| Zensys Picks Kilopass XPM Memory for Wireless Remote Control Applications |
April 16, 2008 -- Kilopass Technology, Inc. today announced that Zensys, the developer of the Z-Wave wireless home control standard, has selected the Kilopass XPM one-time programmable embedded memory technology for its broadband wireless ... read more |
| Avnet Electronics Marketing Launches Complete MicroBlaze Processor Linux Design Solution |
April 15, 2008 -- Avnet Electronics Marketing America has released a new Xilinx, Inc. MicroBlaze Processor Linux DVD, MicroBlaze Processor Linux Starter Kit and announced the launch of the Linux for MicroBlaze Processor SpeedWay Design Wo ... read more |
| ARM Enhances Feature Set of Cortex-M3 Processor for Extreme Low-Power Functionality |
April 15, 2008 -- ARM has announced a significant upgrade to the Cortex-M3 processor. The latest release includes a new Wake-Up Interrupt (WIC) controller which allows almost instantaneous return to fully active mode from an ultra-low lea ... read more |
| Gaisler Research Announces Nucleus OS Support for LEON Processor |
April 15, 2008 -- Gaisler Research AB announced that Mentor Graphics Nucleus operating system (OS) is now supported on the LEON3 processor. This off-the-shelf solution improves the design productivity and reduces the design cost of next-g ... read more |
| AWR and WIN Semiconductors Announce Next-Generation PDKs for MMIC Design |
April 15, 2008 -- AWR Corp. and WIN Semiconductors Corp. today announced the latest release of the WIN PP15-10 process design kit (PDK), the first in a series of next-generation commercial foundry PDKs available for monolithic micr ... read more |
| Avnet Electronics Marketing Introduces Low Cost Spartan-3A FPGA Evaluation Kit |
April 15, 2008 -- Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas has announced the release of a $39 Xilinx Spartan-3A Evaluation Kit. Populated with a Xilinx Spartan-3A 400A FPGA, the kit is a cost-effective solution for designers evaluating or tes ... read more |
| ARM and Express Logic Enhance Out-of-Box Experience for ThreadX Development with RealView Tools |
April 14, 2008 -- ARM has announced that working in collaboration with Express Logic, Inc., the ARM RealView family of development tools will provide enhanced support for the Express Logic ThreadX RTOS portfolio. The enhanced suppo ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics Achieves Highest Memory Density for ARM9 Standard MCUs |
April 14, 2008 -- STMicroelectronics has increased the on-chip Flash capacity of its STR91xFA ARM966E-S based MCU family by introducing 1.1-MByte and 2.1-MByte variants, delivering higher memory density than any other ARM9, or ARM7-TDMI, ... read more |
| Cavium Networks Expands Octeon Storage Services Processor Family to Address High-Volume iSCSI Applications |
April 11, 2008 -- Cavium Networks has announced the newest addition to the Octeon multi-core MIPS64 processor family targeted for high-volume iSCSI and secure storage applications. The Octeon Plus CN52XX dual- and quad-core storage servic ... read more |
| COCONUT Project to Define a Modeling and Verification Flow for Embedded Platform Design |
April 11, 2008 -- In January 2008, work commenced on a European research project coordinated by the Electronic System Design Group of the Dipartimento di Informatica at the University of Verona, led by Prof. Franco Fummi. The project, a COrrect- ... read more |
| VisSim Embedded Controls Developer Shortens Development Time for TI F2833x Digital Signal Controllers |
April 11, 2008 -- Visual Solutions, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of VisSim/ECD version 7.0 with support for Texas Instruments, Inc.'s MS320F2833x floating-point digital signal controllers (DSCs). Providing 300-MFLOPS perf ... read more |
| EMA Adds FPGA I/O Synthesis Tool to Its PCB Offerings |
April 11, 2008 -- EMA Design Automation, Inc. has announced that it has signed an agreement to be the exclusive North American reseller of 7Circuits, an FPGA I/O synthesis tool from Taray Technologies. 7Circuits generates FPGA pin assignm ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics and NXP Semiconductor Merge Wireless Businesses |
April 11, 2008 -- NXP Semiconductor and STMicroelectronics have announced their agreement to combine key wireless operations to form a joint-venture company with strong relationships with all major handset manufacturers. The new co ... read more |
| Cadence Launches Worldwide Series of User Conferences in 2008 with CDNLive! EMEA |
April 10, 2008 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced details of the first of its five worldwide user conferences to take place in 2008 — the CDNLive! EMEA conference, to be held April 28 to 30 in Munich, Germany. The conference, ... read more |
| Jasper Design Automation Unveils Proof Accelerators for Verification of Intractable Datapath Designs |
April 10, 2008 -- Jasper Design Automation today unveiled a powerful set of modeling extensions: Formal Scoreboard Proof Accelerator, Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) Proof Accelerator, Cache Proof Accelerator and FIFO Proof Accelerator for th ... read more |
| PLDA Announces Availablity of PCIe 2.0 IP Core Supporting Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs |
April 10, 2008 -- PLDA has announced the immediate availability of its PCIe Gen 2 FPGA IP support for the Xilinx, Inc. Virtex-5 FXT platform. The PLDA PCIe IP Core is 100% compliant with Revision 2.0 of the PCIe specification and s ... read more |
| Sanyo Semiconductor Adopts Apache's Power Sign-off Solution |
April 10, 2008 -- Apache Design Solutions, Inc. today announced that Sanyo Semiconductor Co., Ltd. has adopted RedHawk, Apache’s full-chip power signoff solution for its most advanced design. Sanyo Semiconductor selected RedHawk based on ... read more |
| Timesys Announces Embedded Linux Support for Freescale MPC8572 Processors |
April 10, 2008 -- Timesys Corp. today announced LinuxLink support for the Freescale MPC8572 PowerQUICC III multi-core processor. LinuxLink for the MPC8572 includes integrated support for symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), which balances the ... read more |
| Summit Microelectronics Selects Analog FastSpice for Full-Circuit Performance Verification of Programmable Power Management ICs |
April 10, 2008 -- Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. today announced that Summit Microelectronics, Inc. has selected the company's Analog FastSpice circuit simulator for full-circuit performance simulation and complex-block characterization ... read more |
| Harris Selects Altera Stratix II GX FPGAs for Platinum Line of Routing Switchers |
April 9, 2008 -- Altera Corp. announced today that Harris Corp. has selected the Stratix II GX FPGA for use in its Harris Platinum line of large scale routing switchers. The Harris Platinum line supports a wide range of video signal forma ... read more |
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