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    Linear Signal is an early-stage fabless semiconductor startup pioneering an ultra low-cost beamforming RFIC technology. The roots of the company go back to September 2007 when IPTV veterans began exploring business opportunities with a focus on aiding large edge IP network operators, such as apartment buildings, hospitals and motels effectively become their own cable/telecom providers. . . . Continue

    SiTuneSiTune
    SiTune, a fabless chip startup based in Silicon Valley, bills itself as the "All in-one Solution for Mobile Internet and Entertainment." Founded in September 2006, the company's stated goal is to is to become . . . Continue

    Xelerated ABXelerated AB
    Swedish fabless startup Xelerated AB (formerly Xelerated Packet Devices AB) is among the roster of surviving startups in the once-crowded network processor space. Founded in August 2000, the company began focusing on early deployment of 40-Gbps solutions for manufacturers of high-capacity edge and core networking equipment. . . . Continue

    Unity SemiconductorUnity Semiconductor
    Unity Semiconductor appeared on the Silicon Valley startup scene in 2002 with the mission to develop the smallest die-size and the lowest manufacturing cost per bit for its initial targeted market -- NAND Flash, one of the largest and most important segments of the semiconductor industry today. . . . Continue


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    SiBEAM Adds to Money ChestSiBEAM Adds to Money Chest
    SiBEAM, a pioneer of millimeter wave (mmWave) solutions and developer of high-speed wireless communications platforms, closed its D-round funding of $36.5 million. . . . Continue

    Quantenna Reloads Cash Kitty to Ramp ProductionQuantenna Reloads Cash Kitty to Ramp Production
    Quantenna Communications, a supplier of Wi-Fi networking for whole-home entertainment,has raised $15 million Series D round of financing from its current investors Grazia Equity, Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Southern Cross, Swisscom, and Venrock Associates. To date, the startup has raised . . . Continue

    SiPort Recruits CEO as the Startup Moves on After Homicide TragedySiPort Recruits CEO as the Startup Moves on After Homicide Tragedy
    SiPort, a supplier of integrated circuit platform solutions for digital terrestrial broadcast receivers, brought in David Rolston as CEO and has been on the job for the past month. . . . Continue

    New CEO to Take Reins fo Wi-Fi PAN StartupNew CEO to Take Reins fo Wi-Fi PAN Startup
    Ozmo Devices, a provider of low-power Wi-Fi Personal Area Network (Wi-Fi PAN) solutions, has brought in semiconductor industry veteran Bill McLean to become the company's CEO. . . . Continue

    IDT Expands Market With AcquisitionIDT Expands Market With Acquisition
    IDT® (Integrated Device Technology; NASDAQ: IDTI), a provider of mixed signal semiconductor solutions that enrich the digital media experience, has acquired Mobius Microsystems, the leader in precision all-silicon oscillator technology. . . . Continue

    Intel Capital Ups Asian Investments
    Looks like Intel's venture funding arm, Intel Capital, is looking more to Asia to juice up its portfolio of investments than ever before.  Touting its know-how to empower global connecti . . . Continue

    Virage Logic Sets Up Dutch R&D UnitVirage Logic Sets Up Dutch R&D Unit
    Virage Logic (NASDAQ:VIRL) established a Dutch corporation (B.V.) in conjunction with its new research and R&D center in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. . . . Continue

    Presto Engineering Taps FundingPresto Engineering Taps Funding
    Presto Engineering, a Silicon Valley-based semiconductor lab services company, received $2 million in funding to support its expansion and future growth in Europe and improves the company's economies of scale with its lab hubs. . . . Continue

    Discera Adds Sales Veep, Racks Up Fourth Funding RoundDiscera Adds Sales Veep, Racks Up Fourth Funding Round
    Discera, a pioneer in MEMS based technology for the clock and timing markets, completed its Series D financing, having raised $11 million. . . . Continue

    LANTIQ Nails Down Second Product AcquisitionLANTIQ Nails Down Second Product Acquisition
    LANTIQ, the German company formed from Infineon's sale of its Wireline Communications Division to Golden Gate Capital, continues its acquisitive ways with the most recent purchase of WLAN related assets and intellectual IP from . . . Continue

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    Bristol, UK-based startup, Icera, is looking at making an IPO filing in the UK, according to reports circulating in Europe. . . . Continue

    TranSwitch Receives Funding Commitment, Debuts Latest HDMI Technology at CES
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    Semiconductor Innovation in an Investment Constrained EconomySemiconductor Innovation in an Investment Constrained Economy
    The current innovation climate in the semiconductor industry is alive and well but entrepreneurs have to adjust to the realities of the current economic situation and investment trends. The world's governmental economic development agencies have always looked at Silicon Valley with envy and paid big money to try to find the key which would unlock the secrets . . . Continue

    Managing the Startup Marcom ProgramManaging the Startup Marcom Program
    From a management viewpoint, one of the biggest dilemmas of startup technology-based companies, which are relatively small and with limited resources, is how to get their names spread throughout the electronics community. Especially in the case of semiconductor startups with limited budgets, to do so sometimes requires guerrilla tactics. But one of the pitfalls for engineers who start up a company is the notion that if they build a better mousetrap, the world will come and beat down their door to buy their product or service. . . . Continue


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