| LSI Logic Fifth Generation GigaBlaze Transceiver Addresses Demand for Advanced Fibre Channel Connectivity |
May 17, 2006 -- LSI Logic Corp. is demonstrating its GigaBlaze 8.5-Gbps serializer/deserializer (SerDes) transceiver core for OEM storage and SAN infrastructure applications. The new SerDes core enables a significant data throughput incre ... read more |
| Magma Enhances DFM Product Offering with Blast Yield TX and New LPC Capabilities in Quartz DRC |
May 17, 2006 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. today announced Blast Yield TX, an enhancement to Blast Yield that integrates the TSMC virtual chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) engine and TSMC-correlated critical area analysis (CAA), and ... read more |
| Actel Expands IP Portfolio for Military, Aerospace and Communications Applications |
May 17, 2006 -- Actel Corp. has announced the availability of two new intellectual property (IP) cores optimized for use with Actel's radiation-tolerant and firm-error immune field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). In support of the emerg ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Calibre Platform Provides Integrated DFM Flow for TSMC 65-nm Technologies |
May 17, 2006 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced that an integrated set of best-in-class tools from the Calibre design-to-silicon platform supports TSMC's 65-nm technology. The integrated DFM solution provided by the Calibre design-to- ... read more |
| Faraday and Intelop Enter Partnership for Custom Networking ASIC and Structured ASIC Engagements |
May 17, 2006 -- Faraday Technology Corp. has entered a partnership with Intelop Corp. so that Faraday’s ASIC and Structured ASIC customers will have access to proven IPs and services from Intelop to accelerate time to market and re ... read more |
| Synopsys Partners with TSMC to Offer Comprehensive DFM Solution for Yield Enhancement |
May 17, 2006 -- Synopsys, Inc. has announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSMC) included Synopsys' integrated design-for-manufacturing (DFM) tools suite in its DFM tool qualification program for enhancing ... read more |
| Synopsys Acquires Virtio |
May 16, 2006 -- Synopsys, Inc. is expanding its presence in electronic system level (ESL) design by acquiring Virtio Corp., creator of virtual platforms for embedded software development. The combination of Synopsys' System Studio ... read more |
| TSMC 65-nm Process Moves to Volume Production |
May 17, 2006 -- TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) has fully qualified its 65-nm low power process technology. With several products already ramped and delivering production volumes, the new process provides higher levels o ... read more |
| LSI Introduces New Media Processors to Drive Worldwide, High-Volume DVD Recorder Market |
May 17, 2006 -- LSI Logic Corp. has announced two new DVD recorder system processors. With their high levels of integration and advanced features, these next-generation DoMiNo processors (DMN-8604 and DMN-8654) are designed to address the ... read more |
| TSMC Adds Cadence Technologies for 65-nm Design |
May 17, 2006 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that Cadence device and interconnect models, design flows and design-for-manufacturing (DFM) technologies support TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) 65-nm ... read more |
| Ramtron FRAM Memory Enhances Smart Airbags for Hyundai Autonet |
May 17, 2006 -- Ramtron International Corp. today announced that Hyundai Autonet of Korea has selected Ramtron's nonvolatile FRAM memory technology for smart airbags and occupant sensors in Hyundai automobiles among others. FRAM's write e ... read more |
| TSMC Names Synopsys to Distribute Its Production-Ready 65-nm Nexsys Libraries |
May 17, 2006 -- Synopsys, Inc. has been tapped by TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) to distribute its production-ready, silicon-validated 65-nm Nexsys standard cell libraries, I/Os and memory compilers through Synop ... read more |
| AMD Unveils Energy Efficient Desktop Processor Roadmap |
May 16, 2006 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) today unveiled a top-to-bottom energy efficient AMD desktop processor roadmap at the In-Stat Spring Processor Forum. Consumers and businesses alike are requesting smaller, more elegant PC ... read more |
| AMCC Joins Power.org Open Community |
May 16, 2006 -- Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) has joined Power.org as a Sponsoring member. Power.org is a community of companies driving innovation around Power Architecture technology. AMCC joins a roster of 44 companies an ... read more |
| Freescale Introduces Industry's Highest-Performance Fully Programmable Digital Signal Processor |
May 16, 2006 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. has introduced its third-generation multicore DSP based on next-generation SC3400 StarCore technology. The new MSC8144 DSP is engineered to deliver leading-edge performance, reduce system cost ... read more |
| Sonics Offers Low-Cost SMART Interconnects Solution |
May 16, 2006 -- Sonics, Inc. has announced a new version of its S3220 SMART Interconnects solution featuring support for version 2.0 of the Open Core Protocol (OCP) standard. The new S3220 enables developers of lower complexity SOCs to ta ... read more |
| Timesys Introduces LinuxLink Subscriptions for the MIPS32 34K Core Family |
May 16, 2006 -- Timesys Corp. has announced the availability of LinuxLink subscriptions for the MIPS Technologies MIPS32 34K family of cores, an innovative multi-threading solution for high-performance, cost-sensitive embedded application ... read more |
| Sunplus Licenses ARM1176z-S Processor for Advanced Consumer Electronics Applications |
May 16, 2006 -- Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd. and ARM today announced that Sunplus has licensed the ARM1176JZ-S processor and ARM RealView SoC Designer ESL tools for developing high-performance, low-power IC solutions for digital c ... read more |
| Grace Semiconductor Joins ARM Foundry Program |
May 16, 2006 -- Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. has joined the ARM Foundry Program by licensing the ARM7TDMI and ARM926EJ processors, as well as the associated ARM Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM9) on-chip debug peripheral. ... read more |
| Atmel Introduces AVR 8-bit Flash MCUs Qualified for Automotive Applications |
May 16, 2006 -- Atmel Corp. has announced four new AEC Q100-qualified AVR Flash microcontrollers dedicated to the automotive segment. Taking advantage of the success of its AVR 8-bit microcontrollers in commercial and industrial market se ... read more |
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