SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 5, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced GPS receiver verification software for its PXB baseband generator and channel emulator platform. The new Agilent N7609B Signal Studio for Global Navigation Satellite Systems software is the only 12-satellite, 24-channel signal simulator built on a high-performance, general-purpose signal generator.

Agilent’s N7609B Signal Studio software plays a key role in enabling a reliable and repeatable test solution for verification and validation of GPS receivers. The software allows engineers to easily create real-time multi-satellite GPS signals and perform the tests required for full GPS … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces an Advanced RF GPS Simulator"

WILSONVILLE, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) today announced that the Canon India Design Centre has successfully deployed theQuesta^® advanced verification platform with SystemVerilog as a next-generation HVL and Read More → "Mentor Graphics Supports the Canon India Design Centre’s Migration to OVM"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., and ERFURT, Germany, December 17, 2009 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the leading analogue/mixed-signal foundry, today announced that X-FAB has expanded its support to include Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer(TM) implementation solution. X-FAB now fully supports Synopsys’ Galaxy(TM) Implementation Platform across its wide range of advanced modular CMOS process technologies for analogue/mixed-signal (AMS) applications.

Custom Designer is a modern-era mixed-signal implementation solution that delivers superior ease-of-use and leverages Synopsys’ Galaxy Implementation Platform to … Read More → "X-FAB now supports Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 15, 2009 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced Acqiris Software Release 4.0, including support for the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7, for its Acqiris Digitizer Products. The software is available today on CD-ROM, or online at www.agilent.com/find/acqiris-software-cd-rom after Dec. 18, 2009.

Agilent Acqiris high-speed digitizers are supplied with software drivers for Windows, Linux, LabVIEW RT and VxWorks operating systems; and application code examples for MATLAB(r), C/C++, VisualBasic.NET, LabVIEW(1), and LabWindows/CVI where available. These code examples … Read More → "Agilent Announces Windows® 7 Support for Acqiris Digitizer Products"

SAN JOSE, Calif. – December 9, 2009 – The Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI), an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing SystemC^TM as an industry-standard language for electronic system-level (ESL) design, celebrates its 10th Anniversary this year, a decade marked by a series of major milestones for the group, including official IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) approval of the SystemC language as IEEE … Read More → "Open SystemC Initiative Commemorates 10-Year Anniversary of Service to System-Level Design Community"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 8, 2009 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the release of its RFIC simulation, verification and analysis software — GoldenGate version 4.4. This release extends Agilent’s leadership in advanced node RFIC design with enhanced performance, new key stability and yield analyses, and RF extensions to mixed-signal simulation. In addition, the new release brings performance and flexibility updates to its unique wireless standards-based virtual test bench capability.

“Advanced node RFIC design makes you rethink what’s important from a simulation point of view,” said Paul Colestock, product planning and marketing manager with Agilent’s EEsof EDA … Read More → "Agilent Technologies’ New GoldenGate Release 4.4 Accelerates Advanced Node CMOS RFIC Design"

San Jose, CA, December 8, 2009 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in touch and microcontroller-based solutions, today announced a new family of AVR® wireless microcontroller (MCU) devices targeting wireless applications such as ZigBee® and IPv6/6LoWPAN. The ATmega128RFA1 is IEEE 802.15.4 compliant and combines Atmel’s picoPower® AVR MCU and a 2.4 GHz RF transceiver. Atmel’s picoPower technology offers ultra-low power consumption to ultimately enable longer battery life for wireless ZigBee applications, including smart energy, building automation, telecom and health care. ATmega128RFA1 is supported by Atmel’s QTouch® Library, making it easy to combine … Read More → "Atmel Introduces Low-Power, Single-Chip Wireless Microcontroller Family for Growing IEEE 802.15.4 Market"

ERFURT, Germany, December 8, 2009 – X-FAB Silicon Foundries (www.xfab.com</ … Read More → "X-FAB Launches Third-Party IP and Design Partner Network to Link Customers with Optimal Resources; Expands In-House Technical Service Support"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., December 7, 2009 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Hisilicon Technologies Co., Ltd., a worldwide provider of ASICs and solutions for communication network and digital media, and a subsidiary of Huawei Technologies, has established Synopsys as its primary EDA partner across its implementation and verification design flows. Hisilicon has signed an expanded business agreement to extend its use of Synopsys’ IC Compiler place-and-route technology and DesignWare(R) IP as well as other tools from the broad spectrum of Synopsys’ Galaxy(TM) Implementation and … Read More → "Synopsys chosen as primary EDA partner by Hisilicon"

Grenoble, France, December 4th, 2009 – … Read More → "Evatronix USB-IF verified USB 3.0 Device Controller achieves over 430 mb/s"