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Mentor Graphics Customers Expand Use of Calibre Pattern Matching to Tackle Toughest IC Verification and Manufacturing Problems

June 1, 2016

Highlights:

• Customers and ecosystem partners are expanding use of the Calibre® Pattern Matching solution to overcome complex integrated circuit (IC) verification and manufacturing problems.
• The solution integrates all Calibre tools and flows to drive new applications in physical verification, design for manufacturability (DFM), yield enhancement, and failure analysis.
• In use across a wide range of IC design companies, process technologies, and foundries, including eSilicon, Samsung Foundry and SMIC.

WILSONVILLE, Ore., June 1, 2016—Mentor … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Customers Expand Use of Calibre Pattern Matching to Tackle Toughest IC Verification and Manufacturing Problems"

42V, 3.5A (IOUT) Synchronous Step-Down Regulator with Operation to 175°C

June 1, 2016

MILPITAS, CA – June 1, 2016 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT8610AX, a 3.5A, 42V input capable synchronous step-down switching regulator, which operates in ambient … Read More → "42V, 3.5A (IOUT) Synchronous Step-Down Regulator with Operation to 175°C"

MEMSIC to Showcase Industrial, Wearable and Smart Cities IOT Sensing Solutions at Sensors Expo and Conference 2016

June 1, 2016

Sensors Expo, San Jose, CA – June 1, 2016 — MEMSIC, Inc. plans to demonstrate its full range of advanced sensing technologies at the Sensors Expo and Conference, to be held June 21 to June 23, 2016 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California.

MEMSIC will be demonstrating two new sensor products- a new thermal accelerometer with the industry’s best vibration immunity as well as a … Read More → "MEMSIC to Showcase Industrial, Wearable and Smart Cities IOT Sensing Solutions at Sensors Expo and Conference 2016"

Avnet ASIC Israel Ltd. (AAI) Standardizes on Synopsys’ Design Compiler Graphical to Accelerate SoC Design Cycle

June 1, 2016

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 31, 2016 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Avnet ASIC Israel has standardized on Design Compiler Graphical for implementation of SoC designs
Early RTL congestion analysis and optimization with tight correlation through physical guidance to IC Compiler II cuts two to three weeks off RTL-to-GDSII schedule

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), today announced that Avnet ASIC Israel (AAI), a provider of system-on-chip (SoC) design, layout and manufacturing services, has standardized on Synopsys Design Compiler^® Graphical RTL synthesis solution to accelerate the design of their SoCs. Improving … Read More → "Avnet ASIC Israel Ltd. (AAI) Standardizes on Synopsys’ Design Compiler Graphical to Accelerate SoC Design Cycle"

Early Adopters of ARM Cortex-A73 CPU and Mali-G71 GPU Successfully Tape-out Using Synopsys’ IC Compiler II

May 31, 2016

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Early adopters of ARM’s new premium mobile products – the ARM Cortex-A73 CPU and the ARM Mali-G71 GPU – successfully tape-out using Design Compiler Graphical and IC Compiler II
Tools from the Galaxy Design Platform deliver world-class implementation productivity and QoR for ARM’s new premium mobile processor cores
Reference Implementation including scripts, floorplan and documentation is available today for Galaxy Design Platform tools with Cortex-A73 using ARM Artisan standard cells, memories and ARM POP IP
Synopsys … Read More → "Early Adopters of ARM Cortex-A73 CPU and Mali-G71 GPU Successfully Tape-out Using Synopsys’ IC Compiler II"

Cavium Showcases The CloudScale Rack™

May 31, 2016

TAIPEI, Taiwan (COMPUTEX), May 30, 2016 – Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud, wired and wireless networking today showcased CloudScale Rack™ solution [please see photo below] that demonstrates a complete cloud data center enabled using customer platforms built on Cavium’s product portfolio.

Today’s data center platforms are built using legacy building blocks that evolved over time and are unable to address the growing complexity and scale of current data centers. For example, servers … Read More → "Cavium Showcases The CloudScale Rack™"

Advanced Power Technology from STMicroelectronics Enables Unique Portable e-Car Charger from Zaptec

May 31, 2016

Geneva, Switzerland; Stavanger, Norway–30 May 2016–Industry-acclaimed silicon-carbide (SiC) power electronics from STMicroelectronics , a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has enabled the creation of ZapCharger Portable, the world’s smallest, smartest, and safest electric-car charging station from Zaptec, an innovative start-up company that has revolutionized the transformer industry.

The market-first portable electric-car charger with built-in electronic transformer, ZapCharger works with any electric car on any grid. Excellent power-conversion capabilities of ST’s Read More → "Advanced Power Technology from STMicroelectronics Enables Unique Portable e-Car Charger from Zaptec"

Fast Processor Model of Renesas RL78 CPU Released by Imperas for Open Virtual Platforms

May 31, 2016

OXFORD, United Kingdom, 31 May 2016 – Imperas™ and eSOL TRINITY announced today the release of the Open Virtual Platforms™ (OVP™) Fast Processor Model for the Renesas RL78 CPU. Example virtual platforms have also been released, as well as support for the new model in the Imperas M*SDK™ advanced software development tools. The model of the RL78 was developed by eSOL TRINITY, Imperas’ partner in Japan, providing technical support for Imperas customers as well as services for embedded software development.

Cadence Delivers Rapid Adoption Kits Based on a 10nm Reference Flow for New ARM Cortex-A73 CPU and ARM Mali-G71 GPU

May 31, 2016

Highlights:

• Cadence RAKs are based on the latest innovative digital implementation and signoff technologies optimized to work with the performance-leading ARM® Artisan® physical IP and ARM POP™ IP for ARM Cortex®-A73 and ARM Mali™-G71, enabling designers to meet challenging PPA goals
• ARM used Cadence digital and signoff tools to design the ARM Cortex-A73 CPU and the ARM Mali-G71 GPU, resulting in a reference flow from which the RAKs are derived
• Collaboration enables designers to achieve overall PPA goals and accelerated time to market with Cadence digital, … Read More → "Cadence Delivers Rapid Adoption Kits Based on a 10nm Reference Flow for New ARM Cortex-A73 CPU and ARM Mali-G71 GPU"

Semtech Supports Microchip in Delivering Industry’s First All-in-One Evaluation Kit Based on LoRa™ Technology

May 31, 2016

CAMARILLO, Calif., May 31, 2016 – Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced that Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) has released an all-in-one LoRa™ technology evaluation kit that includes the required components to create a low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) for either Europe or North America.

The evaluation kit gives Internet of … Read More → "Semtech Supports Microchip in Delivering Industry’s First All-in-One Evaluation Kit Based on LoRa™ Technology"