| Cypress Adopts Mentor Graphics Calibre xRC for Parasitic Extraction |
December 14, 2006 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that its parasitic extraction solution, Calibre xRC, is being used by Cypress Semiconductor Corp. in production flows for 130-, 90- and 65-nm processes. Calibre xRC was use ... read more |
| SMSC Introduces New Line of Advanced Temperature Sensors Targeting Designs at 90nm and Below |
December 14, 2006 -- SMSC today unveiled two new distinct families of temperature sensors: the EMC1402, 1403 and 1404 series and the EMC1422, 1423 and 1424 series that address the CPU and up to three remote temperature measurements, inclu ... read more |
| Dongbu Electronics Adds ARM Metro Low-Power Library to Design Support Portfolio |
December 13, 2006 -- Dongbu Electronics today announced the latest addition to its portfolio of design support resources, namely the ARM Metro low-power high-density standard cell library for chips designed at the 0.18-µm node. The ... read more |
| L&T Infotech Acquires GDA Technologies |
December 13, 2006 -- Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Ltd., a leading IT consulting and services organization, and a 100% subsidiary of the Larsen & Toubro Group, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire GDA Technologies, In ... read more |
| Texas Instruments OMAP 2 Platform Powers Latest NEC 3G FOMA Phone |
December 13, 2006 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) today announced that its OMAP 2 platform has been selected to provide multimedia functionality for one of NTT DoCoMo's newest FOMA 3G handsets, the FOMA N903i from NEC. Based on TI's OMAP2 ... read more |
| Connaught Chooses TI's DaVinci Technology and Digital Media Processor for Automotive Vision Platforms |
December 13, 2006 -- Connaught Electronics, Ltd. today announced that it has chosen Texas Instruments, Inc.'s DaVinci technology and TMS320DM64x digital media processors for its new range of single and multi-camera automotive vision syste ... read more |
| Altera Ships Production-Qualified Stratix II GX FPGAs |
December 13, 2006 -- Altera Corp. has begun shipping its production-qualified Stratix II GX FPGAs. The high-density Stratix II GX family provides up to 20 low-power transceivers operating between 600Mbps and 6.375Gbps with 127Gbps of aggr ... read more |
| Logic Announces the Latest Zoom Development Kit and System on Module (SOM) Utilizing the Freescale i.MX31 Applications Processor |
December 13, 2006 -- Logic Product Development has released the Zoom Development Kit and System on Module (SOM) using Freescale Semiconductor's i.MX31 applications processor. The i.MX31 SOM is an off-the-shelf embedded computing module th ... read more |
| Microchip Technology Introduces 18-bit Delta-Sigma ADC in SOT-23 Package |
December 13, 2006 -- Microchip Technology, Inc. today announced the highest resolution analog-to-digital converter (ADC) available in a SOT-23 package. The low-power, 18-bit, delta-sigma MCP3421 ADC features an integrated voltage referen ... read more |
| NeoMagic's MiMagic 6+ Processor Selected for Multimedia Enabled GPS Navigation System from Freenex |
December 13, 2006 -- NeoMagic Corp. announced today that Freenex, Inc. has selected NeoMagic's MiMagic 6+ multimedia processor for its multimedia enabled GPS navigation system. This navigation system is targeted at the automotive market a ... read more |
| MoSys Enables Advanced Mobile Handhelds through License Agreement with NexusChips |
December 13, 2006 -- MoSys, Inc. and NexusChips Co., Ltd. today announced a licensing agreement whereby NexusChips will utilize MoSys 1T-SRAM technology to enable mobile handheld applications that have not been possible with previous memo ... read more |
| Wipro Selects Cadence as Primary Vendor for VLSI and System Design Solutions |
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December 13, 2006 -- Cadence Design Systems (India) Pvt Ltd., the Indian subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced that Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro, Ltd. has chosen Cadence for its VLSI an ... read more |
| TeleSoft Adds VoIP to Embedded Components from Micrium |
December 13, 2006 -- TeleSoft International today announced that its Voice over IP (VoIP) protocol stack is now pre-ported to uC/OS-II, the real-time operating system (RTOS) and to uC/TCP-IP networking software that Micrium sells to automotive and avio ... read more |
| Arasan Announces Support for SDIO Version 2.0 in Its SDIO Device IP |
December 12, 2006 -- Arasan Chip Systems, Inc. has announced the availability of its SDIO Device Controller Core, which supports the new extensions of the SDIO Version 2.0 Specification. According to Arasan, it is the first to provide sup ... read more |
| Tower Semiconductor Expands High-Voltage Technology Offering with Synopsys' Hercules PVS |
December 12, 2006 -- Synopsys, Inc. and Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. today announced that Synopsys' Hercules Physical Verification Suite (PVS) rule files are now available for Tower Semiconductor's release of 180-nm high-voltage tech ... read more |
| Virage Logic and Tensilica Introduce Core-Optimized IP Kits for Tensilica's Diamond Standard Processors Featured |
December 12, 2006 -- Tensilica, Inc. and Virage Logic Corp. today introduced sixteen specially designed Core-Optimized IP Kits for Tensilica's Diamond Standard processor family members for manufacture on TSMC's 130-nm and 90-nm G p ... read more |
| New Cadence Virtuoso Custom Design Platform Features TSMC 90-nm RF Process Design Kit |
December 12, 2006 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and TSMC have announced the availability of TSMC's 90-nm RF Process Design Kit (PDK) for the new Cadence Virtuoso custom design platform. The 90-nm RF PDK is one in a series of TSMC ... read more |
| SoftJin's Programmable Synthesis Engine Integrated with Verific's Front End |
December 12, 2006 -- SoftJin Technologies Pvt., Ltd. and Verific Design Automation, Inc. today announced that SoftJin's Programmable Synthesis Engine (PSE), a logic optimization and mapping software product that is customizable for ... read more |
| Jetstream Media Technologies Announces a Full Line of Security IP Cores for ASIC and FPGA |
December 12, 2006 -- Jetstream Media Technologies has today the availability of a full line of security IP cores for ASICs and FPGAs. The product line features Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Counter mode with CBC-MAC (AES-CCM), Galoi ... read more |
| Renesas Electronics Develops High-Performance, Low-Cost Transistor Technology for 45-nm Node Generation Chips and Beyond |
December 12, 2006 -- Renesas Electronics Corp. has announced the development of a high-performance and low-cost transistor technology for microprocessor and SOC (system-on-a-chip) products of the 45-nm node generation and beyond. The newl ... read more |
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