Cadence boosts MAC count for neural networks
Cadence Design Systems has increased the throughput of its vision-oriented DSP family to cater for deep-learning applications.
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Meet the Electronic System Design Alliance
The EDA Consortium is rebranding and extending its activities to better reflect all the tools and services that now comprise IC design.
53rd DAC conference program announced
The 53rd Design Automation Conference has published its program for the upcoming event in Austin, Texas, which will include keynotes from AMD, nVidia, and NXP Semiconductors and tracks that connect electronics to biology.
MEMS contest launches at DATE
The DATE 2016 conference saw the launch of a competition to encourage novel designs using MEMS technology.
GSA on how to reinvigorate silicon business models
Open-source hardware, in-field configurability, and a hardware-plus-services approach could protect margins as the IoT hammers down costs, says GSA report.
IP implementation variety drives latest partnerships
Mentor Graphics' recent deal with ARM illustrates how proliferation in design is influencing deals between tool and IP vendors.
Mentor builds out verification IP for memory
About 1,600 new UVM System Verilog verification IP memory models will cut testbench development time and offer more time to increase coverage.
ARM aims at low-end compute with 32bit Cortex-A
ARM has gone back to the 32bit realm for its latest Cortex-A processor core, aiming the device at a new generation of low-cost platforms inspired by the success of the Raspberry Pi as well as wearables.
ARM, Ceva aim at multi-carrier modems
ARM and Ceva have both aimed at the need for to juggle control code and DSP in the upcoming LTE-Advanced and 5G with their latest processor core architectures.
Cortus adds hardware floating point to low-area processor family
Cortus has added to its version 2 architecture a processor core that offers hardware support for floating-point code.
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