NI Rolls Out Graphical Differencing and User Interface Toolkit
National Instruments (Nasdaq:NATI) announced the NI Graphical Differencing and User Interface Toolkit, a software solution that helps engineers and scientists identify differences between models built using The MathWorks, Inc. Simulink® software. Engineers and scientists also can use the toolkit to easily create user interfaces to interact with their models built using Simulink. The ability to easily compare models and identify differences makes the toolkit ideal for team-based application development in industries such as aerospace, automotive and medical. Valid for worldwide use, the toolkit is offered in collaboration with ExpertControl, a technical software company headquartered in Germany.
The MathWorks Extends Simulink with Communications Blockset 4
The MathWorks announced the availability of Communications Blockset 4, which extends Simulink with a comprehensive library of blocks for designing, simulating, and verifying the physical layer of communication systems. The latest version provides enhanced support for code generation and examples of important features of WiMAX and Long Term Evolution (LTE) communications systems. The code generation capability enables faster simulation on multicore computers, and the expanded modeling library lets wireless and communications engineers simulate next-generation wireless systems that use higher bandwidth and more complicated signal processing technologies.
Cadence Virtuoso Spectre Circuit Simulator Features Turbo Technology
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic-design innovation, announced the immediate availability of advanced "turbo" technologies within the Cadence® Virtuoso® Spectre® Circuit Simulator, the industry's leading analog SPICE circuit simulator with comprehensive foundry support. The turbo technology boosts performance while ensuring silicon accuracy, enabling designers to verify their complex large analog designs, such as phase-locked loops, analog-to-digital converters, transceivers, clock data recovery circuits and power supply circuits.
Agilent ADS 2008 Update 1 Speeds Planar 3-D Electromagnetic Simulator
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) announced a 10x speedup of its planar 3-D electromagnetic (EM) simulator, which is part of the Update 1 release of its Advanced Design System (ADS) 2008 EDA software platform. The speed improvement helps RFIC, RF module and high-speed gigabit serial-link designers take advantage of EM simulation for faster, more accurate design and signal integrity verification.
Infiniscale Joins Organic Electronics Association, Partners with Sofileta
Infiniscale, provider of innovative EDA tools on the analog semiconductor market, joins the Organic Electronics Association (OE-A) and enters in a partnership with Sofileta for development of their printed electronics technology platform. With this move, Infiniscale positions itself as a leading supplier of advanced modeling solutions for the Organic Electronics industry.
Toshiba Selects Synopsys Sentaurus TCAD Simulation
Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, announced that Toshiba Semiconductor Company has adopted Synopsys' Sentaurus(TM) TCAD software for simulating etching and deposition in the development of next-generation devices. As a result, Toshiba is able to reduce research and development time and trial production costs, while optimizing next-generation device structures and yield, by quantitatively estimating process margin before and during volume production.
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