News & Analysis
Cadence to Acquire Denali
Cadence Design Systems and Denali Software, Inc., a leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property (IP), today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Cadence will acquire Denali for $315 million in cash. Denali is expected to have approximately $45 million in cash at closing. In alignment with its EDA360 strategy, this transaction expands Cadence’s solu...
Cadence and IBM Team to Develop Leading-Edge IP
Cadence Design Systems today announced a joint development agreement with IBM to create high-performance integration-optimized IP that will help customers deliver leading-edge designs while reducing the risk and time associated with integrating complex SoC Designs.
NI Announces More Than 100 C Series Modules
National Instruments today announced the availability of more than 100 C Series plug-in modules from National Instruments and third-party companies. With more than 50 modules from NI, 50 third-party modules and a multitude of chassis available, there are numerous configuration options to address a wide variety of measurement and embedded control needs. Engineers and scientists can insert NI C Series modules into any of the C Series family of chas...
CST Announces Significant New Functionality for CST MICROWAVE STUDIO Frequency Domain Solver in Version 2011
CST announces curved elements and domain decomposition will be available in the CST MICROWAVE STUDIO frequency domain solver in the next major release at MTT-S IMS 2010.
Complete Quad-band Fluorescence Filter Set from Semrock
Semrock announces the first complete quad-band fluorescence filter set for simultaneous four-color imaging by eye or with a color camera using broadband illumination. The new DA/FI/TR/Cy5-A quad-band set is comprised of three high-performance, hard-coated optical filters: excitation and emission filters each with four high-transmission passbands and excellent out-of-band blocking and a perfectly matching beamsplitter with four precision edges. ...
A Complete Switching Regulator Design Tool for LTCs uModule and Monolithic DCDC Regulators
Switching power supply design can often be a challenging and time-consuming experience. Typically this requires knowledge of aspects such as control loop compensation, IC operation and capabilities, filtering and even power loss mechanisms related to DC/DC switching regulators.
See PCI Express Hard IP Demo on Low-Cost FPGA
Concerned about power consumption and device cost? Watch this 7-minute video to learn about a development kit featuring a low-cost FPGA that addresses both of these challenges. What's more, the FPGA family features the only low-cost device with PCI Express x4 functionality.
CC8520 Pure Path Wireless Video
A look at TI's new PurePath™ Wireless 2.4 GHz RF SoC for wireless digital audio streaming.
DLP® Pico™ Projector Development Kit - Another Geek Moment
Another Geek Moment series on the DLP® Pico™ Projector Development Kit provided by Digi-Key and Texas Instruments. Jeremy shows how to set up Linux on the Beagleboard for use with the Pico projector.
Atmel maXTouch Now Enabling the BIG Screen
Solutions for high-resolution screens with unlimited touch, faster response, stylus support, and more accuracy for enhanced consumer experience with touch-enabled applications.