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Companies presenting at User2User Santa Clara on April 26 include AMD, Microsoft, nVidia, Oracle, Qualcomm, and Samsung.

But project lead Chenming Hu, 'finFET's father', has also highlighted important changes in the funding landscape for university research.

HyperLynx from Mentor Graphics has moved into a new generation with more integrated features beyond PI and SI, and an easier to use GUI.

The 53rd Design Automation Conference has published its program for the upcoming event in Austin, Texas, which will include keynotes from AMD, nVidia, and NXP Semiconductors and tracks that connect electronics to biology.

The DATE 2016 conference saw the launch of a competition to encourage novel designs using MEMS technology.

X-Fab Silicon Foundries has upgraded its 6in fab in Lubbock, Texas to handle silicon carbide wafers in parallel with existing silicon production.

Open-source hardware, in-field configurability, and a hardware-plus-services approach could protect margins as the IoT hammers down costs, says GSA report.

Mentor Graphics' recent deal with ARM illustrates how proliferation in design is influencing deals between tool and IP vendors.

About 1,600 new UVM System Verilog verification IP memory models will cut testbench development time and offer more time to increase coverage.

ARM has gone back to the 32bit realm for its latest Cortex-A processor core, aiming the device at a new generation of low-cost platforms inspired by the success of the Raspberry Pi as well as wearables.