Synopsys Zroute Multi-threaded Router
Zroute, from Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS), is a new multi-threaded router fully integrated into IC Compiler. Zroute has been developed from the ground up to take full advantage of the newest multi-core microprocessor architectures and to solve emerging design for manufacturability (DFM) challenges in IC design. IC Compiler is Synopsys' comprehensive physical design solution.
Zroute's modern [...]
DDR PHY Interface Specification 2.0
Version 2.0 of the DFI specification was recently released. The collaborative technical working group delivered several improvements and enhancements in this latest version of the DFI specification. This version of the specification extends support to include DDR1, DDR2, Mobile, and DDR3 memory; adds read, write, and gate training interfaces; and improves upon the interoperability features [...]
Magma Hydra Automated Floorplan Synthesis Tool
Hydra, from Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), is an automated floorplan synthesis and hierarchical design planning product with physical optimization capabilities that delivers superior predictability. Unlike existing floorplanning and prototyping tools, Hydra takes timing, power, congestion and area into consideration and generates an implementation-ready floorplan, reducing turnaround time of very large designs. Hydra is available [...]
Apache Sentinel-PI for Power Integrity
Apache Design Solutions recently introduced the Sentinel-PI, which is a fully-integrated chip-package-system co-design and co-analysis solution for power integrity. Sentinel-PI provides SoC-aware modeling and analysis of the system-level power delivery network to enable IC package and PCB designers to optimize their designs, from early stage prototyping to system signoff. Pricing for the Sentinel-PI starts at [...]
ATS Thermal Management Analysis and Design Services Webinar
Advanced Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ATS) will be holding a webinar, "Ensuring Reliability, Speeding Time-to-Market and Reducing Costs with Thermal Management Analysis and Design Services" The event will take place on Tuesday, August 26, 2008, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. EDT.
ATS' thermal management analysis and design services encompass both experimental and computational simulations using proprietary tools [...]
Latest DesignWare System-Level Library Models
Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) recently announced 30 new titles in the DesignWare System-Level Library. The new members of the Library include high-performance transaction-level models (TLMs) for PowerPC , MIPS, and DesignWare IP. DesignWare System-Level Library models significantly reduce the time to create virtual platforms and are written in SystemC to work in any IEEE [...]
SystemVerilog Assertions and Functional Coverage
Aldec is offering a seminar titled, "SystemVerilog Assertions and Functional Coverage." The event will take place on Thursday, August 21st. Two sessions are available: (1) Morning: 8am to noon and (2) Afternoon: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. The cost is $199. Continental breakfast or refreshments are included. The seminar will be presented by Ashok Mehta [...]
JasperGold Verification System and JasperGold Express 5.0
Jasper Design Automation recently released JasperGold Verification System and JasperGold Express version 5.0. The latest formal verification solutions deliver three times (3X) greater proof capacity for superior formal verification performance enabled by two times (2X) the reduction in memory requirement, ten times (10X) faster core engines and powerful patented formal technology. Featuring new core engines, [...]
Evatronix HDLC Connectivity Platform
The HDLC Connectivity Platform, from Evatronix SA, is an integrated solution that will shorten the time necessary for development of an 8-bit SoC enhanced with advanced data communication capabilities. HDLC Connectivity Platform features hardware support for LAPB/LAPD protocols for significant savings in CPU time, while a built-in DMA controller increases overall system performance. The HDLC [...]
Embedded Developers Survey
An informal study of more than 200 embedded developers indicates that programmability challenges and the prospects of longer development cycles might be affecting the adoption rate of embedded multicore technology. Conducted by Freescale Semiconductor and Virtutech, Inc., the study's results also found that more engineers are looking to adopt virtualized software development (VSD) platforms for [...]
Implementing a PCI Express 2.0 Solution
Northwest Logic will be presenting a seminar at 11 am (Pacific Daylight Time) on Thursday, August 21, 2008. An overview of Northwest Logic's high-perfromance PCI Express 2.0 Solution will be presented. The seminar will highlight some of the key challenges involved in doing a PCI Express design and how Northwest Logic's Solution enables designers to [...]
An Introduction to Side Channel Analysis - SPA, DPA and Timing Attacks
Cryptography Research, Inc. (CRI) will hold a one-day workshop titled, "An Introduction to Side-Channel Analysis, SPA, DPA and Timing Attacks" on August 14, 2008. The event will discuss how to thwart attacks on embedded devices like mobile communication systems. The workshop will take place at the Crowne Plaza Washington DC/Silver Spring Hotel.
Attendees will get up [...]
Cypress Solutions Library
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY) recently announced an online solutions library of intellectual property for a wide range of applications and functions. The new Cypress Solutions Library is a free online resource of user-generated IP that can be easily replicated for quick, effective design with Cypress's flexible, programmable PSoC architecture, as well as for designs using [...]
C# Synchronizer for Artisan Studio
Artisan Software Tools recently introduced the C# Synchronizer for Artisan Studio. Artisan's C# Synchronizer enables software architecting to be undertaken in UML using Artisan Studio while allowing them retain the context of C#-aware features by implementing the coding detail using their preferred C# IDE or program editor. The C# Synchronizer for Artisan Studio significantly increases [...]
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