| Alma Technologies Unveilss a High-Performance SPDIF-T SPDIF Transmitter Core |
December 17, 2008 -- The SA SPDIF-T core implements the SPDIF digital audio transmitter interface in a compact, high-performance, stand-alone package ideal for digital audio applications. The SPDIF-T core conforms to the ISO/IEC 60958, IS ... read more |
| AltaSens Standardizes on Magma's IC Implementation Software |
December 17, 2008 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. today announced that AltaSens, a supplier of high-performance CMOS image sensors for high-definition (HD) video, standardized on Magma's IC implementation software for nanometer ICs after ... read more |
| Altera and DDD Take 2D Digital Images to 3D |
December 17, 2008 -- Altera Corp. and Dynamc Digital Depth (DDD) have announced a partnership that is bringing 3D digital cinema-quality images to the home.
DDD has qualified its TriDef Core embedded 3D image processor to run ... read more |
| Tilera Introduces TILEPro36 Processor for Mid-Range Embedded Applications |
December 17, 2008 -- Tilera Corp. has announced the availability of its TILEPro36 processor, featuring Tilera's low power consumption at a appealing performance and price point. Consuming less than 10W in power-sensitive applications, the ... read more |
| Virage Logic Expands 40-nm Embedded Memory and Logic Library IP Portfolio to Low-Power Processes |
December 17, 2008 -- Virage Logic Corp. is expanding its silicon-proven 40-nm embedded memory compiler and logic library product portfolio with new availability for low-power (LP) processes. The expanded SiWare product portfolio provides ... read more |
| Cypress and Legend Silicon Debut USB TV Dongle Reference Design |
December 17, 2008 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. and Legend Silicon Corp. have introduced a reference design for a DTMB (Digital Terrestrial Multimedia Broadcast – a DTV standard) USB dongle. The Legend MoBLTV reference design incl ... read more |
| TSMC Selects Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSpice |
December 17, 2008 -- Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. today announced that has selected the company's Analog FastSpice circuit simulator for complex-block characterization and full-circuit performance simulation of its analog and mixed-s ... read more |
| 3D Mesh Component from Spatial Accelerates Engineering Application Development |
December 17, 2008 -- Spatial Corp. has announced the availability of 3D Mesh, an object-based software component providing fully configurable surface and volumetric meshing capabilities. The component includes mesh generation and pre-proc ... read more |
| Sanyo Electric Adopts Xilinx Extended Spartan-3A Family in Next-Generation Surveillance Cameras |
December 16, 2008 -- Xilinx, Inc. announced today that Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. has adopted the low-cost Xilinx extended Spartan-3A family for its VCC-WD390 next-generation wide dynamic range surveillance cameras. Leveraging the Spartan-3 ... read more |
| Tela Innovations Closes Additional Round of Financing |
December 16, 2008 -- Tela Innovations has closed an additional round of financing, adding corporate investors Cadence Design Systems; KT Venture Group, LLC, the investment partner of KLA-Tencor Corporation; and Qualcomm Inc. to its curren ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Quadruples Veloce Hardware Emulation Capacity to a Half Billion Gates Featured |
December 16, 2008 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. has unveiled the Veloce Maximus product, a hardware emulator with a capacity of up to 512 million gates. Veloce Maximus is powered by the same emulation-on-chip technology as the current family o ... read more |
| MontaVista Tools and Processor Support for ARM11 Family Now Boasts Big Endian Support |
December 16, 2008 -- MontaVista Software, Inc. today announced that MontaVista Linux now provides support for the ARM1176JZ-S and ARM1176JZF-S processors, including the big endian support option for the ARM11 family in a Linux environment ... read more |
| New $39 Piccolo USB Tools Jumpstart 32-bit Real-Time Control Development |
December 16, 2008 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. today announced two new USB-based tools for Piccolo 32-bit TMS320F2802x microcontrollers (MCU). The new evaluation and development tools make it easier for designers to evaluate Piccolo MCUs an ... read more |
| TI Unveils Third-Genertion Aureus Processors |
December 16, 2008 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has announced its third-generation DA830 and DA828 Aureus digital audio processors. The dual-core DA8x product line offers the combined features of an ARM-based applications processor and ... read more |
| Synopsys Expands Confirma Hardware-Assisted Verification Solution with the HAPS-A31 System |
December 16, 2008 -- Synopsys, Inc. has introduced the newest addition to the Confirma ASIC/ASSP Rapid Prototyping Platform, the HAPS-A31 system which contains an Altera Stratix III FPGA. The HAPS-A31 system is a single-FPGA prototyping b ... read more |
| Open Kernel Labs Secure HyperCell Technology Targets Smartphones and Featurephones Built on Multicore ARM Chipsets |
December 17, 2008 -- Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs) has unveiled its roadmap for supporting advanced mobile chipsets built on ARM Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A9 MPCore multicore processors. OK Labs technology targets use cases that include both Symm ... read more |
| Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT Devices Now Shipping in Production Quantities |
December 16, 2008 -- Xilinx, Inc.'s Virtex-5 FXT FPGA platform with 6.5-Gbps RocketIO GTX transceivers and embedded PowerPC 440 processor cores has begun shipping in production, while samples of its new transceiver-optimized Virtex-5 TXT ... read more |
| Envis Rolls Out SOC and IP Power Reduction Services Featured |
December 16, 2008 -- Envis Corp. has formally announced its Power Reduction Services under which Envis will work with select customers to deliver guaranteed SOC and IP power reduction. Results of 20% up to 60% have been achieved, even on ... read more |
| Sundance Expands IP Portfolio with Imaging Cores from Cadre Codesign |
December 16, 2008 -- Sundance has extended its partnership with Cadre Codesign, a specialist provider of IP and embedded FPGA design solutions, to deliver Cadre’s CT-JPEG04 core across a range of it’s modular DSP FPGA multiprocessor hardw ... read more |
| MegaChips Becomes Tensilica Authorized Design Center |
December 15, 2008 -- Tensilica, Inc. today announced that MegaChips Corp., of Osaka, Japan, has become an authorized Tensilica design center. Companies needing SOC (system-on-chip) design services in Japan can take advantage of MegaChips’ ... read more |
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