| MegaChips LSI Solutions Adopts Incisive Xtreme to Improve Design Team Verification Process |
December 5, 2006 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that MegaChips LSI Solutions, a subsidiary of MegaChips, Inc., has chosen the Cadence Incisive Xtreme Desktop for its overall design and verification flow. The new hardware ... read more |
| Fairchild Semiconductor Introduces Dual-Supply Bi-Directional Translator with Independent-Direction Controls |
December 5, 2006 -- Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. has introduce the FXL2TD245, a dual-supply bi-directional translator for both uni-directional and independent bi-directional voltage translation between two logic levels. In addition to of ... read more |
| Renesas DrMOS-Compliant Power Switching Device Reduces Power Loss by Over 20% Compared to First-Generation Product |
December 5, 2006 -- Renesas Electronics Corp. has introduced the R2J20602NP, a highly optimized power solution that the company claims achieves the industry's highest efficiency level. The device integrates a driver IC and high- and low-s ... read more |
| Xilinx Delivers Spartan-3A Platform Featured |
December 4, 2006 -- Xilinx, Inc. has unveiled its Spartan-3A family of I/O-optimized FPGAs, an extension of its low-cost, high volume Spartan-3 generation. The Spartan-3A platform provides a cost-reduced solution for applications where I/ ... read more |
| Tensilica Introduces Xtensa LX2 and Xtensa 7 Configurable Processors |
December 4, 2006 -- Tensilica, Inc. today introduced its seventh-generation of Xtensa configurable processors, the Xtensa LX2 and Xtensa 7 cores. Both processors feature several architectural enhancements, and are the first configurable l ... read more |
| Cadence Enterprise System-Level Verification Enables Predictable Software, Hardware and System Quality |
December 4, 2006 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced a solution for enterprise system-level (ESL) verification, which combines automated hardware, embedded software and system-level verification with system-wide management and ... read more |
| Common Power Format Contributed by Cadence to Si2 Ahead of Schedule as a Result of Significant Customer Input |
December 4, 2006 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Silicon Integration Initiative, Inc. (Si2) today announced that Cadence has contributed the Common Power Format (CPF) to Si2's Low Power Coalition (LPC). The contribution, provid ... read more |
| AMIS Expands Octal High-Side Driver Family with SO28 IC for Industrial Loads in 24-V Applications. |
December 4, 2006 -- AMI Semiconductor, Inc. (AMIS) has expanded its family of high-side driver ASSPs (application specific standard products) with a new device designed specifically for the control of LEDs, relays, solenoids, transistor g ... read more |
| LSI Logic and Agere Systems to Combine in Deal Valued at Approximately $4.0 Billion Featured |
December 4, 2006 -- LSI Logic Corp. and Agere Systems, Inc. today announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which the companies will be combined in an all-stock transaction with an equity value of ap ... read more |
| Mercury Computer Systems Selected by AMCC to Provide Serial RapidIO Verification IP and IP Cores |
December 4, 2006 -- Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. announced that Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) has licensed Mercury's Serial RapidIO verification intellectual property (IP) and Serial RapidIO IP core products for its c ... read more |
| Tensilica Introduces Four Video Processor Engines Including Main Profile H.264 Support |
December 4, 2006 -- Tensilica, Inc. today introduced four new Diamond Standard VDO (ViDeO) processor engines customized for multi-standard, multi-resolution video in system-on-chip (SOC) designs. Targeted at mobile handsets and personal m ... read more |
| Analog Devices Advances DDS Technology with Fastest Digital Synthesizers to Integrate 14-bit DACs |
December 4, 2006 -- Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) has more than doubled the clock speed of direct digital synthesizer (DDS) ICs with on-chip 14-bit digital-to-analog converters (DACs). ADI's DDS ICs use digital technology to synthesize analo ... read more |
| AMCC's Next-Generation Sonet/SDH Framer/Pointer Processor Devices Deliver Major Cost Savings in Metro/Edge-Based MSPP Designs |
December 4, 2006 -- Applied Micro Circuits Corp. (AMCC) has announced the company's next-generation Sonet/SDH framer/pointer processor devices, Drava and Mura. The level of integration in Drava and Mura reduces overall system costs for customers ... read more |
| Atmel Launches Low-Power 1.8-V CPLD Family with 5-ľA Standby Power Consumption |
December 4, 2006 -- Atmel Corp. has announced its ATF15xxBE family of ROHS-compliant, 1.8-V CPLDs with standby power consumption of just 5ľA, which Atmel says is over 60% less power drain than the nearest competing CPLD. Operating power c ... read more |
| Cypress Deploys Synopsys PrimeRail to Speed Tapeout of Mobile Phone IC Design |
December 4, 2006 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has successfully taped out its West Bridge Antioch peripheral controller multimedia 3G/3.5G mobile phone chip using the Synopsys Galaxy design plat ... read more |
| Incisive Palladium III Productivity Enables High Performance Enterprise System-Level Verification |
December 4, 2006 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today launched the Cadence Incisive Palladium III Accelerator/Emulator, a high throughput accelerator/emulator for verification and validation of complex hardware, software and full systems ... read more |
| Agilent Technologies Introduces Digital Signal Analyzer Optimized for Serial-Data-Based Designs |
December 4, 2006 -- Agilent Technologies, Inc. has announced an oscilloscope measurement system with specialized tools for designing, debugging and validating designs that include high-data-rate serial buses. The new Agilent DSA80000B dig ... read more |
| PMC-Sierra Introduces First End-to-End EPON Silicon Solution with Key China Telecom Features |
December 4, 2006 -- PMC-Sierra, Inc. has announced the availability of the industry's first EPON optical network unit (ONU) and optical line terminal (OLT) silicon devices that support China Telecom defined algorithms and features for the ... read more |
| GreenSocs Announces Interoperability Program for the ESL Community |
December 4, 2006 -- GreenSocs announced today that it will be providing a framework for the standardization of all the interfaces necessary to enable the seamless exchange of models between tools and companies. For vendors and users alike ... read more |
| austriamicrosystems Announces License Agreement with Infineon for FlexRay Transceiver IC |
December 4, 2006 -- austriamicrosystems AG has announced a license agreement with Infineon Technologies AG by which austriamicrosystems will license FlexRay transceiver IP to Infineon, the second largest manufacturer of semiconductors for ... read more |
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