| Agilent Technologies Improves RF Board Design with Latest Genesys EDA Software Release |
August 1, 2008 -- Agilent Technologies, Inc. has announced shipment of its Genesys 2008.07 release. The new Genesys release contains improvements to the reliability of artwork masks for electromagnetic (EM) verification and RF board manuf ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics and NXP Complete Deal to Create New Wireless Semiconductor Company |
July 31, 2008 -- NXP Semiconductors and STMicroelectronics have closed a deal bringing together key wireless operations of both companies into ST-NXP Wireless. The joint venture, which will start operations on August 2, launches as ... read more |
| Peregrine Semiconductor and Rubicon Technology Advance on 8-inch Sapphire Wafers for UltraCMOS RFICs |
July 31, 2008 -- Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. and Rubicon Technology, a manufacturer of sapphire substrates and other advanced technology materials, announced that Rubicon has begun initial production of 8-inch sapphire wafers for supply ... read more |
| Elliptic Semiconductor Achieves ISO 9001 Quality Certification |
July 31, 2008 -- Elliptic Semiconductor, Inc. has been certified to the rigorous ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System standard during its audit by QAS on July 22, 2008. Elliptic is the first vendor in its peer group to achieve this cer ... read more |
| MIPS Technologies Pushes Further into Cellular Arena with Femtocell Design Win |
July 31, 2008 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. today announced that fabless semiconductor startup Percello licensed its 24Kc high-performance processor core for next-generation femtocell basestation applications. Femtocells provide the voice an ... read more |
| OKI Turns to Cadence and the Open Verification Methodology to Speed Product Development |
July 31, 2008 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that the System Memory Business Division of Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. has adopted the Open Verification Methodology (OVM) to improve its verification process and speed de ... read more |
| TI Introduces Flexible, Eight-Channel ESD Solution for HDMI and DisplayPort |
July 31, 2008 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has introduced an electrostatic discharge (ESD) solution that provides system-level ESD protection for eight high-speed differential lines, designed specifically for high-definition multimedia ... read more |
| Renesas Electronics Introduces SOC Device Optimized for In-Vehicle Image-Recognition Processing Applications |
July 31, 2008 -- Renesas Electronics America, Inc. has announced the SH77650, a single-chip SOC product optimized for image-recognition processing functions. The new device enables the production of more affordable vehicle information ter ... read more |
| Vivante Brings GPU IP Solutions to MIPS Alliance Program |
| July 31, 2008 -- Vivante Corp. has joined the MIPS Alliance Program to bring its programmable graphics IP cores to designers using cores from MIPS Technologies. Vivante will optimize its HD Visual Reality and Mobile Visual Real ... read more |
| Intersil Acquires Developer of Intelligent Digital Audio Power Amplifier |
July 31, 2008 -- Intersil Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire D2Audio Corp,, a privately-held company involved in the design of digital audio power amplifiers for consumer, commercial, automotive and professional audio appl ... read more |
| XMOS Software Defined Silicon Development Kit Accelerates Electronic Design |
July 29, 2008 -- XMOS Semiconductor, Ltd. has introduced a development kit providing everything needed to develop a wide range of applications using its XS1-G4 programmable device. Designs are created using a C-based software development ... read more |
| Altos Variety LX Adopted by STMicroelectronics |
July 29, 2008 -- Altos Design Automation, Inc. today announced that STMicroelectronics’ Data Storage Division has adopted Variety LX for corner and statistical cell characterization. ST will use Variety LX to characterize a commercial cel ... read more |
| Actel Strengthens TCA Market Position with Acquisition of Pigeon Point Systems |
July 29, 2008 -- Actel Corp. has acquired Pigeon Point Systems, a privately-held supplier of telecommunications computing architecture (TCA) management components. By acquiring the provider of TCA management components, Actel now offers a ... read more |
| Mindspeed and ARM Deliver Dual-Core Comcerto 100 Processors with Leading Performance and Low Power |
July 29, 2008 -- Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has achieved industry-leading performance for power-sensitive applications through an ongoing collaboration with ARM in designing Comcerto 100 broadband gateway process ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Delivers Simulation for Automotive and Aerospace Electrical Systems Designers in CHS 2008.1 Release |
July 29, 2008 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that the 2008.1 release of Mentor’s CHS design software now provides electrical simulation functionality inherently within the core Capital Logic and Capital Integrator tools. Previou ... read more |
| Toshiba Announces Co-Design/ Co-Verification Platform for Collaborative Development of Chip, Package and PCB Systems |
July 29, 2008 -- Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has announced a new system-on-chip (SOC) design and verification platform that will significantly shorten ASIC and ASSP development time. The CPS (Chip-Package-System) codesign/ co-verific ... read more |
| TI Announces Growing Software and Development Tool Ecosystem for OMAP35x Devices |
July 28, 2008 -- To ease arduous software integration and development for video, industrial, medical and automotive developers, Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) today announced the OMAP35x Digital Video Software Development Kit (DVSDK), sever ... read more |
| SVA Optronics Selects SpringSoft Laker Custom Layout Solution for Flat Panel Display Design |
July 28, 2008 -- SpringSoft, Inc. today announced that SVA Optronics, an international supplier of liquid crystal displays based in Shanghai, China, has standardized on the SpringSoft Laker FPD (Flat Panel Display) Editor to realize faste ... read more |
| Hifn and AMCC Partner to Deliver Reference Design Platforms for New Networking and Storage Applications |
July 28, 2008 -- Hifn and Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) today announced a working alliance to provide a series of reference designs for networking and storage solutions. The new reference designs combine the core strengths of ... read more |
| Panasonic Selects Cyclone III FPGAs for New High-Definition Camera-Recorders |
July 28, 2008 -- Providing a low-power and quick-time-to-market solution, Altera Corp. announced today that Panasonic has selected Cyclone III FPGAs for its P2 HD professional-broadcast high-definition camera-recorders. The P2 HD AJ-HPX27 ... read more |
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