| Industry joins forces for network test, automation
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2010-03-18 |
| Communications and networking companies have formed Network Test Automation Forum (NTAF) to promote interoperability between test tools and to simplify lab automation efforts |
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| Sanyo adopts DFT MAX to improve test quality
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2006-11-24 |
| Synopsys Inc. has announced that Sanyo Semiconductor Co. Ltd has adopted the Synopsys DFT MAX scan compression automation solution to further increase the test quality of its digital designs |
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| Industry tackles approach to DFM, DFY issues
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2007-06-18 |
| Experts from chip, EDA and foundry companies ask whether it's better to deal with DFM and DFY issues at tape-out or minister to the design starting at the register transfer level. |
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| Magma preps DAC demonstrations
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2006-07-18 |
| Magma will demonstrate the capabilities of its Talus IC implementation system, methods for minimizing power consumption, and DFM capabilities integrated in the design flow at next week's DAC. |
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| Silicon Image picks Agilent's equipment for HDMI testing
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2007-01-29 |
| Silicon Image Inc. has selected Agilent Technologies's equipment for HDMI CTS 1.3a source and sink compliance testing and characterisation in its HDMI Authorised Test Centre |
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| Agilent, Sequans agreement supports mobile WiMAX equipments
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2007-05-28 |
| Agilent and Sequans Communications has collaborated to work on pre-validating the Agilent PCT system, and on the speed-optimisation of RF power-calibration and production-test systems for both fixed and mobile WiMAX modules |
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| LTE: next stage of WCDMA air interface?
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2007-04-16 |
| The test-and-measurement community must help ensure a smooth migration to LTE so that pitfalls associated with past rollouts of next-gen cellular networks can be avoided |
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| NTAF releases network interoperability specs
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2011-06-10 |
| The NTAF releases the first set of specifications that will enable software and hardware from multiple vendors to automatically and seamlessly recognise and communicate with each other in network test labs |
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| Future of EDA industry not too bright, says Magma exec
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2006-11-13 |
| The future of the EDA industry is not too bright, unless it enables chip design of even greater complexity with fewer engineers, thus helping the IC industry deal with the problem of lower profitability. |
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| Rohde & Schwarz T&M portfolio speeds up LTE rollout
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2011-02-18 |
| Rohde & Schwarz presents a wide portfolio of T&M equipment at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to aid the rapid deployment of LTE-FDD and TD-LTE. |
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| Magma licenses ATPG to LogicVision
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2009-02-10 |
| The agreement enables LogicVision to accelerate the expansion of its product portfolio. |
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| SEMI releases 11 tech standards
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2007-02-20 |
| SEMI has published 11 technical standards for the semiconductor, flat panel display and MEMS manufacturing industries. The new standards include a guide for equipment data acquisition, a test method for evaluation of line-edge roughness and linewidth roughness, and a communications specification for the MECHATROLINK protocol |
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| MindTree adopts Mentor's verification platform
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2010-06-29 |
| MindTree has joined Mentor Graphics' Questa Vanguard Programme and adopted a verification flow based on Mentor's Questa functional verification platform and the Open Verification Methodology. |
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| Chip designers satisfied with IC verification environments
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2006-12-21 |
| Sixty per cent of chip designers say they are satisfied with their IC verification environments according to a survey of more than 600 engineers sponsored by hardware-assisted verification provider EVE. |
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| Midsize motherboards diversify
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2008-06-02 |
| Midsize motherboards diversify, ranging from about 40-50-inch2, the activity centers primarily on 6.7-inch x 6.7-inch Mini-ITX and 5.75-inch x 8-inch EBX motherboards. |
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| India rushes to the frontline
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2005-09-07 |
| India has long remained in the shadows of the global economy, but this year, the rigid nation's economic growth rate is one the fastest in the world. In-Stat projects India's electronics market to grow at a CAGR of 23 percent to reach $40 billion in value by 2010. |
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| Analysis: Is fab tool downturn over?
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2010-01-08 |
| Is the fab tool downturn over? Due to a resurgence in the memory chip market and increased spending by foundries, semiconductor industry capital spending will reach nearly Rs.156,854.47 crore this year. |
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| IBM targets Rs.11,000 crore Indian cloud market
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2011-06-01 |
| IBM Corp. launches the SmartCloud Enterprise aimed at this year's Rs.2,232.14 crore ($500 million) Indian public cloud market as well as the projected Rs.11,160.71 crore ($2.5 billion) market in 2015. |
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| IC tool makers reluctant to gear up for 450mm wafers
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2007-07-25 |
| The semiconductor equipment community and chipmakers are debating over the funding of next-generation fab tools, driven by Sematech's plan to hasten the industry's move to 450mm wafers. |
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| Mentor Graphics provides memory test soln for ARM cores
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2010-11-09 |
| Mentor Graphics Corp. has teamed up with ARM to provide an automated memory test and repair solution for ARM embedded memories and processor cores |
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| Agitar opens India unit in Bangalore
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2006-08-09 |
| Agitar Software has set up a unit in India called Agitar Software India Pvt. Ltd headquartered in Bangalore. |
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| Magma, Chengdu ICC open joint IC design lab
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2010-03-15 |
| Magma Design Automation and Chengdu ICC (CDICC), have established a joint IC design lab to help IC design companies meet the demands of the international semiconductor market |
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| NI shops with Rs.429 crore to build RF portfolio
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2011-05-25 |
| National Instruments plans expanding its platform into the RF domain with agreements to acquire AWR, a high-frequency EDA supplier, and Phase Matrix, an RF/microwave components and software vendor. |
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| ISA, Cadence discuss low power design
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2006-12-20 |
| India Semiconductor Association (ISA) organised a panel discussion on low power design on December 12, at the Leela Palace Bangalore, in collaboration with Cadence Design Systems Inc. |
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| SystemC TLM standard released for public review
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2006-12-08 |
| Taking a step towards the interoperability of SystemC transaction-level models, the Open SystemC Initiative (OSCI) has released a draft SystemC Transaction-Level Modelling (TLM) 2.0 kit for public review. A public review period extends through February 2007. |
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| Radio waves deliver X-ray vision
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2009-10-29 |
| Radio tomographic imaging with radio transmitters can track people moving behind solid walls and this can be used as a basis for safety, tracking and alarm systems. |
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| Agilent, Innowireless partner on LTE
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2010-05-13 |
| The partnership will strengthen Agilent's leadership position in LTE test and measurement |
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| SoftMEM's tools add MEMS to EDA software
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2007-07-03 |
| SoftMEM's toolsets, when integrated with existing EDA tool sets, enables EEs to co-design electronics-with-MEMS chips without having to have the deep MEMS knowledge of a guru. |
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| Atrenta to visit India for design closure seminar
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2009-01-15 |
| Atrenta Inc. has announced a worldwide Design Closure Stimulus Package seminar series. |
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| PV solar power systems to become cheaper
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2011-08-22 |
| Fraunhofer researchers will present new methods for making solar cells cheaper and more efficient at the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, in Hall B4G, Stand C12 from September 5-9 in Hamburg. |
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