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Entropic, NXP Collaborate On Set Top Box Design

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San Diego-based Entropic Communications reported yesterday that the firm has inked a deal with NXP Semiconductors, on a joint set-top box reference design. The design provides a reference for a digital video recorder. The design provides a reference for a digital video recorder. READ MORE>>.

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No Stairway (Infringement) and the Importance of Shared Design Tools in Innovation

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But as I explain in a longer blog post , what is copied is a common motif in song composition, effectively a design tool. No one can claim copyright to these things because they have been around for a long time and are now “generic” parts or common design tools, respectively. To me, a chord progression is an abstract music design tool.

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Rapid Bridge Adds Sales VP

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San Diego-based Rapid Bridge , a developer of ASIC and other semiconductor designs for the systems-on-a-chip market, announced today that it has hired on Vikas Chaudhary as the firm's Vice President of Sales. Rapid Bridge provides a collection of semiconductor design IP, used for systems-on-a-chip designs.

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Daycom Acquired By Carousel Industries

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San Diego-based Daycom Systems , a telecommunications provider and consulting firm, has been acquired by a Rhode Island Firm, Carousel Industries. Daycom is a provider of consulting, design, and implementation of voice, data, and IP telephony networks; Carousel Industries provides similar services.

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Interview with Michael Witz, Mob Science

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For San Diego-based Mob Science (www.mobscience.com), an injection of cash, some key advisors--and a deal with Zynga. We have one, major original IP game in development, and a couple of weeks ago we announced a publishing deal with Zynga to publish our new game on Facebook and Zynga's own platform.

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Interview with Jerry Fitch, Teridian Semiconductor

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We've got four generation of parts in the market, with three in production, and the fourth sampling--with a fifth in design. Today, they're designing into the larger appliances smart grid programs, and a number of server manufacturers are starting to design in and introduce energy measurement into their devices as well.

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3 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know about Indiana Innovation

Xconomy

When doctors implant devices to replace a patient’s missing bones or support damaged bones, those devices were probably designed, developed, and/or manufactured in Warsaw. Warsaw, IN, is the “Orthopedic Capital of the World.”. Some of these entrepreneurs are faculty and staff members who license their own work.

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