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Silicon Labs Simplifies Clock Tree Design for Complex Internet Infrastructure Applications

AUSTIN, Texas – Sept. 17, 2014 – Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today launched an online timing utility that eases the complexity of designing clock trees for a wide range of Internet infrastructure applications including high-speed networking, telecommunications and data center equipment. Silicon Labs’ new Clock Tree Expert tool enables embedded developers to generate sophisticated, streamlined clock tree block diagrams within minutes, simplifying system design, reducing bill of materials (BOM) count and speeding time to market.

Today’s networking and … Read More → "Silicon Labs Simplifies Clock Tree Design for Complex Internet Infrastructure Applications"

Cavium Standardizes on Synopsys’ IC Compiler for High-performance Processor-based SoC Designs

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — 

Highlights:

  • Highest operating frequency achieved through pre-route look-ahead technologies
  • Concurrent dynamic and leakage power optimization targets FinFET-based process technology
  • Faster design closure using PrimeTime physically-aware ECO

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced the availability of the 2014.09 release of its IC Compiler place and route product, a key component of … Read More → "Cavium Standardizes on Synopsys’ IC Compiler for High-performance Processor-based SoC Designs"

CaddieON® Improves Your Golf Game with Technologies from STMicroelectronics

Geneva, September 17, 2014 – The world’s golfers can enjoy their sport even more using the new CaddieON® electronic golf-play analyzer built with advanced sensing, control, and wireless communication chips from STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications.

Launched by tech startup CaddieON Inc., this personal electronic caddie help golfers automatically track and analyze their game. The easy-to-use system comprises a smart-sensor wrist device, simple RFID tags for identifying each club, the smartphone app, and a player portal in cloud service.

The wrist device reads each club’ … Read More → "CaddieON® Improves Your Golf Game with Technologies from STMicroelectronics"

Industry’s lowest-power 25- to 160-MSPS analog-to-digital converter family saves energy in industrial designs

DALLAS (Sep. 17, 2014) – Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) expanded its data converter portfolio today with a new family of small, pin-compatible analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that provide a best-in-class power-to-performance ratio. The ADC3k family includes 12- and 14-bit options in speed grades of up to 160 MSPS with 2 or 4 channels and with LVDS or JESD204B interfaces. The devices support the industrial ambient temperature range of -40C to 85C for use in industrial applications, such as motor control, medical imaging, and portable test and measurement, as well as defense and communications applications, such as software defined radio and MIMO communications. … Read More → "Industry’s lowest-power 25- to 160-MSPS analog-to-digital converter family saves energy in industrial designs"

Real Intent to Exhibit at First DVCon India

Who: Real Intent, whose digital verification solutions accelerate electronic design sign-off, eliminate complex failures in systems-on-chip (SoCs), and lead the market in performance, capacity, accuracy and completeness

What: Will exhibit its Ascent and Meridian products at the Design & Verification Conference & Exhibition India (DVCon India 2014) debut in Bangalore.  Ajit Edlabadkar, director at Intrinsic Solutions – Real Intent’s distribution partner for India – will be … Read More → "Real Intent to Exhibit at First DVCon India"

Synopsys’ New MIPI C-PHY Verification IP Accelerates Adoption of MIPI Alliance’s Physical Layer Specifications

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced the availability of verification IP (VIP) for the MIPI® Alliance MIPI C-PHY™ specification that uses three-phase digital coding techniques to provide higher performance for camera, display and system-on-chip (SoC) interfaces without affecting bandwidth. Synopsys, a contributing member of the MIPI Alliance, provides VIP and design IP that accelerate the adoption of MIPI-based standards in mobile and mobile-influenced industries, including automotive and … Read More → "Synopsys’ New MIPI C-PHY Verification IP Accelerates Adoption of MIPI Alliance’s Physical Layer Specifications"

New Weightless-N IoT Standard launches

Cambridge, UK – September 17, 2014 – The Weightless SIG today announced the launch of Weightless-N, a breakthrough and complementary open standard for IoT.

The vision of the Weightless SIG is to deliver the wide-area machine connectivity standard that enables the 95% of the IoT opportunity denied by the high cost and power consumption characteristics of traditional cellular alternatives. Todays announcement delivers on this vision and complements the existing Weightless-W standard through extension into … Read More → "New Weightless-N IoT Standard launches"

Luceda Photonics receives growth finance for the development and marketing of its advanced framework for photonic IC design

Imec’s investment arm Fidimec and the Flemish spin-off investment fund SOFI I are investing EUR 340k in Luceda Photonics, a joint spin-off from Ghent University, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and imec. Luceda Photonics will use this financing to start commercialization of its photonics design software and to continue to invest in R&D for new product features.

LUCEDA Photonics was founded in June 2014 as a spin-off from Ghent University (UGent), the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and imec. The core of Luceda Photonics’ product offering is the IPKISS design framework. It covers the complete photonic … Read More → "Luceda Photonics receives growth finance for the development and marketing of its advanced framework for photonic IC design"

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