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SEMATECH and Intermolecular Partner to Accelerate EUV Lithography and Advanced Transistor Development

ALBANY, N.Y. and SAN JOSE, Calif., – April 9, 2013 – In an effort that will accelerate commercialization of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology and the development of next-generation transistors, SEMATECH announced today that Intermolecular, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMI) has joined SEMATECH’s Lithography and Front End Processes (FEP) programs. The companies have agreed to co-develop new methods to reduce overall cost of ownership (CoO) for Extreme UltraViolet (EUV) lithography, and to co-explore new materials, processes, and integration schemes for advanced logic integrated circuit technologies. 

“There are technology gaps the industry needs to address to enable cost-effective insertion … Read More → "SEMATECH and Intermolecular Partner to Accelerate EUV Lithography and Advanced Transistor Development"

Fujitsu Semiconductor ASIC Design for 2G/3G/4G Baseband Processor in Volume Production with Synopsys 28-nm MIPI M-PHY

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

  • Fujitsu Semiconductor achieved silicon success and compliance with the latest DigRFv4 standard using Synopsys’ DesignWare® MIPI M-PHY IP
  • DesignWare MIPI M-PHY’s proven interoperability between DigRFv4 interface on the baseband side and Fujitsu Semiconductor’s radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) helped accelerate delivery of customer’s ASIC to market, enabling quick product ramp
  • Fujitsu Semiconductor achieved aggressive low power consumption goals for their customer’s ASIC design for multi-band mobile application

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), … Read More → "Fujitsu Semiconductor ASIC Design for 2G/3G/4G Baseband Processor in Volume Production with Synopsys 28-nm MIPI M-PHY"

Mentor Graphics Delivers Simulation and Emulation Solutions to Verify Serial Attached SCSI Products

WILSONVILLE, Ore., April 8, 2013—Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT), a leader in advanced system verification solutions, today announced hardware and software solutions to accelerate the verification of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) second-generation (Gen 2) products, having speeds up to 6Gbps. Using the Mentor® verification solutions, designers can test their SAS Gen2 devices integrated on their System-on-Chip (SoC) designs, and develop and test their software drivers and applications prior to silicon being available.

The first new product is iSolveTM SAS, which has a ‘plug-and-play’ hardware interface to the Veloce® family of hardware emulators. It provides a cost-effective … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Delivers Simulation and Emulation Solutions to Verify Serial Attached SCSI Products"

Altera Demonstrates Industry’s First 32-Gbps Transceiver with Leading-Edge 20 nm Device

San Jose, Calif., April 8, 2013– Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced the company achieved another significant milestone in transceiver technology by demonstrating the industry’s first programmable device with 32-Gbps transceiver capabilities. The demonstration uses a 20 nm device based on TSMC’s 20SoC process technology. This achievement validates the performance capabilities of 20 nm silicon and is a positive indicator to the more than 500 customers in Altera’s early access program who are looking to use next-generation Altera devices in the development of performance demanding, bandwidth-centric applications. A Read More → "Altera Demonstrates Industry’s First 32-Gbps Transceiver with Leading-Edge 20 nm Device"

Xilinx Enables OEMs to Develop Smarter Broadcast Solutions With Availability of its Real-Time Video Engine 2.1

LAS VEGAS, April 8, 2013 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) is enabling broadcast equipment OEMs to speed development of next-generation smarter solutions with today’s announcement of the availability of the 2.1 release of its Real-Time Video Engine (RTVE), which runs on the OZ745 Zynq®-7045 All Programmable system-on-a-chip (SoC) baseboard from OmniTek, a Certified Xilinx® Alliance Program Member.  Announced here at NAB 2013 (booth #N311), the RTVE 2.1 is a key component of the Xilinx All Programmable Smarter Vision solutions, which combines the Zynq-7000 All … Read More → "Xilinx Enables OEMs to Develop Smarter Broadcast Solutions With Availability of its Real-Time Video Engine 2.1"

Barco Silex FPGA design speeds transactions in award-winning Atos Worldline Hardware Security Module (HSM)

Louvain-la-Neuve,  7April , 2013 – Barco Silex, a leading provider of crypto IP solutions and ASIC / FPGA design services, today announced that hi-tech transactional services expert, Atos Worldline, uses a Barco Silex FPGA crypto platform in its ADYTON. The ADYTON, which recently received an iF product design  award in addition to its red dot product design award , integrates Barco Silex’s … Read More → "Barco Silex FPGA design speeds transactions in award-winning Atos Worldline Hardware Security Module (HSM)"

Xilinx and its Ecosystem Showcase All Programmable and Smarter Vision Systems at NAB 2013

LAS VEGAS, April 8, 2013, NAB 2013, booth #N311  Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) and its ecosystem are demonstrating All Programmable and smarter professional broadcast systems, which employ Xilinx® solutions for video and Smarter Vision applications.  Demonstrations include Xilinx’s Real-Time Video Engine (RTVE), SMPTE 2022 video over IP, the Zynq®-7000 All Programmable SoC Video & Imaging Kit, and several demonstrations from over a half dozen of Xilinx’s Alliance Program members.

Xilinx Demonstrations – Booth #N311

  • RTVE 2.1

The Xilinx RTVE, … Read More → "Xilinx and its Ecosystem Showcase All Programmable and Smarter Vision Systems at NAB 2013"

Express Logic and Twin Oaks Integrate CoreDX DDS Communications Middleware with ThreadX RTOS

San Diego, CA, April 8, 2013 — Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced that Express Logic’s ThreadX® RTOS now supports the CoreDX Data Distribution Service (DSS) communications middleware from Twin Oaks Computing. CoreDX DDS simplifies communications … Read More → "Express Logic and Twin Oaks Integrate CoreDX DDS Communications Middleware with ThreadX RTOS"

Cadence and TSMC Strengthen Collaboration on Design Infrastructure for 16nm FinFET Process Technology

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 8, 2013 —Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), today announced an ongoing multi-year agreement with TSMC to develop the design infrastructure for 16-nanometer FinFET technology, targeting advanced node designs for mobile, networking, servers and FPGA applications. The deep collaboration, beginning earlier in the design process than usual, will effectively address the design challenges specific to FinFETs – from design analysis through signoff – and will deliver the infrastructure necessary to enable ultra low-power, high-performance chips.

FinFETs help deliver the power, performance, and area (PPA) advantages that are needed to develop highly differentiated SoC designs … Read More → "Cadence and TSMC Strengthen Collaboration on Design Infrastructure for 16nm FinFET Process Technology"

GrammaTech Helps EEMBC Ensure Robustness of Processor Benchmarks

ITHACA, NY–April 8, 2013–GrammaTech, Inc., a leading manufacturer of software analysis tools, today announced that the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) has adopted GrammaTech’s static analysis tool, CodeSonar®, to analyze, review and test the robustness of code-based benchmark suites.

The first EEMBC benchmark examined with CodeSonar is the upcoming FPMark™, a comprehensive suite of Floating-Point (FP) benchmarks designed to provide a standardized, industry-wide accepted measure for floating-point performance. FPMark is used to evaluate the capabilities of embedded processors in a wide variety of embedded applications, including audio, automotive and motor control. 

The EEMBC workgroup’ … Read More → "GrammaTech Helps EEMBC Ensure Robustness of Processor Benchmarks"

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