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Cadence Library Characterization Scripts Now Available in New TSMC Reference Kit

October 17, 2011

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – October 17, 2011) – “Through our work with TSMC on the mission-critical challenge of foundation IP characterization, customers can now leverage the same technology used in-house at TSMC with the same setup and constraints, helping them address the specific design challenges created through changes to their standard cell libraries,” said Wilbur Luo, group director, product marketing, Silicon Realization Group at Cadence. “We are always looking for ways to give customers greater control over the design processes, and TSMC’s introduction of its Library Characterization Reference Kit does just that.”Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: Read More → "Cadence Library Characterization Scripts Now Available in New TSMC Reference Kit"

Automotive Ethernet Put into Practice by MOST150

October 14, 2011

Karlsruhe (Germany), October 12, 2011 – The MOST Cooperation (MOSTCO) – the standardization organization for the leading automotive multimedia network Media Oriented Systems Transport (MOST) – presents the seamless integration capabilities of Ethernet-based devices with MOST. “We are proud to announce that automotive Ethernet will go into series in 2012 via MOST150,” stated Dr. Christian Thiel, MOST Cooperation Administrator. “Prepared for rollout in 2012, MOST150 provides an automotive-ready physical layer for Ethernet protocols in addition to transporting high-definition audio and video within the car. This makes MOST the ideal network backbone for a broad variety of IP-based applications such as supporting apps on connected services and … Read More → "Automotive Ethernet Put into Practice by MOST150"

Mercury Computer Systems Announces Industry’s First GPGPU Toolkit and Enhanced Imaging Application Development Capabilities

October 14, 2011

CHELMSFORD, Mass. – Oct 13, 2011 – Mercury Computer Systems, a trusted provider of commercially developed application-ready ISR subsystems, announced its Imaging Toolkit, which delivers breakthrough capabilities for electro-optical, infrared (EO/IR), hyperspectral and radar imaging application development for the defense and commercial markets. The first to leverage the performance power of general purpose graphics processing units (GPGPUs), the Imaging Toolkit helps developers speed time-to-market and lower the overall total cost of development.

“Information is vital to scores of defense and commercial applications. Today, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with multiple sensors stay aloft for … Read More → "Mercury Computer Systems Announces Industry’s First GPGPU Toolkit and Enhanced Imaging Application Development Capabilities"

Imperas Cooperates with Renesas Electronics on Verification of OVP Fast Processor Models of Renesas V850 Cores

October 14, 2011

OXFORD, United Kingdom, – Imperas today announced that Imperas and Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) have been cooperating on the verification of the Open Virtual Platforms (OVP) Fast Processor Models of the Renesas V850 cores. These models are being used with the OVPsim virtual platform simulator, usually for software testing of automotive electronics applications. Users include NIRA Dynamics, a provider of tire pressure sensor systems.

Renesas and Imperas collaborated on the verification plan for the OVP Fast Processor Models of the V850 Family of CPU cores, and Renesas has supported Imperas with technology to assist in the … Read More → "Imperas Cooperates with Renesas Electronics on Verification of OVP Fast Processor Models of Renesas V850 Cores"

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas Virtual Power Forum Presentations Now Available On Demand

October 14, 2011

PHOENIX— October 13, 2011 — Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has just wrapped another groundbreaking virtual Power Forum. In case you missed any technical presentations from the industry’s leading power experts, they are now available for on-demand download from Avnet& … Read More → "Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas Virtual Power Forum Presentations Now Available On Demand"

Altium Wins NPI Award for Altium Designer 10 Software at PCB West

October 14, 2011

Karlsbad, CA – October 2011 – Altium <http://www.live.altium.com/> , won the prestigious New Product Introduction (NPI) Award for Altium Designer 10 <http://products.live.altium.com/> in the printed circuit board (PCB) design category, presented by Printed Circuit Design & Fab (PCD&F) at the PCB West tradeshow. The fifth annual NPI Awards recognize leading new products released during the previous 12 months as selected by an independent panel of practicing industry engineers.

Apache TO Exhibit at Upcoming TSMC Open Innovation Platform Ecosystem Forum

October 13, 2011

Apache Design Inc., a subsidiary of ANSYS, today announced it will be exhibiting (booth #603) at the TSMC 2011 Open Innovation Platform (OIP) Ecosystem Forum, being held at the San Jose Convention Center on October 18, in San Jose, California. Apache will also be featured speaking in a technical session on “Emerging Challenges for Power, Signal, and Reliability Verification on 3D-IC/Silicon Interposer Designs,” at 4:00 p.m. in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Track.

Xylon’s 3D graphics accelerator IP core targets the Xilinx® ZynqTM-7000 Extensible Processor Platform (EPP) family

October 13, 2011

ZAGREB, Croatia, October 13, 2011 – Xylon d.o.o., a leading provider of advanced FPGA application solutions and IP cores, announces the availability of a new version of its logi3D Scalable 3D Graphics Accelerator IP core which is specifically designed for the new Xilinx Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform (EPP). The logi3D enables designers to add attractive 2D and 3D graphics, including advanced Graphical User Interfaces (GUI), to their Zynq-7000 EPP System-On-Chip (SoC) designs. This high performing 3D Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) can be implemented with other soft IP cores in the Zynq-7000 EPP’s programmable logic … Read More → "Xylon’s 3D graphics accelerator IP core targets the Xilinx® ZynqTM-7000 Extensible Processor Platform (EPP) family"

AV Integrator AGELEC Selects Matrox Mura MPX Series to Power Integrated Video Wall Controllers

October 13, 2011

Montreal, Canada/Romainville, France, October 13 — Matrox Graphics Inc. today announced that French AV integrator AGELEC has chosen Matrox Mura™ MPX Series video wall controller boards to drive AGCWall Series, a new line of video wall controllers. The fully-integrated systems are currently validated with up to seven Mura MPX boards, which will leverage Matrox’s PCI Express x16 Gen2 boards’ 64 Gbit/sec duplex data transfer for a crisp display of HD input captures. With support … Read More → "AV Integrator AGELEC Selects Matrox Mura MPX Series to Power Integrated Video Wall Controllers"

LG Electronics Accelerates Analog Simulation by 10X with Synopsys CustomSim

October 13, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced that LG Electronics, Inc. has selected Synopsys’ CustomSim™ FastSPICE simulator for the verification of its advanced analog intellectual property (IP) and mixed-signal system-on-chip (SoC) designs. By deploying the CustomSim simulator, LG Electronics has accelerated verification of its analog IP and SoCs by an average of 10X over previous solutions, enabling designers to simulate more process corners with post-layout data to accurately model circuit behavior in silicon.

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