Start with the news release Serdes chipsets for video and imaging applications from National Semiconductor, which we summarised at the time by saying "National Semiconductor has introduced its Channel Link III serialiser and deserialiser (Serdes) family that reduces interconnect size, weight and cost in industrial video and imaging applications.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Serdes chipsets drive high-res displays from National Semiconductor: "National Semiconductor has introduced serializer and deserializer (Serdes) chipsets capable of driving high-resolution, 24-bit colour flat-panel displays with a 65MHz clock. ".
 
In May 2008, we covered the news from LogicVision Europe - take a look at Test platform is optimised for shrinking SoCs which says: "Platform promises most effective combination of test quality of results, ease-of-adoption and test cost reductions specifically targeted for 65 and 45nm SoC designs.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Spansion, Flash memories cut handset design costs, as well as Structured ASICs qualify for military duties from ON Semiconductor, and Manufacturing efficiency boosts Flash output from Spansion.