| AMI Semiconductor Launches XPressArray-II for Conversion of High-Density FPGAs and Design of Mid-Density ASICs |
September 27, 2004 -- AMI Semiconductor (AMIS), has announced its XPressArray-II (XPA-II) product, the newest addition to the XPressArray structured ASIC family. Based on a hybrid fabrication process, XPA-II combines advanced 0.15-micron TSMC pr ... read more |
| Freescale Semiconductor's Royalty-Free SmartDSP OS Streamlines Application Design |
September 27, 2004 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. has introduced the SmartDSP operating system, a royalty-free, real-time operating system (RTOS) optimized to help DSP developers efficiently migrate their system platforms across Freescale's sc ... read more |
| Technically Speaking Offers Free Multimedia HDL Training Course Trial |
September 27, 2004 -- Technically Speaking announced today that it is introducing PracticalHDL, a desktop multimedia hardware description language (HDL) training course that offers interactive, self-paced learning with access to the world's most ... read more |
| LSI Logic Breaks Key DSP Metrics with New Ultra Low Cost, Low-Power Standard Product |
September 27, 2004 -- LSI Logic Corp. has announced the addition of an ultra low cost standard product to its ZSP LSI403 digital signal processor (DSP) chip family. Selected as one of the "hottest new products and technologies for 2004" by the G ... read more |
| BAE Systems and Celoxica Unveil Real-Time Adaptive Systems Technology for Automotive Market |
September 27, 2004 — BAE Systems, Celoxica, Ltd. and Medius, Inc. have announced a novel software approach to sensor integration that allows for optimized performance and dramatic cost reduction for cruise control, collision avoidance and other ... read more |
| Conexant Launches Family of High-Definition Television Decoders for Set-Top Boxes |
September 27 -- Conexant Systems, Inc. has unveiled a new family of
decoders for high-definition television (HDTV) set-top boxes (STBs) with support
for personal video recorder (PVR) applications deployed in digital satellite,
cable or t ... read more |
| QuickLogic Reference Design Kit Lets Engineers See "How Low They Can Go" |
September 27, 2004 -- QuickLogic Corp. has announced a Reference Design Kit (RDK) for low-power designs that uses the company's Eclipse II FPGAs. The Low Power RDK, comprising hardware and software tools, lets designers directly measure actual ... read more |
| OCP-IP Sponsors 2nd International SoC Conference |
September 22, 2004 -- Open Core Protocol International Partnership, (OCP-IP), is co-sponsoring the 2nd International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, a highly targeted and focused conference addressing the entire SoC-related chain, including sem ... read more |
| Aplac Makes New Connection for RF-IC Design Flow |
September 22, 2004 -- Connecting APLAC RF simulation and analysis power with Cadence and Mentor Graphics IC design tools, APLAC Solutions is now unveiling the RF-IC Design Link to enhance RF-IC design flow.
APLAC's RF-IC Design Flow system ... read more |
| LSI Logic Adds High Speed USB 2.0 Host Controller Core to IP Library |
September 22, 2004 -- LSI Logic Corp. has announced the immediate availability of the CW000026 USB 2.0 Host Controller core through the LSI Logic CoreWare intellectual property (IP) library. Fully compliant with the USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Control ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Offers New Libraries for PADS PCB Design Customers |
September 22, 2004 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. has established business agreements with Optimum Design Associates (Optimum) and PCB Libraries to make their libraries available for use with the Mentor Graphics PADS PCB design flow. These agreements ... read more |
| DVCon 2005 Paper, Panel and Tutorial Proposals due Monday, September 27 |
September 22, 2004 -- The 2005 Design and Verification Conference (DVCon) sponsored by Accellera will continue to accept panel, paper and tutorial submissions through September 27, 2004. The conference and exhibition will be held February 14-16 ... read more |
| Kawasaki MicroelectronicsJoins Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP) |
September 21, 2004 -- Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP) today announced that Kawasaki Microelectronics (K-Micro) has joined the organization. Utilizing OCP technology allows K-Micro’s customers to reduce design times, risks a ... read more |
| NemeriX Licenses CEVA GPS 4000 IP and Announces Assisted GPS Chipset Targeting Mobile Phone Market |
September 21, 2004 -- NemeriX, a developer of low-power RF and baseband silicon and software positioning platforms, and CEVA, Inc. have announced a collaboration that will result in a new chipset targeting the indoor GPS market. The new product, ... read more |
| AnsoftLinks Adds Support For Mentor Graphics' Expedition PCB Design Software |
September 21, 2004 -- Ansoft Corp. has announced AnsoftLinks v3, software that streamlines data flow from popular EDA vendor software into Ansoft's products. The latest version features a new translator for Mentor Graphics Expedition and an enha ... read more |
| Atheros Communications Adopts Synopsys NanoSim for Wireless Chip Verification |
September 20, 2004 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Atheros Communications, Inc., a provider of wireless LAN chipsets, has adopted Synopsys' NanoSim for RF front-end circuits verification of its AR5005G single-chip wireless solution. The c ... read more |
| Philips and Xilinx Collaborate on Design of Low Cost PCI Express Solutions |
September 20, 2004 -- Royal Philips Electronics and Xilinx, Inc. have announced plans to cooperate in the design of semiconductor hardware and intellectual property related to the PCI Express interface. The collaboration is expected to result in ... read more |
| Xilinx Simplifies Embedded Processing Design With New 6.3i Platform Studio |
September 20, 2004 -- Xilinx, Inc. has announced the new version 6.3i of the Platform Studio or system-level embedded processing design on Xilinx Platform FPGAs. The Platform Studio tool suite automates a host of architecture-level design steps ... read more |
| Wolfson Microelectronics Chooses Verific HDL Component Software |
September 20, 2004 -- Wolfson Microelectronics, a supplier of mixed-signal semiconductors for the digital consumer electronics market, is using software from Verific Design Automation, Inc. as part of its internal design environment.
The ... read more |
| Daewoo Selects LSI Logic DiMeNsion Processor for DVD/VCR Recorder Product Line |
September 20, 2004 -- LSI Logic Corp. announced today that Daewoo Electronics has developed its latest DVD/VCR recorder product line based on the second-generation LSI Logic DiMeNsion DVD recorder system processor, the DMN-8602.
"By leve ... read more |
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