SMIC Selects Cadence Silicon Realization Tools
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, announced that the most advanced foundry in Mainland China, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (“SMIC”, NYSE: SMI and SEHK: 0981.HK), has adopted the Cadence Silicon Realization product line for advanced node, low-power designs. The Cadence Silicon Realization product line is composed of tools essential to turning designs into silicon. It is a key element of its EDA360 (the new Electronic Design Automation) vision, which shifts focus from design creation to integration.
Civil Aviation University Selects Mentor Graphics DO-254 Platform
Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT), a leading electronic design automation (EDA) solutions provider, announced that the Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC) has adopted an advanced verification flow based on Mentor’s DO-254 verification platform, and has opened a new Mentor-CAUC joint laboratory for DO-254 applications, which is run by the Civil Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Research Center of CAUC. As part of a mutual agreement, Mentor has donated EDA software and support through its Higher Education Program to enable the students of CAUC to graduate with in-depth knowledge of leading-edge design methodologies.
Synopsys DesignWare SATA IP Passes SATA-IO Interoperability Testing
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, announced that Synopsys’ DesignWare® Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) IP solution has successfully passed the SATA International Organization (SATA-IO) electrical, digital and system interoperability testing for 130- to 40-nanometer (nm) process technologies. The SATA-IO interoperability testing validates Synopsys’ internal testing of the DesignWare SATA IP, which includes extensive digital and mixed-signal simulation validation, hardware FPGA-based prototyping using Synopsys’ HAPS® solution, and PHY test chip silicon characterization.
ASSET Announces ScanWorks DDR3 Memory Toolkit for Intel Processors
A new toolkit for ASSET’s ScanWorks® platform for embedded instruments will allow memory suppliers to thoroughly validate the connectivity of their DDR3 memory chips with certain advanced Intel® processors. ASSET® InterTech is the leading supplier of open tools for embedded instrumentation. The ScanWorks DDR3 memory toolkit will verify the performance of the bus that connects DDR3 memory devices to Intel’s processors based on the next-generation micro-architecture codenamed Sandy Bridge. ASSET and Intel have been collaborating on validation and test tools that take advantage of Intel’s embedded instrumentation technology, the Intel® Interconnect Built-In Self Test (Intel® IBIST). Intel has been placing Intel IBIST into its advanced processors and chipsets to facilitate validation, test and debug applications. ASSET’s ScanWorks platform has tools for utilizing Intel IBIST.
Silicon Labs, Xilinx Team on Solutions for Digital Broadcast Video
Silicon Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, announced support for a range of Xilinx development platforms that increase flexibility and performance in applications such as digital broadcast video. Xilinx, a leader in complete programmable logic solutions, leverages Silicon Labs’ frequency-flexible timing IC solutions in a number of its latest development platforms, including the new Spartan-6 FPGA Broadcast Connectivity Kit, where Silicon Labs’ low jitter technology maximizes link integrity.
iPhone Smart Phones Influence Automotive Infotainment
Already having impacted the automotive telephony, digital music and navigation segments, the smart phone is poised to have a greater influence on car infotainment systems in the future, according to the market research firm iSuppli Corp. “Apple Inc.’s iPhone changed the smart phone from a communication-focused device to an application-centric, multi-purpose mobile platform that can span many industries,” said Egil Juliussen, principal analyst and fellow for automotive research at iSuppli. “As a result, other smart phone platforms are rapidly following the iPhone’s lead by adding a multi-touch user interface, application development tools and App Stores in order to sell and distribute third-party applications. Together, these trends are enabling the smart phone to exert an increasing impact on multiple industries, including automotive infotainment.”
Silicon Image Lowers Test Cost, Time with DFTMAX Compression
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, announced that Silicon Image, Inc., a leading provider of semiconductors and IP for the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high-definition content, employed DFTMAX[tm] compression, an integral part of the Galaxy[tm] Implementation Platform, to significantly lower manufacturing test cost and time. Silicon Image’s mixed-signal multimedia design testing requirements included a tight form factor and a limited number of package pins. Using the new pin-limited test capability in Synopsys’ DFTMAX, Silicon Image designers easily implemented test compression for the mixed-signal chip in just two days, substantially reducing test time, data and cost while achieving high test coverage.
Analog Devices Rolls Out AD8207 High Voltage Current Sense Amplifier
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a world leader in semiconductors for mixed-signal processing applications and leading supplier of signal conditioning technology, introduced the industry’s most accurate high-voltage amplifier for current sensing applications. The AD8207 zero-drift, high-voltage, bi-directional current sense amplifier meets the robust performance and quality requirements for motor and solenoid control in industrial and automotive applications. The product features breakthrough temperature accuracy specified at a maximum of 1 µV/°C offset drift over the automotive temperature range of -40 degrees C to 125 degrees C — a 5-fold improvement over competing devices.
VDC Research Group Reports on Mobile Operating Systems
VDC Research Group’s recently published report on mobile operating systems indicates that today’s mobile devices are more dependent on robust, complex operating systems capable of supporting a diverse ecosystem of new software applications. However, it is no longer about a single component or components but instead about integrated solution stacks and the mobile operating systems that sit at the heart of them.
OIPF Announces Release 2 IPTV Specifications
The OIPF (Open IPTV Forum) announced the publication of Release 2 of its global end-to-end specifications for IPTV. This is a major step forward for end-to-end interoperability within the IPTV ecosystem. Release 2 includes an evolution of functionality across many areas of the Release 1 Specifications, with notable enhancements of major functional areas.
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