Palm Introduces Foleo Mobile Companion for Smartphones
Building on its vision that the future of personal computing is mobile computing, Palm, Inc. (Nasdaq:PALM) announced the Palm(R) Foleo(TM), its first smartphone companion product. The Foleo mobile companion has a large screen and full-size keyboard with which to view and edit email and office documents residing on a smartphone. Edits made on Foleo automatically are reflected on its paired smartphone and vice versa. Foleo and its paired smartphone stay synchronized throughout the day or at the touch of a button. This powerful combination is for productivity-minded business people who want a more complete mobile solution for email, attachments and access to the web.(1)
Magma Offers Simulation Option for Knights Camelot CAD
Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of semiconductor design software, announced a new option for its industry-standard Knights Camelot(TM) CAD navigation software that makes finding the location of a device short faster than previously possible, a key time-to-market advantage in failure analysis.
Synopsys, Zuken Team on Integrated PCB Design, Simulation Tools
Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) and Zuken, the engineering consulting company, announced a partnership to develop an integrated and robust printed circuit board (PCB) design and simulation solution. The intended solution combines two complementary product lines — Synopsys' Saber(R) Simulator and Zuken's CR-5000 System Designer — to deliver a platform for integrated system-level electronic design, simulation and verification. Prompted by requests from mutual customers, Zuken and Synopsys have also established an In-Sync agreement enabling mutual promotion and development work.
Synopsys Debuts DesignWare Serial ATA Advanced Host Controller Interface
Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS), a world leader in semiconductor design software, announced the release of the Synopsys DesignWare(R) Serial ATA (SATA) Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) solution. With this addition to its DesignWare library, Synopsys becomes the industry's first intellectual property (IP) provider to offer all the required elements of a SATA AHCI interface including the SATA AHCI Digital Host Controller, SATA PHY and SATA Verification IP (VIP).
Infineon, Chartered Publish Benefits of Mentor Graphics' Calibre LFD
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) announced it has validated Calibre(R) LFD (litho-friendly design) results in silicon on 65nm process technology.
A joint paper by Infineon Technologies and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing documents the positive results that can be achieved by implementing a lithographic process verification flow using Mentor Graphics' Calibre LFD. Calibre LFD allows a design rule check (DRC) clean cell-based design to be analyzed for manufacturability by simulating the effects of real-world lithographic process variations. It is used early in design creation to identify lithography "hot spots" that can lead to a higher incidence of defects. Calibre LFD uses production process models that provide the level of accuracy required to make modifications with confidence. Chartered has been collaborating with Mentor to provide an LFD(TM) production kit since March 2006.
HGI Works on Release 3 Specification for Home Gateway
The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) identified the key operator requirements driving future development of Home Gateways with the commencement of work on its third specification document. The key features addressed will include: designing the Home Gateway for IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-based Next Generation Network (NGN) environments; the growing need for supporting the SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) market; and the impact of connecting Consumer Electronics devices in the broadband home.
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