It seems like only yesterday that we were talking about what great strides Xilinx had made in the world of FPGAs with its Virtex-6 family – state of the art 45/40nm process, loads of IP, super fast, targeted application focus – the whole works. Then, in the blink of a technology industry eye, they’re back [...]
Arteris Network-on-Chip (NoC) available as part of TSMC’s Reference Flow 11.0
June 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Arteris’ on-chip communications system is now being recommended by TSMC. This is a big deal for the NoC pioneer as it marks the first time the foundry giant has included an on-chip interconnect solution as part of it certified reference flow. Clearly, how designers connect all the IP and sub systems on a complex SoC [...]
Coventor ready to push MEMS over the Chasm
June 20, 2010 By
Coventor has been helping people design MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) for longer than just about anyone else in the world. Its tools and models are used by the top makers of things like gyroscopes and accelerometers, which have been quietly adding the ‘cool’ in ink jet printers and automotive air bags for years. Problem is, ink [...]
SpringSoft: Consistent and reliable, even in the muddy waters of Open PDKs
June 19, 2010 By
Spring Soft has been quietly going about its business for many years, providing very focused and reliable EDA tools at key pain points in the IC design process. Wired Island has worked with the part of the company which sells debugging solutions – the old Novas company – for more than a decade and throughout [...]
GateRocket shows off enhanced FPGA debug and verification solution at DAC
June 19, 2010 By
As FPGAs get more and more complex, GateRocket is starting to get more attention for its industry-only FPGA-specific verification and debug solution. FPGAs, like Xilinx’s Virtex-6 (which GateRocket just announced support for), have reached unprecedented levels of size and complexity. Add in boatloads of IP plus diverse, dispersed design teams, and it’s a verification headache [...]
GlobalFoundries CEO keynotes DAC
June 17, 2010 By
GlobalFoundries, which recently completed its acquisition of Chartered (a Wired Island client), is making big waves in the semiconductor industry. It’s threatening to dramatically transform the foundry landscape and finally give TSMC a run for its money. Long steeped in manufacturing expertise through its AMD roots, GF came out at this year’s DAC with an [...]
Tiempo touts benefits of clockless design
June 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The French start-up Tiempo broke on the US stage in a big way in recent months with appearances at the Embedded Systems Conference and Design Automation Conference. The Tiempo story is a compelling one for anyone interested in low power design – which is just about everyone who is designing chips for consumer and mobile [...]
Tessolve and DTS Merge to form test service leader
June 10, 2010 By
Two relatively unknown, but solidly performing and reliable test services companies joined forces recently when Tessolve and Dynamic Test Solutions (DTS) merged. The two companies have complementary expertise and capabilities, and combined bring a global footprint to the somewhat fragmented industry for outsourced semiconductor test. DTS, based in Arizona, counts several large semi outfits, including [...]
