| Altera sets up EDA/SOPC joint lab at Taiwan University
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2007-06-29 |
| Altera Corp. has established the EDA/SOPC Joint Laboratory at National Taiwan University as part of its worldwide University Program. |
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| Applying CTMs on FPGA-based devices
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2007-06-18 |
| This article discusses better ways to predict temperature for these faster and denser FPGA components in a system environment |
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| Xilinx marks production qualification milestone of Virtex-5 devices
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2007-06-08 |
| Xilinx has announced production qualification of its LX50 and LX50T FPGAs, the first two devices in the Virtex-5 65nm series. |
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| Gaming platforms: A goldmine for designers
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2007-06-08 |
| Chip and software designers have an opportunity to be part of the multi-100-million gaming platform shipments, as platforms respond faster to user demands by converging on interactivity, connectivity and information display. |
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| Synplicity acquires Swedish ASIC prototyping firm
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2007-06-05 |
| Synplicity is acquiring Hardi Electronics, the Swedish FPGA-based ASIC prototyping specialist, for $24.2 million in cash |
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| Check interconnections between FPGAs on a high-density board
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2007-06-01 |
| This article describes a simple, effective and generic solution to check signal connectivity between FPGAs on a high density prototyping board with multiple FPGAs and hundreds of signals. |
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| HDTV interface spec sparks product rollouts
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2007-06-01 |
| Chipmakers are rushing out competitive solutions for the emerging third-generation Serial Digital Interface standard. |
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| Partnership eases FPGA, PCB design collaboration
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2007-05-25 |
| To help facilitate collaboration between FPGA and PCB designers, Zuken and Aldec announced a partnership that will make it possible to launch Aldec's FPGA design tools from within Zuken's CR-5000 PCB design environment |
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| Multicore spurs RTOS, tool revisions
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2007-05-16 |
| RTOS and tool providers are aggressively supporting multicore programming and debugging while improving model-driven design, virtual prototyping and C-language compilation. |
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| Survey: Taiwan IC design aims for high-end CE
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2007-05-16 |
| The "2007 Taiwan IC Design House Survey" revealed a maturing chip design industry that's ready to take on more complex challenges to carve a name for itself in this highly competitive business. |
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| Software-centric path to FPGAs
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2007-05-16 |
| Tools such as Impulse C allow the hardware accelerator to be described in C, then optimized and generated as hardware processor peripheral, reducing or eliminating the need to write low-level HDL. |
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| Tool lowers system cost for handsets
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2007-05-16 |
| QuickLogic's ArcticLink is an ASSP that can be configured to support several communications and peripheral protocols for handheld systems. |
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| UMC gears up for CPUs, NAND flash memory
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2007-05-09 |
| United Microelectronics Corp. said it is in talks on a CPU production deal, but it is being circumspect on how it will attack the high-volume flash memory market. |
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| The basics of HD H.264 and next-generation encoding
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2007-05-01 |
| H.264 is still a young standard, and it will undergo many improvements and refinements as it matures. A number of Fidelity Range Extensions for H.264 have already been announced and higher native data types are likely part of its future. |
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| Stretch slashes IC cost by two-thirds
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2007-05-01 |
| Startup Stretch Inc. has revamped its management and its architecture, slashing the cost of its reconfigurable processor by almost two-thirds while claiming a significant performance boost as it seeks design wins in broadcast, WiMAX and security systems. |
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