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Springtime in the SoC

Audio IP, Static Analysis and Board Member Switch-a-roo

In honor of the Design Automation Conference that is less than a month away, I take a little foray into the mysterious land of tools. First up, I chat with Henk Hamoen (Synopsys) about how Synopsys is working its way into audio IP, and then it’s an interview with Mark Zarins of GrammaTech about static code analysis and why your level of comfort in dealing with abstraction is important to them. Finally, I have a special “News You May Have Missed” segment about some recent rumblings on the Mentor Graphics Board of Directors.

Also this week, I have a brand new nerdy giveaway (a TI MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter Board) courtesy of Mouser to throw your way, but you’ll have to tune in to find out how to win.

Fish Fry Links – May 11, 2012

More Information about Synopsys’s Audio IP Subsystem

More Information about GrammaTech

Carl Icahn’s Letter to Mentor Graphics

More Information about the recent the changes to the Mentor Graphics’s Board of Directors (Marketwatch)

More Information about John Cooley’s (DeepChip.com) coverage of the changes to the Mentor Graphics’s Board of Directors

More Information about the TI MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter Board courtesy of Mouser

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