November 11, 2014
 
			
			
			
			
				UK-based RAL Space has picked up an award from National Instruments for a system the organization built to test a pair of cameras ahead of being being deployed on the International Space Station to photograph the Earth from orbit.			
			
		  
	
	 
		
				November 4, 2014
 
			
			
			
			
				Are we torn between evolution and revolution? Mentor Graphics' Joe Sawicki discusses how pattern matching already in fabs could move up and radically alter the design flow.			
			
		  
	
	 
		
				October 31, 2014
 
			
			
			
			
				Siemens has developed an open-source implementation of the Multicore Association's MTAPI to make it easier to divide and manage concurrent tasks that run on systems with multiple processors.			
			
		  
	
	 
		
				October 29, 2014
 
			
			
			
			
				The latest update to Mentor's market-leading PCB design suite aims to unify system definitions across multiple tools to reduce errors.			
			
		  
	
	 
		
				October 28, 2014
 
			
			
			
			
				USB 3.1 IP, verification IP, virtual development kit build on Synopsys' USB 3.0 DesignWare and supporting ecosystem			
			
		  
	
	 
		
				October 28, 2014
 
			
			
			
			
				Cadence Design Systems has launched an analog simulation tool designed to speed up the characterization of mixed-signal macros that can then be used to create the Liberty representations needed for full-chip signoff.			
			
		  
	
	 
		
				October 24, 2014
 
			
			
			
			
				Two approaches to greater reliability revealed in Synopsys ATPG and DesignWare updates			
			
		  
	
	 
		
				October 22, 2014
 
			
			
			
			
				Cadence Design Systems has built a verification environment around its vManager software for ICs and systems that need to conform to the ISO 26262 safety standard.			
			
		  
	
	 
		
				October 20, 2014
 
			
			
			
			
				GlobalFoundries is to acquire IBM's fabs in a deal that sees the server maker pay the foundry $1.5bn over five years and agree to exclusivity to 10nm.			
			
		  
	
	 
		
				October 14, 2014
 
			
			
			
			
				Synopsys updates ARC core to improve support for embedded Linux and other advanced operating systems such as Android