| K-Micro Announces Availability of FPGA Board for the CatsEye Development Systems |
March 17, 2009 -- K-Micro (Kawasaki Microelectronics America, Inc.) has announced the availability of FPGA boards for the CatsEye development systems to speed up the hardware and software development time associated with complex ASIC desi ... read more |
| Synopsys Announces Yield Explorer for Design-Centric Yield Management |
March 17, 2009 -- Synopsys, Inc. has introduced Yield Explorer, a new yield-management product that expedites the discovery and mitigation of yield limiters in leading-edge integrated circuits. When compared with traditional methods, says ... read more |
| Imagination Technologies Launches PowerVR SGX543MP Multi-Processor Graphics IP Family |
March 17, 2009 -- Imagination Technologies, Ltd. has announced further details of the first PowerVR SGX graphics IP core with multi-processor (MP) core support. The technology, henceforth PowerVR SGX543MP, is being delivered in SGXMP2 (tw ... read more |
| Silistix Announces Mixed Synchronous/ Asynchronous Network-on-Chip Solution in CHAINworks 3.0 |
March 17, 2009 -- Silistix, Ltd. has announced CHAINworks 3.0, enabling architects and designers of complex chips to synthesize Networks-on-Chip (NoC) using both synchronous and asynchronous circuit techniques.
NoC technology is ra ... read more |
| Real Intent Partners with Satris in Israel |
March 17, 2009 -- Real Intent, Inc. has signed Satris Corp. in Israel as its newest distribution partner. Satris is providing sales and support for Real Intent's prospects and customers in Israel, and is the newest addition to the company ... read more |
| ON Semiconductor to Offer New IP Blocks for Industry-Standard Interfaces, Microcontrollers and Peripherals |
March 17, 2009 -- ON Semiconductor has expanded its intellectual property (IP) portfolio with the addition of more than 30 silicon-proven IP blocks. Designers developing ASIC and system-on-chip (SOC) solutions based on the company’s digit ... read more |
| National Instruments Announces New Version of CompactRIO Module Development Kit to Simplify Custom Module Design |
March 17, 2009 -- National Instruments Corp. has announced the latest version of a module development kit that further simplifies the process for users, OEMs and system integrators to design custom C Series modules for NI CompactRIO and a ... read more |
| PolyCore Software Announces Multicore Communications Topology Mapping Tool |
March 17, 2009 -- PolyCore Software, Inc. today announced Poly-Mapper, a multicore communications topology mapping tool. Poly-Mapper is an Eclipse GUI based, flexible tool for rapid creation of validated multicore communications topologie ... read more |
| Microchip Technology Unveils PICDEM Lab Development Kit |
March 17, 2009 -- Microchip Technology, Inc. has announced the PICDEM Lab Development Kit, a comprehensive, entry-level development platform for all of Microchip’s 8-bit Flash PIC microcontrollers (MCUs) with 20 or fewer pins. Geared towa ... read more |
| Actel Announces SoftConsole Version 2.2, a Free Embedded Software Development Environment |
March 17, 2009 -- Actel Corp. has announced the availability of SoftConsole version 2.2, the next-generation free development environment for embedded design. This new version includes enhanced capabilities for debug and the downloading o ... read more |
| Altera's Embedded Systems Development Kit Accelerates Cyclone III FPGA-Based Embedded Designs |
March 16, 2009 -- Altera Corp. today announced availability of its Embedded Systems Development Kit, Cyclone III FPGA Edition, a comprehensive platform that accelerates the prototyping and development of FPGA-based embedded systems. This ... read more |
| Synopsys DesignWare USB 2.0 nanoPHY and PCI Express 1.1 PHY IP Achieves Compliance in UMC's 65-nm Process Technologies |
March 13, 2009 -- Synopsys, Inc. has announced that the DesignWare USB 2.0 nanoPHY IP and PCI Express 1.1 PHY are the first IP cores to achieve compliance in UMC's 65-nm SP and LL process technologies. Passing compliance testing helps ens ... read more |
| SiTime Adopts Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSpice Platform with AFS Nano |
March 13, 2009 -- Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. today announced that SiTime Corp. a leading provider of micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS)-based silicon timing solutions has adopted the company's Analog FastSpice unified verificat ... read more |
| TI Delivers Up to 30% Higher Performance for Data-Intensive Applications with New 1.2-GHz C64x+ DSP |
March 13, 2009 -- The new Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) TMS320C6457 digital signal processor (DSP), available at speeds of 1.2GHz and 1GHz, delivers up to 30% more performance at one-third less the cost of current single core DSP processor ... read more |
| ViXS Systems Selects Virage Logic's High-Performance Intelli DDR 2/3 Memory Interface IP for Video Processing Systems |
March 13, 2009 -- Virage Logic Corp. has expanded its partnership with ViXS Systems, Inc. to provide its Intelli DDR2/3-1600 for ViXS’ video processing solutions. ViXS will expand its use of Virage Logic embedded memory IP to inclu ... read more |
| Impulse C Image Processing Library Speeds FPGA Development |
March 13, 2009 -- Impulse Accelerated Technologies, Inc. has released a library of FPGA image-processing elements for developing custom advanced video and imaging systems. This library includes a range of single-pixel and 2-dimensional op ... read more |
| New VIA VX855 Media System Processor Brings Power Efficiency to 1080p HD Video Playback |
March 13, 2009 -- VIA Technologies, Inc. has announced the VIA VX855 Media System Processor (MSP), a power-efficient, all-in-one chipset that addresses the key performance and entertainment requirements of today's small form factor and mo ... read more |
| DFCDesign's TCP/IP Stack Integrated into the 3L Diamond Multiprocessor Tool Suite |
March 13, 2009 -- 3L, Ltd. and DFCDesign, s.r.o., a specialist provider of custom embedded systems and IP, have announced the integration of Diamond TCP, a full-function, high-performance TCP/IP networking stack into the 3L Diamond ... read more |
| MIPS Technologies Certifies Multi-Core System on EEMBC MultiBench Benchmark Software
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March 13, 2009 -- MIPS Technologies, Inc. has announced that it is the first company to certify a multi-core system on EEMBC MultiBench benchmark software. MIPS certified its MIPS32 1004K Coherent Processing System (CPS) multi-threaded mu ... read more |
| Samsung Brings 40-nm Technology to Production of Flex-OneNAND Fusion Memory |
March 12, 2009 -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has begun using 40-nm process technology to produce an 8-Gbit Flex-OneNAND fusion memory chip. Samsung’s Flex-OneNAND is a proprietary memory device that provides both SLC and MLC NAND in a ... read more |
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