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Synopsys Achieves 100th Design Win with its 28-nm DesignWare® IP

September 5, 2012

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Full line of 28-nm DesignWare IP includes PHYs for USB, PCI Express, SATA, HDMI, DDR, MIPI, as well as data converters, audio codecs, embedded memories and logic libraries
Availability spans four leading foundries and 10 unique processes, enabling designers to choose the IP that meets their specific design requirements
Designed for SoC robustness with exhaustive simulations, reliability analysis and at-speed electrical characterization across process, voltage and temperature corners
Optimized for a range of applications including mobile applications processors, multimedia graphics, networking … Read More → "Synopsys Achieves 100th Design Win with its 28-nm DesignWare® IP"

Altera Unveils Innovations at 20 nm

September 5, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today unveiled several key innovations planned for its next generation of 20-nm products. Extending the promise of silicon convergence, Altera is offering customers the ultimate system-integration platform, combining the hardware programmability of FPGAs … Read More → "Altera Unveils Innovations at 20 nm"

Synopsys’ Open-Source Liberty Format to Incorporate On-Chip Variation Extensions

September 5, 2012

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

OCV extensions help standardize usage of the popular stage-based Advanced OCV (AOCV) modeling approach for 40- and 28-nm
Liberty Technical Advisory Board expected to finalize and ratify new extensions in November 2012

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced it intends to incorporate on-chip variation (OCV) extensions in its open-source Liberty™ library format, the de-facto modeling standard for integrated circuit (IC) implementation … Read More → "Synopsys’ Open-Source Liberty Format to Incorporate On-Chip Variation Extensions"

Hine Automation Expands Its Line Of Automated Load Locks With The Star SL-450.

September 5, 2012

Tampa, Florida, September 5, 2012 – Hine Automation today introduced its newest Star system, the SL-450.

Hine’s SL-450 is an automated load lock that transfers single substrates or substrate holders up to 450mm in diameter. As with all the Star systems, the SL-450 uses an intelligent motor to transfer and track the position of the substrate. Thanks to Hine’s Z-lift option, the Star SL-450 can hand-off substrates to any process module, including those without lift pins.

“OEMs around the world take advantage of our Star systems as a single substrate transfer system and as a substrate … Read More → "Hine Automation Expands Its Line Of Automated Load Locks With The Star SL-450."

GreenPeak launches the GP710: the first dual-protocol ZigBee chip

September 5, 2012

IBC2012 Booth 1.F90

Utrecht, The Netherlands – 05 September 2012 – GreenPeak Technologies, a leading Smart Home RF-communication semiconductor company, today announced the launch of the new GP710, a dual-protocol ZigBee communications controller with simultaneous support for ZigBee RF4CE and ZigBee IP/ZigBee PRO protocols.

The GP710 communication controller is targeted for set-top boxes, gateways and Smart Home controllers and designed for supporting simultaneously ZigBee RF4CE applications – such as remote controls – as well as ZigBee IP or ZigBee PRO Read More → "GreenPeak launches the GP710: the first dual-protocol ZigBee chip"

Elliptic Technologies and ViXS Systems Collaborate to Secure Streaming of HD Video and Audio Content in Entertainment Devices

September 5, 2012

September 5, 2012 – Ottawa, Canada and Toronto, Canada: Elliptic Technologies, a leading supplier of content protection software and security semiconductor IP, has partnered with ViXS Systems, a leading innovator and provider of multimedia solutions, to integrate Elliptic’s tVault HDCP 2.1 content protection technology with ViXS’ XCode® 4200 Series of media processors to secure premium content streaming on connected devices.

The market is experiencing a huge growth in High … Read More → "Elliptic Technologies and ViXS Systems Collaborate to Secure Streaming of HD Video and Audio Content in Entertainment Devices"

Green Hills Software Announces Optimized Tools for AppliedMicro’s New-Generation PacketPro2 Processors

September 5, 2012

SANTA BARBARA, CA and SUNNYVALE, CA — September 5, 2012 — Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announced its collaboration with AppliedMicro®, a global leader in energy conscious computing and communications solutions for data center, telecom, enterprise and consumer applications, for the development of the best-of-class solution for AppliedMicro’s PacketPro2™ family of single and multicore secure processors for enterprise networking, control plane and industrial applications. Green Hills Software’s MULTI® multicore debugger, optimizing compiler, and processor probes will target the Keelback and Black Mamba PacketPro2 processors.

Today’s embedded systems developers … Read More → "Green Hills Software Announces Optimized Tools for AppliedMicro’s New-Generation PacketPro2 Processors"

Intel Aims to Streamline Development and Deployment of Intelligent Signs with New Digital Signage Kit

September 5, 2012

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 5, 2012 – Retailers and advertisers are increasingly turning to digital signage to explore new ways to attract and engage consumers. However, evaluating digital signage solutions involves a costly, time-intensive process of collecting and integrating software and licenses before ever beginning content creation. Addressing this growing need, Intel Corporation today announced the next-generation Digital Signage Evaluation Kit-12 (DSEK-12) designed to streamline the digital signage evaluation process, reduce costs and enable faster deployment across a range of market segments including retail, healthcare and transportation.

Wurldtech Achilles Test Software Now Available for Development Engineers of Mission-Critical Embedded Devices

September 5, 2012

VANCOUVER, British Columbia Sept. 5, 2012 Wurldtech Security Technologies, leaders in protecting mission-critical connected devices from persistent and dynamic cyber security threats, today announced the release of its Achilles Test Software, the software version of its Achilles Test Platform, extending its Achilles Test family of cyber security testing products to development teams of mission critical embedded devices.

Significant SCADA cyber attacks are plaguing the industry. Industrial Control Systems have evolved into complex, open, inter-connected networks, creating significant challenges for developers and manufacturers … Read More → "Wurldtech Achilles Test Software Now Available for Development Engineers of Mission-Critical Embedded Devices"

GrammaTech CodeSonar 3.8 Pinpoints Defects with Greater Precision and Speed

September 4, 2012

ITHACA, NY–September 4, 2012–GrammaTech, Inc., a leading manufacturer of source-code analysis tools, today announced CodeSonar® 3.8. The new version includes dramatically faster code analysis with fewer false positives.

“CodeSonar 3.8 is significantly faster and more precise than its predecessor, making it much easier … Read More → "GrammaTech CodeSonar 3.8 Pinpoints Defects with Greater Precision and Speed"

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