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The DATE 2016 conference saw the launch of a competition to encourage novel designs using MEMS technology.

X-Fab Silicon Foundries has upgraded its 6in fab in Lubbock, Texas to handle silicon carbide wafers in parallel with existing silicon production.

Tektronix has moved the some of the active signal-conditioning to the tip to develop a probe for oscilloscopes that can handle bandwidths up to 20GHz and with less need for de-embedding techniques.

Open-source hardware, in-field configurability, and a hardware-plus-services approach could protect margins as the IoT hammers down costs, says GSA report.

Mentor Graphics' recent deal with ARM illustrates how proliferation in design is influencing deals between tool and IP vendors.

About 1,600 new UVM System Verilog verification IP memory models will cut testbench development time and offer more time to increase coverage.

Mentor Graphics is looking to get yet more efficiency from its market-leading Veloce emulator family through an OS upgrade and new task-specific Apps.

Security took center stage at the Embedded World show in Nürnberg this week, with a number of vendors launching software intended to help protect against hacks.

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.

Verification specialist's DVCon activities are headlined by a panel on emulation and static verification.