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Agilent Technologies to Demonstrate Industry-First Design and Test Solutions for 3G/4G and LTE-Advanced at Mobile World Congress

February 9, 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 7, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) will demonstrate its leading-edge communications test and measurement solutions for 3GPP LTE-Advanced, LTE,W-CDMA, HSPA+, E-EDGE (EDGE Evolution), UMA/GAN, WiMAX™, and Read More → "Agilent Technologies to Demonstrate Industry-First Design and Test Solutions for 3G/4G and LTE-Advanced at Mobile World Congress"

New Blue Pearl Software Suite Transforms IC Design Analysis, CDC Checking, SDC Creation and Validation

February 9, 2011

Blue Pearl Software has announced its new Blue Pearl Suite, the next generation electronic design automation (EDA) solution for automating design analysis, CDC (clock domaincrossing) checking, SDC (Synopsys Design Constraints) creation, visualization, andvalidation.

Blue Pearl’s new suite transforms existing EDA tool flows with a new native Windows and Linux user experience. The Blue Pearl Suite gives users immediate feedback on design analysis and CDC checking, incorporating new visualization techniques for validating automatically generated … Read More → "New Blue Pearl Software Suite Transforms IC Design Analysis, CDC Checking, SDC Creation and Validation"

SynthWorks announces Methodology and Open-Source Packages for creating Constrained Random Tests in VHDL.

February 9, 2011

PORTLAND, OREGON – February 7, 2011 – SynthWorks, a leader in VHDL training, announces its proven VHDL based constrained random and coverage driven random testbench methodology. At the heart of this methodology are packages for randomization and functional coverage that SynthWorks’ has released as an open source download.

Constrained Random Testing

Constrained random testbenches create tests by successively randomizing sequences (transactions or groups of … Read More → "SynthWorks announces Methodology and Open-Source Packages for creating Constrained Random Tests in VHDL."

Pelican Imaging Unveils Revolutionary Approach to Smartphone Cameras, Announces Three Technical Advisory Board Members

February 9, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Pelican Imaging Corporation, a venture-backed pioneer in computational imaging, today announced that it has developed the first prototype array camera for mobile devices. In addition, the company has announced its Technical Advisory Board comprised of three leading experts in computational imaging. The members are Professor Marc Levoy, Professor Shree K. Nayar and Dr. Bedabrata Pain.

The Technical Advisory Board leverages several decades of experience in helping guide Pelican Imaging’s pioneering work building the industry’s thinnest high-resolution camera, targeting smartphones and tablets.

“We are excited about attracting some of … Read More → "Pelican Imaging Unveils Revolutionary Approach to Smartphone Cameras, Announces Three Technical Advisory Board Members"

Synopsys’ DesignWare Universal DDR Memory Controller Delivers up to 30 Percent Lower Latency and Increases System Performance

February 9, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the release of its enhanced DesignWare® Universal DDR Memory Controller, which delivers up to 30 percent lower latency and offers up to 15 percent higher throughput than the previous generation controller. The DDR Memory Controller offers new features such as high-priority bypass and configurable ‘look-ahead.’ The high-priority bypass option allows designers to improve latency by bypassing the scheduling … Read More → "Synopsys’ DesignWare Universal DDR Memory Controller Delivers up to 30 Percent Lower Latency and Increases System Performance"

AMC Platform Features a Flexible Memory Architecture and FMC I/O Expansion Capability

February 9, 2011

February 7th, 2011 – Nallatech, a leading supplier of high-performance COTS and custom FPGA solutions, announces the availability of the AMC-420, a mid/full size processing card designed for telecommunications, networking, defense, and imaging applications.

This PICMG® AMC.0 R2.0 compliant AMC features a Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA that provides high-performance processing resources, with a range of devices that include logic-oriented LXT and DSP-oriented SXT. An extremely flexible memory architecture supports configurations with up to 1GB DDR3 SDRAM or up to 36 … Read More → "AMC Platform Features a Flexible Memory Architecture and FMC I/O Expansion Capability"

Ericsson’s Digital Voltage Regulator Offers Unprecedented Levels Of Control And Energy Saving

February 9, 2011

Highly flexible monitoring and control PMBus compliant
Optimized power consumption
Parallelable for end user versatility

Ericsson Power Modules’ 3E series BMR463 is a second-generation, digital point-of-load regulator with unprecedented functionality. It enables systems architects to fully monitor and dynamically control the energy that is delivered to strategic components such as processors, FPGAs, ASICs and others, down … Read More → "Ericsson’s Digital Voltage Regulator Offers Unprecedented Levels Of Control And Energy Saving"

Microsemi Announces Timing Controller plus LED Backlight Solution for Next-Generation 3D LCD TVs

February 9, 2011

IRVINE, Calif., February 8, 2011 — Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq:MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor technology aimed at powering a smart, secure, connected world, today announced collaboration with Sony® Corporation Semiconductor Business Group (“Sony”) for the first open market 3D-capable timing controller plus local dimming LED backlighting solution for the manufacturing of lower cost, high volume next-generation LCD TVs. The combined solution includes a Sony timing and lighting controller, part number CXD4730GB and the Microsemi LED driver solution consisting of two chips, the DAZL!(TM)2000 series 32-port logic chip (LX24232) and 8-port … Read More → "Microsemi Announces Timing Controller plus LED Backlight Solution for Next-Generation 3D LCD TVs"

Green Hills Software Compilers Produce Record EEMBC Automotive Benchmark Results

February 9, 2011

SANTA BARBARA, CA — February 8, 2011 — Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announced that its optimizing compilers for Power Architecture® were used by Freescale Semiconductor for certified, published Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium® (EEMBC) Automark™ scores for their 32-bit Qorivva™ MPC5566, MPC5607B, MPC5644A, and MPC5674F microcontrollers. The results for the MPC5674F are the highest Automark scores ever achieved on an automotive microcontroller. The Green Hills compilers have been chosen for EEMBC published benchmark scores more than any other compiler and have attained the highest published scores … Read More → "Green Hills Software Compilers Produce Record EEMBC Automotive Benchmark Results"

Renesas Electronics and Renesas Mobile Announce New LTE Triple-Mode Modem Platform, the SP2531

February 9, 2011

Dusseldorf, 8 February 2011 – Renesas Electronics and its subsidiary, Renesas Mobile Corporation, an innovative supplier of advanced cellular semiconductor solutions and platforms, today announced the availability of its LTE triple-mode modem platform, the SP2531. The new platform integrates a single-chip triple-mode modem baseband processor that supports LTE/HSPA+/GSM, RF transceiver ICs, high power amplifiers, power management devices and related software.

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