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National Instruments has developed a kernel for Spice analog simulations that can be downloaded for faster performance on the FPGAs inside CompactRIO hardware.

Cadence Design Systems has introduced a variant of Voltus that runs transistor-level simulations to check for electromigration and IR-drop problems.

Foundry licenses atomistic TCAD simulator to better understand key aspects of advanced process nodes.

Cadence Design Systems has made three additions to its OrCAD line of PCB tools, largely aimed at data management and organization for projects.

New data transfer standard challenges IPC-2581 and extends Mentor's own ODB++.

More than 20 new features and improvements are added to the static functional tool.

Cadence Design Systems has developed an FPGA-based prototyping system that takes advantage of much closer alignment with its existing Palladium XP emulator to accelerate bring-up and support debugging across both platforms.

As heterogeneous multicore SoCs move into the mainstream, embedded developers face increasing integration and debug challenges.

Cadence has launched a parasitic-extraction tool that takes better advantage of multiple computers and which has been certified for TSMC's 16nm finFET process.

Mentor Graphics has expanded its portfolio of tools and software for the automotive market with its second acquisition of the year in this sector.