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ARM and Cadence have teamed up to show how system-level and implementation-level representations of a mixed-signal design can be linked together and kept in sync as the project progresses.

ARM is working on a heavily multithreaded version of its processor core to see if it can provide a more convenient alternative to GPUs.

With the aim of accelerating the development of applications and algorithms that harness sensor fusion, startup Sensor Platforms has released as open source its Open Sensor Platform (OSP).

Can applications provide useful input for verification? They can but not when run straight out of the box, panelists at DAC 2014 said.

Samsung, Synopsys and ARM have been working together to create a finFET design ecosystem.

At DAC 2014, some 30 per cent of exhibitors are IP suppliers, offering design services or both, demonstrating how system-level design is about building on what has gone before.

Imagination Technologies has set up an open-source effort that mirrors ARM's Linaro group and cut a deal with Oracle for Java optimization.

Cadence Design Systems has signed up for a licence to ARM cores that will let the EDA supplier optimize support for 32bit and 64bit Cortex processors in its tools.

Managing finFET variability issues without extending design times is key to extracting the most from the new processes, key players told a panel at the recent SNUG meeting in Santa Clara.

ARM has decided to shift from using its in-house compiler technology to the open-source combination of Clang and LLVM.