| Cadence and TSMC Accelerate 65-nm Design with TSMC Reference Flow 7.0 |
July 18, 2006 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) today announced the integration of the Cadence Encounter digital IC design platform and Cadence Allegro system interconnect platfor ... read more |
| Azuro's PowerCentric Reduces Power Consumption for ARC Configurable Subsystems and Cores by More Than 20% |
July 19, 2006 -- ARC International and Azuro, Inc. today announced that Azuro's PowerCentric low power methodology now is available for ARC licensees designing audio- or video-centric digital chips for embedded applications. With t ... read more |
| Golden Gate Announces New Improvements to Power Reduction Software |
July 18, 2006 -- Golden Gate Technology, Inc. has improved the power reduction capabilities and run time of its flagship software product, PowerGold (formerly called Power Optimize Gold). PowerGold version 6.2 reduces power consumption 10 ... read more |
| PowerQUICC Processors Integrate IEEE 1588 Time Synchronization Protocol |
July 17, 2006 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. has teamed with IXXAT, a supplier of industrial and automotive communications solutions, to offer comprehensive IEEE 1588 time-synchronization protocol solutions for PowerQUICC communication ... read more |
| PLX Technology/Conexant Reference Platform Enables Multi-Channel PCI Express Video Systems |
July 19, 2006 -- PLX Technology, Inc. and Conexant Systems, Inc. have announced a reference-design platform for the development of multi-channel PCIe video boards. The platform, featuring the PLX PEX 8111 PCI-to-PCIe bridge and eight Cone ... read more |
| Magma Announces Statistical Timing Analysis Methodology |
July 18, 2006 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. has announced the availability of a statistical static timing analysis (SSTA) methodology. The methodology is based on Magma's Quartz SSTA and is tuned to TSMC's 65-nm process. TSMC worked cl ... read more |
| CebaTech Announces Strategy to Deliver High-Value Internet Protocol Intellectual Property and Breakthrough ESL Technology |
July 17, 2006 -- CebaTech, Inc. today unveiled its strategy to deliver high-value, high-performance Internet Protocol intellectual property and electronic system level (ESL) technology to companies developing ASIC and FPGA solutions. The ... read more |
| QualCore Logic Adds Line of Temperature Measurement IP to Portfolio |
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July 17, 2006 -- QualCore Logic, Inc. has added a line of temperature measurement IP cores to its product portfolio. The QCRTS3-13T is a temperature measurement circuit that can be used to measure the internal temperature of an integrat ... read more |
| Arteris and CoWare Announce Integration of Arteris Network on Chip (NoC) Technology Into CoWare Platform Architect ESL |
July 17, 2006 -- Arteris SA and CoWare, Inc. have announced a comprehensive agreement under which Arteris will output SystemC transaction level models (TLM) from its NoC tool suite for incorporation into TLM platforms developed in ... read more |
| IP Cores Announces Two CCM Security IP Cores for IEEE 802.15.4 Designs |
July 17, 2006 -- IP Cores, Inc. today announced new silicon IP cores supporting the IEEE 802.15.4 standard. CCMZ cores enable system-on-chip (SOC) vendors that want to implement the AES/CCM cryptographic algorithm.
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| Berkeley Design Automation Secures Strategic Investment by Matsushita |
July 17, 2006 -- Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. today announced that Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. has made an investment in the company through its venture group based in San Jose. After assessing the company's latest techno ... read more |
| BiTMICRO Networks to Use Kilopass 90-nm XPM Memory Technology |
July 17, 2006 -- Kilopass Technology, Inc. and BiTMICRO Networks have signed a corporate license agreement which will let BiTMICRO integrate Kilopass’ XPM embedded, non-volatile memory technology in its next-generation system-on-c ... read more |
| Incentia TimeCraft Adopted by NEC Electronics' EMMA Project Team for Design Tape-Outs |
July 17, 2006 -- Incentia Design Systems, Inc. today announced that NEC Electronics' EMMA project team has successfully taped out designs with sizes of up to 20-million gates, using Incentia's TimeCraft static timing analyzer's (STA) and ... read more |
| Liga Systems Unveils Hybrid Simulator that Boosts Traditional RTL Simulation by 10X to 100X |
July 17, 2006 -- Liga Systems, Inc. emerged from stealth today to unveil NitroSIM, its patented, drop-in Hybrid Simulator that boosts desktop and compute farm server simulation speed by 10 to 100 times. Hybrid Simulation is a simulation t ... read more |
| Macraigor Systems Upgrades J-SCAN Boundary-Scan Debug and Programming Tool |
July 17, 2006 -- Macraigor Systems, LLC has announced the availability of J-SCAN Version 2.1, the newest release of its high-speed, low-cost boundary-scan debug and programming tool. Version 2.1 of J-SCAN communicates to the target with a ... read more |
| Academia Embraces CoSy Compiler Development System |
July 14, 2006 -- ACE Associated Compiler Experts bv has announced 14 new compiler research projects based upon its CoSy compiler development system. With its modular design and extensive use of software generators, CoSy provides and envir ... read more |
| AMI Semiconductor Completes Acquisition of Certain Assets of Starkey Laboratories’s IC Design Group |
July 14, 2006 – AMI Semiconductor, Inc. (AMIS) today announced that it successfully completed its acquisition of certain assets of Starkey Laboratories, Inc.’s integrated circuit design center for approximately $6 million in cash. Under ... read more |
| Summit Design Launches Intellectual Property Initiative to Enable Consistent, Pre-Verified, Multi-Vendor Compatible IP |
July 13, 2006 -- Summit Design, Inc. has launched its Intellectual Property (IP) Initiative designed to address IP interoperability issues at the system-level. Through this initiative, Summit will proactively work with IP vendors to build ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics Adds New High-Density Flash to Extended Temperature Range 16-bit Microcontroller Family |
July 13, 2006 -- STMicroelectronics has added four new advanced 16-bit microcontrollers at the top of the industry-standard ST10 family (ST10F27x). The new microcontrollers (MCUs) offer up to 832kBytes of embedded Flash memory and up to ... read more |
| New eSilicon Direct Model Lowers Risks and Costs for Custom Chip Developers |
July 13, 2006 -- eSilicon Corp. today announced its new eSilicon Direct business model. The new approach expands upon the benefits of the eSilicon fabless ASIC model to provide custom chip developers such as fabless semiconductor companie ... read more |
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