[ad_1] As well as EDA, IP and SoC companies, this year’s DAC was distinguished by the number of industry bodies that were promoting their particular brand of technology and establishing standards which the industry should follow. Accellera , the body promoting system level design, modelling and verification standards, was linked to several of the industry’sRead more about EDA embraces standard to streamline IC test and verification[…]

[ad_1] There is an ancient adage that it isn’t what you know, but who. And the advent of the digital era has served to only bolster the importance of business networking, especially in certain sectors. There are numerous challenges to business networking, starting with finding the most relevant people. Once you’ve located contacts, then channelsRead more about Best business networking apps of 2018[…]

[ad_1] Synopsys will pay $65 million to Mentor The two companies have agreed a seven year patent cross-licence deal. They have also agreed to pursue inter-operability opportunities between their products. “Interoperability is a critical aspect of enabling customers not only in EDA but in the broader context of system development,” said Tony Hemmelgarn, CEO ofRead more about Synopsys and Mentor bury the hatchet[…]

[ad_1] Apple’s iOS 12 public beta 2 update is now available to download and it’s the best way to change up your iPhone and iPad in 2018, two months ahead of the final version of the software.  It’s filled with new features for your older devices, and even several hints about the upcoming iPad ProRead more about iOS 12 release date, news and features[…]

[ad_1] They are, of course, Rog and Tiger. Rog is gracing the SW19 courts with some superlative play in pursuit of his ninth Wimbledon title. For a 36 year-old to have bagged up a ten year sponsorship deal is extraordinary, but that’s what Rog has done. The deal’s worth $30 million a year and it’sRead more about Oldies Bag Up The Dosh[…]

[ad_1] Fifth time’s the charm. At least that seems to be the case with Intel’s fifth round of processors based on the 14nm manufacturing process. After the release of the laptop-centric 8th-generation Kaby Lake R processors back in August, Intel finally released the 8th-generation Coffee Lake desktop CPUs in October 2017, along with a lineupRead more about Intel Coffee Lake release date, news and features[…]

[ad_1] Called ADS112C04, it is a ΣΔ device that will run from supplies between 2.3 and 5.5 V over -40 to +125°C. Interfacing on the digital side is I2C-compatible two-wire at up to 1Mbit/s, with  two address pins that allow selection of 16 different I2C addresses for the device, according to Mouser, which is stocking theRead more about 16bit ADC runs from as little as 315µA or 2.3V[…]

[ad_1] Security researchers are arguing that passwords represent an increasingly wobbly method of verification, following the discovery of an exploit that can potentially discern a password using the thermal energy residue left on recently pressed keys. As spotted by Bleeping Computer, computer scientists from the University of California, Irvine (UCI), have named the attack Thermanator,Read more about Creative keyboard attack allows passwords to be stolen using the heat from your fingers[…]

[ad_1] This is a reach improvement of almost six times what is possible when using conventional optical amplifiers. The reach and capacity in today’s fibre optical transmission links are both limited by the accumulation of noise, originating from optical amplifiers in the link, and by the signal distortion from nonlinear effects in the transmission fibre.Read more about Chalmers demos 4k fibre-optics link using optical amplifiers[…]

[ad_1] Two weeks ago, we reported that the Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus would be getting a new (and rather glamorous) Sunrise Gold edition in the US after having already been released in the UAE, parts of Asia and Europe.  Well Australia, get your Kylie Minogue-style golden hot pants out of storage, because theRead more about Australia wakes up to a new Sunrise Gold colour for Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus[…]