June 29, 2015
The latest update to the CustomSim FastSpice tool from Synopsys provides more consistent speedups from multicore workstations and adds support for BCD processes and real-number modeling.
June 25, 2015
Foundry claims isolation and device integration advantages for 180nm SOI process, help to absorb extra costs of SOI wafers
June 23, 2015
The latest release of the SonicsGN NoC infrastructure provides speedups for multichannel memories.
June 19, 2015
Following Mentor's acquisition of Tanner EDA, management expect the integration will help with a drive into IoT applications and systems that need to go beyond standard IC lithography.
June 18, 2015
Is the industry ready to go beyond 10nm when it comes to lithography? Lithography researcher Professor David Pan sees design and process co-operation as the key approach.
June 16, 2015
HiSilicon claims close collaboration with foundry and EDA tools partners helped speed up plans to tape out the first 16nm finFET-based design through TSMC.
June 11, 2015
Dassault Systèmes and IC Manage have each developed "big data" mining software tools to track the progress of chip-design projects
June 11, 2015
For DAC 2015, Invionics set itself the challenge of developing a custom tool in 48 hours based on votes for ideas provided by visitors to the show.
June 10, 2015
Verification of SoCs can't be done by adapting IP-level strategies - it'll take a much greater interaction with software, and the use of a shared language
June 10, 2015
Foundry strikes two more Internet of Things subsystem deals for its 55nm ULP process based on Cadence Tensilica and Imagination MIPS/PowerVR cores.
