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May 20, 2014

Multicore fastSpice extends reach

Cadence has expanded the reach of its parallelized fastSpice engine and Spectre XPS tool to support general-purpose analog and mixed-signal designs.
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May 20, 2014

Cadence signs with ARM for core optimizations

Cadence Design Systems has signed up for a licence to ARM cores that will let the EDA supplier optimize support for 32bit and 64bit Cortex processors in its tools.
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May 17, 2014

Cadence ports IP and qualifies tools for 28nm FD-SOI

Cadence Design Systems has developed two sets of IP aimed at the 28nm FD-SOI process developed by STMicroelectronics and qualified tools for the process.
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May 13, 2014

Mentor targets 10X cut in reliability test for power electronics

New MicReD power tester identifies failure causes without the need for post-test lab analysis
April 28, 2014

Synopsys speeds HAPS prototyping with ProtoCompiler

HAPS-specific enhancements to Synplify and Certify join next gen partitioning and planning in suite that claims 3X boost in time-to-prototype
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April 22, 2014

Cadence to expand formal portfolio with Jasper buy

Cadence Design Systems has reached an agreement with Jasper Design Automation to buy the formal-verification specialist for $170m in cash.
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April 16, 2014

FinFET variability issues challenge advantages of new process

Managing finFET variability issues without extending design times is key to extracting the most from the new processes, key players told a panel at the recent SNUG meeting in Santa Clara.
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April 16, 2014

Verification perspectives: the growth of emulation

The first in a series of articles on how various vendors are addressing the flow's most challenging task looks at Mentor's strategy for emulation.
April 10, 2014

Mentor builds simulation-emulation bridge to ‘Verification 3.0’

Enterprise Verification Platform adds cross-over SystemVerilog, UVM, and UPF support for Veloce alongside new hardware and software debuggers.
April 7, 2014
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DAC 2014 offers free exhibit entry for three days

The 51st Design Automation Conference, to be held in San Francisco in early June, is offering free exhibit floor entry for the full three days.
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