News & Analysis
New Linux drivers for Digitizer, AWG and fast Digital PCI, PXI and CompactPCI cards
Strategic Test Corp has announced the release of new Linux drivers for kernel 2.6 versions of RedHat, SuSe and Fedora distributions. The kernel 2.4 drivers have also been updated. Linux kernel 2.6 gives increased stability and near to real-time operating system performance, useful for measurement and signal generation applications.
IDT to aquire PC and Notebook audio product lines from SigmaTel
IDT™ (Integrated Device Technology, Inc.), a vital semiconductor solutions supplier, announces that it has reached agreement with SigmaTel, Inc. to purchase the SigmaTel AC-97 and High Definition Audio (HD-Audio) PC and Notebook audio codec product lines.
RadioScape sets new standards for lower cost and power with new generation of DAB modules
RadioScape, a world leader in digital audio and multimedia broadcast and receiver technology, has announced the first module in a new generation of lower power and lower cost DAB modules.
Businesses must reduce environmental footprint to achieve energy goals
Businesses are being urged to consider the full environmental impact of their operations, following the July release of the Government’s Energy Review.
Dallas Basestation Conference
The 4th International Basestation Conference to be held from 7-9 November at the Omni Mandalay Hotel, Dallas, will bring together major global manufacturers, operators, analysts and service providers in the mobile network infrastructure community.
Tanner EDA to demonstrate seamless integration and new features for analog and mixed-signal tools at 43rd Design Automation Conference (DAC)
Tanner EDA, which provides cost-effective and easy-to-use tools for analog and mixed-signal circuit design, today announced its analog and mixed-signal design tool suite, Tanner Tools 12.1, has been upgraded and tightly integrated for rapid design flow.
National Instruments Hosts Series of Academic Conferences
National Instruments UK & Ireland today announced a series of Academic Conferences. NI LabVIEW in the Curriculum is a free, one-day academic conference for those currently teaching with National Instruments LabVIEW, or interested in how LabVIEW can improve the learning experience for students, and those who want to find out how LabVIEW is being used in research applications.
Mixed-mode debugging tool will analyze and debug circuits that contain both digital and transistor-level components - see it at DAC
Concept Engineering has announced the release of SGvision PRO, a mixed-mode debugging tool that allows system-on-chip (SoC) designers and verification engineers to more quickly analyze and debug circuits that contain both digital and transistor-level components. SGvision PRO supports mixed-level debugging of SPICE and Verilog standard languages at the same time.
Synplicity Advances DSP Algorithm Implementation
Synplicity, Inc. has announced the company has enhanced its Synplify DSP solution to further accelerate the implementation of DSP algorithms into silicon. The Synplify DSP software is Synplicity's ESL synthesis platform that offers industry-leading benefits of high-level modeling and hardware abstraction, constraint-driven algorithm synthesis into RTL, and powerful system-wide optimizations for performance, area, and multi-channelization tradeo...
Processor Support Packages for CEVA Cores Within CoWare ESL Design Environment
CEVA, Inc. and CoWareR Inc. have announced the availability of Processor Support Packages (PSPs) that support the use of TeakLite and CEVA-TeakLite-II DSP cores within the CoWare system-level design environment. The jointly developed models, based on the SystemC high-level design language, allow designers to quickly perform early architectural exploration and trade-off analysis before committing a CEVA-based design to silicon.