| PowerLayer Microsystems Licenses Tensilica's 388VDO Video Engine |
November 5, 2008 -- Tensilica, Inc. today announced that PowerLayer Microsystems (PLM), a fabless IC design company headquartered in Beijing, China, licensed the 388VDO video engine, a complete video subsystem that will be designed into i ... read more |
| Carbon Design Systems Releases Latest Version of SoC Designer |
November 5, 2008 -- Carbon Design Systems, Inc. today began volume shipments of its SoC Designer cycle-accurate tool for creating and analyzing system-on-chip (SOC) designs. Carbon assumed development, support and sales of SoC Designer fr ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Boosts Eldo Simulator Performance with Generalized Multi-Threading Technology |
November 5, 2008 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced a new version of the Eldo transistor-level analog simulator that offers improved raw speed performance without compromising accuracy. The speed increase targets very large post-layou ... read more |
| Cadence Expands Portfolio of System-Level Verification IP and SpeedBridge Adapters |
November 5, 2008 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has expanded its system verification IP (VIP) and Cadence SpeedBridge Adapters portfolio with a focus on transaction-based acceleration (TBA) and in-circuit emulation use models. The expand ... read more |
| National Semiconductor Unveils High-Performance, 10-Bit, 1-GSPS Signal Path Solution |
November 5, 2008 -- National Semiconductor Corp. today introduced a 2.5-GHz fully differential amplifier and a 10-bit, 2-GSPS single/1-GSPS dual analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that delivers unequaled dynamic system-level performance an ... read more |
| Silicon Labs Introduces Any-Rate, Any-Output Clock Generator |
November 4, 2008 -- Silicon Laboratories, Inc. has introduced a new family of clock generators and buffers that provide the most frequency flexibility in the industry. Based on Silicon Labs’ MultiSynth technology, the Si5338 is capable of ... read more |
| SMSC's MediaLB Interface Implemented in Freescale's i.MX35 Applications Processors |
November 4, 2008 -- SMSC has announced the implementation of SMSC's Media Local Bus (MediaLB) technology in Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.'s newly launched i.MX35 family of AEC-Q100 qualified multimedia applications processors. The MediaLB ... read more |
| Innovasic Semiconductor to Produce Pin-Compatible 80C186XL and 80C188XL Embedded Processors |
November 4, 2008 -- Innovasic Semiconductor, Inc. has announced engineering samples will be available in Q2 2009 for the IA186XL and IA188XL processors.
The IA186XL and IA188XL are form, fit and function compatible with the original ... read more |
| Evatronix Upgrades Its SDIO Host Controller with Full Support for CPRM, MMC 4.2, and SDIO specification rev. 2.0 |
November 4, 2008 -- Evatronix SA has announced the upgraded SDIO-HOST, a full SDIO specification 2.0 compliant host controller. Moreover, a variety of spec-independent enhancements add up to the overall value and performance of the produc ... read more |
| GDA Technologies Announces Availability of Bali Reference Board Based on Freescale's MPC5121e Processor |
November 4, 2008 -- GDA Technologies, Inc. today announced the availability of the Bali Reference Board equipped with Freescale’s MPC5121e processor. With a 32-kByte instruction cache and 32-kByte data cache, a double-precision FPU, and i ... read more |
| Ubixum Adopts Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer Mixed-Signal Implementation Solution |
November 4, 2008 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Ubixum has adopted Synopsys' Galaxy Custom Designer solution. Ubixum needed a solution that would address the custom design implementation requirements of its latest advanced image s ... read more |
| Conexant and Xceive Deliver PCTV Reference Designs for Worldwide Markets |
November 3, 2008 -- Conexant Systems, Inc. and Xceive, Inc., a provider of multi-standard RF-to-baseband silicon transceivers for the digital home market, have announced the availability of four jointly developed PCTV reference des ... read more |
| Arasan Chip Systems Introduces Fully Compliant MIPI CSI-2 IP Solution |
| November 3, 2008 -- Arasan Chip Systems, Inc. today announced the first commercially available, fully compliant Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Camera Serial Interface (CSI) IP. CSI is a high-speed, serial interconnect bus offerin ... read more |
| CEVA SATA IP Deployed in Freescale's PowerQUICC II Pro Communications Products |
November 3, 2008 -- CEVA, Inc. today announced that Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. has licensed and deployed CEVA's latest generation Enterprise SATA intellectual property (IP) within its product line, including its MPC8315E PowerQU ... read more |
| Altera Unveils Quartus II Software Version 8.1 Featured |
November 3, 2008 -- Altera Corp. today unveiled Quartus II software version 8.1. Based on internal benchmarks, Altera says that this latest release of Quartus II software delivers high-density FPGA compile times three times faster than ot ... read more |
| AWR and austriamicrosystems Introduce Open Access Based SiGe Process Design Kit for Analog Office RFIC Design Environment |
November 3, 2008 -- AWR Corp. and austriamicrosystems AG today introduced an Open Access based process design kit (PDK) for austriamicrosystems S35 0.35-µm silicon germanium (SiGe) BiCMOS process technology that is optimized for ci ... read more |
| Timesys Announces Embedded Linux for the Freescale i.MX31 PDK |
October 31, 2008 -- Timesys Corp. today announced LinuxLink support for the Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.'s i.MX31 PDK. Based on Freescale�s i.MX family of multimedia processors, LinuxLink for the i.MX31 PDK leverages the systemï ... read more |
| TI Introduces Zero-Drift Programmable Gain Amplifiers with MUX for Microprocessor-Based Applications |
October 31, 2008 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has introduced the PGA11x family of zero-drift programmable gain amplifiers (PGA) with single-ended input, single-supply operation, rail-to-rail I/O and multi-channel multiplexers (MUX). Th ... read more |
| IEEE to Vote on New Low-Power Design Standard for ICs In Electronic Systems |
October 31, 2008 -- The IEEE has announced that development within the working group dedicated to IEEE P1801, "Standard for Design and Verification of Low Power Integrated Circuits," has been completed, and the standard has gone to sponsor ballo ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Broadens Support of OVM Compliant Verification IP for IEEE802.3-2005 Gigabit Ethernet-based Designs |
October 31, 2008 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that its verification IP solution, the Questa Multi-view Verification Component (MVC) library, has been extended to support the IEEE802.3-2005 Gigabit standard. All applications th ... read more |
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