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Springsoft Rolls Out Advanced Technology Platform For Certitude Functional Qualification System

HSINCHU, Taiwan, May 11, 2011 — SpringSoft, Inc., a global supplier of specialized IC design software, today announced advancements to its Certitude™ Functional Qualification System that enable broader and more efficient deployment of verification qualification methodologies. New detection automation and checker qualification capabilities are among the key innovations developed to quickly identify potential problems in chip verification environments with fewer resources and drive continuous improvements throughout the verification flow.

Functional verification is the process of confirming that chip design implementations function as specified. Certitude software is … Read More → "Springsoft Rolls Out Advanced Technology Platform For Certitude Functional Qualification System"

Agilent Technologies Ships Latest IC-CAP Platform for DC and RF Device Characterization and Modeling

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 10, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced shipment of the latest release of its device modeling software platform, Integrated Circuit Characterization and Analysis Program. IC-CAP 2011.04 provides significant improvements in the modeling flow of semiconductor devices by enabling the IC-CAP Wafer Professional automated measurement solution to link with IC-CAP’s CMOS model extraction packages. 

Modern CMOS device modeling requires that a high volume of measurements … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Ships Latest IC-CAP Platform for DC and RF Device Characterization and Modeling"

Synopsys DesignWare ARC Sound IP Solution First to Support the Dynamic Resolution Adaptation Audio Standard

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the availability of an optimized version of the Dynamic Resolution Adaptation (DRA) decoder software for the widely used DesignWare® ARC™ Sound AS211SFX and AS221BD audio processors. The DesignWare ARC Sound DRA decoder supports the Chinese National HD audio standard that is included in the Blu-ray™ Disc specification and is the first optimized implementation available … Read More → "Synopsys DesignWare ARC Sound IP Solution First to Support the Dynamic Resolution Adaptation Audio Standard"

NAND Flash Memory Controller IP Core from CAST now Faster and Easier to Integrate

May 11, 2011, Woodcliff Lake, NJ — A recent new version of the NAND Flash Controller Core from semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. now helps designers work with the latest advanced memory devices available. It does this by using faster error correction code, and by including better features for simplifying integration and improving performance in demanding System-on-Chip (SoC) implementations. (See http://bit.ly/cast-nandflash.)

“This fifth-generation FLASH controller continues CAST’s commitment to making SoC design with the latest technologies as quick and risk-free as … Read More → "NAND Flash Memory Controller IP Core from CAST now Faster and Easier to Integrate"

MIPS Technologies and eCosCentric Announce Availability of eCosPro® Developer’s Kit for microMIPS™

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, UK – May 4, 2011 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital home, networking and mobile applications, and eCosCentric Limited, the eCos and RedBoot experts, today announced that eCosCentric has ported its eCosPro® open source real-time operating system (RTOS) to the microMIPS™ instruction set architecture (ISA). eCosCentric has also made available its eCosPro Developer’s Kit for the MIPS32® M14K™ and M14Kc™ cores, which are based on the microMIPS ISA. This builds on support for other MIPS cores … Read More → "MIPS Technologies and eCosCentric Announce Availability of eCosPro® Developer’s Kit for microMIPS™"

LDRA Tool Suite—First to Provide Requirements to Object-Code Traceabilit

San Bruno, CA, May 2, 2011. LDRA, the leader in standards compliance, automated software verification, source code analysis and test tools, has developed another first—requirements-to-object–code traceability. In the safety-critical domain, devices required to meet the most critical levels of certification must verify software traceability from requirements through design to code at both source- and object-code levels.By providing the most comprehensive traceability, LDRA ensures that verification problems found at the object-code level can be quickly and easily traced to the originating source code and requirements levels.

Evidence that all lines … Read More → "LDRA Tool Suite—First to Provide Requirements to Object-Code Traceabilit"

VIA Labs Announces New VIA Labs VL701 Low-Powered USB 3.0 to SATA Bridge Controller

Taipei, Taiwan, May 10, 2011 – VIA Labs, Inc., a leading supplier of USB 3.0 integrated chip controllers, announced the certification of its VL701 Low-Power USB 3.0 to SATA Bridge Controller by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) while adhering to strict power-consumption criteria for bus-powered devices. The comprehensive suite of tests conducted as part of the USB-IF Compliance and Certification Program ensures that certified products are interoperable with existing USB devices while also offering all the speed and power enhancements of the USB 3.0 specification. VIA Labs is currently the first and only company to achieve USB-IF Bus-Powered certification using a traditional hard disk … Read More → "VIA Labs Announces New VIA Labs VL701 Low-Powered USB 3.0 to SATA Bridge Controller"

Microchip Announces New Tools That Enable Higher-Performance, Larger Graphical User Interfaces With 16- and 32-bit PIC® MCUs

CHANDLER, Ariz., May 9, 2011 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced several new development tools that enable higher-performance, larger graphical user interfaces. These tools extend the graphics application space for Microchip’s 16-Read More → "Microchip Announces New Tools That Enable Higher-Performance, Larger Graphical User Interfaces With 16- and 32-bit PIC® MCUs"

G3-PLC Chipset Complies with IEEE P1901.2 Prestandard for Smart Grid Communications

SUNNYVALE, CA—May 9, 2011—Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) introduces the MAX2992, an OFDM-based powerline communication (PLC) modem that pairs with the MAX2991 analog front-end (AFE) to provide a complete PLC chipset for smart grid communications. This chipset complies with the emerging IEEE(R) P1901.2 standard for OFDM-based communication over power lines and offers guaranteed interoperability. This standards compliance is critical to enabling smart grid deployments, as it helps utilities safeguard their substantial infrastructure investments.

“Until now, smart grid deployments have been impeded by the lack of standards-compliant solutions,” explained Michael Navid, Executive Business … Read More → "G3-PLC Chipset Complies with IEEE P1901.2 Prestandard for Smart Grid Communications"

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