Design
Synopsys acquires WinterLogic
Synopsys has acquired WinterLogic, the technology leader in fault simulation used in automotive, safety and security environments for the design and verification of advanced SoCs. Fault simulation is a key technology for compliance testing of the ISO 26262 functional safety standard and its ASIL classification. The addition of WinterLogic's leading fault simulation capability extends Synopsys' large and growing solutions for safety and security i...
Design platform certified for Samsung's 14LPP FinFET process
Samsung Foundry has certified the Synopsys Galaxy Design Platform for Samsung's 14LPP FinFET process, which delivers high performance for compute-intensive designs and lower power consumption for mobile applications. With multiple tapeouts, including many designs in volume production, the Galaxy-based 14LPP flow featuring Advanced Waveform Propagation (AWP) in Synopsys' PrimeTime ensures multi-GHz performance at waveform-sensitive ultra-low volta...
System-level performance optimisation capabilities for MIPS users
UltraSoC has announced it is providing the benefits of its performance optimisation and system level profiling solutions to SoC development teams utilising Imagination Technologies’ MIPS processor architecture. This gives SoC designers access to a development environment that offers a holistic view of their entire system, encompassing not only MIPS processors via an interface between Imagination’s Codescape Debugger and on-chip UltraS...
The industry’s first complete UVM SystemVerilog VIP library
Mentor Graphics has announced the first entirely native UVM SystemVerilog memory VIP (Verification IP) library for all commonly used memory devices, configurations and interfaces. Mentor is adding more than 1,600 memory models to the Mentor VIP library that already supports over 60 commonly used peripheral interfaces and bus architectures.
Platform ushers in a new era of emulation
Announcing new applications for the Veloce platform, Mentor Graphics has ushered in a new era of emulation. The new apps - Veloce Deterministic ICE, Veloce DFT and Veloce FastPath - overcome critical system-level verification challenges in complex SoC and system designs. They run on an upgraded Veloce OS3 operating system that significantly accelerates design compile cycles, gate-level flows and the time it takes to review results. The comb...
Static analysis engine now includes binary analysis for ARM
GrammaTech has announced expansion of CodeSonar’s static analysis engine to include binary analysis for ARM, the dominant processor of the IoT. CodeSonar is the only commercially-available static analysis tool on the market to provide binary analysis, allowing engineering teams to analyse application software, middleware and firmware.
Development kit enables Zigbee, 802.15.4 connectivity
A development plat form which enables designers to easily add Zigbee or 802.15.4 connectivity to electronics designs has been launched by Farnell element14 and NXP. The Freedom Development Platform for Kinetis KW2x MCUs contains two boards, enabling point-to-point out of the box connectivity. It has a diverse reference design with all the necessary I/O connections for use as a self-contained board or for connection to an external application.
Lauterbach offers Windows 10 aware debugging on the ARM architecture
Lauterbach has announced that its TRACE32 development tool now supports Windows 10 aware debugging on the ARM architecture. Lauterbach's TRACE32 is an integrated, universal development system that can be connected to most work stations and can contain any combination of instruments which may be required for microprocessor systems development, including debugger, tracing tool, logic analyser, protocol analyser and sim...
Helping to reduce design time
A mixed signal low power flow from Cadence Design Systems has been employed by Silicon Labs to reduce overall design time, significantly speeding time to market. Silicon Labs adopted the flow for its new Blue Gecko family of wireless system-on-chip (SoC) devices that provide ultra-low power Bluetooth Smart connectivity for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
Model-based E/E Development of Commercial Vehicles made possible
PREEvision 7.5, the latest version of the PREEvision software from Vector Informatik, is now available. It provide users with expanded AUTOSAR support and the ability to develop network communication for commercial vehicles according to SAE J1939. When designing CAN FD networks according to SAE J1939, users will benefit from the simplified model-based E/E development for commercial vehicles such as trucks, buses and construction and farm machiner...