News & Analysis
Cadence Europe Expands Its Academic Network
Cadence Design Systems announced that three additional universities will take on active roles in its academic network in Europe. The network promotes the proliferation of leading-edge technologies and methodologies at universities renowned for their engineering and design excellence. The latest additions to the Cadence Academic Network are the CETTI/TU Bucharest, which will focus on PCB design; the KTH Stockholm, which will concentrate on wireles...
Chipsbank Adopts Cadence Incisive Xtreme III System to Boost SoC Verification Performance
Cadence Design Systems announced that Chipsbank Microelectronics Co., Ltd., a leading fabless IC design company based in Shenzhen, China, has adopted the Cadence Incisive Xtreme III system to accelerate the RTL design process with a verification flow for its next-generation digital consumer and networking chips.
Agilent Technologies and the University of Texas at Dallas Collaborate on Millimeter and Sub-Millimeter Wave Characterization Facility in Texas Analog Center of Excellence
Agilent Technologies and the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) today announced they will establish a leading millimeter- and sub-millimeter-wave electronics characterization facility at the Texas Analog Center of Excellence (TxACE). The facility will be available to industrial and government institutions using an open, collaborative framework.
Agilent Technologies Appoints Rick Burdsall as Chief Infrastructure Officer
Agilent Technologies has announced the appointment of Rick Burdsall to the newly created position of chief infrastructure officer. Burdsall is currently Agilent's vice president and chief information officer.
Vishay Announces Featured Products for 2010
Vishay today announced its “Super 12” featured products for 2010. The line-up of components features industry-leading specs, such as capacitance-voltage, current rating, and on-resistance.
Laird Technologies Launches Enhanced Version of AZTEC Thermoelectric Module Simulation Software
Laird Technologies, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of customized, performance-critical components for wireless systems and other advanced electronics applications, today announced the launch of its enhanced online thermoelectric module (TEM) simulation software tool: AZTEC.
STMicroelectronics Named in FORTUNE Magazine’s “World’s Most Admired Companies” List for 2010
STMicroelectronics today announced that it has been named one of the “World’s Most Admired Companies” in the semiconductor category of Fortune magazine’s 2010 annual ranking. Among semiconductor companies evaluated, STMicroelectronics is ranked the 6th most admired, in its first year as a participant in the survey. Additionally, it is by far the highest-ranking Europe-based chipmaker on the list.
Rochester Electronics Re-creates, Manufactures Critical End-Of-Life Semiconductors, Enabling Customers To Avoid System Re-qualification
Rochester Electronics, the world’s largest authorized manufacturer of discontinued semiconductors, provides authorized reverse-engineering services to re-create, manufacture and distribute pin-for-pin replacement parts with matched cycle for cycle timing for aftermarket semiconductor devices. Through its unique Rochester Semiconductor Replication Process (SRP™), customers can avoid system re-qualification steps as the Rochester-designed and m...
Rochester Electronics Introduces Continuing Support of Intel IXF1002 Media Access Controller
Rochester Electronics, the world’s largest authorized manufacturer of discontinued semiconductors, is announcing that it will provide, under a license from Intel®, continuing manufacturing and customer support for Intel’s IXF1002 Dual Port Gigabit Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC), which facilitates simple network management protocol (SNMP) and remote monitoring (RMON) management in gigabit Ethernet server environments.
Rochester Electronics Provides Reliable, Authorized Source For Numonyx Forte M25P Serial Flash Memory Family
Rochester Electronics provides a stable and genuine source of Numonyx’s Forte M25P family of serial flash memory semiconductor devices. Providing 512 Kbits of flash memory, SPI bus compatible serial interface, fast system speed, sequential read capability, and low power consumption in a small package, the Numonyx Forte M25P serial flash family offers added value to both high- and low-end applications. Rochester has more than 1,783,000 Forte M2...