| Rambus and NVIDIA Sign Patent License Agreement |
August 16, 2010 -- Rambus, Inc. and NVIDIA Corp. have signed a patent license agreement related to certain memory controllers. Under the agreement, Rambus has granted NVIDIA a patent license for certain memory controllers at a 1% r ... read more |
| KPIT Cummins Becomes Authorized Tensilica SOC Design Center |
August 17, 2010 -- Tensilica, Inc. today announced that KPIT Cummins has joined Tensilica's Xtensions partner network and become an authorized design center. As a Tensilica Xtensions partner, KPIT Cummins will extend its capabilities to s ... read more |
| Actel Releases Windows 7 Compliant Libero IDE |
August 16, 2010 -- Actel Corp. today announced Windows 7 support in Libero Integrated Design Environment (IDE) v9.0 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack and RTAX-DSP FPGAs. Designers can upgrade to the latest PCs and Windows 7 and be confident ... read more |
| VarioTAP In-System Emulation Technology Supports ARM11 Core |
August 16, 2010 -- GOEPEL electronic GmbH has developed a dedicated model library for processors with ARM11 architecture that supports the VarioTAP emulation technology. The libraries, described as VarioTAP models, are structured modularl ... read more |
| Smooth-Stone Secures $48 Million to Complete Development of Semiconductors for Servers, Data Centers |
August 16, 2010 -- Smooth-Stone today announced it is raising $48 million from a unique syndicate of investors comprising industry leading venture capital firms and semiconductor innovators. The capital will be applied directly to the fin ... read more |
| Synopsys Launches DesignWare USB Software Alliance Program |
August 16, 2010 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced the launch of the DesignWare USB Software Alliance Program with leading USB software providers emsys, Jungo, MCCI and MicroDigital as inaugural members. This alliance program establishes a ... read more |
| Dini Group's DN2076k10 Emulates Up to 37 Million ASIC Gates for High-Speed Prototyping |
August 16, 2010 -- The Dini Group, Inc. has introduced the DN2076k10 featuring seven Xilinx, Virtex-6 FPGAs. This complete logic prototyping system can emulate up to 37 million ASIC gates at clock speeds to 700MHz. The board is designed b ... read more |
| Aizyc Technology Announces Silicon-Proven SDIO 3.0 Host IP Core |
August 16, 2010 -- Aizyc Technology Pvt., Ltd. has announced a silicon-proven IP core. The complete solution, along with a hardware validation platform is available with custom drivers to help designers concentrate on their core design an ... read more |
| Family of vDisplay IP Engines Enriches Pleora's Solution Set for Real-Time Networked Video Connectivity |
August 16, 2010 -- Pleora Technologies, Inc. today released the vDisplay family of IP engines, designed specifically for viewing stations and specialized processing appliances on high-performance video networks.
Pleora's ... read more |
| Lattice Announces Improved Synthesis and Power Optimization in CPLD Design Tools |
August 16, 2010 -- Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has announced the immediate availability of Version 1.4 of its ispLEVER Classic design tool suite. The ispLEVER Classic design software has been upgraded with the addition of Synopsys Synplif ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Files Patent Infringement Suit Against EVE |
August 16, 2010 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced it had filed a patent infringement suit against EVE in the U.S. Federal District Court for the District of Oregon. The suit alleges that EVE products violate Mentor Graphics' patent ... read more |
| Microchip Announces 8-bit Microcontroller with 128-kByte Flash Memory In 28-pin Package |
August 16, 2010 -- Microchip Technology, Inc. today announced the PIC18F47J13, the first 8-bit microcontroller (MCU) to feature 128kBytes of Flash program memory in a 28-pin package. Also available in a 44-pin package, the PIC18F47J13 MCU ... read more |
| New DaVinci DM37x Video Processors Combine 1-GHz ARM Cortex-A8 and 800-MHz C64x+ DSP |
August 16, 2010 -- Software and hardware engineers can easily design more media-rich, portable applications utilizing the new DaVinci DM37x video processors from Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI). The DM3730 and DM3725 with their A ... read more |
| Power.org Unveils New Power Architecture Silicon Roadmap |
August 16, 2010 -- Power.org, the open collaborative organization that enables, develops and promotes standards for Power Architecture technology, today unveiled its new Power Architecture Silicon Roadmap, the heart of the Power Architect ... read more |
| Rochester Electronics Provides Continuous Support of Altera's FPGAs |
August 16, 2010 -- Rochester Electronics, Inc. has been selected as an authorized distributor of Altera Corp.'s legacy and end-of-life (EOL) field programmable gate array (FPGA) devices. Rochester has acquired finished devices as w ... read more |
| Sundance Launches New Family of Multicore Developer Platforms |
August 16, 2010 -- Sundance Multiprocessor Technology, Ltd. today announced customer shipping of the first product from its new family of Multicore Developer Platforms (Sundance MDP). The EVP6472-941 is directly targeted at the new breed ... read more |
| InPA Systems Targets Active Debug for Rapid Prototyping |
August 16, 2010 -- InPA Systems, Inc. has been formed to develop and market FPGA-based rapid prototyping technology that lets users employ the company’s patent pending Active Debug including full visibility technology to better detect har ... read more |
| MEMS Integration Driving System Solutions in Consumer Electronics, Robotics, Clean Energy and More Featured |
August 13, 2010 -- At MEMS Executive Congress, to be held November 3-5 in Scottsdale, Arizona, sponsored by the MEMS Industry Group, business leaders from the entire MEMS supply chain will join OEMs to examine how MEMS integration with ot ... read more |
| Mentor Graphics Design-to-Silicon Solutions Used in Development of TSMC 28-nm Product-Qualification Vehicle Test Chip |
August 9, 2010 -- Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that its Calibre Design-to-Silicon solutions were key elements in the successful development of TSMC's 28-nm Product Qualification Vehicle (PQV), a major milestone in the TSMC proces ... read more |
| Novatek Selects Tensilica's HiFi Audio DSP for Blu-ray Disc and DTV |
August 11, 2010 -- Tensilica, Inc. today announced that Novatek Microelectronics Corp., of Hsinchu, Taiwan, has selected Tensilica's HiFi Audio DSP for upcoming DTV (digital television) and Blu-ray Disc SOC (system-on-chip) designs ... read more |
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