SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 19, 2009 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a new statistical mode for its signal integrity Channel Simulator. The mode, offered as part of Agilent’s Advanced Design System (ADS) 2009 Update 1, is well suited for design and verification of high-speed, chip-to-chip data links found in most consumer and enterprise digital products produced today — from laptop computers and data center servers, to telecommunication switching centers and Internet routers. By accelerating simulation, the new Channel Simulator mode allows manufacturers of such products to more quickly explore and arrive at an optimal design and eliminates the need for … Read More → "Agilent Technologies’ New Channel Simulator Mode Determines Ultralow Bit-Error-Rate in Seconds"

Acquisition provides additional consultancy and training services, complementing Artisan’s market-leading UML, SysML and UPDM modeling tools

Washington DC, USA and Cheltenham, UK – 20th October 2009. Artisan® Software Tools, the world’s largest independent supplier of industrial-grade, collaborative modeling tools for complex, mission and safety-critical embedded systems and software, has acquired Brass Bullet Limited, a leading systems engineering consultancy based in Swansea in the UK. The acquisition is part of Artisan’s growth strategy and gives the company full ownership of Brass Bullet’s consultancy and training offerings in Software Design, … Read More → "Artisan acquires Brass Bullet"

MIPS32® 24KEc™ is Core of Choice for DTV, STB, DVD, Portable Media Applications

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – October 20, 2009 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqGS: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for home entertainment, communications, networking and portable multimedia markets, today announced that Novatek Microelectronics Corp. has licensed the MIPS32® 24KEc™ processor core to power advanced chip designs for a variety of multimedia devices for the digital home. Based in Taiwan, Novatek is a world leader in the development of solutions for high-growth markets including flat panel displays, DTVs, … Read More → "MIPS Technologies Licenses High-Performance, Power-Efficient Processor to Novatek for Next-Generation SoC Designs"

Franchise extension provides North American design engineers with latest technologically advanced products

CHICAGO, Ill. & UNTERPREMSTAETTEN, Austria–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Committed to offering design engineers the newest technologies first, leading multi-channel electronics distributor Newark, part of the global Premier Farnell Group, has signed a franchise agreement with austriamicrosystems to stock their innovative, highly accurate, low power analog ICs for same day shipping at http://www.newark.com/austriamicrosystems. This agreement extends austriamicrosystem’s (SIX:AMS) franchise with Premier Farnell distribution businesses in Europe and Asia.

As a global designer and manufacturer, austriamicrosystems develops and … Read More → "austriamicrosystems High Performance Analog ICs Now Available at Newark"

Cadence Model-Based Litho Physical and Litho Electrical Analyzer Solutions Provide Fast and Accurate Silicon-Validated Full-Chip Electrical DFM Verification Flow

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS) , the leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (“SMIC”; NYSE: SMI and SEHK: 0981.HK) has adopted Cadence(R) Litho Physical Analyzer and Cadence Litho Electrical Analyzer to more accurately predict the impact of stress and lithographic variability on the performance of 65- and 45-nanometer semiconductor designs. The Cadence Litho Electrical Analyzer — the semiconductor industry’s first electrical DFM solution in … Read More → "SMIC Adopts Cadence DFM Solutions for 65- and 45-Nanometer IP/Library Development and Full Chip Production"

— New $119 Control Development Kit and 12 New Reference Designs

Supporting MachXO PLDs Accelerate Time-to-Market for System Control Designs —
HILLSBORO, OR — OCTOBER 19, 2009 — Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced the immediate availability of the new MachXO™ Control Development Kit as well as 12 new reference designs, ideal for prototyping system control functions such as temperature and current monitoring, power supply sequencing, fan control and fault logging, that are commonly found in telecom infrastructure, server, industrial and medical applications. The new kit offers designers of CPLDs and low-density FPGAs a comprehensive suite of board management and system control … Read More → "Lattice Simplifies System Control Applications With MachXO Control Development Kit"

High-Quality, Configurable DDR PHY Deployed in Video Processing Chips For AV Receivers and Blu-ray Players

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ — Denali Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property (IP), today announced that Anchor Bay, a leading supplier of video-processing semiconductors (ASICs) and systems, has successfully taped out its ABT2015 chip utilizing Denali’s next-generation Databahn(TM) DDR PHY solution in 65-nanometer (nm) Common Platform(TM) process technology offered by IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Denali’s Databahn solution enabled Anchor Bay’s developers to meet … Read More → "Anchor Bay Achieves Silicon Success With Denali’s DDR PHY Solution"

WILSONVILLE, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ:MENT), a leading electronic design automation (EDA) solutions provider, and Aeroconseil, an established aeronautical services company, are combining forces to offer their complementary DO-254 solutions and services to the Chinese aviation market. China is quickly emerging as a key player in the worldwide aerospace development domain, and likely to see great benefit from the streamlined process for DO-254 compliance provided by Mentor and Aeroconseil.

RTCA/DO-254 “Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware” is a standard that is currently being enforced by the Federal Aviation Administration ( … Read More → "Mentor Graphics and Aeroconseil Partner to Support DO-254 in China"

– Comprehensive toolset provide full support for the ARM Cortex-R4(F) processor –

Uppsala, Sweden – October 15 – IAR Systems today announced comprehensive support for ARM® Cortex(TM)-R4(F) processor in version 5.40 of IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM.

IAR Embedded Workbench is a renowned set of development tools for embedded applications. The package includes an editor, project management tools, a C and C++ compiler that generates highly optimized code for the combined ARM/Thumb®-2 instruction set, a C-SPY simulator as well as run-time libraries, relocating assembler, linker and librarian tools. The compiler can check … Read More → "IAR Systems launches development tools for ARM Cortex-R4(F) processor"

Zarlink’s Timing over Packet (ToP) devices are interoperable with all equipment manufacturers using the latest IEEE 1588-2008 protocol

OTTAWA, CANADA, October 15, 2009 – Zarlink Semiconductor (TSX: ZL) today announced its portfolio of IEEE 1588 Timing over Packet (ToP) products successfully passed comprehensive interoperability testing with a range of equipment manufacturers. Independent testing was completed during “plug-fest” at the 2009 International IEEE Symposium on Precision Clock Synchronization (ISPCS) for Measurement, Control and Communication in Brescia, Italy.

Plug-fest is an opportunity for suppliers and manufacturers to demonstrate system-wide clock synchronization and operation of … Read More → "Zarlink’s Timing over Packet Products Successfully Interoperate at ISPCS 2009 “Plug-fest”"