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October 24, 2013

DAC 2014 aims to build design bridge to automotive

DAC to link chip, software and system design to automotive OEMs with a new track covering 21 topics within four themes. Call for abstracts now open.
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October 23, 2013

Latest Nucleus RTOS offers secure memory partitioning for mid-market design

Mentor's new version of its RTOS targets once high-cost flexibility with secure and reliable in-operation upgrades and app swap-outs for medical, industrial and smart energy.
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October 23, 2013

ARM v8-R launch focuses on safety applications

ARM has launched the -R version of its v8 architecture, targeting applications in automotive and industrial systems and possibly spawning a new generation of Linux-oriented microcontollers.
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October 23, 2013

3D-IC focus for GSA’s Taipei Memory+ event next week

Packed one-day event has speakers from Cadence, TSMC, Samsung, Amkor, Advantest and more providing a senior level view of making 3D-IC a reality. Registration closes soon.
October 22, 2013

Memory gets smarter for network speedups

Memoir Systems has developed a set of memory controller IP cores that exploit common access patterns used by processors in network switches to improve performance and power consumption
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October 17, 2013

Uptake of formal techniques in verification to be outlined in keynote

Formal techniques now underpin static verification approaches to checking clock domain crossings, constraints, reset and initialization states, and more
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October 16, 2013

CDNLive calls out for papers

Cadence Design Systems has issued a call for papers for the European leg of its CDNLive of events for 2014. The deadline for the Silicon Valley event is also looming: the call closes mid-November 2013.
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October 11, 2013

India outlines subsidies for foundry fab plan

The Indian government will meet up to a quarter of initial capital costs for a foundry capable of nodes up to 45nm and 40,000 wafer starts per month at 300mm.
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October 11, 2013

Verification Futures rolls out in Europe next month

The one-day conference series features the latest innovations from many verification vendors in separate UK, France and Germany editions.
October 10, 2013

Cadence launches IP cores for 60GHz wireless and consumer audio

Cadence Design Systems has launched IP cores for high-end mobile audio as well as gigasample ADCs for 28nm to support 60GHz wireless.
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