| Transmeta Captures TECO Design Win |
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March 8, 2004 -- Transmeta Corp. has announced that the company's Crusoe microprocessor has been selected by TECO Electric and Machinery Co., Ltd.* for the TECO Thin Client TR5670-XPe. The design win reinforces Transmeta's growth strategy in ... read more |
| Texas Instruments and Team D.A.D. Collaborate on Self-Navigating Unmanned Vehicle |
March 5, 2004 -- Leveraging the real-time advantage of DSPs for innovative applications, Texas Instruments, Inc., in conjunction with Digital Auto Drive (D.A.D.), a research and development organization, announced today that TI's video and imag ... read more |
| Agilent Technologies Implements 90nm Digital Signal Processor Using Cadence Encounter Digital IC Platform |
March 5, 2004 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that Agilent Technologies, Inc. has successfully implemented a two-million-plus-gate DSP in 90nm process technology using the Cadence Encounter digital IC implementation platform.
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| Advantest Jumps Six Positions in Annual VLSI Research Study |
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March 4, 2004 -- Advantest Corp. has been ranked seventh in VLSI Research, Inc's report on the 2003 Top 10 Equipment Suppliers -- six spots higher than in 2002. The report, issued by the industry-analyst firm on February 24, 2004, says that ... read more |
| MIPS Technologies Forms Alliance with DNP to Offer SoC Design Services |
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March 3, 2004 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. and Dai Nippon Printing Co, Ltd. (DNP) have formed an alliance where DNP will provide comprehensive System on Chip (SoC) design services utilizing the MIPS32 4KE processor family and MIPS64 5Kc and 5Kf ... read more |
| Apache's Full-Chip Dynamic Power Integrity Solution Adopted by VIA Technologies |
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March 3, 2004 -- Apache Design Solutions, Inc. announced that VIA Technologies has adopted RedHawk-SDL and NSPICE-PI as part of its production physical power flow. Apache's products were used for static and dynamic power analysis, as well as ... read more |
| TSMC Certifies Synopsys' Star-RCXT for 90-nm Designs |
March 2, 2004 -- Synopsys, Inc.'s Star-RCXT -- a key product in Synopsys' Galaxy Design Platform and standard in the TSMC Reference Flow -- has been verified by TSMC and is now supported for all TSMC processes, including the latest 0.11 micron ... read more |
| Magma Joins the Cadence Connections Program |
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March 2, 2004 -- The Silicon Correlation Division of Magma Design Automation, Inc. has joined the Cadence Connections program. The Cadence Connections program promotes open interoperability in all areas of electronic design including digital, ... read more |
| Toshiba Joins OCP-IP |
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March 1, 2004 -- Toshiba Corp. has joined the Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP) organization. Toshiba is a Governing Steering Committee (GSC) member, and is a participant in OCP-IP's Working Groups. As a member of the GSC, ... read more |
| Cadence Enhances Virtuoso Platform |
March 1, 2004 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has optimized its Virtuoso custom design platform with the availability of a new chip integration flow, coupled with the newest release of its Virtuoso Chip Editor. By using these solutions together ... read more |
| Honeywell and Synopsys to Codevelop Design Flow for Next-Generation Radiation-Hardened ICs |
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March 1, 2004 -- Honeywell and Synopsys, Inc. have signed an agreement to jointly develop a design infrastructure to support the creation of leading-edge radiation-hardened and radiation-tolerant ASICs.
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| Real-Time Logic Debug Technology from Xilinx Could Slash FPGA Verification Times by Up to 50% |
March 1, 2004 -- Xilinx, Inc. has released ChipScope Pro 6.2i, the latest version of its real-time debug and verification software for FPGA design. ChipScope Pro 6.2i takes advantage of the reprogrammable nature of Xilinx FPGAs to deliver flexi ... read more |
| Xilinx Enables Next Generation Networking and Telecom Systems by Delivering Traffic Management Solutions |
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March 1, 2004 -- Xilinx, Inc. and Amirix Systems, Inc. have collaborated to create a free, fully functional reference design that will allow queue management support from 256 to 64K per flow queues and segmentation and reassembly (SAR). In a ... read more |
| ARC International Licenses ARCtangent-A5 Processor for Leapster Multimedia Learning System |
March 1, 2004 -- ARC International announced today that LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. a leading designer, developer and marketer of innovative technology-based educational products, has licensed the ARCtangent A5.1 processor core for the Leapster ... read more |
| Aspex Semiconductor Chooses Philips Semiconductors as Foundry |
February 27, 2004 – Aspex Semiconductor, Ltd. a fabless semiconductor company delivering ultra high-performance, programmable processors, today announced that it is using Philips Semiconductors to manufacture its Linedancer family of devices, an ... read more |
| Magma Enables Sycon Design to Meet Low-Power Target and Improve Manufacturability |
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February 26, 2004 -- Magma Design Automation Inc. announced today that Sycon Design has taped out a 0.18-micron, 180-MHz design using Blast Fusion, Blast Rail and Blast Noise. Sycon was challenged by its customer to improve the performance and ... read more |
| NEC Electronics Acquires License of FlexRay IP from Bosch |
February 26, 2004 -- NEC Electronics Corp. has acquired a non-exclusive license for the FlexRay Communication Controller IP from Robert Bosch GmbH. NEC Electronics will use this IP to develop FlexRay silicon based on its automotive-proven CMOS ... read more |
| Cypress Semiconductor Adopts Interra's Memory Development System |
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February 25, 2004 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has selected Interra Systems, Inc.'s Memory Development System -- MC2 -- to automate memory development for embedded memories, standard product memories and network search engines (NSEs).
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| MIPS Technologies 24K High-Performance Product Line Supported by Mentor Graphics Seamless Co-Verification Tools |
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February 25, 2004 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. and Mentor Graphics Corp. have announced the availability of the Seamless Hardware/Software Co-Verification Processor Support Package (PSP) for the high performance, 32-bit synthesizable MIPS32 ... read more |
| Cradle Technologies Selects InTime Software for RTL Timing Analysis |
February 24, 2004 -- InTime Software, Inc. announced today that Cradle Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company delivering multiprocessor DSP solutions for real-time video, audio and imaging applications, has adopted InTime's Time Director ... read more |
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