Design

Renesas Technology Europe has announced that Express Logic's ThreadX multitasking real-time operating system (RTOS) now supports Renesas SH-2A series microcontrollers (MCUs), providing a high-performance operating platform for applications using these fast, powerful devices in embedded systems.

Teklatech, a technology leader in floorplanning and clock distribution network solutions, has announced that its FloorDirector product has been exclusively chosen by Think Silicon for use in 90 nm and 65 nm designs. Think Silicon, an innovative European design center and supplier of various IP and turnkey solutions, has selected the FloorDirector EDA tool for its unique floorplanning optimization technology which is required for a wide range of S...

Infiniscale SA has announced TechYielder, a yield optimizer targeting advanced complex Analog Designs. It is said to fill the need for yield optimization of complex analog, Advanced Mixed-Signal, and RF blocks, designed with sub 90 nm design kits. The extremely fast design turnaround gives the designer total freedom to try different options and trade-offs. Rather than design and then check yield, designers optimize directly performance distribut...

Densitron’s in-house developed OLED Evaluation Kit has been en-hanced to support Active Matrix OLED (AMOLED) displays, complete with power supply requirements. A powerful and easy to use demonstration tool for driving OLED displays from the USB port of a desk-top or laptop PC, the Kit is hot pluggable and does not require extra power supply to run, enabling quick download of pictures and creation of slide shows for immediate demonstration.

Phyworks has introduced a complete hardware and software reference design for 125Mbps – 1.25Gbps SFP optical modules offering a fully digital configuration and monitoring capability. Aiming to help datacomm module makers and network operators significantly reduce costs and time-to-market, this flexible reference design does not require specialised software engineering knowledge.

National Instruments has announced NI ELVIS II, the latest version of the design and prototyping platform that educators worldwide have adopted for hands-on, project-based learning. Based on the powerful LabVIEW graphical system design software, NI ELVIS II gives educators 12 new USB plug-and-play instruments and complete integration with Multisim 10.1 software for SPICE simulation to simplify the teaching of circuit design. In addition, educator...

Xyalis, the layout finishing solution’s company, today announced GTmask, a fully integrated environment dedicated to complex wafer masks building. Based on Xyalis’ existing tools, GTmask offers new capabilities fully meeting mask teams’ demands, covering wafer assembly and floorplanning for chip arrays, multi-project wafers and multi-layer reticles; CMP metal filling; automatic frame generation; and optimized GDSII and jobdeck files generat...

LDRA has enhanced the LDRA tool suite to meet the CERT C Secure Coding standard. With this compliance, LDRA tool suite will be better able to identify security vulnerabilities and to enforce security standards—a necessary protection at a time when software applications are coming under increasing external attack.

Arrow’s European reference board team has created an advanced, FPGA-based development platform that will speed the implementation of display-based applications. The new PABLO reference design provides a powerful yet easy-to-use reference design that enables the rapid design and prototyping of applications requiring integrated graphic and display controller functionality.

Artisan Software Tools has launched the C# Synchronizer for Artisan Studio. Artisan’s C# Synchronizer facilitates a “best-of-breed” methodology for C# programmers by enabling software architecting to be undertaken in UML using Artisan Studio while allowing them retain the context of C#-aware features by implementing the coding detail using their preferred C# IDE or program editor.