Design

Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced that Express Logic’s BenchX® IDE now supports debugging using Lauterbach’s TRACE32 debugger. BenchX is an Eclipse-based IDE adapted for use with embedded systems. Lauterbach’s TRACE32 in-circuit emulators and debuggers are powerful development tools for embedded systems. Together, BenchX and TRACE32 deliver robust functionality in ...

Green Hills Software has announced that Freescale is using Green Hills Software’s MULTI integrated development environment (IDE) to build AUTOSAR-compliant OS and 32-bit Microcontroller Abstraction Layer (MCAL) Software Packages. AUTOSAR is a growing standard requirement in all automotive body, chassis and safety software applications. The first in-car deployment is expected in 2010.

Renesas Technology Corp., one of the world’s leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions including Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) for advanced packet classification in networking platforms, and Cavium Networks [NASDAQ: CAVM], a leading provider of multi-core processors for networking, wireless, storage, video, and security applications, today announced that they have established a strategic collaboration to deliver highly o...

Tensilica announced that IntegrIT DSP Design House, a leading supplier of DSP (digital signal processing) software solutions, has joined Tensilica’s Xtensions™ partner network to provide vital software components, including the high-performance Nature DSP Signal+ library, for the ConnX Baseband Engine, HiFi Audio DSPs and the ConnX D2 communications DSP. The IntegrIT Nature DSP Signal+ is a collection of signal processing functions that assi...

IAR Systems today announced support for Actel's SmartFusion devices that integrate an FPGA, ARM Cortex(TM)-M3-based microcontroller subsystem and programmable analog on a single chip. IAR Embedded Workbench seamlessly combines with an eco-system of middleware options, a major advantage for end users adopting these new devices. SmartFusion devices offer a compelling solution in a wide variety of applications, including motor control, system and p...

IDT announces the availability of its new Serial RapidIO Gen2 system modeling tool. Using this new tool, designers and architects in various markets, including wireless infrastructure, military, imaging, video and storage, can now virtually create a new Serial RapidIO Gen1- or Gen2-based system. Designers and system architects can rapidly and confidently design their entire system and avoid potential bottlenecks within the design by leveraging Se...

Responding to increased developer demand for low cost, fast and efficient video technology software tools, Analog Devices, Inc. is now offering a free comprehensive video primitives library for use in real time video analytics applications. The software modules are fully optimised for the Blackfin processor family and include image processing task level primitives to enable faster development cycles for video analytics applications. The free soft...

Continuing its focus on ARM-based processors, Quadros Systems, Inc., a leading provider of real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced support for the Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) OMAP™ 3 platform, which features an ARM Cortex-A8 architecture from ARM Ltd. Developers can now combine the efficiency and scalability of RTXC software family with the performance and energy efficiency of OMAP35x processors.

Based on customer feedback, Zuken in America has launched an e-training package for its PCB design solution, Design Gateway. This more cost-effective and flexible training approach overcomes scheduling and travel issues associated with group classroom based training traditionally on offer.

Cadence Design Systems today announced that Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller company, deployed Cadence Low-Power Solution, to develop a highly power efficient ARM Cortex M3-based microcontroller that significantly saves battery life.