Design

Xilinx Inc. today introduced the architecture for a new Extensible Processing Platform that will deliver unrivaled levels of system performance, flexibility and integration to developers of a wide variety of embedded systems. The ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor-based platform enables system architects and embedded software developers to apply a combination of serial and parallel processing to address the challenging system requirements presented b...

Xilinx K.K., the Japanese subsidiary of the world's leading supplier of programmable platforms, Xilinx, Inc., andHitachi Information & Communication Engineering, Ltd., today announced a new LogicBench series. LogicBench is proven system-level design verification platform. The new series uses Xilinx Virtex-6 LX760, the fastest and highest performance FPGA, and other Virtex-6 FPGA sub-families. Hitachi Information & Communication Engineering also l...

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the VIA Nano E-Series processor, bringing native 64-bit software support, virtualization capabilities and extended longevity support to embedded markets.

AAEON has launched the AEC-6940, an advanced embedded controller, which adopts the Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The AEC-6940 is a high performance, high-end Embedded Controller that features high speed processing and is known as the BOXER 2+ in the AAEON Boxer Series.

AAEON has announced a brand new eco-friendly product line called Green Embedded Systems. This product line will cover two new series named GES (Green Embedded Systems) and GCS (Green Communication Servers). The first product to debut from the Green Embedded System line is the GES-1100F with several others on the roadmap for 2010 and beyond. All of the Green Embedded Systems are certified by ENERGY STAR. ENERGY STAR is an international standard...

LSI Corporation announced the availability of a media processing development system based on the LSITM SP2704 StarPro media processor, which extends the LSI asymmetrical multicore architecture to enterprise video applications using the company’s proven family of networking silicon and software. The new development system allows OEMs to build media-aware networks that enable intelligent media and graphics processing in the data center and enterp...

Nuvoton WPCE775, a highly integrated embedded controller (EC) with an embedded RISC core and integrated advanced functions, targets an extensive market of portable applications and provides best-in-class complete EC functionality when combined with SPI BIOS Flash. WPCE775 incorporates the CompactRISC® CR16CPlus core (a high-performance 16-bit RISC processor), on-chip ROM and RAM memories, system support functions, and a Flash Interface Unit (FIU...

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the global leader in EDA360, today announced the Cadence Open Integration Platform, a platform that significantly reduces SoC development costs, improves quality and accelerates production schedules.

Cadence Design Systems, the global leader in EDA360, today announced that VIA Technology’s microprocessor subsidiary, Centaur Technology, achieved significant quality and time-to-market benefits by using the Cadence® Virtuoso® Space-Based Router on its latest set of processors. Centaur used the Cadence router to help design its new 65-nanometer Nano 3000 Series processors, designed to bring enhanced digital media performance and lower power c...

Cadence Design Systems today laid out a new vision for the semiconductor industry, EDA360. In outlining an application-driven approach to system design and development, Cadence issued a challenge to the semiconductor and electronic design automation (EDA) communities to address the growing “profitability gap” that threatens the vitality of the electronics industry.