| Aspex Semiconductor Uses Cadence Encounter Platform to Implement 130nm Linedancer Processor |
May 18, 2004 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced that Aspex Semiconductor, a fabless semiconductor company, has successfully taped out its Linedancer processor using 130nm technology at 300MHz using the Cadence Encounter digital IC des ... read more |
| Cadence Introduces NanoRoute Super-Threaded Route Acceleration |
| May 18, 2004 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced that its NanoRoute now offers super-threaded route acceleration for even faster routing. Part of the Cadence Encounter digital IC design platform, NanoRoute's new accelerated routing option ... read more |
| Cadence Brings Timing to the Manufacturing Floor |
May 18, 2004 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has brought timing to the manufacturing floor with True-Time delay test for processes at 130 nanometers and below. This addition to Cadence Encounter Test helps ensure the highest Quality-of-Silicon ( ... read more |
| Magma Announces Support for Faraday's Structured ASIC Platforms |
May 18, 2004 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. and Faraday Technology Corp. have announced the availability of a proven RTL-to-GDSII design flow for structured ASIC designs. Magma's RTL-to-GDSII IC design flow has been adapted to support the crea ... read more |
| New ARM9-Based Embedded Processor from Cirrus Logic Offers 200 MHz Performance, On-Board Ethernet Processing and USB Ports |
May 18, 2004 -- Cirrus Logic, Inc. has announced the EP9302, the newest addition to its Nine-Series ARM9-based embedded processors. This highly integrated chip features 200MHz processing power and contains on-board Ethernet data processing and t ... read more |
| AVID Electronics Selects LSI Logic ZSP400 DSP Core and ZSP Multimedia Platform for Portable Consumer Products |
May 18, 2004 -- LSI Logic Corp. has announced that AVID Electronics Corp. has selected the ZSP400 DSP core and application software for its next-generation portable multimedia semiconductor products.
"The LSI Logic ZSP solutions are esp ... read more |
| Altera Delivers Versatile Embedded Processor with Nios II Family |
May 18, 2004 -- Altera Corp. has announced the immediate availability of the Nios II family of 32-bit RISC embedded processors. Altera's second-generation soft-core embedded processor delivers more than 200 DMIPS in performance and can cost as l ... read more |
| Magma's Blast Create Version 4.2 Integrates Datapath Synthesis, DFT and Timing Visualization with RTL Synthesis |
May 17, 2004 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. has announced significant enhancements to its Blast Create RTL-to-placed gates solution. Blast Create Version 4.2 integrates datapath synthesis and design for test (DFT) into a single executable. Acc ... read more |
| Magma Announces New Design Solutions for Low-cost Programmable IC Platforms |
May 17, 2004 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. has announced unified synthesis and physical design products for FPGA and low-cost structured ASIC designs. With the addition of these products Magma now offers designers a common implementation flow ... read more |
| Magma's Blast Plan Pro Version 4.2 Provides Comprehensive Design Planning and Prototyping for Nanometer Designs |
May 17, 2004 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. has added a black-box methodology for pre-RTL design planning and floorplan generation, including highly automated partitioning, macro placement, time budgeting and pin optimization, to Blast Plan Pr ... read more |
| Vativ Technologies Partners With QualCore Logic For Physical Design |
May 17, 2004 -- Vativ Technologies, Inc. has named QualCore Logic, Inc. its design partner for physical design. This comes after QualCore Logic's design realization team successfully completed the physical design of three chips used for Vativ Te ... read more |
| PMC-Sierra Introduces New Highly Integrated SoC-based 64-bit MIPS Microprocessor Architecture |
May 17, 2004 -- PMC-Sierra, Inc. has announced the first SoC based on its new system interconnect. The Fast Device Bus interconnect was defined to fully leverage the performance of PMC-Sierra's 1GHz E9000 microprocessor and supports an extensive ... read more |
| ARM Announces Embedded Signal Processing Core |
May 17, 2004 -- ARM has announced the OptimoDE embedded signal processing core technology optimized for the efficient implementation of domain-specific applications. OptimoDE technology is the first product ARM has developed from the purchase o ... read more |
| Metrowerks Enables Development with Linux and Commercial OS for Newest ColdFire Processor Families |
May 17, 2004 – Developers creating industrial controls and network connected products based on the latest ColdFire processor families from Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. can leverage end-to-end development solutions from Metrowerks Corp. that sup ... read more |
| ARM Announces First Integrated Multiprocessor Core |
May 17, 2004 -- ARM has announced the availability of a new form of licensable processor which has been developed as part of its ongoing partnership with NEC Electronics. The MPCore synthesizable multiprocessor, based on the ARMv6 architecture, ... read more |
| Actel, Inicore Deliver Turnkey Design Solution to L-3 Targa Systems for Data Storage Products |
May 17, 2004 -- Actel Corp. has joined with Inicore, Inc. to deliver a turnkey design solution to the Targa Systems Division of L3 Communications for a new line of data storage products for military and rugged applications. The silicon, software ... read more |
| CEVA’s Xpert-GPS Solution Lowers Cost, Improves Battery Life of GPS-Enabled Mobile Devices |
May 17, 2004 -- CEVA, Inc. has introduced Xpert-GPS, a DSP-based global positioning system (GPS) solution, that delivers significant advances in the cost, power dissipation and location performance of GPS enabled devices such as wireless phones ... read more |
| New Freescale 32-bit Embedded Processor Families Optimize Industrial and Network-Connected Control Applications |
May 17, 2004 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola, Inc. has unveiled four new ColdFire families -- MCF547x, MCF548x, MCF523x and MCF527x -- made up of more than 20 processors. These families of embedded 32-bit ... read more |
| Magma Enhances Blast Fusion APX |
May 17, 2004 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. has announced enhancements to the Blast Fusion APX physical design system. Blast Fusion APX Version 4.2 includes leading-edge technology in all areas of physical design including placement, optimizat ... read more |
| TSMC Joins the X Initiative |
May 17, 2004 -- The X Initiative today welcomed Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSMC) as the latest member of the semiconductor design-chain consortium. Having successfully verified the 0.13 um X Architecture design rules with ... read more |
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