TSMC Becomes First Foundry Member of IPL Alliance
The Interoperable PDK Libraries (IPL) Alliance announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has joined the Alliance as the first foundry member. The IPL Alliance is an industry-wide collaborative effort to create and promote interoperable process design kit (PDK) standards. A PDK is a comprehensive set of foundry-verified data files including PCells (parameterized cells) used in a complete analog and mixed signal design flow. The standardization of PDKs and design flows benefit analog and custom IC designers by removing bottlenecks in multiple-vendor flows. Currently, each foundry is creating specialized PDKs for different EDA vendors and tools. Standardization can reduce PDK development cost and schedule, providing designers quicker access to new advanced process technologies.
Xilinx Announces 3GPP LTE Turbo Encoder and Decoder LogiCORE
Xilinx Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX), the world’s leading supplier of programmable logic solutions, announced immediate availability of performance-optimized programmable turbo coding solutions for LTE wireless systems. The new Xilinx 3GPP LTE Turbo Encoder and Decoder LogiCORE(TM) offerings deliver throughput speeds of up to 200 Mbps with the embedded digital signal processing (DSP) capabilities of Spartan(R) and Virtex(R) field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to meet the voice and ever-increasing data communications requirements imposed on modern wireless systems by the evolving long-term evolution (LTE) standard.
AXIOMTEK Introduces IPC221, IPC421, IPC423 Rackmount Computer Systems
AXIOMTEK, as a leader of applied computing platform provider, is pleased to introduce three ATX motherboard based rackmount computer systems, the 2U front access I/O IPC221, 4U cost-effective IPC421 and 4U high quality IPC423, which support a LGA775 Intel® Core[tm]2 Duo/Pentium® D/Pentium® 4/Celeron® D processor with four DDR2 667/800 MHz DIMM sockets up to 8GB memory. Moreover, the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 (Intel® GMA 3000) integrated into and the Intel® Q965+ICH8DO Express chipset provides next generation graphics performance. Certification with CE marking, the barebone systems are designed as an all-in-one and cost-effective solution for users to get to market fast and easy.
AXIOMTEK Announces IMB110 Industrial Micro ATX Motherboard
AXIOMTEK, an Associate Member of the Intel® Communications Alliance (ICA), is pleased to launch an industrial-grade Micro ATX motherboard, the IMB110, which supports a Socket 478 Intel® Pentium® M/Celeron® M processor with a 400/533MHz front side bus, and is equipped with an advanced Intel® 915GME+ICH6M chipset. Its slot expansion and discrete graphics interface are fully supported by two PCI slots, one PCIe x1 slot, and one PCIe x16 slot. With a compact 9.6″ x 7.4″ size, the IMB110 is designed with rich I/O functionality and low power consumption for applications like ATM, Point of Service System (POS), Lottery Machine and Intelligent Transmit System (ITS).
PEEDI JTAG/BDM Emulator, Flash Programmer Support PowerQUICC II Pro MPC83XX
Ronetix announced the availability of the new firmware of its high speed, low cost JTAG/BDM Emulator and Flash Programmer. The new firmware adds support of debugging and FLASH programming of PowerQUICC II Pro MPC83XX family from Freescale. The PowerQUICC II Pro MPC83XX family is based on PowerPC e300 core and operates at a maximum clock of 667MHz and is mainly used in high-end network applications.
Interface Masters Rolls Out Niagara 2266 Gigabit Ethernet Bypass NIC
Interface Masters Technologies, an industry leader and innovator in networking solutions, introduced the 6 port Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express Internal Bypass Network Interface Card (NIC). Based on Intel 82571EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller, these NIC products are designed to support Gigabit rates and throughput for inline Internet Security appliances, WAN Acceleration Systems, Packet classification, QoS, Gateways and network servers. The Gigabit Bypass NIC, which is built on Interface Masters’ unique Bypass technology, protects the network in the event of power loss or software crash. All network traffic is made visible while eliminating data loss during network downtime. When power is restored, the monitoring ports return to active mode and the in-line device is allowed to resume its critical functions.
Analog Devices Advantiv Powers Hitachi TP-WL700H Wireless Video Hub
Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, announced that Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501) is using ADI’s Advantiv[tm] advanced television solutions ICs to drive high-end wireless functionality, flexibility and seamless high-definition (HD) connectivity in Hitachi’s new consumer wireless transmission hub, the TP-WL700H. Available exclusively in Japan, Hitachi’s TP-WL700H is a stand-alone device that is designed specifically to deliver high-definition (HD) entertainment content wirelessly to Hitachi’s Wooo UT LCD-TV models. In Hitachi’s new wireless video hub, ADI’s Advantiv advanced television solutions ICs are used to accurately reproduce and transmit the same rich HD viewing experience consumers expect with a wired HDMI[tm] (high-definition multimedia interface[tm]) connection – only delivered wirelessly and without the hassle and expense of cables.
Nangate Releases 45nm Open Source Digital Cell Library, Second Edition
Nangate, the leading provider of tools for design-specific digital cell library development, announced that it has released a second edition of the open source 45nm standard-cell library. The new release of the library has been updated with several new user-requested cell variants, CCS and ECSM timing models as well as a DFM kit for yield sensitivity analysis.
Power Flow Integrates Calypto PowerPro CG, Cadence Encounter RTL Compiler
Calypto[tm] Design Systems Inc., the leader in sequential analysis technology, announced the availability of an RTL power optimization flow to integrate Calypto’s PowerPro CG product with the Encounter® RTL Compiler from Cadence Design Systems, Inc. The integrated flow provides an automated, single-pass sequential analysis capability that produces the lowest power implementation while still meeting design constraints.
DAC 2008 Features AMS Tutorial, Seminar from Solido Design
Solido Design Automation, innovator of process variation solutions for transistor-level integrated circuit (IC) designers, will be demonstrating solutions to head off statistical and proximity variations in analog/mixed-signal, custom digital and memory ICs in Booth #660 at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California from June 8th to 13th, 2008.
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