SYDNEY, Australia – January 18,  2010 – Read More → "Altium continues to expand its reseller network in Europe"

Kirkland, WA – 15 January, 2010 – Impulse Accelerated Technologies today announced that Hella Aglaia has completed a design for a computer vision 3D automatic passenger counting system using Impulse tools and Xilinx FPGAs in an ASIC prototyping flow.

Based on 3D- Sense Technology Hella Aglaia’s self contained Automatic Passenger Counting System AVC 1 offers a counting accuracy greater than 98%. It is possible to verify all results at any time, through the comparison with video recordings. The AVC1 can be used in any environment which … Read More → "Hella Aglaia Mobile Vision Designs 3D Passenger Counting ASIC, Using Impulse C High Level Synthesis Tools and Xilinx FPGAs"

System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference 2010

IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Savant Company Inc. today announced a call for sponsors and speaker presentations for the 8^thRead More → "Savant Company Inc. Announces Call for Sponsors and Speakers for The 8th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, Exhibit, and Workshops"

 SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 11, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that ACCO Semiconductor has selected a comprehensive suite of Agilent’s RFIC design, verification and modeling software for design of its next-generation CMOS power amplifier. This software, used for integrated, mixed-signal RFIC designs, coupled with Agilent’s unique wireless verification IP portfolio for design and test, enables a streamlined design flow that allows ACCO Semiconductor to quickly and effectively drive its design project from initial conception to final product.

“In today’s cellular marketplace, one of the most difficult jobs for an R&D … Read More → "Agilent Technologies’ RFIC Solutions Software Accelerates Design, Verification of ACCO Semiconductor’s Next-Generation CMOS Power Amplifier"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif – Jan 12, 2010 — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the availability of SuperSpeed USB 3.0 transaction-level models (TLM) supporting the Open SystemC™ Initiative (OSCI) TLM-2.0 API specification. The models are TLM representations of the Synopsys DesignWare^®Read More → "Synopsys Introduces Industry’s First SystemC TLM-2.0 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Models"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., January 11, 2010 — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the immediate availability of PrimeTime(tm) 2009.12, delivering up to 2X speed up of timing signoff through the addition of threaded multicore processing. With this latest addition, Synopsys’ PrimeTime tool provides a new level of flexibility enabling design teams to achieve optimal runtime performance across their heterogeneous multicore compute environments by utilising distributed and threaded multicore processing in tandem.

“At Synopsys we recognise that IC designers are being asked to develop bigger, … Read More → "Synopsys speeds timing signoff by 2X with latest multicore technology"

Washington DC, USA and Cheltenham, UK – 6^th January 2010.  Artisan^{Read More → "EU’s FP7 SATURN project delivers UML/SysML-based hardware/software co-design solution based on Artisan Studio"}

 SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 5, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced GPS receiver verification software for its PXB baseband generator and channel emulator platform. The new Agilent N7609B Signal Studio for Global Navigation Satellite Systems software is the only 12-satellite, 24-channel signal simulator built on a high-performance, general-purpose signal generator.

Agilent’s N7609B Signal Studio software plays a key role in enabling a reliable and repeatable test solution for verification and validation of GPS receivers. The software allows engineers to easily create real-time multi-satellite GPS signals and perform the tests required for full GPS … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces an Advanced RF GPS Simulator"

WILSONVILLE, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) today announced that the Canon India Design Centre has successfully deployed theQuesta^® advanced verification platform with SystemVerilog as a next-generation HVL and Read More → "Mentor Graphics Supports the Canon India Design Centre’s Migration to OVM"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., and ERFURT, Germany, December 17, 2009 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the leading analogue/mixed-signal foundry, today announced that X-FAB has expanded its support to include Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer(TM) implementation solution. X-FAB now fully supports Synopsys’ Galaxy(TM) Implementation Platform across its wide range of advanced modular CMOS process technologies for analogue/mixed-signal (AMS) applications.

Custom Designer is a modern-era mixed-signal implementation solution that delivers superior ease-of-use and leverages Synopsys’ Galaxy Implementation Platform to … Read More → "X-FAB now supports Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer"