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Aldec Enhances Riviera-PRO’s VHDL and UVVM Support

Henderson, USA – December 17, 2019 – Aldec, Inc., a pioneer in mixed HDL language simulation and hardware-assisted verification for FPGA and ASIC designs, has added features to its Riviera-PRO functional verification platform that provide further support when working with the latest version of VHDL (2018) as well as the 2019.09.02 release of the Universal VHDL Verification Methodology (UVVM).

Users interested in benefiting from the latest developments in the VHDL standard, i.e. VHDL 1076-2018, can now use Riviera-PRO 2019.10 to access newer attributes and improvements of existing implementations of VHDL-2018, like the to_string function and ‘IMAGE attribute can … Read More → "Aldec Enhances Riviera-PRO’s VHDL and UVVM Support"

Pixus Offers Mid-Sized OpenVPX Development Chassis for RF Modules and Equipment

Waterloo, Ontario  —  Dec 17, 2019 –  Pixus Technologies, a provider of embedded computing and enclosure solutions, has announced a new version of the VPXD1000 series that allows various VITA 67 slot configurations for RF interfaces over OpenVPX.   The chassis can be partitioned for a separate segment for specialty RF devices or your SOSA (Sensor Open Systems Architecture) implementation.  

The new version of the VPXD1000 comes in a 63HP (12.6”) wide size, allowing higher slot count backplanes up to ten slots at a 1.0” pitch.   Alternatively, designers can utilize one portion of the chassis for a … Read More → "Pixus Offers Mid-Sized OpenVPX Development Chassis for RF Modules and Equipment"

Renesas Electronics Announces World’s Smallest Photocouplers for Industrial Automation and Solar Inverter Applications

Düsseldorf, December 12, 2019 – Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced five new 8.2mm creepage photocouplers that are the world’s smallest isolation devices for industrial automation equipment and solar inverters. With a package width of 2.5mm, the RV1S92xxA and RV1S22xxA photocouplers reduce PCB mounting area by 35 percent compared to competitive couplers. They help designers shrink equipment size, increase … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Announces World’s Smallest Photocouplers for Industrial Automation and Solar Inverter Applications"

Mobiveil’s PCI Express 4.0 Endpoint Controller Passes PCI-SIG Gold and Interoperability Testing

MILPITAS, CALIF. –– December 17, 2019 –– Mobiveil, Inc., a fast-growing supplier of silicon intellectual property (SIP), platforms and IP-enabled design services, today announced that its GPEX™ PCI Express® (PCIe®) 4.0 Endpoint Controller passed PCI-SIG® Gold and Interoperability testing.

 To achieve compliance, the Mobiveil GPEX IP passed protocol, electrical and interoperability testing for the PCIe 4.0 specification that reaches 16 gigatransfers per … Read More → "Mobiveil’s PCI Express 4.0 Endpoint Controller Passes PCI-SIG Gold and Interoperability Testing"

ams to boost automotive electrification with launch of first inductive position sensor for high-speed motors

Premstaetten, Austria (December 17, 2019) — ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, has today introduced the first inductive position sensor for high- speed, automotive and industrial electric motors to be available as a standard product on the open market. 

New rotor position sensing solutions based on the AS5715 can match the accuracy and latency of resolvers widely used in high-speed motor applications, while providing substantial savings in bill-of- materials cost, size and weight. Importantly, it is also ISO 26262 functional safety standard compli- ant … Read More → "ams to boost automotive electrification with launch of first inductive position sensor for high-speed motors"

SYSGO and STMicroelectronics Demonstrate Secure Vehicle Connectivity at CES 2020

Geneva, Switzerland, and Klein-Winternheim, Germany, December 17, 2019 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, and SYSGO, the European leader in real time operating systems (RTOS) for certifiable embedded systems, have cooperated to demonstrate secure telematics solutions for the automotive market at CES 2020 in Las Vegas, NV (Jan 7-10, 2020).

The jointly developed Automotive Secure Gateway is based on ST’s Telemaco3P system-on-chip (SoC), a specialized automotive processor for secure telematics and connectivity, and SYSGO`s PikeOS hypervisor-based RTOS, which brings avionics-grade safety and security to the … Read More → "SYSGO and STMicroelectronics Demonstrate Secure Vehicle Connectivity at CES 2020"

Percepio Offers Developers Free Tracealyzer License in Exchange for Writing Story

To take advantage of the Percepio winter offer, applicants should contact support@percepio.com by 31 March 2020 and briefly describe the problem they are planning to solve with Tracealyzer. Once their blog is written, applicants will need to publish it in a prominent location and share the link with Percepio to qualify for a free 1-year Tracealyzer license. Alternatively, applicants can send the story to Percepio who will then post it on their own corporate website.

Blogs must be in English and supported by at least … Read More → "Percepio Offers Developers Free Tracealyzer License in Exchange for Writing Story"

Renesas Electronics Collaborates with Xilinx on Versal ACAP Reference Designs

TOKYO, Japan, December 17, 2019 – Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that its power solutions, as well as timing solutions from IDT, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Renesas, support the Xilinx Versal adaptive compute acceleration platform (ACAP) devices featured on the Xilinx VCK190 evaluation kit and the Renesas VERSALDEMO1Z power … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Collaborates with Xilinx on Versal ACAP Reference Designs"

SEGGER’s Ozone debugger adds support for custom instructions

Monheim, Germany – December 16th, 2019

SEGGER just released Ozone V3.10, a major update to its full-featured graphical debugger and performance analyzer. The new release includes support for custom instructions, allowing disassembly of application specific instructions added to the CPU core to tailor it for the particular application. Custom instructions are defined in plug-in scripts, which can be easily edited by the user of Ozone or the CPU core designer. The software already comes with a plug-in script for the popular RISC-V PULP extension.

Custom instructions are used to make embedded systems more efficient. Tailoring instructions to … Read More → "SEGGER’s Ozone debugger adds support for custom instructions"

Mentor collaborates with Arm on unique eMRAM test solution using Samsung FDSOI technology

Mentor, a Siemens business, today announced it will provide a unique IC test solution for the eMRAM (embedded Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory) compiler IP from Arm, built on Samsung Foundry’s 28nm FDSOI process technology. The new eMRAM test solution is the result of a collaboration between Mentor and Arm, a global leader in semiconductor IP, and builds on a longtime relationship between the two companies to provide optimized hardware and software solutions for advanced test ecosystems. Mentor also has a long track record of working closely with Samsung on innovative test solutions for a broad array … Read More → "Mentor collaborates with Arm on unique eMRAM test solution using Samsung FDSOI technology"

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