DAC 2015: Mentor Graphics at the Design Automation Conference
Review highlights from Mentor's activities at DAC and grab your last chance to register for in-depth technical sessions.
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COMPUTEX 2015: Qualcomm edges Intel out of UK smartwatch start-up
Blocks' promo video says its work was 'Funded by Intel' but Qualcomm has announced that the modular watch company will be using its Snapdragon 400.
COMPUTEX 2015: Wrap 1 – Is ‘The Internet of Things’ that helpful an idea?
Everybody knows the words. Everybody has a different definition. Did calling the next big thing 'The Internet of Things' actually create a hindrance not a help?
COMPUTEX 2015: Taiwan and mainland China face off in IoT platforms
It wasn't just ARM and TSMC that launched a 55nm IoT platform this week. Across the Taiwan Strait, Brite and SMIC have unveiled a similar offering. The competition could tell us a lot about the IoT market's future.
COMPUTEX 2015: Acer founder urges Taiwan to shift focus to software
Stan Shih says the Internet of Things is forcing Taiwan to reconsider its traditional concentration on electronics hardware.
Server, IoT acceleration on Intel’s mind in Altera buy
Altera has agreed to Intel's offer to buy the company, with FPGAs to be integrated into Xeon processors after 2016. Atoms will join programmable logic in IoT-oriented devices.
Imagination to extend virtualization across the SoC
Imagination Technologies plans to introduce support for virtualization across all its processor cores, including signal processors such as the Ensigma family, as part of a plan to improve SoC security.
Unicef launches device contest for developing world
ARM and Unicef have teamed up to try to find new sources of designs for the developing world, and to stimulate innovation there.
Making DAC ‘a must’ for designers
As 2015's general chair for the Design Automation Conference, Anne Cirkel has looked to extend the attraction of the leading EDA, IP and embedded event.
ARM calls for Internet Protocol to the edge in security play
ARM CTO Mike Muller called for IP to be used throughout the IoT as part of a strategy for secure systems at a recent NMI seminar at Bletchley Park, England.