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Synopsys, UL to Reveal Details About Cybersecurity Assurance Program at CodenomiCON USA 2015

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that UL will present details about its Cybersecurity Assurance Program (CAP) at CodenomiCON USA, hosted by Synopsys at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada, on August 4. This presentation follows UL’s April announcement of a collaboration between UL and Codenomicon, a cybersecurity company Read More → "Synopsys, UL to Reveal Details About Cybersecurity Assurance Program at CodenomiCON USA 2015"

New congatec COM Express compact modules with Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors

San Diego, CA, July 30, 2015   * * congatec Inc., a leading technology company for embedded computer modules, single board computers (SBCs) and embedded design and manufacturing (EDM) services, announced the introduction of conga-TCA4, the company’s first COM Express compact module based on the new Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors (codenamed Braswell). Based on this new premium class low-power design, the robust COM Express modules consume on average just 4 watts while providing increased graphics capabilities and overall performance. Up to 16 graphics execution units can support up to three HD displays or two 4k displays and achieve a theoretical peak performance of 358.4 GFlops … Read More → "New congatec COM Express compact modules with Intel® Pentium® and Celeron® processors"

Industry’s first high-current PMBus converters with frequency synchronization reduce EMI

DALLAS (August 3, 2015) – Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced the industry’s first 20-A and 30-A synchronous DC/DC buck converters with frequency synchronization for low-noise and reduced EMI/EMC and a PMBus interface for adaptive voltage scaling (AVS). TI’s SWIFT™ 20-A TPS544B25 and 30-A Read More → "Industry’s first high-current PMBus converters with frequency synchronization reduce EMI"

New Safety-Documentation Package for STMicroelectronics STM8A Automotive Microcontrollers Streamlines ISO 26262 Certification

Geneva, August 3, 2015 – STMicroelectronics has published a safety manual and FMEDA[1] document that help streamline ISO 26262 functional-safety certification up to ASIL-B for systems containing its STM8AF automotive microcontrollers.

With valuable features including CAN and LIN drivers, touch-sense/LCD-control capability, ST’s AEC-Q100 qualified STM8AFseries is a popular and economical choice for body and infotainment applications such as seat adjusters, instrumentation, and lighting controllers. Recognizing that … Read More → "New Safety-Documentation Package for STMicroelectronics STM8A Automotive Microcontrollers Streamlines ISO 26262 Certification"

Realtek Accelerates System-on-Chip Verification with Cadence Palladium XP Platform

SAN JOSE, Calif., August 3, 2015? Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced that Realtek Semiconductor Corp. utilized the Cadence® Palladium® XP platform to accelerate the successful development and verification of a recent system-on-chip (SoC) design. With the Palladium XP platform, Realtek achieved up to 250X faster acceleration versus its previous methodology and was able to improve quality by executing system simulations six months before the silicon was available.

Due to the integrated nature of the Cadence System Development Suite, Realtek was able to save time by reusing over 90 percent of its simulation environment setup for Cadence Incisive® … Read More → "Realtek Accelerates System-on-Chip Verification with Cadence Palladium XP Platform"

ClioSoft Debuts SOS Design Data Management Platform v7.0

FREMONT, Calif., July 30, 2015 – ClioSoft, Inc., a leader in system-on-chip (SoC) design data and intellectual property (IP) management solutions for the semiconductor design industry,  has released version 7.0 of its SOS design data and enterprise IP management platform.

SOS7 builds on the 18-year success of the EDA industry’s most widely-installed design data and enterprise IP management solution for analog, RF, digital and mixed-signal designs. Integrated with all major design flows, SOS enables local or globally-dispersed design teams to build, manage, and collaborate on designs and to improve design reuse within an enterprise while maintaining … Read More → "ClioSoft Debuts SOS Design Data Management Platform v7.0"

Saelig Introduces Programmable Active 30MHz to 5GHz RF Mixer / RF Signal Generator

Fairport, NY, USA:  Saelig Company, Inc. announces the new Windfreak MixNV – an economical 30MHz to 5GHz software-programmable RF mixer which can up-convert or down-convert.  It features a built in Local Oscillator (LO) that is controlled and powered by a PC running Windows XP, Windows 7 or 8 via its USB port.  The RF I/O ports can accommodate RF signals in the 30MHz to 5GHz range, but the built-in local oscillator can be adjusted from 85MHz to 5GHz in 1Hz steps using an advanced sigma-delta modulator phase-lock loop. This provides very low fractional spurious products and excellent phase noise. The  … Read More → "Saelig Introduces Programmable Active 30MHz to 5GHz RF Mixer / RF Signal Generator"

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