| ARM, SMIC join forces on physical IP library platform
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2010-10-15 |
| The agreement brings free access via the ARM DesignStart online IP access portal to library suites of 9-track and 12-track multi-Vt logic libraries, power management kits, ECO kits and ARM high density optimised memory compilers |
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| Fujitsu adopts ARM Velocity's standard cells
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2006-12-13 |
| ARM's Velocity PHY for PCIe Gen-2 and the Advantage v2.0 standard cell library has been adopted by Fujitsu Ltd on its CS200 HP 65nm platform. The agreement enables Fujitsu to offer foundry customers access to ARM physical IP, which provides an optimal design solution for advanced LSI development |
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| IP chip expands use of MIPS cores
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2007-01-16 |
| Fabless ASIC provider Open-Silicon Inc. has expanded its intellectual property (IP) chip and library offerings by signing a deal with MIPS Technologies Inc. The pact with MIPS allows Open-Silicon to offer the MIPS32 24Kc Pro processor core for use in ASIC and SoC designs |
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| Oki adopts Synopsys' SystemVerilog for verification
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2007-10-10 |
| Oki has identified several factors contributing to the rapid adoption of their advanced verification services that include the combination of SystemVerilog, the VMM and verification IP from the VCS Verification Library |
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| Magma, UMC complete 65nm library suite
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2007-01-08 |
| Magma Design Automation announced that United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) has characterised its internally developed libraries for 65nm and smaller process geometries using Magma's SiliconSmart. |
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| Intel pursues low-power SoC applications
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2011-07-29 |
| Intel's SoC engineering group gears up software, graphics, IP and interconnect assets to create complete SoC solutions aimed at leading performance per watt at 22nm and below |
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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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| IBM claims first 45nm SOI foundry service
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2008-11-12 |
| IBM's Microelectronics Group claims the industry's first 45-nm, silicon-on-insulator foundry offering. |
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| Intel's SoC initiative slowly making progress
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2009-07-13 |
| Intel isn't giving much detail on its initiative to become an SoC supplier, but interviews with executives show Intel is making gradual progress. |
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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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| Partnership aims SoC designs in Greater China
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2005-12-21 |
| ARC Int.'s and Global Unichip's new partnership aimed at speeding time-to-market for Greater China's increasing number of fabless start up companies attacking the digital audio IC market. |
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| Xilinx CEO shares his plans, challenges
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2008-01-17 |
| Xilinx's new CEO sheds light on his plans in his first year in office, ponders on where the FPGA industry is heading and shares the best advise his predecessor have for him. |
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| GUC, Tensilica announce processor partnership
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2006-02-24 |
| Global Unichip Corp. has disclosed that it will create hardened versions of Tensilica's Diamond Standard Series processors for TSMC foundry for technologies at 0.13µm and below. |
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| GoogleTV engineer: No cable-TV partner, no problem
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2010-05-31 |
| GoogleTV engineer Vincent Dureau shares the genesis and outlook of the project and why it isn't a problem that GoogleTV does not have any cable-TV partners yet. |
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| IBM, Chartered, Samsung license ARM's 45nm tech
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2006-10-31 |
| Common Platform technology business partners IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd have licensed ARM's proprietary products for 45nm LP process technology. |
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| Accellera merges with The Spirit Consortium
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2009-06-16 |
| The two EDA industry organisations aim to improve the development of language-based and IP standards |
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| Coming soon: Android set-tops, TVs, VoIP phones
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2009-04-14 |
| It's official: The Google-designed Android platform is reaching out beyond the cell phone. |
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| Great expectations for Galileo users
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2008-06-18 |
| A wealth of R&D is under way to ensure Galileo terminals will be working in 2012 or 2013. |
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| Pextra joins In-Sequence tech program
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2006-12-07 |
| Sequence Design has announced that Pextra Corp. has joined its In-Sequence Technology Partner Program, promoting EDA interoperability and advanced design methodologies. |
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| Faraday customers take up low-power platform
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2005-12-06 |
| Faraday announced the successful adoption of its low-power platform solution, PowerSlash, by three ASIC customers. |
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| 16bit MCU portfolio targets performance, cost goals
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2005-11-21 |
| In the advent of more complex electronic design requirements from customers for increased speed, efficiency and performance, chipmakers jumped on the 32bit bandwagon for microcontroller-intensive applications. |
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| IBM, Chartered, Infineon, Samsung announce first ICs on 45nm
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2006-08-31 |
| IBM, Chartered Semiconductor, Infineon Technologies and Samsung disclosed that they have developed their first functional chips based on a low-power, 45nm process technology. |
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| Avoid design issues with package-aware I/O planning
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2008-10-07 |
| Chip designers must consider package routability, power delivery and I/O behaviour during the initial I/O planning process. |
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| ARM, TSMC enter long-term IP agreement for 65nm, 45nm
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2006-04-24 |
| ARM and TSMC are extending their long-term relationship to development of a new suite of ARM Advantage products in support of TSMC's 65nm and 45nm G processes. |
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| Engineers write up SystemC TLM concepts
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2005-09-01 |
| Engineers at STMicroelectronics claim that SystemC transaction-level modeling will be the next SoC design methodology. |
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| 45nm designs face I/O planning, placement challenges
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2007-11-01 |
| With the move to the 45nm process node, more chip designs are going to be pad-limited, and die sizes will be directly affected by how I/Os are placed and sequenced efficiently.. |
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| Canon India centre taps Mentor OVM platform
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2010-01-13 |
| Mentor Graphics offered extended support for the migration of the Canon India design centre to it's Questa advanced verification platform |
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| Three firms launch RTOS-based platform
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2008-09-02 |
| IAR Systems, NXP, and Micrium have announced the launch of a new reference design platform. |
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| Fujitsu signs agreement to distribute Tensilica processor cores
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2006-09-15 |
| Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc. has signed an agreement to distribute Tensilica Inc.'s Diamond Standard processor cores as part of Fujitsu's ASIC intellectual property (IP) offering |
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| Outsourced IC design starts grew by 20%
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2008-05-27 |
| Chip design outsourcing starts has grown by 20 per cent in 2007, reports Gartner Inc. |
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