| ARC Powers Audio for Fujitsu's Next-Generation Multi-Standard HD Set-Top Boxes |
February 20, 2008 -- ARC International today announced that Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe (FME) has extended its long-term relationship with ARC and taken a license for one of ARC’s powerful audio solutions. It will be used to proces ... read more |
| ARM Expands Its Graphics Stack with Mali-JSR297 Software for Graphics Acceleration on Next-generation Mobile Devices |
February 20, 2008 -- ARM has announced the ARM Mali-JSR297 software for 3D graphics, the first product to enable developers of Java applications to take advantage of the latest hardware graphics features found in OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics pr ... read more |
| Berkeley Design Automation's Analog FastSpice Selected by Next-Generation Japanese Supercomputer Project for 45-nm Verification |
February 20, 2008 -- Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. today announced that the company's Analog FastSpice circuit simulator has been selected for complex analog and mixed-signal block verification in a next-generation 45nm supercomputer c ... read more |
| Carbon Becomes Fujitsu Cedar-ESL Services Partner |
February 20, 2008 -- Carbon Design Systems, Inc. today announced that it has been named a Cedar-ESL Services Partner by Fujitsu, Ltd. Carbon’s automatic model-generation technology has been integrated into Fujitsu’s Cedar-ESL Services. Ca ... read more |
| MIPS Technologies Introduces 65-nm HDMI IP Solution Optimized for Portable and Cellular Devices |
February 20, 2008 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. has unveiled the first 65-nm IP offerings for HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface). MIPS Technologies' solution is optimized for HDMI connectivity in low-power, portable transmit applica ... read more |
| XMOS Chooses CoSy for Software Defined Silicon |
February 20, 2008 -- XMOS Semiconductor, Ltd. is using the CoSy compiler development system from ACE Associated Compiler Experts bv in the development of the tool suite for its XCore processor. An event driven, multi-threaded proc ... read more |
| ProDesign and Mentor Graphics Sign OEM Agreement |
February 19, 2008 -- ProDesign Electronic GmbH has signed a worldwide OEM partner agreement with Mentor Graphics Corp. to integrate the Mentor Graphics Precision Synthesis tool into ProDesign’s new CHIPit Manager Pro software suite ... read more |
| Altera Expands Automotive-Grade Qualified Product Line |
| February 19, 2008 -- Altera Corp. will begin shipping automotive-grade devices for selected members of its CPLD, FPGA and structured ASIC device families. The automotive-grade specification meets stringent automotive-specific quality and rel ... read more |
| Actel Offers New Low-Power Igloo and ProASIC3 FPGAs for 99 Cents |
February 19, 2008 -- Actel Corp. today announced the addition of two new members to its Igloo and ProASIC3 FPGA families starting at just 99 cents. Comparable in density to 128 macrocell CPLD offerings, the new 15,000-gate devices offer p ... read more |
| Commsonic Launches Broadcast Modulator IP |
February 18, 2008 -- Commsonic, Ltd. has announced an update to its family of digital broadcast modulators with new and enhanced cores for ATSC terrestrial and DVB-S2 satellite applications respectively. The new core, designated the CMS00 ... read more |
| Integrand Joins TSMC's 65-nm RF Tool Qualification Program |
February 18, 2008 -- Integrand Software, Inc. has qualified its EMX tool for TSMC's Electromagnetic (EM) Tool Qualification Program. TSMC's EM Tool Qualification Program assists IC designers by providing certified process technology files ... read more |
| OneSpin Solutions Boosts Formal Verification Productivity with New GapFreeVerification Process |
February 18, 2008 -- OneSpin Solutions GmbH today unveiled GapFreeVerification, a patent-pending, systematic verification process for its 360 Module Verifier (360 MV) solution that dramatically boosts verification productivity. The new pr ... read more |
| NXP Semiconductors Selects Nangate Library Creator to Boost 32-nm Research |
February 18, 2008 -- Nangate, Inc. today announced that its Library Creator software has been adopted by NXP Semiconductors. NXP Semiconductors has chosen to use Library Creator for fast cell library prototyping and prediction of impact c ... read more |
| GiDEL Announces Capacity Increase for PROCStarIII FPGA Board for SOC Prototyping and ASIC Emulation |
February 18, 2008 -- GiDEL, Ltd. today announced that the new PROCStarIII family of products is now available with the largest capacity and fastest FPGA, the Stratix III 340L from Altera. With four such FPGA devices, pipelined SOC designs ... read more |
| eMemory Collaborates with MagnaChip to Offer One Time Programmable Macro for 0.18-micron CMOS Process |
February 18, 2008 -- eMemory Technology Inc. has signed an agreement to collaborate with MagnaChip Semiconductor, Ltd. in the development of embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) technology and the qualification of an 0.18-micron One ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Delivers Breakthrough in Verification Intelligence Featured |
February 18, 2008 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced the Questa Multi-view Verification Components product and the inFact intelligent testbench automation tool. The two solutions use new technologies to speed verification and improv ... read more |
| STARC Reduces SOC Design Power with Calypto's PowerPro CG Product |
February 18, 2008 -- Calypto Design Systems, Inc. announced today that the Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC) has adopted Calypto’s PowerPro CG. STARC, a research consortium co-founded by major Japanese semiconducto ... read more |
| Cosmic Circuits introduces Silicon-Proven Temperature-Sensor in TSMC 65-nm technology |
February 18, 2008 -- Cosmic Circuits Pvt., Ltd. today introduced a silicon-proven temperature sensor in the 65-nm TSMC process. The temperature-sensor comes with an integrated 12-bit sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to provid ... read more |
| Samsung Signs Multi-Year License for Tensilica Diamond Standard 330HiFi Audio DSP |
February 15, 2008 -- Tensilica, Inc. today announced that Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has signed a broad multi-year license for Tensilica’s Diamond Standard 330HiFi audio DSP (digital signal processor). Tensilica’s HiFi architecture is ... read more |
| Wipro Selected by NEC Electronics for Semiconductor Design Services |
February 15, 2008 -- Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro, Ltd., today announced that it has been selected by NEC Electronics to provide semiconductor design services at Wipro's new development center in Bangalore, ... read more |
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