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New Industrial PC with Modular I/O Employs AMD Geode CPU to Serve Cost-Sensitive Applications

WIXOM, Mich., June 16 /PRNewswire/ — Acromag has released a new version of their I/O Server Industrial PC, this time with an AMD Geode® CPU to reduce costs as an alternative to PC/104 or CompactPCI embedded computers. Field I/O signals are interfaced through an internal carrier card with related plug-in I/O modules. Working together, the rugged, < … Read More → "New Industrial PC with Modular I/O Employs AMD Geode CPU to Serve Cost-Sensitive Applications"

IRIS Technologies Inc. Launches Two New Stratix IV FPGA-Based Boards

RICHARDSON, Texas, June 16 /PRNewswire/ — IRIS Technologies Inc. (www.iris-technologies.net) has released two new boards based on the Altera Stratix® IV 820 devices. These contain the largest FPGA on the market and provide the flexibility for customers to develop and prototype their own products.

The first board is the S4 V28S logic board that has a PCI Express x8 interface (Gen 1 or Gen 2) to the host and has two Altera Stratix® IV EP4SE820 FPGAs. The S4 V28S board is ideally suited for ASIC prototyping.

Each S4 V28S logic board … Read More → "IRIS Technologies Inc. Launches Two New Stratix IV FPGA-Based Boards"

A Nod and a Wink

Programmable logic is one of the fastest growing segments of the semiconductor market these days.  As a result, it’s cool to sell FPGAs.  Designers are flocking to FPGA technology from just about every segment of electronic system design – embracing the short design times, in-field reconfigurability, and incredible design flexibility offered by the technology.

Why, then, are there a few companies resisting the FPGA label so vigorously?  QuickLogic, for example, stopped calling themselves an FPGA company several years ago, even though their products are still most certainly FPGAs in a technical sense.  In … Read More → "A Nod and a Wink"

PrimeTime 2010 scales timing analysis beyond 500 million instances

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. —June 14, 2010—Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today unveiled new PrimeTime® HyperScale technology that enables static timing analysis (STA) to scale beyond 500 million instances. PrimeTime HyperScale technology provides design engineers the insight required to solve many of the timing integration and closure problems they face with today’s large system-on-chip (SoC) design flows while delivering a 5 to 10X boost in performance and capacity.

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UMC Qualifies Magma’s 3D Field Solver QuickCap NX as Reference Parasitic Extraction Tool

SAN JOSE, CALIF., June 14, 2010 — Magma® Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TSE: 2303) (“UMC”) has qualified QuickCap® NX as a reference parasitic extraction tool for 40- and 65-nanometer (nm) process technology. 

QuickCap NX is a proven 3D extractor that precisely models advanced process effects required by today’ … Read More → "UMC Qualifies Magma’s 3D Field Solver QuickCap NX as Reference Parasitic Extraction Tool"

Forte Design Systems Joins TSMC Reference Flow 11.0 with Cynthesizer

ANAHEIM, CALIF. –– June 15, 2010 –– Forte Design Systems, a leading provider of High-Level Synthesis software, today announced that TSMC has validated  its Cynthesizer™ SystemC high-level synthesis product for Reference Flow 11.0 inclusion.  Forte is demonstrating Cynthesizer in Booth #750 at the 47th Design Automation Conference (DAC) through Wednesday, June 16, … Read More → "Forte Design Systems Joins TSMC Reference Flow 11.0 with Cynthesizer"

Magma Talus-Based RTL-to-GDSII Reference Flow for MIPS® Processor IP Delivers Repeatable Results, Speeds Deployment

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 14, 2010 — Magma® Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced availability of a validated Talus®-based RTL-to-GDSII reference flow for system-on-chip (SoC) designs that incorporate high-performance embedded microprocessor cores from MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS), including the Read More → "Magma Talus-Based RTL-to-GDSII Reference Flow for MIPS® Processor IP Delivers Repeatable Results, Speeds Deployment"

TSMC New Standard Cell Slim Library Reduces Logic Area 15%

HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today introduced the first Slim Library that reduces system-on-chip (SoC) routed logic block area by 15 percent compared to blocks routed through current standard cell libraries.  

The library targets TSMC’s 65nm LP process technology and fits existing implementation flows for easy adoption. Designers can use the new Slim Library in existing or new designs without change to design tools and implementation methodologies.

Slim Library is the result of the AreaTrim™ design and process co-optimization program between the … Read More → "TSMC New Standard Cell Slim Library Reduces Logic Area 15%"

KIOSK EUROPE: DSM Computer presents flexible full HD solutions

Munich, June 2010 – For the KIOSK EUROPE EXPO 2010, DSM Computer GmbH has extended its comprehensive product portfolio of embedded computer systems for sophisticated kiosk and digital signage solutions with full HD functionality. In addition to a special embedded PC module for the integration in various displays, the high-performance NanoServerRead More → "KIOSK EUROPE: DSM Computer presents flexible full HD solutions"

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