| Renesas Electronics Chooses Brion's Tachyon RDI Platform |
April 18, 2006 -- Brion Technologies, Inc. has secured a new order for multiple Tachyon RDI lithography simulation and design inspection systems from Japan's Renesas Electronics Corp. The chipmaker chose Brion's model-based, full-chip ver ... read more |
| Cirrus Logic Broadens Family of High-Precision Operational Amplifiers for
Industrial Market |
April 18, 2006 -- According to Cirrus Logic, Inc., its new
dual-channel CS3004 and CS3014 and single-channel CS3003 and CS3013 op amps
deliver performance that results in dramatically higher accuracy than competing
op amp solutions. The CS ... read more |
| Cirrus Logic Boosts Flagship Audio DSP with Greater Performance and Features |
April 18, 2006 -- Cirrus Logic, Inc. has introduced the CS49530 family to boost the audio processing performance of its flagship 32-bit, dual-core audio digital signal processor (DSP) family. With processing power of 1.8 giga operations ... read more |
| SST Announces Single-Chip Controller Targeting Portable Applications |
April 18, 2006 -- Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. (SST) has announced a single-chip, fully integrated mobile platform controller targeting mobile devices. The SST79LF008 Mobile Platform Controller lets designers reduce overall system cos ... read more |
| Magma Unveils Talus for Nanometer IC Design Featured |
April 17, 2006 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. has unveiled Talus, a complete RTL-to-tape-out platform that concurrently analyzes and optimizes timing, area, power, signal integrity and yield. It enables Automated Chip Creation, a new me ... read more |
| ChipX Granted Sony Green Certification |
April 17, 2006 -- ChipX Corp. has been certified as a "Sony Green Partner" by Sony Corp. This certifies that ChipX’s Environmental Management System complies with Sony’s specific procedures for reducing or eliminating environmentally haz ... read more |
| Synopsys' PSM Technology Adopted by Sony |
April 17, 2006 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Sony Corp. has adopted Synopsys' alternating aperture phase-shift mask (AA-PSM) technology to enhance manufacturability of its high- performance chips. AA-PSM technology, which is part ... read more |
| Arasan Chip Systems Licenses SDIO Device IP Core to Samsung Electronics |
April 14, 2006 -- Arasan Chip Systems, Inc. has licensed its SDIO Device Controller IP Core to Samsung Electronics, Korea. Arasan’s SDIO Device Controller IP Core conforms to SDIO Device Specification version 1.20, with support for 50-MHz ... read more |
| VSIA Announces New Version of the Quality IP Metric Featured |
April 14, 2006 -- The VSI Alliance (VSIA) has announced an update to the QIP Metric released January 9, 2006. The updates include improvements to the scoring mechanism. Other efforts within the IP Quality Pillar include collaboration with ... read more |
| Samsung Develops 3D Memory Package that Greatly Improves Performance Using Less Space |
April 14, 2006 -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has developed a small-footprint, wafer-level processed stack package (WSP) of high density memory chips using "through silicon via" (TSV) interconnection technology. WSP actually reduces the ... read more |
| Timesys Delivers Commercial Support for 2.6.16 with Launch of LinuxLink 2nd Edition |
April 13, 2006 -- Timesys Corp. has announced the next generation of LinuxLink with a significant content upgrade, web-based interface enhancements, and new features. LinuxLink has gained traction by delivering continuously updated resour ... read more |
| SMIC and Cadence Deliver New Analog Mixed-Signal Reference Flow to Speed Fabless Chip Design |
April 13, 2006 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) have jointly developed an analog mixed-signal (AMS) reference flow to address the needs of designers developing ICs for ... read more |
| SOCLE's New ARM926EJ-Based SoC Platform Validated on UMC's 90-nm Process |
April 13, 2006 -- Socle Technology Corp. and UMC (United Microelectronics Corp.) today announced that Socle has validated in silicon its ARM926EJ-based SOC platform. The platform, which leverages UMC's L90SP standard cell libraries ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics Introduces Low Noise Operational Amplifier for High-End Medical and Instrumentation Applications |
April 13, 2006 -- STMicroelectronics has announced availability of a new, ultra low noise, wide bandwidth operational amplifier - the TSH300 - which is intended for high end industrial, medical and instrumentation applications. Its typica ... read more |
| Toshiba Electronics Europe Licenses SMSC's MediaLB Technology |
April 13, 2006 -- SMSC and Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (Toshiba) have reached a licensing agreement under which Toshiba is integrating SMSC's Media Local Bus (LB) technology to provide an interface from its Capricorn SOCs (sys ... read more |
| TI Introduces Cost-Optimized DSPs for Low- to Mid-Range A/V Products |
April 13, 2006 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has announced the expansion of its Aureus generation of high-performance audio digital signal processors (DSPs). The two new Aureus digital audio processors, TMS320DA707 and TMS320DA705, provide a c ... read more |
| National Semiconductor Debuts Industry's Lowest-Jitter Sync Separator for High-Definition Video Formats |
April 12, 2006 -- National Semiconductor Corp. has introduced a multi-format video synchronization separator with, says National, the industry's best jitter performance for high-definition broadcast and professional video systems. The LMH ... read more |
| National Semiconductor Introduces Synchronous Buck Controller with 1% Voltage Feedback Accuracy Across Expanded Industrial Temperature Range |
April 12, 2006 -- National Semiconductor Corp. has added four new products to its LM274x family of synchronous buck controllers, including the LM2747, the industry's first voltage-mode pulse width modulation (PWM) synchronous buck control ... read more |
| OCP International Partnership Releases OCP SystemC Channel Version 2.1.2 Featured |
April 12, 2006 -- Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP) today announced the availability of the SystemC Transaction Level Monitor (TLM) Channel version 2.1.2. The new features in version 2.1.2 improve model interoperabilit ... read more |
| Verific Welcomes Tenison as Latest User |
April 12, 2006 -- Verific Design Automation, Inc. today announced that Tenison Design Automation has licensed its hardware description language (HDL) Component Software. Verific's VHDL parser and static elaborator are utilized as the fron ... read more |
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