| Synopsys Customers Accelerate Yield Learning With Converged Test and Yield Management Data Flow |
October 23, 2007 -- Synopsys, Inc. has announced general availability of the Odyssey design-for-test (DFT) module for use by design organizations worldwide. The TetraMAX automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) solution creates high-quali ... read more |
| PLX Controller Delivers USB Connectivity to New AMD HD Tuners |
October 23, 2007 -- PLX Technology, Inc. today announced that its NET 2282 PCI-to-USB 2.0 Controller will be used as the Hi-Speed USB bridge in AMD’s new ATI TV Wonder 650 Combo USB tuner products. The NET 2282, the first PCI-to-USB perip ... read more |
| New Line of Wafer Probe Cards Helps Lower the Cost of Test of Wire Bond Logic and SOCs |
October 23, 2007 -- FormFactor, Inc. has announced a new family of advanced wafer probe cards designed to address the rising cost and technology challenges associated with testing wire bond logic and system-on-chip (SOC) devices. The True ... read more |
| Jazz Semiconductor Releases Cryogenic CMOS Models |
October 23, 2007 -- Jazz Semiconductor has announced the release of cryogenic CMOS models enabling design of Read-Out ICs (ROICs) for cooled infrared imagers. The offering complements Jazz's 8-inch ROIC process technology which includes large-di ... read more |
| Intersil and Zhejiang University Launch New Cooperative R&D Lab |
October 23, 2007 -- Intersil Corp. and Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, today launched a cooperative R&D project with the opening of a new Power Management Research Laboratory at the University. The new lab was stocked by Intersil ... read more |
| FSA Reports First Half 2007 Semiconductor Industry Revenue Totaled $129.3B Featured |
October 23, 2007 -- Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) has released Q2 2007 additions to its Global Semiconductor Fundings and Financials Report. Formerly known as the Global Fabless Fundings and Financials Report, this quarterly rep ... read more |
| Cadence Encounter Test Helps IBM Deliver High-Volume Chips |
October 23, 2007 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has helped IBM deliver high-quality, high-volume chips for consumer devices by enabling the detection and correction of "small delay defects," miniscule defects that are nearly invisible wi ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Releases Serial ATA PHY Intellectual Property for SMIC 130-nm Generic Process |
October 23, 2007 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced the immediate availability of a Serial ATA (SATA) PHY intellectual property (IP) core for Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation’s (SMIC) 130-nm Generic (G) process. ... read more |
| Xilinx Expands Titanium Dedicated Engineering Program |
October 23, 2007 -- Xilinx, Inc. today announced the expansion of its Titanium Dedicated Engineering service, providing all Xilinx customers throughout North America and Europe with full time access to a dedicated engineer. Originally dev ... read more |
| DeFacTo Unveils New DFT Product that Eliminates Need for Gate-level Scan |
October 22, 2007 -- DeFacTo Technologies today announced a new design-for-test (DFT) tool that analyzes register-transfer level (RTL) IC and system-on-chip (SOC) designs, creates appropriate RTL scan test structures, and inserts them into ... read more |
| Cadence Becomes Primary EDA Supplier to NXP |
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October 22, 2007 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and NXP Semiconductors have signed a multi-year strategic agreement that positions Cadence as NXP's primary EDA solutions partner. This strategic approach of consolidating with Cad ... read more |
| AMIMON Chooses the MIPS32 M4K Core for Wireless High Definition Multimedia Applications |
October 22, 2007 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. announced today that AMIMON, Ltd., an emerging player in semiconductor technology for wireless transmission of high-definition (HD) video, has licensed the low-power MIPS32 M4K core for d ... read more |
| Agilent Technologies and Sequans to Work Together on Wave 2 Mobile WiMAX Protocol Test |
October 22, 2007 -- Agilent Technologies, Inc. and Sequans Communications are extending their WiMAX collaboration to include Wave 2 Mobile WiMAX mobile station (MS) and base station (BS) protocol testing.
Protocol Conformanc ... read more |
| Altera Rolls Out MSAN Partner Ecosystem for Broadband Access Applications |
October 22, 2007 -- Altera Corp. announced its MSAN Partner Ecosystem, a new program that extends Altera's strategy of delivering flexible and complete end-market solutions that support customer needs for cost efficiency, power efficiency ... read more |
| Altium Adds LatticeSC/M FPGA Support to Altium Designer |
October 22, 2007 -- Altium, Ltd. has announced support in Altium Designer for Lattice Semiconductor Corp.'s LatticeSC and LatticeSCM (collectively, the LatticeSC/M) families of high-performance FPGA devices. The LatticeSC/M familie ... read more |
| AMI Semiconductor Introduces New Process Automation Transceiver Reference Design and Evaluation Kit |
October 22, 2007 -- AMI Semiconductor, Inc. (AMIS) has announced a reference design and evaluation kit for the AMIS-49200 Media Attachment Unit (MAU), part of the AMIS line of processing automation transceivers for use in safety critical ... read more |
| National Semiconductor's Quad Equalizer Supports Industry's Highest Data Rates With Lowest Power Consumption |
October 22, 2007 -- A new programmable quad equalizer from National Semiconductor Corp. extends the reach of high-speed serial buses up to 10-Gbps data transmission rates, while consuming only 94mW per channel. The DS64EV400, from Nationa ... read more |
| Spreadtrum Announces SC8800S TD-SCDMA/HSDPA Data Card Chip |
October 22, 2007 -- Spreadtrum Communications Corp. today announced its new SC8800S TD-SCDMA/GSM dual-mode baseband chip designed to support HSDPA/EDGE and dedicated for the data card market. With this new SC8800S offering, Spreadtrum bel ... read more |
| Zoran's Vaddis Multimedia Decoder Selected by SanDisk for Sansa TakeTV Video Player |
October 22, 2007 -- Zoran Corp. announced that its Vaddis multimedia decoder is the processor in the new Sansa TakeTV (formerly, USBTV) PC to TV video player from SanDisk Corp. The Sansa TakeTV player is a new product that lets consumers ... read more |
| Virage Logic Expands Silicon Aware IP Offering with New 65-nm Memory and Logic Products |
October 22, 2007 -- Virage Logic Corp. has announced the availability of a new family of 65-nm products, the SiWare Memory compilers and SiWare Logic libraries. This new offering, based on more than two years of early 65-nm silicon succes ... read more |
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