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Synopsys Extends Verification IP Portfolio for Automotive Applications

April 5, 2016

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS), today announced the expansion of its VC Verification IP (VIP) portfolio with CAN 2.0/FD/TT (ISO 16845 compliant), LIN, FlexRay™, and Ethernet Audio Video Bridging (AVB) protocols for the verification of automotive applications. These verification IP titles include test suites and spec-linking technology required to verify compliance to automotive standards. With the increase in demand for state-of-the-art integrated electronics in automobiles, Synopsys’ comprehensive VIP portfolio enables system-on-chip (SoC) teams to design next-generation electronic systems for safe, secure, smart, and connected automobiles. </ … Read More → "Synopsys Extends Verification IP Portfolio for Automotive Applications"

Pasternack Expands Lines of Coaxial Packaged Noise Sources to Cover Frequency Bands Up to 60 GHz

April 5, 2016

Irvine, CA – Pasternack, a leading provider of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, has greatly expanded their lines of coaxial packaged noise sources covering frequency bands up to 60 GHz. Various types of noise source design configurations are available including octave band and broadband noise sources, amplified noise sources, noise sources with integral isolators, and precision calibrated instrumentation grade noise sources.

Pasternack’s new noise sources might generally be used as a reference source to measure system level noise figure for test and measurement applications. … Read More → "Pasternack Expands Lines of Coaxial Packaged Noise Sources to Cover Frequency Bands Up to 60 GHz"

Semtech LoRa™ Wireless RF Technology Adopted by A2A for New Smart City Initiative

April 5, 2016

CAMARILLO, Calif., April 5, 2016 – Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced today that A2A, a leading Italian utility company, has launched A2A Smart City, an initiative to promote Internet of Things (IoT) applications, and will deploy a low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) based on theLoRaWAN™ specification in 2016.

Synopsys Collaborates with UL on New Cybersecurity Assurance Program

April 5, 2016

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that UL, a global safety science organization, has selected Synopsys’ software security testing tools for use in the newly launched UL Cybersecurity Assurance Program (CAP). The UL CAP is an international certification program that provides independent third-party security assessment of network?connectable devices in accordance UL 2900, a series of cybersecurity standards developed with input from a large group of stakeholders, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Synopsys and other members of the security industry.

TI introduces chokeless high-speed CAN transceiver families with industry-leading EMC performance

April 5, 2016

DALLAS (April 5, 2016) – Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced two families of controller area network (CAN) transceivers that meet all industry requirements for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) from U.S. and European automotive manufacturers. Delivering high bus-fault protection, fast CAN flexible data rate (FD) speeds and the industry’s shortest loop delay, the TCAN1042 and TCAN1051 CAN transceiver families provide the industry’s best combination of protection and high performance for a variety of automotive and industrial applications. For more information about these new CAN transceivers, see www.ti.com/ … Read More → "TI introduces chokeless high-speed CAN transceiver families with industry-leading EMC performance"

Keysight Technologies Introduces Faster SS-OCT Options for its 12?Bit High-Speed Data Acquisition PCIe Card

April 5, 2016

Highlights:

New swept source optical coherence tomography options now support up to 1 GS/s on the 12-bit high-speed data acquisition PCIe card
Faster image acquisition up to 200 kHz A-scan rate, continuously
Targeting applications in various non-invasive medical imaging

SANTA ROSA, Calif., April 4, 2016 – Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today introduced swept source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) application options running at 1 GS/s (-SS2) and 500 MS/s (-SS1). The new options, now available on the U5303A high-speed data acquisition … Read More → "Keysight Technologies Introduces Faster SS-OCT Options for its 12?Bit High-Speed Data Acquisition PCIe Card"

Cadence Unveils Next-Generation Virtuoso Platform Featuring Advanced Analog Verification Technologies and 10X Performance Improvements Across Platform

April 5, 2016

Highlights:

Next-generation Virtuoso ADE enables engineers to explore, analyze and verify designs against goals to ensure that design intent is maintained throughout the design cycle
Virtuoso Layout Suite offers up to 100X accelerated zoom, pan, drag and draw performance on large layouts

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 5, 2016?Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced the delivery of the next-generation Virtuoso® platform which offers designers an average of 10X performance and capacity improvement across the platform. The platform includes new technologies within the Cadence® Virtuoso Analog Design Environment (ADE) and enhancements to … Read More → "Cadence Unveils Next-Generation Virtuoso Platform Featuring Advanced Analog Verification Technologies and 10X Performance Improvements Across Platform"

ams’ foundry know-how and IP help Sarda Technologies to implement gate driver IC for ultra-efficient server power stage

April 5, 2016

Premstaetten/Austria, Durham/North Carolina (5 April, 2016) — The Full Service Foundry division of ams AG (SIX: AMS), a leading provider of high performance analog ICs and sensors and Sarda Technologies, a disruptive power management component supplier, today announced at the CDNLive event in Santa Clara/CA, that ams is manufacturing Sarda’s advanced high-voltage CMOS drivers which play a key role in their Heterogeneous Integrated Power Stage (HIPS). Designed to address the rapidly escalating power consumption in data centers, Sarda’s HIPS technology enables the development of voltage regulators that offer fast response, … Read More → "ams’ foundry know-how and IP help Sarda Technologies to implement gate driver IC for ultra-efficient server power stage"

Curtiss-Wright’s New Rugged Dual GPGPU OpenVPX™ Module is Industry’s First to Deliver 5 TFLOPS Performance for Deployed Radar, SIGINT, EO/IR Applications

April 5, 2016

ASHBURN, Va. – April 4, 2016 – Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division today announced its second generation rugged GPU module for deployed Radar, SIGINT and EO/IR high performance embedded computing (HPEC) applications. The new CHAMP-GP3 GPGPU (general purpose graphics processor unit) Application Accelerator is the industry’s first 6U OpenVPX module to bring the extensive floating point processing power of NVIDIA®’s latest generation of Maxwell architecture class GPGPUs to the embedded aerospace and defense market. The board features dual 1536-core Tesla M6 MXMs high performance computing devices to provide an unprecedented 5 TFLOPS of compute performance in a single slot. Designed for … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright’s New Rugged Dual GPGPU OpenVPX™ Module is Industry’s First to Deliver 5 TFLOPS Performance for Deployed Radar, SIGINT, EO/IR Applications"

Asahi Kasei Microdevices Switches to Synopsys’ Custom Compiler

April 4, 2016

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights

Custom Compiler replaces existing custom design tools at Asahi Kasei Microdevices
Custom Compiler selected after competitive evaluation to address critical analog design challenges
Adoptability, flexibility and productivity key factors in selection

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) has selected the new Custom Compiler™ (see today’s news release) to replace its existing custom design tools. AKM … Read More → "Asahi Kasei Microdevices Switches to Synopsys’ Custom Compiler"

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