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May 30, 2012

DAC 2012: The Gary Smith EDA ‘What to see’ list is live

If you're planning your DAC visit or want to set some Google Alerts for next week, it's time to consult the perennial touchstone.
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May 30, 2012

DAC 2012: Energetic Si2 finds time to look back

But as it celebrates a decade of OpenAccess, the standards body also looks toward the future in PDKs, advanced DFM and 3D.
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May 29, 2012

DAC 2012: Calypto brings tools together for high-level power savings

Calypto has combined the Catapult high-level synthesis (HLS) tool with elements of its PowerPro software to focus on the demand for lower-power SoC designs.
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May 29, 2012

DAC 2012: Introducing Flexras Technologies

French start-up and conference debutant joins the drive to ease partitioning for FPGA prototypes
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May 29, 2012

DAC 2012: Accellera takes first step to a real coverage standard

UCIS 1.0 will provide a common format to analyze and compare data from different vendors' tools. Yup, it's a 'Biden' of a deal.
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May 29, 2012

DAC 2012: OCP-IP moves to further ease reuse

The partnership's 3.1 specification is open for review, with performance enhancements and alignment to Accellera's IP-XACT for metadata
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May 23, 2012

TI tool hands out low-power tips

Texas Instruments has put together a tool aimed at users of its MSP430 microcontroller family that will help cut the power consumption of their applications.
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May 22, 2012

Making dummy fill smarter

Guest blogger Jeff Wilson discusses some of the subtleties involved in the effective use of dummy fill in deep sub-micron IC designs.
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May 16, 2012

Cadence joins the dots for verification

The EDA giant has accelerated and integrated its tool suites and broadened its verification IP catalog in its new look System Development Suite.
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May 3, 2012

Technical Newsletter #4: Verification, Emulation, Prototyping

This newsletter highlights recently-added content on the site that addresses the connected areas of verification, prototyping and emulation. We’ve also added more overview EDA Guides on major design flow challenges.
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