| NextOp Announces BugScope Assertion Synthesis for Progressive, Targeted Verification Featured |
May 10, 2010 -- NextOp Software, Inc. has announced BugScope, an assertion synthesis product to synthesize high-quality assertions and functional-coverage properties from the register transfer level (RTL) design and testbench. ... read more |
| Numetrics and PRTM Partner to Launch Solution to Increase Semiconductor R&D Productivity |
May 10, 2010 -- Numetrics Management Systems, Inc. and PRTM, a global management consulting firm, today announced the launch of a software and services solution that boosts semiconductor product development throughput, enabling semiconduc ... read more |
| Peregrine Semiconductor Develops Next Generation of RF CMOS Semiconductor Process with IBM Microelectronics |
May 10, 2010 -- Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. today announced an exclusive joint development agreement with IBM for the development and manufacture of future generations of Peregrine’s patented UltraCMOS silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) process ... read more |
| Cadence Accelerates SOC Realization, Reduces Costs with New Open Integration Platform |
May 7, 2010 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced the Cadence Open Integration Platform to reduce SOC development costs, improve quality and accelerate production schedules. Key to the support of its EDA360 vision for next-generat ... read more |
| Magma Titan Up! Program Empowers Analog Designers to Improve Productivity and Reuse |
May 7, 2010 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. today launched the Titan Up! program to educate analog designers about the latest technologies for analog and mixed-signal design. Analog design has traditionally been a manual, time-consuming ... read more |
| Latest Synopsys IC Compiler Release Delivers More than 2X Speed-Up, Enhanced In-Design Technology and Production Support for 28/32nm |
May 7, 2010 -- Synopsys, Inc. has announced the availability of IC Compiler 2010.03, a physical implementation solution delivering up to 2.5X faster performance on multicorner/ multimode (MCMM) designs, and enhanced In-Design technology f ... read more |
| Synopsys Unveils Ethernet Controller IP with New Audio Video Bridging Feature |
May 7, 2010 -- Synopsys, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of the DesignWare® Ethernet Quality-of-Service (QoS) Controller IP which implements the new IEEE specifications for audio video bridging (AVB) features. The DesignWare ... read more |
| Micron Closes of Numonyx Acquisition |
May 7, 2010 -- Micron Technology, Inc. has completed its acquisition of Numonyx B.V. in an all stock transaction valued at approximately $1.2 billion. Under the agreement, Micron issued approximately 138 million shares of Micron co ... read more |
| Dialog Semiconductor Licenses NXP's CoolFlux DSP and LifeVibes Software |
May 7, 2010 -- Dialog Semiconductor has signed a licensing agreement to use NXP Semiconductor's ultra-low-power embedded digital audio signal processor (CoolFlux DSP) technology and accompanying firmware, including NXP Software's L ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Veloce Delivers 400X Acceleration for OVM Driven Verification |
May 7, 2010 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced that the Veloce emulation platform fully supports the Open Verification Methodology (OVM). The primary advantage to companies using both the OVM and the Veloce platform is the ability to ... read more |
| Ittiam Enables Tieline Bridge-IT IP Audio Broadcasting Solution with Advanced Audio Codecs |
May 7, 2010 -- Ittiam Systems, Ltd. today announced that Tieline has added the MPEG Layer 2, AAC-LC and high-efficiency AAC v1 and v2 audio encoders and decoders from Ittiam to its Bridge-IT Internet protocol (IP) audio broadcasting solut ... read more |
| Evatronix Introduces a 65C02-Compatible Microprocessor IP Core |
May 7, 2010 -- Evatronix SA has announced the C65C02, a 65C02-compatible microprocessor IP core that complies with the original 6502 instruction set architecture by MOS Technology. A list of smart improvements makes the core better suited ... read more |
| eASIC eTools 8.1 Design Suite Reduces Design Time by 40% |
May 7, 2010 -- eASIC Corp. has announced the immediate availability of its eTools 8.1 Design Suite for implementing 45-nm Nextreme-2 designs. The eTools 8.1 tool suite delivers a robust ASIC-grade design flow with the simplicity and ease ... read more |
| Zocalo Tech Introduces Assertion-Based Verification Capabilities to Improve IP and Electronic Design Quality |
May 7, 2010 -- Zocalo Tech, Inc. has added four new capabilities to its Zazz product family: Zazz Bird Dog, Zazz Metrics, Zazz Visual SVA and user-defined assertion library support. The new options simplify and support the adoption of an ... read more |
| Vivante Adopts Carbon Design Systems' System-Level Modeling, IP Deployment Tools
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May 4, 2010 -- Vivante Corp. and Carbon Design Systems, Inc. today signed a strategic, multi-year agreement where Carbon Model Studio will be used to generate and deploy accurate models of Vivante's Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) c ... read more |
| Sunplus Technology Deploys Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSpice Platform |
May 4, 2010 -- Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. today announced that Sunplus Technology Co. Ltd. has selected the company's Analog FastSpice Platform (AFS Platform) for design verification and device noise analysis of its analog an ... read more |
| Design Intelligent, Cost-Efficient Lighting Applications with TI's LED Developer's Kit Based On Piccolo MCUs |
May 4, 2010 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) today announced its new TMS320C2000 Piccolo microcontroller (MCU) DC/DC LED Developer's Kit. The new LED controller kit lets developers leverage the performance of low-cost Piccolo MCUs to diffe ... read more |
| VIA's Centaur Achieves Significant Benefits Using Cadence Virtuoso Space-Based Router at 65nm |
May 3, 2010 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that VIA Technologies, Inc.'s microprocessor subsidiary, Centaur Technology, achieved significant quality and time-to-market benefits by using the Cadence Virtuoso space-b ... read more |
| Chungbuk Technopark Selects MunEDA WiCkeD |
May 3, 2010 -- The Chungbuk Technopark SoC R&D Center (CBTP) in Korea has closed a long-term licensing agreement with MunEDA GmbH regarding the MunEDA WiCkeD tool suite. CBTP will use MunEDA’s design analysis and optimization tools for it ... read more |
| Xilinx ISE Design Suite 12 Enables Up to 30% Dynamic Power Reduction with Intelligent Clock-Gating Technology |
May 3, 2010 -- Xilinx, Inc. today introduced the ISE Design Suite 12 software to enable breakthrough optimizations for power and cost with greater design productivity. Xilinx's ISE design tools deliver "intelligent" clock-gating technolog ... read more |
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