[ad_1] by Caroline Heyes The tools are built on ATopTech technologies which were the subject of a lawsuit brought by Synopsys. Following that, the tools were rebuilt, the command which had been the same as the Synopsys command was changed, explained Lily Cheng, manager of applications engineering, Avatar. Aprisa has placement, clock tree synthesis, routing,Read more about DAC: Planning tools are based around unified hierarchical database[…]

[ad_1] Long renowned as one of the world’s foremost trading hubs, Singapore is looking to lead the way on becoming a global leader when it comes to smart city technology. With the likes of Japan, South Korea and China all nearby, and also hoping to strike ahead in futuristic technology, the challenge of staying outRead more about Why Singapore could soon be the world's smartest city[…]

[ad_1] This includes chips made in China-based fabs owned by foreign companies like TSMC, Intel, Samsung, UMC, Hynix and SMIC. China’s aspiration is to have 40% of its IC usage supplied domestically by 2020 and 70% by 2025. If China’s big domestic memory  fabs come on-line next year that could be achieved, but it isRead more about China reducing IC import bill[…]

[ad_1] Apple’s iOS 12 public beta has just launched and, believe it or not, there are a bunch of changes behind the familiar iPhone and iPad interface. Update: We’ve updated our iOS 12 public beta first impressions, now that the software has officially gone live. Here’s what we think of the newly launched features. ItRead more about iOS 12 first impressions: 10 specific ways iOS 12 can change your daily life[…]

[ad_1] The E2 Series extends SiFive’s product line with two new standard cores, the E21, which provides mainstream performance for MCUs, sensor fusion, minion cores and smart IoT markets; and the E20, the most power-efficient SiFive standard core designed for microcontrollers, IoT, analog mixed signal and finite state machine applications. Additionally, the company announced enhancementsRead more about SiFive extends MCU core range[…]

[ad_1] Despite emerging as a startup only a few short years ago, adaptive audio manufacturer Even says it’s ready to take on the likes of industry titans – including Beats.  The driving factor of Even’s emboldened status is its all-new H3 Headphones that it says might finally offer some worthy competition thanks to Even’s proprietary EarPrintRead more about These headphones are coming to put a beatdown on Beats[…]

[ad_1] CEVA has announced its CEVA-Dragonfly NB2 core for the cellular IoT standardCat-NB2 (3GPP Release 14 eNB-IoT). The licensable Rel14 compliant eNB-IoT core  is based on the CEVA-X1 DSP/control processor featuring an enhanced Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) and provides a unified processor environment for both physical layer and protocol stack workloads. The core also includes a worldwide enabled RF Transceiver, aRead more about CEVA improves cellular IoT core[…]

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[ad_1] This makes Infineon  the first sensor manufacturer to offer magnetic sensors based on all four magnetic technologies: HALL, GMR, AMR and TMR. The  new  angle sensor family is designated XENSIV TLE5501. Infineon has achieved the highest automotive functional safety grade ASIL D for angle sensors with only one single sensor chip. The new productsRead more about Infineon to sample TMR magnetic sensors in August[…]

[ad_1] With its mechanized pop-up selfie camera that was first revealed back at MWC in February, the Vivo Nex has helped kicked off what might be the our favorite smartphone design trend of 2018 – one that’s finally seeing phone makers ditch the derivative ‘notch’ screen cut-outs that have become all too common since AppleRead more about The Vivo Nex's pop-up selfie camera gets stripped bare in new teardown[…]