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X-FAB now supports Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., and ERFURT, Germany, December 17, 2009 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the leading analogue/mixed-signal foundry, today announced that X-FAB has expanded its support to include Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer(TM) implementation solution. X-FAB now fully supports Synopsys’ Galaxy(TM) Implementation Platform across its wide range of advanced modular CMOS process technologies for analogue/mixed-signal (AMS) applications.

Custom Designer is a modern-era mixed-signal implementation solution that delivers superior ease-of-use and leverages Synopsys’ Galaxy Implementation Platform to … Read More → "X-FAB now supports Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer"

Agilent Announces Windows® 7 Support for Acqiris Digitizer Products

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 15, 2009 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced Acqiris Software Release 4.0, including support for the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7, for its Acqiris Digitizer Products. The software is available today on CD-ROM, or online at www.agilent.com/find/acqiris-software-cd-rom after Dec. 18, 2009.

Agilent Acqiris high-speed digitizers are supplied with software drivers for Windows, Linux, LabVIEW RT and VxWorks operating systems; and application code examples for MATLAB(r), C/C++, VisualBasic.NET, LabVIEW(1), and LabWindows/CVI where available. These code examples … Read More → "Agilent Announces Windows® 7 Support for Acqiris Digitizer Products"

Open SystemC Initiative Commemorates 10-Year Anniversary of Service to System-Level Design Community

SAN JOSE, Calif. – December 9, 2009 – The Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI), an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing SystemCTM as an industry-standard language for electronic system-level (ESL) design, celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year, a decade marked by a series of major milestones for the group, including official IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) approval of the SystemC language as IEEE … Read More → "Open SystemC Initiative Commemorates 10-Year Anniversary of Service to System-Level Design Community"

Agilent Technologies’ New GoldenGate Release 4.4 Accelerates Advanced Node CMOS RFIC Design

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 8, 2009 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the release of its RFIC simulation, verification and analysis software — GoldenGate version 4.4. This release extends Agilent’s leadership in advanced node RFIC design with enhanced performance, new key stability and yield analyses, and RF extensions to mixed-signal simulation. In addition, the new release brings performance and flexibility updates to its unique wireless standards-based virtual test bench capability.

“Advanced node RFIC design makes you rethink what’s important from a simulation point of view,” said Paul Colestock, product planning and marketing manager with Agilent’s EEsof EDA … Read More → "Agilent Technologies’ New GoldenGate Release 4.4 Accelerates Advanced Node CMOS RFIC Design"

Atmel Introduces Low-Power, Single-Chip Wireless Microcontroller Family for Growing IEEE 802.15.4 Market

San Jose, CA, December 8, 2009 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in touch and microcontroller-based solutions, today announced a new family of AVR® wireless microcontroller (MCU) devices targeting wireless applications such as ZigBee® and IPv6/6LoWPAN. The ATmega128RFA1 is IEEE 802.15.4 compliant and combines Atmel’s picoPower® AVR MCU and a 2.4 GHz RF transceiver. Atmel’s picoPower technology offers ultra-low power consumption to ultimately enable longer battery life for wireless ZigBee applications, including smart energy, building automation, telecom and health care. ATmega128RFA1 is supported by Atmel’s QTouch® Library, making it easy to combine … Read More → "Atmel Introduces Low-Power, Single-Chip Wireless Microcontroller Family for Growing IEEE 802.15.4 Market"

Synopsys chosen as primary EDA partner by Hisilicon

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., December 7, 2009 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Hisilicon Technologies Co., Ltd., a worldwide provider of ASICs and solutions for communication network and digital media, and a subsidiary of Huawei Technologies, has established Synopsys as its primary EDA partner across its implementation and verification design flows. Hisilicon has signed an expanded business agreement to extend its use of Synopsys’ IC Compiler place-and-route technology and DesignWare(R) IP as well as other tools from the broad spectrum of Synopsys’ Galaxy(TM) Implementation and … Read More → "Synopsys chosen as primary EDA partner by Hisilicon"

Agilent Technologies presents at 2010 International CES®

What: Perry Keller, Program Manager, Digital Applications and Standards and Memory Program Manager at Agilent presents “Managing Signal Integrity in High Speed Flash Designs”, as part of JEDEC’s Partner Program with CES, called “Storage Solutions: Flash Memory in Consumer Products”.

Understanding and managing signal integrity is increasingly important for next generation designs. In his presentation, Perry discusses Signal Integrity and when it becomes important, the impact on the design how to manage it. Signal Integrity test challenges are covered such as data rates increase so do distortions in digital signals that lead to data transfer failures.</ … Read More → "Agilent Technologies presents at 2010 International CES®"

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