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October 8, 2013

Wreal and Open Access star in mixed-signal summit

Real-value modelling and flows using the Open Access database will be among the focus topics of Cadence's Mixed-Signal Technology Summit on 10 October.
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October 4, 2013

eSilicon delivers free MPW quote tool

Design services company eSilicon has made freely available a tool it developed to streamline ordering for multi-project wafer (MPW) ‘shuttle’ services.
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October 4, 2013

Design kit for 10nm FD-SOI due out next year

Research group CEA-Leti expects to have design kits ready for a 10nm FD-SOI process in June 2014
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October 2, 2013

IP-XACT gets design-flow extensions

Accellera has vendor extensions for IP-XACT that allow tool-specific metadata to be added to support activities such as power-aware verification and floorplanning.
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October 2, 2013

Old problems on a new scale

For the new web TV program Unhinged, Brian Fuller talked to venture capitalist Jim Hogan about the future of mixed-signal and the past of EDA.
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September 16, 2013

Distributor builds ECAD-MCAD links with free software

RS Components is now offering a solid-modelling tool to work with its free PCB design tool to provide easier access to 3D mechanical design.
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September 12, 2013

SNUG heads to Austin next week

Synopsys user meet in Austin carries forward themes from Boston event.
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September 11, 2013

Intel tips 14nm processor, Quark core and SoC licensing plans

In a keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, CEO Brian Krzanich said the company would start making 14nm processors by the year end and confirmed intel would license SoC designs to be fabbed by other companies.
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September 10, 2013

Speed boost for Palladium emulators

Cadence Design Systems has upgraded its Palladium emulators to a maximum capacity of 2.3 billion gates and 50 per cent higher performance.
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September 9, 2013

SoC design gets hierarchical test strategy, improved compression; system design gains end-to-end IJTAG integration strategy

Synopsys automates standards-based hierarchical test insertion and improves test compression for SoCs; Mentor teams with ScanWorks for system-wide IJTAG.
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