Mentor’s User2User Silicon Valley conference this week
Registration is free-of-charge to attend Mentor, Oracle and Samsung keynotes and choose from nine technical tracks at one-day event.
EDA
Software quality acquisition to bring Synopsys “new friends”
Software quality testing company acquisition will broaden Synopsys's reach as well as serving current customers
Mentor’s Valor tightens PCB design-to-manufacture links
Valor NPI-based flow claims first in automating the passage of drawings to fabrication, and enabling dynamic DFM feedback from manufacturers.
Better Software, Faster!: free virtual prototyping book available now
Free book explains virtual prototyping and includes case studies about virtual prototyping from Altera, Bosch, GM, Hitachi, Lauterbach, Linaro, Microsoft, Renesas, Ricoh, Siemens, and TI.
Synopsys strengthens analog and mixed-signal verification with VCS AMS
VCS AMS updates AMS verification tool and methodology
Real Intent’s Ascent XV at the ‘fuzzy’ boundary between design and verificiation
Upgrade to Ascent XV X-propagation and reset optimization tool claims 10X runtime gain, deeper reporting, further integration with Verdi and more.
NI uses complex RF to help attack software development
A massive MIMO processor being developed at Lund Unversity is serving as a testbed for a platform view that National Instruments is building for LabView.
Synopsys begins IC Compiler II roll-out
New data model and optimisation strategy, plus revised analysis engines update Synopsys's IC Compiler place and route tool
Mentor buys BDA for AMS portfolio
Mentor Graphics has bought Berkeley Design Automation (BDA), a specialist in analog, mixed-signal, and RF circuit verification using FastSpice.
Mentor begins to take wraps off Xpedition PCB software overhaul
New-look Xpedition flow launches with preview of layout features including better control over automation, 2D/3D views, and a UI even for 'casual' users.