DAC 2012: ARM tips subthreshold power-gating technique
Could subthreshold circuitry help extend the reach of power gating? Mike Muller said during his DAC keynote that the technique looks viable.
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DAC2012: Rethink tools licensing for cloud computing, EDA Industry told
Could more flexible licensing strategies for cloud-based EDA enable more efficient simulation and a new wave of business models?
DAC2012: Blue Pearl partners Xilinx, develops grey-box approach to ARM cores
Blue Pearl is building alliances to bring its timing analysis tools to more users.
DAC 2012: STMicro, Cadence, GlobalFoundries in 20nm AMS claims
The troops will be out in force next week to claim progress on 20nm AMS design flows that take manufacturability into account.
TI tool hands out low-power tips
Texas Instruments has put together a tool aimed at users of its MSP430 microcontroller family that will help cut the power consumption of their applications.
Intel’s tapered fin reveals short-channel issues
A startup has analyzed the shape of Intel's fins and found the process is not quite as well-behaved as circuit designers would perhaps like.
Xilinx revamps design software for new processes
Xilinx has created Vivado, a new set of tools to support sub-30nm FPGAs that, for advanced designs at least, will take over from its long-established ISE suite.
Mixed-signal for the rest of us from Triad
The specialist AMS foundry Triad Semiconductor has married its ViaASIC drag and drop libraries to Mentor Graphics' SystemVision design environment.
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