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Synopsys’ Galaxy Design Platform Delivers Over 30% Leakage Power Reduction for Fujitsu Semiconductor’s ARM-Powered Multi-Core

October 1, 2014

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

MB86S70 processor designed with ARM^® Mali™-T624 GPUs, ARM Cortex^®-A15 and Cortex-A7 processors utilizing ARM big.LITTLE™ processor configuration exceeds power-performance targets
60 million gate, 28-nm device implemented using hierarchical low power flow
UPF enabled seamless use of advanced low power techniques

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic … Read More → "Synopsys’ Galaxy Design Platform Delivers Over 30% Leakage Power Reduction for Fujitsu Semiconductor’s ARM-Powered Multi-Core"

Altera and ARM Expand Strategic Partnership for SoC Development Tools

October 1, 2014

San Jose, Calif., October 1, 2014—ARM TechCon—Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) and ARM (LON: ARM; NASDAQ: ARMH) today announced a long-term agreement to expand their strategic partnership for best-in-class embedded software development tools for SoC FPGAs. In 2012, Altera and ARM announced the creation of the ARM® Development Studio 5 (DS-5™) Altera® Edition, which pioneered the invention of FPGA-Adaptive Debugging for SoC FPGAs. Through the expanded agreement announced today, the ARM DS-5 Altera Edition toolkit is being enlarged to include the following additional tools:

ASSET SourcePoint support for 64-bit ARM Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETMv4) on AppliedMicro’s X-Gene will speed microserver time-to-market

October 1, 2014

Richardson, TX (Oct. 1, 2014 ? ARM TechCon Booth No. 603) ? By supporting the powerful 64-bit version of Embedded Trace Macrocell? (ETMv4) from ARM® on AppliedMicro®?s X-Gene? Server on a Chip? processor, ASSET® InterTech?s SourcePoint? debugger platform will shorten the time-to-market for enterprise systems in the cloud, such as the rapidly emerging microserver systems.

ARM?s ETMv4 is part of CoreSight? technology which supports debug and trace processes on complex multi-core systems-on-a-chip (SoC). AppliedMicro?s X-Gene is a scalable, fully integrated multicore SoC with enterprise-class ARM cores.

?Effective and efficient trace capabilities … Read More → "ASSET SourcePoint support for 64-bit ARM Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETMv4) on AppliedMicro’s X-Gene will speed microserver time-to-market"

Express Logic Develops X-Ware Platform™ to Fast-Track ARM-Based IoT Development

October 1, 2014

ARM TechCon 2014, Santa Clara, CA, October 1, 2014—Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOSes), has launched X-Ware Platform™, target-specific, integrated development software that delivers all X-Ware components (ThreadX®, NetX™, USBX™, FileX®, GUIX™, and TraceX®) pre-ported and fully integrated for use on specific development boards. Recognizing ARM’s market leadership in the IoT space, … Read More → "Express Logic Develops X-Ware Platform™ to Fast-Track ARM-Based IoT Development"

Smart energy innovator for developing countries joins IAR Systems’ green technology program

October 1, 2014

ARM TechCon, Santa Clara, United States / Uppsala, Sweden—October 1, 2014—IAR Systems® announces that Local Energy Appliances, a startup company specializing on smart systems and solutions for electrical grids in developing countries, joins the sponsor program IAR Green Innovation Program. IAR Green Innovation Program supports innovative development projects in eco-friendly technology. Within this program, IAR Systems provides Local Energy Appliances with free licenses of IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM®.

Local Energy Appliances (LEA) is based in Augsburg in Germany and their projects include technology for … Read More → "Smart energy innovator for developing countries joins IAR Systems’ green technology program"

Altium broadens ARM Cortex-M device support to its TASKING C compiler for ARM

October 1, 2014

Sydney, Australia – October 1, 2014 – Altium Limited <http://www.altium.com/> , a global leader in Smart System Design Automation, 3D PCB design (Altium Designer <http://products.live.altium.com/> ) and embedded software development (TASKING <http://www.tasking.com/> ) announces a new release of its TASKING compiler suite for … Read More → "Altium broadens ARM Cortex-M device support to its TASKING C compiler for ARM"

TSMC and Synopsys Accelerate Custom Design Productivity for 16FF+ Process

September 30, 2014

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Synopsys custom design solution enhanced to meet emerging requirements for 16FF+ process
Schematic and simulation environment enhanced to simplify parasitic-aware circuit simulation
Layout solution enhanced for matching device placement, guard ring creation and dummy insertion features to speed creation of analog layout with FinFET devices

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today … Read More → "TSMC and Synopsys Accelerate Custom Design Productivity for 16FF+ Process"

Synopsys Announces New Additions to Liberty to Significantly Speed up Timing Closure

September 30, 2014

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 30, 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 completion of an initiative to unify and standardize on-chip variation (OCV) extensions to the open-source Liberty^™ library format, the de-facto modeling standard for integrated circuit (IC) implementation and signoff. Recent extensions that complete the unified OCV feature set were ratified on August 1, 2014 by the Liberty Technical Advisory Board (LTAB), an IEEE-ISTO federation member program representing the broad semiconductor … Read More → "Synopsys Announces New Additions to Liberty to Significantly Speed up Timing Closure"

IAR Systems dominates the tools market for ARM Cortex-M with leading code efficiency

September 30, 2014

Foster City, CA, United States—September 30, 2014—IAR Systems® announces that its ARM® development tools continue to deliver the market’s best performance for ARM Cortex®-M microcontrollers. CoreMark® benchmark scores for the new ARM Cortex-M7 core adds to a row of unbeaten performance records for the highly optimizing IAR C/C++ Compiler™ for microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M processor family.

IAR Embedded Workbench® is the leading development toolchain for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers. In addition to the sophisticated IAR C/C++ Compiler, the … Read More → "IAR Systems dominates the tools market for ARM Cortex-M with leading code efficiency"

ATopTech’s Physical Implementation Tools Certified to Support Advanced Designs in TSMC’s 16nm FinFET+ Process

September 30, 2014

SANTA CLARA, CA – September 29, 2014 – ATopTech, a leader in next generation physical design solutions, continued their ongoing collaboration with TSMC by further optimizing ATopTech physical implementation tools to support advanced designs in TSMC 16nm FinFET Plus (16FF+) V0.9 Design Rule Manual and SPICE model. Aprisa™ and Apogee^TM, ATopTech’s place and route solutions, have completed design rule support plus four additional individual tool certification projects to enhance quality of results, including design correctness, routability, timing, power, area … Read More → "ATopTech’s Physical Implementation Tools Certified to Support Advanced Designs in TSMC’s 16nm FinFET+ Process"

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