Altera buys into power management with Enpirion
Altera has bought fabless power-management specialist Enpirion in an expansion intended to support its core business of FPGAs.
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.
Real Intent-DeFacTo sign-off flow for RTL combines CDC and DFT
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CDNLive EMEA: Cadence brings IEEE 1801 into simulation update
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DAC 2013 Preview V: Rounding out the keynotes
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