FEATURE ARTICLES

Playing Pin Twister
Taray Attempts to Untangle FPGA Pin Assignment (Bryon Moyer)
(April 29, 2008)

How To Implement SystemVerilog for FPGA Design
by Ehab Mohsen, Mentor Graphics Corporation
(April 29, 2008)

Merging with Agility
Alliance Unlocks FPGA Potential (Kevin Morris)
(April 22, 2008)

Synplicity Gets Spirit
ReadyIP Announcement has Bigger Implications
(Kevin Morris)
(April 15, 2008)

One to Many
FPGA Design Diversifies (Kevin Morris)
(April 8, 2008)

Tools and Transceivers
Dual Xilinx Announcements (Kevin Morris)
(April 1, 2008)

Methods for Reducing Marketing Jitter Through Filtering
of Marketing Noise in Conference Presentations
(Bryon Moyer)
(April 1, 2008)

NEWSLETTERS

April 29, 2008 :: volume XIX, no. 05

April 22, 2008 :: volume XIX, no. 04

April 15, 2008 :: volume XIX, no. 03

April 8, 2008 :: volume XIX, no. 02

April 1, 2008 :: volume XIX, no. 01

April 30, 2008

GiDEL Releases The Fastest, Scalable SOC/ASIC Verification System Built On Largest And Fastest FPGAs

April 29, 2008

National Instruments Integrates Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA Technology into New Customizable I/O Devices

Advanced Mezzanine Cards Take the AdvancedTCA to New Levels

April 28, 2008

Altera Launches DO-254 Global Partner Network

Lattice Announces New CPLD Family For Low Power, High Volume Portable Applications

Altera and HCELL Engineering Announce DO-254-Certifiable Nios II Embedded Processor

QuickLogic Supplying Engineering Samples Of PolarPro II CSSP Solution Platform

April 24, 2008

Xilinx Celebrates Winners of Industry's First Open Source Hardware Innovation Contest for Mainland China Universities

April 23, 2008

Semico Research Corp. Identifies MathStar’s Arrix® Family of Semiconductor Devices as Leading New Field Programmable Computing Array (FPCA) Category

Industry’s First FMC is VMETRO A/D Module

Mitrionics Promotes Parallel Programming and Accelerated Computing to Academic Institutions With Free Mitrion SDK Personal Edition

April 22, 2008

Actel Partners With Pigeon Point Systems to Deliver TCA Management Solutions

Kilopass Collaborates with Dongbu HiTek to Deliver Embedded Non-Volatile Memory Technology for 0.18um and 0.13um Process Nodes

IEEE Announces Speakers for Global Standards, Local Benefits Seminar in Tokyo

April 21, 2008

Actel Corporation Licenses Sarnoff’s TakeCharge® Solution

Lattice And Aldec Announce New Alliance For FPGA Design And Verification

Northwest Logic Announces Complete PCI Express 2.0 Solution For Xilinx Virtex-5FXT Devices

Lattice Semiconductor And Synplicity Extend Partnership

April 17, 2008

FIRST Robotics Competition Selects National Instruments CompactRIO for Next-Generation Robot Control System

April 16, 2008

The Altium Innovation Station adds more options for high-volume application development

Altium boosts device support of its Innovation Station

New plug and play options for Altium’s Innovation Station

Altium Innovation Station extends into high-performance electronics design sector

Advanced Knowledge Associates Announces New PRISM405 Based on Low-Power, High Functionality Altera FPGA

Timesys Announces Embedded LinuxLink Support for Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs

April 15, 2008

LatticeECP2M FPGAs Support High-Speed Serial JESD204 Specification

Synplicity Introduces System Designer: System-Level Implementation and IP Integration Tool for FPGA Design

VMETRO’s VPX Card Boasts Quad FPGAs and dual FMC sites

Synplicity Launches ReadyIP Program: The Industry’s First Universal, Secure IP Flow for FPGA Implementation

April 14, 2008

Xilinx Demonstrates New Triple-Rate SDI Reference Designs for Broadcast Video Applications at NAB 2008

Xilinx XtremeDSP Solution Development Tools Deliver New Levels of DSP and ESL Design Capabilities

Atmel and TimeSys Announce Embedded Linux Support for AT91CAP Customizable Microcontrollers

April 14, 2008 continued

Xilinx Unveils Embedded Development Environment and Ecosystem Supporting New Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs

Avnet Electronics Marketing Launches Complete MicroBlaze Processor Linux Design Solution

Avnet Electronics Marketing Delivers Virtex-5 FXT FPGA Evaluation Kit

Avnet Electronics Marketing Introduces Low Cost Spartan-3A FPGA Evaluation Kit

MontaVista Software Supports Embedded Linux Commercialization for New Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs

QuickLogic and Sital Partner in Developing Core for MIL-STD-1553

Altera Demonstrates 3-Gbps SDI Leadership and 1080p Video Framework at NAB Show 2008

April 10, 2008

New PMC modules interface I/O signals to a reconfigurable Virtex-5 FPGA optimized for ultra-high-performance DSP

EMA Adds FPGA I/O Synthesis Tool to Its PCB Offerings

April 9, 2008

Actel Discusses Low Power and Power Management at ESC Silicon Valley

Xilinx at NAB 2008

Ambric to Demo the Apple Port of the Am2045 GT Video Reference Platform for MPEG-2 and H.264, with Adobe Integration for Flash and Blu-ray; Enhanced Developer Tools and Boards; and the Am2045 Massively Parallel Processor Array at NAB 2008

Altera Showcases Low-Power Solutions at ESC 2008

PLDA Announces Immediate Availablity Of PCIe 2.0 IP Core Supporting New Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs

Lattice FPGA Enables Lowest Cost Programmable SDI Solutions At NAB

April 8, 2008

National Semiconductor to Showcase High-Performance Analog Products for Professional and Broadcast Video at NAB 2008

Altera Demonstrates 3-Gbps SDI Leadership and 1080p Video Framework at NAB Show 2008

April 7, 2008

Young robot designers innovate with Altium’s support

Gennum Delivers Industry’s First Single-Chip HD and 3Gb/s Transmit and Receive Solutions

Xilinx Introduces the Industry's Highest Performance, Largest Capacity FPGAs for Space Applications

Altera Broadens Markets for Arria GX Family

April 4, 2008

Xilinx Honored for Enabling Technology in the ALICE Experiment at CERN - World's Largest Laboratory for Particle Physics

April 3, 2008

Altium expands versatility of Altium Innovation Station

Novelics Announces Availability of Single-Transistor SRAM for 65-Nanometer System-on-Chip Design

Theory, Algorithms and Architectures of Digital Signal Processing

April 2, 2008

VMETRO Expands Buffer Memory Products to Include XMC Modules

Ambric and MainConcept Collaborate to Accelerate High Definition Video Compression

Micrel Rolls Out New High Speed, Dual Supply NMOS LDO for Low Input and Output Voltage Applications

April 1, 2008

New MultiBench(TM) Multicore Benchmarks Now Available From EEMBC(R)

Synplicity’s Synplify DSP 3.6 Software Speeds DSP Algorithm Design for ASICs and FPGAs

Mentor Graphics Announces Synthesis Support for Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT Field Programmable Gate Arrays

Synplicity Announces Immediate Support for Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs

NEC Electronics America Shares Tips for Developing Low-Cost Custom Silicon for the Industrial Market