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Verimatrix Calls Time On Hardware Security
Pay TV operators are abandoning traditional smartcard based CA (Conditional Access) systems to adopt software solutions, according to revenue security vendor Verimatrix. But ironically this trend has been accelerated by incorporation of ASIC security cores inside set-top box and gateway SoCs (System on Chips), blurring the distinction between hardware and software security.
Northwest Logic Named Best Overall Supplier by ChipStart for 2013
Leading semiconductor IP developer, integrator and aggregator awards its inaugural Partner of the Year Award to a leader in the semiconductor interface market
February 27, 2014 – Beaverton, Oregon and Palo Alto, California – ChipStart LLC, a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (SIP), recently honored Northwest Logic, a global leader in high-performance interface solutions for the semiconductor industry, with its inaugural Partner of the Year award for 2013.
“Northwest Logic was one of our original partners when we launched ChipStart over 5 years ago. During this time, we have proven our value by increasing our partner design starts and revenue year to year. Our focus on ensuring excellence in supply chain management has enabled us to achieve this success”, said Howard Pakosh, President & CEO of ChipStart.
Mr. Pakosh further stated, “We’re pleased to present this inaugural partner of the year award to Northwest Logic. Northwest Logic met the stringent criteria for this award, including delivering top performance IP, helping ChipStart deliver a superior customer experience and achieving consistently high marks as measured by ChipStart’s own supplier rating system. This system measures on-time delivery, price competitiveness, innovation, quality and evidence of contributions to unique and differentiated solutions, adding value to our customers.”
“ChipStart and Northwest Logic work together to identify and build relationships with a variety of customers. They understand the value our products bring to the market and have a deep set of industry contacts. We have had a fruitful collaboration over the last 5 years and look forward to this collaboration continuing in the future,” said Brian Daellenbach, President of Northwest Logic.
ChipStart promotes Northwest Logic’s high performance memory interface solutions (DDR4, DDR3, …) and high-performance PCI Express solutions (PCIe 3.0, DMA, Bridging, …) to system houses and semiconductor communities throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.
About ChipStart
ChipStart is a semiconductor intellectual property solution company based in Palo Alto, California. ChipStart provides sales, marketing, and support engagement solutions for companies that commerce third party semiconductor intellectual property, high quality pre-verified subsystem solutions, and support design services for ASIC and fabless semiconductor companies. ChipStart solutions are used as critical components in communications, consumer and computing products including switches, routers, modems, cellular phones, set-top boxes, HDTVs, DVD players and PCs. For more information, see www.chip-start.com.
About Northwest Logic
Northwest Logic, founded in 1995 and located in Beaverton, Oregon, provides high-performance, silicon-proven, easy-to-use IP cores including high-performance Memory Interface Solution (DDR4/3/2, LPDDR3/2/1, RLDRAM 3/II), Expresso Solution (PCI Express 3.0/2.1/1.1 cores and drivers including DMA support), and MIPI Solution (CSI-2, DSI). These solutions support a full range of platforms including ASICs, Structured ASICs and FPGAs. For additional information, visit www.nwlogic.com or contact [email protected].
Contacts
Howard M. Pakosh
ChipStart, LLC
[email protected]
Tel: +1 (650) 204 7883
Vinitha Seevaratnam
Northwest Logic
[email protected]
Tel: +1 (503) 533-5800
Best of Mobile World Congress 2014
It’s the world’s largest event dedicated solely to mobile technology. Mobile World Congress brings together some of the biggest names in tech from around the globe to show off innovative, exciting and forward-thinking products. We joined the 72,000 other folks from 79 countries in Barcelona, slogging it out on the show floor to uncover the most compelling innovations. From futuristic fitness gear to the world’s smallest camera, these are the five most groundbreaking items from Mobile World Congress 2014.
Rambus promises much better images with tech
Rambus is working on two technologies that could potentially transform the imaging market. The one closer to market is the Binary Pixel.
Tiny Lensless Camera Uses Algorithms to Convert Light to Pictures
How small is your smallest camera? Even if it’s a nearly-invisible spycam, your shooter will be huge in comparison to a new smart image sensor that’s just 200 microns wide, giving it less girth than three human hairs. Developed in Rambus’s imaging laboratory, the prototype is so small that it doesn’t even have a lens, using algorithms to convert the spherical patterns of light it “sees” back into recognizable images.
