Design
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.
Development tools for RL78 MCUs updated
IAR Embedded Workbench for Renesas RL78 microcontrollers has been updated to include several new features. These additions aim to further enhance and simplify development of applications based on Renesas low-power RL78 microcontrollers.
Kit eliminates costly resolver-to-digital conversion
Texas Instruments introduces its first programmable microcontroller solution to handle resolver-to-digital decoding. The C2000 MCU Resolver Kit shows designers how to implement resolver-to-digital conversion using software on programmable C2000 MCUs, saving system cost and space in a variety of industrial applications, including robotics, servo drives, automation, avionics and transportation.
Tools achieve certification for TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process
Digital tools from Cadence Design Systems have received V1.0 DRM and SPICE certification for TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process, enabling joint customers to begin taping out FinFET-based designs using Cadence tools. Cadence’s digital, custom/analog and signoff tools have been co-optimized with TSMC’s 16nm FinFET process to enable higher performance, lower power consumption and smaller area for advanced designs.
Software achieves certification for 16nm FinFET process
Mentor Graphics has announced that its IC design to silicon solution has achieved certification for TSMC’s Design Rule Manual (DRM) and SPICE model version 1.0 for its 16nm FinFET process. The certification includes tools in the Calibre physical verification and DFM platform, as well as the Olympus-SoC place and route system, the Pyxis custom IC design platform, and Eldo SPICE simulator.
Simulation technology used to develop ADAS software
Toshiba has selected Simics simulation technology from Wind River to develop automotive application software on image recognition SoC platforms. With full system simulation and breakthrough development techniques, Simics helps Toshiba’s automotive customers increase their productivity by making software development processes faster and more efficient.
Green Hills expands support for Kinetis MCUs
With the company's MULTI integrated development environment selected by Freescale as a featured IDE for Kinetis MCUs, Green Hills Software has announced updates to its comprehensive software development tools, operating systems, middleware and hardware debug probe support for Freescale Kinetis MCUs.
32-bit development kit for iOS accessory designs
Designed to accelerate the development of Made for iPod/iPhone/iPad (MFi) accessories, Silicon Labs has announced a 32-bit hardware and firmware development kit which helps product manufacturers get to market quickly. Supporting the all-digital Lightning connector and protocol stack, the MFI-SIM3U1XX-DK development kit targets a wide range of accessories for iOS devices including entertainment accessories, device-powered dongles, game controllers...
ARINC 429 avionics IP core is now DO-254 certified
Sital Technology has announced that its ARINC 429 IP core is available with DO-254 certification documentation. The company now delivers ARINC 429 soft IP core for Transmitter and Receiver channels that can be certified with DO-254 DAL-A through DAL-E. Along with this IP, Sital provides a testing environment and user documentation which helps the user instantiate the IP into his/hers own system design.