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Synopsys and IEEE-ISTO launch an industry wide technical advisory board to evolve Interconnect Modeling Standard

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – June 7, 2010 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the open source availability of its widely used Interconnect Technology Format (ITF) for parasitic modeling and the formation of a technical advisory board (TAB) under the auspices of IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE-ISTO). The purpose of the Interconnect Modeling TAB (IMTAB) is to facilitate the evolution of ITF and promote an interoperable interconnect modeling format to address the industry’s advancing process technology and design needs. IMTAB founding members include representatives from industry-leading … Read More → "Synopsys and IEEE-ISTO launch an industry wide technical advisory board to evolve Interconnect Modeling Standard"

National Instruments Announces Module for Camera Link FPGA Image Processing

AUSTIN, Texas, June 7, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) today announced the release of a new vision module for the PXI platform that provides a high-performance parallel processing architecture for hardware-defined timing, control and image pre-processing. The new NI 1483 Camera Link adapter module, in combination with an NI FlexRIO field-programmable gate array (FPGA) board, offers a solution for embedding vision and control algorithms directly on FPGAs. Engineers and scientists can use FPGAs to process and analyze an image in real time with … Read More → "National Instruments Announces Module for Camera Link FPGA Image Processing"

New Low Cost Brevia Development Kit Aceelerates Application Development For Popular LatticeXP2 FPGA Family

HILLSBORO, OR — JUNE 7, 2010 — Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced the immediate availability of a new versatile LatticeXP2™ Brevia Development Kit and 28 new silicon-proven reference designs, which are ideal for developing high volume, cost sensitive, high density applications.  The low cost Brevia Development Kit is currently available for a promotional price of only $29.  The instant-on, easy to use LatticeXP2 FPGA family offers users the benefits of increased system integration by providing embedded memory, built-in PLLs, high performance LVDS I/O and remote field upgrade (TransFR™ technology), all in a single device.  Designed for a … Read More → "New Low Cost Brevia Development Kit Aceelerates Application Development For Popular LatticeXP2 FPGA Family"

Tabula to Demonstrate the ABAX 40nm, 48-Channel, Multi-protocol 6.5Gbps SERDES at DAC 2010

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire/ — Tabula, Inc., a privately held fabless semiconductor company and developer of the ABAX family of 3-D Programmable Logic Devices (3PLDs), will be demonstrating its 40nm ABAX product family at the Design Automation Conference held June 13-18th in Anaheim, California at the TSMC Booth #294. Tabula will exhibit with its IP partner, Analog Bits, Inc., the global market leader in providing customized transistor level IP components for CMOS logic processes and who developed the PMA portion of the physical layer SERDES, PLLs, DLLs, and I/Os embedded in ABAX.

At the TSMC … Read More → "Tabula to Demonstrate the ABAX 40nm, 48-Channel, Multi-protocol 6.5Gbps SERDES at DAC 2010"

Synopsys Press Publishes The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) , under the imprint of Synopsys Press, has published The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards. The book, authored by Karen Bartleson, senior director of community marketing at Synopsys, shares the author’s 20 years of real-world experience in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry working with colleagues, competitors and standards organizations to bring about standards such as SystemVerilog, Liberty and UPF. The text includes concepts to help participants understand the climate in which technical … Read More → "Synopsys Press Publishes The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards"

Synopsys Press Publishes The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) , under the imprint of Synopsys Press, has published The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards. The book, authored by Karen Bartleson, senior director of community marketing at Synopsys, shares the author’s 20 years of real-world experience in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry working with colleagues, competitors and standards organizations to bring about standards such as SystemVerilog, Liberty and UPF. The text includes concepts to help participants understand the climate in which technical … Read More → "Synopsys Press Publishes The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards"

Adeneo Embedded demonstrates Microsoft Silverlight-based experience on Windows Embedded Compact 7 at Computex Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan June 3, 2010 – Adeneo Embedded, a Microsoft Windows Embedded Gold System Integrator and Microsoft Silverlight Partner, revealed today at Computex Taiwan a new Silverlight-based demonstration for Consumer Internet Devices (CID) running on Windows Embedded Compact 7.  

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Mercury Computer Systems Tackles Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination Challenge with Powerful GPU-Based Rugged Solution

CHELMSFORD, Mass. – June 2, 2010 – Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY), a trusted ISR subsystems provider, announced shipment of the industry’s highest performance 6U OpenVPX™, dual GPU-based conduction-cooled subsystem. This subsystem is currently deployed in an embedded rugged defense surveillance platform, performing processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED).

One of the toughest challenges is to improve the … Read More → "Mercury Computer Systems Tackles Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination Challenge with Powerful GPU-Based Rugged Solution"

eSOL Joins ARM Solution Center for Android

Tokyo, Japan. June 2, 2010 – eSOL, a leading developer of real-time embedded software solutions, a member of the ARM(R) Connected Community(TM), today announced it is participating in the ARM Solution Center for Android, a collaborative resource for designers and developers of ARM technology-based products running on Android, the open source platform from the Open Handset Alliance(TM). eSOL has a long history in developing its embedded OS and tools products targeted for ARM architecture, and in also providing professional services for various ARM architecture based devices. Through its … Read More → "eSOL Joins ARM Solution Center for Android"

Atego launches Artisan Studio 7.2

San Diego, USA and Cheltenham, UK – 3rd June 2010. Atego, the leading independent supplier of industrial-grade, collaborative development tools for engineering complex, mission- and safety-critical architectures, systems, software and hardware, has launched Artisan Studio 7.2, a major new version of its flagship model-driven development tool suite.

Artisan Studio 7.2 delivers a variety of significant new modeling capabilities and functions. Artisan Studio has been re-architected to provide role-based Editions which have been specifically designed to make the working environment more relevant and efficient for the specialist needs of Enterprise Architects, Systems Engineers and Software Engineers. Artisan Studio also adds DoDAF capabilities … Read More → "Atego launches Artisan Studio 7.2"

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