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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"

Forte Rolls Out Latest Version of High-Level Synthesis Software

October 29, 2012

SAN JOSE, CALIF. –– October 29, 2012 –– Forte Design Systems™, a leading provider of software products that enable design at a higher level of abstraction and improve design results, today announced immediate availability of the latest version of its Cynthesizer™ SystemC high-level synthesis (HLS).

Enhancements, including increases to Cynthesizer’s performance and capacity, have been made across the entire tool suite to enable designs to be done faster and with better results. The latest features include new modeling … Read More → "Forte Rolls Out Latest Version of High-Level Synthesis Software"

Atmel Delivers World’s First Single-chip Solution that Integrates Touch And Sensor Hub Functionality to Enhance Users’ Experience

October 29, 2012

Single-chip Solutions Integrate maXTouch Controllers with maXFusion Technology
Enhances Gaming, Navigation and Virtual Reality Experiences for the User
Solutions Compatible with Both Windows 8 and Android-based Mobile Devices

San Jose, CA, October 29, 2012 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, today announced a range of microcontroller-based solutions that integrate touch and sensor hub functionality to enable superior user experience for a variety of mobile devices including smartphones, tablets, Ultrabooks and convertible PCs.

The new solutions build on Atmel’s leading maXTouch® controllers … Read More → "Atmel Delivers World’s First Single-chip Solution that Integrates Touch And Sensor Hub Functionality to Enhance Users’ Experience"

Cadence Highlights Customer Solutions at ARM TechCon 2012

October 26, 2012

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – October 25, 2012) – Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, will demonstrate Cadence technologies and solutions for ARM-based designs throughout the three-day ARM TechCon 2012 conference.

Cadence and ARM have collaborated on the design and verification of high-performance SoCs and Systems using an optimized solution of tools and methodologies from Cadence with processors and physical IP from ARM. These will be featured during paper presentations and sponsored sessions during the event.Cadence … Read More → "Cadence Highlights Customer Solutions at ARM TechCon 2012"

Mentor Graphics Sourcery CodeBench Supports Qualcomm Technologies Hexagon Architecture for Embedded Software Development

October 26, 2012

WILSONVILLE, Ore., October 25, 2012—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that its Mentor® Embedded Sourcery™ CodeBench product supports code generation for the Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI) Hexagon™ DSP architecture for control and signal processing. Mentor Graphics is the first vendor to provide a commercially supported GNU toolchain for the Hexagon DSP architecture, supporting a wide range of embedded applications, including microcontroller, signal processing and control applications, along with commercial services to support this product offering.

With thousands of downloads a month, the Mentor Sourcery CodeBench technology is the industry’s most popular embedded development … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Sourcery CodeBench Supports Qualcomm Technologies Hexagon Architecture for Embedded Software Development"

RFEL now member of Altera Design Service Network

October 26, 2012

Newport, Isle of Wight, UK – 26 October 2012 – RFEL, who specializes in high performance electronic signal processing solutions, is now a member of the recently-launched, Altera Design Service Network (DSN) of Altera-qualified design experts.

“With ever shortening product development times and increasing product complexity, customers need to be able to engage with design service providers with the relevant expertise,” explained Michael Sharpless, Worldwide DSN Program Manager at Altera. “With RFEL’s experience designing with Altera FPGA’s, they are able to expedite customers’ product development and time-to-market. We … Read More → "RFEL now member of Altera Design Service Network"

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