Design
AMD Unlocks 3D Internet Potential with OpenGL ES 2.0 Driver
At SIGGRAPH 2010, AMD today announced availability of the first software driver for desktop computing environments to support the WebGL industry standard, which is designed to bring plugin-free 3D graphics to the Internet. The AMD OpenGL® ES 2.0 driver is intended to help developers easily create exciting 3D content that can be rendered more quickly for consumers using open-source web browsers, thereby helping create an application-like browser ...
AMD Spurs Software Development to Benefit from Heterogeneous Compute Architectures and APUs
AMD today announced the availability of the ATI Stream Software Development Kit (SDK) v2.2 with full OpenCL™ 1.1 support to provide developers with the tools they need to build incredible next-generation applications. By taking advantage of both CPU and GPU processing power in a given system, applications like 3D video, HD video chat and multi-display 3D gaming are possible.
Synopsys Launches DesignWare USB Software Alliance Program
Synopsys, Inc. announced the launch of the DesignWare® USB Software Alliance Program with leading USB software providers emsys, Jungo, MCCI and MicroDigital as inaugural members. This alliance program establishes an ecosystem of qualified USB software providers for drivers, firmware and stacks which have proven interoperability with Synopsys' DesignWare USB 2.0 and SuperSpeed USB 3.0 IP. Synopsys and its DesignWare USB Software Alliance Program ...
Silicon Labs Offers Comprehensive Symbol Model Library To Accelerate Embedded System Design
Silicon Labs introduced a web-based library of schematic symbols and printed-circuit board (PCB) footprints to help developers designing with Silicon Labs' embedded mixed-signal products streamline application development and accelerate time to market. The online symbol library supports Silicon Labs' latest microcontrollers (MCUs) including the Si10xx wireless MCU family, ultra-low-power F99x/F98x devices and capacitive touch-sense MCUs; USB, Eth...
SchmartBoard to Give Away Development Board for TI Microcontrollers
SchmartBoard has announced a new monthly contest for their new development board which supports Texas Instruments Incorporated's broad microcontroller portfolio, including ultra-low power MSP430, ARM Cortex™-M3-based Stellaris and real-time control C2000 MCU platforms.
UK AEC Industry Makes a Significant Move Towards Building Information Modelling
“The building design, construction and infrastructure industries must improve productivity, while at the same time completing complex projects on time and at or under budget,” said Jay Bhatt, senior vice president of AEC Industry Solutions on a recent visit to the UK. He was speaking at a time when a string of big-name contractors and architects including Aedas, WSP, Architype and Halcrow have made investments in Autodesk Revit Software, alo...
Synopsys Adds TDD Support to LTE Model Library
Synopsys, Inc. today announced the availability of the Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode in its Long-term Evolution (LTE) Model Library for physical layer system simulation. The addition of the TDD mode to the proven LTE Model Library enables developers of semiconductors for LTE network equipment and devices to quickly and reliably extend their designs to support this important version of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) LTE standard.
Zuken’s CADSTAR 12.1 PCB Design Software Cuts Engineering Costs
Zuken has today announced version 12.1 of CADSTAR, the desktop PCB design suite. Amidst the call for companies to tighten their belts as they climb out of recession, CADSTAR brings new functionality that helps cut design and manufacturing costs. The CADSTAR team has been focused on making customer’s design functionality requirements come true, with new functionality for advanced library management and signal integrity verification, ECAD MCAD in...
Synopsys and Lattice Renew OEM Relationship for FPGA Synthesis Software
Synopsys, Inc. and Lattice Semiconductor Corporation today announced a multi-year extension of Lattice's OEM agreement for the Synopsys Synplify FPGA synthesis tools, which Lattice has been offering to its customers for more than 10 years. Under the terms of the agreement, Lattice Semiconductor will provide specific versions of Synopsys' Synplify Pro and Synplify software as part of its programmable logic design environments, including the recent...
WaveFormer Lite Generates Mixed Signal HDL Test Benches for all FPGA design flows
WaveFormer Lite Generates Mixed Signal HDL Test Benches for all FPGA design flows SynaptiCAD has just released a major upgrade to WaveFormer Lite, it's entry level tool for generating VHDL and Verilog test benches graphically from timing diagrams drawn by the user. Previously only available as part of the Actel Libero package, WaveFormer Lite can now be purchased directly from SynaptiCAD. WaveFormer Lite generates native VHDL and Verilog testbenc...