MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, one of the world’s leading network and multimedia IC providers, deployed Synopsys power-aware test to avoid power issues during test and accelerate production testing of its new digital media processor.  Excessive power consumption during manufacturing test leads to overheating, IR drop, and other effects that can cause devices to fail, impacting profitability and delaying production ramp.  Designers at Realtek avoided these issues by reducing the device power consumption … Read More → "Synopsys Power-Aware Test Speeds Time to Volume Production at Realtek"

SANTA BARBARA, CA — October 25, 2010 — Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, will exhibit in booth #427 at MILCOM 2010 in the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA. Green Hills will demonstrate the latest and most critical embedded software solutions for military communication devices.

Demonstrations on three separate kiosks will include secure networking, secure virtualization and asymmetric/symmetric processing on the next generation of silicon from leading silicon providers Freescale, Intel, and Cavium Networks. All demos will feature the Green Hills award winning INTEGRITY® RTOS as the runtime environment foundation.

MILPITAS, CA – October 25, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3786, a synchronous step-up DC/DC controller that replaces the boost diode with a high efficiency N-channel MOSFET. This eliminates the heat sink normally required in medium to high power boost converters. In applications where the input voltage may exceed the regulated output voltage, the LTC3786 is able to keep the synchronous MOSFET on continuously so … Read More → "Synchronous Boost Controller with up to 98% Efficiency Eliminates Heat Sink"

Brockton, MA – October 25, 2010 – SIE Computing Solutions, Inc., a provider of rugged electronic systems for mission-critical and performance-critical embedded computing platforms deployed in harsh environments, today reaffirmed its commitment to OpenVPX with a new 3U OpenVPX backplane designed for board-agnostic system design and integration.

Designed to form a flexible standard design that allows for multiple vendor boards and other system components without sacrificing interoperability, SIE’s new OpenVPX backplane is a centralized 6-slot design that provides maximum flexibility for both customization and varied standardization between OpenVPX profiles.  Based on a … Read More → "SIE Computing Solutions Unveils 3U OpenVPX Backplane"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Himax Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of advanced semiconductors for flat panel displays, has selected Synopsys’ Galaxy™ Implementation and Discovery™ Verification Platforms for its video system-on-chip (SoC) products. As part of an expanded business agreement to establish Synopsys as its primary EDA partner, Himax has also extended its use of Synopsys DesignWare® IP.

“Himax specializes in developing semiconductor solutions … Read More → "Himax Standardizes on Synopsys Implementation, Verification and IP Solutions for Video SoC Products"