| Lattice Semiconductor Announces Production Release of New Low-Cost FPGA Products |
October 5, 2004 -- Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has announced the production release of the first members of its LatticeECP-DSP (EConomy Plus DSP) and LatticeEC (EConomy) FPGA device families. Production-tested and qualified, the 20K Look-Up-Tabl ... read more |
| VirtioVantage Program Provides Software Developers with Pre-Silicon Platforms |
October 5, 2004 -- Virtio Corp has announced the formation of the VirtioVantage program that provides pre and post silicon models, integration and support to members of the partnership program. The tools and services included in the VirtioVanta ... read more |
| AMCC Unveils High Performance PowerPC Processor for Embedded Storage and Networking Applications |
October 5, 2004 -- Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) has unveiled its high performance PowerPC 440SPe processor. Based on the PowerPC 440 superscalar core, the PowerPC 440SPe offers higher bandwidth, PCI Express based connectivity and design f ... read more |
| IP Support for New Lattice FPGAs Grows Rapidly |
October 5, 2004 -- Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has announced the immediate availability of several key ispLeverCORE intellectual property (IP) modules for its recently announced LatticeECP-DSP and LatticeEC FPGAs. The initial IP modules availab ... read more |
| TI Delivers Highly Integrated Power Management IC for Xilinx FPGAs |
October 5, 2004 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. has announced a power management IC for Xilinx's Spartan-II/IIE/3 series of FPGAs. The new triple-channel device significantly reduces the number of external components required to power a complete FPGA ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Announces Automated Functionality in FastScan and TestKompress DFT Tools |
October 5, 2004 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced new automated functionality in its automatic test pattern generation tool (ATPG), FastScan, and its TestKompress embedded deterministic test tool. The ATPG Expert feature automatically anal ... read more |
| Faraday Unveils High Performance NPU with Structured ASIC Programmability for Less Than $50 |
October 5, 2004 -- Faraday Technology Corp. has announced the NetComposer-II (NC-II), a high-end structured ASIC programmable NPU solution. With more ASIC logic, higher processing speed, and higher throughput interfaces, the NC-II will be availa ... read more |
| Broadcom Announces Gigahertz Quad-Core Broadband Processor |
October 4, 2004 -- Broadcom Corp. has announced a new family of high performance, low power, integrated SOC processors targeted at data networking and communications applications, as well as security, storage, 3G wireless infrastructure, and hig ... read more |
| Green Hills Software and Interpeak Offer Network-Level Security for New ColdFire Processors
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October 4, 2004 -- Green Hills Software, Inc. and technology partner Interpeak AB have announced support for Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) for Freescale’s new family of ColdFire MCF548x/7x processors with hardware security engines. Now, MCF ... read more |
| LSI Logic Simplifies High-Speed Serial Interface Design with Expanded RapidChip Xtreme Family of Platform ASICs |
October 4, 2004 -- LSI Logic Corp. has expanded its RapidChip Xtreme family of pre-built slices designed to deliver a low-risk path for building multi-gigabit serial interface designs, including PCI Express, RapidIO and Serial Attached SCSI. The ... read more |
| BAE Systems Uses Synopsys Galaxy Design Platform in Design of 24 Radiation-Hardened, Space-Qualified ASICs |
October 4, 2004 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that BAE Systems, a company engaged in the development, delivery and support of advanced defense and aerospace systems, used Synopsys' Galaxy Design Platform to achieve success on 24 radiation-ha ... read more |
| CEVA Launches Mobile-Media Programmable Solution for Mobile Multimedia Applications |
October 4, 2004 -- CEVA, Inc. has introduced the CEVA Mobile-Media solution -- a software-programmable audio, video and image platform that supports all key standards for mobile multimedia applications including H.264 encoding/decoding at VGA re ... read more |
| HPL Technologies Tackles Key Design-for-Manufacturing Issue of Electrical Performance with Cell Designer |
October 4, 2004 -- HPL Technologies, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of Cell Designer, a next-generation design for manufacturing (DFM) software solution targeted at devices built in advanced process technologies (130nm and below). ... read more |
| Agilent Technologies’ Budget Analysis Capability Makes RF System Design Faster, More Accurate |
October 4, 2004 -- Agilent Technologies, Inc. has announced a new budget analysis capability in its Advanced Design System (ADS) 2004A EDA software that lets engineers design RF systems more quickly and accurately. This software feature predicts ... read more |
| Actel's New ARINC 429 IP Core Reduces Cost and Simplifies Integration for Avionics Systems Designers |
October 4, 2004 -- Actel Corp. has announced a new intellectual property (IP) core designed to reduce development time and improve the performance of aircraft communications systems. The new Actel Core429 is a bus interface core that implements ... read more |
| iRoC Technologies Introduces Free Web-Based Tool for Soft Error Risk Assessment of ICs |
October 4, 2004 -- iRoC Technologies Corp. has introduced the Soft Error Analysis Web Tool, a new web-based tool that assesses the Soft Error Risk (SER) of IC designs.
The Soft Error Analysis Web Tool lets design and quality engineers and ... read more |
| Microchip Technology Saves Weeks in Analog Design Time with Synopsys' Circuit Explorer |
October 4, 2004 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Microchip Technology Inc. has standardized on Synopsys' Circuit Explorer optimization and analysis solution for its complex analog designs. The Microchip team selected Circuit Explorer becau ... read more |
| New Scalable OrCAD Technology from Cadence Further Tightens PCB Design Process |
October 4, 2004 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced availability of two new product suites, OrCAD PCB Designer and OrCAD PCB Designer with PSpice. These are included in the new OrCAD 10.3 release, which features additional enhancement ... read more |
| PMC-Sierra Unveils 1.8 GHz Dual CPU 64-Bit MIPS-Powered Multiprocessor |
October 4, 2004 -- PMC-Sierra, Inc. has announced its third generation highly integrated 64-bit MIPS-Powered multiprocessor. Using both PMC-Sierra's SOC platform design methodology and 90 nm CMOS process technology, the RM11200 integrates two n ... read more |
| ARM Unveils Neon Technology for Next-Generation Mobile Multimedia Applications Featured |
October 4, 2004 -- ARM has launched its new NEON technology, a media and signal processing solution designed to accelerate a broad range of applications. The ARM NEON technology is targeted for mobile and consumer products that need the flexibil ... read more |
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