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December 18, 2019

Capacitive link to power cheap wireless tags

Imec, TNO, and Cartamundi have developed a low-cost way of letting tags communicate with embedded devices wirelessly by using a capacitive touchscreen.
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December 17, 2019

Automating the pain out of clock domain crossing verification

A new CDC methodology uses automation and data hooks to improve a notoriously lengthy and tricky task - verifying synchronizers.
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December 16, 2019

Mentor delivers eMRAM test for ARM/Samsung FDSOI at 28nm

Tessent test suite targets automotive, AI and IoT projects that need embedded non-volatile memory.
December 11, 2019

Support for RISC-V expands at summit

This week’s RISC-V Summit in California has seen an expansion to the open-source portfolio being built around the architecture as well as increased support from software vendors such as Wind River.
December 10, 2019

Breker adds automated system integration test generation for RISC-V

App joins Portable Stimulus specialist's Trek5 family to reduce manual test writing during verification on designs for the fast-growing RISC-V open-source processor.
December 4, 2019

Cadence to acquire AWR from National Instruments

Cadence Design Systems has agreed to buy the AWR RF-design company from its current owner National Instruments for approximately $160m.
December 3, 2019

Imagination splits GPU lanes for high-utilization acceleration

Imagination Technologies has launched a new generation of GPU IP aimed at multitasking compute acceleration.
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November 27, 2019

Use digital threads to link software and hardware in automotive

A white paper from Mentor, a Siemens business, shows the growing need for vehicle makers and their supply chain partners to create better links between hardware and software elements.
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November 19, 2019

2020 VLSI Symposia to look at the next 40 years

Having provided a forum for describing the progress of process technology and circuit design for four decades, the organizers of the 2020 Symposia on VLSI Technology & Circuits are asking presenters to look at the coming 40 years.
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November 12, 2019

Mentor cuts scan time in package of test measures for automotive designs

Aimed at automotive designs, Mentor has developed a BIST technology that the company claims can speed up the process ten-fold by making more of each scan cycle.
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