| Through-Silicon Via Foundry, ALLVIA, Acquires Manufacturing Site in Oregon |
October 27, 2009 -- ALLVIA, the first through-silicon via (TSV) foundry, recently purchased a manufacturing facility in Hillsboro, Oregon, for high-volume production of its products with TSV technology. The former semiconductor equipment ... read more |
| Trident Microsystems Adopts Mentor Graphics Veloce Hardware Emulator |
October 26, 2009 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that Trident Microsystems, Inc., a provider of high-performance semiconductor system solutions for the multimedia and digital television markets, has adopted Mentor’s Veloc ... read more |
| Enter TI's Ultra-Low Power MSP430 MCU Design Contest |
October 22, 2009 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has launched the MSP430 microcontroller (MCU) Ultra-Low Power Design Challenge. Sponsored by electronic components distributor Avnet Electronics Marketing, the contest takes place October 1 ... read more |
| Mellanox Technologies Selects Magma RTL-to-GDSII Implementation for 40-nm Multimillion-gate Communications ICs |
October 26, 2009 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. today announced that Mellanox Technologies, a supplier of end-to-end connectivity solutions for servers and storage that optimize data center performance, has selected the Talus 1.1 RTL-to ... read more |
| Tilera Announces 100-Core Processor with the New TILE-Gx Family Featured |
October 26, 2009 -- Tilera Corp., developer of the TILE family of high-performance multicore processors, today announced its new TILE-Gx family, comprising four new processors including the 100-core TILE-Gx100 processor. According to Tile ... read more |
| Ensphere Solutions Secures $4 Million Investment from Ideavelopers |
October 26, 2009 -- Ensphere Solutions, Inc. an emerging fabless semiconductor company, has received a $4 million investment from Ideavelopers in August of 2009. Ideavelepers is a pioneer in high-technology investment in Middle East and m ... read more |
| Cypress Provides Solutions IP for New PSoC 3 Devices and PSoC Creator IDE |
October 26, 2009 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced the availability of over 30 intellectual property (IP) elements for its new PSoC 3 programmable system-on-chip architectures. The embedded design resources include example pr ... read more |
| SMSC's MOST Network Adopted in New BMW X1 and Mini Cooper Clubman |
October 26, 2009 -- SMSC today announced that its Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) networking technology has been selected as part of the infotainment system for the new BMW X1 compact SUV and Mini Cooper Clubman models. MOST is th ... read more |
| TSMC Selects Calibre Physical Verification Platform for Integrated Sign-off Flow |
October 22, 2009 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) selected the Calibre physical verification platform for its Integrated Sign-Off (ISO) Flow, which integrates tools, se ... read more |
| Twenty-nine New Stellaris MCUs from TI Deliver Unparalleled Memory, Connectivity and Package Options |
October 21, 2009 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) has announced the expansion and reduced pricing of its Stellaris ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontroller (MCU) family. Twenty-nine new Stellaris MCUs include unique IP for motion control applic ... read more |
| Carbon Adds Support for Fast Models from ARM |
October 21, 2009 -- Carbon Design Systems has announced full support for Fast Models from ARM in its SoC Designer virtual platform. This support will let users leverage a single virtual platform environment for every aspect of their devel ... read more |
| Toshiba Introduces Dual-Motor, ARM Technology-Based Microcontroller for Appliance Design
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October 21, 2009 -- Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) today announced availability of the company's newest microcontroller (MCU), the TMPM370. Toshiba's TMPM370 32-bit MCU is designed for use in high-efficiency AC motor a ... read more |
| MindTree Develops VIP to Enable Faster Verification of IEEE1500 Wrapper Cores |
October 22, 2009 -- MindTree, Ltd. has developed a unique verification IP (VIP) to enable faster verification of IEEE 1500 wrapped cores both at the IP and system-on-chip (SOC) levels.
The IEEE 1500 Standard provides a testability m ... read more |
| Rambus Achieves Power Efficiency Breakthrough for Mobile Memory Solutions |
October 21, 2009 -- Rambus, Inc. has achieved a new breakthrough level of power efficiency with its latest silicon test vehicle developed through its Mobile Memory Initiative (MMI). The latest silicon-validated results demonstrate that th ... read more |
| Timesys Delivers a Comprehensive, Low-Cost Linux Solution for Altera's Nios II Embedded Processor |
October 22, 2009 -- Timesys Corp. has announced the availability of a suite of Linux products and services supporting Altera Corp.'s Nios II embedded processor. The Timesys LinuxLink software development framework gives Nios II pro ... read more |
| ARM and Mentor Graphics Announce Support for Nucleus RTOS and Nucleus Graphics in the RealView Development Suite |
October 21, 2009 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. and ARM have announced a comprehensive software development solution for Nucleus RTOS and Nucleus Graphics on ARM processors. This is the result of a close collaboration to develop Nucleus ... read more |
| TI Debuts First ARM Cortex-A8 Processors for Industrial Computing Applications |
October 21, 2009 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. today announced the first two devices from its new Sitara family, the AM3505 and AM3517 ARM microprocessors (MPU), and an AM3517 evaluation module. TI's high-performance ARM MPUs are the first C ... read more |
| Artisan Acquires Brass Bullet |
October 20, 2009 -- Artisan Software Tools, Inc. has acquired Brass Bullet, Ltd., a systems engineering consultancy based in Swansea in the UK. The acquisition is part of Artisan’s growth strategy and gives the company full ownership of ... read more |
| Atmel Starter Kit Prevents Data Counterfeiting In Medical and Electronics Markets |
October 21, 2009 -- Atmel Corp. today announced its CryptoAuthentication Starter Kit. The AT88CK109STK3 is a modular and versatile development kit for Atmel’s CryptoAuthentication AT88SA102S and AT88SA100S client security devices and AT88 ... read more |
| austriamicrosystems High-Performance Analog ICs Now Available at Newark |
October 21, 2009 -- Newark, part of the global Premier Farnell Group, has signed a franchise agreement with austriamicrosystems AG to stock its highly accurate, low-power analog ICs for same day shipping. This agreement extends aus ... read more |
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