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Carbon Design Systems Launches Performance Analysis Kits

Ken Cheung — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:31:51 +0000

Carbon Design Systems is accelerating the analysis, optimization and verification of system-on-chip (SoC) performance with their new Carbon Performance Analysis Kits (CPAK). The CPAK family for ARM Cortex processors includes reference hardware and software designs along with analysis and debug software for the Cortex-A9, Cortex-A15 and Cortex-A7 cores, and the ARM big.LITTLE subsystem. The CPAK Family for ARM Cortex A-Series Processors will be available in bare metal and Linux configurations in this quarter. Android configurations will be available in the second half of this year.

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Cadence Adds In-Circuit Acceleration to System Development Suite, Expands VIP Catalog

Ken Cheung — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:11:15 +0000

Cadence Design Systems made two announcements today. First, the company developed new in-circuit acceleration based on the Incisive and Palladium XP platforms for their System Development Suite. Cadence’s second announcement involved extensions to the Verification IP Catalog for acceleration and emulation that enable engineers to go beyond simulation to speed verification of large-scale SoCs, sub-systems and systems.

STMicroelectronics Introduces STM3220G-JAVA Starter Kit

Ken Cheung — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:12:30 +0000

STMicroelectronics introduced the STM3220G-JAVA Starter Kit. The STM3220G-JAVA kit is a complete platform for evaluating the development of embedded applications in Java for the STM32 F2 series microcontrollers. The new Java tool includes an evaluation version of IS2T’s MicroEJ Software Development Kit (SDK) and the STM32F2 series microcontroller evaluation board providing everything engineers need to start their projects. The STM3220G-JAVA Starter Kit is available now. It is priced at $349.

Sigrity Launches XcitePI IO Interconnect Model Extraction

Ken Cheung — Mon, 14 May 2012 06:59:31 +0000

Sigrity launched their XcitePI IO Interconnect Model Extraction and Assessment software. The tool provides accurate system-level analysis of high-speed channels and buses by generating precise chip IO power/ground and signal interconnect models. XcitePI IO Interconnect Model Extraction is available on Windows and Linux platforms. Prices start at $108,000 for a 3-year license. The new tool is part of Sigrity’s XcitePI chip-level analysis family that supports both pre- and post-layout design improvement.

Kontron Introduces COMe Starterkit Ref. Carrier T10

Ken Cheung — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:30:25 +0000

Kontron introduced their COM Express Starterkit Ref. Carrier T10. The COMe Starterkit features the Kontron COM Express Reference Carrier-i Type 10, 7″ WVGA touch panel, cables, PSU, and sturdy aluminium case. The Kontron COMe Starterkit Ref. Carrier T10 is configured to make evaluation and development of small form factor and mobile applications easy. The Kontron COM Express Starterkit Type 10 with the COM Express Reference Carrier-i Type 10 is available now.

Design Automation Conference Features Keynote Speakers from ARM, IBM, Intel, National Tsing Hua University

Ken Cheung — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:32:41 +0000

The 49th Design Automation Conference includes keynote speakers from ARM, IBM, Intel and the National Tsing Hua University. DAC 2012 will feature at least 60 technical sessions on recent developments and trends, management practices and new products, methodologies and technologies. This year’s conference will take place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, from June 3-7, 2012. DAC is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDA Consortium), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and is supported by ACM’s Special Interest Group on Design.

Real-Time & Embedded Computing Conference Includes MEDS and MILESTONE Events

Ken Cheung — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:43:17 +0000

The Real-Time & Embedded Computing Conference (RTECC) is headed to Boston at the Sheraton Framingham next Tuesday, May 15, 2012. The RTC Group’s event features two keynotes, Android: A Medical Development Perspective (presented by Alan Cohen of Logic PD) and Where’s My Drone?… and other Technology Security Issues for Tactical Military Electronics (presented by Glenn Thoren of Charles Stark Draper Laboratory). RTECC also includes two new co-located events: the Medical Electronic Device Solutions Conference (MEDS) and the Military Electronics Development Conference known as MILESTONE.

CDNLive! EMEA 2012 to Take Place in Munich, Germany from 14-16 May

Ken Cheung — Mon, 07 May 2012 15:21:57 +0000

Cadence Design Systems will hold the CDNLive! EMEA user conference from May 14-16 at the Dolce Hotel in Munich/Unterschleissheim. The annual user conference will share fresh new and best practices that address all aspects of design and IP creation, integration, and verification. Attendees of CDNLive! EMEA will get to explore new techniques for realizing advanced silicon, SoC, and systems.

SynaptiCAD Verilog2VHDL Tool Now Supports Verilog 2005

Ken Cheung — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:18:28 +0000

SynaptiCAD rolled out a new version of their Verilog2VHDL tool. The SynaptiCAD V2V tools translate bidirectionally between Verilog and VHDL source code. The translators are are ideal for converting behavioral and/or RTL-level code to a preferred design language. The V2V translation software is available on Windows and Linux. The SynaptiCAD software can be licensed on either a permanent or leased basis, and both floating and node-locked versions are available.

Webinar: Solving Isolation Challenges in Power Conversion Applications

Ken Cheung — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:40:43 +0000

Analog Devices and Arrow Electronics are teaming together to host a webcast. The webinar will discuss solutions to isolation challenges in power conversion applications. The online seminar is titled, Solving Isolation Challenges in Power Conversion Applications. The webcast will take place at 12 noon EDT on May 16, 2012.