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.
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The 1ms difference for embedded systems
What's in a millisecond? The difference between today's embedded systems and tomorrow's, Professor Gerhard Fettweis of TU of Dresden said at DATE 2014.
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.
ADC design shifts gears for lower power
SAR analog-to-digital converters promise better energy efficiency for a growing range of designs, as S3 Group has found.
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.
Memory focus for specialized 32bit MCU
For a new 32bit microcontroller family, FTDI Chip has decided to not follow the crowd into the ARM camp but go it alone with its own proprietary architecture
Multicore Association prepares standard for modelling parallelized software
The Multicore Association is getting close to publishing the first version of a specification that aims to standardise the way processor designers can describe the available parallelism
Visual timing tool focuses on high-speed PCB signals
Cadence Design Systems has developed a visual timing analyzer for Allegro that tunes signals used by high-speed protocols such as DDR4, PCI Express, and SATA.
Synopsys targets 5X performance gain with integrated verification suite
New tool technologies, Verdi integration and greater flow concurrency also contribute to a claimed 3X increase in productivity for Verification Compiler.