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How It Was: PDP and VAX computers
Thursday January 26, 2012
Editor’s Note: This “How it Was” story, as told by Benny Attar, really takes me back in time. email me and I’ll post them as a “How it was” article…After completing my studies in a technical college in 1984, I joined the Services – never mind what service, that’s classified – and was put in charge of the computer room. Read More
Virtual Prototyping Software speeds SoC software development.
Thursday January 26, 2012
"As designs increase in complexity and software content to meet the demand for smart devices, companies need to reduce the risk of embedded software project delays and improve developer productivity," says Steve Balacco, director, embedded software and ... Read More
IC Compiler Software supports double-patterning technology.
Thursday January 26, 2012
As industry leaders in IC design and manufacturing race to prepare for 20nm technology, Synopsys has successfully collaborated with foundry partners as well as major customers to validate that IC Compiler is 20nm-ready. IC Compiler, a key component of the ... Read More
High Speed Interconnects
Thursday January 26, 2012
This is definitely one area where floor displays was rather limited. Of course most PCs being used have PCI Express inside and USB 3.0 was in most of these places as well. Xilinx was supporting these technologies as well as any other high speed serial interface you can think of including HDMI using their FPGA development platforms. Read More
Opinion: Bug Love
Thursday January 26, 2012
I love to see the look on fellow DV engineer's faces when I tell them "bugs screw up my productivity". What do you think? Please leave a comment. EDA Designlinewhere you will find the latest and greatest design, technology, product, and news articles with regard to all aspects of Electronic Design Automation (EDA). Read More
Xilinx unveils latest and greatest 28nm 7 Series FPGAs at DesignCon 2012
Thursday January 26, 2012
XilinxDesignCon 2012(“Where Chipheads Connect”) in Santa Clara, from January 30 – Feburary 2, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Booth #732.Xilinx Corporate Vice President, FPGA Development and Silicon Technology, Liam Madden, will jumpstart Xilinx’s activities by discussing the benefits and drawbacks of 3D IC standards in the Why Do We Need 3D Design Standards? panel. Read More
Synopsys Collaborates with Sigrity to Accelerate Signal Integrity Analysis
Wednesday January 25, 2012
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. Sigrity's solutions are widely used with HSPICE for signal, power integrity and electromagnetic interference analysis of high-speed boards, packages and integrated circuits. "Many Sigrity customers have made major investments in HSPICE over the years and rely on it as a trusted gold-standard of circuit simulation," said Raymond Y. Chen, senior vice president of Sigrity. Read More
New devices extend performance of Lattice’s ECP3 FPGA family
Wednesday January 25, 2012
The LatticeECP3 Low Power FPGAs consume on the average 30% lower power compared to standard devices and the High Speed FPGAs run 10% faster. "The new low power, high speed, and small form-factor devices expand the range and depth of our LatticeECP3 FPGA family for a variety of professional consumer and communication applications”, said Shakeel Peera, Director of Silicon/Solutions Marketing at Lattice Semiconductor. Read More
Sunstone Circuits® Partners with element14 to Provide High Quality PCB Prototyping Solutions through the Knode
Wednesday January 25, 2012
Sunstone Circuits®, the leading printed circuit board (PCB) prototype solutions provider, has partnered with Newark’s element14 to deliver bare printed circuit board (PCB) prototyping services to customers in the Americas through element14’s Knode, an intelligent search and knowledge tool helping engineers select and purchase the right solutions for designs. Read More
Controller PCB problem solved
Wednesday January 25, 2012
The year was 1996 and it was my second year with this Hard Disk Drive company. I had joined them as an EMC Engineer to provide EMC support to the PCB design engineers. Within a year I was being called to help on almost every noise issue with the ... Read More
Sunstone Circuits Partners with element14 to Provide High Quality PCB Prototyping Solutions through the Knode
Wednesday January 25, 2012
Sunstone Circuits, the leading printed circuit board (PCB) prototype solutions provider, has partnered with Newark's element14 to deliver bare printed circuit board (PCB) prototyping services to customers in the Americas through element14's Knode, an intelligent search and knowledge tool helping engineers select and purchase the right solutions for designs. Read More
IAR Systems Supports The Infineon XMC4500 High-Performance Microcontrollers for Energy-Efficient Industrial Applications
Wednesday January 25, 2012
IAR Systems today announced that its embedded software development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench now provides support for the new XMC4500 microcontrollers from Infineon Technologies, including examples for the modular Hexagon Development Kit. Read More
Sunstone Circuits® Partners with element14
Wednesday January 25, 2012
Sunstone Circuits® has partnered with Newark’s element14 to deliver bare printed circuit board (PCB) prototyping services to customers in the Americas through element14’s Knode, an intelligent search and knowledge tool helping engineers select and purchase the right solutions for designs. Read More
32-bit ARM MCUs
Wednesday January 25, 2012
The LPC1100 series can execute sophisticated algorithms at low power, meeting the ever increasing demands of cost-sensitive applications that 8-bit microcontrollers struggle to achieve, such as interfacing with sensors and performing complex control tasks. Read More
Altera Experts Discuss Transceiver Technology, Floating Point DSP and Signal Integrity at DesignCon 2012
Wednesday January 25, 2012
Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced its participation at DesignCon 2012. Experts from Altera will showcase how they are solving some of the industry's most complex design challenges through 28-nm FPGA architectural innovations and advanced technologies that enable high-speed I/O performance, floating point DSP and best-in-class signal integrity. Read More
element14 Partners With Sunstone Circuits to Provide High-Quality PCB Prototyping Solutions Through the Knode
Wednesday January 25, 2012
However, finding a suitable printed circuit board fabrication facility can be a major barrier to the design process, as many contract manufacturers are unwilling to produce a limited number of prototypes. In addition, evaluating quotes and ... Read More
Yamaha Standardizes on Synopsys' Processor Designer after Cutting DSP Development Time in Half
Wednesday January 25, 2012
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems, today announced that Yamaha has adopted the Synopsys Processor Designer(TM) tool for the development of its custom-designed digital signal processing (DSP) devices. Read More
Open-Silicon's Configurable Interlaken IP Core Delivers High-Performance Chip to Chip Interface for - PR-USA.net
Wednesday January 25, 2012
Open-Silicon, Inc.Interlaken Alliance, announced today that the company's Interlaken IPcore has been used in over thirty implementations, and now includes silicon success in 28nm. According to a recently published report from Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Read More
I/O for SUMIT-based systems from VersaLogic
Wednesday January 25, 2012
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Faster Technology Adds Advanced PlanAhead Training to the 2012 Schedule
Tuesday January 24, 2012
Faster Technology adds Advanced Design with PlanAhead™ to the 2012 Training Schedule. This course explores Xilinx’s PlanAhead Design and Analysis Tool which provides a faster and more efficient design solution to help achieve FPGA performance goals. Read More
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