| Adesto Technologies Acquires Key Qimonda CBRAM Memory IP and Patents |
October 5, 2010 -- Adesto Technologies Corp. is developing an ultra-low power and scalable memory technology platform and has acquired intellectual property and patents related to conductive bridging random access memory (CBRAM) technolog ... read more |
| austriamicrosystems Introduces "More Than Silicon" initiative |
October 7, 2010 -- The austriamicrosystems AG Full Service Foundry business unit today introduced its "More Than Silicon" initiative, a comprehensive service and technology package that goes beyond industry-standard foundry services. Foun ... read more |
| NetLogic Microsystems Licenses Imagination Technologies' Visual IP Technologies |
October 5, 2010 -- Imagination Technologies, Ltd. has signed a license agreement with NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. for IP cores from Imagination's PowerVR multimedia family. NetLogic Microsystems will deploy Imagination's technologi ... read more |
| RFMD Expands Foundry Services Offerings to Include GaAs Technologies Manufactured In Europe |
| October 1, 2010 -- RF Micro Devices, Inc. (RFMD) today announced the company has added its gallium arsenide (GaAs) technology to RFMD's foundry services portfolio and will begin providing a full suite of GaAs Pseudomorphic High Electron Mobi ... read more |
| OptNgn Delivers 2D-FFT FPGA Library Elements for Use In Imaging and DSP Applications |
October 1, 2010 -- At processing rates of up to 306 complex mega pixels per second, the new OptNgn Software 2DFFT FPGA library elements are ab ideal choice for inexpensive, low-power sensor data stream processing of convolution and filter ... read more |
| AWR Announces New PDKs for Cree GaN HEMT MMIC Foundry |
October 4, 2010 -- AWR Corp. announced today the release and immediate availability of a new process design kit (PDK) supporting the Cree, Inc. high-power gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) monolithic microwave ... read more |
| Microsemi to Acquire Actel |
October 4, 2010 -- Microsemi Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Actel Corp. for $20.88 per share through a cash tender offer. The total transaction value is approximately $430 million, net of Actel's projected ... read more |
| CEA-Leti Makes a R&D 20nm Fully Depleted SOI Process Available Through CMP |
October 1, 2010 -- CEA-Leti and CMP (Circuits Multi Projets) have announced the launch of an Exploratory MPW (Multi Project Wafers) initiative based on FDSOI (fully depleted SOI) 20-nm process, opening the access of its 300-mm infrastruct ... read more |
| AgO Demonstrates AnXplorer Analog and RF Circuit Optimization Tool |
September 30, 2010 -- AgO, Inc. is demonstrating AnXplorer, a new tool for optimizing analog and RF circuits. AnXplorer with an un-sized Spice netlist, variables for device dimensions and a set of design objectives and constraints, optimi ... read more |
| CEA-Leti Demonstrates Integration of CMOS-Compatible Plasmonic Optical Waveguides with Silicon Photonic Devices |
October 1, 2010 -- CEA-Leti has demonstrated the efficient integration of silicon photonic devices with fully complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible plasmonic optical waveguides. This new capability sets the stage for ... read more |
| New TI DSP + ARM Software Tools Dramatically Reduce DSP Development Starting Time |
September 28, 2010 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) is launching two free software development tools to enable ARM, Linux and system developers to easily leverage the real-time, intensive signal processing power of the TMS320C6000 digital ... read more |
| TI's New Stellaris EVALBOT Evaluation Platform Makes Experimenting With Microcontrollers Fun and Easy |
September 29, 2010 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) today announced the availability of its new Robotic Evaluation Board (EVALBOT) for use with Micrium's uC/OS-III. The evaluation kit is a mini robot that lets developers experiment with th ... read more |
| ON Semiconductor Launches GreenPoint Interactive Online Design Simulation Tool |
September 29, 2010 -- ON Semiconductor, together with Transim Technology Corp., today launched its interactive GreenPoint online design simulation tool for high-efficiency LED based lighting applications. The GreenPoint design tool ... read more |
| Sunplus Reduces Design Cycle On High-Speed, Multi-Million-Gate SOC Using Cadence Encounter Digital Implementation System |
September 27, 2010 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd. has adopted the Cadence Encounter Digital Implementation (EDI) system for its multimedia system-on-chip (SOC) designs. ... read more |
| Tektronix Introduces Test Tools for MIPI M-PHY Debug and Validation |
September 27, 2010 -- Tektronix, Inc. today introduced the first testing tools for the MIPI Alliance M-PHY standard, allowing designers to immediately get started with performance verification and debug for this important new speci ... read more |
| AWR Announces Support for NMDG S-Functions in Microwave Office Software |
September 29, 2010 -- AWR Corp. today announced Microwave Office high-frequency design software now includes full support for S-functions, which are nonlinear behavioral models developed by NMDG NV of Belgium.
S-functio ... read more |
| ON Semiconductor Launches GreenPoint Interactive Online Design Simulation Tool |
September 29, 2010 -- ON Semiconductor, together with Transim Technology Corp., today launched its interactive GreenPoint online design simulation tool for high-efficiency LED based lighting applications. The GreenPoint design tool ... read more |
| Evatronix Enhances the JPEG2000 Video Encoder IP Core with HD Video Support |
September 30, 2010 -- Evatronix SA has enhanced its JPEG2000 Video Encoder IP core with two more configurable options and a set of architecture optimizations for yet better performance and fit into customer applications. As of now, the JP ... read more |
| AWR Announces NXP's Latest-Generation LDMOS Power Transistor Model Library |
September 28, 2010 -- AWR Corp. has announced the availability of NXP Semiconductors' sixth- and seventh-generation laterally-diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) power transistor library for AWR's Microwave Office design sof ... read more |
| GlobalFoundries Joins Si2 Industry Standards Efforts |
September 28, 2010 -- The Silicon Integration Initiative, Inc. (Si2) announced today that GlobalFoundries has joined both the OpenPDK and Design for Manufacturability Coalitions (DFMC) of Si2.
The goal of the OpenP ... read more |
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