MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – March 9, 2010 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and the Belgian nanoelectronics research center, imec, today announced they have entered into a collaboration to use Synopsys TCAD (Technology Computer-Aided Design) finite-element method tools for characterising and optimising the reliability and electrical performance of through-silicon vias (TSVs). The collaboration will accelerate the development of 3D stacked IC technologies.

While considered an emerging technology, 3D stacked IC complements conventional transistor scaling and allows multiple chips to be stacked and integrated into a single package. … Read More → "Imec and Synopsys collaborate on 3D stacked IC development"

Brest, France – 8^th March 2010.  </ … Read More → "Major new version of award-winning requirements traceability tool suite includes new and enhanced plug-in tools, features and interfaces"

ACTON, MASS. –– March 8, 2010 –– Carbon Design Systems™, the leading supplier of tools for the automatic creation, validation … Read More → "Carbon Unveils New Generation of ARM Models with Availability of Mali Models"

San Diego, USA and Cheltenham, UK – 8^th March 2010.   Atego, the … Read More → "Atego’s real-time Ada development system now available to military and aerospace developers"

Jacksonville, FL – March 4, 2010 – CMX Systems, well-known designer of real-time operating systems, TCP/IP, Flash File Systems and USB software announces … Read More → "CMX Systems Announces SSL/TLS for TCP/IP Stacks"

Sunnyvale, USA, 3rd March 2010. AgO Inc, a technology leader in analog and RF circuit optimization, launches AnXplorer – a new tool for optimizing analog and RF circuits. Starting with an unsized SPICE netlist, variables for device dimensions and … Read More → "AnXplorer from AgO Inc sets new standards in optimization for analog and RF circuit design"

SAN JOSE, California – March 3, 2010 – Real Intent  Inc., the innovator in automating the intelligence of formal techniques for design verification, announced today that it is shipping Read More → "Real Intent Releases Meridian CDC Version 3.0, Strengthens Technology Leadership in Precise and Comprehensive CDC Verification"

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 3, 2010 –– Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the final agenda for the MUSIC users conference in Silicon Valley on March 10 in San Jose. The program will feature parallel tracks of technical presentations and tutorials given by Magma users, design industry experts and Magma’s engineering research and development staff, and an exposition of Magma partners. Magma CEO Rajeev Madhavan will deliver a keynote address entitled, “The Electronic Ocean.”</ … Read More → "Magma Announces Agenda for MUSIC Silicon Valley Users Conference"

EMBEDDED WORLD 2010, NUREMBERG, GERMANY, March 2, 2010 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced several new microcontroller products, tools and platforms to enable an easier workflow for designers of consumer, industrial, white goods and smart energy applications.

Atmel understands that design engineers have many requirements to meet changing market and customer demands. By offering a variety of microcontroller solutions, Atmel simplifies design flows for our customer’s engineers without compromising features and benefits required to bring competitive products quickly to market. These solutions include:

A floating point unit (FPU) feature … Read More → "Atmel Microcontroller Solutions Ease Engineering Workflow"

Los Gatos, CA – March 1, 2010 – Silicon Frontline Technology, Inc. (SFT), an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company in the post-layout verification market, announced today that Read More → "Triune Systems Picks Silicon Frontline Technology to Optimize Power Device Design, Reduce Carbon Footprint"