| Comms rides power lines via optical AFE
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2004-07-01 |
| A new approach to the analog front end used in BPL applications is built on optical coupling technology. |
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| Adaptive antennas gain in 60GHz band
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2004-07-01 |
| The only practical way to achieve high antenna gain in a changing or mobile environment is to use an adaptive antenna array. |
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| Grid software firm seeks role in global design
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2004-06-22 |
| Electronic design activities are moving to places like mainland China and India after bursting of bubble. |
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| VCOM selects Cirrus processors for STB in China
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2004-06-21 |
| VCOM Technology Co. Ltd has selected Cirrus Logic Inc. to provide digital audio/video processors with analog and mixed-signal ICs for a new line of broadband STB. |
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| Mentor CEO confirms DFM as best bet for EDA boost
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2004-06-16 |
| Finding sustainable growth in the EDA industry is not an easy thing, according to Wally Rhines, Mentor Graphics CEO and chairman of the EDA Consortium. |
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| EDA industry at crossroads, execs say
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2004-06-15 |
| It's not your father's EDA industry anymore, according to industry experts. |
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| Dataquest sets optimistic tone for EDA
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2004-06-10 |
| Presentations by Gartner Dataquest analysts on the eve of the Design Automation Conference (DAC) here set a positive tone for the EDA and silicon intellectual property (IP) industries, both of which are expected to show strong growth in 2004 |
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| Behavioral synthesis crossroad
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2004-06-01 |
| Ten years after its market entry as the next generation in synthesis, Synopsys' Behavioral Compiler is dead. Can somebody else breathe new life into behavioral synthesis? |
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| Optical switch benefits from off-chip drive
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2004-04-01 |
| As more electrostatic MEMS-based optical-switch products penetrate the market, scalability, reliability and tilt precision take on increased significance. |
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| Teradyne examines AIC audio DAC
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2004-03-22 |
| AIC Microsystems Co. Ltd has selected Teradyne Inc. to test its next-generation audio DAC (digital to analog converter |
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| Wavecom adopts Micronas audio ICs in mobile phones
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2004-03-03 |
| Wavecom has selected two Micronas audio ICs for its Compact 605 and 610 multimedia mobile phone platforms. |
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| Off-the-shelf MCU tweaked for ASIC-like duty
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2004-01-08 |
| As the business models of standard-product IC companies evolve, a gray area is forming between the once clearly defined territories of MCUs and ASICs. |
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| How to add value to MSA optical transceivers
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2003-12-16 |
| The evolution of today's optical transceivers and transponders is driven by MSA, which establish a standard for optical and electrical characteristics, module form factor, and pin functions of optical transmitters and receivers. |
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| FPGA placement performs poorly: ICCAD
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2003-11-18 |
| Timing-driven placement algorithms for FPGAs can be as much as 50 percent away from optimal results, according to a paper given at the International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD). |
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| FPGA placement performs poorly, study says
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2003-11-17 |
| Timing-driven placement algorithms for FPGAs can be as much as 50 percent away from optimal results, according to a paper given at the International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD). |
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| Profilo latest DVDs to integrate Cirrus Logic chip
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2003-09-02 |
| Profilo Telra has selected Cirrus Logic's DVD recorder reference design integrating its own CS98200 DVD processor, CS92288 A/V codec, the CS5333 ADC and the CS4362 six-channel DAC, for Profilo Telra's new line of DVD recorders |
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| Fresh crop of EDA startups
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2003-09-01 |
| The semiconductor industry may still be reeling from the economic downturn, but new EDA companies with interesting ideas continue to emerge. |
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| Unifying ESL, verification
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2003-08-01 |
| Richard Goering says that the industry would need ESL and SystemC. But design for verification, with SystemVerilog, is the most obvious next step for most of today's RTL chip designers. |
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| The magical world of DSP
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2003-06-16 |
| The generation, processing, storage and transmission of signals from a diversity of origins to a diversity of reception has been enabled by miraculous advances in the semiconductor industry. |
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| ESL tools 'may be driven by verification'
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2003-06-09 |
| Skyrocketing design complexity will create a market for ESL design tools, according to participants at the Design Automation Conference. |
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| China, India target design cooperation
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2003-06-06 |
| The world's two largest emerging markets, China and India, are honing their design skills in the hopes of becoming key players in IC design arena. |
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| DAC panel finds IP quality lacking
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2003-06-05 |
| There is a silicon IP "quality gap," and customers have to learn to live with the hype. |
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| Augmenting Korea's non-memory semiconductor industry
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2003-05-29 |
| Professor Kyung Jong-Min, a pioneer in the development of Korea's non-memory technology, said that an engineering profession is an honest and dignified livelihood. |
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| Consortium vows to simplify IP reuse in SoCs
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2003-05-27 |
| A group of EDA, silicon intellectual property and semiconductor vendors will announce the formation of a consortium at the 40th DAC |
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| New EDA consortium promotes assertion language
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2003-05-26 |
| Seeking to accelerate the adoption of the PSL, 13 EDA companies have joined together with two user companies to form the PSL/Sugar Consortium. |
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| DVR, biometrics lead the security industry
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2003-04-01 |
| The article will focus on the physical aspect of security, particularly digital video recorders, which has a high growth potential. |
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| Oki extends collaboration ties with UMC
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2003-03-13 |
| Oki Semiconductor has joined United Microelectronics Corp.'s Gold IP program and Design Plus partnership which will allow Oki access to UMC's 0.155m process and intellectual properties. |
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| Teradyne tests Amlogic DVD device
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2003-03-11 |
| Teradyne Inc. has been selected by Amlogic Inc. to test the latter's latest next-generation DVD decoder. |
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| Teradyne tests Amlogic DVD device
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2003-03-11 |
| Teradyne Inc. has been selected by Amlogic Inc. to test the latter's latest next-generation DVD decoder. |
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| Placement tools criticized for hampering IC designs
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2003-02-07 |
| Current IC placement algorithms leave so much excess wire that chip designs are essentially several technology generations behind where they could be, according to a recent paper by researchers at UCLA. |
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