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    Analog tools must catch up  Mar 28, 2008
    Next, analog design tools must be enhanced to provide automation and productivity capabilities similar to their digital counterparts--for example, the ability to specify an analog at a high level of abstraction and then automatically synthesize that representation into its transistor-level equivalent, and to perform analog refinement and optimization. Finally, it will be necessary to automate the process for an analog design from one process technology node to another and from one foundry to... (EETimes)

    TSMC First to Deliver 40nm Process Technology  Mar 24, 2008
    TSMC is the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, providing the industry's leading process technology and the foundry industry's largest portfolio of process-proven libraries, IP, design tools and reference flows. The Company's total managed capacity in 2007 exceeded eight million (8-inch equivalent) wafers, including capacity from two advanced 12-inch Gigafabs, four eight-inch fabs, one six-inch fab, as well as TSMC's wholly owned subsidiaries, WaferTech and TSMC (Shanghai), and its... (Canada Newswire)

    EA Details The Sims 3  Mar 20, 2008
    Populating this environment are sims you've created with a brand new set of design tools allowing you to fashion them in any way you can imagine, right down to fine tuning facial features; hey, why not play God with your favorite movie star. Additionally, EA's proprietary Realistic Personality System allows you to make your sims distinct by adjusting the levels on five different personality traits. (DVDfeed)

    Announcement  Mar 20, 2008
    In addition to the open, living neighbourhood, the all-new Create-a-Sim interface will feature easy-to-use design tools that allow you to make truly detailed Sims that are more realistic than ever. Create-a-Sim gives you the incredible freedom to customize just about any Sim you can imagine. (IGN PC Games)

    Adobe first quarter profit rises 52 percent, beats expectations, but forecast remains same  Mar 20, 2008
    SAN JOSE Demand for design tools like Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver and for its Acrobat publishing tool pushed Adobe Systems Inc.'s profit up 52 percent in the first quarter, but the software maker still forecast just 13 percent revenue growth for the year. Compared with the San Jose-based company's 37 percent hike in first-quarter revenue, that forecast tells Global Crown Capital analyst Martin Pyykkonen that troubles in the broader economy might be causing Adobe to be a little... (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)

    Indian researchers propose hybrid approach to embedded software evaluation  Mar 19, 2008
    It has been shown that by extending a base processor core by means of intelligently selected instructions, the performance of the processor for the application or application domain can be very much improved using design tools from vendors such as CoWare, Tensilica and ARC. "But," they said, "keeping in view the shrinking time-to-market window in today's embedded system design and the existence of several customized processor cores in the market from silicon vendors, a system designer is often... (EETimes)

    Sorce Intranet Wins Best Design Suite  Mar 15, 2008
    But perhaps that will change, and U.S. companies will start to learn what 200 mostly European companies (representing 150,000 end users) already know: Sorce creates an outstanding intranet design tool. "We saw the names that were short-listed, and obviously there were some very good global names and we were over the moon to have won it," said Nicklin. (IntranetJournal)

    Open SystemC Initiative adds members  Mar 15, 2008
    The proposed standard is claimed to assure interoperability between IP models, system models and system-level design tools. OSCI expects to finalize TLM-2 by June. (EETimes)

    SiliconBlue 65-nm FPGAs run on microamps  Mar 8, 2008
    SiliconBlue provides iCEcube design tools to take developers through to the bitstream. It has a graphical user interface and allows timing-driven routing. (EETimes)

    MS opens up, eyes Eclipse  Mar 7, 2008
    Technology ess Daily. Microsoft cited for open efforts, eyes Eclipse. (InfoWorld)

    Nokia smartphones to turn on Microsoft's Silverlight  Mar 4, 2008
    Microsoft wants to encourage use of the Silverlight rich Internet application (RIA) platform in order to drive demand for closely-related Microsoft programming and design tools such as Visual Studio, Expression and others. Adobe has a similar goal, pushing out its Adobe AIR and Flash platforms in order to drive sales of its back-end design tools. (Computerworld)

    Team-based E-learning Turns A New Page  Mar 2, 2008
    The project is due to end in March 2008 and the majority of the COOPER platform will be freely downloadable over the web, except some commercial components, such as the visual design tool WebRatio and VoIP, which can be requested under academic license agreement. Project partners will provide consultative services. (Science Daily)

    See all DESIGN News  Feb 26, 2008
    eeDesign is the comprehensive source of information for electronics design tools and methodologies. Its scope includes EDA tools, silicon intellectual property (IP), chip design methodologies, and chip and system architectures. (EETimes)

    What's right with young people today  Feb 25, 2008
    Through DreamSpark, we are providing professional software development and design tools to university students around the world as a download at no cost. Our goal is to help students expand their skills and knowledge, and, hopefully, to inspire them to find new ways to turn their great ideas into businesses that create real opportunities and solutions that address real-world problems. (Globe and Mail -- Business)

    Xilinx at TI Developer Conference Worldwide 2008  Feb 21, 2008
    The presentation and demo will illustrate the process from both perspectives: that of the FPGA designer using Xilinx design tools, and that of the DSP software designer using a standard API to communicate with the FPGA-based peripheral from the C-language software design in TI's Code Composer Studio(TM) Integrated Development Environment. The demo will feature the Avnet Spartan(TM)-3A DSP DaVinci Evaluation Platform, which combines TI's TMS320DM6437 processor based on DaVinci(TM) technology with... (PR Newswire)

    Microsoft launches free design and development software program ...  Feb 20, 2008
    Microsoft Corp. announced on Monday that the software giant will offer free access of its development and design tools to as many as one billion students, whether they are in college or high school ... 0, SQL Server Developer Edition, Windows Server Standard Edition, and its Web and graphic design toolset. (DailyTech)

    Microsoft to give students free developer tools  Feb 19, 2008
    In addition to giving away its Visual Studio tools, Microsoft is also providing no-charge access to its Expression Web design tools and its XNA studio for developing Xbox 360 software. Microsoft already provides discounted academic versions of its software, as well as a. (CNET News.com)

    Half of small businesses still unrepresented online  Feb 17, 2008
    Businesses that sign up to the service receive web hosting, site design tools, content management software, a domain name and up to 100 business email accounts. Tim Kimber, UK product manager for Microsoft Office Live Small Business, said: Today having a professional website is as fundamental to running a small business as having business cards. (Startups.co.uk)

    Nanomagnets Add New Dimension To Nanotechnology  Feb 14, 2008
    It is well known that current technology tends to design tools that are ever smaller and that nanotechnology, although it its infancy, is a theme that is very much in fashion in our society. Who has not heard of nanotubes, nanoparticles and nanomagnets, etc. (Science Daily)

    Programming Biomolecular Self-Assembly Pathways  Feb 14, 2008
    As Pierce describes it, these results take them closer to achieving a long-term goal of creating a "compiler for biomolecular function"--an automated design tool that takes as input a molecular program and provides as output a set of biomolecules that execute the desired function. He remarks, "It's about time for the stone age of molecular compilers to begin.". (Science Daily)

    Xilinx Announces Digital Pre-Distortion Reference Design for Freescale's LDMOS Power Amplifier Devices  Feb 11, 2008
    Xilinx XtremeDSP solutions come complete with silicon platforms, design tools, development boards and kits, reference designs and a host of signal processing IP for wireless and multimedia video applications. The XtremeDSP silicon portfolio delivers maximum flexibility with three device platforms: the Virtex-4 SX platform with over 250 GMACS at 500MHz, Virtex-5 SXT platform for ultra-high bandwidth with over 350 GMACS at 550MHz and integrated low-power serial connectivity, and the Spartan-3A DSP... (PR Newswire)

    Yahoo Moves to Flat-Rate Web Hosting  Feb 8, 2008
    Along with the new all-you-can-eat pricing, Yahoo Web Hosting also includes Web site design tools (geared toward people with little or no technical experience) to create professional-quality sites, a free domain name, 1,000 personalized e-mail accounts (i. e., employeename@yourbusiness. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Applied Innovations Opens Software and Services Marketplace, Available Exclusively for Customers  Feb 7, 2008
    NET components, marketing tools, Web design tools and more. Currently, the marketplace contains nearly two dozen special offers and discounts. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Tech Hits (And Misses) Keep on Coming at DEMO  Feb 4, 2008
    A firm called Flypaper brings nifty animation and design tools to the Web. Company CEO Pat Sullivan calls it a bridge between Microsoft's PowerPoint presentation and custom programming with Adobe's Flash. (eSecurityPlanet)

    The New Snake Oil Salesmen  Feb 1, 2008
    You visit a Web design blog and you're not sure if you're reading the opinions of a Web design expert or a marketer selling a new suite of design tools. More From Intranet Journal. (IntranetJournal)

    TSMC Reports Fourth Quarter EPS of NT$1.31  Jan 31, 2008
    Profile TSMC (TAIEX: 2330; NYSE: TSM) is the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, providing the industry's leading manufacturing capacity, process technology, and the foundry industry's largest portfolio of process- proven libraries, IP, design tools and reference flows. TSMC currently operates two twelve-inch wafer fabs, four eight-inch fabs and one six-inch fab. (PR Newswire)

    TriQuint rolls millimeter-wave process  Jan 26, 2008
    TQP13-N, together with TriQuint's design tools, application support and long standing expertise as a GaAs foundry supplier, offers our customers the opportunity to broaden their presence in existing markets and develop innovative new uses for millimeter-wave applications. " eeProductCenter Launches SpecSearch, New Parametric Parts Search Engine In our continuing effort to enhance our site, eeProductCenter introduces SpecSearch powered by GlobalSpec. Free Subscription to EE Times First Name... (EETimes)

    A Global Revolution  Jan 7, 2008
    Young engineers and anyone new to the industry especially analysts and PR people --will find a veritable electronics industry Rosetta Stone in the chapters and sub chapters on IC design, the evolution of design tools, design tradeoffs, design automation, the evolution of CAD, electronic design automation, the mixed signal challenge. The book demystifies the alchemy of silicon while providing an excellent tutorial on how value-driven companies get from chips and software to MP3 players, digital... (EETimes)

    Explosives On A Chip  Dec 22, 2007
    "We can start with the Navy's requirements for the material and design structures that are able to meet those requirements. We can have an integrated design tool able to develop a whole range of explosive precursors on different size scales.". Nadler uses a variety of templates, including microspheres and woven fabrics, to create regular patterns in copper oxide paste whose viscosity is controlled by the addition of polymers. (Science Daily)

    Explosives-on-a-chip make munitions smarter  Dec 22, 2007
    "Our aim is an integrated design tool able to develop a whole range of explosive precursors on different size scales," said Jason Nadler, a research engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) who is involved with the project. "Our fuzes are 'smart' in that they know the exact environment that the weapon needs to be in, and detonate it at the right time.". (EETimes)

    Website Pros Offers Free Version of NetObjects Fusion  Dec 18, 2007
    -- Integrated e-commerce catalog builder -- Completely customizable style attributes such as color, page layout, font type, font size -- Centralized management features with propagating file changes -- Seamless integration of add on services -- Point and click and drag and drop design tools -- Incremental publishing capability. Though available in a free downloadable form, upgrade paths to a more robust platform under NetObjects Fusion 8 and NetObjects Fusion 10 are available for $14. (Primezone Releases)

    AMD, Intel at it again, as both take aim at SoC  Dec 13, 2007
    Meanwhile, both Intel and AMD are pursuing advances in on-chip interconnects and design tools ... As for software design tools, AMD has evolved the flow used for its initial K8 Opteron chips in two directions ... "Intel's heritage is to create a lot of our own design tools, but we are evolving to using more industry-standard tools," added Leszinske. (EETimes)

    ATopTech, a new face in physical design  Dec 12, 2007
    The majority of the ATopTech development team has more than 10 years of experience developing physical design toolsets. For several members of the team, this is their third commercial place and route system. (EETimes)

    TSMC Reports Foundry's First 32-Nanometer Technology With Functional SRAM  Dec 11, 2007
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    Jamie Herzlinger : Designer-contractor literally does it all  Dec 8, 2007
    This is a fabulous design tool when you want to separate or divide room space, create an intimate corner in a room or just highlight a wall. Details: Jamie Herzlinger Interiors, 4400 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 705, Scottsdale, - 602-795-3824,- jamieherzlingerinteriors. (AZCentral -- Home)

    New Intel group will drive system-chip design  Dec 7, 2007
    "Intel's heritage is to create a lot of our own design tools, but we are evolving to using more industry-standard tools," added Leszinske. Related Links. (EETimes)

    Serena Delivers Mashup Solution  Dec 4, 2007
    To create mashups using the Serena technology, mashers use Serena Mashup Composer, a point-and-click visual design tool, to connect applications and automate business processes such as sales discount approvals all without writing any code, the company said. Serena offers support and services to help users get their mashups to the point that they're ready to be deployed. (eWeek)

    Serena Announces Availability Of Business Mashup  Dec 4, 2007
    Mashers can use Serena Mashup Composer -- a point-and-click visual design tool -- to connect applications and automate business processes, such as sales discount approvals, all without writing any code. Then, with the click of a button, Mashup Composer publishes Business Mashups to Serena Mashup Server, an engine that executes Business Mashup while providing the security and compliance that IT requires. (EFYTimes)

    Serena's enterprise mashup platform  Dec 1, 2007
    The Serena Business Mashups 2008 platform consists of Serena Mashup Composer, which is a visual design tool to connect applications and automate business processes, and Mashup Server, a runtime engine that runs the "Business Mashups" and provides security. Mashers click the "publish" button in Mashup Composer to send mashups to Mashup Server. (InfoWorld)

    Xilinx extends MicroBlaze platform, development kit  Nov 16, 2007
    Xilinx says the MicroBlaze 32-bit processor is the first in the industry to integrate a configurable Memory Management Unit (MMU) that enables commercial-grade operating system support and is supported by a host of upgraded IP and design tools delivered with the Embedded Development Kit (EDK) version 9. 2. (EETimes)

    Adobe CEO Chizen stepping down  Nov 14, 2007
    During his time as top executive of Adobe, in 2005, making it a leader in the market for providing development and design tools for building rich Internet applications (RIAs) ... In a press statement, Adobe s Board of Directors thanked Chizen for his vision in transforming the company from one known mainly for its design tools to one of the largest and most diversified software companies in the world. (MacCentral)

    Zazzle Announces Partnership With RockYou to Create Custom GlitterText Merchandise  Nov 13, 2007
    Users can select the GlitterText product that they like and then customize it further with the help of Zazzle's intuitive and easy-to-use design tools. Once the product is to their liking, a click of the "add to cart" button will walk users through the easy ordering steps. (PR Newswire)

    MoSys Announces That Semiconductor Industry Veteran Len Perham Joins as New Chief Executive Officer  Nov 9, 2007
    Since retiring from Integrated Device Technology in 2000, Mr. Perham has been active as Chairman of the Board of NetLogic Microsystems, Chairman of the Board at QuickSil Inc., a Fremont, California based mixed signal foundry, Chairman of the Board of Optimal Corporation, a semiconductor design tool provider, and Venture Partner with AsiaTech Management, a venture capital company. From 1991 to 2000, Mr. Perham served as CEO of Integrated Device Technology. (PR Newswire)

    Nulogx, Inc. Offering ACOM's EZeDocs as Document Output Component of Hosted Version of 3PL Transportation Management System  Nov 8, 2007
    EZeDocs enables its users to create electronic document templates with its EZDesigner/400, a WYSIWYG drag-and-drop design tool. The templates are stored in the software and when a document is required, data is merged into the template and spooled out for printing or electronic document distribution. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    True design-for-manufacturability critical to 65-nm design success  Nov 8, 2007
    For example, the physical design tool modifies the GDSII file by augmenting existing features or adding new features, known as subresolution assist features, to obtain better printability ... Design tools (particularly the implementation, analysis and optimization engines) have traditionally been rules-based ... Even if the design tools meticulously follow all of the rules provided by the foundry, the ensuing chips can still exhibit parametric (or even catastrophic) problems. (EETimes)

    New Computer Program Automates Chip Debugging  Nov 7, 2007
    The computer-aided design tool can catch subtle errors that several months of simulations would still miss. Some bugs might take days or weeks before causing any miscomputation, and they might only do so under very rare circumstances, such as operating at high temperature. (Science Daily)

    Software review: Prelude Professional Accounts  Nov 7, 2007
    Despite the rather basic look of the program you can produce sales invoices, etc to your own design with the flexible reporting design tools and email them to customers direct from Prelude. I cant believe that it doesnt cater for VAT cash accounting, but I couldnt find an option to use it anywhere. (Accounting Web, UK)

    New tech in silicon chip debugging  Nov 7, 2007
    WASHINGTON: Engineering researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a new technology to automate "post-silicon debugging. FogClear, as the new method is called, uses puzzle-solving search algorithms to diagnose problems early on and automatically adjust the blueprint for the chip. It reduces parts of the process from days to hours. According to Valeria Bertacco, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, at the university "Almost all manufacturers must... (India Times, India -- Health/Science)

    Xilinx Demonstrates Spartan-3 FPGA-based Machine Vision Solution at Vision 2007  Nov 6, 2007
    In addition to providing domain-optimized silicon with the high-performance 65nm Virtex-5 family and low-cost Spartan-3 generation FPGAs, Xilinx offers a broad range of complete solutions including development boards, reference designs, starter kits, design tools and IP cores. Xilinx solutions provide ISM system designers with higher degrees of flexibility and faster time-to-market. (PR Newswire)

    NASA expands Altium tool use  Nov 1, 2007
    "After a lengthy evaluation of available electronic computer-aided design tools, JSC Engineering selected the Altium tool suite," said Matt Lemke, chief of the electronic-design and -development branch in NASA's engineering department. Over thirty Altium Designer unified licenses will be used at JSC to develop NASA's signal integrity, simulation, layout and FPGA processes, unifying these several disparate disciplines within Altium's unified electronics design environment. (EETimes)

    Roper Industries Announces Record Third Quarter Results  Oct 26, 2007
    Roper has exited Redlake Motion through a transaction involving the contribution of working capital and product lines to Integrated Design Tools, Inc., an engineering company specializing in automotive markets and motion technology, with a production hub in Shanghai, China designed to serve the Asian market. In exchange, Roper received a minority, non-controlling interest in the combined business. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Evaluate Rational Application Developer Online  Oct 25, 2007
    Find out how easy user-interface design is with Microsoft's new, full-featured design tool. Sun Microsystems engineers and executives provide a progress report of the JavaFX technology family, the next version of Java SE, and other projects. (IntranetJournal)

    Cypress Selects Microsemi Light Sensor for PSoC FirstTouch Starter Kit  Oct 15, 2007
    The new USB thumbdrive kit, working with Cypress's PSoC Express(tm) visual embedded system design tool, provides designers with the ability to evaluate the use of superior light sensing capabilities, as well as other parameters such as temperature and proximity. The Microsemi LX1972BC is an advanced light sensor with near human-eye response. (Primezone Releases)

    Lyrtech launches its third-generation MIMO solutions  Oct 11, 2007
    Lyrtech's third-generation multichannel, rapid prototyping solution is better integrated to The MathWorks model-based design tools, and Lyrtech's own software tools are specifically tuned for fast prototyping. The new solution is also capable of a 1-GBps, bidirectional input-to-output digital throughput owing to the combined DSP-FPGA processing engines, while the second-generation MIMO solution was only capable of a 400-MBps, unidirectional throughput. (Canada Newswire)

    Study Shows Businesses Face PCI Challenges  Oct 11, 2007
    By Brian Prince September 26, 2007. The Sept. 30 deadline set by Visa USA for large enterprises to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is looming. (eWeek)

    Silicon radio platform does away with GaAs frontends  Oct 11, 2007
    For the respective design tools, Jazz maintains a close cooperation with Cadence. "Our message is: Customers can save up to 50 percent on their mixed-signal products if they chose to integrated the RF parts into the chip," Fox said. (EETimes)

    EADS Insider-Trading Case Is Disrupting Integration, Chief Gallois Says  Oct 11, 2007
    A projected $12 billion in development costs for the superjumbo has ballooned to $18 billion and the plane is two years behind schedule after a lack of uniform design tools left workers unable to wire the plane properly. Airbus plans to cut 10,000 jobs to reverse a 572 million- euro loss last year. (Bloomberg -- Europe)

    TI Introduces Precision, Low-Power ADCs for Portable Industrial and Medical Applications  Oct 4, 2007
    TI offers analog engineers a wide-ranging support infrastructure that includes training and seminars, design tools and utilities, technical documentation, evaluation modules, an online KnowledgeBase, a product information hotline and a comprehensive offering of samples that ship within 24 hours of request. For more information on TI's complete analog design support, and to download the latest Amplifier and Data Converter Selection Guide, visit. (PR Newswire)

    austriamicrosystems Releases New Improved Version of High-Voltage CMOS Process Design Kit for Foundry Customers  Oct 4, 2007
    These new design tools and utilities are helping high voltage designers to do better simulation and gain more peace of mind towards completing their product design. We consider this another demonstration of us going the extra mile for our foundry customers , commented Thomas Riener, General Manager of austriamicrosystems' business unit Full Service Foundry. (BusinessWire)

    Daniel Atler  Oct 3, 2007
    6 million and $4 million for severance packages and design tool write-offs as it restructures to save money. The Fremont-based company (NASDAQ: IKAN) said Daniel Atler, who was interim chief executive, will move into a consulting role for the next six months. (East Bay Business Times, CA)

    Stocks to Watch  Oct 2, 2007
    6 million to $4 million related to severance packages and design tool write-offs. The maker of chips for broadband services forecast adjusted operating expenses to range from $17 million to $18. (Fox News)

    Adobe updates developer release of AIR tech  Oct 2, 2007
    Beta 2 of AIR is now available on the site, as are Beta 2 of Flex 3, and updates to extensions that link AIR to Adobe s Web development and design tools Dreamweaver and Flash. The extensions let developers take applications built using Dreamweaver and Flash and port them directly to the desktop using AIR.. (MacCentral)

    See all DESIGN News  Oct 1, 2007
    eeDesign is the comprehensive source of information for electronics design tools and methodologies. Its scope includes EDA tools, silicon intellectual property (IP), chip design methodologies, and chip and system architectures. (EETimes)

    Adobe enters word processor war  Oct 1, 2007
    Adobe, a major supplier of business publishing software and design tools, is looking to a team of former Lotus application developers to enable the millions Adobe Acrobat software users to work together publishing shared documents ... Melissa Webster, an analyst with market research firm IDC, said many people's initial reaction to design tools maker Adobe entering the word processing market will be: What. (India Times, India)

    Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy Makes Major Light Bulb, City Pledges to Clinton Global Initiative  Sep 29, 2007
    Energy Efficient Urban Design Tools for Mayors JUCCCE also committed to developing an interactive, multimedia curriculum to train hundreds of city mayors in China on ways to make their cities more energy efficient. The program is also in partnership with the Ministry of Construction, American Sinotech, the Energy Foundation, and will be run through the Ministry's Mayoral Training Center in Beijing. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Paris, Berlin may keep recovery on a low trajectory  Sep 28, 2007
    In June 2006, Airbus disclosed that its 525-seat A380, the world's largest passenger plane, was running a year late because a lack of uniform design tools left workers incapable of properly wiring the plane. A projected $12 billion (R82. (Business Report, South Africa)

    Lars Kruse Joins ChipVision as Chief Architect  Sep 27, 2007
    Top Low Power EDA Design Tool Company Welcomes Technologist Who Helped Originate ORINOCO Product ... Previously, Dr. Kruse was a member of the research and development department at Magma Design Automation, working on low power design and power verification tools; he also served as Manager Product Development at Magma for the past two years, responsible for developing and productizing power grid verification and design tools ... His impressive technical credentials and industry experience... (BusinessWire)

    Desktop deliverance: an overview of GNOME 2.20  Sep 25, 2007
    He created a basic prototype with the Glade user interface design tool in order to illustrate his idea. "Various people have suggested an all-in-one appearance capplet might be a good idea to try and reduce our proliferation of these settings over many different windows. Unfortunately, no one has so far come up with any good mockups," wrote Wood. (Ars Technica)

    Nexaweb gets visual with mashups  Sep 25, 2007
    "We provide visual design tools around taking different components and different data feeds and hooking them up through cross-component data-binding," said Gagne. An integrated event model also is featured; developers can visualize event workflows. (InfoWorld)

    Using model-based design to test auto embedded software  Sep 25, 2007
    Jim Tung, The MathWorks. (09/24/2007 7:54 AM EDT). (EETimes)

    Wi-Fi Planet  Sep 21, 2007
    September 13, 2007] Updated enterprise WLAN design tools aim to automate and simplify accurate predictive modeling. September 6, 2007] Ruggedized enterprise-class access point is first of several. (IntranetJournal)

    Industry coalition seeks to advance DFM  Sep 20, 2007
    Si2 said Ponte is contributing model-based yield analysis technology to the effort while Blaze DFM will contribute a proposed standard for the interaction between chip design tools and lithography simulation engines. "DFM parameters have to be added to existing design flow, and the approach has to be consistent and holistic," Steve Schulz, president and CEO of Si2, said in a statement announcing formation of the DFM Coalition. (EETimes)

    Canada space calls  Sep 19, 2007
    has recently supplied Altium Designer unified licenses with a market value of $71,960 to the lab for graduate students to use the unified embedded design tools and board-level design tools for its CanX satellite program. These programs employ nanosatellites (under 10 kilograms) for high-performance space missions. (EETimes)

    All in the Family Business  Sep 13, 2007
    IBM Rational Data Architect is an enterprise data modeling and integration design tool designed to help data architects design relational and federated databases, understand data assets and their relationships and streamline database projects ... 0-based visual modeling and design tool for architects, systems analysts, and designers who are responsible for specifying and maintaining system or software models and designs. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Titans gird for battle  Sep 13, 2007
    Google Apps Premier Edition includes Web-based mail with 10 gigabytes of storage for each user, an instant-messaging and voice-calling service (GTalk), Google's online calendar, the Google Docs spreadsheet and document-editing service and other features such as Google Page Creator (an easy Web design tool). The Google suite costs $50 a user annually, while Microsoft Office costs about $1,000 a user, once you include upgrades, training and other related costs. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)

    MS Silverlight mixes it with Adobe  Sep 11, 2007
    Silverlight is tightly integrated into Studio and into Microsoft Expression, a new set of web design tools that take on Adobe's Creative Suite. Web designers and developers gathered in Melbourne in June to hear Brian Goldfarb, Microsoft's lead product manager on the web platform and tools team, spruik his vision. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    Adobe Creative Suite Divides to Conquer  Sep 11, 2007
    Adobe has upgraded its Creative Suite collection of design tools and, with every application boasting major improvements, it's proving to be a must-have. But you'll need to do a little planning before you buy: Adobe has split the suite into six versions, so that users can get only the tools they need for their jobs -- or get everything all at once. (IntranetJournal)

    Xilinx XtremeDSP Solutions Enable Canopus High Definition Digital Recording System From Thomson  Sep 7, 2007
    Xilinx XtremeDSP solutions come complete with silicon platforms, design tools, development boards and kits, reference designs and a host of signal processing IP for wireless and multimedia video applications. The XtremeDSP silicon portfolio delivers maximum flexibility with three device platforms: the Virtex-4 SX platform with over 250 GMACS at 500MHz, Virtex-5 SXT platform for ultra-high bandwidth with over 350 GMACS at 550MHz and integrated low-power serial connectivity, and the Spartan-3A DSP... (PR Newswire)

    Xilinx FPGAs and Design Tools Enable Echolab's Latest Multi-Definition Video Switcher  Sep 7, 2007
    "The Echolab design team has done an excellent job at using a broad spectrum of our devices and design tools develop the high-definition video production solution the industry demands." About Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs Named 'Product and Innovation of the Year' by EDN Magazine, the Virtex-5 family represents the fifth generation in the award-winning Virtex series. Built upon the industry's most advanced 65nm triple-oxide technology, breakthrough new ExpressFabric(TM) technology and proven ASMBL(TM)... (PR Newswire)

    Designing next-generation analog/RF with last-generation tools  Sep 7, 2007
    Are you saving money with 5x-10x slower design tools. Today's design teams are using last-generation circuit and RF simulation tools to design next-generation analog/RF circuits. (EETimes)

    Microsoft releases Silverlight 1.0, announces Linux support  Sep 6, 2007
    For instance, Alan McGovern is actively developing , an open-source Silverlight design tool for Linux and Mac OS X.. "A shift of tectonic proportions". (Ars Technica)

    Microsoft's Silverlight makes its awaited debut  Sep 6, 2007
    In particular, he cited Microsoft's software-development tools and its new set of integrated design tools called Expression Studio, which competes with Creative Suite from Adobe. He also lauded the easy process to download the player and the companion online service, Silverlight Streaming, which allows creators to store and deliver their content and applications using Microsoft's servers. (Seattle Times)

    Next Generation of Productivity in Plant Design Available With the Launch of AVEVA PDMS 12  Sep 4, 2007
    AVEVA PDMS 12, is the latest generation of the leading plant design tool This release fully supports the Microsoft. NET user interface with highly interactive 3D graphical editing functions making it easier to learn, faster to use and a lot more productive. (Canada Newswire)

    Metavante Signs Two New Canadian Utility Clients for Document Composition Solution  Aug 28, 2007
    CSF Designer helps companies with its intuitive and easy-to-use design tools along with the focus on total cost of ownership, making it easy to deploy and offering quick time to value. CSF Designer will help FortisBC, an integrated, regulated electric utility in British Columbia, redesign and simplify bills to make them easier to read and understand, improve customer relationships, and enhance its marketing capabilities. (Canada Newswire)

    Big Crop Makes Storage Big Issue This Fall  Aug 24, 2007
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