| Zarlink Semiconductor Selects MIPS Processor for Advanced Digital Television Applications |
July 6, 2004 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. announced today that Zarlink Semiconductor will be utilizing the 32-bit, synthesizable MIPS32 4KEc core in its next generation of advanced digital television products.
With performance of 1.53 Dhrys ... read more |
| PMC-Sierra Introduces System Clock Generator Optimized for MIPS-Based Printer and Consumer Applications |
July 5, 2004 -- PMC-Sierra, Inc. has introduced the CM5470 system clock generator, the latest addition to its family of Advanced Clock Management (CLK) products. The CM5470 device, designed for direct compatibility with PMC-Sierra's 200 to 900 M ... read more |
| ARM and Aplix to Deliver Java Solutions for Wireless Devices |
July 1, 2004 -- Aplix Corp., a provider deploying Java technology in mobile phones, and ARM have announced a technical and marketing agreement under which the companies are working together to improve Java performance in next-generation, ARM Pow ... read more |
| Xilinx Launches Roadmap for Power Reduction in Spartan-3 FPGAs |
July 1, 2004 -- Xilinx, Inc. has announced that the reduced power Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGAs will be available in the fourth quarter of calendar 2004.
"Power consumption has been a barrier keeping FPGAs out of a number of ASIC sockets. As new ... read more |
| Actel Delivering Radiation-Tolerant, High-Density FPGAs |
July 6, 2004 -- Actel Corp. has announced the availability of engineering samples for all three devices in its high-density RTAX-S family of radiation-tolerant FPGAs. The RTAX250S, RTAX1000S and RTAX2000S devices offer high-performance single-ch ... read more |
| Cypress Announces Silicon Valley Technology Center Featured |
July 6, 2004 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has opened the Silicon Valley Technology Center (SVTC), a facility that offers start-up and established companies the opportunity to develop and characterize their silicon-based technologies cost-effec ... read more |
| AMD Adopts ProTiming for Timing Optimized Design Flow |
July 1, 2004 -- Prolific, Inc. today announced that AMD selected ProTiming software to optimize its microprocessor designs. By integrating ProTiming into the implementation phase of the design flow, AMD designers can do final-pass optimizations ... read more |
| MIPS Technologies Announces Availability of Hard Intellectual Property Cores |
July 6, 2004 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. has announced that its product
offering now includes hard IP cores. Augmenting an its line of synthesizable,
32-bit cores, this offering of MIPS32 4Kc and 4KEc hard IP cores enables a
cost-effective, ... read more |
| CEVA Expands Its Serial Communications IP Portfolio with Xpert-Connect SGMII |
June 30, 2004 -- The Serial Gigabit Media Independent Interface (SGMII) from Cisco Systems provides a low power and robust solution for connecting external Gigabit Ethernet PHY chips to the corresponding MAC layers embedded in a separate SoC. To ... read more |
| Altera Begins Shipping High-Density 90-nm FPGAs |
June 30, 2004 -- Altera Corp. has begun shipping its new Stratix II family of FPGAs, which use a 90nm process with high-performance, low-k dielectric materials. Altera claims that the Stratix II devices are 50 percent faster and offer more than ... read more |
| TSMC Partnership Yields First Silicon Success on Altera's 90-nm, Low-k Products |
June 30, 2004 -- Altera Corp. has achieved first silicon success with the initial member of the Stratix II FPGA as a result of its close collaboration with TSMC. The Stratix II family, along with the recently announced Cyclone II family, is buil ... read more |
| TI's New SRAM-based Digital Signal Controllers Bring Increased Design Flexibility and Performance to the Embedded Control Market |
June 30, 2004 -- TI has introduced the TMS320R2811 and R2812 digital signal controllers for sophisticated control techniques in industrial, automotive, sensing, flow metering and e-metering applications.
"Many developers depend on the ease ... read more |
| LSI Logic Announces QDR-2 SRAM Memory Interfaces for Developing High-End Network and Storage Gear |
June 29, 2004 -- LSI Logic Corp. has introduced a high speed physical layer interface to QDR-2 SRAM memory, enabling the next generation of high-end network routers, switches and host bus adapters. Supporting speeds up to 333MHz/667Mbps, the new ... read more |
| Altera's Cyclone II/Nios II Combination Delivers Low-Cost Soft Processor Solution |
June 29, 2004 -- Altera Corp. has announced Nios II embedded processor support for the new Cyclone II FPGA family. Consuming as little as $0.35 of logic, Altera claims that the combination of the Nios II embedded processor and the Cyclone II FP ... read more |
| Carbon's DesignPlayer Engine Executes in CoWare's SystemC Simulator |
June 29, 2004 -- Carbon Design Systems, Inc. has integrated its DesignPlayer engine into CoWare's ConvergenSC SystemC simulator and joined CoWare, Inc.'s CoTeam partnership program.
Carbon's SPEEDCompiler software reads synthesizable Veri ... read more |
| QualCore Logic Validated as "Ready for IBM Technology" |
June 29, 2004 -- QualCore Logic, Inc. has been validated as Ready for IBM Technology's 130nm CMOS process technology. The Ready for IBM Technology program can help IBM's foundry customers speed time to market, reduce development risk, lower deve ... read more |
| Xilinx Delivers Low Cost $99 Spartan-3 FPGA Starter Kit |
June 29, 2004 -- Xilinx has announced the immediate availability of its Spartan-3 Starter Kit, a low cost development system that provides instant access to the complete platform capabilities of the Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA family. The $99 kit prov ... read more |
| Texas Instruments Collaborates with ARM as Part of Its Silicon-Based Security Solution |
June 29, 2004 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. and ARM will collaborate on a security solution that will include ARM TrustZone technology. The collaboration with ARM is part of TI's overall strategy to help address growing security concerns among serv ... read more |
| Synopsys Provides Galaxy and Discovery Platforms to Korean Government Design Agency |
June 29, 2004 -- Synopsys, Inc. will provide the IT System-on-Chip (IT-SOC) Promotion Group of the Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency (KIPA) with a full complement of Synopsys' design solutions, as well as extensive training and support services ... read more |
| Silterra and imec to Launch Joint Technology Development Project |
June 29, 2004 -- SilTerra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. and imec have signed an agreement for a joint development project (JDP) with the intention of creating a foundry-compatible 0.13-micron CMOS process technology. The process will be based on IMEC’s 0.1 ... read more |
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