| ASIC IP Announces Availability of Serial ATA Controller Core |
May 29, 2007 -- ASIC IP has announced the availability of its Serial ATA (SATA) controller core. ASIC IP SATA controller core provides flexibility and ease in integration to customized software and both host and device applications. The ... read more |
| Xoomsys Raises $8M in New Funding |
May 29, 2007 -- Xoomsys, Inc., a Silicon Valley company pioneering a distributed processing solution for scalable Spice simulation, has raised a second round of funding from leading venture capital firms. DAG Ventures of Palo Alto led the ... read more |
| ProDesign Unveils Next Generation of CHIPit ASIC Prototyping Systems |
May 29, 2007 -- ProDesign GmbH will launch the complete CHIPit V5 series at the Design Automation Conference next week . The new CHIPit V5 generation consists of three new CHIPit platforms, the CHIPit Copper Edition V5, the CHIPit Iridium V5 and ... read more |
| Microchip Expands Offering of 8-bit MCUs with Integrated USB 2.0 Peripheral Optimized for Embedded Applications |
May 29, 2007 -- Microchip Technology, Inc. has announced the eight-member PIC18F87J50 high-performance, cost-effective 8-bit microcontroller family with an integrated and certified USB 2.0 full-speed, 12-Mbps transceiver. This new USB mic ... read more |
| LG and ARM Develop New DAC Technology for US 2009 TV Switchover |
May 29, 2007 -- ARM today announced that LG Electronics Inc. has licensed the ARM926EJ-S processor for its new line of digital set-top boxes. The latest agreement expands LG's portfolio of ARM technology and services which includes the pr ... read more |
| Lattice's ispLEVER 7.0 FPGA Design Tool Suite Delivers New Levels of FPGA Performance |
May 29, 2007 -- Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has made major performance and functional enhancements in Version 7.0 of its ispLEVER FPGA design tools. Optimized logic synthesis, map, and place-and-route algorithms have boosted Lattice FPGA ... read more |
| Gaisler Research Extends GRLIB IP Library with USB 2.0 Host Controller |
May 29, 2007 -- Gaisler Research AB announced that a USB 2.0 Host Controller IP (intellectual property) core is now available as a part of its GRLIB IP library, an integrated set of reusable IP cores, designed for system-on-chip (SOC) dev ... read more |
| Synopsys IC Compiler Used by NEC Electronics for Tapeout of GHz Processor |
May 29, 2007 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that NEC Electronics Corp. has taped out its latest high-performance processor using Synopsys' IC Compiler next-generation place-and-route solution. Targeted at the high-end computer infrastr ... read more |
| AMCC's Cycle Accurate Simulator Enables Earlier Software Verification for nP3705 Packet Processor Designs |
May 29, 2007 -- Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) has announced the availability of a cycle accurate simulator (CAS) for the nP3705 packet processor. The CAS provides software developers with a virtual system prototyping solution that i ... read more |
| Lattice Semiconductor Announces True 90-nm Non-Volatile FPGA Family |
May 29, 2007 -- Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has announced the availability of its third-generation non-volatile FPGAs, the LatticeXP2 family. With enhanced capabilities, the LatticeXP2 family doubles maximum logic capacity to 40K Look Up ... read more |
| Cadence Improves Logic Designer Productivity through Enhanced Design with Verification Flow |
May 29, 2007 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced enhancements to the "design with verification" component of its Cadence Logic Design Team Solution which reduce key verification bottlenecks that have prevented the effective use of asse ... read more |
| Synopsys and ARM Optimize Reference Methodology for Aggressive Power Management |
May 29, 2007 -- Synopsys, Inc. and ARM have announced an enhanced implementation Reference Methodology (iRM) for the ARM1176JZF-S synthesizable microprocessor that supports a wide array of aggressive power-management techniques. Th ... read more |
| Legend Releases Turbo-MSIM Fast-Spice Simulator |
May 29, 2007 -- Legend Design Technology, Inc. has announced the release of Turbo-MSIM, a Fast-Spice circuit simulator with super high speed and extremely large capacity while maintaining the Spice accuracy. Turbo-MSIM can dramatically sp ... read more |
| AWR Introduces Microwave Office and VSS Versions 2007 |
May 28, 2007 -- Applied Wave Research, Inc. (AWR) has announced the 2007 versions of its flagship high-frequency software, the Microwave Office design suite and its system simulation software, Visual System Simulator (VSS). These latest r ... read more |
| Brion Introduces Lithography Awareness to IC Design Flow |
May 28, 2007 -- Brion Technologies, Inc. has announced the availability of Tachyon Lithography Aware Design (LAD), an extension of the company's Tachyon suite for optical proximity correction (OPC) verification and OPC application. Tachyo ... read more |
| Sierra Unveils Enhancements to Its Place and Route Platform for 45-nm Physical Design |
May 28, 2007 -- Sierra Design Automation, Inc. has announced the availability of several enhancements to its Olympus-SoC place and route (P&R) platform that address critical 45-nm design challenges including interconnect resistance varia ... read more |
| EdXact Delivers Version 4.0 of Jivaro Technology at DAC |
May 28, 2007 -- EdXact SA has announced that its Jivaro netlist reduction technology and its Comanche interconnection analysis tool are available in new versions. In addition to numerous additional features, capacity increase, support of ... read more |
| Forte Announces Cynthesizer 3.3 with First SystemC to GDSII Flow |
May 25, 2007 -- Forte Design Systems, Inc. has announced the availability of version 3.3 of its Cynthesizer SystemC synthesis product. Cynthesizer v3.3 is the first high-level synthesis product to offer a direct path from high-level Syste ... read more |
| ALi Accelerates Tapeout of Set-Top Box Chip Using Synopsys IC Compiler |
May 25, 2007 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that ALi Corp. has taped out it latest set-top box chip using Synopsys' IC Compiler next-generation place-and-route solution. Approaching multi-million gates in size, this complex design need ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Introduces Small Footprint, Industry-Compliant Serial ATA PHY for Optimized Low-Power Designs |
May 25, 2007 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced its new Serial ATA (SATA) physical layer (PHY) IP core, targeted for the TSMC 130-nm Low Voltage Oxide (LVOD) process, providing a completely integrated solution for both SATA host and d ... read more |
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