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May 13, 2015

ARM calls for Internet Protocol to the edge in security play

ARM CTO Mike Muller called for IP to be used throughout the IoT as part of a strategy for secure systems at a recent NMI seminar at Bletchley Park, England.
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May 11, 2015

Formal verification conference offers ARM, Broadcom, Imagination insights, online access

Conference addresses formal verification techniques at levels to suit beginners through to experts
May 11, 2015

Altera uses hierarchical approach to speed up FPGA compiles

Altera is revamping the Quartus II software for its FPGAs with a mapping and synthesis engine aimed at the upcoming Gen 10 products, as well as adding a C/C++ front-end for system-level design.
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May 11, 2015

VLSI Symposia delve into future process choices

Intel 14nm finFET SoC process is among the highlights of the 2015 VLSI Symposia alongside research that looks at the integration of III-V and 2D materials for future processes.
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May 7, 2015

EEMBC starts work on IoT-node power benchmark

Benchmarking organization EEMBC has kicked off an effort to develop a set of performance tests for edge nodes for the Internet of Things (IoT).
May 5, 2015

Xilinx updates Vivado with CDC, faster verification, third-party flows, and lab edition

New version of Vivado adds verification features and speed, extends Zynq support
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April 29, 2015

Automotive integration led by cabling concerns, says NXP

Cabling and its weight are helping to drive integration and a shift towards wireless communication within cars, says NXP's automotive CTO.
April 22, 2015

ARM extends ISO 26262 safety work up to A-class

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.
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April 22, 2015

Mentor tool streamlines multi-corner parasitic extraction

Mentor Graphics has launched Calibre xACT, a tool that uses deterministic algorithms to extract parasitics from complex finFET and other nanometer processes.
April 21, 2015

Neuroprocessing to drive next wave of processor cores, says Qualcomm

Deep learning offers the next major opportunity for specialist processors, Qualcomm's Karim Arabi claimed in his keynote at Mentor Graphics’ U2U in San Jose.
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