| 2009-10-21 |
GlobalFoundries taps Mentor EDA tools |
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GlobalFoundries chose Mentor Graphics for its physical verification, RET, OPC and mask data preparation solutions. |
| 2008-12-25 |
Opinion: Are FPGAs running low on EDA tools? |
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EDA tools for FPGA are not running out of steam, but could certainly benefit from additional energy in under-served areas, and, as with the rest of the EDA industry, will always benefit from incremental improvements to existing tools. |
| 2008-08-01 |
Multithreading comes undone |
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EDA vendors have struggled to meet the challenge of multicore IC design by rolling out multithreading capabilities for their tools. Nonetheless, the question cannot be ignored: Is multithreading the best way to exploit multicore systems effectively |
| 2008-06-18 |
IPL Alliance's 'interoperable' ref flow puts pressure on Cadence |
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The analog EDA market is suddenly generating a buzz, as a number of forces unite to advance the technology and threaten Cadence's stranglehold. Ciranova, Magma, Synopsys and TSMC are among the members of the IPL alliance with tools to compete with Cadence |
| 2008-05-09 |
Run practical power network synthesis |
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Although methodologies for power network synthesis typically assume that design tools can freely size sleep transistors for power gating, this assumption does not hold up for real-world SoC designs where the sleep transistors are commonly designed as custom switch cells of fixed sizes. The method described in this article avoids this unrealistic assumption and introduces the concept of a "fake via" to enable power network synthesis using existing EDA tools |
| 2008-02-12 |
EDA tools aid in drug development |
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While the results of applying EDA tools to drug discovery may take awhile, proponents argue that the technology could speed development of new drugs to fight disease |
| 2008-01-24 |
EDA trio offers UPF-based products |
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Magma Design Automation, Mentor Graphics and Synopsys are now delivering low-power EDA tools based on the Accellera-developed Unified Power Format standard, UPF 1.0 |
| 2008-01-02 |
Expanding the DFM market |
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Apache's acquisition of Optimal is another clear signal that the EDA industry is adapting to provide designers with tools that allow them to work on the entire system, not just parts that have different physical characteristics |
| 2007-10-25 |
EDA's big three unready for 3D chip packaging |
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Without design tools to allow exploration and tradeoffs to be made in 3D layouts, engineers are restricted to design in two dimensions and occasionally stack chips crudely. But without a clear market for 3D design EDA vendors are unlikely to offer tools |
| 2007-09-13 |
Intel Capital invests in Fast-SPICE provider |
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Nascentric, an EDA firm providing Fast-SPICE simulation and analysis tools, announced that it has closed a $7.2 million Series C financing from its investors, which now include Intel Capital |
| 2007-08-23 |
Industry heavyweights address EEs in Taiwan |
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Embedded and test engineers in Taiwan will be treated to an array of seminars on the latest embedded development tools, EDA solutions and test technologies as the 7th ESC-Taiwan and the 15th EDA&T-Taiwan open today at the Taipei International Convention Center |
| 2007-07-26 |
Indian design center gets $20M in tools from Mentor |
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Mentor Graphics is donating a complete suite of EDA tools worth over $20 million to RV-VLSI Design Center in India for use in classroom instruction and academic research |
| 2007-07-16 |
Taiwan shows to dish out new design solutions |
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If you're hungry for the latest embedded development tools, EDA solutions and test technologies, you may want to feast at the 7th Embedded Systems Conference-Taiwan and 15th EDA & Test-Taiwan Conference & Exhibition, which will gather the world's top vendors, and showcase a smorgasbord of fresh design and test solutions on August 23-24 at the Taipei International Convention Center |
| 2007-07-02 |
EDA tools add MEMS capability |
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By integrating its tools with existing EDA tool sets, SoftMEMS claims to be uniquely positioned to enable EEs to co-design electronics-with-MEMS chips from the comfort of their familiar EDA platform |
| 2007-06-18 |
The intricate dance of cutting power consumption |
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Key players in the industry are collaborating to deliver low-power solutions that bring more automated EDA tools, smarter IP, standard formats and more power-stingy processes together into true end-to-end solutions. EDA and IP companies have worked within the Accellera standards organization to develop the Unified Power Format (UPF |
| 2007-03-02 |
Mentor, MathStar to develop FPOA design tools |
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Programmable logic vendor MathStar Inc. has teamed with EDA vendor Mentor Graphics Corp. to develop design tools for the MathStar's field programmable object array (FPOA) devices |
| 2007-03-01 |
Asynchronous interconnects need innovative tools |
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Today's EDA tools lack the ability to describe the more complex constraints used by self-timed circuits. Instead, they remain slanted toward the simpler, synchronous circuits commonly used today |
| 2006-10-26 |
Need for next-gen EDA tools grows, says report |
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The entire electronics industry depends on efficiency and innovation of EDA tools, which is becoming even more important with the continuing rise in reduction in ICs from micro-to nanoscale dimensions |
| 2006-10-16 |
Design Trends and EDA Tools: Asia-Pacific |
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Over 300 system, IC and PCB design engineers across the Asia-Pacific, including China, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and India, participate in the annual survey to reveal the level of design activity and share development experience with EDA tools |
| 2006-10-16 |
EDA needs productivity, not 'sexy' tech, says exec |
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EDA needs to shift its focus to providing solutions that emphasize productivity, rather than continuing to focus exclusively on tools aimed at the next technology node |
| 2006-10-02 |
New tools, scalable methods facilitate SiP design |
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EDA-software providers must develop new tool functionality and present scalable design methods and flows in SiP |
| 2006-09-18 |
Cadence CTO mulls over CAD architecture, EDA |
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Cadence Design Systems Inc. senior VP and CTO, Ted Vucurevich, sat down recently with EE Times' Richard Goering and discussed developments ranging from new CAD architectures to EDA tools for nanotechnology-based systems like labs-on-a-chip |
| 2006-09-01 |
EDA app shows variants of IC design |
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DFM tool provider Aprio Technologies Inc. has developed an application extension, Halo-Quest, designed to fit on top of EDA design and analysis tools, and to generate accurate silicon image representation of IC designs for use within design flows |
| 2006-09-01 |
Restricted design rules challenge DFM |
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The recent Design Automation Conference made it clear that the EDA industry is counting on DFM for a much-needed boost. But the RDRs that are quietly emerging for 45nm and smaller geometries may reduce the need for some DFM tools and techniques, some observers say |
| 2006-07-25 |
NEC to enter EDA market with new C-based design tool |
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NEC began marketing its C-language design tools with an eye on cracking the EDA market |
| 2006-07-17 |
New tools, solutions at ESC, EDA&T-Taiwan |
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Cutting-edge technologies and solutions, including the latest embedded development and EDA tools, will take centerstage at the 6th Annual Embedded Systems Conference and the 14th Annual EDA & Test-Taiwan Conference and Exhibition to be held on August 17-18 |
| 2006-06-02 |
Reborn Micro Magic offers EDA, IC design services |
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The original founders of Micro Magic Inc. decided to restart their company, and they're back in business last month with services and revamped tools |
| 2006-03-16 |
ESL design tools come up short |
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ESL and DFM tools need to pack far more capabilities than they do today if they are to represent the EDA industry's best opportunities for growth |
| 2006-01-18 |
Asynchronous EDA tools coming in Q2, says Silistix |
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Silistix, a spin-out company from an asynchronous logic research group at the University of Manchester in England, has announced further details of its asynchronous interconnect design tools |
| 2005-12-16 |
Where are the tools for next node |
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If you're an EDA tool provider, it would be hard to find a more demanding customer than STMicro's Philippe Magarshack |
| 2005-12-14 |
IEEE approves SystemC standard |
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IEEE said it has approved the SystemC electronic design language standard. IEEE standardization may help bring SystemC into more widespread use and pave the way for further support from commercial EDA tools |
| 2005-11-23 |
Magma partnering with Indian university on EDA training |
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Magma Design Automation Inc. said Monday (Nov. 21) that its Indian subsidiary has entered into a partnership with one of India's top schools, Anna University, in a push to help increase number of professionals trained on state-of-the-art EDA tools |
| 2005-11-14 |
Freescale design VP: OpenAccess simplifies chip makers' lives |
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The promise of OpenAccess is that it will provide EDA users with the best of both worlds, allowing chip makers to employ a hybrid flow of 'best of breed' tools from multiple vendors without huge integration challenges, according to Chekib Akrout, vice president of design technology at Freescale Semiconductor Inc |
| 2005-10-03 |
Design Trends and EDA Tools: China & Taiwan |
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IC and PCB design engineers in China and Taiwan reveal the current level of design and share development experience with EDA tools |
| 2005-08-10 |
Magma to donate EDA tools to Chinese university |
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Magma Design Automation Inc. has said it plans to donate copies of its Blast series EDA software and provide technical support to Beijing University as part of the creation of an integrated circuit design laboratory |
| 2005-07-18 |
New growth for EDA's in-house tools |
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Vertically integrated IC companies with large in-house EDA teams have given way to independent EDA companies offering full tool suites; conditions are changing to reverse this trend |
| 2005-06-15 |
Design chips the Intel way; on Centrino, says Intel |
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Intel Corp., IBM Corp. and Synopsys Inc. have announced a collaboration to bring EDA tools onto Centrino-based wireless LAN capable mobile computers, aimed at increasing the productivity and flexibility of design engineers |
| 2005-06-14 |
ESL may rescue EDA, analysts say |
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Electronic system level (ESL) design tools may return the EDA industry to double-digit growth, according to two Gartner Dataquest analysts |
| 2005-06-13 |
TSMC releases reference design flow for 65nm processes |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg Co. Ltd has released version 6.0 of its reference flow, the sequence of EDA tools that the world's largest foundry recommends for its 65nm manufacturing processes |
| 2005-06-09 |
TI sticks with Synopsys for 65nm, 45nm nodes |
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Texas Instruments Inc. has decided to extend its use of design-for-manufacturing EDA tools from Synopsys Inc. to the 65nm manufacturing process node and has selected two Synopsys technology CAD tools for use at the 45nm node, Synopsys said |
| 2005-06-01 |
OEMs to EDA world: Time to catch up |
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If the EDA industry provides tools on time, it will continue to be a growing market, says Dataquest analyst |
| 2005-05-17 |
Philips Semiconductor CTO outlines system-in-package challenges |
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The next step forward in integration has to address system-in-package (SIP) issues and needs EDA tools with broader scope and greater standardization of approach, according to Rene Penning de Vries, chief technology officer of Philips Semiconductors |
| 2005-05-17 |
Samsung prepares in-house EDA tools to link design, process |
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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd has chosen to develop two diagnostic EDA tools in-house and it estimated their application would save the company $30 million in development costs each year |
| 2005-04-12 |
Intel's Singer calls for 'platform-oriented' tools |
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Calling on the EDA industry to broaden its scope, Intel executive Gadi Singer cited the need for tools that support complete "platforms," including multiple chips and software, in a keynote speech at the Electronic Design Processes (EDP |
| 2005-04-08 |
EDA development going in-house, analyst says |
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Citing an ominous warning for EDA vendors, Gary Smith, chief EDA analyst at Gartner Dataquest, said at the International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD) here that design teams are increasingly developing their own EDA tools in-house |
| 2005-03-28 |
Magma launches Indian EDA training effort |
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Seeking exposure for its EDA tools here, Magma Design Automation's Indian unit has joined the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras |
| 2005-03-10 |
IBM EDA tools emerge from Europe's Prosyd project |
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One year after the launch of the Prosyd collaborative research project between IBM Corp., Infineon Technologies AG and STMicroelectronics NV with about 4 million euros (about $5.3 million) of European tax payers' money, the project has helped IBM produce chip design verification tools |
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