EDA

Cadence Design Systems has announced on the eve of CDNLive Silicon Valley that it has decided to buy configurable-processor company Tensilica for approximately $380m in cash.

Tanner EDA has completed the port of its HiPer Silicon design suite to work with the OpenAccess database, providing better interoperability with foundry process design kits (PDKs) and with other vendors’ IC design tools as well as providing better support for multiple users accessing the same design.

As DVCon begins, we interview Cadence's Qi Wang, who has led its efforts to converge the Common Power Format with its rival as the IEEE1801 standard is revamped.

Some conservative decisions were important parts of AMD's design strategy for the 28nm core that's just been specified in PlayStation 4

TSVs and layers of organic electronics provide two ways to build medical sensors and prosthetics, as shown at ISSCC 2013.

Keynoter Lisa Su spun a whimsical idea to serious intent as AMD looks to promote its model for heterogeneous architectures

ISSCC expert panel highlights lowering power over energy sources and identifies the need to focus on the product rather than the technology

A team effort between three French companies has resulted in the launch of an FPGA prototyping system that is intended to provide emulation of designs with up to 25 million ASIC gates.

Cadence Design Systems is to buy Cosmic Circuits Private Limited, a developer of analog and mixed signal intellectual property (IP) cores.

GlobalFoundries has signed deals to let the foundry offer power-saving clocks, a massively parallel floating-point processor and interface IP from Rambus. They are "uncommon solutions" to come from a foundry, the company claims.