industry news archive
Subscribe Now

X-FAB Releases Ready-to-Use Design IP Blocks for MEMS Accelerometers

Erfurt, Germany, June 1, 2011 – X-FAB Silicon Foundries today added ready-to-use design IP blocks for acceleration sensors to its MEMS foundry service offerings. Developed in cooperation with MicroMountains Applications and HSG-IMIT (Institute for Microtechnology and Information Technology of Hahn-Schickard-Gesellschaft), the new IP blocks can be incorporated into customer designs of MEMS capacitive accelerometers covering 2G, 10G and 100G ranges (G = G-force). The accelerometer IP design blocks further shorten design times and reduce customer learning cycles for new product introduction. Running on X-FAB’s advanced open platform inertial sensor … Read More → "X-FAB Releases Ready-to-Use Design IP Blocks for MEMS Accelerometers"

Forte Design Systems Ships Latest Version of Cynthesizer High-Level Synthesis

SAN JOSE, CALIF. –– June 1, 2011 –– Forte Design Systems™ today began shipping the latest version of its Cynthesizer™ SystemC high-level synthesis (HLS) software, offering improved performance and quality of results (QoR).

Over the last six months, the Forte R&D team added new features and improved existing features to Cynthesizer, used in more than 300 production application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and system-on-Chip (SoC) silicon tapeouts since 2002.  Upgrades across the entire tool make it … Read More → "Forte Design Systems Ships Latest Version of Cynthesizer High-Level Synthesis"

Cryptography Research Announces License Agreement with Broadcom for Differential Power Analysis Countermeasures Patents

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — May 31, 2011 — Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI) today announced that Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) has signed a license agreement regarding the use of CRI’s patents. CRI focuses on combating Differential Power Analysis (DPA) and related attacks. Under the agreement, Broadcom receives the freedom to use CRI’s patents.

“Broadcom is a prominent technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for a wide range of sophisticated secure applications,” said Carole Coplan, vice president of business development, tamper resistance solutions, Cryptography Research. “We are pleased to include Broadcom among our … Read More → "Cryptography Research Announces License Agreement with Broadcom for Differential Power Analysis Countermeasures Patents"

ClioSoft to Introduce Hierarchical Visual Design Diff, Demonstrate Hardware Configuration Management System at DAC 2011

FREMONT, Calif., June 1, 2011 – ClioSoft, Inc., developer of the premier hardware configuration management (HCM) solutions for the electronics design industry, will demonstrate its SOS Design Collaboration Platform and introduce a new hierarchical Visual Design Diff (VDD) at DAC 2011. ClioSoft’s VDD< … Read More → "ClioSoft to Introduce Hierarchical Visual Design Diff, Demonstrate Hardware Configuration Management System at DAC 2011"

Xilinx Discusses 3-D IC Design Methodologies, Design Tools, and FPGAs in Embedded Systems at DAC 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., June, 1, 2011 – Innovations in 3-D IC Design, new FPGA-based processing technologies for embedded systems, IP use and the latest in design tool support will be among the key topics presented by Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Diego from June 5 – 9, 2011. Xilinx CTO and Senior Vice President, Ivo Bolsens, will be among the executives participating in DAC’s first Embedded Systems and Software Executive Day, as well as participate in a Pavilion Panel on 3-D IC designs. In addition to Bolsens’ speaking engagements, … Read More → "Xilinx Discusses 3-D IC Design Methodologies, Design Tools, and FPGAs in Embedded Systems at DAC 2011"

ATopTech Shows Innovations and Performance Gains in Aprisa and Apogee Physical Design Solutions at DAC 2011

SAN JOSE, CA – June 1, 2011 — ATopTech, the leader in next generation physical design solutions, will present significant technology additions and performance gains in its Aprisa™ and Apogee™ tools at DAC 2011 in San Diego. Aprisa is the company’s complete place … Read More → "ATopTech Shows Innovations and Performance Gains in Aprisa and Apogee Physical Design Solutions at DAC 2011"

Veridae Systems Launches Certus, a Multi-FPGA Prototyping Debug Suite Enabling a Single View of Complex ASIC Design for the First Time

VANCOUVER, BC –– June 1, 2011 –– Veridae Systems today announced Certus, amulti-FPGA ASIC prototyping validation and debug suite. When paired with a user’schoice of prototyping hardware, partitioning flow, and FPGA CAD tools, Certus provides the key enabling technology of a complete, easy to implement, and best-in-class prototyping solution. Certus is fully tested and available now, and will be demonstrated next week at the Design Automation Conference, Veridae booth 3212.

Verification and validation engineers want to see a complete ASIC design functioning at close to full speed and with real I/O. … Read More → "Veridae Systems Launches Certus, a Multi-FPGA Prototyping Debug Suite Enabling a Single View of Complex ASIC Design for the First Time"

QuickLogic to Showcase Longer Battery Life, Bright Sunlight Viewability, and Faster USB Sideloading Solutions at Qualcomm’s Uplinq Conference

SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwire – May 31, 2011) – QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the leader in low power Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs), today announced that it will demonstrate its system-proven Visual Enhancement Engine (VEE) and Display Power Optimizer (Read More → "QuickLogic to Showcase Longer Battery Life, Bright Sunlight Viewability, and Faster USB Sideloading Solutions at Qualcomm’s Uplinq Conference"

Flexible 365W low profile power supplies on short lead times from Gresham Power

Gresham Power Electronics, the Salisbury based MIL and Commercial power conversion specialist, is able to offer customers fast deliveries of its HD365 series of high-density AC to DC switch-mode power supplies. The HD365 provides a class leading 365 watts in the industry standard 76.2 x 127mm (3 x 5”) footprint.  With a height of only 33mm (1.30 inches) these power supplies are ideally suited for low profile, 1U High applications.

The Gresham Power HD365 range of single-output power supplies offer standard output voltages of 12, 24 and 48 VDC and may be used as bulk converters in a wide range of applications. </ … Read More → "Flexible 365W low profile power supplies on short lead times from Gresham Power"

featured blogs
Dec 19, 2024
Explore Concurrent Multiprotocol and examine the distinctions between CMP single channel, CMP with concurrent listening, and CMP with BLE Dynamic Multiprotocol....
Dec 24, 2024
Going to the supermarket? If so, you need to watch this video on 'Why the Other Line is Likely to Move Faster' (a.k.a. 'Queuing Theory for the Holiday Season')....