| Design forum is heavy on ESL this year
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2006-07-20 |
| The Design Automation Conference next week in San Francisco, California comes with a program heavy on ESL and embedded systems design, design-for-manufacturability, power-aware design and verification. See the details inside. |
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| Magma all set for DAC, preps for EDA&T
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2006-07-18 |
| Magma said capabilities of its new Talus IC implementation system, methods for minimizing power consumption, and DFM capabilities integrated in the design flow will be among the technology it will demonstrate at next week's DAC |
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| Spirit enters IEEE standards process
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2006-06-15 |
| The Spirit standard for IP integration and reuse has entered the IEEE standards process with the formation of the IEEE P1685 working group. |
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| HSDPA chips combine ARM9 with DSP cores
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2006-04-03 |
| Agere Systems claims it can develop HSDPA-based smart phones with its DAX455 chip with a DSP core for L1 and audio functions, and an on-chip ARM 9 for control-plane tasks. |
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| SigmaTel acquires DDX digital amplifier technology
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2005-10-12 |
| SigmaTel Inc., a mixed-signal multimedia semiconductor company, has acquired the Direct Digital Amplification (DDX) technology, design team and intellectual property from Apogee Technology Inc. for an undisclosed amount. DDX is a class-D digital amplifier technology that converts digital audio directly into power without the need for a DAC. The technology boasts of an all digital solution with a high efficiency level for small form factor designs and low power dissipation than average analog solutions |
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| Startup puts team to work on the data explosion
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2005-09-01 |
| Edxact SA comes out with a tool that accurately provides netlist reduction for parasitic netlist elements. |
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| Cutting RF power in W-CDMA phones
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2005-08-01 |
| Power dissipation problems in W-CDMA phones can be solved by adjusting power amplifier efficiency and voltage requirements |
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| Virtual system 'platform' rolls
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2005-08-01 |
| Carbon Design moves from point tools to integrated platforms with its new virtual system prototyping product. |
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| IMI, Sanyo Epson inaugurate LCD manufacturing plant
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2005-07-22 |
| Philippine EMS provider, Integrated Microelectronics Inc. (IMI) and Sanyo Epson Imaging Devices Philippines Inc. (SEPH) have inaugurated an LCD module processing facility at the Laguna Technopark in Laguna, Philippines. |
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| Innovation, cooperation key to overcoming DFM issues, says Synopsys exec
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2005-06-29 |
| Speaking to an audience of mostly photomask manufacturing executives at the Advanced Reticle Symposium Tuesday (June 28), Synopsys Inc.'s Michel Cote praised the way the EDA industry has responded to design-for-manufacturing (DFM) challenges with innovation and said continued industry cooperation is the key to overcoming them. |
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| TI, Ember team up in lowest power Zigbee chipset solution
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2005-06-23 |
| Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) has collaborated with Ember Corp. to unveil what they claim as the lowest power consuming ZigBee networking and microcontroller (MCU) platform. |
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| Cadence details enterprise verification strategy
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2005-06-15 |
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. outlined the company's strategy for "enterprise" verification process automation (VPA) at a breakfast for journalists and analysts Monday (June 13) kicking off the Design Automation Conference (DAC |
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| Designs better be holistic, says DAC keynote speaker
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2005-06-15 |
| The electronics industry is in danger of stagnating unless innovators take a holistic approach to design in everything from systems architecture to corporate alliances, according to IBM fellow Bernard Meyerson. |
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| One of our own honored with DAC plaque
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2005-06-15 |
| Richard Goering, EE Times Editorial Director for Design Automation, was recognized Tuesday for 20 years of coverage of the EDA world at the Design Automation Conference (DAC |
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| Samsung exec predicts memory shortages
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2005-06-15 |
| Surging demand for flash memory driven by multimedia consumer devices could lead to future memory shortages, a Samsung Semiconductor executive warned Tuesday (June 14). |
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