Mentor scales AMS cloud verification to 10,000 cores
Tests on Microsoft Azure's cloud have shown Mentor's AMS simulation tools can run across thousands of processors with near-linear scaling.
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Circuit analysis speed up radiation checks for automotive SoCs
Optima DA has launched a family of tools designed to speed up the analysis of radiation susceptibility in automotive SoC designs.
Foundries call off patent war
GlobalFoundries and TSMC have called off their legal battle with a wide-ranging patent cross-licensing deal.
Integration forms highlights of upcoming IEDM
Different forms of heterogeneous integration take center stage at the IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) in December this year.
DVCon Europe looks to software for next phase in verification
October's DVCon Europe conference will have an increased focus on the role of software in electronic systems and the challenges it poses to verification.
Automotive companies form self-driving vehicle computing group
Arm is among a group of automotive OEMs and component suppliers who have set up a consortium to try to coordinate the development of autonomous-vehicle electronics.
Arm to let customers bolt instructions onto V8 processors
Arm has relented on its opposition to custom instructions with the decision to let customers add them to V8-M processors.
UltraSoC adds security checks to bus monitoring IP
UltraSoC has developed a bus monitor that will terminate transactions if it detects behavior that breaks rules set by a system designer.
X-Fab expands MPW access through Europractice
Mixed-signal foundry X-Fab has expanded the range of processes that it will offer for prototyping through the Europractice service.
Low-power pioneer to receive 2019 Kaufman Award
Mary Jane Irwin of Penn State University has been named as the first female recipient of the Phil Kaufman Award for contributions to electronic design.