| Synopsys Boasts 2X Verification Speed-Up with VCS Multicore Technology |
April 7, 2009 -- Synopsys, Inc. has unveiled new multicore technology within the VCS functional verification solution, a key component of Synopsys' Discovery Verification Platform. According to Synopsys, VCS multicore technology delivers ... read more |
| RFMD Expands Portfolio of Integrated Configurable Components to Target Cellular Repeater and WLAN Markets |
April 7, 2009 -- RF Micro Devices, Inc. (RFMD) has extended its portfolio of integrated configurable components to include products for the cellular repeater and wireless local area network (WLAN) markets. The new integrated configurable ... read more |
| EDA Consortium Reports Industry Revenue Down in Fourth Quarter 2008 Featured |
April 7, 2009 -- The EDA Consortium (EDAC) Market Statistics Service (MSS) has announced that the electronic design automation (EDA) industry revenue for Q4 2008 declined 17.7% to $1318.7 million, compared to $1602.7 million in Q4 2007. T ... read more |
| Global Unichip Announces Greater Than 3X Schedule Reduction of Full-Chip Design Closure Using Cadence Encounter Tools |
April 2, 2009 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced today that Global Unichip Corporation (GUC) successfully taped out a 65-nm, high-performance networking switch processor that features 50 million gates and an operating speed of 400M ... read more |
| D2S Secures $9 Million In Series B Financing |
April 3, 2009 -- D2S announced the official close of its Series B financing, raising more than $9 million. The Series B financing will be used to further enhance and expand the market development for D2S’ design-for-e-beam (DFEB) technolo ... read more |
| IEEE Council on EDA Opens Nominations for Two New Awards |
April 3, 2009 -- Nominations are being accepted now through May 15 by the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA) for two new awards to honor outstanding technical contributions within electronic design automation (EDA).
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| Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore Adopts Synopsys' Sentaurus TCAD for Solar Cell Research |
April 3, 2009 -- The Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) has adopted Synopsys, Inc.'s Sentaurus TCAD to support its solar cell research and development programs. SERIS is Singapore's national institute for applied solar e ... read more |
| JEDEC Announces Publication of LPDDR2 Standard for Low-Power Memory Devices Featured |
April 3, 2009 -- The JEDEC Solid State Technology Association has announced the publication of JESD209-2 LPDDR2 Low Power Memory Device Standard. Available for free download from JEDEC’s website, the new standard offers advanced power-man ... read more |
| Freescale Accelerates Multicore 45-nm Products to Market for Next-Generation Communications Systems |
April 2, 2009 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is accelerating availability of key communications products based on 45-nm process technology in response to strong demand from wireless infrastructure equipment manufacturers targeting advan ... read more |
| CoWare Releases Reference Library to Accelerate Design of Long Term Evolution (LTE) Wireless Systems |
April 2, 2009 -- CoWare, Inc. has announced the availability of a new reference library for the Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless standard. The new library adds to CoWare’s already available suite of solutions that address the challenges ... read more |
| Altera's 40-nm Stratix IV GX FPGAs Achieve PCI-SIG Compliance for the PCI Express 2.0 Architecture |
April 2, 2009 -- Altera Corp. today announced its 40-nm Stratix IV GX FPGAs are compliant with version 2.0 of the PCI Express (PCIe) standard, providing users a comprehensive PCIe solution for high-bandwidth applications. The devices suc ... read more |
| Actel Now Shipping the Igloo Plus Starter Kit |
April 2, 2009 -- Actel Corp. has announced the availability of the low-cost Igloo Plus Starter Kit. The new kit features the Igloo Plus family of low-power field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), which offer the best power-, logic- and fe ... read more |
| Wavecom Accelerates Wireless Development with XJTAG |
April 2, 2009 -- Wavecom, a provider of embedded wireless technology for M2M (machine-to-machine) communication, has adopted the XJTAG IEEE Std. 1149.x boundary scan system as the platform for developing and testing its WMP100 Wireless Mi ... read more |
| RDA Microelectronics Leverages CEVA IP for a Low-Power, Single-Chip Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Solution |
April 2, 2009 -- CEVA, Inc. and RDA Microelectronics, a China-based fabless IC design house today announced that RDA has licensed and deployed CEVA's Bluetooth baseband and protocol stack IP in a single-chip Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR IC optimiz ... read more |
| On2 Technologies Licenses VP7 Video Codec to Westec Interactive |
April 2, 2009 -- On2 Technologies, Inc. has licensed its proprietary On2 VP7 video compression technology to an innovator in the field of intelligent video surveillance. Westec will integrate the VP7 video codec to its digital video reco ... read more |
| Denali Software First to Ship PCI Express 3.0 Controller IP Cores |
March 31, 2009 -- Denali Software, Inc. has announced availability and first shipments of the latest Denali Databahn controller IP cores, based on the current preliminary version of the PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 specification, for use in nex ... read more |
| PIKA Technologies Selects AMCC's PowerPC 440EP Processor for Its WARP Appliance |
March 31, 2009 -- Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) today announced that its PowerPC 440EP processor has been selected by PIKA Technologies, Inc. for its WARP Appliance, an embedded hardware platform that supports IP, voice and fax solu ... read more |
| Ramtron Announces Power Efficient 512-kbit and 1-Mbit Serial F-RAM V-Family Memory |
March 31, 2009 -- Ramtron International Corp. has launched two more devices in a family of new parallel and serial F-RAM products that offer higher-speed read/ write performance, lower voltage operation, and optional device features.
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| Luminary Micro and Wittenstein Announce New ARM Cortex-M3 Microcontroller with Integrated SafeRTOS in ROM |
March 31, 2009 -- Luminary Micro, Inc. and Wittenstein High Integrity Systems, providers of embedded kernels for use in industrial, medical, and aerospace applications, have announced a new Stellaris microcontroller featuring the SafeRTOS ... read more |
| Microchip Technology Expands Security Capabilities of KEELOQ Authentication System |
March 31, 2009 -- Microchip Technology, Inc. has expanded the security capabilities of the patented KEELOQ authentication system. The KEELOQ 3 Development Kit demonstrates these enhancements to the KEELOQ system with a patented secure-lea ... read more |
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