Design
NI LabVIEW 2009 Targets Emerging Applications With New Technologies
National Instruments has announced LabVIEW 2009, the latest version of the graphical system design software platform for control, test and embedded system development. LabVIEW 2009 simplifies the development challenges of parallel hardware architectures with new virtualization technology that takes advantage of multicore systems as well as by offering new compiler improvements and IP that enhance field-programmable gate array (FPGA) design.
3D EM for Power Integrity Analysis
Engineers working on the design of power delivery networks will benefit from CST’s latest addition to CST STUDIO SUITE. The new CST PCB STUDIO Power Integrity solver, based on a special 3D FEM approach, helps calculate accurate impedance profiles within a full 3D simulation, but in a fraction of the time required by traditional 3D solvers.
PGI Visual Fortran 9.0 Adds Support for MPI Debugging on Windows HPC Server 2008 Clusters
The Portland Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of STMicroelectronics, today announced the general availability of PGI Visual Fortran (PVF) Release 9.0 for Windows workstations, servers and clusters. PVF 9.0 is the first general release to include support for the building, launching and debugging of Microsoft MPI (MSMPI) Fortran applications from within the Microsoft Visual Studio integrated development environment.
High Integrity Systems announces free OpenRTOS CONNECT evaluation licence
Wittenstein High Integrity Systems has announced a completely free evaluation license for its OpenRTOS CONNECT software package. The licence gives access to High Integrity Systems’ suite of embedded middleware components that vastly simplify development cycles.
Real Intent Announces New Functional Verification Solution to Ensure X-Robust Designs
Real Intent Inc., the innovator in automating the intelligence of formal techniques for design verification, announced today that its early functional verification product family AscentTM now includes the first commercially available automated solution to ensure X-robust designs, available through the Ascent Path-Based Verification (PBV) product.
Development kit for STM32 Connectivity Line
Hitex has introduced the STM32-comStick designed for an easy and low-cost start in STMicroelectronics’ new Cortex-M3-based STM32 Connectivity Line. The STM32-comStick is a complete small-sized development kit that provides a comprehensive entry to the STM32 Connectivity Line’s features.
Synopsys Introduces Galaxy 2009 with a claimed 2x Faster Throughput
Synopsys has introduced the latest release of its Galaxy Implementation Platform delivering 2x faster design implementation and signoff throughput with new multicore performance and multi-corner/multi-mode (MCMM) technologies. Built-in support for multicore processing across the Galaxy Platform enables engineering teams to immediately boost runtime performance using their existing compute servers. Additionally, the Galaxy Platform includes new MC...
Lattice Announces Update, More Accessible CPLD Design Tools
Lattice Semiconductor has announced the immediate availability of Version 1.3 of its ispLEVER Classic design tool suite. Version 1.3 includes updated support for Lattice CPLDs (Complex Programmable Logic Devices), including the widely popular ispMACH 4000 device family. Designers can quickly download, for free, ispLEVER Classic for Windows, as well as optional Synopsys Synplify logic synthesis and Aldec Active-HDL simulator modules from: www.latt...
Autorouter and layout device generator from Tanner EDA speeds up analogue and mixed-signal ASIC design
EDA Solutions has announced the availability of version 14.10 of Tanner EDA’s Tanner Tools Pro and HiPer Silicon design software, including a new interactive autorouter, SDL Router, and a layout device generator, DevGen. Both these additions increase designers’ productivity and speed up development of full custom analogue IC and MEMS design.
Altium accelerates move towards continuous updates
Altium continues to provide new features in Altium Designer, its electronics design software, to help electronics designers stay continuously updated on new technology and trends. “We think the days of an industry model that somehow forces users to wait for significant new releases and features, that appear only once every few years, are numbered,” says Nick Martin, CEO of Altium.