Design
Magma’s Titan and FineSim Validated for LFoundry Interoperable Process Design Kits Accelerating Turnaround Time for Analog/Mixed-Signal SoCs
Magma Design Automation today announced the LFoundry’s interoperable process design kits are validated for use with the Titan Mixed-Signal Design Platform, Titan Acclerators and FineSim circuit simulator for 0.15-micron technology platforms. The combination of Magma’s Titan and FineSim software and LFoundry’s process technology will accelerate development of analog/mixed-signal (AMS) products, especially for European system-on-chip (SoC) de...
MSC closes the gap between MCU and x86 embedded board solutions with nanoRISC modules
MSC presents an innovative ARM-based module concept - that is especially suitable for cost-sensitive embedded applications - in Hall 9, Booth 463 at embedded word 2011. Due to their pin compatibility and the usability of various CPUs - the current range is from ARM9 derivatives clocked at 400 MHz up to 1 GHz Cortex-A8 cores - the new nanoRISC® modules offer a high degree of scalability. Furthermore, the modules, which measure only 50 mm x 70 mm,...
GOEPEL electronic introduces the worldwide smallest JTAG/Boundary Scan Controller
GOEPEL electronic introduces PicoTAP, the world’s smallest JTAG/Boundary Scan Controller with single TAP interface. The new and extremely handy solution (matchbox size) has been designed for simple Boundary Scan test and programming tasks and for cost-critical applications throughout the entire product life cycle. If users want to upgrade their Boundary Scan applications at a later point in time, programs generated with PicoTAP are cross compa...
DSL expands embedded design services
DataSound Laboratories (DSL), a leading provider of single board and embedded computing solutions, is expanding its specialist custom design services to meet the growing demand from OEMs for UK-based systems design and development. In addition to expanding its engineering teams, DSL is moving into new larger premises in May with purpose-built design studios and research labs.
IMS CHIPS Standardizes on Cadence Silicon Realization Product Line for Advanced Gate Array Design
Cadence today announced that IMS CHIPS has adopted Cadence® Silicon Realization technologies for its special mixed-signal gate array technology. IMS CHIPS plans to deploy Cadence end-to-end Virtuoso® custom and Encounter® digital technologies for its commercial research business in areas such as advanced silicon technology, customer-specific circuits, nanopatterning and image sensor technology.
Broadcom Expands Use of Cadence Verification Computing Platform to Tackle System Realization
Cadence Design Systems today announced that Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is expanding its use of the Cadence® Verification Computing Platform, Palladium® XP, to help validate its complex system designs before committing them to silicon.
Fast Generation of production-oriented AOI Programs
The newest version of GOEPEL electronic’s AOI system software features a special highlight. An integrated debug statistics captures AOI relevant variations in the production process and provides them for statistical evaluations. Hence, OptiCon series AOI systems enable a highly effective and convenient optimisation of generated test programs. Increased false call rates, originated in process tolerances or component variations, can be directly c...
Synopsys Announces Immediate Availability of Silicon-Proven DesignWare Data Converter IP in SMIC 65-nm LL Process Technology
Synopsys announced the immediate availability of the silicon-proven DesignWare Data Converter IP for SMIC's popular 65-nanometer (nm) Low Leakage (LL) process technology, enabling designers to improve their chips' power efficiency and ease their integration efforts. Synopsys is the first IP provider to offer a comprehensive portfolio of high-performance data converter IP solutions consisting of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and digital-to-a...
Reaching a new dimension in system simulation with Modelica
ITI, one of the leading software and engineering companies for system simulation, today announces its participation in the 8th International Modelica Conference from March 20th to 22nd, 2011 in Dresden/Germany. In lectures, tutorials, vendor sessions as well as numerous partner lectures ITI shows how newly developed interfaces enable a platform-independent exchange of simulation models and how SimulationX increases modeling efficiency. ITI active...
Nat Semi Introduces Industry’s First Analogue Design Tool in Russian Language
National Semiconductor announced that its award-winning WEBENCH® Designer tools are now available in the Russian language. Worldwide expert and novice electronic engineers as well as mechanical engineers have used WEBENCH to create over 1.5 million analog designs cost-free and quickly since its introduction in 1999.