| Renesas Electronics Completes Design of CPU Core for Next-Generation Microcontrollers |
November 9, 2007 -- Renesas Electronics Corp. has completed the design of a new Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC) CPU architecture that will deliver unmatched capabilities in code efficiency, processing performance, and power consum ... read more |
| ON Semiconductor to Acquire CPU Voltage and PC Thermal Monitoring Business from Analog Devices |
November 9, 2007 -- ON Semiconductor Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire voltage regulation and thermal monitoring products for computing applications from Analog Devices, Inc. Pursuant to the agreement, ON Semiconductor wi ... read more |
| CenTrak Uses TI's Ultra-Low Power MSP430 MCUs to Streamline Patient and Equipment Tracking in Medical Facilities |
November 9, 2007 -- Combining ultra-low-power control with remote communications, CenTrak, Inc. has announced the introduction of its InTouch Care Real Time Location System (RTLS), an advanced, easily installed system for tracking medical person ... read more |
| AMD Delivers First Stream Processor with Double Precision Floating Point Technology |
November 9, 2007 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) has announced the AMD FireStream 9170 Stream Processor and an accompanying Software Development Kit (SDK) designed to harness the parallel processing power of the graphics processing ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics Introduces First 90-nm Secure Microcontroller with Embedded Flash for Smart Cards |
November 9, 2007 -- STMicroelectronics has announced a new secure microcontroller (MCU) based on embedded Flash memory, which is the first to be produced using 90-nm process technology. The ST21F384, the first secure micro within ST's est ... read more |
| IP Cores Ships Multi-Gigabit Combo AES/XTS, AES/CBC and AES/GCM IP Core for Attached Storage Applications |
November 7, 2007 -- IP Cores, Inc. has announced shipment of a new silicon IP core supporting the IEEE P1619 storage encryption standard, IEEE 802.1AE MACsec network data encryption standard, and legacy storage AES/CBC encryption. The new ... read more |
| Microtronix Announces Video LVDS SerDes IP Core for HDTV Applications |
November 7, 2007 -- Microtronix has launched the Video LVDS SerDes Transmitter/ Receiver IP core targeted at the high-resolution 1080p 100/120 LCD panel display systems. The core provides a complete SerDes solution for interfacing HD vide ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Announces HDL Designer Series with SystemVerilog Support for Design-to-Verification Productivity |
November 7, 2007 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that its HDL Designer Series product has been extended to provide a platform for implementing SystemVerilog. The Mentor Graphics HDL Designer Series product is used to accelerate r ... read more |
| JTAG Technologies JT 3705 Explorer Goes USB |
November 7, 2007 -- JTAG Technologies, Inc. has announced a USB version of its low-cost JT 3705 Explorer. The original parallel port Explorer was one of the first commercially-available boundary-scan controllers. The new USB-powered contr ... read more |
| DRC Shows Impulse C Front-End for the DRC Module and Cray XT5 Hybrid Computing Platform |
November 7, 2007 -- DRC Computer Corp. and Impulse Accelerated Technologies, Inc. today announced the release of a highly integrated platform support package to compliment DRC’s RPU. The RPU is also used in the Cray XT5 Hybrid Comp ... read more |
| EMA Bridges Mechanical and Electrical Design for a Complete Product Development System |
November 7, 2007 -- EMA Design Automation, Inc. has added the complete PTC Product Development System to its product offerings. "This allows us to take a holistic view of product design, development, and manufacturing," said Manny Marcano ... read more |
| Intersil Debuts New Single-Supply Multiplexers for High-End Video Applications |
November 7, 2007 -- Intersil Corp. today announced two new single-supply, triple 4:1 buffered multiplexers, designed for use in high-end consumer video products. The two new ICs are the ISL59451, which offers an integrated DC-restore feat ... read more |
| Cray Integrates DRC's Reconfigurable Coprocessor in Next-Generation Hybrid Computing Platform |
November 6, 2007 -- DRC Computer Corp. today announced that Cray, Inc. will include DRC’s Reconfigurable Processor Unit (RPU) in an optional reconfigurable computing blade in its newly launched hybrid supercomputer, the Cray XT5h system. ... read more |
| Apache's Power Sign-off Solution Available for 65-nm Common Platform Reference Flows from Chartered, IBM and Samsung |
November 6, 2007 -- Apache Design Solutions, Inc. today announced that Common Platform Technology alliance members – Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., IBM, and Samsung Electronics – have qualified the RedHawk full-chip dynamic ... read more |
| VeriSilicon Holdings Secures $20 Million in Financing |
November 6, 2007 -- VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. today announced that it raised $20 million in its Series D financing, bringing the total amount of venture funding received to $58 million since the company's inception in 2001. This roun ... read more |
| NetEffect Adopts Denali's PCI Express 2.0 and I/O Virtualization Technology Solutions |
November 6, 2007 -- Denali Software, Inc. today announced that NetEffect, a provider of high-performance, low-power Ethernet connectivity solutions, has standardized on Denali Databahn PCI Express (PCIe) design cores and PureSpec verifica ... read more |
| Toumaz Technology Selects Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSpice for Intelligent Wireless Sensor Transceiver SOCs |
November 6, 2007 -- Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. today announced that Toumaz Technology, Ltd., a developer of advanced analog, RF, and mixed-signal semiconductors for healthcare and biomedical applications, has selected the company’s ... read more |
| Toshiba Standardizes on CCS Technology at 65nm to Improve Accuracy and Designer Productivity |
November 6, 2007 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Toshiba Corp. has standardized on the open source Liberty Composite Current Source (CCS) modeling technology for its CMOS5/TC320C 65-nm production libraries. Using these high-accurac ... read more |
| Synopsys Selected to Develop 45-nm USB PHY IP for IBM Foundry Process |
November 6, 1007 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced an agreement with IBM to port the Synopsys DesignWare USB 2.0 nanoPHY IP to the 45-nm Common Platform process. This agreement further strengthens the collaboration between the companies t ... read more |
| TotalView Technologies Previews Reverse Debugging Features for Multi-Core Debugging Product Line |
November 6, 2007 -- TotalView Technologies, LLC today announced that the company will be previewing reverse debugging capabilities for its multi-core debugging product line, including the TotalView Debugger and MemoryScape memory debugger ... read more |
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