Design
IP supports Ethernet at speeds of 25G, 50G, 100G & 400G
Semtech has announced a collaboration with MorethanIP, linking the IP from each party to produce a complete layer 1/layer 2 solution for IEEE 802.3bj, the recently ratified standard supporting 100G backplane applications.
Emulator & virtual keyboard improve productivity
An emulator, designed for rugged computers, has been released by JLT Mobile Computers. Freefloat Access, developed by Freefloat, connects the JLT rugged computer to IBM mainframes (3270), AS/400 (5250), UNIX (VT 100/220), Linux (ANSI) and SAP systems (ANSI).
One tool to join them
In a bid to bring unity to a disparate process, Mentor Graphics has officially launched a tool that allows designers to work at the chip, package and PCB level concurrently.
Software as a process
A single software product may comprise multiple suppliers and sources, making safety, security and performance processes even more important. By Rod Cope, CTO, Rogue Wave Software.
"Fast time-to-market" - inspiring or meaningless?
Is the phrase "Fast time-to-market" on the side of an MCU starter-kit confidence-inspiring, or virtually meaningless now there is so much more to think about? By Steve Norman, Core Marketing Manager, Industrial and Communications Business Group, Renesas Electronics Europe.
SDK provides glue between host application & hardware
BittWare has announced version 1.8 of its BittWorks II Toolkit, an SDK supporting its Arria V, Stratix V and soon-to-be released Arria 10 FPGA-based boards. Designed to make developing and debugging applications for BittWare's boards easy and efficient, the Toolkit is a collection of libraries and applications that provides the glue between the host application and the hardware.
Tool speeds ASIP design by five times
A tool which speeds the design of ASIPs (Application-Specific Instruction-set Processors) has been released by Synopsys. The ASIP Designer's language-based approach allows the automatic generation of synthesisable RTL and SDKs from a single input specification, accelerating the processor design and verification effort by up to five times compared to traditional manual approaches. ASIPs are deployed in a wide range of signal-processing intens...
Latest MES software offers 30% increase in productivity
Companies in dynamic markets with multiple plants and integrated processes spanning continents need software to monitor, control and manage operations. This is the purpose of FORCE, the latest and most powerful version of Forcam’s MES software, already proven to deliver productivity gains of up to 30%, achieve rapid pay back and produce on-going efficiency gains.
Address IoT challenges with open source solutions
Wind River has delivered enhancements to its Open Virtualization, Security Profile and Carrier Grade Profile for Wind River Linux. These profiles provide developers with key capabilities to create the safe, secure and reliable intelligent systems that will harness the power of the IoT.
DevKit shortens development time of machine vision systems
Tokyo Electron Device Limited (TED) has announced the availability of the TB-7Z-ISDK, a DevKit for its industrial grade SoM, TB-7Z-IAE.