| Binachip Joins ARM Connected Community |
July 21, 2006 -- Binachip, Inc. is a new member in the ARM Connected Community. As part of the ARM Connected Community, Binachip will gain access to a full range of resources to help it market and deploy innovative solutions that w ... read more |
| Magma and Brion Technologies Partner to Deliver Common Modeling Environment for Lithography |
July 21, 2006 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. and Brion Technologies, Inc. have formed a partnership to develop a common modeling environment for lithography. When completed, this environment will span physical design, physical ve ... read more |
| Analog Devices Enables High-Definition Audio in the First HD DVD Player from Toshiba |
July 17, 2006 -- Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) today announced that its SHARC processor has been selected by Toshiba Corp. to power the audio signal chain in the first HD DVD players, the HD-A1 and the HD-XA1. The HD-A1 and HD-XA1 leverage f ... read more |
| Skyworks Supports Samsung's Migration to EDGE |
July 17, 2006 -- Skyworks Solutions, Inc. today announced that it is supporting Samsung's decisive move to EDGE-enabled cellular phones, powering multiple models with its Helios EDGE radio. Samsung was an early adopter of Skyworks' EDGE ... read more |
| Worldwide eZ Design Contest Looks for Best MSP430 MCU Implementation |
July 17, 2006 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has announced plans for the MSP430 microcontroller (MCU) eZ design contest, to be held from July 17 to October 9, 2006. Contestants may submit projects ranging from practical everyday devices ... read more |
| Improv Systems Offers Pre-Configured Application Processor Cores Based on Its Jazz Platform |
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July 17, 2006 -- Improv Systems, Inc. is now offering its Jazz processing platform as pre-configured, implementation-ready application processor cores that require no programming, customization or configuration by customers. The produc ... read more |
| TSMC Introduces Reference Flow 7.0 |
July 17, 2006 -- TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) has introduced Reference Flow 7.0 that features a powerful statistical static timing analyzer (SSTA), a set of new power management techniques and an array of design for m ... read more |
| STARC Joins SPIRIT Consortium as First Japanese Institute to Support Design Meta-Data Standardization |
July 17, 2006 -- The SPIRIT Consortium today announced that the Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC) based in Japan, has joined The Consortium as its first Associate Member. The new Associate Member category – ... read more |
| Sierra Design Automation Collaborates with Mentor Graphics to Enable Lithography-Driven Closure for 65-nm and 45-nm Designs |
July 17, 2006 --Sierra Design Automation, Inc. is collaborating with Mentor Graphics Corp. to address the critical issue of process and lithography variations in an IC implementation design flow targeted at 65-nm and 45-nm designs. ... read more |
| Sierra Design Automation Delivers Olympus-SoC Lithography-Driven IC-Implementation System for 65-nm and 45-nm Designs |
July 17, 2006 -- Sierra Design Automation, Inc. has introduced Olympus-SoC, an IC implementation system that bridges the gap between design and manufacturing environments. Olympus-SoC is a next-generation netlist-to-GDSII system that addr ... read more |
| Silistix Self-Timed Interconnect Solution Adds Support for AXI Bus Protocol |
July 17, 2006 -- Silistix has added support for the on-chip AMBA AXI bus protocol with Silistix's synthesized self-timed interconnect technology. The company's CHAIN solution, which already supports the ARM AMBA AHB and APB buses, provide ... read more |
| ProDesign Adds Iridium Edition to CHIPit ASIC Prototyping Product Family |
July 17, 2006 -- ProDesign is launching its CHIPit Iridium Edition at the Design Automation Conference in San Francisco, July 24 to 28. The CHIPit Iridium Edition gives ASIC and SOC design engineers increased speed and flexibility to veri ... read more |
| Xilinx Releases Free ISE WebPACK 8.2i Fully Featured Design Suite |
July 17, 2006 -- Xilinx, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of the Integrated Software Environment (ISE) WebPACK 8.2i release, the latest version of the company's free downloadable programmable logic design suite. This new ver ... read more |
| Silicon Laboratories Introduces Point-of-Load Reference Design for Digital Power Applications |
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July 17, 2006 -- Silicon Laboratories, Inc. has announced a single-phase point-of-load (POL) reference design enabling engineers to easily and quickly implement digitally-controlled POLs for many end applications including servers, tele ... read more |
| Anchor Bay Technologies Deepens Relationship with AMI Semiconductor for 130-nm Standard Cell Device |
July 17, 2006 -- AMI Semiconductor, Inc. (AMIS) today announced Anchor Bay Technologies, Inc. (ABT) will be working with AMIS on the development of a 130-nm standard cell device for ASIC SOC support to be used in a video scaler/ de ... read more |
| Actions Semiconductor Expands Product Portfolio |
July 17, 2006 -- Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. today announced the launch of its new Series 7500 products and the introduction of its Series 13 product family. Actions' Series 7500 products are targeted at the value segment of the perso ... read more |
| Altera Announces First AQEC-Compliant FPGAs |
July 18, 2006 -- Altera Corp.'s Stratix and Cyclone FPGAs have been certified to be in compliance with the Aerospace Qualified Electronic Components (AQEC) specification GEIA-STD-0002-01. The specification, created by more than a dozen se ... read more |
| Apache Supports TSMC Reference Flow 7.0 in Critical Areas of Power and Noise Management |
July 18, 2006 -- Apache Design Solutions today announced that TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) Reference Flow 7.0 includes the use of Apache's RedHawk-LP MTCMOS dynamic verification with advanced power switches, Re ... read more |
| Aprio and Ponte to Collaborate on Lithography-Aware Yield Analysis |
July 18, 2006 -- Aprio Technologies, Inc. and Ponte Solutions, Inc. announced today their plan to interface Aprio's newly announced Halo-Quest and associated DFM View with Ponte's Yield Analyzer product. This interface will give mu ... read more |
| Blue Pearl Software Introduces Cobalt Timing Constraint Generation Software for Reducing Design Iterations and Risks in IC and IP Development |
July 18, 2006 -- Blue Pearl Software, Inc. rolled out its new Cobalt Timing Constraint Generation software used in the design of complex ICs and intellectual property (IP) blocks. Cobalt reduces the time required to achieve timing closure and im ... read more |
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