| Teradyne and JTAG Technologies Provide Test Solution for Advanced Digital Networks |
October 29, 2008 -- Teradyne, Inc. and JTAG Technologies, Inc. have jointly demonstrated the ability to test and diagnose advanced digital networks with an integrated boundary-scan solution running on the Teradyne TestStation. This ... read more |
| The MathWorks Introduces Simulink Fixed Point 6 |
October 29, 2008 -- The MathWorks, Inc. today announced the availability of Simulink Fixed Point 6, a major upgrade within the Simulink product family that delivers capabilities for designing and simulating fixed-point systems and generat ... read more |
| Foundry Process Offerings from TriQuit Establish New Price and Performance Benchmarks |
October 29, 2008 -- TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. has introduced TQP25 and TQP15, two new 150-mm high volume gallium arsenide (GaAs) processes for cost-effectively building millimeter wave (mmWave) applications. These new pseudomorphic hig ... read more |
| Accellera Announces Election of Officers for 2008/9 |
October 29, 2008 -- Accellera announced today that its Board of Directors elected officers for its 2008/9 membership year earlier this month.
Shrenik Mehta, Senior Director, Frontend Technologies & OpenSPARC program, Microelectroncs ... read more |
| ASSET Joins Synopsys in-Sync Program |
October 29, 2008 -- ASSET InterTech, Inc. has joined Synopsys’ in-Sync program for third-party suppliers of EDA-related products. This step marks a significant advance towards ASSET’s commitment to deliver technology for embedded instrume ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Announces Nucleus Platform Media Player for Rapid Delivery of Multimedia Applications |
October 28, 2008 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced availability of the Nucleus Platform Media Player, a multimedia application reference design which enables the rapid development of differentiated multimedia devices such as portable ... read more |
| DFI Technical Group Releases Low-Power Features with New DDR PHY Interface Specification Version 2.1 |
October 28, 2008 -- Denali Software, Inc., as one of the DDR PHY Interface (DFI) specification participating members, has announced the availability of the preliminary version of the DFI specification 2.1. The DFI specification extends su ... read more |
| Cadence Low-Power Solution Enables Legend Silicon to Achieve 90-nm First Silicon Success |
October 28, 2008 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that Legend Silicon Corp. has taped out a 90-nm design by leveraging the Cadence low-power solution to achieve first silicon success. Legend Silicon has selected Cade ... read more |
| Grace Semiconductor Adopts Cadence Virtuoso 6.1 PDK Development System |
October 28, 2008 -- Corp., a leading foundry in China for analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products for high-volume consumer applications, has adopted Cadence Virtuoso 6.1 technology for developing and testing process design kits (PD ... read more |
| Calypto's PowerPro CG Cuts Power Consumption in Pixim's Latest Video Image Processor |
October 28, 2008 -- Calypto Design Systems, Inc. today announced Pixim, Inc., a provider of image sensors and video processors for enterprise security cameras, has reduced power in its newest video image processor chip using PowerP ... read more |
| UMC Announces Foundry Industry’s First 28-nm SRAMs |
October 27, 2008 -- UMC (United Microelectronics Corp.) today announced that it has manufactured the foundry industry’s first fully functional 28-nm SRAM chips. The chips are based on UMC’s independently developed low-leakage (LL) process techno ... read more |
| TI Introduces the Lowest Power 1.8-V Audio Codec with Integrated miniDSP |
October 27, 2008 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) today introduced a highly integrated audio codec in full production with leading consumer electronics companies to help them meet growing consumer demand for cost-efficient, feature-rich pr ... read more |
| Cypress Introduces CyFi Low-Power RF Solution for Embedded Control Applications |
October 27, 2008 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today introduced a complete 2.4-GHz solution for the embedded market. The new CyFi low-power RF solution delivers a combination of reliable connectivity, power-efficiency and superior range, ... read more |
| Berkeley Design Automation Fractional-N PLL Transistor-Level Noise Analysis |
| October 27, 2008 -- Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. has introduced the first closed-loop noise analysis of fractional-N phase-locked loops (PLLs) at the transistor level. Combining transient noise and periodic noise analysis in the company' ... read more |
| AWR and UMS Announce "Try-the-Power" GaAs MMIC Design Incentive Program |
October 27, 2008 -- AWR Corp. and United Monolithic Semiconductors have announced a "Try-the-Power," an incentive program to provide new customers with the opportunity to bring gallium arsenide (GaAs) microwave monolithic integrate ... read more |
| Atmel's picoPower 8/16-bit XMEGA MCU Cuts Power and Processing Requirement by 98% |
October 27, 2008 -- Atmel Corp. announced today its latest family of 32-MIPS, 8/ 16-bit microcontrollers that improve MCU performance by off-loading interrupts and data transfers to an on-chip event manager and DMA.
Atmel's AVR XMEG ... read more |
| Actel Breaks New Ground with nanoPower and nanoSize FPGAs |
October 27, 2008 -- Actel Corp. today introduced nano versions of its Igloo and ProASIC3 FPGAs, targeted at high-volume, portable consumer markets. Actel takes power consumption down to as low as 2µW, and package size to as small as 3x3mm ... read more |
| 46th Design Automation Conference to Feature IC Design Chain in Exhibit Floorplan Featured |
October 27, 2008 -- The 46th Design Automation Conference (DAC), to be held July 26-31, 2009, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, will offer a new Integrated Circuit Design Chain (ICDC) area within the DAC exhibit floorplan, to enhanc ... read more |
| MunEDA Extends Licensing Agreement with Altera for WiCkeD |
October 27, 2008 -- MunEDA GmbH announced today that Altera Corp. has signed a long-term licensing agreement for MunEDA’s DFY tool suite WiCkeD for interactive and fully automatic analysis, modeling and optimization of integrated analog, ... read more |
| Teseda and Mentor Graphics Partner to Speed Defect Diagnosis |
October 27, 2008 -- Teseda Corp. has partnered with Mentor Graphics Corp. to link Mentor’s YieldAssist toolset with the Teseda Diagnostic Environment. This new capability will provide Teseda and Mentor customers with an integrated ... read more |
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