Open-Silicon Adopts Magma's Hydra Automated Floorplanning and Hierarchical Design Planning Product to Streamline ASIC Implementation May 27, 2008
May 27, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Magma(r) Design Automation Inc. (NasdaqGM: - ), a provider of chip design software, today announced that Open-Silicon Inc., a leading fabless ASIC company, has adopted Magma's new Hydra(tm) floorplanning and hierarchical design planning product. Open-Silicon adopted Hydra because it enables development of production-quality floorplans that accurately reflect final chip architectural intent and performance. (Primezone Releases)
Merging 'Control' Software With Smart Devices Could Optimize Manufacturing May 23, 2008
20, 2005) Digital design software has virtually replaced blueprints across all manufacturing sectors. STEP (the Standard for the Exchange of Product Data), a universal format for product data that allows. (Science Daily)
Magma Highlights Expanded Product Portfolio At DAC 2008 May 22, 2008
May 22, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Magma(r) Design Automation Inc. (NasdaqGM: - ), a provider of chip design software, today announced a line-up of demonstrations for the 45th Design Automation Conference that will show how engineers can use Magma's broadened line of software to create electronic products that innovatively address today's consumer demands. The new Titan(tm) analog implementation system, methods for minimizing power consumption, and design for manufacturability (DFM) capabilities... (Primezone Releases)
Unique Party Invitations Stand Out and Impress Guests May 21, 2008
Any standard format is accepted including JPG and TIF. Second, edit or adjust your photo, either on your own, or through the free postage design software that simply prompts you to zoom and adjust your photo alignment. Third, select the postage amount and quantity. (Harrisburg Daily Register, IL)
Criteria Labs Selects Magma's Knights Camelot as First CAD Navigation Tool of Choice to Direct New Focused-Ion-Beam Hardware Device May 21, 2008
and AUSTIN, Texas, May 21, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Magma(r) Design Automation Inc. (NasdaqGM: - ), a provider of chip design software, today announced that Criteria Labs, one of the semiconductor equipment industry's fastest-growing back-end services companies, has adopted Magma's Knights Camelot(tm) CAD navigation software for driving its new focused-ion-beam (FIB) hardware device. Criteria Labs selected Camelot as its CAD navigation tool of choice primarily due to its ability to view layout... (Primezone Releases)
Magma Introduces Hydra -- Next-Generation, Highly Flexible Automated Floorplan Synthesis Product Delivers Superior Predictability and Productivity May 20, 2008
May 20, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Magma(r) Design Automation Inc. (NasdaqGM: - ), a provider of chip design software, today announced Hydra(tm), an automated floorplan synthesis and hierarchical design planning product with physical optimization capabilities that delivers superior predictability. Unlike existing floorplanning and prototyping tools, Hydra takes timing, power, congestion and area into consideration and generates an implementation-ready floorplan, reducing turnaround time of very... (Primezone Releases)
De Geus: EDA has to be rethought May 20, 2008
2 billion per annum vendor of design software, intellectual property (IP) and professional services for the chip industry. EE Times caught up with de Geus during his recent visit to Israel, where the company held an executive forum. (EETimes)
- Looking to the future May 17, 2008
A significant donation of design software will provide drafting students at Sedro-Woolley High School an opportunity to hone their skills and prepare for a possible career in the field. The donation is an advanced version of 3-dimensional modeling software used by manufacturing companies like Janicki Industries. (Anacortes Weekly, WA)
Revit Architecture and Autodesk 3ds Max Design Software Accelerate the Building Design Process May 14, 2008
BOSTON, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At the VisMasters Design, Modeling and Visualization Conference, Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: - ) highlighted how architects around the world are adopting software for ) and Autodesk 3ds Max Design software for 3D visualization ... Autodesk, Inc. is the world leader in 2D and 3D design software for the manufacturing, construction, and media and entertainment markets. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Freeway Web site editor adds RSS Feed action May 10, 2008
1, a new version of its Web design software for Mac OS X. A free update for 5. 0 users, Freeway is available in Express and Pro versions for $79 or $249 respectively. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
CoWare spreads its wings in Israel May 10, 2008
A supplier of platform-driven electronic system-level (ESL) design software and services, CoWare is responding by opening up a local-support and channel-distribution center for its ESL technologies used by systems and semiconductor companies. "As I experienced during my tenure as a manager at Motorola Semiconductors Israel, design engineers in Israel are very demanding," said Eshel Haritan, vice president of engineering at CoWare. (EETimes)
Autodesk wraps up purchase of two French companies May 8, 2008
Design software maker finished buying French companies and. San Rafael-based Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) didn't say what it paid for Paris-based Kynogon, which makes software used in making video games. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Boeing rival Airbus warns of more delays for troubled A380 May 7, 2008
Airbus blamed the failure of German and French plants to use the same design software, and was forced to start assembling the first 25 planes by threading the 500 km of wiring through each aircraft manually, pushing deliveries back on average 2 years. previousnext. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Airbus warns A380 may face further delays May 6, 2008
Airbus blamed the failure of German and French plants to use the same design software and was forced to start assembling the first 25 planes by threading the 500 km of wiring through each aircraft manually, pushing deliveries back on average 2 years. Recommend this article. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Boston Scientific strikes deal with Bovie Medical May 2, 2008
plans to acquire for $297m Autodesk Inc., the biggest maker of design software used in engineering, plans to acquire Moldflow Corp. for about $297 million to broaden the company's digital prototyping operations in plastic-parts markets. Autodesk will offer $22 each for all outstanding shares of Moldflow common stock, Autodesk said. (Boston Globe)
Technology workshops let students sample various career options Apr 11, 2008
There, Dan Guilmette, a computer information systems instructor, introduced students to basic game design software before students began creating a maze game. An associate s degree in game design and creation is one of the college s offerings. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Surgical-Robot Maker Has More Room to Operate Apr 10, 2008
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Patch Tuesday Next Week: Five Critical Updates Promised Apr 4, 2008
A third important update is being readied for the Visio design software, the company said. The critical Windows update-- called Bulletin 2 by Microsoft-- looks particularly important because it affects all supported versions of Windows, said Andrew Storms, director of security operations with nCircle Network Security. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Leading CAD R&D engineer retained Mar 26, 2008
He will be called upon, by NHRA, to provide third-party analysis utilizing his vast years of experience in engineering and proprietary computer animated design software. His analysis will be shared with not only the racing community, but SFI as they develop specifications for all classes in NHRA Drag Racing. (Yahoo News -- Auto Racing)
Daily Briefing Mar 19, 2008
Adobe Systems Inc., the biggest maker of design software, said first-quarter profit climbed 53 percent and predicted earnings for the current period that beat analysts' estimates. Net income rose to $219. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
New computer system for newspaper Mar 18, 2008
Reporters began training on the system two weeks ago, and paginators have been learning new design software throughout the process. This has been a long time coming. (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
Brazil's chip biz still stymied Mar 15, 2008
"However, they did not have the time to wait." Cadence decided to donate chip design software to universities and help them develop curricula. The target is to turn out 15,000 chip designers in three years. (EETimes)
Tough competition for video-gaming jobs Mar 4, 2008
And creating and distributing homemade games is getting easier with some help from game console manufacturers; Microsoft recently announced it would make player-developed games available on its Xbox Live service, and even let students use its game design software for free. Other hopefuls enter through what manager Robert Morgan of Activision's San Francisco studio, Shaba Games, called "the mailroom of our industry," testing games. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Ahead of the Bell: Autodesk Downgrade Feb 28, 2008
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Several analysts lowered price targets and downgraded Autodesk Inc. Wednesday after the design software maker posted relatively flat fourth-quarter profit and cut its first-quarter and fiscal 2009 estimates. Think Equity Partners analyst Michael Huang changed his rating to "Accumulate" from "Buy" and cut his price target to $42 from $55. (CNNMoney.com)
Autodesk set to slide on earnings, outlook Feb 28, 2008
-based design software maker posted a slight fourth-quarter profit gain that fell short of Wall Street analysts' estimates. The company also lowered its outlook for the current year. (MarketWatch)
FCC chief grills Comcast on BitTorrent blocking Feb 27, 2008
"It's not clear when the high periods of congestion are, what they mean by delay, and if I were trying to design software to that...I'm not sure how I'd do it," he told Martin. Democratic commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein, who have called for nondiscrimination rules, also pressed the Comcast executive to justify his company's practices. (CNET News.com)
Autodesk Shares Slammed After Warning Feb 27, 2008
-based design software maker Autodesk (ADSK) said net income for the period ended in January rose to $96. 5 million, or 40 cents a share, from $96. (SmartMoney)
IBM qualifies Mentor's 45-nm tools Feb 27, 2008
The IC design software for standard and CPA clusters is available from Mentor Graphics. The pre-integrated BladeCenter H CPA cluster is available from Mentor is exhibiting the nmOPC solution at the. (EETimes)
Microsoft to Students: Download Free Software Feb 23, 2008
Now, Microsoft aims to help seed the technologists and entrepreneurs of the future by giving away versions of its commercial development and design software for free to college and high school students worldwide. Company chairman planned to announce a new program dubbed DreamSpark Tuesday afternoon during a speech to students at Stanford University. (Datamation)
Bill Gates encourages students to help the world's poor Feb 22, 2008
Earlier this week, Gates announced Microsoft would give away versions of its commercial development and design software to more than 35 million students in order to help fill the growing global demand for developers, scientists and mathematicians. The DreamSpark program will be available to university students studying technology, design, math, science and engineering in 11 countries, including Canada. (Canada.com)
Will Microsoft's new openness pass muster with EU? Feb 22, 2008
Thursday, chief executive officer Steve Ballmer announced sweeping changes to the company's corporate strategy in the hopes of appeasing its European critics, by casting off the veil which shrouded many of Microsoft's technological blueprints, effectively making it easier for third-party developers to design software that connects to and interacts with programs such as Windows and Office. In the past, that information was only available to licensed partners. (Globe and Mail)
La Crosse schools offering options to boost interest in field Feb 21, 2008
PLTW offers teens a glimpse of what a day in the field could be like by teaching problem-solving skills through computer design software and hands-on labs in three designated courses, O Hern said. It s all about having options for the kids, said Central High associate principal Jeff Fleig. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Northrop Grumman Delivers First Beyond-Line-of-Sight IP Network to U.S. Air Force E-8C Joint STARS Fleet Feb 21, 2008
You no longer need to remember symbols. Simply type in a company name or stock symbol for instant results. (Primezone Releases)
Analysts flag unusual buying in Adobe upside calls Feb 20, 2008
Many Wall Street analysts have been painting a pessimistic picture, saying the company is near the end of a surge in sales that came from last year's release of a major upgrade to its family of graphics design software, which is known as CS3 and includes popular titles such as Illustrator and Photoshop ... Many of Adobe's programs, including its Photoshop and Illustrator graphics design software, run on personal computers. (ABC News -- Wire)
Partners to Showcase Magma's Design Ecosystem At MUSIC Users Conference Feb. 27-28 in Santa Clara Feb 20, 2008
Feb. 20, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Magma(r) Design Automation Inc. (NasdaqGM: - ), a provider of chip design software, today announced the companies that will participate in the Partners Fair at Magma's MUSIC (Magma Users Summit on Integrated Circuits) users conference Feb. 27-28 at the Santa Clara Convention Center ... MUSIC provides an open forum for users to gain expertise using Magma's chip design software and to exchange ideas about, and solutions for, the challenges of nanometer integrated... (Primezone Releases)
NIST building safety efforts mark fifth anniversary of RI nightclub fire Feb 20, 2008
NIST and its partners expect this effort to eventually yield advanced building design software that accounts for how people react during evacuations. . (EurekAlert!)
Microsoft Gives Students Access to Technical Software at No Charge to Inspire Success and Make a Difference Feb 19, 2008
(Logo: ) The Microsoft DreamSpark student program () makes available, at no charge, a broad range of development and design software for download. The program is now available to more than 35 million college students in Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S. Broad global coverage, as well as an expansion of the program to high school students around the world, potentially reaching up to 1 billion students worldwide, will continue throughout... (PR Newswire)
Microsoft to give out development tools to students Feb 19, 2008
Gates said many designers opt for Adobe's design software because they are more familiar with it and the company could benefit if students become more comfortable working with Microsoft's design tools ... In the past, Microsoft has made development and design software available to students, but it was up to the universities to register for the program. (Scientific American)
Your HD DVD just became a collector's item Feb 19, 2008
If Toshiba can clear hurdles to design software for Blu-ray, it could use a joint venture with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. on optical discs to make Blu-ray players, analysts said. Toshiba could also procure Blu-ray products from Sony or Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and sell them under its own brand, they said. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Shop class retooled at S.F. high school Feb 19, 2008
Then they planned prototypes on computers using design software. Their finished pieces will be mounted on the back of the bench. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Microsoft's gift for students Feb 19, 2008
SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp unveiled a new initiative that will give college and high school students around the world free access to technology tools used to develop and design software ... Using a broadband connection, students can download Visual Studio, Microsoft's main development tools used by professional developers, and Expression Studio, design software that rivals Adobe Systems Inc's Creative Suite offering ... Gates said many designers opt for Adobe's design software because they are more... (India Times, India)
Log Cabin Quilt Block Variations Feb 16, 2008
Electric Quilter 6 quilting design software includes 75 different Log Cabin blocks in its block library. You can create your own unique look just by choosing different fabrics. (Suite101.com)
Read Indepth Article Feb 15, 2008
Using design software on a computer, Buckwalter recombines and edits the images into new narratives. From there, Buckwalter prints the bits out and repaints them by hand on to kinetic fields of color. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Will it work? Feb 13, 2008
New venture helps companies "see" if a new product will fly - Austin Business Journal. Members: Not Registered. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
Altium launches Innovation Station with Desktop NanoBoard Feb 9, 2008
Those clever guys and gals from "Down Under" have just announced the Altium Innovation Station, which is a combination of the latest release of their unified electronics design software, , and a newly extended range of Altium NanoBoard reconfigurable hardware platforms. As you may recall, Altium Designer is a complete design environment that lets you capture and verify an entire system, including the board and the hardware/software components of any FPGAs mounted on that board (it's fair to say... (EETimes)
Super Bowl XLII: Digital Artists Tackle Commercials With Autodesk Solutions Feb 7, 2008
About Autodesk Autodesk, Inc. is the world leader in 2D and model-based design software solutions for the manufacturing, infrastructure, building, and media and entertainment fields. Since its introduction of AutoCAD in 1982, Autodesk has helped customers experience their ideas before they are real. (PR Newswire)
Turning Electronics Design Inside Out -- Device Intelligence With or Without Hardware Design Feb 5, 2008
The Altium Innovation Station combines the award-winning Altium Designer unified electronics design software with the newly-extended Altium NanoBoard range of reconfigurable hardware platforms. The result is a complete electronics design environment that puts device intelligence at the center of the design process. (BusinessWire)
20-20 Technologies Increases Its Market Share of Interactive Design Web Applications Through Strategic Acquisition of Icovia Feb 1, 2008
The combination of Icovia's knowledge of the home furnishings industry and 20-20's proven expertise as the leading provider of interior design software solutions makes for an offering that is very attractive to home furnishings retailers and manufacturers. "Our clients can link their online planning tool to web analytics software, allowing them to gain valuable insight into consumer preferences, and measure the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns through user registration," said... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Magma and Common Platform Technology Alliance Deliver DFM Solution for 65 nm IC Design Success Jan 31, 2008
Jan. 31, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Magma(r) Design Automation Inc. (NasdaqGM: - ), a provider of chip design software, today announced the availability of a qualified design for manufacturability (DFM) flow for ICs targeted at 65-nanometer (nm) processes of Common Platform technology -- an alliance between IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing and Samsung. The flow is based on Magma's DFM-aware design environment that accounts for process variability and lithographic effects in the context... (Primezone Releases)
Magma Congratulates Winners of MUSIC India 'Best Paper' Awards -- Design for Manufacturability, Automation and Physical Verification Among Popular Topics Jan 29, 2008
BANGALORE, India, Jan. 29, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Magma(r) Design Automation Inc. (NasdaqGM: - ), a provider of chip design software, today announced the ``Best Paper'' winners for MUSIC (Magma Users Summit on Integrated Circuits) India, held in Bangalore Jan. 22-23. ADVERTISEMENT. (Primezone Releases)
Riding the rails Jan 25, 2008
If you have experience with 3-D design software and even more patience, there are editing tools for making your own routes, perhaps along some of Canada's beautiful and challenging rail lines. But mostly you drive trains for a long time Rail Simulator has around 1,700 kilometres of virtual track and the developers have been rather stingy with information or help for people who don't already have, like Bobby (Bacala) Baccalieri on The Sopranos, a train set in the garage. (Globe and Mail)
Bentley Systems buys Hevacomp of England Jan 23, 2008
Hevacomp, which is based in Sheffield, England, develops building-services design software, including software for energy analysis, heating and cooling load calculations, pipe and duct sizing, and electrical system design and product catalogs. Bentley of Exton, Pa. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Magma Introduces 3D Small-Area Analysis Option to Knights Camelot Failure Analysis Software Jan 23, 2008
Jan. 23, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Magma(r) Design Automation, Inc. (NasdaqGM: - ), a provider of chip design software, today introduced 3D Small-Area Analysis, an option to Magma's Knights Camelot(tm) CAD navigation failure analysis software that helps fab engineers locate potential circuit failures faster, accelerating yield improvement within the semiconductor manufacturing environment. ADVERTISEMENT. (Primezone Releases)
Cookery classes to be compulsory Jan 22, 2008
Ofsted said pupils were often taught "trivia" such as "arranging toppings decoratively on a pizza" or using complex engineering computer-aided design software to produce simple drawings of icing on cakes. Timetabling was made awkward by larger class sizes and a shortage of specialist teachers. (BBC News -- UK)
Sun to acquire MySQL for US$1bn Jan 17, 2008
17 January 2008 09:45 AM. Sun is taking the plunge into the database market with the purchase of open-source database developer MySQL for US$1 billion. (ZDNet.com.au)
Synfora meshes synthesis tool with CoWare's platform approach Jan 17, 2008
CoWare supplies platform-oriented electronic system-level (ESL) design software and services. Founded in 2003, Synfora said the move would allow users of its PICO Express tool to create synthesizable and corresponding transaction-level SystemC models from an untimed C language algorithm, then reuse them in combination with other ESL models in CoWare's Platform Architect. (EETimes)
Microsoft targeted in two new antitrust probes Jan 15, 2008
Billy Hinners, CIO of Autodesk speaks to ZDNet Editor-in-chief Dan Farber about creating design software for its eight million customers in the construction, media and manufacturing industries. He also talks about the company's green strategy, his 20 years in product development and transitioning to his new role as CIO.. (ZDNet.com.au)
EDA ekes out modest growth as action moves offshore Jan 15, 2008
14) indicated modest single-digit growth overall for the that supplies and system design software. The EDAC Consortium () announced the sector grew by 7. (EETimes)
Power Integrations EcoSmart Technology Enables Compliance with New U.S. Energy Law Jan 14, 2008
The company's Green Room () provides information on the new law and other efficiency standards plus an array of support tools to enable conforming designs, including application notes, reference design kits and the company's free power supply design software, PI Expert(tm). The California efficiency standards touched off a transformation of the external power supply market,'' said Balu Balakrishnan, president and CEO of Power Integrations. (Primezone Releases)
Breakthrough technology powers world's largest telescope Jan 11, 2008
But how do you design software capable of finding something you didn't expect. . (ITBusiness.ca)
Measurement innovations add up to big savings for semiconductors Jan 10, 2008
Public release date: 9-Jan-2008. NIST researcher Russell Hajdaj prepares silicon wafers that will be "baked " as part of the processing required for producing new types of semiconductor devices. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Tech firm finding growth in training arena Jan 8, 2008
People who design software and develop complex data processing and manipulation programs have to be precise and methodical. They tend to take things one step at a time; making sure each phase of a project is completed before moving on to the next. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
A Little 'Intel' on Apple's Next Move Jan 4, 2008
Long-term supply contracts with Samsung, Toshiba (), and Micron () give Apple plenty of incentive to design software that can take advantage the unique properties of flash memory. Windows-based vendors such as Dell () and Hewlett-Packard () will have to follow its lead. (BusinessWeek)
Virtual bodies aid surgery skills Jan 3, 2008
It has used car design software to create one of the most advanced medical visualisation systems in the world. Hi-tech glasses relay signals between the virtual body and the surgeon, who also uses special sensory gloves. (BBC News -- Health)
Magma Enables PLX Technology to Deliver PCI Express Gen 2 Switch Family On Time and On Budget Jan 3, 2008
Jan. 3, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Magma(r) Design Automation, Inc. (NasdaqGM: - ), a provider of semiconductor design software, today announced that PLX Technology(r), the leading supplier of PCI Express(r) (PCIe(r)) and other standard input/output (I/O) interconnect, implemented the PCIe Gen 2 switch family using Magma's RTL-to-GDSII integrated circuit (IC) design solution. Because of the Magma software's proven ability to deliver repeatable silicon success on time and on budget, PLX will deploy... (Primezone Releases)