MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) , a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Silicon Image, Inc., a leading provider of semiconductors and IP for the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition content, employed DFTMAX™ compression, an integral part of the Galaxy™ Implementation Platform, to significantly lower manufacturing test cost and time. Silicon Image’s mixed-signal multimedia design testing requirements included a tight form factor and … Read More → "Synopsys DFTMAX Compression Cuts Pin-Limited Test Cost by 95 Percent at Silicon Image"

MONROVIA, California – September 8, 2010 – Tanner EDA, the driver for innovation in the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), has released a Linux version of the company’s HiPer Silicon full-flow design suite, giving designers a complete analog design flow from schematic capture, circuit simulation, and waveform probing to physical layout and verification. Merging the functionality of the Windows and Linux product lines, < … Read More → "Tanner EDA Releases Linux Version of Full-flow Analog IC Design Suite"

Sunnyvale, CA – September 8, 2010 – QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the leader in low power Customer Specific Standard Products (Read More → "QuickLogic’s Customizable “VEE Apps Builder” Android Application Enables Mobile Product Differentiation"

Sunnyvale, CA – September 8, 2010 – QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the leader in low power Customer Specific Standard Products (Read More → "QuickLogic’s Customizable “VEE Apps Builder” Android Application Enables Mobile Product Differentiation"

September 8th, 2010 – Nallatech, a leading supplier of high-performance Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) solutions for over eighteen years, has been selected by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) to investigate next generation system architectures that could be used on the instruments of the European Extremely Large Telescope (“E-ELT”) project: www.eso.org/ … Read More → "Nallatech selected to develop FPGA architecture for next generation European Extremely Large Telescope instrumentation"

BEDFORD, Mass. – Sept. 7, 2010 – GateRocket® Inc. President and CEO Dave Orecchio will conduct a class, “Best Tools for Verification and Debug of FPGAs” at this month’s ESC Boston.

WHO:  GateRocket®, supplier of advanced FPGA design and debug solutions for Xilinx and Altera programmable devices.

WHAT:  With improvements to the FPGA design flow, such as those that device native methodologies deliver, FPGAs will continue to grow as an important design consideration in production systems, even as platforms … Read More → "GateRocket CEO Details Best Tools For FPGA Design At ESC Boston Wednesday, September 22"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ — National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:NSM) today unveiled the industry’s first eight-channel ultrasound transmit/receive chipset specifically designed for portable ultrasound systems used in hospitals, clinics, ambulances and remote point-of-care facilities. The PowerWise® chipset’s innovative circuit architecture enables the design of both hand-carried and handheld units that deliver longer battery life and imaging performance comparable to larger console systems.

National provides a complete eight-channel transmit/receive chipset, including receive analog front end ( … Read More → "National Semiconductor Unveils Industry’s First Eight-Channel Transmit/Receive Chipset for Portable Ultrasound Systems"

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced that the latest version of its high-performance programmable solution for high assurance applications in the aerospace and defense (A&D) industries has been approved for use in Type 1 Crypto Systems by the National Security Agency (NSA). The approval of the Virtex®-5Q device and related physical security IP core, which together help form the Xilinx® Targeted Design Platform for secure communications, extends an on-going relationship between … Read More → "Xilinx and NSA Announce Approval of Virtex-5Q FPGA Solution for High-Grade Cryptographic Processing"

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced that the latest version of its high-performance programmable solution for high assurance applications in the aerospace and defense (A&D) industries has been approved for use in Type 1 Crypto Systems by the National Security Agency (NSA). The approval of the Virtex®-5Q device and related physical security IP core, which together help form the Xilinx® Targeted Design Platform for secure communications, extends an on-going relationship between … Read More → "Xilinx and NSA Announce Approval of Virtex-5Q FPGA Solution for High-Grade Cryptographic Processing"