Leakage analysis checks IP cores against crypto vulnerability
The Athena Group says it has developed countermeasures against side-channel attacks for its IP that offer the best protection currently available.
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Mentor’s 2015 Valley User2User is less than two weeks away
IoT-themed keynotes from Mentor's Wally Rhines and Qualcomm's Karim Arabi headline vendor's User2User conference on April 21.
Xmos brings programmable networking to Gigabit Ethernet
Xmos has launched a series of microcontrollers based on its timesliced multicore architecture that adds Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.
TI uses Cortex-M4F to provide low-power 32bit upgrade for MSP430
Texas Instruments has launched a family of ARM-based microcontrollers intended to act as a migration path from its low-energy 16bit MSP430 series, developing its own flash-capable 90nm process to implement them.
ARM and Cadence agree to share IP access
ARM and Cadence have signed a deal that provides the IP teams at both companies with access to each other's cores.
China’s foundry outlook improves but still much to do
Foundry veteran Simon Yang told Semicon China while things are looking up the country cannot count on ‘traditional’ methods or advantages if it's to be a major chipmaker.
Broadcom sees Chinese automotive as key to Internet of Things
Comms giant to seek out more local partnerships with China poised to account for a third of car sales with each new vehicle featuring 1,000 semis.
IoT and RF ‘to drive FD-SOI adoption’
The FD-SOI technology developed by CEA-Leti and STMicroelectronics is beginning to gain ground as chipmakers investigate the process as a way to deliver low-energy, wireless-capable SoCs.
Charting out the roadmap for FD-SOI
As plans crystallize to take FD-SOI down to 10nm, CEA-Leti argues that the technology can provide an alternative path to that of finFETs to get to 7nm processes and beyond.
Synopsys claims finFET leadership
Synopsys claims its tools have enabled 90% of finFET designs currently going into volume production