Automotive integration led by cabling concerns, says NXP
Cabling and its weight are helping to drive integration and a shift towards wireless communication within cars, says NXP's automotive CTO.
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Cadence upgrades debug for system-level era
Cadence Design Systems has launched a debug tool designed to improve the speed of bug hunting in SystemVerilog but which the company expects to grow into analog and post-silicon work.
Do you need more stress (analysis) in your life?
Mentor Graphics is working on technology to analyse the effects of mechanical stress on integrated circuits, describing progress at the company's U2U conference.
UltraSoC pushes debug over USB
UltraSoC has added the ability to employ a USB 2.0 port instead of JTAG as the main debug access point on SoCs that use the company’s UltraDebug technology.
ARM extends ISO 26262 safety work up to A-class
ARM is extending its work on ISO 26262 safety packages for automotive systems beyond the Cortex-R devices supported in a documentation release earlier this year.
Thursday returns as DAC training day
The Design Automation Conference in San Francisco this year will again feature a day of half-day training courses provided by Doulos on Thursday, June 11 .
Fusion core targets voice-activated devices
Cadence has launched a processor core aimed at ‘always on’ signal-processing applications such as voice detection and recognition for wearables.
Mentor tool streamlines multi-corner parasitic extraction
Mentor Graphics has launched Calibre xACT, a tool that uses deterministic algorithms to extract parasitics from complex finFET and other nanometer processes.
Neuroprocessing to drive next wave of processor cores, says Qualcomm
Deep learning offers the next major opportunity for specialist processors, Qualcomm's Karim Arabi claimed in his keynote at Mentor Graphics’ U2U in San Jose.
Are you ready for design for crime?
Designers will need to take crime into account as part of their design signoff process, Wally Rhines argued in his keynote at Mentor Graphics' U2U San Jose 2015 conference.