| DFMSim Launches a New Class of Software Tools for Semiconductor Manufacturers |
May 20, 2008 -- With the goal of setting new performance standards for design-for-manufacturability (DFM) solutions, newcomer, DFMSim today launched a new class of software tools that enable designers and manufacturers of complex ICs to accurate ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Supports Altera's Stratix IV FPGA Device Family for 40-nm Design Applications |
May 19, 2008 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that its Precision Synthesis family of products and its ANSI C++ high-level synthesis product, Catapult C Synthesis, support Altera Corp.’s 40-nm Stratix IV FPGAs. Designers leveraging ... read more |
| Sensata Selects Cofluent Studio for Performance Modeling and Architectural Analysis |
| May 19, 2008 -- CoFluent Design today announced that Sensata Technologies, a designer and manufacturer of sensors and controls for transportation, industrial and appliance applications, has selected CoFluent Studio for the development of its ... read more |
| Altera Announces 40-nm FPGAs and HardCopy ASICs Featured |
May 19, 2008 -- Altera Corp. has announced the industry’s first 40-nm FPGAs and HardCopy ASICs. The Stratix IV FPGAs and HardCopy IV ASICs, both with transceivers options, provide exceptional densities, performance and low-power. The Stra ... read more |
| Synopsys Selected as Primary EDA Supplier By Matsushita |
May 19, 2008 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., the electronics company behind the Panasonic brand, has signed an expanded EDA license agreement to establish Synopsys as its leading EDA suppli ... read more |
| Altera's Quartus II Software Version 8.0 Supports Stratix IV FPGAs and HardCopy ASICs |
May 19, 2008 -- Altera Corp. today announced its Quartus II software version 8.0, supporting the company’s 40-nm Stratix IV FPGAs and HardCopy ASICs. According to Altera, this version of the Quartus II software delivers, on average, a ful ... read more |
| Artisan Launches C# Synchronizer for Artisan Studio |
May 19, 2008 -- Artisan Software Tools has launched the C# Synchronizer for Artisan Studio. Artisan’s C# Synchronizer facilitates a "best-of-breed" methodology for C# programmers by enabling software architecting to be undertaken in UML ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Acquires Assets of Ponte Solutions; Technology to be Integrated into Calibre DFM Solutions |
May 16, 2008 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. has acquired the assets of Ponte Solutions, Inc., developer of model-based design-for-manufacturing (DFM) solutions that analyze, predict, and reduce the impact of process variability.
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| Pantel and IPextreme to Develop Reliable 911 Emergency Dispatch for VOIP Phone Users |
May 16, 2008 -- Pantel International, Inc, a Canadian manufacturer of radio communication equipment, specializing in console and control systems for police, fire, and ambulance agencies, and IPextreme, Inc. jointly announced the establish ... read more |
| Atmel's 400-MHz ARM9-based Embedded Microprocessor Consumes Only 80 mW in Active Mode |
May 16, 2008 -- Atmel Corp. has announced that its 400-MHz AT91SAM9G20 ARM926EJ-S-based embedded microprocessor that draws only 80mW in full-power mode with all peripherals turned on. The AT91SAM9G20, pin-compatible with the 200-MHz AT91S ... read more |
| austriamicrosystems High-Voltage CMOS Process Design Kit Based on Tanner Tools Now Available |
May 16, 2008 -- Fraunhofer IIS (Institute for Integrated Circuits) and austriamicrosystems AG business Unit Full Service Foundry today announced the availability of a new version of its high-performance process design kit based on Tanner ... read more |
| Magma's FineSim Spice Circuit Simulator Qualifies for Designs Targeting TSMC's 40- and 65-nm Process Technologies |
May 16, 2008 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. announced today that TSMC qualified the accuracy and performance of Magma's FineSim Spice for designs targeting TSMC's 65- and 40-nm processes. Magma is one of the first electronic design auto ... read more |
| Nominations Requested for EDA Industry's Prestigious Phil Kaufman Award |
May 16, 2008 -- Nominations for this year’s recipient of the Phil Kaufman Award for Distinguished Contributions to Electronic Design Automation (EDA), sponsored by the EDA Consortium (EDAC) and IEEE Council on EDA (CEDA), are being accepted unti ... read more |
| Synopsys Adds 30 New Titles to DesignWare System-Level Library |
May 16, 2008 -- Synopsys, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of 30 new titles in the DesignWare System-Level Library. The new members of the Library include high-performance transaction-level models (TLMs) for PowerPC, MIPS, an ... read more |
| Certess' Certitude Extends Functional Qualification to Include Designs Created in SystemVerilog |
May 16, 2008 -- Certess, Inc. has announced that Certitude now qualifies designs created in SystemVerilog, including mixed language designs with Verilog and VHDL. Certitude supports the three most common simulators in integrated circuit d ... read more |
| Teseda Adds KT Venture Group, LLC to Investors |
May 16, 2008 -- Teseda Corp. has closed a new investment round with the addition of strategic investor KT Venture Group, LLC, the investment partner of KLA-Tencor Corp. Existing investors PacRim Venture Partners and SmartForest Ventures ... read more |
| Si2 to Host 4th Integrated Design Systems Workshop at DAC 2008 |
May 16, 2008 -- The Silicon Integration Initiative, Inc. (Si2) will host the Integrated Design Systems Workshop at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) to be held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA, from June 8 to 13. The “ ... read more |
| Mistral Announces Its First Solution on the ARM Cortex-A8 Processor |
May 16, 2008 -- Mistral Solutions Pvt, Ltd., a product realization company specializing in real-time embedded solutions, announced the availability of the ARM Cortex-A8 processor-based development platform, the OMAP35x evaluation module ( ... read more |
| Verific Design Automation Accelerates Concise Logic's Product Development |
May 16, 2008 -- Verific Design Automation, Inc. today announced that Concise Logic, Inc. provider of transistor-level optimization software and standard cell libraries, has integrated its Verilog netlist-only parser with the Concis ... read more |
| Xilinx Unveils High-Performance Configuration and Storage Solution for Virtex-5 FPGAs |
May 15, 2008 -- Xilinx, Inc. has announced a flash-based configuration and storage solution for the Virtex-5 family that delivers new levels of configuration performance for meeting today's high-speed connectivity requirements. The soluti ... read more |
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