Design
Industry's first complete LPDDR4 IP launched
A complete LPDDR4 IP has been launched with the company, Synopsys, claiming it is the industry's first complete LPDDR4 IP solution. The IP includes Synopsys' DesignWare LPDDR4 multiPHY, Enhanced Universal DDR Memory Controller (uMCTL2) and verification IP (VIP), as well as hardening and signal integrity services.
Hardened floating-point DSP blocks are IEEE 754-compliant
Altera is industry's first programmable logic company to integrate hardened IEEE 754-compliant, floating-point operators in an FPGA, delivering unparallelled levels of DSP performance, designer productivity and logic efficiency. The hardened floating point DSP blocks are integrated in Altera’s 20nm Arria 10 FPGAs and SoCs, as well as 14nm Stratix 10 FPGAs and SoCs.
Reference design board for accurate current-sensing
By monitoring the voltage drop across a copper track on a PCB, a new reference design board from ams achieves linear current measurement up to 100A with an accuracy of ±1%. The board takes advantage of the very high sensitivity and precision of the AS8510, an integrated data acquisition front end which provides two measurement channels.
Cadence snaps up Jasper Design Automation
Cadence Design Systems is to buy Jasper Design Automation. The combination of Cadence’s System Development Suite and Jasper’s multiple verification solutions built on the JasperGold platform will expand differentiation of Cadence’s system verification platform, and will be tightly integrated with Cadence’s common debug analysis, formal and semi-formal solutions, simulation, acceleration, emulation and prototyping platforms...
Designing a UWB high-power-microwave travelling-wave antenna
This application note from Computer Simulation Technology discusses the design and implementation of high-power-microwave (HPM) travelling-wave antenna. The antenna is designed to be driven by a high-power, single-shot signal generator with 1ns pulse-width at the -3dB power points, and peak voltage of up to 100kV.
AWR software used to design UWB receiver
Italian electronics developer, Cover Sistemi used AWR software to design an ultra-wideband (UWB) receiver from concept to final production in a single pass. Specifications were for a complete design starting from the antenna through to the entire RF/baseband analog chain down to the AD converter.
Altium signs up to AUTOSAR partnership
Altium a supplier of Smart System Design Automation, 3D PCB design and embedded software development (TASKING) has joined the AUTOSAR (AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture) development partnership. TASKING is a leading provider of compiler solutions to software developers within the microcontroller market. TASKING’s development tools are highly regarded by high-end suppliers, particularly within the automotive industry, to program micro...
ARM Cortex-A57 Performance Analysis Kit previewed at forum
Prototype solution supplier Carbon Design Systems previewed its newly released ARM Cortex-A57 Carbon Performance Analysis Kit (CPAK) at the recent Freescale Technology Forum.The release includes multiple CPAKs featuring the ARM Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 processor cores. CPAKs enable debug and analysis of 64-bit executables and come complete with pre-built software code to configure and exercise the systems.
Digital and custom solution for TSMC N16 FinFET process
Synopsys has announced availability of the V1.0 certified solution for cell-based and custom implementation with the TSMC N16 FinFET process. The TSMC-certified solution delivers predictable design closure with production-ready FinFET design automation tools, allowing engineers designing next generation semiconductors to deliver faster, more power-efficient and denser chips.
Processor enables cloud-connected robotic sprinkler
Broadcom has revealed that the company's cost-optimised, low-power BCM2835 applications processor is the technology behind the Droplet Robotic Sprinkler. The world's first cloud-connected robotic sprinkler system, it leverages real-time data from more than 10,000 weather stations, millions of square miles of soil samples and comprehensive plant biological information to make intelligent decisions on when, where and how much water to deliver.