6th January 2010

CommAgility announced today a new Advanced Mezzanine Card module, further expanding its range of processing subsystems. The AMC-3D74 includes a front panel mounted Serial RapidIO (SRIO) interface, and provides a cost-effective, high performance solution for test equipment and general purpose DSP processing applications.

Multiple 10Gbps SRIO interfaces are provided for radio cards and any customer-specific I/O requirements. The SRIO interfaces are also accessible via the AdvancedMC backplane, and optical I/O can be provided as an option. The AMC-3D74 also provides Gigabit Ethernet … Read More → "CommAgility Announces New AMC Processor Module With Front Panel SRIO Interface"

HSINCHU, Taiwan, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSMC) (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced that LSI Corporation achieved over 25% overall leakage reduction in a next generation product by implementing TSMC’s PowerTrim power optimization technology on the company’s 65nm low power (LP) process.

PowerTrim is a first-of-its-kind technology that blends a layer of design technology with advanced semiconductor processing to optimize a design’s power leakage. Tela Innovations provides the patented PowerTrim technology and services under an exclusive license to TSMC.

PowerTrim software analyzed the LSI design and substituted cells with small … Read More → "TSMC Helps LSI Reduce Leakage 25 Percent on Next Generation Product"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 5, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a series of enhancements to its N5106A PXB baseband generator and channel emulator designed to expand its use across the R&D lifecycle — from design, integration and verification to pre-conformance. With these enhancements, the PXB now offers multi-channel baseband generation (BBG), real-time fading, and signal capture in a single, multi-purpose instrument. The new functionality makes it ideal for engineers working on product development as well as conducting advanced research.

       Agilent’s N5106A PXB is a comprehensive diagnostic toolset … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Announces Significant Performance Enhancements to its PXB Baseband Generator and Channel Emulator"

Brisbane, Queensland – December 8, 2009 – PetaLogix, the experts in service, product and training solutions for Embedded Linux on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), today announced PetaLinuxTM SDK, a new system development software product enabling electronic design engineers to build, customize and employ Embedded Linux on Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) FPGA-based embedded processor applications. Introduced in conjunction with today’s design kit introduction from Xilinx, the PetaLinux SDK is the first and only commercially available Embedded Linux development environment specifically designed for FPGA-based embedded systems.

PetaLinux is unique in embracing the flexibility of FPGA-based embedded systems where the hardware platform is customized … Read More → "PetaLogix Launches First Linux Development Environment Optimized for FPGA-based Embedded Systems"

Brisbane, Queensland – December 8, 2009 – PetaLogix, the experts in service, product and training solutions for Embedded Linux on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), today announced PetaLinuxTM SDK, a new system development software product enabling electronic design engineers to build, customize and employ Embedded Linux on Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) FPGA-based embedded processor applications. Introduced in conjunction with today’s design kit introduction from Xilinx, the PetaLinux SDK is the first and only commercially available Embedded Linux development environment specifically designed for FPGA-based embedded systems.

PetaLinux is unique in embracing the flexibility of FPGA-based embedded systems where the hardware platform is customized … Read More → "PetaLogix Launches First Linux Development Environment Optimized for FPGA-based Embedded Systems"

WILSONVILLE, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) today announced that the Canon India Design Centre has successfully deployed theQuesta^® advanced verification platform with SystemVerilog as a next-generation HVL and Read More → "Mentor Graphics Supports the Canon India Design Centre’s Migration to OVM"

INTERNATIONAL CES, LAS VEGAS, Nev. – January 5, 2010 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores, today announced it is participating in the Open Screen Project, an industry-wide initiative led by Adobe to enable the delivery of rich Internet experiences across mobile phones, televisions, set-top boxes, and other consumer electronics and devices through the Adobe® Flash® Platform. MIPS Technologies and Adobe are collaborating as part of the Open Screen Project to optimize Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for the MIPS® architecture.</ … Read More → "MIPS Technologies Collaborates with Adobe to Optimize Flash Player 10.1 for MIPS® Architecture"