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Benchmarking organization EEMBC has kicked off an effort to develop a set of performance tests for edge nodes for the Internet of Things (IoT).

New version of Vivado adds verification features and speed, extends Zynq support

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.

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 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 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.

Cadence has launched a processor core aimed at ‘always on’ signal-processing applications such as voice detection and recognition for wearables.

Mentor Graphics has launched Calibre xACT, a tool that uses deterministic algorithms to extract parasitics from complex finFET and other nanometer processes.

Cadence Design Systems has added five products to its OrCAD line of PCB-design tools that cover manufacturability, signal integrity and management, and introduced three feature updates.

The Athena Group says it has developed countermeasures against side-channel attacks for its IP that offer the best protection currently available.