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Increase performance and slash power by 50 percent with TI’s MSP430FR59xx microcontrollers, based on leading “Wolverine” technology

October 30, 2012

DALLAS, TX (October 30, 2012) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announces samples of the first of the world’s lowest power microcontrollers based on its revolutionary “Wolverine” technology platform. TI’s new FRAM-based MSP430FR59xxmicrocontrollers enable developers to add flexibility, performance and battery life to a variety of applications, including wireless sensing, energy harvesting, Smart Grid, industrial, consumer, building automation and security. MSP430FR59xx microcontrollers offer a rich feature set in support of these applications: Up to 64kB embedded FRAM, direct memory access (DMA) engine, 12 … Read More → "Increase performance and slash power by 50 percent with TI’s MSP430FR59xx microcontrollers, based on leading “Wolverine” technology"

Xilinx Announces Defense-Grade 7 Series FPGAs and Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs with Fourth Generation Secure Capabilities

October 30, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced its fourth generation secure architecture with Information Assurance and Anti-Tamper IP core support for defense-grade 7 series FPGAs and Zynq™-7000 All Programmable SoCs. These unique high reliability, defense-grade devices reduce the risk and cost of deploying the latest Aerospace and Defense (A&D) systems by utilizing off-the-shelf reprogrammable Xilinx® FPGAs</ … Read More → "Xilinx Announces Defense-Grade 7 Series FPGAs and Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs with Fourth Generation Secure Capabilities"

Synopsys Extends Support for ARM AMBA Protocol Verification with New Performance Checker for AMBA 4 AXI4

October 30, 2012

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced that its next-generation Discovery™ Verification IP (VIP) for the ARM® AMBA® 4 AXI4™ protocol now offers a Performance Checker capability. This capability enables system-on-chip (SoC) verification teams to analyze and validate SoC performance using metrics established during the system architecture definition process, speeding up the debug of SoC performance bottlenecks.

“The SoC’s design including cutting-edge CPU cores, GPU design and the application software has stringent performance requirements in order … Read More → "Synopsys Extends Support for ARM AMBA Protocol Verification with New Performance Checker for AMBA 4 AXI4"

Microsemi Releases Ultra Low Power sub-GHz Radio in Compact Chip Scale Package for Wireless Sensor Applications

October 30, 2012

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.–Oct. 29, 2012–Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced the availability of a new ultra low power (ULP) radio frequency (RF) transceiver for short-range wireless applications where power consumption is of utmost importance. The ZL70250 sets the bar in terms of low power consumption with only 2 milliamps (mA) of current required to transmit and receive data, enabling extremely long battery life and miniaturization. These two features are particularly important for applications using energy harvesting and battery-powered wireless sensor networks.

Semtech Extends ToPSync® Platform Leadership with New ACS9522T Which Lowers Cost in Wireless Equipment Including Small Cells

October 30, 2012

CAMARILLO, Calif., October 30, 2012 — Semtech Corporation. (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced it is sampling the newest addition to its ToPSync family of products, the ACS9522T, to tier one telecom equipment vendors.

Semtech’s new market-leading ToPSync synchronization system-on-a-chip sets a new standard for integration levels in the industry by integrating all functionality required to support implementation of any telecom synchronization standard into a single … Read More → "Semtech Extends ToPSync® Platform Leadership with New ACS9522T Which Lowers Cost in Wireless Equipment Including Small Cells"

Mentor Graphics Advances Development of High-Performance Multicore Linux-based Embedded Systems

October 30, 2012

ARM TECH CON 2012, Santa Clara, Calif., October 30, 2012—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced its next generation of Mentor® Embedded Sourcery™ CodeBench and Sourcery Analyzer products. Developers can now accelerate system debugging, including multiple Linux applications concurrently, by quickly and easily visualizing and analyzing complex software systems. When combining the Sourcery CodeBench and Sourcery Analyzer products, embedded developers get proven, customizable end-to-end development tools that include automatic performance analysis and efficient multi-process debugging to increase productivity.

New releases of the free Sourcery CodeBench Lite command-line development tools include enhanced versions of the modern open … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Advances Development of High-Performance Multicore Linux-based Embedded Systems"

Altera First to Benchmark Complex High-Performance Floating-Point Digital Signal Processing Designs on 28 nm FPGAs

October 29, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced it is first in the industry to successfully benchmark complex, high-performance floating-point digital signal processing (DSP) designs on 28 nm FPGA devices. Independent technology analysis firm Berkeley Design Technology, Inc. (BDTI) verified the efficiency and ease-of-use of Altera’s floating-point DSP design flow as well as the performance of demanding floating-point DSP applications on Altera’s Stratix® V and Arria® V 28 nm … Read More → "Altera First to Benchmark Complex High-Performance Floating-Point Digital Signal Processing Designs on 28 nm FPGAs"

XYALIS GTstyle dummy fill engine achieves unsurpassed performance for 28nm highly parallel processor.

October 29, 2012

Grenoble, October 29, 2012 – XYALIS and KALRAY announce that XYALIS GTstyle has successfully addressed the advanced dummy fill challenges of KALRAY’s MPPA-256 manycore processor, designed using state of the art 28nm process.

With its complex process rules from both analog parts requiring dedicated dummy fill procedures and large digital areas with timing and race condition constraints, KALRAY’s most advanced manycore processor was a challenging with respect to the layout finishing.

“This was an exciting challenge to successfully interface our tools into a standard 28nm Design Flow” said Philippe Morey-Chaisemartin, XYALIS’s CTO.

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Semtech Celebrates ToPSync® Platform Milestone in Enabling Low Cost 4G – LTE Wireless Networks

October 29, 2012

CAMARILLO, Calif., October 29, 2012 — Semtech Corporation. (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced its ToPSync technology has been deployed in more than one million network elements, a significant milestone in the deployment of IEEE1588 (PTP) technology.

ToPSync devices are deployed in more than 100 carrier networks spanning 2G, 3G and 4G systems. Semtech’s ToPSync platform is committed to meeting the challenges of the 4G time-aligned technologies as the growth in small cells accelerates to support high quality mobile broadband everywhere.</ … Read More → "Semtech Celebrates ToPSync® Platform Milestone in Enabling Low Cost 4G – LTE Wireless Networks"

TSMC Recognizes Cadence With Two “Partner of the Year” Awards

October 29, 2012

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – October 29, 2012) – Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, was presented two “Partner of the Year” awards from TSMC for thecontributions Cadence engineers made in the emerging areas of 3D-IC and 20-nanometer chip development. The awards — for “CoWoS … Read More → "TSMC Recognizes Cadence With Two “Partner of the Year” Awards"

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