Mentor now scales Xpedition’s multi-board PCB capabilities
The latest update to Mentor’s market-leading PCB design suite aims to unify system definitions across multiple tools to reduce errors.
Tech Design Forum Briefing
Briefing Authors
Paul Dempsey
Paul Dempsey has been a technology journalist for 20 years. His work has also appeared in EETimes, Red Herring and specialist journals published by the Financial Times.
Luke Collins
Luke Collins is a freelance technology journalist with 22 years’ experience. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of Electronics Times in the UK, and co-founded the IP9x series of conferences.
Chris Edwards
Chris Edwards has spent two decades covering electronics and EDA. He is a former Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Engineering Times UK and electronics editor of the IET's Engineering & Technology.
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USB 3.1 IP, verification IP, virtual development kit build on Synopsys’ USB 3.0 DesignWare and supporting ecosystem
imec and Coventor partner for 7nm process development
Process development alliance will enable Imec to experiment on 10 and 7nm processes in the computer before moving to the fab
Cadence tool automates library creation of analog macros
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Synopsys combines cell-aware, slack-based test to find transient defects, adds eFlash support
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Cadence targets ISO 26262 with verification support
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IBM pays GlobalFoundries to take on chipmaking operation
GlobalFoundries is to acquire IBM’s fabs in a deal that sees the server maker pay the foundry $1.5bn over five years and agree to exclusivity to 10nm.
ARC core focuses on embedded Linux applications
Synopsys updates ARC core to improve support for embedded Linux and other advanced operating systems such as Android
Still time to get to European design and verification conference
DVCon Europe brings design and verification insights to Munich next week.
Minimal 32bit IP cores tackle connected devices market
Minimal IP cores are meant to serve broader market than IoT, using revised instruction set to increase code density, save on chip memory and enable security