CEDIA Outraged By California Energy Commissions (CEC) Approval Of HDTV Energy-Efficiency Standard Nov 20, 2009
The Custom Electronic Design llation Association (CEDIA) is outraged by the adoption of the unnecessary and harmful regulation regarding the California TV energy efficiency standard the CEC chose to adopt yesterday. Despite continued efforts and data outlining the negative ramifications of the ruling provided by CEDIA and the Californians for Smart Energy coalition, the CEC chose to adopt regulations on the energy consumption of televisions sold in California. (Multichannel News)
Magma Releases Hydra 1.1 - Enhanced Hierarchical Design Planning Solution Adds Out-of-the-Box Reference Flows and Advanced Technology to Deliver Better Floorplans Faster Nov 19, 2009
Magma's electronic design automation (EDA) software provides the "Fastest Path to Silicon"(TM) and enables the world's top chip companies to create high-performance integrated circuits (ICs) for cellular telephones, electronic games, WiFi, MP3 players, digital video, networking and other electronic applications. Magma products are used in IC implementation, analog/mixed-signal design, analysis, physical verification, circuit simulation and characterization. (Primezone Releases)
Synopsys chief to get chip leadership award Oct 14, 2009
Since co-founding Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) in 1986, de Geus has expanded Synopsys from a start-up synthesis enterprise to a leader in electronic design automation (EDA). As one of the leading experts on logic simulation and logic synthesis, he was made a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in January 1999. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
PokerTek Announces Additional Investment from ICP Electronics Oct 10, 2009
We have worked closely with ICP for several years and they continue to be a valuable partner, providing state of the art electronic design and engineering services for our PokerPro product line and manufacturing our Heads-Up Challenge product. These two transactions serve to further solidify our strong relationship. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Stock update: Will rally by Wall Street be justified? Oct 1, 2009
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MORE JOBS FROM CAREERBUILDER.COM Sep 26, 2009
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Mint.com: Nurtured by Super Angels Sep 16, 2009
When First Round Capital made its initial investment in 2006, Patzer was a 25-year-old software engineer working for an electronic design automation company. But the Duke- and Princeton-educated entrepreneur envisioned building a Web site that would help consumers manage their money one much easier to use than Quicken, the market-leading product from Intuit (). (BusinessWeek)
Electronics trade show takes luxury to new level Sep 12, 2009
Amid a Times Square-like glare of lights and logos and the noise from dozens of amped-up sound systems, one little booth stood out Friday at the Custom Electronic Design llation Association convention at the Georgia World Congress Center ... checks his phone messages while sitting in a recliner at the First Impressions Theme Theatres booth at the Custom Electronic Design llation Association annual trade show at the Georgia World Congress Center on Friday. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Remembering Sept. 11, 2001 Sep 12, 2009
Impressions Theme Theatres booth at the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association annual trade show at the Georgia World Congress Center on Friday. Hundreds of exhibitors are showing top-of-the-line audio and video equipment this weekend. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
LG Electronics Broadens Home Entertainment Options With Two New Wireless HDTV Series Sep 11, 2009
ATLANTA, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Offering diverse integration options for custom installers, LG Electronics is highlighting its first-ever series of wireless LCD HDTVs, including an LED model, this week at the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) EXPO 2009 (Booth #2623). Whether it's design, technology or screen size, LG's wireless HDTVs have something for everyone, according to Peter Reiner, senior vice president, marketing, LG Electronics USA, Inc. LG's 55-inch class*... (Multichannel News)
LG Electronics Breaks Barriers in Home Entertainment With Seamless Panel LCD HDTVs, LED by Stunning New LED Models Sep 10, 2009
Introduced for the U.S. market here this week at the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA) EXPO 2009 (Booth #2623), the new 47- and 42-inch class* SL90 series HDTVs feature LED lighting and other display technologies developed by LG Electronics. "LG continues to break barriers in design and technology with its stylish high-definition televisions, like our SL80 and 90 series," said Peter Reiner, senior vice president, marketing, LG Electronics USA, Inc. "These new... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
LG Electronics Adds VUDU HD Movie Service to Wireless 'NetCast' Network Blu-ray Disc Player Sep 10, 2009
The BD390 with VUDU will be demonstrated here this week at the Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) EXPO 2009 (Booth #2623). The addition of VUDU service to the BD390 adds yet another content provider alliance to the "NetCast Entertainment Access" family of features, which already includes access to hundreds of hours of Netflix, Roxio CinemaNow, and YouTube(TM) streaming content. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Against online poker Aug 23, 2009
Mark Roberson, PokerTek's acting CEO and chief financial officer, said ICP has provided electronic design and engineering services to his company, and they had discussed stronger ties between the two. World Series of Poker extends ESPN deal to 2017. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
University of Southampton Receives Charles Babbage Grant from Synopsys Aug 21, 2009
Through the grant, ECS receives licenses of Synopsys' comprehensive electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property ... Access to industrial design tools for advanced research and microelectronic design is a common challenge facing universities today ... Synopsys helps resolve this issue through initiatives like the Charles Babbage Grant and its Worldwide University Program, which provide select universities with design software for modern electronic design flows and... (PR Newswire)
Stimulus funds help increase no. of NSF grants Aug 12, 2009
Another Innovation Works firm, Concurrent Electronic Design Automation LLC, got $100,000 for analysis and acceleration of engineering simulation and modeling. Stimulus grants. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Aart de Geus, Founder member, Synopsys Inc Aug 8, 2009
That apart, earlier people used to buy electronic design automation (EDA) tools from different vendors and then glue them together. Now people prefer integrated solutions and the economic squeeze accelerated the move towards such solutions. (India Times)
MetroWest Medical Center's billing office moving to Marlborough Technology Park Aug 6, 2009
In addition, Mentor Graphics, an electronic design automation company, signed a lease renewal for 16,000 square feet of office space at 300 Nickerson Road. The leases bring two of the park's seven buildings to capacity. (Framingham TAB, MA)
Cadence Q2 net hurt by falling sales, charges Jul 31, 2009
Cadence Design Systems Inc.'s second quarter net loss widened sharply on a steep drop in revenue and on higher charges related to ongoing reorganization at the electronic design automation company. Cadence, based in San Jose, Calif. (EETimes)
NCIA invests over RM20mil for IC industry Jul 24, 2009
The facility, to be equipped with state-of-the-art electronic design automated equipment imported from the US, will start operations in October or November. In the meantime, the centre will operate from the USAINS building in USM, he said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Denali Expands PureSpec Solution for Predictable Protocol Verification Jul 24, 2009
July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Denali Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property (IP), today announced the availability of the extended PureSpec(TM) verification IP solution with planning and protocol exploration capabilities, plus seamless integration into 3rd party verification planners, such as Synopsys(R) VMM Planner ... Denali Software, Inc., is a world-leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and... (PR Newswire)
Synopsys Galaxy Implementation Platform Supports TSMC 28-Nanometer Process Technology with Reference Flow 10.0 Jul 23, 2009
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: ) is a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA), supplying the global electronics market with the software, intellectual property (IP) and services used in semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing. Synopsys' comprehensive, integrated portfolio of implementation, verification, IP, manufacturing and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solutions helps address the key challenges designers and manufacturers face today, such as power and yield management,... (PR Newswire)
TSMC Launches Unified Physical Verification Format for Advanced Process Technologies Jul 21, 2009
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: ) today unveiled interoperable design rule check (iDRC) and layout-versus-schematic (iLVS), two unified electronic design automation (EDA) data formats, for TSMC 40 nanometer (nm) process technology. TSMC iDRC and iLVS formats unify process design rules specification and technology file generation, simplify data delivery, and ensure data integrity and interpretation. (PR Newswire)
Magma and Camtek Team to Enhance Yield of Advanced Semiconductors Jul 15, 2009
Magma's electronic design automation (EDA) software is used to create complex, high-performance integrated circuits (ICs) for cellular telephones, electronic games, WiFi, MP3 players, DVD/digital video, networking, automotive electronics and other electronic applications. Magma products for IC implementation, analog/mixed-signal design, analysis, physical verification, circuit simulation and characterization are recognized as embodying the best in semiconductor technology, providing the world's... (Primezone Releases)
OneSpin's New Debug Automation Technology Boosts Formal Assertion-Based Verification Productivity Jul 15, 2009
Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company OneSpin Solutions delivers innovative, highest capacity formal verification solutions for the mainstream that ease and speed the functional verification of complex ASIC and FPGA designs. Market-leading telecommunications, automotive, consumer electronics, and embedded systems companies rely on OneSpin's award-winning products to substantially reduce verification effort and achieve highest possible verification quality. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Movers and shakers Jul 12, 2009
Cadence board member Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli has been honored by IEEE and the Royal Society of Edinburgh with the 2009 IEEE/RSE Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award for his pioneering research in the field of electronic design automation. Send submissions for Movers and Shakers to. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
iPhone Radio Cutoff Jul 8, 2009
1," etc. The VCR doesn't have the capability to put that dot in there. Are there VCRs out there that would record these stations? Or is my mother forever going to miss her programs that air while she's at work? A: The only channel that works on analog VCRs is channel 3. Assuming you have a converter box in front of the VCR, the converter handles all the channel selection duties and passes them to the VCR on channel 3. There are a few digital VCRs out there. You're looking for a unit with an ATSC... (Fox News)
SMIC and Synopsys Announce the Availability of Reference Flow 4.0 Jun 24, 2009
SMIC and Synopsys Announce the Availability of Reference Flow 4. SMIC and Synopsys Announce the Availability of Reference Flow 4. (PR Newswire)
Churchill taps Thukral to lead TwinSpires May 23, 2009
He also has served as a software developer for California-based and held various positions with electronic design automation software company. Thukral will report to Churchill Downs Inc. president and CEO Robert K. Evans. (Louisville Business First, KY)
GDA Technologies to Demonstrate 'Pravega' Family of Configurable USB 3.0 Controllers at SuperSpeed USB Developers Conference in Tokyo May 20, 2009
GDA Technologies is a leading Electronic Design Services (EDS) and Silicon Intellectual Property (SIP) solution provider for the Embedded, Networking, and Consumer Electronics Market. GDA is part of the Ltech Product Engineering Services (PES) offerings that aims to provide end-to-end product design capability to its customers. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Homes Adopt Streamlined Electronic Functionality May 1, 2009
According to The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA), 2009 looks to be a promising year for electronic home upgrades in the areas of energy efficiency, mobile home management, flat panel display adoption, digital transitioning, and wireless integration ... "It's very easy then to upgrade from cable TV to satellite or from regular phone service to, say, Internet-based Voice-Over IP (VOIP)," says David Pedigo, Sr. Director of Technology, The Custom Electronic Design and... (RealtyTimes)
Software co. Pyxis snags $3M Apr 8, 2009
Austin-based Pyxis, a developer of electronic design automation software, completed the financing with investors that included , California-based , California-based and LLC, the California-based investment partner of KLA-Tencor Corp. (Nasdaq: KLAC). Pyxis, founded in 2004, has now raised $23 million in venture capital. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Ga. Tech, Microsoft partner on RFID Apr 8, 2009
-based Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and GT's Georgia Electronic Design Center will develop technology that allow tiny printed RFID circuits to safely share product information and other data via wireless networks at low cost. The circuits will be printed using modified ink-jet printer technology, said Joy Laskar, director of the Georgia Electronic Design Center ... The six-year-old Georgia Electronic Design Center will contribute research space, equipment and labor to the Microsoft partnership. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
IBM's 'frozen chip' claims speed record Apr 3, 2009
"For the first time, Georgia Tech and IBM have demonstrated that speeds of half a trillion cycles per second can be achieved in a commercial silicon-based technology, using large wafers and silicon-compatible low-cost manufacturing techniques," John Cressler, Byers Professor in Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a researcher in the Georgia Electronic Design Center at Georgia Tech, said in a statement. "This groundbreaking collaborative research by Georgia Tech and... (EETimes)
EDA awards will honor early career, technical achievements Apr 2, 2009
MANHASSET, N.Y. The IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation is seeking nominations for two awards honoring technical contributions within the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. The first annual Early Career Award will recognize an engineer judged to have made substantial technical contributions to EDA in the early stages of his or her career. (EETimes)
Magma CEO upbeat on new products, analog push Mar 28, 2009
Madhavan's comments echo those he made at the recent International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design in San Jose, Calif. There, Madhavan called analog design a "black art" with designs handcrafted by a designer and not transportable to new technology nodes. (EETimes)
BCIT and Local Innovator Collaborate on the Pill Crusher Mar 18, 2009
"We had little experience with electronic design or with control circuitry so we went to BCIT for those areas of expertise.". Under the requirements laid out by Kruger, BCIT was able to research, develop, and provide a total solution allowing the functional prototype to be produced commercially. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Elecsys Corporation to List Stock on the NASDAQ Stock Market Feb 28, 2009
DCI provides electronic design and manufacturing services for original equipment manufacturers in the aerospace, transportation, communications, safety, security and other industrial product industries. DCI has specialized expertise and capabilities to integrate custom electronic assemblies with a variety of innovative display and interface technologies. (PR Newswire)
SpringSoft to buy functional qualification startup Feb 24, 2009
" This acquisition by SpringSoft significantly strengthens their technology portfolio, positioning them well for a shot at becoming one of the major EDA vendors in the new world of Electronic Design Automation.". SpringSoft said it would retain Certess's entire Ration in France and will fold the Certess field sales and support personnel into its global channel. (EETimes)
More startups winding down Feb 23, 2009
Sequence Design Inc., a Santa Clara-based designer of electronic design automation software, was able to rectify its cash flow problems. All its big contracts, primarily in South Korea and Japan with firms such as NEC System Technologies Ltd., had payment terms over 36 months. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
