Design
FCI's Web-based Design Tools Simplify Product Selection
FCI has developed a dedicated, micro-site for I/O connector solutions. The micro-site provides customers with an easy to use, web-based interface with direct access to interactive product selectors. Based on a variety of selectable design criteria, these product selectors allow customers to identify the I/O connector that best suits their application. Selector tables for each product category help users navigate through the broad I/O connector po...
Saelig Debuts GTO – GUI Software Speeds PCB Assembly Design Verification
Saelig Company, Inc. announces the availability of GTO, - an easy-to-use Graphical User Interface tool, expressly designed to help rework technicians, assembly technicians, and printed circuit board assembly contract manufacturers to easily locate single or multiple components on a PCB.
VIA Mobile-ITX Brings Further Miniaturization and Greater Flexibility to Embedded Devices
VIA Technologies, Inc today announced Mobile-ITX, the latest VIA-developed open form factor specification for the creation of ultra-compact and portable embedded devices. Mobile-ITX defines a uniquely compact 6cm x 6cm computer-on-module specification designed to enable an easier and less resource intensive development cycle for a range of ultra-compact, portable embedded systems.
Magma Announces Talus-Based RTL-to-GDSII Reference Flow for Imagination Technologies' POWERVR Graphics Accelerator
Magma Design Automation Inc, a provider of chip design software, today announced the availability of an RTL-to-GDSII reference flow for system-on-chip (SoC) designs that incorporate POWERVR(TM) SGX graphics accelerator cores from Imagination Technologies, a leader in SoC intellectual property (IP). Based on Talus(R) 1.1, the latest release of Magma's design implementation system, the flow leverages the recently enhanced optimization capabilities ...
Magma Announces Talus Design 1.1 and Talus RTL 1.1 -- Enhanced Synthesis Products Deliver New Capabilities, Reference Flows and Interfaces
Magma Design Automation Inc.a provider of chip design software, today announced the availability of Talus Design 1.1 and Talus RTL 1.1, Magma's full-chip synthesis products for advanced integrated circuits. Capabilities in these new versions include GlassBox™ abstraction technology; enhanced optimization algorithms; RTL-to-GDSII reference flows for leading IP providers including ARM, MIPS and Imagination Technologies (see related announcement t...
Hynix Standardizes on Magma's FineSim Pro and FineSim SPICE for Full-Chip Verification of Large Memory Designs
Magma Design Automation Inc has announced today that Hynix Semiconductor Inc., a leading provider of memory products, has adopted and deployed FineSim(TM) Pro and FineSim SPICE as an integral part of its memory design and verification flow. Hynix standardized on Magma's advanced circuit simulation technology after an extensive evaluation involving a number of commercially available products and many different types of designs. The results of the ...
Mercury Computer Systems Announces Availability of OpenVPX Reference Design Kits
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. a leading provider of embedded computing systems and software for image, sensor, and signal processing applications, announced availability of its family of OpenVPX Reference Design Kits.
Embedded Databases in Defence
McObject, whose eXtremeDB embedded database systems are distributed in the UK by Phaedrus Systems, has announced two major design wins in the military and aerospace area. BAE Systems is using McObject’s eXtremeDB as part of an avionics upgrade for the Panavia Tornado GR4 multi-role combat jet and leading Turkish defence contractor STM Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade is using the eXtremeDB High Availability (HA) embedded database with...
Altera Delivers Industry's First Serial RapidIO 2.1 IP Solution
Altera Corporation today announced the immediate availability of the industry's first intellectual property (IP) core supporting the RapidIO 2.1 specification. Altera's Serial RapidIO IP core supports up to four lanes at 5.0 GBaud per lane, addressing the increased bandwidth and reliability needs of the wireless and military markets. The IP core is optimized for Stratix® IV FPGAs with embedded transceivers and is supported within Quartus® II so...
AAEON Releases Low Cost Embedded Controller-AEC-6420
AAEON announces the debut of the low cost embedded controller—AEC-6420. This model is part of the BOXER Lite series in the AAEON embedded controller product line and is characterized by its compact size and competitive price in the market.