| Analog Devices and SIWORKS to Develop Flexible Modem Solution for 802.16 WiMAX Forum- Base Stations |
November 3, 2004 -- Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) and SIWORKS, Inc., a wireless semiconductor intellectual property (IP) company, announced an agreement to develop the physical layer (PHY) of an 802.16 (WIMAX) broadband wireless baseband modem on A ... read more |
| ASE Standardizes on Ansoft Solution for IC Packaging |
November 3, 2004 -- Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE), Inc., a Taiwanese IC packaging company, has committed to Ansoft Corp.'s HFSS, Q3D Extractor and AnsoftLinks simulation products for IC packaging design and model extraction.
"De ... read more |
| Thomson Licenses ARM OptimoDE Signal Processing Technology |
November 3, 2004 -- Thomson and ARM announced today that Thomson has licensed ARM OptimoDE signal processing technology for the development of broadcast video processing ICs.
One of Thomson's strategic priorities is to focus on media techn ... read more |
| Synopsys Acquires Assets of LEDA Design Featured |
November 2, 2004 -- Synopsys, Inc. announced that it has acquired certain assets and hired the engineering team of LEDA Design, a developer of mixed-signal intellectual property (IP). LEDA Design has a team of more than 80 experienced digital an ... read more |
| Zuken Offers Its Free CADSTAR Express PCB Design Suite with Automatic and Interactive Routing Technology |
November 2, 2004 -- Zuken has announced that CADSTAR Express, a free web download of its printed circuit board (PCB) design solution CADSTAR 7.0, is now available with an advanced place and route editor for faster and more accurate routing. CADS ... read more |
| Denali MemCon Kicks Off in San Jose Next Week |
November 2, 2004 -- Denali MemCon, hosted by Denali Software, Inc., kicks off Tuesday, November 9, at the Santa Clara Westin Hotel. Registration is free for industry professionals, press and analysts.
Denali MemCon provides a forum for ex ... read more |
| Industry Alliance Supports FSA's Global Expansion Efforts |
November 1, 2004 -- The Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) has announced its newly formed association alliance with the Chinese American Semiconductor Professional Association (CASPA) in its continuing efforts to support the global supply ... read more |
| TI and Xilinx Provide Easiest-to-Use Interface Between High-Speed Data Converters and FPGAs |
November 1, 2004 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. and Xilinx, Inc. have announced immediate availability of an FPGA-based deserializer reference design jointly developed by TI and Xilinx. This new reference design, which deserializes bit streams from ... read more |
| Startup Aprio Technologies Enters DFM Market |
November 1, 2004 -- Aprio (pronounced AY pree oh) Technologies is today formally announcing its formation and funding, as well as the strategic technology direction the company is taking in design for manufacturing (DFM). Initial products will ... read more |
| Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Licenses Synopsys' DesignWare IP Cores Portfolio |
November 1, 2004 -- Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) and Synopsys, Inc. announced today that HKSTP has licensed Synopsys' industry leading DesignWare intellectual property (IP) Cores portfolio to increase start-up and f ... read more |
| Xilinx and ISR Technologies Demonstrate Software-Defined Radio Using Partial Reconfiguration of FPGAs |
November 1, 2004 -- Xilinx, Inc. and ISR Technologies have announced a fully operational, software-defined radio (SDR) using partial reconfiguration of FPGAs. The companies are demonstrating the software-defined radio at the MILCOM 2004 Conferen ... read more |
| Actel's Latest Libero Design Environment Boosts Performance, Speeds Timing Closure of Axcelerator FPGAs |
November 1, 2004 -- Actel Corp. Libero Integrated Design Environment (IDE) now offers strengthened support for the company's antifuse-based, single- chip Axcelerator FPGAs, extending improvements in silicon performance, quality of results (QoR) ... read more |
| Altium Expands Plug-in Daughter Board Range for NanoBoard |
November 1, 2004 -- Altium, Ltd. has announced support for an expanded range of FPGA daughter boards for its LiveDesign-enabled, FPGA-based development board, the NanoBoard. The additional daughter boards cover popular devices ranging from CPLD ... read more |
| Actel Introduces Web-Based Program for Fast Prototype Delivery |
November 1, 2004 -- Actel Corp. has unveiled its new Online Protoyping Service (OPS), a Web- based sample delivery program. Designed to make it easy to evaluate and prototype with no up-front investment, the new OPS program lets designers reques ... read more |
| Actel Offers Flexible Starter Kit for Its Axcelerator FPGA Family |
November 1, 2004 -- Actel Corp. has announced the availability of a flexible, low-cost starter kit for its antifuse-based, high-performance Axcelerator FPGA. Available in both a basic evaluation and an advanced prototyping version, the Axcelerat ... read more |
| Sandwork Design Offers Fast Analog, Mixed-Signal Waveform Support for Cadence Virtuoso Platform |
October 28, 2004 -- Sandwork Design, Inc.'s analog and mixed-signal waveform analysis tool, WaveView Analyzer, has been integrated into the Virtuoso Aptivia Specification-Driven Environment and Virtuoso UltraSim for FastSPICE simulation from Cad ... read more |
| Xilinx Releases PlanAhead V2.1 Tool with Up to 89% Increase in Clock Frequency for Virtex FPGAs |
October 28, 2004 -- Xilinx, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of its next generation PlanAhead v2.1 FPGA hierarchical floorplanning and design tool. With full support for the company's Virtex-4 multi-platform FPGA family, the new too ... read more |
| Two New Virtex-4 Devices Now Available |
October 28, 2004 -- Xilinx, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of two more Virtex-4 devices. The Virtex-4 LX60 is the second device from the logic-optimized LX platform, and the SX35 is the first device from the DSP-optimized SX platf ... read more |
| Zoran Deploys CEVA-TeakLite DSP Core to Power DVD Chipset Solution |
October 27, 2004 -- CEVA, Inc. today announced that Zoran Corp. has licensed and deployed CEVA's TeakLite DSP core for use in its DVD Chips. These chips are shipping to leading consumer electronics manufacturers primarily for the North American ... read more |
| NVIDIA Deploys Synopsys' Magellan to Maximize Verification Productivity |
October 27, 2004 -- Synopsys, Inc. announced today that NVIDIA Corp. has adopted Synopsys' Magellan hybrid RTL formal verification tool to shorten design cycles of their next-generation graphics processing unit (GPU). Magellan's ability to find ... read more |
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