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ONFI-3.0-compliant UFC IP Enables Faster Data Transfer Speed

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Posedge Inc. has expanded its IP portfolio with the release of the ONFI-3.0 compliant Universal Flash Controller (UFC), which provides a standard NAND Flash device interface conforming to the new standards ....

Improving Mechatronic-system Design

Thu, 4 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0800

The top drivers in industry today for improving development processes are shorter product-development schedules and increased customer demand for better-performing products. As engineering systems become ....

Data-plane-processor IP Quadruples Data Bandwidth

Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Tensilica�s new Xtensa LX4 DPU (dataplane processor) for SOCs (systems on chips) has four times more local data-memory bandwidth than the previous-generation LX3 DPU. The LX4 supports as many as two 512-bit ....

Mentor Offers Platform for AMS, Cell Developers

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Mentor Graphics has augmented the IC Station tool suite with the release of Pyxis, a custom router, cockpit, and data-interchange tool for analog, mixed-signal, and digital cell designs. The platform, ....

Microsemi Accelerates Industrial, Networking Apps Designs with FreeRTOS Support

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Microsemi Corp.�s SmartFusion customizable system-on-chip (cSoC) devices are now supported by FreeRTOS, a scalable real time kernel designed specifically for small embedded systems, and can be used in ....

Calypto Joins ARM Connected Community

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Calypto Design Systems Inc. has joined the ARM Connected Community, the industry�s largest ecosystem of ARM technology-based products and services. As part of the ARM Connected Community, Calypto gains ....

C2C IP Adoption Gathers Steam

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0800

The Chip to Chip Link (C2C) interchip link connectivity IP developed by Arteris Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. is gathering more and more licensees serving the mobile and wireless application processor ....

Cognovo Announces Successful Tapeout of SDM Device in Samsung's 45nm LP Technology

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Cognovo builds momentum with the successful tape out of a Software Defined Modem (SDM) device in Samsung Foundry�s advanced 45nm LP (low power) process. The device, based on Cognovo�s latest Modem Compute ....

Samsung Tapes Out 20nm Test Chip on Synopsys Platform

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0800

Synopsys Inc.'s design enablement collaboration with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd has achieved a critical milestone with the successful tapeout of the first 20nm test chip based on Samsung's High-k metal ....

NI Announces Closing of AWR Acquisition