Synopsys updates custom design tools for the finFET age
Synopsys is updating its custom design tools to make working with finFET based processes easier.
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GSA on how to reinvigorate silicon business models
Open-source hardware, in-field configurability, and a hardware-plus-services approach could protect margins as the IoT hammers down costs, says GSA report.
IP implementation variety drives latest partnerships
Mentor Graphics' recent deal with ARM illustrates how proliferation in design is influencing deals between tool and IP vendors.
Mentor’s Veloce boasts emulation gains fueled by software
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.
USB Type-C IP to ease end users’ frustration
Synopsys delivers reconfigured PHY IP to support reversible USB Type-C connector.
X-Fab updates 180nm SOI process for automotive and industrial applications
Foundry claims isolation and device integration advantages for 180nm SOI process, help to absorb extra costs of SOI wafers
COMPUTEX 2015: Wrap 1 – Is ‘The Internet of Things’ that helpful an idea?
Everybody knows the words. Everybody has a different definition. Did calling the next big thing 'The Internet of Things' actually create a hindrance not a help?
COMPUTEX 2015: Taiwan and mainland China face off in IoT platforms
It wasn't just ARM and TSMC that launched a 55nm IoT platform this week. Across the Taiwan Strait, Brite and SMIC have unveiled a similar offering. The competition could tell us a lot about the IoT market's future.
COMPUTEX 2015: Intel sets out battle plan for Thunderbolt I/O
Thunderbolt speed to double to 40GBit/s, cheaper ownership for consumers, proprietary plug dumped in favor of USB-C as Intel looks to reinvigorate tech.
Real Intent tackles CDC at the physical level
Meridian Physical CDC targets post-synthesis gate-level clock domain crossing issues, including unintended glitches and functional failures.