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Agilent Technologies Introduces First-to-Market 40, 50- and 67-GHz High-Frequency Switches

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 7, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the introduction of 40, 50 and 67-GHz SPDT and bypass switches. This expands the well-accepted N1810/1/2 series switches with three new frequency options, delivering the only 67-GHz electro-mechanical switch on the market today. These new switches are ideal for customers needing to test radar, satellite, wireless-HDMI and microwave backhaul radios, as well as customers working with high bit rates in high-speed digital designs.

“Agilent is the established leader of high-performance … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces First-to-Market 40, 50- and 67-GHz High-Frequency Switches"

Renesas Electronics Introduces Six New 4th-Generation, 32-bit Microcontrollers with Support for Ethernet and MOST Networks

Dusseldorf, 8th June 2011 –  Renesas Electronics  , a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of six new 4th-generation (X4 generation) V850-based S-series microcontrollers (MCUs), ideally suited to car infotainment systems and networking. The new products include two MCUs from the V850E2/SG4-H group with 100 pins, … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Introduces Six New 4th-Generation, 32-bit Microcontrollers with Support for Ethernet and MOST Networks"

26.8dBm IIP3 Dual Broadband RF Mixer Draws 300mW/Channel for 4G MIMO Multi-Mode Receivers

MILPITAS, CA – June 8, 2011 – Linear Technology announces the LTC5569, a dual high performance RF mixer that packs a combination of 26.8dBm IIP3 (Input Third Order Intercept), 300mW per mixer and wide operating frequency coverage to address high density footprints of multimode 4G RRH (Remote Radio Head) MIMO (Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) receivers. This mixer operates over a … Read More → "26.8dBm IIP3 Dual Broadband RF Mixer Draws 300mW/Channel for 4G MIMO Multi-Mode Receivers"

Synopsys Honors Shrenik Mehta with Eleventh Annual Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, announced today that Shrenik Mehta has been awarded Synopsys’ eleventh annual Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award. As chairperson of Accellera, a leading standards organization in electronic design automation (EDA), from 2005 until 2010, Shrenik guided the organization to several collaborative initiatives that created widely-used standards such as SystemVerilog, Unified Power Format (UPF), and Universal Verification Methodology (UVM).

“I am deeply honored to accept the Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award this year,” said Shrenik Mehta, Principal Industry Consultant, @ … Read More → "Synopsys Honors Shrenik Mehta with Eleventh Annual Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award"

Veridae Systems and Dini Group Team to Accelerate ASIC Verification with a Multi-FPGA Prototyping and Debug Solution

SAN DIEGO, CA. –– June 6, 2011 ––Veridae Systems and the Dini Group today announced they’ve combined Veridae’s Certus FPGA Prototyping Suite with the Dini Group’s prototyping and I/O hardware to deliver a complete platform for multi-FPGA prototyping and debug. The solution is fully tested and available now and will be demonstrated this week at the Design Automation Conference, Veridae booth 3212.

FPGA-based ASIC prototyping is challenging in many regards with the most time and effort spent in debug. Conventional approaches require long, repeated cycles of instrumentation, synthesis, followed by … Read More → "Veridae Systems and Dini Group Team to Accelerate ASIC Verification with a Multi-FPGA Prototyping and Debug Solution"

Nallatech Selected to Develop Ruggedized FPGA Solutions by Raytheon GmbH

Camarillo, CA – June 7th, 2011 – Nallatech, a leading supplier of high-performance COTS and custom FPGA solutions, has been selected by Raytheon Deutschland GmbH to develop ruggedized accelerated-processing solutions for an advanced digital receiver.

Nallatech is developing hardware solutions that utilize Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGAs for multiple processing applications. Raytheon’s digital receiver employs a flexible, modular architecture that enables it to be tailored for a variety of applications.

For more information on … Read More → "Nallatech Selected to Develop Ruggedized FPGA Solutions by Raytheon GmbH"

MunEDA WiCkeD Supports TSMC AMS Reference Flow 2.0 for 28nm

HSINCHU, Taiwan, June 3, 2011 – MunEDA, developer of the industry’s broadest family of advanced circuit analysis, modeling and optimization solutions, today announced that TSMC has included MunEDA’s WiCkeDTM circuit analysis environment in TSMC AMS Reference Flow 2.0, one of the critical components in TSMC 28nm design infrastructure. WiCkeD covers a wide range of essential tasks in interactive and automatic specification-drivencustom circuit design with statistical circuit analysis.  … Read More → "MunEDA WiCkeD Supports TSMC AMS Reference Flow 2.0 for 28nm"

Veridae Systems and Mentor Graphics Partner to Accelerate Development, Debug and Verification of FPGAs

SAN DIEGO, CA. –– June 6, 2011 –– Veridae Systems and Mentor Graphics today announced they’ve partnered to support a complete FPGA development flow combining Mentor Graphic’s Precision® Synthesis FPGA design tools and Veridae’s Certus or Corus validation and debug solutions. The combination of tools will accelerate the development, verification and time-to market of single and multi-FPGA based systems.

“We are thrilled to collaborate with Mentor Graphics to integrate Corus and Certus with the Precision Synthesis tools,” said Jim Derbyshire, Veridae’s chief executive officer. “The … Read More → "Veridae Systems and Mentor Graphics Partner to Accelerate Development, Debug and Verification of FPGAs"

AdaCore and Altran Praxis Release SPARK Pro 10

NEW YORK and PARIS, June 7, 2011 – AdaCore and Altran Praxis today announced the release of the SPARK Pro 10 software development and verification environment, providing a major step forward for the developers of high-assurance systems. SPARK Pro now offers increased flexibility to developers of systems with mixed integrity levels or with the need to integrate SPARK with other languages or legacy code.

SPARK Pro is a product jointly developed by Altran Praxis, international specialist in embedded and critical systems engineering, and AdaCore, the leading provider … Read More → "AdaCore and Altran Praxis Release SPARK Pro 10"

Xilinx to Discuss and Demonstrate Optical Transport Network (OTN) Portfolio at Linley Tech Carrier Conference 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 6, 2011 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) will showcase its industry leading optical transport network (OTN) portfolio and will discuss how it provides multiple solutions that can help users overcome high bandwidth optical transport network (OTN) challenges at the Linley Tech Carrier Conference at the DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose from June 7 – 8, 2011. During the conference, Xilinx Solution Architect, Communications Business Unit, Shreyas Shah, will explain how FPGAs are addressing increasing bandwidth demands in carrier/optical networking. Shah’s presentation will also cover quality of … Read More → "Xilinx to Discuss and Demonstrate Optical Transport Network (OTN) Portfolio at Linley Tech Carrier Conference 2011"

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