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IAR Systems delivers hardware debug integration for TMS570 family

August 23, 2011

Uppsala, Sweden—August 23, 2011— IAR Systems today announced XDS100v2 emulator debug support for Texas Instruments’ TMS570 microcontroller family in IAR Embedded Workbench. The XDS100v2 integration enables software applications to be debugged on hardware in real-time using the IAR C-SPY debugger.

The ARM Cortex-R4F based TMS570 family is intended for safety critical transportation applications requiring high performance, including automotive chassis and stability control, electric power steering, hybrid and electric vehicles, aerospace, railway communications, and … Read More → "IAR Systems delivers hardware debug integration for TMS570 family"

New Test Generator from TESEQ simulates Supply Dips, Drops and Variations

August 23, 2011

Teseq, a leading developer and provider of instrumentation and systems for EMC emissions and immunity testing, announces the launch of the NSG 3040-DDV generator which provides test waveforms for simulating Supply Dips, Drops and Variations. The new NSG 3040-DDV is the first in a series of single-function generators derived from the successful NSG 3040 family of combination generators.

Unlike the NSG 3040 system, which features a mainframe that is prepared, wired and tested for all possible test module combinations and upgrades, the … Read More → "New Test Generator from TESEQ simulates Supply Dips, Drops and Variations"

Avnet Electronics Marketing Delivers Solutions for Power Design in Virtual Power Forum

August 23, 2011

PHOENIX—August 23, 2011 — For a full 24 hours Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), will be hosting its virtual Read More → "Avnet Electronics Marketing Delivers Solutions for Power Design in Virtual Power Forum"

Red Embedded offer High Speed FPGA/ASIC Design Resource

August 23, 2011

Founded in 2003 by a team of engineers highly experienced in developing volume Consumer Premises Equipment (CPE) since the dawn of digital TV, Red Embedded provides strategic, design and integration services to clients across a variety of technology sectors. The award-winning, Yorkshire-based company consults on CPE products for some of the world’s largest TV operators including DirecTV in the US and the UK’s BSkyB.

Having strengthened their design capability, Red Embedded can provide quick access … Read More → "Red Embedded offer High Speed FPGA/ASIC Design Resource"

DSM Computer: 4-U Q57 industrial computer in a short 19-inch housing

August 22, 2011

Munich, July 2011 – DSM Computer’s 19-inch Infinity^® 96M1595 industrial computer is based on a powerful industrial ATX mainboard with Intel^® Q57 chipset. To provide high performance, it is equipped with an Intel^® Core™ i7 quad-core processor or i5 dual-core processor and main memory that can be … Read More → "DSM Computer: 4-U Q57 industrial computer in a short 19-inch housing"

Chrontel Standardizes on Magma to Accelerate Development of Analog/Mixed-Signal ICs

August 22, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., August 22, 2011 – Magma® Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced Chrontel, a leading provider of display interface ICs for personal computers, portable media players and smartphones, has standardized on the Titan™ Mixed-Signal Design Platform, FineSim™ SPICE and FineSim Pro circuit simulation, and Quartz™ DRC and Quartz LVS physical verification products. Chrontel selected the Magma software after an extensive evaluation and benchmarking of the Titan-based flow against other EDA flows resulted in a 50 percent improvement in productivity.

“To keep up with the changing demands … Read More → "Chrontel Standardizes on Magma to Accelerate Development of Analog/Mixed-Signal ICs"

Open-Silicon Adopts Magma’s SiliconSmart ACE for Standard Cell and I/O Cell Characterization and Modeling to Maximize Performance on Advanced-node Designs

August 22, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 22, 2011 – Magma® Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that Open-Silicon has standardized on SiliconSmart® ACE for standard cell and I/O cell characterization and modeling. A long-time user of SiliconSmart, Open-Silicon upgraded to SiliconSmart ACE to leverage the tool’s proven ability to quickly and accurately characterize libraries for multiple process, voltage and temperature (PVT) corners which will enable them to maximize power savings and performance on advanced-node designs. Open-Silicon uses SiliconSmart ACE in particular for characterization of new cells created with its patented CoreMAX™ … Read More → "Open-Silicon Adopts Magma’s SiliconSmart ACE for Standard Cell and I/O Cell Characterization and Modeling to Maximize Performance on Advanced-node Designs"

Protecode Announces Full Support of SPDX Standard by its Leading Open Source License Management Tools

August 19, 2011

OTTAWA, ON – August 17, 2011 – Protecode Inc., a leading provider of open source license management solutions, today announced several major enhancements to its existing Protecode System 4™ license management software. System 4 now fully supports the Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) standard, and also includes a package pre-approval workflow application, Code Administrator™.</ … Read More → "Protecode Announces Full Support of SPDX Standard by its Leading Open Source License Management Tools"

GALEP-5 Universal Device Programmer from Conitec

August 19, 2011

Pittsford, NY, USA: GALEP-5is a new, diminutive, palm-sized programmer with a 60,000 device output. Its high speed allows it to double as a fast production programmer in ganged arrays, while its JTAG debugging capabilities enable GALEP-5 to be used for microcontroller development.

GALEP-5 is a universal programmer for a wide range of device types: EPROM, EEPROM, FLASH memory, serial EEPROM, NV-RAM, LPC, FPGA, PLD, EPLD, GAL, PALCE, PIC, Microcontroller (MCU). More than 60,000 device algorithms are currently supported. Additionally, GALEP’s JTAG player can program SVF/JAM data into all existing and future devices that have a … Read More → "GALEP-5 Universal Device Programmer from Conitec"

eSilicon and TSMC Support Long Lifecycle Products

August 19, 2011

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – August 18 – eSilicon Corporation today announced that, together with TSMC, they will provide long-life process technology support for customer products, while continuing to produce products on latest generation process technologies, including 28nm. eSilicon is a member of the TSMC Value Chain Aggregator (VCA) partnership program.

The TSMC VCA partnership program enables customers to more fully benefit from TSMC’s technology by leveraging VCA partner expertise to support customers’ semiconductor needs. VCA … Read More → "eSilicon and TSMC Support Long Lifecycle Products"