Campbell, CA – October 29, 2009 – Silicon Frontline Technology, Inc. (Silicon Frontline), an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company in the post-layout verification market, announced today that since the May introduction of the company and its first products, F3D (Fast 3D) for fast 3D extraction and R3D (Resistive 3D) for 3D extraction and analysis of large resistive structures, the company has achieved success and validated its position as a player in the post-layout verification and 3D extraction markets.

F3D is chosen for providing nanometer and Analog Mixed Signal (A/MS) … Read More → "Silicon Frontline Announces Success and Recognition; Post-Layout Verification Products Stand Out for Semiconductor Power Device, Nanometer and A/MS Design"

Washington DC, USA and Cheltenham, UK – 12th November 2009. Artisan® Software Tools, the world’s largest independent supplier of industrial-grade, collaborative modeling tools for complex, mission and safety-critical embedded systems and software, has announced that Bloor Research has published one of its “InDetail” research reports on Artisan Studio. The Report analyzes Artisan Studio’s capabilities and its importance as a standards-based, graphical systems and software engineering tool which, in their view, caters well for large, distributed teams working on mission and safety-critical projects involving the integration of software, hardware and human processes.

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Latest Additions Increase Efficiencies, Lower Cost, Address Requirements of the HDMI 1.4 Specification

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 9, 2009 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its enhanced High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) test solution portfolio is being demonstrated at the CEA 861/HDCP PlugFest13, Nov. 8-13, in Burlingame, Calif. The expanded solution enables engineers to test the new features introduced by the HDMI Specification 1.4 such as HEAC (HDMI Ethernet and Audio Return Channel) support or 4K x 2K and 3-D video format support. The test solution also increases efficiencies, reduces development costs and provides highly accurate test results.

NXP Rated #1 in Contactless Transaction IC Vendor Matrix for the third year in a row

Eindhoven, Netherlands, November 11th, 2009 – NXP today announced that it has maintained the number one slot in ABI Research’s Contactless Transaction IC Vendor Matrix rankings. The survey examines the contactless semiconductor market for payment, ticketing and Near Field Communication (NFC) applications and ranks each of the vendors according their ability to innovate and implement the technology.

In addition to holding the number one position in the overall ranking of contactless transaction IC vendors, analysts at ABI Research also … Read More → "ABI Research confirms NXP’s Leadership in Contactless IC market"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., and Nashua, NH, Nov. 9, 2009 — Agilent Technologies Inc. and Nexus Technology Inc. today made available DDR3-1867 DIMM and DDR3-1600 SODIMM slot interposer test solutions. These test solutions are the ideal tools for designers performing DDR3 DIMM or SODIMM validation, failure analysis, and bus functional-parametric validation in servers, supercomputing, desktops, laptops and computing applications.

The test solutions are comprised of the Agilent 16962A logic analyzer module and either a Nexus NT-DDR3DIHS or Nexus NT-DDR3SOIHS slot interposer for next-generation, double-data rate (DDR3) SDRAM buses.

The new interposers are designed for … Read More → "Agilent Technologies, Nexus Technology Deliver DDR3 Memory Bus Debug Solutions"

HILLSBORO, OR — NOVEMBER 10, 2009 — Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced it will collaborate with Beyond Semiconductor in the development of compiler tools for Lattice’s soft processors. The collaboration will include updates and performance improvements for Lattice’s embedded processor IP compilers and development tools.

Lattice’s LatticeMico8™ embedded microcontroller and LatticeMico32™ embedded microprocessor are optimized for implementation in Lattice FPGAs and PLDs. These embedded processors are provided free of charge through an innovative open source intellectual property (IP) core license that provides customers access to the HDL for … Read More → "Lattice And Beyond Semiconductor To Collaborate In Processor Compiler Tools Development"

— Version 8.0 Software Helps Build High Speed, Robust, Double Data Rate Interfaces —

HILLSBORO, OR — NOVEMBER 10, 2009 — Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced Version 8.0 of its ispLEVER® FPGA design tool suite, which includes many enhancements for the design of high speed double data rate (DDR) interfaces for the LatticeECP3™ FPGA family. These enhancements include automatic interface code generation to increase design productivity and reduce coding errors, as well as enhanced timing analysis that provides more transparency to circuit timing details.
“Although our ECP3 FPGA family probably is best known for its low … Read More → "New Lattice FPGA Design Tool Suite Includes Advanced Support For High Performance DDR Interfaces"

– Extessy adds system requirements, co-simulation, integration and test tools to Artisan’s product portfolio

– Further extends Artisan’s professional services capability and expands German operations

Washington DC, USA and Cheltenham, UK – 10th November 2009. Artisan® Software Tools, the world’s largest independent supplier of industrial-grade, collaborative modeling tools for complex, mission and safety-critical embedded systems and software, has acquired Extessy, a leading supplier of development tools and services for system requirements, co-simulation, integration and test, based in Wolfsburg, Germany. Artisan’s acquisition of Extessy closely follows its acquisition last … Read More → "Artisan continues industry consolidation with Extessy merger"

– PAC-Designer 5.2 Tools Support New Power Manager II Devices; Ideal for 
Integrated Hot Swap Control, Supervision and Sequencing; Adds HDL Verification to Flow –

HILLSBORO, OR — NOVEMBER 9, 2009 — Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced Version 5.2 of its PAC-Designer® mixed signal design tool suite with new device support and productivity features. The PAC-Designer 5.2 software now supports two new higher performance Power Manager II products: the ispPAC®-POWR1014-2 and ispPAC-POWR1014A-2 devices. The POWR1014/A-2 devices are ideal for integrating Hot Swap control, voltage rail supervision and power supply sequencing ICs. … Read More → "Lattice Updates Software Design Tools For Hot Swap Control and Power Management"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 2, 2009 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a compact network analyzer, the Agilent E5061B, that analyzes a frequency range as low as 5 Hz up to the RF (radio frequency) range of 3 GHz. This network analyzer’s broad range and versatility eliminates the need for additional low-frequency-dedicated instruments.

Applications for the Agilent E5061B, part of the ENA series of network analyzers, include general RF-network measurements, such as filters or amplifier tests, and LF (low frequency) measurements necessary for loop-gain evaluation of DC-DC converters. The E5061B’s frequency coverage is suitable … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces Versatile, Compact Network Analyzer with Wide Frequency Range"