– Extessy adds system requirements, co-simulation, integration and test tools to Artisan’s product portfolio

– Further extends Artisan’s professional services capability and expands German operations

Washington DC, USA and Cheltenham, UK – 10th November 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 Extessy, a leading supplier of development tools and services for system requirements, co-simulation, integration and test, based in Wolfsburg, Germany. Artisan’s acquisition of Extessy closely follows its acquisition last … Read More → "Artisan continues industry consolidation with Extessy merger"

– PAC-Designer 5.2 Tools Support New Power Manager II Devices; Ideal for 
Integrated Hot Swap Control, Supervision and Sequencing; Adds HDL Verification to Flow –

HILLSBORO, OR — NOVEMBER 9, 2009 — Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced Version 5.2 of its PAC-Designer® mixed signal design tool suite with new device support and productivity features. The PAC-Designer 5.2 software now supports two new higher performance Power Manager II products: the ispPAC®-POWR1014-2 and ispPAC-POWR1014A-2 devices. The POWR1014/A-2 devices are ideal for integrating Hot Swap control, voltage rail supervision and power supply sequencing ICs. … Read More → "Lattice Updates Software Design Tools For Hot Swap Control and Power Management"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 2, 2009 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a compact network analyzer, the Agilent E5061B, that analyzes a frequency range as low as 5 Hz up to the RF (radio frequency) range of 3 GHz. This network analyzer’s broad range and versatility eliminates the need for additional low-frequency-dedicated instruments.

Applications for the Agilent E5061B, part of the ENA series of network analyzers, include general RF-network measurements, such as filters or amplifier tests, and LF (low frequency) measurements necessary for loop-gain evaluation of DC-DC converters. The E5061B’s frequency coverage is suitable … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces Versatile, Compact Network Analyzer with Wide Frequency Range"

WHO: The Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI), an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing SystemC™ as an industry-standard language for electronic system-level (ESL) design, today announced the release of the draft 1.3 standard of the SystemC Synthesis Subset.

WHAT: The Synthesis Subset Draft 1.3 standard is intended for use by logic designers, electronic engineers and design automation tool developers. It describes a standard syntax and semantics for SystemC synthesis. The standard includes hardware constructs at the behavioral and register-transfer levels, and is based on the ANSI C++ standard and the IEEE 1666™-2005 Standard for SystemC. … Read More → "OSCI Introduces SystemC Synthesis Subset Draft Standard – Opens for Public Review – Review Period Runs Through January 31, 2010"

Fareham, UK: EDA Solutions announces that X-FAB has released two 0.18µm process design kits (PDK) for Tanner Tools Pro on X-TIC, X-FAB’s online technical database. Tanner Tools Pro is the software suite for the design, layout and verification of analog, mixed-signal (A/MS), RF and MEMS ICs from Tanner EDA, the world leader in PC-based A/MS and MEMS circuit design software. The release of this new kit extends X-FAB’s PDK support for Tanner tools, adding X-FAB’s 0.18µm processes to the range of technologies currently supported (0.35, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0µm). The new PDK … Read More → "EDA Solutions announces Tanner EDA process design kit support for X-FAB’s 0.18µm technologies"

Sunnyvale, CA and Tokyo, Japan. — Nov 3rd, 2009 — Mirabilis Design Inc., today announced that VisualSim was used by a joint venture project involving TOPS Systems of Japan, to model, simulate and analyze the performance of a Real-Time Ray Tracing system with distributed software and a heterogeneous Multi-Core processor. The architecture development and software partitioning were conducted by developing performance and power models using the standard libraries in the VisualSim graphical environment. This model was used to optimize the processor architecture, application algorithms and data distribution to achieve 800 Tera floating point operations per second (TeraFLOPS).

“ … Read More → "VisualSim enabled engineers to architect the software and processor to achieve 800 Teraflops for a Real-Time Ray Tracing system."

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 5, 2009 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Realtek Semiconductor Corp, a leading provider of advanced IC products for communications network, computer peripheral and multimedia applications, has signed an expanded business agreement establishing Synopsys as its primary EDA partner. Under the new multi-year agreement, Realtek has extended its use of Synopsys’ Galaxy(tm) Implementation, Discovery(tm) Verification and Confirma(tm) Rapid Prototyping Platforms, as well as Synopsys’ DesignWare(r) IP and consulting services.

“By selecting Synopsys as … Read More → "Synopsys chosen by Realtek as its primary EDA partner"

NEUBIBERG, Germany and HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced that they are extending their development and production partnership to a 65nanometer (nm) embedded flash (eFlash) process technology targeting next generation automotive, chip card and security applications. Based on the agreement, Infineon and TSMC will jointly develop 65nm process technologies for eFlash microcontrollers (MCUs) that fulfill the stringent quality requirements of the automotive industry, as well as the demanding security requirements of the chip card and security markets.

The … Read More → "Infineon and TSMC Extend Technology And Production Partnership Agreement; Will Jointly Develop 65nm Embedded Flash Process Technology For Automotive and Chip Card Applications"

Redesign based on customer feedback includes new customization features

Thief River Falls, Minnesota (USA) — November 5, 2009 — Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s broadest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, today announced the launching of a newly redesigned version of its toolbar.

Redesigned with busy design engineers, purchasers, and electronic enthusiasts in mind, the new version of Digi-Key’s Toolbar allows for additional customization. Features include quick access to each of Digi-Key’s 25 country-specific websites and eight language options, giving the user the ability … Read More → "Digi-Key Corporation Launches Digi-Key Toolbar Version 2"

Agilent Will Demonstrate Setup at USB-IF Compliance Workshop

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 2, 2009 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced it significantly enhanced its SuperSpeed USB test solution portfolio with the introduction of new test fixtures and the support of automated compliance tests and characterization with the new J-BERT N4903B. The new, compact setup will be unveiled at the USB-IF Compliance Workshop in Portland, Ore., Nov. 2-4.

USB 3.0 is an update of the well-established, widespread standard driven by USB Implementers Forum, Inc., a non-profit corporation founded by the group of companies that developed the … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces Compact USB 3.0 Test Setup"