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Powersim Releases PSIM v11.0 With Extensive Functionalities, Including a New Spice Engine

December 9, 2016

ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 05, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Powersim is pleased to announce the release of PSIM v11.0, with the addition of extensive new features, including a new SPICE engine.

PSIM v11.0 is now more powerful than ever. The new SPICE engine will allow the PSIM simulation platform, optimized for topology verification and control design, to support the vast library of industry standard SPICE models for a more in-depth simulation. In addition, the PSIM/SPICE engine has the ability to support majority of PSIM library elements, including s-domain control blocks and PSIM users will have the ability to … Read More → "Powersim Releases PSIM v11.0 With Extensive Functionalities, Including a New Spice Engine"

Synopsys and IIT Bombay Announce Release of Sentaurus TCAD Model for NBTI Reliability Simulation of Advanced Transistors

December 9, 2016

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and MUMBAI, India, Dec. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay today announced the release of a Synopsys Sentaurus™ TCAD model for negative-bias temperature instability (NBTI), a key reliability concern for advanced CMOS devices. NBTI has become more critical with the introduction of high-k metal gate (HKMG) processes and is a dominant reliability concern for FinFET, nanowire FET and future devices, contributing to the degradation of the threshold voltage, drain current, and other electrical parameters. The new Sentaurus TCAD model enables manufacturers of advanced silicon processes working in advanced nodes … Read More → "Synopsys and IIT Bombay Announce Release of Sentaurus TCAD Model for NBTI Reliability Simulation of Advanced Transistors"

Green Hills Software Announces Support for MICROSAR from Vector on INTEGRITY RTOS Platform

December 9, 2016

SANTA BARBARA, CA — December 6, 2016 — Green Hills Software, the largest independent software vendor for the Internet of Things (IoT), is collaborating with Vector to make the Read More → "Green Hills Software Announces Support for MICROSAR from Vector on INTEGRITY RTOS Platform"

TargetLink 4.2: Merging Function and Production Software Development

December 9, 2016

Strategic Enhancement of the dSPACE Production Code Generator
Function development on existing ECUs (on-target bypassing)
Extended AUTOSAR support for multicore and automotive Ethernet applications
C enum generation, improved MISRA C compliance, and more

Wixom, Michigan, December 6, 2016: With its latest version 4.2, dSPACE’s production code generator, TargetLink, now supports on-target bypassing for function development on existing electronic control units ( … Read More → "TargetLink 4.2: Merging Function and Production Software Development"

Leti Says New FDSOI Light-Sensing Technique Can Make Transistors Far More Sensitive to Visible Light

December 9, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO – Dec. 7, 2016 – Leti, an institute of CEA Tech, has developed a new light-sensing device that integrates photodiodes below the buried oxide (BOX) of FDSOI transistors, making the transistors very sensitive to visible light.

In this work, photodiodes were co-integrated in the SOI substrate, replacing conventional FDSOI transistor backgate. This device architecture may lead not only to very small pixels with maximized fill factor, but also to more complex light-detection functions, due to complementary effects observed depending on diode polarity and FET type.

Presented today during IEDM 2016 in the paper, “Extending … Read More → "Leti Says New FDSOI Light-Sensing Technique Can Make Transistors Far More Sensitive to Visible Light"

ams’ new High Performance Analog technology A30 offers superior noise performance

December 8, 2016

Premstaetten, Austria (6 December, 2016) — ams AG (SIX: AMS), a leading provider of high performance sensors and analog ICs, today announced the availability of its High Performance Analog Low Noise CMOS process (“A30”). The new A30 process provides superior noise performance and is realized as an optical shrink by a factor of 0.9 from ams’ advanced 0.35µm High-Voltage CMOS process family.

The A30 technology features performance optimized, isolated 3.3V devices (NMOSI and PMOSI), isolated 3.3V low Vt devices (NMOSIL and PMOSIL), an isolated high voltage device with thin gate oxide (NMOSI20T), vertical bipolar transistors (VERTN1 and VERTPH) as well … Read More → "ams’ new High Performance Analog technology A30 offers superior noise performance"

efabless Unveils Online Community to Reimagine Chip Design

December 8, 2016

SAN JOSE, CALIF.–– November 29, 2016 ––efabless corporation, an open-innovation, hardware creation platform, today became the first online marketplace for community-developed, customized intellectual property (IP) and integrated circuits (ICs), allowing hardware system innovators to turn ideas into marketable products.

Initially focused on analog and mixed-signal design for customized ICs, efabless addresses all of the steps required to cost effectively take an electronics specification to prototype. Its growing community of approximately 700 members in 30 countries can make full use of an online … Read More → "efabless Unveils Online Community to Reimagine Chip Design"

AVX Releases A New Series of COTS Plus Polymer Solid Electrolytic Multianode Chip Capacitors

December 8, 2016

FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (December 8, 2016) – AVX Corporation, a leading … Read More → "AVX Releases A New Series of COTS Plus Polymer Solid Electrolytic Multianode Chip Capacitors"

Synopsys Announces Industry’s First DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC 1.2 Verification IP and Test Suites

December 8, 2016

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced the availability of the industry’s first Verification IP (VIP) and source code test suite for DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC 1.2 and for eDP 1.4a/b. With the increase in consumer demand for enhanced display resolution quality, Synopsys VC VIP for DisplayPort enables system-on-chip (SoC) teams to design these next-generation displays with ease of use and integration, resulting in accelerated verification closure.

“The new DisplayPort 1.4 standard takes advantage of VESA’s Display Stream Compression technology to support new … Read More → "Synopsys Announces Industry’s First DisplayPort 1.4 with DSC 1.2 Verification IP and Test Suites"

congatec’s new COM Express Mini module with Intel Apollo Lake processors

December 8, 2016

San Diego, CA, December 08, 2016 * * * congatec – a leading technology company for embedded computer modules, single board computers and embedded design and manufacturing services – has released the conga-MA5, the next generation of low-power modules for the industrial and extended temperature range in the credit card sized COM Express Mini form factor. The new COM Express Type 10 Computer-on-Modules are equipped with the latest Intel® Atom™, Celeron® and Pentium® processors (code name Apollo Lake) and impress with 30% more processing power and 45% more graphics performance on a very small COM Express Mini module.

Target applications can be found wherever a small footprint … Read More → "congatec’s new COM Express Mini module with Intel Apollo Lake processors"