| NationalChip Licenses ARM CPU for Next-generation STB Chipset Designs |
June 12, 2008 -- NationalChip, a silicon provider for the fast growing Chinese DTV and STB market, and ARM have jointly announced that NationalChip has licensed the ARM926EJ-S processor for its next-generation DTV and Set Top Box (STB) ch ... read more |
| PCI-SIG Completes I/O Virtualization Suite of Specifications |
June 12, 2008 -- PCI-SIG, the Special Interest Group responsible for PCI Express (PCIe) industry-standard I/O technology, has announced the completion of the PCI-SIG I/O Virtualization (IOV) suite of specifications. These specifications w ... read more |
| TI Introduces Highest Linearity Amplifier for Differential Signals |
June 12, 2008 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has introduced a dual-channel, high-speed current feedback amplifier. The device features 70% greater bandwidth gain at +2 V/V than other devices, providing fast signal conditioning with the h ... read more |
| Verigy Shortens Time-to-Yield with Inovys Silicon Debug Solution for the V93000 Platform |
June 12, 2008 -- Verigy, Ltd. has introduced the Inovys Silicon Debug Solution to address the growing need for more efficient debug to accelerate time-to-volume production of new system-on-chip (SOC) devices. Verigy’s new solution combine ... read more |
| GDA Demonstrates Its PCI-Express Gen 2 Controller (GPEX-Gen2) at 5Gbps for High-Performance Applications |
June 12, 2008 -- GDA Technologies, Inc. has announced successful functional operation of its Gen2 PCI Express Controller on its hardware platform. GPEX-Gen2 controller IP has been made available since last year and has been implemented in ... read more |
| Synopsys Announces DesignWare IP for PCI Express with PCI-SIG I/O Virtualization Technology |
June 12, 2008 -- Synopsys, Inc. has announced the availability of DesignWare IP for PCI Express with PCI-SIG Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) technology. The PCI-SIG I/O Virtualization (IOV) technology, which builds on the PCI Expr ... read more |
| Magillem and Sonics Announce Joint Donation of IP-XACT Support of OCP Protocols to the OCP-IP |
June 12, 2008 -- Magillem and Sonics, Inc. have announced the joint donation of the IP-XACT support of OCP protocols to the OCP-IP. Magillem and Sonics are sponsors of the OCP-IP Consortium.
This donation is a major step towa ... read more |
| NXP Real-Time Clock Sets New Record in Power Efficiency |
June 12, 2008 -- NXP Semiconductors has announced the availability of the industry’s best low-power performance real-time clock (RTC) chips with SPI bus interface, the PCF2123. Operating at a current of less than 100nA on a 1.5-V power su ... read more |
| Helic Launches VeloceWired for Bondwire Design in the IC flow |
June 11, 2008 -- Helic SA has announced the commercial release of VeloceWired, an IC package tool that accelerates bondwire design and simulation and enables optimization of high-speed leadframe packages and co-design with analog and mixe ... read more |
| Cadence Delivers OVM-Compliant Verification IP |
June 11, 2008 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced the availability of the first two testbench verification IP (VIP) products that are compliant with the Open Verification Methodology (OVM). These enhancements enable the communit ... read more |
| Altera SOPC Builder Tool Extends System-Level Design Lead with Third Embedded Soft Processor Option |
June 11, 2008 -- Altera Corp. has announced that Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. will be delivering a 32-bit V1 ColdFire soft core for the SOPC Builder tool. To quickly create system-level designs using Altera Cyclone III FPGAs, desi ... read more |
| Altos Releases Variety LX for Fast Corner and Statistical Characterization for 45nm and Below |
June 11, 2008 -- Altos Design Automation, Inc. has announced Variety LX, a new advanced product that unifies corner characterization (using Liberate) and statistical characterization (using Variety) into a single characterization platform ... read more |
| Cadence Collaborates with Common Platform and Arm to Deliver 45-NM RTL-to-GDSII Reference Flow |
June 11, 2008 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced the 45-nm reference flow targeting Common Platform technology available for general release in July 2008. Cadence and the Common Platform technology companies, comprising IBM, Ch ... read more |
| Cadence Collaborates with UMC to Deliver 65NM CPF-Based Low-Power Reference Design Flow |
June 11, 2008 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and UMC have announced the availability of a Common Power Format (CPF)-based low-power reference design flow targeted to the UMC 65-nm process. This reference flow enables design teams ... read more |
| Cadence Delivers Advanced DFM Solutions, Statistical Analysis and Low-Power Design Technology for TSMC Reference Flow 9.0 |
June 11, 2008 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced that several of its technologies have been linked into TSMC Reference Flow 9.0. These capabilities provide an automated, front-to-back flow for high-yield, power-efficient ... read more |
| Synopsys' Synplicity Announces New Products and Product Enhancements Providing Designers With a Faster Path to Silicon |
June 11, 2008 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced new products and enhanced capabilities to its FPGA implementation offering, Confirma ASIC/ASSP verification platform, and DSP synthesis products.
Andy Haines, vice president of market ... read more |
| Freescale and Altera Partner to Deliver World's First Soft ColdFire(R) Cores on FPGAs |
June 11, 2008 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is introducing the first FPGA implementation of the 32-bit V1 ColdFire core on the Altera Cyclone III family of FPGAs. IPextreme, a semiconductor intellectual property (IP) licensing speciali ... read more |
| ClearSpeed Adopts Magma's Hydra, Uses Next-Generation Floorplan Synthesis to Complete 90-nm Multicore Processor |
| June 11, 2008 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. announced today that ClearSpeed Technology, Inc. completed a 90-nm design using Hydra, Magma's new automated floorplan synthesis and hierarchical design planning product. ClearSpeed used ... read more |
| Open SystemC Initiative Reveals Proposed Extensions for Embedded Analog/Mixed-Signal Applications in SystemC |
June 11, 2008 -- The Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI) has announced the release of a whitepaper introducing system-level design and modeling of embedded analog/mixed-signal (AMS) systems using SystemC AMS extensions. The whitepaper can be d ... read more |
| Lattice Expands Wireless Solutions with 3GPP-LTE CTC Decoder IP Core |
June 11, 2008 -- Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has announced the availability of a 3GPP-Long-Term Evolution (LTE) Convolutional Turbo Code (CTC) Decoder intellectual property (IP) core from TurboConcept, a member of the ispLeverCORE Connect ... read more |
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