Design
In-System Emulation Technology qualified for additional ARM Architecture
GOEPEL has announced the development of a special model library for ARM Cortex-M3 architecture processors to support the emulation technology VarioTAP. The libraries, described as VarioTAP models, are structured modularly as intelligent IP and enable a complete fusion of Boundary Scan test and JTAG emulation. Employing this technology, embedded or external Flash can be in-system programmed via the native processor function. Furthermore, VarioTAP ...
Orange Tree Announces Gigabit Ethernet Module With Hardware TCP/IP and Universal Interface
Orange Tree Technologies today announced availability of the latest generation of its Zest Series programmable interconnect modules. In a compact 75mm x 50mm form factor the ZestET1 provides a dedicated hardware TCP/IP Offload engine (TOE) and a companion FPGA for universal Ethernet interfacing. Delivering over 200MBytes/s sustained data rates and 6µsec latency, the ZestET1 provides Gigabit Ethernet performance for real-time applications wi...
Green Hills Networking Platform Adds Support for Freescale’s VortiQa Software Products
Green Hills Software, Inc. today announced the integration of the Green Hills Platform for Secure Networking with Freescale VortiQa software for networking equipment. Customers using this combined offering can accelerate product development and optimize application performance of multicore-based designs. The combined offerings are being introduced across the four VortiQa software product lines that Freescale announced today for service provider e...
Adeneo brings embedded design expertise to TI's Elite Design House Network
Adeneo, a Texas Instruments Developer Network member with facilities in Europe and the U.S. has been selected by TI to participate in their Elite Design House Program, a group of independent design services companies offering system design, development, prototyping and manufacturing services to customers worldwide with strong hardware and software design expertise using TI analog and embedded processing technology.
Pulsic Granted Patent For Routing According To Current Density Rules
Pulsic has announced that it has been granted a US Patent for a routing innovation incorporated in its physical chip design software. This patent, titled “Automatic routing nets according to current density rules”, protects unique technology incorporated in Pulsic’s UniRoute automated router.
Synopsys MVSIM adopted for low power verification of mobile SoC platform
Synopsys has announced that ST-Ericsson has adopted Synopsys’ MVSIM low power dynamic verification solution for its STw8500 system-on-chip (SoC) platform for the mobile phone market. ST-Ericsson selected MVSIM for its proven ability to comprehensively verify low power techniques, including standby and built-in automated low power assertions, which enable the early detection of bugs. The tool’s extensive support for the IEEE 1801 [Unified Powe...
Avnet Embedded Strengthens European Position with New Structure
Avnet Embedded has announced a new corporate structure. The company has successfully completed the integration of Abacus Embedded, part of the Abacus Group that Avnet acquired earlier this year. Headed up by Martin Brooks, Avnet Embedded now has over 100 employees and has extended its activities to cover the whole of Europe.
Toshiba - Physical layer and protocols provide complete MIPI IP solution for SoC development
The latest intellectual property from Toshiba Electronics Europe’s ASIC & Foundry Business Unit will simplify and speed the implementation of MIPI-compliant system-on-chip (SoC) designs for mobile phones and associated devices. The Toshiba MIPI (Mobile Industry Processor Interface) offering comprises a physical layer and protocols that build on this layer to support the rapid development of complete MIPI-compliant transmit and receive solutions...
NXP Launches Breakthrough New Online Design Tool for Power Management IC’s Compliant with PMBus Protocol Specifications
NXP Semiconductors has launched an innovative new web-based design and monitoring solution for power management ICs. To help designers keep development time as short as possible, the tool provides comprehensive online design support and technology to create a one-stop shop for the full design cycle.
Agilent Technologies - Advanced Design System for RF and Microwave High-Power Device Models Receives AMCAD Engineering Endorsement
Agilent Technologies and AMCAD Engineering today announced that AMCAD has endorsed Agilent's Advanced Design System (ADS) electronic design automation (EDA) software for the development of advanced high-power device models. Using ADS, the industry's leading RF EDA tool, AMCAD engineers have achieved a significant breakthrough in RF/microwave device modeling -- successfully modeling hot and cold operation modes of high-power devices such as amplif...