| Instruments for ASSET's ScanWorks FPGA-Controlled Test Perform DDR2, DDR3 and Generic Memory Tests at Maximum Speeds |
August 7, 2012 -- ASSET InterTech, Inc. has added two new memory test instruments to its ScanWorks embedded instrumentation library for its FPGA-controlled test (FCT) circuit-board-test tool, giving electronics manufacturers a cost-effect ... read more |
| ARM Launches Second Generation of MALI-T600 Graphics Processors |
August 6, 2012 -- ARM today announced the second generation of the ARM Mali-T600 Series graphics processing units (GPUs), providing a dramatically improved user experience for tablets, smartphones and smart-TVs. Each of the pro ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics Completes IP and Talent Acquisition from bTendo |
August 6, 2012 -- STMicroelectronics today announced that it has taken an important additional step in its positioning in the emerging video-sharing market for smartphones and other portable consumer devices. Following a successful joint ... read more |
| TSMC and ASML Reach Agreement to Develop Next-Generation Lithography Technologies |
August 6, 2012 -- TSMC has joined ASML Holding NV's Customer Co-Investment Program, aimed at accelerating the development and industrialization of key next-generation semiconductor-manufacturing technologies, which include extreme ultravi ... read more |
| Wind River's VxWorks Powers NASA Curiosity Mars Rover |
August 6, 2012 -- Curiosity, which landed on Mars on August 5, 2012, is the most complex robotic interplanetary probe ever designed. It is running on Wind River's VxWorks' real-time operating system (RTOS).
Curiosity will ... read more |
| ISQED 2012 Announces Call for Papers |
August 6, 2012 -- The International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) is accepting paper, panel and speaker proposals, as well as exhibitor and sponsorship applications, for its 14th annual event, March 4-6, 2013, Santa Clara ... read more |
| Synopsys to Acquire SpringSoft |
August 3, 2012 -- Synopsys, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SpringSoft, Inc.. The SpringSoft acquisition supports Synopsys' strategy to quickly and effectively deliver the advanced capabilities that will help semi ... read more |
| Xylon Unveils 2D- and 3D-Graphics/HMI Reference Designs for Xilinx Zynq-7000 ZC702 Evaluation Board |
August 2, 2012 -- Xylon demonstrates 2D and 3D graphics processing units (GPUs) for Xilinx Zynq-7000 EPP-based products by providing pre-verified reference designs for the Xilinx Zynq-7000 ZC702 evaluation board. The reference design incl ... read more |
| ARM and Cavium Extend Relationship with ARMv8 Architecture License |
August 1, 2012 -- ARM and Cavium, Inc. have announced that Cavium is an architecture licensee for the ARMv8 architecture.
The ARMv8 architecture is the first ARM architecture that includes 64-bit execution, enablin ... read more |
| Cavium Unveils Project Thunder to Target Next-Generation Cloud and Data Centers |
August 1, 2012 -- Cavium, Inc. today announced its Project Thunder Initiative. Project Thunder will deliver a family of highly integrated, multicore SOC processors that will incorporate highly optimized, full-custom cores built from the g ... read more |
| KT Selects Cavium's OCTEON Fusion for Commercial Deployment of LTE Small Cell |
August 1, 2012 -- Cavium, Inc. today announced that KT (formerly Korea Telecom), the largest communication service provider in Korea, has selected Cavium's OCTEON Fusion platform for the first stage of commercial deployment of LTE small ... read more |
| Synopsys Collaborates with Renesas to Develop Virtual Prototypes to Speed Software Debug and System Testing for Renesas' MCU-Based Designs |
August 1, 2012 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced a collaboration with Renesas Electronics Corp. to develop and deploy advanced software-development solutions optimized for designs based on Renesas microcontrollers (MCUs), including ... read more |
| Cavium's OCTEON Fusion to Power SK Telecom's Mass Deployment of Small-Cell LTE Infrastructure |
August 1, 2012 – Cavium, Inc. today announced that its OCTEON Fusion platform will be powering the 4G/LTE small-cell deployment for SK Telecom, the largest mobile service provider in Korea. This collaboration between SK Telecom and Cavium ... read more |
| India's Karbonn Mobiles Now Shipping MIPS-Based Android Tablet |
July 31, 2012 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc., together with Ingenic Semiconductor Co., Ltd., a China-based CPU provider for mobile multimedia applications, and Karbonn Mobiles, a mobile brand and provider of attractively priced multime ... read more |
| GOEPEL electronic and Cypress Develop New Programming Tools for PSoC3 Devices |
July 31, 2012 -- GOEPEL electronic GmbH has developed a dedicated VarioTAP model library for the Cypress Semiconductor Corp. PSoC3 programmable system-on-chip series. VarioTAP is a universal processor-centric emulation t ... read more |
| TI Expands Microcontroller Launchpad Ecosystem with New $17 C2000 LaunchPad |
July 31, 2012 -- Prototyping of digital, real-time control applications is now easier and more cost-effective with the new Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) C2000 LaunchPad evaluation kit, based on the Piccolo 32-bit TMS320F2802x microcontrol ... read more |
| Intilop's 76-ns Nano-TOE System Establishes a Record 93% TCP/IP Bandwidth in 10G-Network Deployment |
July 31, 2012 -- Intilop, Inc. has announced results of performance testing of its Nano-TOE System underway for the past several months at a major international customer. The full FPGA-based system platform is powered by Intilop's latest ... read more |
| DMP's PICA200 Lite 3D-Graphics IP Core adopted for Olympus Tough TG-1 Digital Camera |
July 31, 2012 -- Digital Media Professionals, Inc. (DMP) today announced that its PICA200 Lite 3D-graphics IP core has been adopted for Olympus Tough TG-1 compact digital camera by Olympus Imaging Corp.
PICA200 Lite is a ... read more |
| Altera Shipping Fastest Backplane-Capable Transceivers in 28-nm Stratix V FPGAs |
July 31, 2012 -- Altera Corp. today announced that it is shipping in volume production its high-performance backplane-capable transceivers. Altera's Stratix V FPGAs offer 14.1-Gbps transceiver bandwidth and, according to Altera, are the o ... read more |
| Xilinx Delivers First Public Access Release of its Next-Generation Vivado Design Suite |
July 30, 2012 -- Xilinx, Inc. has made available its first public release of its next-generation design environment. The Vivado Design Suite 2012.2 is now available at no additional cost to all ISE Design Suite users who are currently in ... read more |
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