WIN Semiconductors today announced the availability of a new MMIC tool bar personality for ten Advanced Design System (ADS) process design kits (PDKs) for its popular Enhancement/Depletion-Mode PHEMT and HBT process technologies. The new add-on WIN PDKs, developed for use with current and future releases of Agilent Technologies’ ADS 2009, enable high-frequency RF and microwave designers to create compact integrated circuits comprised of power amplifiers, switches, low-noise amplifiers, mixers, and logic circuitry. The add-on PDKs are available now from WIN Semiconductors.

“These add-on kits will significantly improve the design experience for our mutual customers working on … Read More → "WIN Semiconductors Announces New MMIC Tool Bar Personality for Agilent Technologies’ ADS Process Design Kits"

WILSONVILLE, Ore., October 22, 2009 – Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) selected the Calibre® physical verification platform for its Integrated Sign-Off (ISO) Flow, which integrates tools, setup files, and flow management utilities to provide mutual customers with an automated design solution for implementing their chips in TSMC technologies. The new flow is now available for 65nm designs with planned extensions into other process technology nodes.

According to ST Juang, senior director of Design Infrastructure Marketing at TSMC,
“Integrated Sign-Off Flow leverages our close partnership with eco-system partners to … Read More → "TSMC Selects Calibre Physical Verification Platform for Integrated Sign-off Flow"

TestShell Test Automation platform accelerates test creation with multiple new features

22 October 2009, Tel Aviv, Israel; QualiSystems Ltd announced today the release to market of TestShell 4.1, its latest and most advanced version of the award-winning automated test solutions for hardware, devices and embedded systems (http://tinyurl.com/ylkx464). TestShell 4.1 is packed with groundbreaking new features, providing TestShell users with greater usability and flexibility than ever before.

TestShell Test Authoring Applications in particular enjoy a great boost in versatility and capabilities. Session Management allows greater control and tracking of tests, steps and functions; Enhanced … Read More → "QualiSystems releases feature-rich TestShell 4.1"

Deadlines Begin on October 26, 2009

Design Automation Conference 2010
LOUISVILLE, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The 47th Design Automation Conference (DAC), the premier conference devoted to electronic design and design automation (EDA), has opened the first Call for Contributions to the technical program. The 47th DAC will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center, in Anaheim, California from June 13-18, 2010. IC designers, application engineers, design flow developers, vendor-customer teams and students are invited to submit proposals for eight different areas of the technical program enumerated below. DAC is also accepting proposals for workshops and co-located events.

Special … Read More → "47th Design Automation Conference Announces Calls for Submissions to Technical Program"

WILSONVILLE, Ore. and CAMBRIDGE, UK, Oct. 21, 2009 — Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) and ARM [(LSE:ARM); (NASDAQ:ARMH)] today announced at ARM TechCon 3, Santa Clara, Calif., a comprehensive software development solution for Nucleus® RTOS and Nucleus Graphics on ARM® processors. This is the result of a close collaboration to develop Nucleus RTOS awareness in the ARM RealView® Development Suite and to include the RealView Compiler in the Nucleus distribution.

Mentor Graphics has adopted the RealView Compiler as the reference compiler for Nucleus RTOS and middleware, which will result in end products with even … Read More → "ARM and Mentor Graphics Announce Support for Nucleus RTOS and Nucleus Graphics in the RealView Development Suite"

Optimised implementation methodology enables 2GHz fully synthesisable ARM Cortex-A8 processor for advanced mobile and consumer applications

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 20 – Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that it has created an optimised reference implementation methodology for the ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-A8 processor that achieves greater than 2GHz (4000 DMIPS) at 540mW. This result was accomplished by combining optimised methodology, tools and ARM Physical IP to enable new classes of mobile and tethered devices requiring the combination of high performance and energy … Read More → "Synopsys enables optimised high performance energy efficient ARM processor-based designs"

Best-in-Class Solutions Speed Design-to-Silicon Success of PCI Express Technology

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ — Denali Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property (IP), today announced that Cray has adopted Denali Databahn(TM) PCI Express (PCIe) controller core and PureSpec(TM) verification IP (VIP), which support the latest PCIe 3.0 specifications from the PCI-SIG. The 16-lane PCIe 3.0 controller from Denali can deliver 128 GT/s of raw bandwidth, surpassing a 100G Ethernet interface. This is equivalent to transferring a full 3-hour high-definition movie file in under one second.
“Our systems are deployed … Read More → "Industry’s Highest Capacity PCI Express 3.0 Controller IP Core From Denali Software Adopted by Cray"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 19, 2009 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a new statistical mode for its signal integrity Channel Simulator. The mode, offered as part of Agilent’s Advanced Design System (ADS) 2009 Update 1, is well suited for design and verification of high-speed, chip-to-chip data links found in most consumer and enterprise digital products produced today — from laptop computers and data center servers, to telecommunication switching centers and Internet routers. By accelerating simulation, the new Channel Simulator mode allows manufacturers of such products to more quickly explore and arrive at an optimal design and eliminates the need for … Read More → "Agilent Technologies’ New Channel Simulator Mode Determines Ultralow Bit-Error-Rate in Seconds"

Acquisition provides additional consultancy and training services, complementing Artisan’s market-leading UML, SysML and UPDM modeling tools

Washington DC, USA and Cheltenham, UK – 20th October 2009. Artisan® Software Tools, the world’s largest independent supplier of industrial-grade, collaborative modeling tools for complex, mission and safety-critical embedded systems and software, has acquired Brass Bullet Limited, a leading systems engineering consultancy based in Swansea in the UK. The acquisition is part of Artisan’s growth strategy and gives the company full ownership of Brass Bullet’s consultancy and training offerings in Software Design, … Read More → "Artisan acquires Brass Bullet"

MIPS32® 24KEc™ is Core of Choice for DTV, STB, DVD, Portable Media Applications

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – October 20, 2009 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NasdaqGS: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for home entertainment, communications, networking and portable multimedia markets, today announced that Novatek Microelectronics Corp. has licensed the MIPS32® 24KEc™ processor core to power advanced chip designs for a variety of multimedia devices for the digital home. Based in Taiwan, Novatek is a world leader in the development of solutions for high-growth markets including flat panel displays, DTVs, … Read More → "MIPS Technologies Licenses High-Performance, Power-Efficient Processor to Novatek for Next-Generation SoC Designs"