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Cadence Encounter Digital Technology Provides Ambarella With Big Improvements in Power, Performance and Area

June 27, 2012

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – June 27, 2012) – “The complete Cadence Encounter RTL-to-GDSII flow allowed us to tape out a complex 32-nanometer SoC design and achieve significant and meaningful improvements in power, performance and area,” said Chan Lee, vice president of VLSI engineering at Ambarella. “The Clock Concurrent Optimization (CCOpt) technology alone saved us weeks of manual work by allowing us to optimize clocks and datapaths at the same time, while still delivering excellent results in power, performance, and area.”Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader … Read More → "Cadence Encounter Digital Technology Provides Ambarella With Big Improvements in Power, Performance and Area"

Wind River Introduces Quick Start Capability for Wind River Simics

June 27, 2012

ALAMEDA, Calif. – June 27, 2012 – Wind River®, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, has introduced the latest version of Wind River Simics which features a quick start capability allowing embedded developers to easily and immediately benefit from using full system simulation when developing, debugging, and testing software.

Wind River Simics now includes Quick Start Platform (QSP), which provides a synthetic virtual platform coupled with an instruction set simulator for specific architectures. QSP is also bundled with board support packages (BSPs) for VxWorks® and Linux, including additional BSPs planned … Read More → "Wind River Introduces Quick Start Capability for Wind River Simics"

Green Hills Software Expands Reach of Functional Safety Portfolio Optimised to New Freescale PX Microcontrollers

June 27, 2012

Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, has announced a strategic partnership with Freescale Semiconductor to offer optimised products and services for developers of functional safety and general-purpose applications on the PX series of microcontrollers. Manufacturers of industrial, avionic, railway and medical devices now have the freedom to choose from a range of silicon, software and safety architecture services that best match their technical and business goals.

“Our PX series of microcontrollers provide unmatched performance and ruggedised safety features across many industries,” said Dr. Reza Kazerounian, vice president and general manager of the … Read More → "Green Hills Software Expands Reach of Functional Safety Portfolio Optimised to New Freescale PX Microcontrollers"

Synopsys’ Virtualizer Speeds Software Development and Enhances Design Enablement for Systems Based on the Infineon AURIX Microcontroller Family

June 27, 2012

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

  • Synopsys’ Virtualizer enabled rapid creation of virtual prototype for AURIX family of multicore automotive microcontrollers
  • Infineon used AURIX virtual prototypes to develop the microcontroller abstraction layer and end-user software tool chain months ahead of silicon
  • AURIX virtual prototypes deployed by Infineon’s customers resulted in faster multicore software development and more efficient electronic control unit (ECU) testing
  • Virtualizer-based prototypes are now an integral part of the AURIX development tool suite from Infineon

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: … Read More → "Synopsys’ Virtualizer Speeds Software Development and Enhances Design Enablement for Systems Based on the Infineon AURIX Microcontroller Family"

CMOSIS expands its CMV global shutter CMOS image sensor family with a new 20MP device

June 27, 2012

Antwerp, Belgium, 27 June 2012 – CMOSIS, one of the leading suppliers of CMOS image sensors for industrial applications, today introduced a 20-Megapixel image sensor for demanding, industrial applications. With the introduction of the CMV20000, CMOSIS broadens its current CMV portfolio of high-performing global shutters CMOS image sensors addressing the high-resolution segment of the industrial vision applications as well.

The unique properties and features such as high resolution, high dynamic range and global shutter, are a perfect fit for high-end industrial imaging systems, automation systems and medical applications.

The CMV20000 image sensor features … Read More → "CMOSIS expands its CMV global shutter CMOS image sensor family with a new 20MP device"

Xilinx Integrated Block for the PCI Express Gen3 Standard Accelerates Productivity and Increases System Performance

June 27, 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 27, 2012 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced its solution for designs using the Virtex®-7 field programmable gate array (FPGA) integrated block for PCI Express® x8 Gen3 with DDR3 external memory, providing developers with all the building blocks needed to get started on PCI Express Gen3-based designs immediately. The Xilinx® integrated blocks for the PCI Express Gen3 standard along with support for 1866 Mb/s high speed memory interfaces in mid-speed grade devices allow users to design systems that meet high system bandwidth … Read More → "Xilinx Integrated Block for the PCI Express Gen3 Standard Accelerates Productivity and Increases System Performance"

Maxim’s Essential Solutions Anticipate the Next-Generation Cellular Network

June 26, 2012

San Jose, CA—June 26, 2012—Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) announces several essential HetNet solutions needed for next-generation base-station equipment. The solutions include single-chip multiband radio transceivers, broadband gain blocks, direct RF synthesis DACs, and intelligent, digital, point-of-load controllers. 

The cellular radio access network (RAN) is evolving to a heterogeneous network that demands a set of diverse analog and mixed-signal base-station solutions required for the main radio signal paths, baseband processing support, and power-conversion nodes. Maxim has anticipated the HetNet evolution and offers new solutions that deliver dense analog integration with high dynamic performance, low … Read More → "Maxim’s Essential Solutions Anticipate the Next-Generation Cellular Network"

Touchstone Semiconductor Announces Its Newest 0.65µW Voltage Detector with Dual Outputs

June 26, 2012

MILPITAS, Calif. – June 26, 2012 – Touchstone Semiconductor, a developer of high-performance, low power analog integrated circuit solutions, today announced the new TS12001 voltage detector, which combines a 0.58V reference and a resettable latched comparator in a single package. 

The TS12001 operates from a single 0.65V to 2.5V power supply and consumes less than 1µA total supply current. This device produces a reset signal whenever the monitored voltage drops below an internally preset 0.78V threshold or below an external, resistor-programmable reset threshold voltage.

The TS12001’s internal comparator exhibits ±10mV of hysteresis for clean, chatter-free output switching. The … Read More → "Touchstone Semiconductor Announces Its Newest 0.65µW Voltage Detector with Dual Outputs"

GUC Announces 10GBase-KR, Multi-Standard SerDes IP

June 26, 2012

HSINCHU, Taiwan, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Global Unichip Corp. (GUC), the Flexible ASIC Leader(TM), today announced the availability of its second generation silicon-proven 10GBase-KR Multi-Standard SerDes IP (MSKR SerDes).

GUC’s MSKR SerDes meets the needs of today’s most demanding high-end networking and computing applications, operating at speeds ranging from 1.25Gb/s to 12.5Gb/s.  It supports a number of standards including 10GBase-KR, XFI, CEI-11G/6G, XAUI, RXAUI and 1 GbE.

Designed in TSMC’s 40nm CMOS technology, GUC’s MSKR SerDes IP has achieved industry leading jitter generation (< 400fs) and jitter tolerance (> 0.75 … Read More → "GUC Announces 10GBase-KR, Multi-Standard SerDes IP"

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