| Samsung Develops Highest Density DRAM Chip |
January 30, 2009 -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has made a significant advancement in the push for higher volume memory chips by developing the world’s first 4-Gbit DDR3 DRAM chip, using 50-nm process technology.
The 4-Gbit DDR3 c ... read more |
| Renesas Electronics to Release Dual-core SOC with Built-in Image Recognition Function |
January 30, 2009 -- Renesas Electronics America, Inc. has announced the SH7776 (SH-Navi3), a dual-core system-on-chip (SOC) device with enhanced on-chip graphics functions and a high-performance image recognition processing function for t ... read more |
| DVCon 2009 Announces New Executive Panel: "EDA: Dead or Alive" Featured |
January 30, 2009 - The Design and Verification Conference (DVCon), sponsored by Accellera, has announced a new executive-level panel to showcase significant issues facing the industry. The panel titled, "EDA: Dead or Alive?" will be moder ... read more |
| MOSAID Grants Wireless Patent License to Japan's Buffalo, Inc. |
January 28, 2009 -- Inc. (TSX:MSD) has signed a wireless patent license agreement with Buffalo, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of wired and wireless networking, storage and memory products for businesses and consumers based in Nagoya, ... read more |
| Linear Technology Selects Virage Logics AEON Non-Volatile Memory for Use in Power-Management ICs |
January 28, 2009 -- Virage Logic Corp. today announced that Linear Technology Corp. has licensed Virage Logic’s AEON embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) solution. Linear Technology will employ Virage Logic’s NVM in its high-performa ... read more |
| Sundance Upgrades Multiprocessor to Storage Interconnect with Single-Chip SATA II Solution |
January 28, 2009 -- Sundance Multiprocessor Technology. Ltd. and LogicDesign Solutions today announced the delivery of LogicDesign’s Serial ATA Host and Dual Host Controller IP for the Xilinx Virtex 5 FPGAs featured in the Sundance ... read more |
| UpZide Becomes Tensilica Authorized Software Design Center |
January 28, 2009 -- Tensilica, Inc. today announced that UpZide Technologies AB is now an authorized Tensilica Software Design Center. Over the past three years, UpZide has worked extensively on designs with Tensilica's Xtensa cust ... read more |
| TOOL Corp.'s OASIS-Utility Adopted by Fujitsu Microelectronics |
January 28, 2009 -- TOOL Corp. announced today that -Utility, its OASIS data-handling software, has been adopted in Fujitsu Microelectronics, Ltd.
The tasks to achieve in the transition from the GDS physical pattern data format to O ... read more |
| Xilinx Mobilizes Global Network to Address DO-254 and ED-80 Standards Requirements for Next-Generation Avionics |
January 28, 2009 -- Xilinx, Inc. is mobilizing a global ecosystem of technology and service providers, industry-proven tool flows, and design expertise to aid the development of avionics systems certified to U.S. RTCA/DO-254 and its Europ ... read more |
| Atmel's High Performance Secure Microcontroller Awarded Common Criteria EAL4+ Certification |
January 28, 2009 -- Atmel Corp. has been granted Common Criteria certification EAL4+ for its AT91SC464384RCU secure microcontroller. This vulnerability assessment corresponds to today's highest proven resistance against any security attac ... read more |
| AMD and Virage Logic Collaborate to Deliver Standards-Based Interface IP Solutions |
January 27, 2009 -- Virage Logic Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) today announced a new relationship that grants Virage Logic the rights to license, modify and sell standards-based advanced interface IP that AMD designs ... read more |
| SiTime Introduces Low-Power Family of Programmable Oscillators |
January 27, 2009 -- SiTime Corp. has introduced a new family of programmable oscillators designed to extend battery life in portable and consumer electronics by delivering the industry's lowest power consumption and fastest start-up time. ... read more |
| Ramtron Announces Low-Power 256-kbit Serial F-RAM |
January 27, 2009 -- Ramtron International Corp. today announced the FM24L256, a 256-kbit, 2.7- to 3.6-V nonvolatile F-RAM memory device with a high-speed serial I2C memory interface. The FM24L256 provides high-performance data collection ... read more |
| Tensilica Tells About "Everything You Wanted to Know About SOC Memory - But Forgot to Ask" Featured |
January 27, 2009 -- This Tensilica, Inc. webcast, "Everything You Wanted to Know About SOC Memory - But Forgot to Ask," discusses the many alternatives for on-chip and off-chip memory usage that SOC designers must understand to develop successfu ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics and Achronix Semiconductor Extend Synthesis Support for Achronix Field Programmable Gate Arrays |
January 27, 2009 -- Achronix Semiconductor Corp. today announced a multi-year agreement that provides Mentor Graphics software support for Achronix FPGAs. The agreement includes the Speedster family of 1.5-GHz devices as well as future d ... read more |
| Fujitsu Microelectronics Licenses Tensilica's Diamond Standard 330HiFi Audio DSP |
January 27, 2009 -- Tensilica, Inc. today announced that its Diamond Standard 330HiFi Audio DSP (digital signal processor) has been licensed by Fujitsu Microelectronics, Ltd. for use in a customer's portable consumer electronics design.
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| Synopsys Expands Collaboration with STMicroelectronics in Timing Sign-Off |
January 27, 2009 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that it has further expanded its long-standing relationship and technical collaboration with STMicroelectronics. The two companies have a long history of successful collaborations that ha ... read more |
| Synochip Takes an ARC License to Enhance Personal Data Security |
January 27, 2009 -- ARC International announced today that Synochip Co. Ltd. has taken an ARC license to build system-on-chips (SOCs) that provide advanced security for PCs, flash drives, portable video players and information secu ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics and Freescale Expand Collaboration to Improve Manufacturing and Testing of Nanometer Technologies |
January 27, 2009 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. announced today that it will supply Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. with select electronic design automation (EDA) technologies designed to enhance the manufacturability and testability of se ... read more |
| Power Architecture Technology Expands Presence Globally |
January 27, 2009 -- Power.org, the organization that promotes and develops standards for Power Architecture technology, today announced that 2008 marked a solid year of growth from new technical specifications, product introductions, awa ... read more |
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