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Articles from
July 2009
| MIPS Positioning to Catch Android Wave |
By BDTI, 7/22/2009
 MIPS
recently announced that Android has been ported to the MIPS
architecture, with the goal of enabling its use in a variety of
consumer-oriented applications. Android is an open-source operating
system plus middle-ware and applications, and is backed by Google.
(Google acquired a small start-up called “Android”
in 2005, and continued development of Android software.) Android
was originally developed for use in handsets and was released in
open-source form in 2007 by the Open Handset Alliance, a group that
includes big-name mobile operators, handset vendors, semiconductor
vendors, and software houses.
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| Tensilica ConnX BBE Combines SIMD, VLIW for Baseband Performance |
By BDTI, 7/22/2009
 Last
month Tensilica unveiled the first member of its new “ConnX” family of
licensable DSP cores, the ConnX Baseband Engine (BBE), which combines
VLIW with SIMD to support a wide range of parallel operations. As part
of the announcement, Tensilica has also rebranded two of its existing
products: the Diamond 545CK core and Vectra DSP engine are now known as
the ConnX 545CK and ConnX Vectra, respectively. Tensilica says it has a
lead ConnX BBE customer that taped out a chip in June; the core will be
available for license in September. Speed, area, and power consumption
have not yet been disclosed.
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| Case Study: Patent Litigation Support |
By BDTI, 7/22/2009
These days it’s not uncommon to see patent infringement claims settled
for hundreds of millions of dollars. There was RIM’s settlement with
NTP for $612 million, Intel’s with Intergraph for $600 million and with
MicroUnity for $300 million, and the blockbuster, Qualcomm’s settlement
with Broadcomm for $891 million. These huge sums stimulate the
equivalent of high-tech ambulance-chasing: individuals and companies
pursuing patent infringement claims against companies with deep
pockets, seeking substantial settlements. Whether the claims of
infringement are valid or not, technology companies need to ensure they
are equipped to defend themselves.
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