| Intel, SGI to rev up NASA supercomputers
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2008-05-09 |
| Intel and SGI will join forces to assist NASA in upgrading the space agency's supercomputers. |
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| TSMC pushes OIP for more of IC pie
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2008-04-30 |
| TSMC causes a stir with a new strategy aimed at getting more market share. |
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| ISPD unveils advances in design & fabrication
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2008-04-22 |
| Advances in the design and fabrication of semiconductors were unveiled last week at the International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD). |
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| Applied contends in mask inspection biz
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2008-04-17 |
| Applied Materials has ventured into photomask inspection with a new tool based on a breakthrough aerial imaging technology, competing with market leader KLA-Tencor. |
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| Applied races in mask inspection biz
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2008-04-17 |
| Applied Materials has ventured into photomask inspection with a new tool based on a breakthrough aerial imaging technology, competing with market leader KLA-Tencor. |
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| IC industry addresses 'software gap'
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2008-04-07 |
| The semiconductor industry is starting to address what's being called a software gap between a rising tide of multicore processors and a lack of parallel programming tools and techniques to make use of them. |
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| ANSYS signs agreement to acquire Ansoft
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2008-04-04 |
| ANSYS Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ansoft to enhance the breadth, functionality, usability and interoperability of the combined ANSYS portfolio of engineering simulation solutions |
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| Synplicity announces acquisition by Synopsys
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2008-03-31 |
| Synplicity has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Synopsys. |
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| Real deal on Synopsys' Synplicity buyout
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2008-03-25 |
| Synopsys has inked an agreement to acquire Synplicity for Rs.315.83 ($8) cash per share. |
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| New hybrid approach on software evaluation
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2008-03-24 |
| Researchers at the IIT, Kharagpur have proposed a new hybrid approach for software performance evaluation. |
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| OCP-IP to announce interface for virtual prototyping
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2008-03-10 |
| At the DATE conference in Munich the OCP-IP will announce a new standard interface for a virtual prototyping debugger. |
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| Touch-based interface lets 3D designs be 'felt'
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2008-03-10 |
| Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a device that claims to provide the most realistic sense of touch of any haptic interface in the world today. |
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| VLSI trends: Scaling CMOS to its limit
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2008-02-16 |
| Over 1,000 technologists, researchers, experts and students converged in the city of Hyderabad on Jan. 5, 2008 to attend the VLSI Conference. Dipti Agarwal reports. |
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| Rockwell Collins to set up design centre in Hyderabad
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2008-02-11 |
| US-based Rockwell Collins is opening its first engineering design centre outside of the US at Hyderabad in October this year, reports Times of India. |
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| IBM calls for standard to link chip models with tools
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2008-02-04 |
| An IBM executive has called for standards to link chip models with simulation tools in an effort to lower design costs and shorten time-to-market. The Power.org group is about to start an internal effort to define such a standard for cores used in Power CPU-based designs |
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| Source Code
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2008-02-01 |
| Looking for a way to generate motor speed profiles? Or writing a DSP algorithm for frequency analysis? Here's source code published in Embedded Systems Design and Embedded Systems Programming magazines from 1991. |
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| ARC boosts mobile multimedia SoC design
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2008-02-01 |
| ARC International is refining a devt platform that claims to change the way mobile multimedia systems are designed. The company also announced an initiative that offers startups up to Rs.3.95 crore ($1 million) in seed funding. |
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| Toshiba deploys Cadence ultraslim simulator
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2008-01-31 |
| Cadence has announced that Toshiba has deployed its Virtuoso UltraSim full-chip simulator for reliability analysis at 65nm and below to help ensure high performance and improve yield and quality of devices. |
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| UpZide, Tensilica co-develop multi-core VDSL2 chipset
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2008-01-11 |
| UpZide and Tensilica have announced a partnership under which UpZide will take their reference Vectorised VDSL2 design to market in a chipset using over 50 Xtensa LX2 configurable processors. |
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| Cranes acquires U.S.-based auto consulting firm
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2008-01-08 |
| CSIL has announced the acquisition of US based specialised auto consulting and product devt firm, Engineering Technology Associates through its subsidiary Cranes Software Inc. |
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| Denali licenses NAND flash tech to AMD
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2008-01-04 |
| AMD is planning to use Denali's Databahn NAND flash controller and Spectra flash file system for next-gen processors for handheld devices. |
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| Success story of an APAC EDA player
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2008-01-02 |
| The hardware capabilities of Taiwan's high-tech industry are well known. However, the industry is relatively weak in its software capability. Meanwhile, in the semiconductor sector, the three biggest EDA suppliers hold about 90% of the market. |
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| Engineous, Fujitsu develop integrated IT solution
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2007-12-26 |
| Engineous Software and Fujitsu have collaborated to develop an integrated solution combining FIPER and SynfiniWay. |
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| Using deployment curve for devt strategy
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2007-12-17 |
| Using deployment curve as a tool for devt strategy encourages design teams to optimise code reuse, ensuring devt efficiency through all development steps, thus increasing the efficiency of the embedded design process. |
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| ARM, Esterel to develop software devt tools for safety-critical apps
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2007-12-10 |
| ARM and Esterel Technologies have announced their collaboration on a software development toolchain for safety-critical systems requiring IEC 61508 certification. |
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| Adopt simulation models for safer batteries
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2007-12-03 |
| The battery industry needs to adopt the use of simulation models in order to ensure the quality and safety of their products, and OEMs should lead the way by requiring battery developers to provide simulation models |
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| Fraunhofer to provide design support for Atmel's MCU based chip
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2007-11-29 |
| Atmel Corp. and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits have announced a collaboration to develop SoCs based on Atmel's AT91CAP ARM-based customisable microcontroller. |
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| Synplicity joins Xilinx ESL design ecosystem
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2007-11-28 |
| Synplicity has announced that the addition of its Synplify DSP software to the Xilinx ESL design ecosystem has underscored the commitment of Xilinx towards driving tech innovations and solutions that promote high-level, ESL design. |
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| austriamicrosystems expands MPW service for foundry customers
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2007-11-16 |
| austriamicrosystems' business unit Full Service Foundry expands its cost-efficient and speedy ASIC prototyping service, known as MPW or shuttle run, with a more extensive schedule for 2008. |
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| Synplicity, Lattice deliver ESL synthesis flow for DSP
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2007-11-08 |
| Synplicity and Lattice Semiconductor have expanded their relationship to include delivery of a highly optimised, non-proprietary ESL synthesis flow for DSP design. |
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