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Xilinx and Sumitomo Electric Collaborate on Smarter Solutions that Reduce Network CapEx and OpEx Costs

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced that Xilinx and Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. are collaborating to bring smarter solutions to market. These solutions reduce CapEx and OpEx costs through the use of Sumitomo Electric’s Gallium Nitride (GaN) power amplifier transistors and Xilinx® SmartCORE™ IP that result in higher radio unit efficiencies. Wireless system designers using Xilinx’s SmartCORE IP can scale to support small cells to high-end macro cells, as well as active antenna systems (AAS), offering customers time-to-market advantages, lower development costs, high … Read More → "Xilinx and Sumitomo Electric Collaborate on Smarter Solutions that Reduce Network CapEx and OpEx Costs"

Atmel ARM- and AVR-based Microcontrollers Power Secret Labs’ Ultra-low-power Smart Watch

SAN JOSE, CA, May 21, 2013—Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, today announced that Secret Labs’ recently launched ‘AGENT’ smart watch is powered by Atmel’s SAM4S and tinyAVR® microcontrollers.

The AGENT smart watch combines SAM4S and tinyAVR MCUs to deliver extended battery life for the user, consuming less than half the power of competing solutions. Extremely low power consumption is achieved through Atmel’s patented picoPower® technology in the tinyAVR microcontroller, combined with … Read More → "Atmel ARM- and AVR-based Microcontrollers Power Secret Labs’ Ultra-low-power Smart Watch"

50th DAC Announces First Ever Training Day to Keep EDA Updated on Latest Design Techniques

LOUISVILLE, Colo. –– May 20, 2013 –– The 50th Design Automation Conference (DAC), the premier conference devoted to electronic design, design automation, IP and embedded systems and software, will feature, for the first time, a day of training tracks to keep designers updated on the latest techniques. Four tracks of training will be held on Thursday, June 6th, 2013. DAC 2013 will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas from June 2-6, 2013.

“This is the first year we have run a training day like this,” said Michael “ … Read More → "50th DAC Announces First Ever Training Day to Keep EDA Updated on Latest Design Techniques"

Aldec launches Spec-TRACER™

Certification Together International Conference (CTIC), Toulouse, France – May 20, 2013 – Aldec, Inc., CTIC Platinum Sponsor and pioneer in mixed-language simulation and advanced design tools for FPGA and ASIC devices, today announces the launch of Spec-TRACER™, a new requirements lifecycle management solution for use in safety-critical industries in which rigorous certification standards exist; such as DO-254 for avionics, ISO 26262 for automotive, IEC 61508/61511 for industrial and IEC 61513 for nuclear.

Managing and recording how an FPGA or ASIC is … Read More → "Aldec launches Spec-TRACER™"

Taoglas and Peregrine Semiconductor Team Up on Digitally Tunable LTE Antenna Solution for M2M Market

CTIA, Las Vegas, NV and San Diego, CA –  May 15th, 2013 – TaoglasUSA, Inc. (www.taoglas.com), provider of antenna solutions to the M2M and connected device market, has teamed up with Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: PSMI), a fabless provider of high-performance radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), to bring a dynamically tunable LTE antenna solution to the M2M market.  The solution contains an embedded surface-mount ceramic PIFA antenna from … Read More → "Taoglas and Peregrine Semiconductor Team Up on Digitally Tunable LTE Antenna Solution for M2M Market"

COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3b Offers Breakthrough Analysis Tools

BURLINGTON, MA — COMSOL Inc., the leader in multiphysics simulation software, today announced the release of major new additions to the COMSOL simulation platform. The latest version of COMSOL Multiphysics, version 4.3b, introduces five new application-specific modules and expanded modeling and analysis tools.

New Application-Specific Modules

With the introduction of the five new modules, users in key application areas from major industries now have access to the new modeling and simulation tools offered by COMSOL.

Ausdia Receives Patent for System and Method for Automatically Managing Clock Relationships in Integrated Circuit Designs

Sunnyvale, Calif. – May 20, 2013– Ausdia, the leading developer of timing constraints verification and management solutions that complement timing signoff for complex system-on-chip (SoC) designs, has been issued patent number  US 8,438,517 B2 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent, which discloses automated techniques  for identifying and managing the relationship between clock domains in an integrated circuit (IC) design, extends the company’s technology lead.

“Timing closure is increasingly failing or taking too long, and the timing constraint problems are usually realized so late in the … Read More → "Ausdia Receives Patent for System and Method for Automatically Managing Clock Relationships in Integrated Circuit Designs"

Berkeley Design Automation Announces Analog Characterization Environment

SANTA CLARA, CA, — May 16, 2013— Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of the world’s fastest nanometer circuit verification, today announced the immediate availability of Analog Characterization Environment (ACE™)—a high-productivity system to ensure nanometer-scale analog and mixed-signal circuits meet rigorous design performance requirements. ACE provides an intuitive user interface to rapidly setup, launch, monitor, report, and visually analyze complex circuit characterization runs. ACE supports leading SPICE-compatible simulators, standard measure formats, and operates both as a standalone tool and integrated with the industry’s leading analog design environment.

Ensuring circuits meet specifications under all operating conditions, environmental conditions, process … Read More → "Berkeley Design Automation Announces Analog Characterization Environment"

QuickLogic’s Parallel Camera Interface for TI Sitara™ AM335x ARM® Cortex™-A8 Processors Supports Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 Operating System

  • Complete, ready-to-use parallel Camera Interface solution (CAM I/F)
  • Enables developers to take advantage of extensive Android ecosystem
  • Supports BeagleBone open source hardware platform and QuickLogic Camera Cape

Sunnyvale, CA – May 20, 2013 – QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the innovator of ultra-low-power programmable Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs), today announced that its Parallel Camera Interface (CAM I/F) for Sitara™ AM335x ARM® Cortex™-A8 processors from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI)  now supports the Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 Operating System (OS).  Now … Read More → "QuickLogic’s Parallel Camera Interface for TI Sitara™ AM335x ARM® Cortex™-A8 Processors Supports Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2 Operating System"

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