| Denali Announces Design IP, Verification IP Products for Serial ATA Standard |
May 19, 2005 -- Denali today announced that its Databahn and PureSpec intellectual property (IP) products now support the Serial ATA (SATA) open industry standard. The Databahn IP for SATA is a complete, synthesizable IP core that supports SATA ... read more |
| Altera Now Shipping New Cyclone II Development Kits for Nios II Embedded Processor, DSP, and PCI Designs |
May 18, 2005 -- Altera Corp. today announced that Cyclone II development kits have begun shipping, enhancing its product offering for its second-generation low-cost FPGA family. Designers targeting Nios II embedded processor, digital signal proc ... read more |
| SoftJin Announces Nirmaan Toolkit for Developing DFM/DFY Tools |
| May 18, 2005 -- SoftJin Infotech today announced its first building block product for DFM/DFY (Design for Manufacturing/Design for Yield) software tool development, called Nirmaan. The Nirmaan software toolkit lets EDA companies and in-house CAD gr ... read more |
| Eagleware-Elanix Announces Genesys 2005 with Major New Simulation, Synthesis, and User Interface Enhancements |
May 18, 2005 -- Eagleware-Elanix Corp. has announced Genesys 2005, a major new release of its RF and microwave design suite. The new version includes WhatIF (a new frequency planning tool), Cayenne (a new time domain simulator), two new synthesi ... read more |
| Actel Quality Program Receives STACK Certification |
May 18, 2005 -- Actel Corp. has received STACK certification from STACK International after an extensive audit verifying the company's commitment to delivering quality products. Actel also announced it has been recertified for ISO 9001:2000 afte ... read more |
| Tensilica Xtensa LX Processor Tops EEMBC Networking 2.0 Benchmarks |
May 17, 2005 –- Tensilica, Inc. today announced that it has achieved the highest score ever reported on the Networking Version 2.0 benchmark suite of the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC). Tensilica’s Xtensa LX processor is th ... read more |
| Actel Provides Smaller, Lighter FPGA Packaging for Military and Aerospace Applications |
May 17, 2005 -- Actel Corp. is offering a new packaging option for its FPGA devices that is designed to significantly reduce board size and weight in space-constrained, military/aerospace applications. The new 84-pin CQFP (ceramic quad flat pac ... read more |
| Chips&Media Selects ARC 605 Core for Use in New Set-Top Box Chip |
May 17, 2005 –- ARC International today announced that Chips&Media, Inc. has licensed an ARC 605 processor core for use in a new MPEG2 codec design. Targeted at high volume set-top box applications, Chips& Media selected the ARC 605 core becaus ... read more |
| Raza Microelectronics Introduces Thread Processor Designed for Connected Computing |
May 16, 2005 – Raza Microelectronics, Inc. (RMI) has announced the XLR family of Thread Processors, developed to meet the growing throughput and multi-tasking demands for connected computing applications.
The XLR processor is based on a ... read more |
| VLSI Design and Education Center Joins OCP-IP |
May 17, 2005 -- Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP) today announced that the VLSI Design and Education Center (VDEC), has joined the organization. VDEC, established in 1996, is headquartered in the University of Tokyo and serve ... read more |
| AMCC Unveils Low-Cost, Low-Power, Security-Enabled PowerPC Processors |
May 17, 2005 -- Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) has introduced two low-cost, low-power, security-enabled 400 series PowerPC processors -- the 440GRx and 440EPx. Both processors include an optional integrated security accelerator or Turbo Sec ... read more |
| Tensilica Previews Next-Generation Audio Technology |
May 17, 2005 -– Tensilica, Inc. is previewing its next-generation audio technology at the Spring Processor Forum in San Jose, Calif. this week. By leveraging Tensilica’s Xtensa LX configurable processor technology, Tensilica’s engineers are deve ... read more |
| Chipidea secures 12M Euro in Series B Funding |
May 16, 2005 -- Chipidea Microelectronica, SA today announced that it has closed a Series B funding round for a total of 12M Euro led by Kennet Venture Partners. Kennet was joined in this round by Vision Capital and Chipidea’s Series A investor ... read more |
| ARM Announces BDTI DSP Scores for the ARM1136J-S Processor |
May 16, 2005 -- ARM today announced the availability of the full BDTI Benchmark scores for the ARM1136J-S processor. When compared to the nearest competitive solution, the ARM1136J-S processor shows a 25 percent better performance even at a low ... read more |
| ARM Brings Best-In-Class Audio Solutions to Portable Consumer Devices |
May 16, 2005 -- ARM has announced the ARM OptimoDE Audio Edition embedded data processing technology optimized for the efficient implementation of digital audio in embedded devices. The new configuration of the ARM OptimoDE data engine technolog ... read more |
| 42nd DAC to Introduce Integrated Design Systems Workshop |
May 16, 2005 --The Design Automation Conference will offer an Integrated Design Systems Workshop on Monday, June 13, 2005. The new workshop is aimed at design automation professionals who integrate and develop design systems. It will address the ... read more |
| Celoxica Multi-Purpose FPGA Board Delivers Breakthrough Price And Performance |
May 16, 2005 -- Celoxica, Inc. has announced availability of the RC10 Pilot board, a low-cost, high-density, FPGA-based embedded system teaching and evaluation platform. Expressly built for designers, teachers and students who want to pilot C-ba ... read more |
| CEVA Unveils a New Addition to the CEVA-X DSP Family |
May 16, 2005 -- CEVA, Inc. today unveiled the newest addition to its licensable CEVA-X DSP architecture -- the CEVA-X1621. The CEVA-X1621 combines the high performance of the CEVA-X1620 DSP with an advanced, configurable cache memory subsystem. ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Attacks Verification Bottlenecks with New Questa Verification Products |
May 16, 2005 -- Mentor Graphics has announced its new line of Questa verification products. The Questa verification products offer built-in support for testbench automation, coverage-driven verification (CDV), assertion-based verification (ABV), ... read more |
| Sigrity's CoDesign Studio Optimizes Performance of Chip/Package Power Delivery Systems |
May 16, 2005 -- Sigrity, Inc. today announced CoDesign Studio, a complete chip and package co-design solution for analyzing the performance of the combined power delivery system. According to the company, CoDesign Studio is the first EDA solutio ... read more |
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