FEATURE ARTICLES

Pumping up Premier
Synplicity Boosts Flagship Tool
(January 29, 2008)

Incremental Design Moves Towards Mainstream
by Bryon Moyer, FPGA and Structured ASIC Journal
(January 22, 2008)

Three “I”s of FPGA Design: Iterations, Incremental and Intelligent Design Tools
by Rakesh Jain, Mentor Graphics Corp.
(January 22, 2008)

Actel Powers Down – Again
New ProASIC3L Family
(January 15, 2008)

Spreading the Span
ChipX Rolls Hybrid ASIC
(January 8, 2008)

NEWSLETTERS

January 29, 2008 :: volume XVIII, no. 04

January 22, 2008 :: volume XVIII, no. 03

January 15, 2008 :: volume XVIII, no. 02

January 8, 2008 :: volume XVIII, no. 01

January 3, 2008 :: Quarterly Spotlight
(Consumer Electronics)

January 31, 2008

Avnet Electronics Marketing Releases New Virtex-5 Development Kit in Asia

Ethernet Alliance and other Professional Societies Partner with IEC at DesignCon 2008 Next Week in Santa Clara

January 30, 2008

Techfocus Media Introduces IC Design and Verification Journal

Lattice Announces Automotive Grade, AEC-Q100 Certified Programmable Power Management Solutions

January 29, 2008

Lattice and Praesum Communications Deliver Low-Cost Serial RapidIO Solutions

Advanced Knowledge Associates Launches New PRISM300 with High Speed PowerPC and Increased Software Performance

January 28, 2008

Xilinx Launches New XtremeDSP Development Tools Package and XtremeDSP Development Kit

Actel Announces Availability of MIL-STD 883 Class B Qualified Four-Million Gate RTAX4000S

Pentek Announces Industry’s First VME/VXS Board With Unique Combination of PowerPC, FPGA and Multiple High-Speed Gigabit Serial Interfaces

Lattice's Aquifer 6.5 Application Framework to Power Peace Corps Distributed Computer Network Worldwide

Agilent Technologies Announces Availability of Its First-Ever Transceiver Library for Signal Integrity Design EDA Solutions

Lattice Annouces ispLEVER 7.0 Service Pack 2 FPGA Design Tool Suite

Altera Enables Tomorrow’s Products Today at DesignCon 2008

January 24, 2008

ProDesign Completes ASIC Prototyping Product Portfolio With the New CHIPit QuickSilver

Synplicity's Synplify Premier Platform Delivers Additional Time-to-Market Benefits and Expanded Device Support For FPGA Designers

January 23, 2008

DATE 08 Conference highlights

Altera Provides 50-Gbps SFI-5 Interface on Stratix II GX FPGAs

January 22, 2008

VMETRO building VPX momentum

Alacritech Achieves Engineering Milestone; 10GbE Design on Schedule for Early 2008

Mentor Graphics Announces Catapult C Synthesis Accelerated Libraries for Xilinx High-Performance Virtex-5 FPGAs

Tensilica Adds Support for High-Speed, Hardware-Based Processor Simulations Using Avnet’s Xilinx Virtex-4 LX200 Development Kit

Altera Ships Industry's Highest Density FPGA Featuring 340K Logic Elements

January 21, 2008

IDT Extends PCI Express Leadereship With First PCIE Switching Solutions Optimized For The Communications Market

Xilinx Adds Three New Devices to Award-Winning 65nm Virtex-5 Family to Give Customers in New Markets More Cost and Density Options

Avnet and Xilinx Establish the First Lab of Programmable Logic Solutions in a Singapore Tertiary Educational Institute

Quest Innovations Selects The LatticeECP2/M FPGA Family For Its Next Generation "Raptor" Camera System

Altera Nios II C2H Compiler Awarded Elektra ’07 Embedded System Product of the Year

January 17, 2008

Mentor Graphics Delivers the Industry’s First Physical Synthesis Solution for Altera Stratix III Device Family

January 16, 2008

Mentor Graphics Nucleus OS Offers a Seamless User Experience for Multimedia Devices

Synfora Integrates PICO Express with CoWare ESL 2.0 Solutions

January 15, 2008

Xilinx EDK Delivers Processing Peripheral IP Cores at No Additional Cost

RF Engines Ltd (RFEL) progress with advanced DSP strategy

ISMI Introduces Guidelines to Protect IP in Semiconductor Industry

Avnet and STMicroelectronics Deliver STM32 Technical Seminars

January 14, 2008

Xilinx Announces Production Availability of All Virtex-5 SXT Devices

Growth in World Markets for FPGA, DSP, and ASIC Driven by Demand for Higher Flexibility in Medical Imaging Equipment

Lattice Annouces Low-Cost FPGA Based ADC Interdace Reference Design Solution

January 10, 2008

Mentor Graphics Announces 20th Annual PCB Technology Leadership Awards Program

January 9, 2008

Savant Company Inc. Announces Call for Sponsors and Speakers for the 6th International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, Exhibit, and Workshops

Pyro AV Announces Pyro Kompressor HD for Super-Charged, High-Quality HD Video Compression

Ampex Data Systems on Record for Selecting DapTechnology’s FireLink 1394b IP Core

January 8, 2008

NI Introduces Sound and Vibration Tools for Interactive, Configurable Data Acquisition and Analysis

Ambric Am2045 GT Video Reference Platform Brings Hardware-Accelerated Performance to Adobe Premiere Pro CS3

Inphi Corporation’s New 12.5 Gbps 1:8 Demultiplexer with Latched Comparator Input Enables High Frequency Communications and Computing Applications

January 7, 2008

Arecont Vision Introduces Industry's First Full Line of H.264 IP Megapixel Cameras

Actel's ProASIC3L Family Balances Low Power, Speed and Low Cost

Xilinx Delivers Complete FPGA-based Development System for Designing Intelligent Automotive Subsystems

Xilinx Delivers 50% Lower System Cost With New Small Form Factor FPGAs

Xilinx Introduces Low-cost, Automotive-qualified XA Spartan-3A and Spartan-3A DSP FPGAs

Altera Stars in SANYO’s Latest Home Theater Projector

Xilinx Expands Automotive Infotainment Offering With New logiCRAFT3 Compact Multimedia Display Platform

Xilinx Teams With Helion to Deliver Enhanced Device Security for Low-Cost FPGAs

January 3, 2008

Vishay’s New SiP21301 LDO Controller Offers Adjustable and Fixed 1.2-V and 1.5-V Output Voltages With 80% Efficiency

Xilinx at the Heart of Innovation at CES 2008

January 2, 2008

QuickLogic and Chrontel Deliver Simultaneous LCD and Video Output for Handheld Devices

QuickLogic Showcases Innovative Portable CE Products Enabled by CSSP Solutions at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas