| Agilent Technologies Ships First Commercially Available 3GPP LTE Wireless Library |
December 18, 2006 -- Agilent Technologies, Inc. has announced the availability of the 3GPP LTE wireless library for use with the company’s Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA software. The new library helps wireless-systems designers and ver ... read more |
| Analog Devices Introduces Dual 14-Bit ADC for 3G and WiMAX Base Stations |
December 18, 2006 -- Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) has introduced the first dual 14-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to achieve sampling rates of 150MSPS. Supporting all third-generation (3G) base station wireless standards, including W ... read more |
| AWR and DuPont Microcircuit Materials Deliver LTCC PDK for Microwave Office Design Suite |
December 18, 2006 -- AWR Corp. and DuPont Microcircuit Materials, part of DuPont Electronic Technologies, have announced the availability of a process design kit (PDK) that lets radio-frequency (RF), microwave, and millimeter wave ... read more |
| CoWare and VeriSilicon Partner to Strengthen ESL Design Solution for ZSP Processors |
December 18, 2006 -- CoWare, Inc. and VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. (VeriSilicon) have formed a partnership to provide a stronger ESL design solution for the ZSP processor families, including the ZSP400 and ZSP500. VeriSilicon cho ... read more |
| eInfochips Supports Mentor Graphics' Questa Vanguard Program for AMBA AHB SystemVerilog Verification Component |
December 18, 2006 -- eInfochips, Ltd. has announced the availability of an AMBA AHB Verification component for the Mentor Graphics Corp. Questa Vanguard program. AMBA AHB verification IP provides necessary building blocks for effic ... read more |
| Sarance Technologies Delivers Interlaken Protocol IP Core for Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs |
December 18, 2006 -- Sarance Technologies, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of a Interlaken intellectual property core for Xilinx, Inc. Virtex-5 FPGAs. Interlaken is the next generation high-speed serial chip-to-chi ... read more |
| TI Unveils Battery Management Chips to Manage and Protect Multi-Cell, Li-Ion Battery Packs |
December 18, 2006 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has introduced several new battery management ICs, including its next-generation Impedance Track "gas gauge" chipset, to improve battery performance and protect multi-cell, lithium-based b ... read more |
| Beceem Utilizes Magma's Blast Products for IC Implementation |
December 18, 2006 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. today announced that Beceem Communications, Inc. has expanded its use of Magma software. A long-time user, Beceem Communications is utilizing the full suite of Magma Blast IC imple ... read more |
| Imagination Technologies' Multi-Standard Video Core Passes Allegro H.264 Test Suite |
December 18, 2006 -- Imagination Technologies PowerVR MSVDX multi standard high definition video decoder IP core has passed the H.264 suite of test streams from Allegro, a leading provider of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC solutions, including industry ... read more |
| Silicon Laboratories and SKY MobileMedia Partner to Pre-integrate SKY-MAP Software Solution on AeroFONE Single-Chip Phone Platforms |
December 18, 2006 -- Silicon Laboratories, Inc. and SKY MobileMedia, Inc., a provider of application software solutions for the wireless handset industry, are partnering to pre-integrate SKY's SKY-MAP applications software solutions with ... read more |
| SST Extends Portfolio of Low-Voltage, Low-Density Flash with Introduction of New 16-Mbit Devices |
December 15, 2006 -- Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. (SST) has rounded out its 1.8-V low-density flash product portfolio with the announcement of a 16-Mbit Multi-Purpose Flash Plus (MPF+) device. The SST39WF160x is the first 1.8-V produc ... read more |
| Scanflex JTAG/Boundary Scan Platform Now Offers Off-the-Shelf Support for Environmental Chambers |
December 15, 2006 -- Goepel Electronic has extended its Scanflex JTAG/boundary scan hardware platform with two new components referred to as TIC03. These new TAP Interface Cards (TICs) have been designed specifically for integration in en ... read more |
| Agere Systems Introduces Truefire 1394B/PCI Express Chip |
December 15, 2006 -- Agere Systems, Inc. is now delivering a chip aimed at igniting a new wave of PC and embedded system design creativity, as well as much faster, more feature-rich PC and embedded system connectivity. According to Ager ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Calibre xRC and Calibre xL Tools Validated for TSMC 65-nm Process Technology |
December 14, 2006 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced the availability of Calibre xRC and Calibre xL rule decks for TSMC's advanced 65-nm process node. These rule decks provide advanced modeling capabilities including process sensitivi ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics Teams with iBiquity to Develop Optimized HD Radio Receiver SOC |
December 14, 2006 -- STMicroelectronics has announced an agreement with iBiquity Digital Corp. to develop a base-band receiver for HD Radio broadcasting. HD Radio technology offers enhanced sound quality, more programming choice, and new ... read more |
| AMI Semiconductor Announces New XtreMOS Technology |
December 14, 2006 -- AMI Semiconductor, Inc. (AMIS) announced the first results on its new XtreMOS technology at this year's annual IEDM 2006. The XtreMOS is a smart-power device technology that is breaking the silicon limit and is outper ... read more |
| Accellera Furthers Design Productivity and Interoperability Through Standard Coverage Metrics Featured |
December 14, 2006 -- The Accellera Board of Directors has approved the formation of the new Unified Coverage Interoperability Technical Subcommittee (UCI TSC). The committee is charged with defining standards to enable sharing and analysi ... read more |
| The MathWorks Adds Support for Signal Integrity Engineering to RF Toolbox |
December 14, 2006 -- The MathWorks, Inc. has introduced RF Toolbox 2, which includes new functions that enable signal integrity engineers to design, model, analyze, and visualize networks of radio frequency (RF) components commonly found ... read more |
| Bluespec Begins Volume Shipment of SystemC Synthesis |
December 14, 2006 -- Bluespec, Inc. has begun volume shipments of its ESEComp, synthesis for SystemC-based hardware design. Announced earlier this year, ESEComp is the first ESL control logic synthesis software to support the SystemC lang ... read more |
| PLDA Announces PCI-SIG Compliant Programmable Switch IP for PCI Express |
December 14, 2006 -- PLDApplications (PLDA) today announced the inclusion of its Switch Controller on the PCI-SIG PCI Express Integrators List. A product can only claim PCI-SIG compliance if it passes a strict suite of compliance tests an ... read more |
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