MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—May 13, 2010 —Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, has standardised on Synopsys’ IC Compiler physical design solution, a key component of the Galaxy™ Implementation Platform, to deliver best performance, power and area on MediaTek’s leading-edge wireless communications chips. IC Compiler’s advanced placement, timing and power optimisation along with its tight correlation to signoff has contributed to faster design closure.

Optimised for high-power LED lighting and other applications requiring enhanced heat-transfer efficiency, Bergquist’s new HPL dielectric for Thermal-Clad® substrates enables lower operating temperatures, higher LED driving currents, and reduced component count leading to simplified design and assembly.

The new dielectric has an extremely high thermal conductivity of 3.0W/m-K , resulting in a very low thermal resistance of only 0.13°Ccm2/W. The dielectric thickness is 38µm, and is available on all Bergquist Thermal Clad aluminium and copper Insulated Metal Substrates (IMS). Displaying vastly superior thermal performance compared to … Read More → "New Thermal Clad® dielectric provides superior heat transfer for high power lighting LED applications"

Tampere, Finland, 13th May 2010 – VLSI Solution has today announced VSIDE – the Integrated Development Environment for VSDSP Processor Family. VSIDE is an integrated development environment for VLSI Solution’s 16/40-bit VSDSP digital signal processor family. It contains a complete set of development utilities, including an optimizing ANSI-C compiler, … Read More → "VSIDE – VSDSP Integrated Development Environment"

Unterpremstaetten, Austria (May 11, 2010) – austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs, has announced the AS5165, … Read More → "austriamicrosystems announces robust, high-resolution, contactless magnetic angle sensor with SAE SENT J2716 interface"

Pittsford, NY, USA: Aim-TTi (UK) and Saelig (USA) have introduced TG5011 – a combined Function/Arbitrary/Pulse Generator covering the extremely wide frequency range of 1µHz to 50MHz. Providing high-purity sine waves with low harmonic distortion and very low phase noise over the full frequency range, TG5011 is priced at under $1400.TG5011 incorporates a pulse generator mode which provides wide range pulse width and delay independent of period. Pulse period can be set between 2000 seconds and 80ns (0.5mHz to 12.5MHz) and the duty cycle can be as … Read More → "Aim-TTi’s New 50MHz Function Generator Sets New Price/Performance Point"

Zaragoza, Spain – May 13th, 2010 – Libelium, a technology leader in distributed wireless networks, announces a new Bluetooth module for its Waspmote wireless sensor network (WSN) platform. This module enables wireless sensor networks to be directly linked to portable devices such as smart phones, PDAs and laptop computers. This capability is particularly useful for medical applications and for industrial diagnostics. Additionally, when combined with the … Read More → "Libelium opens access to Wireless Sensor Networks from portable computing devices with new Waspmote platform Bluetooth module"

SAN JOSE, California – May 12, 2010 – Real Intent  Inc., the innovator in automating the intelligence of formal techniques for design verification, announced today that it is shipping a new version of Ascent™ Lint Version 1.3. The new … Read More → "Real Intent Improves Its Fast, Low-Noise Electronic Design Linter; Ascent Lint Version 1.3 Extends High-Performance Linting to VHDL"

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, May 13, 2010 — Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. today revealed that Samsung Semiconductor Israel R & D Center Ltd. has licensed CAST’s SpeedView JPEG Encoder Core (SVE-JPEG-E) to develop Image Signal Processor (ISP) blocks to be integrated into image sensors manufactured by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

To date, the SVE-JPEG-E core has been successfully used in the S5K5CA, a 1/5”, 3Mp, Samsung System-on-Chip (SoC) image solution. The S5K5CA is a high-performance cost-efficient and small form factor imaging solution for slim mobile handsets, and is in volume production … Read More → "CAST SpeedView JPEG Encoder Core in Samsung Mobile Imaging Solutions"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SHANGHAI, May 13 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) , a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC; NYSE: SMI and SEHK: 0981.HK), one of the leading semiconductor foundries in the world, today announced the immediate availability of Synopsys’ silicon-proven and USB logo-certified DesignWare(R) USB 2.0 nanoPHY intellectual property (IP) for SMIC’s 65 nanometer (nm) low- leakage (LL) process technology. As a leading provider of complete IP solutions for the USB 2.0 … Read More → "Synopsys Collaborates with SMIC to Deliver USB Logo-Certified DesignWare USB 2.0 nanoPHY in SMIC’s 65 Nanometer LL Process Technology"

MILPITAS, CA – May 13, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC3829, a three-phase single output high efficiency (up to 95%) synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with PolyPhase® operation, differential output voltage sensing and integrated phased-lock loop (PLL) clock synchronization. Up to six phases can be paralleled and clocked out of phase to minimize input and output filtering requirements for high current applications (up to 150A). The differential amplifier provides true remote output voltage sensing of both the positive and negative terminals, enabling high accuracy regulation independent of IR losses in trace runs, vias and interconnects. Applications include high current ASIC and … Read More → "Three Phase Step-Down DC/DC Controller Targets High Current Rails"