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June 6, 2016

Intento uses graphs to optimize analog blocks

Startup launches an analog-circuit migration and optimization tool that uses less simulation time than traditional approaches the company claims.
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June 6, 2016

Menta launches fourth-generation embedded FPGA core

Menta SAS has launched an embedded FPGA core family that improves density over previous versions.
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June 5, 2016

Schematic capture moves to the web with browser engine

Concept Engineering is introducing a version of its Nlview family of automatic schematic generation products that runs inside a standard web browser.
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June 1, 2016

Samsung taps Mentor for Closed-Loop DFM

Samsung Foundry has adapted Mentor's DFM and test tools in a system that can produce a 10% increase in yield across all nodes.
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June 1, 2016

Computex 2016: Microsoft makes play to be the VR OS

Microsoft has launched an OEM version of the Windows Holographic platform it has developed for its own AR headset, the HoloLens.
May 30, 2016

ARM aims for top-end phones with core pairing

ARM is combining a new high-end 64bit Cortex-A core with a reworked Mali graphics processor to support high-throughput applications such as virtual reality and machine learning.
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May 26, 2016

Real Intent extends Meridian Constraints for untimed paths

Meridian Constraints update seeks to extend existing capabilities and address a gap not covered by other functional verification tools.
May 25, 2016

DAC 2016 preview: Mentor Graphics

An overview of the vendor's busy DAC program from panels to technical sessions to a one-to-one with Wally Rhines.
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May 25, 2016

Register tools appear ahead of DAC

Ahead of June's Design Automation Conference, Agnisys and Semifore have both released tools aimed at reducing the overhead of implementing register-rich SoCs.
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May 25, 2016

ECC crypto code and core aim for home automation

Oberon Microsystems has ported a set of low-overhead cryptographic codes suitable for Apple's HomeKit to the Cortus APS3RP 32bit processor core.
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