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Xilinx MicroBlaze Model Provided by Imperas and OVP

October 27, 2011

OXFORD, United Kingdom, October 24, 2011 – Imperas™ today announced that a model of the Xilinx MicroBlaze™ soft processor core has been developed, and is being provided through the Open Virtual Platforms™ (OVP™) website. The OVP Fast Processor Model™ and example virtual platforms including the MicroBlaze core are available from the Open Virtual Platforms website, www.OVPworld.org/XILINX. Imperas also announced that they have joined the Xilinx Alliance Program, helping to expand the Xilinx embedded ecosystem with the … Read More → "Xilinx MicroBlaze Model Provided by Imperas and OVP"

Cavium Partners With Aricent to Provide Comprehensive 4G Mobile Evolved Packet Core and Radio Access Solutions for OCTEON(R) II and OCTEON Fusion Processor Families

October 27, 2011

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – October 25, 2011) – Cavium (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications and the digital home today announced an extensive collaboration on 4G/LTE Radio Access and Evolved Packet Core (EPC) solutions with Aricent, a global innovation and technology services company. Through this collaboration, the companies are providing performance-enhanced and highly-scalable EPC Frameworks and LTE eNodeB base station protocol software stacks for Cavium’s OCTEON® II Multi-core and the OCTEON Fusion™ “Base-station-on-a-chip” … Read More → "Cavium Partners With Aricent to Provide Comprehensive 4G Mobile Evolved Packet Core and Radio Access Solutions for OCTEON(R) II and OCTEON Fusion Processor Families"

New Magillem Verification Scenarii (MVS) Environment Configures Validation of IP & Sub-systems, and Automates Test Bench Generation

October 27, 2011

Supports ARM cores integration and verification
Single access mechanism to all resources of the design database for concurrent validation strategies
Functional validation of large SOCs by multiple teams is significantly improved with IP XACT (IEEE1685) standard

Paris, 25 October 2011, MVS, Magillem Verification Scenarii, is the latest software proudly launched by Magillem, the leader of IP XACT based solutions for improved flow methodology :

Complex SoCs require three layers of partitioning : functional sub systems with configurable parameters for architects, logical blocks (hierarchical assembly for implementation) used by designers and integrators, and … Read More → "New Magillem Verification Scenarii (MVS) Environment Configures Validation of IP & Sub-systems, and Automates Test Bench Generation"

Imperas Validates OVP Fast Processor Models and Embedded Software Development Tools Interoperability With Cadence® Virtual System Platform

October 27, 2011

OXFORD, United Kingdom, October 24, 2011 – Imperas™ today announced that its Open Virtual Platforms™ (OVP™) Fast Processor Models have been validated with the Cadence® Virtual System Platform for creation of high performance software development platforms. In addition, the Imperas tools for Multiprocessor/Multicore/Multithread Verification, Analysis and Profiling (M*VAP™) operate with Virtual System Platform, together providing a robust set of tools for embedded software development as part of the Cadence System Development Suite.

The Fast Processor Models are available from the Open Virtual Platforms website, www.OVPworld.org. Models available … Read More → "Imperas Validates OVP Fast Processor Models and Embedded Software Development Tools Interoperability With Cadence® Virtual System Platform"

element14 reaches new heights in innovation with the launch of ‘The Drawer’– a new customisable storage tool for online content

October 27, 2011

26 October 2011 – London: element14, Premier Farnell’s online community for design engineers, today announced the launch of The Drawer, an innovative content storage tool for users to capture and collect information as they navigate through the element14 community. The Drawer functionality also extends to the Knode on element14, enabling design engineers to collect and save technical information, parts data and content references from the entire community. This will help to speed up design research and pull together comprehensive solutions to hardware and software design challenges.

QuickLogic Announces Kyocera’s 1st Smartphone for the Japan Market Incorporates VEE & DPO Technologies

October 27, 2011

Sunnyvale, CA – October 27, 2011 — QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the leader in low-power Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs), is proud to announce that Kyocera Corporation, a leading supplier of wireless products and accessories in Japan and North America, is the first smartphone OEM to bring a product to the Japan market using a CSSP that includes QuickLogic’s Visual Enhancement Engine (VEE) and Display Power Optimizer (DPO) technologies, and an integrated Mobile Display Digital Interface (MDDI) to RGB bridge. Kyocera … Read More →

Mouser Unveils Newest Medical Applications Product Knowledge Site

October 27, 2011

October 26, 2011 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today announces the launch of its second Read More → "Mouser Unveils Newest Medical Applications Product Knowledge Site"

Agilent Technologies Announces ‘Compliant by Design’ Signal Integrity Seminar

October 27, 2011

What: The Agilent DSiM2011 ‘Compliant by Design’ seminar will give you practical ‘hands-on’ experience with the latest methodologies and tools for modeling high speed interconnects and making accurate signal integrity measurements. This seminar, co-hosted with Granite River Labs, provides important information to assist you in accurate simulation during early design. It shows how to properly understand and model the impact the physical channel has on your signal as it travels from the transmitter to the receiver.

When: Available now

NXP Cortex-M0 Microcontrollers in High-Volume TSSOP and SO Packages Target 8/16-bit Applications

October 27, 2011

Eindhoven, Netherlands and San Jose, California, October 25, 2011 – NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced the availability of new low-pin-count package options – SO20, TSSOP20, TSSOP28 and DIP28 – for its market-leading ARM® Cortex™-M0 LPC1100 family of microcontrollers. The new LPC111x devices are the world’s first 32-bit ARM microcontrollers in low-pin-count packages, and open the door for a broader range of applications previously closed to typical 32-bit MCUs due to package footprint or … Read More → "NXP Cortex-M0 Microcontrollers in High-Volume TSSOP and SO Packages Target 8/16-bit Applications"

Xilinx and Cadence Introduce an Extensible Virtual Platform to Enable Software-Centric Approach for Embedded Software Developers

October 26, 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced that they have teamed to develop the industry’s first virtual platform to enable system design, software development, and testing of Xilinx Zynq(TM)-7000 Extensible Processing Platform (EPP) based systems in advance of hardware availability. This solution further enhances the development environment being put into place for Xilinx’s ARM® processor-based processing platform and changes the development flow … Read More → "Xilinx and Cadence Introduce an Extensible Virtual Platform to Enable Software-Centric Approach for Embedded Software Developers"