ARM, Aricent jump on Android bandwagon Nov 18, 2009
has announced a new development team both dedicated to helping engineers design systems with Google Android. The moves are indications of the intense interest in Android and the challenges using it. (EETimes)
Arborview Capital invests $5M in Md. firm Nov 18, 2009
In April, LRI spun out sister company Water Savers LLC in the EnviroCenter office building in Jessup to design systems, from rain barrels to energy-saving garbage disposals, that cut down the amount of water consumption. Arborview s investment will allow LRI to support [its] rapid growth and nationwide presence, said Steve Troese, CEO of LRI, in a statement. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
Fujitsu Laboratories' Fellow Kenichi Miura Wins Seymour Cray Award Nov 13, 2009
Additionally, with deep knowledge of numerical algorithms and applications, Dr. Miura helped design systems for high-speed execution of real scientific computational applications. Between 2003 and 2008, Dr. Miura leveraged his experience with Fujitsu's supercomputing technology as project leader of the NII's National Research Grid Initiative to develop grid middleware in Japan. (JCN Network, Japan)
Army classrooms to get digital makeover Oct 30, 2009
Lawrence spoke recently about the outcome of network tests, boosting communications infrastructure in Afghanistan, and dealing with staff shortages and budgetary challenges. New platform will connect to remote facilities, reserve organizations. (FCW.com)
General Dynamics wins digital schoolhouse contract Oct 30, 2009
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Arasan and Cadence Collaborate to Extend Verification Best Practices Oct 29, 2009
Oct. 29, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arasan Chip Systems today announced an agreement with Cadence Design Systems to collaborate on delivering functional verification best practices ... According to Cadence, "We see a major trend emerging around SoC integration, leveraging third-party design IP from companies like Arasan. This collaboration simplifies the challenge of verification at the SoC level, and offers a systematic approach to making sure that the protocol design IP can functionally connect... (Primezone Releases)
Cadence shrinks Q3 loss, beats revenue views Oct 29, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO EDA vendor Cadence Design Systems Inc. reported third-quarter sales of $216 million, in line with the company's guidance for the quarter and slightly above consensus analyst estimates for the period. Third-quarter revenue increased 3 percent compared with the second quarter, but was down 7 percent compared to the third quarter of 2008, (San Jose, Calif. (EETimes)
Forum split on future of chip startups Oct 22, 2009
LONDON A discussion panel organized here by Cadence Design Systems Inc. (San Jose, Calif. revealed some of the dynamic tension between the fabless chip startup community and their key suppliers the EDA companies and the foundries. (EETimes)
New Findings Could Help Hybrid, Electric Cars Keep Their Cool Sep 24, 2009
23, 2009) Understanding precisely how fluid boils in tiny "microchannels" has led to formulas and models that will help engineers design systems to cool high-power electronics in electric and hybrid cars, aircraft, computers and other devices ... "How do you define a microchannel versus a macrochannel, and at what point do we need to apply different models to design systems? Now we have an answer." ... Researchers have determined precisely how fluid boils in tiny "microchannels," creating... (Science Daily)
Fitness business hits three years Sep 20, 2009
Solar design systems benefit Athens firms. Turnsol Energy Inc., a solar design and installation company with offices in Athens and in North Carolina, recently installed a solar hot water system in Firehall No. 4 Animal Hospital, owned by Athens veterinarian Dr. Karen Middendorf. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Verification alive and well at SoC virtual conference Sep 18, 2009
Participants included Brian Bailey, independent consultant; Janick Bergeron, Fellow, Synopsys; Nick Heaton, Senior Architect, Cadence Design Systems and Tom Sandoval, CEO, Calypto Design ... This continuum needs to be closed loop, said Nick Heaton, Senior Architect, Cadence Design Systems: "Too much of the verification methodology is in an open loop and we need to reign it into the design methodology." ... "Calypto saw the niche need to reduce power in RTL designs using our sequential analysis... (EETimes)
Comment: ESL may be coming into its own Sep 16, 2009
Recently ChipVision Design Systems authors showed the ability to at the Electronic System Level, which has spawned new interest in solving power issues at that level. In other words, ESL is seen by many as the best opportunity to reduce the power consumed by a system. (EETimes)
Secrecy shields medical mishaps from public view Aug 10, 2009
People make mistakes, the report said, so medicine must design systems to reduce errors and prevent harm. Like a car ignition that won't release the keys until a driver shifts into park, the safe systems envisioned by the authors make it easy for health care workers to do the right thing. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Technomedia Solutions Solidifies Digital Cinema Division Aug 5, 2009
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Navy taps Raytheon for radar concept studies Aug 4, 2009
Gary Winkler spoke recently with Defense Systems about some key Army information technology initiatives. Contractor will focus on the S-band component and the radar suite controller. (FCW.com)
News from DAC: CEOs debate EDA's fair share Jul 29, 2009
Cadence adds more IP products to Xuropa Online Labs Cadence Design Systems Inc. has increased the number Incisive verification IP products available within Xuropa Online Labs, a cloud-computing application that makes available existing software applications through a software-as-a-service model ... Cadence validates ARM Libraries for 45-nm SOI process Cadence Design Systems Inc. said it has validated a new generation of ASIC libraries from ARM using the Cadence Encounter Digital Implementation... (EETimes)
News from DAC: Magma hit with 'going concern' notice Jul 28, 2009
Cadence validates ARM Libraries for 45-nm SOI process Cadence Design Systems Inc. said it has validated a new generation of ASIC libraries from ARM using the Cadence Encounter Digital Implementation System, targeting IBM's 45-nanometer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) manufacturing process ... Calypto Design Systems Inc. is offering what it labels as a fully automated design flow aimed at IP blocks in SoC designs and is showing it at the Design Autmation Conference. (EETimes)
Should Kauai follow Cubas agricultural footsteps? Jul 20, 2009
Traditional ahupua a management, permaculture and other holistic, ecological, agro-ecosystem design systems are available. The people power is available within Kaua i s diverse and capable population. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
> Austin has its eye on Silicon Valley companies Jun 26, 2009
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of Sunnyvale: 2,350Apple Inc. of Cupertino: 3,000Applied Materials Inc. of Santa Clara: 1,510Cadence Design Systems Inc. of San Jose: 155Cisco Systems Inc. of San Jose: 800Electronic Arts Inc. of Redwood City: 150Flextronics of Milpitas: 1,875Frog Design Inc. of Palo Alto: 120 Hewlett-Packard Co. of Palo Alto: 550Intel Corp. of Santa Clara: 889LSI Corp. of Milpitas: 170Magma Design Automation of San Jose: 100Nvidia Corp. of Santa Clara: 200Oracle Corp. of Redwood... (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
* IBM to help its corporate customers into a cloud Jun 16, 2009
This huge explosion of data is driving a movement to design systems around workloads because it is the only way to deliver the computation needed and its far more energy-efficient, said Kunle Olukotun, a computer scientist at Stanford. IBM had an initiative, begun early last year, called Blue Cloud, which mainly involved adapting its server computers for cloud technology. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
10 companies in trouble Jun 3, 2009
Cadence Design Systems Inc. After being the No. 1 EDA vendor for most of two decades, Cadence hit a rough patch last year and lost its No. 1 standing (along with a lot of money and its management team). The company reported a loss of $1. (EETimes)
Xilinx & BEEcube to Unveil Next-Generation FPGA-based Multi-core SoC Development Platform for Sun OpenSPARC May 22, 2009
and BEIJING, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: ) and BEEcube Inc. will jointly unveil a high-performance development environment for multi-core UltraSPARC CMT (chip multi-threaded) processors that reduces the time and effort required to design systems using the SPARC architecture. The companies will demonstrate the development system for the first time at this week's grand opening of an Advanced Research & Teaching Facility for Embedded System Design in Beijing, a joint venture... (PR Newswire)
$300M sports complex proposed for Vandalia May 21, 2009
Rendering copyright 2009, Motown Technology Sports Facility, Inc., provided by Prime Design Systems Inc. and prepared by Architectural Illusions LLC.. Related News. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Ridley plant to make Chinook helicopters for Italian army May 14, 2009
Boeings Ridley plant to make helicopters for Italian army - Philadelphia Business Journal. for free extra services. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Cadence Q1 sales fall further Apr 30, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO EDA vendor Cadence Design Systems Inc. posted a GAAP net loss of $63 million on revenue of $206 million for the first quarter, the company said Wednesday (April 29). Revenue declined 9 percent compared to the previous quarter and 24 percent compared with the same period of 2008. (EETimes)
CoWare, Carbon team for ARM IP models Apr 29, 2009
and Carbon Design Systems are joining forces to develop implementation-accurate models of ARM IP targeted for CoWare's SystemC-based designs. The models and model kits will include solutions for the ARM Cortex-A9 processor, AMBA3 Interconnect (PL301) matrix, and others. (EETimes)
In the News: Google book probe Apr 29, 2009
-- Bay Area companies expected to report earnings include Akamai Technologies, Bare Escentuals, Cadence Design Systems, Electronics for Imaging, JDS-Uniphase, LSI, Mattson Technology, Openwave Systems, Quantum, Shutterfly, Thomas Weisel Partners, Varian and Visa. This article appeared on page C - 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Gates: Cyber Attacks A Constant Threat Apr 28, 2009
The computer spies copied several terabytes of data from the Joint Strike Fighter project, the most expensive in Defense Department history, pertaining to the electronics and design systems of the aircraft, several current and former officials told the Journal. Officials said the separate incursion into the air traffic control system could allow intruders to interfere with military aircraft. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Hess to take the lead (23) Apr 16, 2009
A lot of times we think that if we design systems based on treating everyone the same, that it s fair, he said. But if we really want to talk about outcomes for students, we need to base the system on student needs. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Caltech scientists control complex nucleation processes using DNA origami seeds Apr 9, 2009
But, he adds, while bottom-up approaches have been extremely useful in biology, they haven't played as significant a role in technology, "because we don't have a great grasp on how to design systems that build themselves. Most examples of bottom-up technologies are specific chemical processes that work great for a particular task, but don't easily generalize for constructing more complex structures.". To understand how complexity can be programmed into bottom-up molecular fabrication processes,... (EurekAlert!)
Are primary EDA vendors bad? Apr 8, 2009
In recent years, several chip companies have consented to public announcements proclaiming that they have selected a primary vendor first Cadence Design Systems Inc. and, more recently, Synopsys. In a recent interview with EE Times, Rajeev Madhavan, chairman and CEO of Magma Design Automation Inc., criticized the trend and said it is the type of "irresponsible" behavior that has resulted in EDA doing poor job of maintaining adequate pricing for its products. (EETimes)
Fourth quarter EDA revenue down 18% Apr 8, 2009
Rhines declined to elaborate or even name the vendor, but Cadence Design Systems Inc. is in the midst of transitioning to a more ratable revenue recognition model. Rhines noted that the fourth quarter is traditionally a strong one for EDA. Even though revenue was down nearly 18 percent year-to-year, revenue was up from $1. (EETimes)
EDA startup Pyxis Tech raises $3 million Apr 8, 2009
"The next great battleground in EDA is the custom design arena," said Jim Solomon, Pyxis board member and founder of Cadence Design Systems. "Pyxis NexusRoute-HPC is an OpenAccess-based plug-and-play routing technology that, when coupled with today's leading physical layout editors and placement technology, enables groundbreaking custom design flow productivity.". (EETimes)
Video: Where hardware and software collide Apr 4, 2009
Michael MacNamara, a general manager at Cadence Design Systems Inc., said the engineering community forced C to become a general purpose programming language, something it was not necessarily designed for. What the industry needs is a method for capturing the intent of a user and managing priorities, he said. (EETimes)
Design-for-e-beam startup raises $9 million in Series B Apr 3, 2009
The round was led by Benchmark Capital and DAG Ventures, with all prior Series A investors, including Advantest Corp. and Cadence Design Systems Inc. participating. The money is set to be used for market development for the company's design-for-e-beam (DFEB) technology. (EETimes)
Magma CEO upbeat on new products, analog push Mar 28, 2009
Cadence Design Systems Inc. has long been the dominant player in analog design tools. Though Cadence stumbled last year, losing its standing as the No. 1 EDA vendor by revenue, the company's Virtuoso analog franchise is still considered formidable. (EETimes)
LeapFrog Announces Changes to Its Board of Directors Mar 19, 2009
Mr. Simon is President of Lawrence Investments, LLC and has 16 years experience as a partner at Howson & Simon LLP. Mr. Marinelli is Vice President of Lawrence Investments and was previously Corporate Development Group Director at Cadence Design Systems, Inc.. "We would like to thank Steve for his long-term contributions and never-ending passion for the company and Ralph for his dedicated service on our board of directors. We also welcome Philip and Paul to the board and look forward to working... (PR Newswire)
Cadence aims to make power-efficient designs more predictable Mar 17, 2009
Winchester, UK - Cadence Design Systems, Inc., has enhanced the Cadence Low-Power Solution to include support for new on-chip power management schemes enabled by the recently ratified Si2 Common Power Format (CPF) Version 1. 1. (EETimes)
Comment: Cadence back at DAC Mar 13, 2009
Today I received a press release that stated that Cadence design Systems will be the sole sponsor of both the User Track and Management DAY at the upcoming 46th DAC. In addition Cadence will have a presence on the Exhibit floor in the new IC Design Chain booth and with the booth of Chipestimate, which is a part of Cadence. This is good news for the vast majority of people in the EDA industry since it is a sign that Cadence is once again ready to take an active role to promote the industry. (EETimes)
The Future of Computing (Circa 1999) Mar 13, 2009
We design systems and subsystems individually and then throw them at the public, expecting people to make the different components work together. The image this approach evokes for me is that of designing a car in which the driver has to twist dozens of individual knobs to control the fuel mixture, spark advance and valve clearances, among other things when all he wants to do is go from one place to another. (Scientific American)
Carbon Design shipping ARM Cortex models Mar 12, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO Carbon Design Systems said Wednesday (March 11) it has begun shipping implementation-accurate models for ARM Holdings plc's most advanced processor and interconnect components. The products, intended for architectural decisions and pre-silicon firmware development, include implementation-accurate models for all variations of the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore multicore processor and PrimeCells, including the AMBA 3 Interconnect (PL301) matrix, (Acton, Mass. (EETimes)
Lithography hit by R&D gap, downturn Mar 5, 2009
Based on the troubling trends, NGL needs more funding or a large ''stimulus package,'' warned Milind Weling, engineering director of signoff and silicon optimization for Cadence Design Systems Inc.. Some technologies like EUV remain delayed or on the ropes, leaving leading-edge chip makers to resort to an assortment of complex, costly and unpopular double-patterning schemes. (EETimes)
What is source-mask optimization? Feb 27, 2009
A number of companies are either developing or offering for sale SMO tools, including IBM, Brion Technologies, Luminescent Technologies Inc., Nikon Corp. and Cadence Design Systems Inc.. But Ferrell and an executive from Mentor Graphics Corp., which is working with IBM on SMO for computational scaling, say the work being done by other firms does not truly optimize the mask, instead focusing on optimization of the illumination source for use with a reticle incorporating standard optical proximity... (EETimes)
SPIE panel: EUV on the ropes Feb 27, 2009
This year, it's more of a question of 'if,' '' said Milind Weling, engineering director of signoff and silicon optimization for Cadence Design Systems Inc. (San Jose), during the panel, which was sponsored by Applied Materials Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif. . (EETimes)
Layout optimization startup Tela buys Blaze DFM Feb 25, 2009
Tela, founded in 2005, is privately funded by several venture capital firms and boasts former Cadence Design Systems Inc. executives Ray Bingham and Jim Hogan on its board of directors. Page 2. (EETimes)
Will Synopsys rule the world? Feb 21, 2009
By contrast, Cadence Design Systems Inc. reported a GAAP net loss of $1. 85 billion for fiscal 2008 and expects revenue to be down significantly this year. (EETimes)
ESL: Where are we and where we are going Feb 10, 2009
Editor's Note: This feature kicks off EETimes' Global Design special on ESL design with additional features, including from John Sanguinetti, CTO of Forte Design Systems, as well white papers and other related links embedded below. Enjoy. (EETimes)
SV schools chief: Brace for cuts Feb 8, 2009
Get a clue wrote on Jan 29, 2009 10:17 AM:" To Tech Savvy: You have no clue what is involved in being a Tech person in a small district. You better be a network administrator, email administrator, student management system resource, help desk, computer repair person, network troubleshooter, know how to terminate cable, work with vendors to design systems, know the specs for future purchases, work with all kinds of software, design webpages, keep up with necessary federal and state reporting, and... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Cadence reports $1.64 billion Q4 loss Feb 7, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO Dragged down by a huge non-cash impairment charge related to the write down on goodwill, beleaguered EDA vendor Cadence Design Systems Inc. Wednesday (Feb. 4) reported a net loss of $1. (EETimes)
