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S2C Appoints ChipStart as North American Distributor

May 31, 2011

San Jose, CA – May 31, 2011 – S2C Inc., a leading rapid SoC/ASIC prototyping solutions provider, announced that ChipStart will distribute S2C’s rapid SoC prototyping products in Canada, New England and Texas. In addition to selling S2C’s products, ChipStart will supply first line applications support.

Until now, ChipStart has focused on semiconductor IP. Howard Pakosh, ChipStart’s President and CEO said: “S2C’s products are a natural extension of our product line. The same engineering team that is deciding … Read More → "S2C Appoints ChipStart as North American Distributor"

MIPS Technologies and Actions Semiconductor Collaborate to Bring Android™ ‘Honeycomb’ to New 1.3GHz Chipset for Tablets

May 31, 2011

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and ZHUHAI, China – May 31, 2011 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital home, networking and mobile applications, and Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACTS), one of China& … Read More → "MIPS Technologies and Actions Semiconductor Collaborate to Bring Android™ ‘Honeycomb’ to New 1.3GHz Chipset for Tablets"

Magma’s Titan and FineSim Validated for TSMC’s Analog/Mixed-Signal Reference Flow 2.0 for 28-nm Processes

May 31, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 31, 2011 – Magma® Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced TSMC (TSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) has validated the Titan™ Mixed-Signal Design Platform and FineSim™ SPICE and FineSim Pro circuit simulation products for inclusion in TSMC’s Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) Reference Flow 2.0. The TSMC AMS Reference Flow 2.0 targets its most advanced 28-nanometer (nm) process technology and includes a comprehensive design kit and new advanced custom design methodologies. Magma’s Titan Mixed-Signal Design Platform and FineSim circuit simulator have been applied to support the enhanced flow. With Magma’s … Read More → "Magma’s Titan and FineSim Validated for TSMC’s Analog/Mixed-Signal Reference Flow 2.0 for 28-nm Processes"

Atmel maXTouch Solution Powers ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Tablet Touchscreen

May 31, 2011

COMPUTEX, Taiwan, May 31, 2011- Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced that ASUS, a leading computer manufacturer, has selected the Atmel maXTouch(TM) solution to power the touchscreen for the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer tablet.

Running on the Android Honeycomb 3.0 operating system, the new tablet comes with a 10.1-inch, 1280 x 800 IPS panel supporting up to 10-multitouches using Atmel’s maXTouch device. The Eee Pad Transformer tablet also includes a 1GHz Tegra 2 processor with 1GB RAM, 16GB flash storage, twin cameras with 1.2-megapixels on the front and 5-megapixels on … Read More → "Atmel maXTouch Solution Powers ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Tablet Touchscreen"

ATopTech’s Aprisa Physical Design Solution Included in TSMC Reference Flow 12.0 for 28nm Designs

May 31, 2011

SAN JOSE, CA – May 31, 2011 — ATopTech, the leader in next generation physical design solutions, today announced that Aprisa™, the company’s place and route solution, is included in TSMC Reference Flow 12.0. TSMC and ATopTech collaborated in the development of Reference Flow 12.0 to address the increasing design challenges for 28nm. Many new technologies–including 28nm design enablement, timing, reliability, low power and design for … Read More → "ATopTech’s Aprisa Physical Design Solution Included in TSMC Reference Flow 12.0 for 28nm Designs"

Digi-Key Corporation and Lattice Semiconductor Announce Global Distribution Agreement

May 31, 2011

Tuesday, May 31, 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 and Lattice Semiconductor Announce Global Distribution Agreement"

IAR Embedded Workbench Selected by ON Semiconductor for its new Q32M210 Precision Mixed-Signal Microcontroller Development Kit

May 31, 2011

May 31, 2011—Foster City, CA and Phoenix, AZ—IAR Systems® and ON Semiconductor today announced that IAR Systems integrated development environment has been chosen as the tool chain for ON Semiconductor’s new Q32M210 precision mixed-signal microcontroller for portable sensing applications. The KickStart edition of IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM® was selected for its ability to provide an effective integrated development environment for building and debugging Q32M210 applications.

In addition to IAR Embedded Workbench, the ON Semiconductor development kit includes a hardware board and easy-to-use software with firmware libraries and … Read More → "IAR Embedded Workbench Selected by ON Semiconductor for its new Q32M210 Precision Mixed-Signal Microcontroller Development Kit"

Atmel ARM9-based Products Support Android OS

May 31, 2011

Computex, Taipei, Taiwan, May 31, 2011- Atmel^®Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced that the Atmel SAM9G45 and SAM9M10 ARM^®-based products will support the Android™ operating system (OS) for applications in consumer, industrial and computing markets. Based on the 32 … Read More → "Atmel ARM9-based Products Support Android OS"

Magma’s Talus IC Implementation System Supports TSMC 28-nm Process Technology through Reference Flow 12.0

May 31, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 31, 2011– Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that Magma’s Talus®, Hydra™, Tekton™, QCP™ and Quartz™ DRC integrated circuit (IC) implementation and verification solutions have been qualified to support the TSMC Reference Flow 12.0. Through TSMC’s Open Innovation Platform (OIP), Magma’s product suite provides users with advanced features to address the challenges of 28-nanometer (nm) design.

“Magma and TSMC have already worked closely to support … Read More → "Magma’s Talus IC Implementation System Supports TSMC 28-nm Process Technology through Reference Flow 12.0"

Calypto Launches Industry’s Most Advanced RTL Power Optimization Platform

May 31, 2011

SANTA CLARA, CA – May 26, 2011 — Calypto® Design Systems, Inc., the leader in sequential analysis technology, today announced version 5.0 of its PowerPro®Platform, a full suite of RTL power optimizationtools proven to reduce power by up to 60 percent on multi-million gate designs. The PowerPro Platform features new RTL power analysis capabilities, production-proven optimization techniques for reducing dynamic and leakage power in the logic, memory, and embedded processor sections of an SoC, and is the only solution that provides sequential formal equivalence checking.

Version 5.0 of the PowerPro Platform improves turnaround time by 2X … Read More → "Calypto Launches Industry’s Most Advanced RTL Power Optimization Platform"