Sales -783.5 -2.6 Sales Growth 160% -46% 3Q00 4Q00 1Q01 3Q00 1Q01 4Q00 Ending 1-Jun 28-May 30-Apr 31-May 31-May 30-Apr
Notes: figures rounded nearest million Sales growth current qtr. sales yr-ago sales. Gross margin. Micron figures semis only. National Q4FY99 includes $688.4 million charge related Company's decision exit processor business.
Q3FY00 includes gain $222.3 million from sale interest Fairchild. Neomagic exiting graphics business focus "wireless multimedia communications." 2000 issue, page SMSC includes after-tax gain $4.8 million related sales Standard MEMS.
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