| Leading European Design Consulting Firms Standardize on VMM Verification Methodology |
August 27, 2008 -- Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Chipright, CreVinn and Verilab, three leading European chip design and verification consulting companies, have standardized on the proven VMM verification methodology to streamline ve ... read more |
| Summit's Programmable Environmental Monitor Provides Real-time Power Information |
August 26, 2008 -- Summit Microelectronics, Inc. has announced the new SMM151/2/3 product family of environmental monitoring products. The devices provide complete digital power supply monitoring and control functions, utilizing I2C for c ... read more |
| SandLinks Achieves First-Time Right Silicon Using CPF-Enabled Cadence Low-Power Solution |
August 26, 2008 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that SandLinks, Inc. has received functional silicon of its low-power RFID tag device which was implemented using the Common Power Format (CPF)-enabled Cadence Low-Power Sol ... read more |
| Tensilica Adds Dolby Pro Logic II and Pro Logic IIx Decoders to Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine Codec Library |
August 26, 2008 -- Tensilica, Inc. today announced that it has added the Dolby Pro Logic II and Pro Logic IIx decoders to its audio codec library for Tensilica’s Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine, one of the most popular commercial audio cores f ... read more |
| National Semiconductor's New Amplifier Family Eliminates EMI-Induced Errors in Analog Systems |
August 26, 2008 -- National Semiconductor Corp. has introduced three new operational amplifiers (op amps) with integrated electromagnetic interference (EMI) filters that maintain the accuracy of analog systems by reducing the effects of r ... read more |
| Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processor Sets New Benchmark for Virtualization Performance on the VMware Platform |
August 26, 2008 -- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) today announced it has achieved the top spot on the VMware VMmark virtualization benchmark for x86 servers with the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based HP ProLiant DL585 G5. AMD now ... read more |
| Magma Introduces Titan Analog Circuit Design Acceleration Solution |
August 25, 2008 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. today announced Titan Analog Migration, to solve the analog mixed-signal circuit design and porting problem through a unique modeling approach and enable circuit optimization for a given pr ... read more |
| Ambric Announces H.264 Acceleration Support for Apple Mac OS X Leopard |
August 25, 2008 -- Ambric, Inc. has released software for production that utilizes its Am2045 massively parallel processor array (MPPA) on the Mac OS X Leopard platform. The software plugs into high-level applications, such as Pyro AV Pyr ... read more |
| BitWave Selects Berkeley Design Analog FastSpice and Noise Analysis Option for Programmable CMOS RF Transceiver Verification |
August 25, 2008 -- Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. today announced that BitWave Semiconductor, Inc. has selected the company's Analog FastSpice circuit simulator and Noise Analysis Option device noise analyzer for verification and ... read more |
| Spansion Extends SMIC Agreement to Include 43-nm MirrorBit ORNAND2 Technology |
August 25, 2008 -- Spansion, Inc. has extended its current agreement with the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) for the production of 65-nm MirrorBit NOR to include the manufacture of 43-nm Spansion MirrorBit O ... read more |
| Atmel Targets Low-Power Designs with 1.8V 8-Mbit Serial Flash |
August 25, 2008 -- Atmel Corp. announced today the production availability of its new AT25DF081, an 8-Mbit Serial Flash device capable of operating at 1.8V. With a low-voltage operating range of 1.65V to 1.95V, the AT25DF081 operates at t ... read more |
| Lattice ispLEVER Classic Design Tools Now Support New CPLD Family |
August 25, 2008 -- Lattice Semiconductor Corp. today announced the immediate availability of its ispLEVER Classic version 1.2 design tool suite. The tool suite supports all Lattice SPLD, CPLD and select FPGA families. Lattice’s ispLEVER C ... read more |
| Magma Titan Analog Migration Solution Ports Rambus Custom Designs |
August 25, 2008 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. and Rambus, Inc. today announced the completion of a successful evaluation of Magma's Titan Analog Migration products. This joint effort led to the design, porting and tape out of co ... read more |
| Actel Achieves Rigorous SAE/AS9100 Aerospace Certification |
August 22, 2008 -- Actel Corp. today announced it has become the first field-programmable gate array (FPGA) vendor to achieve SAE/AS9100 certification. Increasingly required by aerospace suppliers world-wide, Actel received the stringent ... read more |
| Fresco Logic Demonstrates First SuperSpeed USB Data Transfer |
August 22, 2008 -- Fresco Logic, Inc. has demonstrated SuperSpeed USB data transfer on its hardware development platform at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF). This demonstration marks the first public showing of a working SuperSpeed USB hos ... read more |
| Cosmic Circuits Experiences 8X Performance Gains by Adopting Cadence Virtuoso Spectre with Turbo Technology |
August 22, 2008 -- Cadence Design Systems Pvt Ltd., a subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that Cosmic Circuits, a provider of analog IP cores, has experienced up to eight times improvement in performance aft ... read more |
| VirtualLogix Providing Virtualization Support for Intel-Based Mobile Internet Devices |
August 21, 2008 -- Inc. today announced that its VLX virtualization solution will be supporting the latest Intel Atom processor Z5XX series-based Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). Device makers using VLX on these MIDs can simplify hardware ... read more |
| Accellera Board Approves New Version of Analog, Mixed-Signal Standard Featured |
August 21, 2008 -- Accellera announced today that its Board of Directors and Technical Committee members approved a new version of its Verilog-Analog Mixed-Signal (AMS) standard, Verilog-AMS 2.3, as an Accellera standard for analog and mi ... read more |
| Arasan Chip Systems Reveals Strategic Mobile Initiative |
August 21, 2008 -- Arasan Chip Systems, Inc. has dislosed its strategic mobile initiative to leverage Arasan's IP expertise by providing a new comprehensive approach to delivering mobile based IP's into the hands of mobile developers. Thi ... read more |
| New Intel Media Processor for Consumer Electronics Devices Uses Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio Processor |
August 21, 2008 -- Tensilica, Inc. today announced that the new Intel Media Processor CE 3100 (formerly codenamed "Canmore") for Internet-connected CE devices includes Tensilica’s HiFi 2 audio processor.
Tensilica’s HiFi 2 processo ... read more |
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