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Lattice Announces Five New IP Suites For The LatticeECP3 FPGA Family

February 7, 2011

HILLSBORO, OR – FEBRUARY 7, 2011 – Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced the immediate availability of five new comprehensive Intellectual Property (IP) Suites to accelerate the design of electronic systems in a variety of industries using the award winning LatticeECP3™ FPGA family. These five IP suites are PCI Express, Ethernet Networking, Digital Signal Processing, Video & Display, and Value.

Curtiss-Wright Controls Debuts New 48-Port 10GbE Physical Layer Switch Port Card

February 4, 2011

DAYTON, OH – February 2, 2011 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and the developer of the Physical Layer Switch (PLS), has announced the availability of its new RT11000 48-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) card designed for use with its industry-leading GLX4000 and Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Debuts New 48-Port 10GbE Physical Layer Switch Port Card"

Anritsu Introduces Jitter Tolerance and 4Tap Pre-emphasis Solution that Conducts Signal Integrity Measurements up to 28 Gbit/s

February 4, 2011

Santa Clara, CA – February 1, 2011 – Anritsu Company introduces a jitter tolerance and 4Tap pre-emphasis solution specifically designed to test interconnects up to 28 Gbit/s, at DesignCon 2011. Developed to meet the signal integrity requirements associated with designing backplanes for today’s high-speed interconnects, such as Infiniband 26G-IB-EDR, CEI-25G, CEI-28G-VSR, PCI Express, SAS, SATA, FB-DIMM, USB 3.0 and Display Port, the solution allows engineers to ensure their products meet designated specifications.

At the center of the solution is the MP1800A Signal Quality Analyzer (SQA), which is integrated with the MU181500B Jitter Modulation … Read More → "Anritsu Introduces Jitter Tolerance and 4Tap Pre-emphasis Solution that Conducts Signal Integrity Measurements up to 28 Gbit/s"

Synopsys Invites Cadence Incisive and Mentor Graphics Questa Users to the Verification FastForward Program

February 4, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the verification FastForward migration program. The program helps Cadence® Incisive® and Mentor Graphics® Questa® users to migrate to the VCS® functional verification solution and benefit from its superior technologies. These include: innovative performance engines; the industry’s broadest SystemVerilog support for VMM, OVM, and the UVM methodologies; a powerful constraints solver; new coverage closure technologies; unique low power verification capabilities; and a rich portfolio of verification IP. … Read More → "Synopsys Invites Cadence Incisive and Mentor Graphics Questa Users to the Verification FastForward Program"

Avago Technologies Premieres New 30-Gbps 28-nm ASIC Embedded SerDes Using LeCroy WaveMaster 8 Zi-A Oscilloscope at DesignCon 2011

February 2, 2011

Chestnut Ridge, NY and Santa Clara, CA, January 31, 2011 – LeCroy Corporation announced today that Avago Technologies will use LeCroy’s WaveMaster 8 Zi-A Oscilloscope to demonstrate 30-Gbps performance with its new Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes) core in 28-nm process technology. The demonstration will take place in the LeCroy booth (#307) at the DesignCon 2011 exhibition in the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California from February 1-2.

LeCroy is honored that Avago chose its WaveMaster 8 Zi-A to provide the record-breaking bandwidth and signal fidelity needed to support their new high speed technologies,” said President and Chief … Read More → "Avago Technologies Premieres New 30-Gbps 28-nm ASIC Embedded SerDes Using LeCroy WaveMaster 8 Zi-A Oscilloscope at DesignCon 2011"

Agilent Technologies Introduces Power Integrity Solution to Solve Key Challenge in Designing Power Distribution Networks

February 2, 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 1, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today introduced its power integrity solution to quickly and accurately solve the perforated-plane power integrity challenge. Available in Agilent’s Advanced Design System 2011 Momentum, the solution is used for designing a power distribution network with the heavily perforated power and ground planes found in modern printed circuit board designs.

Traditionally, boards have had dedicated power and ground planes … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces Power Integrity Solution to Solve Key Challenge in Designing Power Distribution Networks"

Swissbit announces world’s first 1GB & 2GB DDR3 RS-UDIMM Rugged Small Outline Memory Module

February 2, 2011

Bronschhofen, Switzerland – February 2, 2011 – Swissbit is proud to announce world’s first DDR3 RS-UDIMM (Rugged Small Outline unbuffered ECC DIMM): This small form factor (38 x 67.5mm) memory module has been developed with special focus on rugged industrial and embedded system for tough environmental conditions requiring exceptional resistance to shock and vibration.

Swissbit’s DDR3 240-pin 72-bit RS-UDIMMs are electrically compatible to the JEDEC DDR3 72bit SODIMM and target the latest Intel based embedded platforms as well as other DDR3 ECC capable applications for speed grades of … Read More → "Swissbit announces world’s first 1GB & 2GB DDR3 RS-UDIMM Rugged Small Outline Memory Module"

Digi-Key Corporation Expands Intersil Product Offering

February 2, 2011

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota, USA — Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s Read More → "Digi-Key Corporation Expands Intersil Product Offering"

AdaCore Releases New GNATemulator Tool for Efficient Embedded Software Testing

February 2, 2011

PARIS and NEW YORK, February 1, 2011 – AdaCore, a leading supplier of Ada development tools and support services, today announced the release of GNATemulator, an efficient and flexible emulator solution for testing embedded software applications. Based on the QEMU technology, a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer, the new GNATemulator tool allows software developers to compile code directly for their target architecture and run it on their host platform, through an approach that translates from the target object code to native instructions on the … Read More → "AdaCore Releases New GNATemulator Tool for Efficient Embedded Software Testing"

Xilinx Acquires AUTOESL To Enable Designer Productivity And Innovation With FPGAs And Extensible Processing Platform

February 1, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif, Jan. 31, 2011 –Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX ), the world’s leading provider of programmable platforms, today announced the acquisition of high level synthesis leader AutoESL Design Technologies, Inc.

Expanding Xilinx’s technology foundation and product portfolio to include high level synthesis will enable the company to deliver the benefits of programmable platforms to a broader base of companies where system architects and hardware designers are accustomed to designing at a higher level of abstraction in C, C++ and System C. It will also enable Xilinx to address growing customer demand for tools that … Read More → "Xilinx Acquires AUTOESL To Enable Designer Productivity And Innovation With FPGAs And Extensible Processing Platform"