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Berkeley Design Automation Announces Analog FastSPICE™ Mega

May 30, 2013

SANTA CLARA, CA, — May 29, 2013—Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of nanometer circuit verification, today announced the availability of the Analog FastSPICE Mega (AFS Mega™) silicon-accurate circuit simulator for memories and other mega-scale array-based circuits such as CMOS image sensors. AFS Mega extends the company’s foundry-certified Analog FastSPICE™ Platform with the capacity, performance, and features required for mega-scale array verification and characterization into FinFET-based process nodes.

Mega-scale arrays dominate the silicon area in most nanometer-scale integrated circuits (ICs) including system-on-chip ICs with embedded SRAM, memory ICs (e.g., SRAM, flash, DRAM, and ROM), and CMOS image sensors ( … Read More → "Berkeley Design Automation Announces Analog FastSPICE™ Mega"

LDRA Integration with Lauterbach TRACE32 Simplifies Code Analysis, Test and Certification

May 30, 2013

Wirral, UK, May 30, 2013 — LDRA, the leader in standards compliance, automated software verification, source code analysis and test tools, has integrated the LDRA tool suite with the Lauterbach TRACE32 Debugger and Simulator. Lauterbach’s hardware-assisted debug tools ease the interface to the embedded device, enabling developers to download and fully test an application on the target. Thanks to the interface, rigorous safety-critical testing and certification—a traditionally time-intensive, manual process—is automated, enabling a broad range of microcontroller and processor-based applications to achieve medical (IEC 62304), industrial safety (IEC 61508), automotive (ISO 26262) and avionics (DO-178B/C) compliance.

An extension … Read More → "LDRA Integration with Lauterbach TRACE32 Simplifies Code Analysis, Test and Certification"

Synopsys Introduces Starter Kit for DesignWare ARC EM Processors

May 29, 2013

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Starter kit enables “out-of-the box” software development, debugging and system analysis for ARC EM Family of embedded cores
Includes four pre-installed FPGA images for the ARC EM4 and EM6 processors, enabling choice of configuration and rapid bring-up time
Supports broad range of hardware extensions via Digilent Pmod Compatible connectors including sensors, actuators, displays and communications devices
Power-efficient DesignWare ARC EM4 and ARC EM6 32-bit processor cores are optimized … Read More → "Synopsys Introduces Starter Kit for DesignWare ARC EM Processors"

Cypress’s TrueTouch® Gen4 Touchscreen Controllers Deliver New Advanced Features Including Industry’s Best Tracking of Gloved Fingers

May 29, 2013

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 28, 2013 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced that its TrueTouch^® Gen4 touchscreen controller family now delivers multiple new advanced features, including the world’s best tracking of gloved fingers on capacitive touchscreens. Gen4 enables accurate navigation of touchscreens even with thick gloves on, greatly improving convenience for users of smartphones and other portable electronics.

The Gen4 family now also offers new functionality including passive stylus support to capture handwriting and signatures accurately and proximity detection that senses an object approaching … Read More → "Cypress’s TrueTouch® Gen4 Touchscreen Controllers Deliver New Advanced Features Including Industry’s Best Tracking of Gloved Fingers"

Pentek Introduces High-Speed Clock Generator for Cobalt Virtex-6 and Onyx Virtex-7 FPGA Board Families

May 29, 2013

Provides sample clocks for up to four Pentek Cobalt or Onyx boards
Locks to user supplied 10 MHz reference clock or onboard reference
Integrated reference OCXO provides exceptional frequency accuracy

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ–May 28, 2013–Pentek, Inc., today announced the Model 7194 high speed clock generator in a PMC/XMC form factor. The Model 7194 provides fixed frequency sample clocks to up to four Pentek analog-to-digital Cobalt^® … Read More → "Pentek Introduces High-Speed Clock Generator for Cobalt Virtex-6 and Onyx Virtex-7 FPGA Board Families"

Epitaxial SiC films grown on 300mm Si wafers

May 29, 2013

Newport, United Kingdom and Brisbane, Australia, 29 May 2013 –The Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Facility (QMF) of Griffith University and industry partner SPTS Technologies, a supplier of advanced wafer processing solutions for the global semiconductor industry and related markets, have announced epitaxial growth of 3C silicon carbide (SiC) films on 300mm silicon wafers. This breakthrough is the result of over 10 years research at QMF on low temperature SiC deposition on silicon and the joint development by QMF and SPTS of a commercial reactor to extend the epitaxial growth process to commercial scale production of SiC coated silicon wafers.</ … Read More → "Epitaxial SiC films grown on 300mm Si wafers"

A new world at your fingertips

May 29, 2013

eyeSight launches world’s first fingertip gesture control software
Works via a device’s standard camera
Software available to manufacturers now, consumer devices likely to emerge before end of the year

Israel and The US – Israeli company eyeSight Technologies today announces the world’s first commercial gesture technology to allow users to control digital devices with a fingertip, even from across a room. With eyeSight’s camera-based ‘fingertip tracking’ users can, for the first time, move a … Read More → "A new world at your fingertips"

HiWave Audio launches first mass production ready audio module

May 29, 2013

Cambridge, UK, May 28, 2013: HiWave Audio, which develops and sells electronic components and devices that utilise innovative sound technologies, announces the first in a series of production ready DyadBA3 modules offering significant power savings and superior audio quality for portable Bluetooth-enabled wireless speakers. This is the first commercially available PCB module using the HiAS2002 low power amplifier combined with the BC-05. It is fully Bluetooth SIG approved and shipped with A2DP, AVRCP, Apt-x audio profiles as standard and AAC enabled to ensure compatibility across the latest Samsung smartphones and Apple iOS products.

At the heart of the … Read More → "HiWave Audio launches first mass production ready audio module"

Mentor Graphics Brings Seamless Software Trace, Debug, and Performance Analysis to Embedded Systems

May 29, 2013

WILSONVILLE, Ore., May 29, 2013—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced its newest version of the Mentor® Embedded Sourcery™ CodeBench embedded software development tool, integrated with the award-winning Sourcery Analyzer tool and Ashling Vitra-XD trace probe. Embedded developers now have the ability to more fully understand and optimize software functionality and performance by continuously observing their entire embedded system including hardware, firmware, operating system, and application layers.

“Our latest version of Sourcery CodeBench gives developers powerful insight into their embedded software,” said Mark … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Brings Seamless Software Trace, Debug, and Performance Analysis to Embedded Systems"

TSMC Certifies Synopsys’ Digital and Custom Solutions for 16-nm FinFET Process

May 29, 2013

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Collaboration on Synopsys’ StarRC™ and QuickCap® tools for 3-D parasitic extraction
Solution deployed by early adopters of TSMC FinFET process
Includes Synopsys’ IC Compiler™, IC Validator, StarRC, PrimeTime®, Laker® Layout, Galaxy Custom Designer®, FineSIM™ and CustomSIM™ products and solutions

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced that TSMC has certified a comprehensive list … Read More → "TSMC Certifies Synopsys’ Digital and Custom Solutions for 16-nm FinFET Process"

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