Design-centric yield management enables product engineers to achieve rapid yield ramp and provide cost-effective yield control in volume production

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—October 28, 2009— Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that NVIDIA Corp. has adopted Synopsys’ Yield Explorer solution for yield analysis and yield ramp. NVIDIA, which invented the graphics processing unit, selected Yield Explorer because of its ability to coherently combine and cross-correlate large volumes of data from the design, fab and test domains to quickly identify dominant failure mechanisms. This … Read More → "NVIDIA adopts Synopsys Yield Explorer to reduce time to volume"

— OpenGL® ES1.1, the industry-standard programming interface for graphics processing, is supported, allowing sophisticated and flexible 3-D graphics applications to be developed in less time–

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Renesas Technology America, Inc., today announced the SH7777 (SH-NaviJ3), the third product in the SH-NaviJ Series of system-on-chip (SoC) devices for compact portable navigation and infotainment systems and low- and mid-priced dashboard-mounted car navigation and infotainment systems. It speeds up development through OpenGL® ES1.1*1 support and offers enhanced multimedia functions such as terrestrial digital TV broadcast support. The SH7777 (SH-NaviJ3) makes it possible for developers … Read More → "Renesas Technology to Release SH7777 (SH-NaviJ3) SoC for Dashboard-mounted Car Navigation and Infotainment Systems Offering Enhanced Audio and Video Functions"

New Audio SoCs Shipping in Pre-production Quantities to Customers Now

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNXT), a leading supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, embedded-modem, and video applications, today introduced a new family of audio system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for embedded audio and voice applications. The CX2070X SoCs are targeted at growing audio opportunities in multimedia IP phones, personal navigation devices, portable media players, and mobile Internet devices. Additional applications include MP3 player docking stations, PC speaker systems, audio headsets, and unified communications systems that support services such as voice-over-IP … Read More → "Conexant Launches New Family of Solutions for Growing Embedded Audio Applications"

SRS Releases Optimized SRS TruVolume Libraries for MIPS32 4KEc and 24KEc Core Licensees

SANTA ANA, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — SRS Labs (NASDAQ: SRSL) , the industry leader in surround sound, audio, and voice technologies, announced today the availability of highly optimized SRS TruVolume(TM) libraries for Digital TV System-on-Chips (SoCs) based on processor cores from MIPS® Technologies. DTV OEMs can now enable SRS’ audio leveling technology, TruVolume, on TV and DTV SoCs based upon MIPS32® 24KEc(TM) and 4KEc® cores. With a pre-ported and optimized library for TruVolume, MIPS® licensees and SRS TruVolume licensees … Read More → "SRS TruVolume Now Available for MIPS Cores, Delivering Fast, Efficient Deployment for DTV SoCs"

The PCI-8253 and PCI-8256 provide fully closed-loop control with high accuracy and fast response time for AOI, gantry, and contouring applications

October 27, 2009, San Jose, Calif – ADLINK Technology Inc., a leading global provider of measurement and automation products, announced the release of their most advanced DSP-based servo motion controllers, the PCI-8253 (three axes) and PCI-8256 (six axes). Based on over ten years of experience in developing PC-based motion controllers, ADLINK designed the PCI-8253/8256 to take full advantage of the latest digital signal processing technologies to provide a ±10 V analog motion controller with full closed-loop control, … Read More → "ADLINK Announces Advanced DSP-based Servo Motion Controllers"

AdvancedMC provides a completely flexible and reconfigurable platform ideal for serial communications applications requiring higher port density

santa clara, ca – October 27, 2009 – BittWare, a leading supplier of high-end COTS signal processing hardware, IP, and system solutions for communications, military/aerospace, and instrumentation markets, announced today at the Advanced/MicroTCA Summit the release of their SP/S4-AMC (SP/S4AM), the newest member of the “S4” family of board-level signal processing solutions which leverage Altera® Corporation’s Stratix® IV family of FPGAs. This Advanced Mezzanine Card (AdvancedMC) uses the Altera® … Read More → "BittWare Announces Altera® Stratix® IV GX-based AMC Featuring SFP/SFP+ Compact Optical Transceivers"