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Common Platform Alliance qualifies Synopsys IC Validator for 32-nm design rule checking
In-design physical verification pivotal in reducing time to tapeout for advanced designs MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – September 30, 2009 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a…
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MIPS Technologies Joins the Open Handset Alliance
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – September 30, 2009 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores, announced it has joined…
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Atmel Receives ZigBee Smart Energy Certification For BitCloud Software Stack
San Jose, CA, September 30, 2009 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced that the BitCloud(TM) ZigBee® PRO stack has been awarded ZigBee Smart Energy…
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Altium and Premier Farnell Announce Distribution Agreement
Premier Farnell to sell Altium’s new NanoBoard 3000 series of FPGA-based development boards SYDNEY, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Altium has appointed Premier Farnell as the…
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IMEC sets major step towards 3D integration of DRAM on logic
Leuven, Belgium — September 30, 2009 — IMEC and its 3D integration partners have taped-out Etna, a new 3D chip integrating a commercial DRAM chip…
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Riding the Rails
Let’s just acknowledge up front that practically nothing is as unexciting for digital designers as power supply design. All the way back to when…
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Networks on a Chip
A while ago we took a broad look at the status of IP, with an eye to ease of use, reuse, and interconnectability. And, in fact,…
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Zero-Threading
There’s an ancient piece of marketing wisdom that says, “If you can’t fix it, feature it.” While commonly attributed to technology, it has, in fact,…