Cadence And Mentor Look Good Together Jun 18, 2008
RBC analyst Mahesh Sanganeria said the combined company would result in an electronic design automation "powerhouse" that would mean a "serious competitive threat" to Synopsys. Sanganeria said he thinks Cadence's shareholders should get behind the deal. (Forbes -- Markets)
Cadence Offers to Buy Mentor Graphics for $1.45B Jun 18, 2008
Electronic design software maker Cadence Design Systems Inc. disclosed Tuesday it has offered $16 a share for smaller rival Mentor Graphics Corp., after failing to agree on deal privately for nearly two months ... Both companies make electronic design automation software and hardware, which is used to design and test semiconductors, printed circuit boards and systems used in consumer electronics and other products ... RBC analyst Mahesh Sanganeria said the combined company would result in an... (ABC News -- Wire)
Analyst: Cadence/Mentor merger 'a bad idea' Jun 18, 2008
Cadence Design Systems is under pressure and may lose its top spot in the electronic design automation sector, but its proposed $1. 6 billion merger with Mentor Graphics is "a really bad idea," said a veteran EDA analyst. (EETimes)
EDA vendors get squeezed on two fronts Jun 17, 2008
Precision is what the electronic design automation market is all about. And generally, customers believe EDA companies have, over the decades, invented tools that have fostered design accuracy in the semiconductor engineering community. (EETimes)
Officials fear design of nuclear bomb went to others Jun 16, 2008
But it was only in recent days that officials disclosed that they had found the electronic design for a bomb itself among material seized from some of Khan's top lieutenants, a Swiss family, the Tinners. The same design documents were found in computers in three other locations connected to Khan operatives, according to a senior foreign diplomat involved in the investigation. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Cree Delivers GaN Process Design Kit for Use With Agilent's Advanced Design System EDA Software -- Shortens MMIC Design Cycles Jun 13, 2008
This kit allows our customers to take advantage of an industry-leading electronic design automation (EDA) technology that provides seamless schematic through layout interoperability with design rule checking (DRC). This integrated design flow can help accelerate our customers' time-to-market by offering an accurate and productive work environment,'' said Jim Milligan, director of RF and microwave products at Cree. (Primezone Releases)
NetApp Pushes Performance Jun 11, 2008
NetApp cites as target markets software development, product lifecycle management, electronic design automation, healthcare, energy, media/entertainment and government. "It's all about time to market with these environments, and that's where performance really helps," said Patrick Rogers, NetApp's vice president for solutions marketing. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Chip design is struggling, proclaims processor core provider Jun 10, 2008
The statement, stayed at a high level as it called for the semiconductor industry to "urgently re-design its EDA strategy in order to survive in today s nanotechnology age." The statement went on to assert that current electronic design methods were "cumbersome" and produced a "toddler building block" results. "The only way forward to achieving breakthrough electronic design innovations is to prioritize the creative process once again and end the predominant influence of the production process,"... (EETimes)
Synopsys Extends Compute Platform Support to Include Solaris 10 OS-Based x86_64 Platforms Jun 6, 2008
Broad support provided across its industry-leading electronic design automation solutions MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: ), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced broad support across its advanced electronic design automation (EDA) product lines for Sun Microsystems' Solaris(TM) 10 Operating System (OS) on x86_64-based systems ... "I am pleased to see Sun and Synopsys build on their long... (PR Newswire)
This does compute Jun 6, 2008
This June also saw the graduation of Dean Nguyen s first group of students in his computer class, Mass Electronic Design Automation (EDA). The graduating class, 12 veterans from as close as Billerica and as far away as Mansfield, have spent the past eight months studying how to design computer chips, and will be meeting with two job placement services which Nguyen works with to gain a foothold in this growing industry. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
Ansoft profit rises May 30, 2008
Ansoft (NASDAQ:ANST), which makes electronic design automation software, is based on Pittsburgh's South Side. Latest News. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
The Very Model Of A Modern Transistor May 23, 2008
Cadence is a large EDA (electronic design automation) supplier. Since the project finished last year, Bosch and AMI have started implementing the DMOS transistor model by testing it in manufacturing processes and will use it in the design of innovative automotive circuits. (Science Daily)
Synopsys Announces Immediate Support for Altera Stratix IV FPGAs May 20, 2008
About Synopsys Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: ) is a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA), supplying the global electronics market with the software, intellectual property (IP) and services used in semiconductor design and manufacturing. Synopsys' comprehensive, integrated portfolio of implementation, verification, IP, manufacturing and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solutions helps address the key challenges designers and manufacturers face today, such as power and yield... (PR Newswire)
Talking With ... Limor Fix May 18, 2008
A: My research was in formal verification: a way to verify that a CPU (central processing unit) or any other electronic design is correct before you manufacture it. You want to make sure the design doesn't have any functional bugs. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Nusym focuses on intelligent verification May 15, 2008
Nusym will provide intelligent verification solutions that address the following key challenges in electronic design today: increasing verification confidence; tracking hard to reach design areas; and eliminating test redundancy, utilizing an automated, simulation-based method which scales to large designs and requires minimal change in current verification methodologies. Nusym Management Team Venktesh Shukla: President and CEO, was senior vice president of marketing and business development at... (EETimes)
Premier Farnell Group Announces Live EDGE 2008, its International $100,000 USD Challenge in Support of Green Design May 6, 2008
- Trees Planted World-Wide to Celebrate Launch of This Year's Challenge Which Includes a Second Category for Students LONDON and CHICAGO, May 6 /CNW/ - Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), the leading multi-channel, high service distributor and its companies (Newark, Farnell, Premier Electronics, CPC, Farnell-Newark and MCM) today launched its international competition Live Edge - Electronic Design for the Global Environment, now in its second year. The competition is designed to provide a forum where... (Canada Newswire)
Grape progress May 6, 2008
Since retiring as CEO of Viasic, an electronic design automation company in Research Triangle Park in 2006, Lloyd has been able to turn retirement into an opportunity to follow his dream. "It's a full-time hobby, " Lloyd says. (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
Technology Week in Review: Memristor, the Holy Grail of circuit theory May 3, 2008
HP Labs researcher R. Stanley Williams said this week he has invented what is considered the fourth and final piece of electronic design circuit theory, joining the resistor, capacitor and inductor. The discovery means electronics textbooks will have to be rewritten. (EETimes)
Under the Hood: Surveillance on a shoestring May 2, 2008
The electronic design relies on inexpensive, low-integration devices, and the CMOS sensor is arguably the most complex IC present. I couldn't help but admire the cast-metal enclosures for the bullet cameras. (EETimes)
ChipVision Delivers Two Breakthrough ESL Power-Optimization Design Tools for Meeting Critical Power Budgets Apr 22, 2008
--()--, the low-power specialist in electronic design automation (EDA), today announced two breakthrough products PowerOpt and P-SAM that help companies meet their power budget requirements early in the design cycle. The new tools are ideal for companies developing mobile communications, networking, consumer or automotive applications that need extended battery life or reduced cooling requirements. (BusinessWire)
edacentrum Announces General Availability of Its Prestigious ''edaTrend DATE08'' Report Apr 22, 2008
HANNOVER, Germany--()--Responding to sustained demand for its comprehensive reports, an independent institution that promotes research and development in electronic design automation (EDA) technology today announced the public availability of its prestigious edaTrend DATE08 conference report ... edacentrum is an independent organization dedicated to the promotion of research and development in the area of electronic design automation (EDA). (BusinessWire)
Lantronix Announces Winners of Its Annual Wireless Design Contest Apr 17, 2008
Like previous contests, editors from Electronic Design and Machine Design, and Lantronix engineers judged more than 150 entries on technical merit, originality, usefulness, cost-effectiveness, and design optimization. First place received $6,000, second place $4,000 and third place $2,000. (Primezone Releases)
TCNJ to host 33rd Trenton Computer Festival Apr 10, 2008
The robot contests on Saturday will have a Sumo Competition and a Maze Navigation Competition; on Sunday, a Precipice Avoidance Competition and a DesignAThon Robot & Electronic Design section. The winners will receive prizes. (NJ.com -- Times)
Madison Media Institute College of Media Arts Announces New Degree Program Apr 3, 2008
Trade associations for MST professionals include InfoComm, the National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA), the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association (CEDIA), and the Electronic Systems Professional Alliance (ESPA). To prepare for a career in media systems technology, MMI students are grounded in principles of electricity and electronics, and the application of low-voltage electronics to residential and commercial applications. (PR Newswire)
EDA Consortium Reports 6.7 Percent Industry Revenue Growth in Fourth Quarter 2007 Apr 3, 2008
--()--The EDA Consortium Market Statistics Service (MSS) today announced that the electronic design automation (EDA) industry revenue for Q4 2007 grew 6. 7 percent to $1,602. (BusinessWire)
EDA Consortium Elects Officers and Board Members Apr 3, 2008
--()--The Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Consortium announced today that it has elected a nine-member Board of Directors and officers to serve the organization through spring 2010. Walden Rhines, chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics Corporation, was elected chairman by the new board. (BusinessWire)
Springsoft, Novas agree to merge Apr 2, 2008
The combination will form a cohesive global organization focused on growth and with a single vision of developing and supporting best-in-class electronic design automation technology and products. After the combination the Springsoft product portfolio will include the Novas VerdiTMautomated debug system and SilotiTM visibility enhancement solution, and the LakerTM custom physical design products. (EETimes)
ANSYS, Inc. Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Ansoft Corporation Mar 31, 2008
and PITTSBURGH, March 31, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- ANSYS, Inc. (NasdaqGS: - ), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, and Ansoft Corporation (NasdaqGS: - ), a global provider of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software, announced today that they signed a definitive agreement whereby ANSYS will acquire Ansoft for a purchase price of approximately $832 million in a mix of cash and ANSYS common stock. The strategic,... (Primezone Releases)
SMU Welcomes Three Alumni into Engineering Hall Of Leaders Mar 29, 2008
Art De Geus is the chairman of the board and CEO of Silicon Valley company Synopsis, a world leader in electronic design automation software for semiconductor design. He received his doctorate in electrical engineering from SMU in 1985. (PR Newswire)
Theaters embrace digital age Mar 21, 2008
Before it came to Broadway, Tom Stoppard's "The Coast of Utopia" trilogy experimented with electronic design, yielding an ambivalent response in London and a decision to opt for more traditional stage design in the New York production. But this season, everything from Shakespeare to Mel Brooks, from Sondheim to the Rockettes are wiggling their digitals. (Variety)
Pyxis adds to its board Mar 6, 2008
He has spent 30 years the semiconductor, electronic design automation and venture capitalist fields. Related Industry News. (Austin Business Journal, TX)
MEDEA+ Noblanc award highlights improvements in microelectronics Mar 5, 2008
The project involved all key players from the European smartcard and mobile industries: smartcard manufacturers, chipmakers, handset manufacturers, mobile operators, electronic design companies, biometrics specialists, software development/verification tool companies, security laboratories, services companies and universities. EUREKA labelling was important because the project was industrially-led with short- to mid-term expectations. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
edacentrum to Offer edaTrend Report Covering Essential Industry, Technology and Business and Trends Discussed at DATE08 Mar 4, 2008
HANNOVER, Germany--()--edacentrum, an independent organization that promotes research and development in electronic design automation (EDA) technology, will create and make available to the general public the industry s most comprehensive report covering the Design, Automation, and Test in Europe (DATE) Conference in Munich, Germany, Mar ... edacentrum is an independent organization dedicated to promoting electronic design automation (EDA) research and development. (BusinessWire)
ViASIC Names J. Mark Goode as President and Chief Executive Officer Mar 3, 2008
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--()-- Inc., an electronic design automation (EDA) company that offers breakthrough tools, IP and services for reconfigurable semiconductor fabrics, today announced the promotion of J. Mark Goode to president and chief executive officer, effective immediately ... ViASIC Inc. is the leading supplier of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, IP and services for reconfigurable semiconductor fabrics, both with and without SRAM. Reconfiguring far fewer metal layers than... (BusinessWire)
Urban air pollution 'more dangerous than Chernobyl' Feb 25, 2008
electronic design and development engineerlooking. 36,000. (Yahoo News -- Pollution)
OneSpin Solutions Dramatically Boosts Formal Verification Productivity With New GapFreeVerification(TM) Process Feb 18, 2008
Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company OneSpin Solutions provides award-winning, innovative formal verification solutions that ease and speed verification, and deliver the highest achievable functional quality for ASICs and FPGAs. Market-leading telecommunications, automotive, computer, and embedded system companies rely on OneSpin's verification technology. (BusinessWire)
County opens bids for security Feb 16, 2008
The county received bids from five companies: Electronic Design Services and Touchton Electric, both of Pittsburg, Audio Acoustics Inc. of Springfield, Mo. Siemens Security of Wichita and American Digital Security of Liberty, Mo. (SunOnline)
KLA-Tencor invests in EDA firm Feb 13, 2008
-- Pyxis Technology Inc., an electronic design automation (EDA) company, has raised $5. 25 million in an extension to its Series-B financing. (EETimes)
Spoon River College names fall graduates Feb 12, 2008
Canton Daily Ledger - News. Tuesday, February 12, 2008. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Malaysian engineer wins Premier Farnell environmental prize Feb 2, 2008
LONDON John Noble, a designer based in Malaysia, has won the $50,000 first prize in the inaugural Live EDGE Electronic Design for the Global Environment challenge organized by Premier Farnell plc ... The support package includes the services of an electronic design consultancy that will develop the design to prototype stage, assistance with legal matters and IP registration, marketing and publicity, as well as Premier Farnell's help in securing investment funding. (EETimes)
Premier Farnell Announces Live EDGE Challenge US$100,000 Global Winner and Five US$5,000 Runner-Ups Feb 1, 2008
LONDON, February 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Panel of judges select the winning entry based on the most creative electronic design that will have a positive impact on the environment. - Since its launch in May 2007, over 3,500 design engineers, students and academics from 102 countries have registered for the competition Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), the leading multi-channel, high service distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals globally, has announced the... (PR Newswire)
Cadence more than doubles Q4 profit Jan 31, 2008
The San Jose-based electronic design automation products company (NASDAQ:CDNS) reported revenue of $458 million, an increase of 6 percent over the $431 million reported for the same period in 2006. The company said its net income includes the income tax benefit of a settlement with the Internal Revenue Service of $28 million, or 10 cents a share. (San Jose Business Journal)
Brown and Caldwell inks services contract with AT&T Jan 30, 2008
The firm will use the network for exchanging electronic design files, among other applications, AT&T said. Brown and Caldwell, an environmental engineering and consulting firm with 1,500 employees nationwide, has its headquarters in Walnut Creek. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
Firan Technology Group (FTG) Announces Full Year 2007 Financial Results Jan 24, 2008
- New Manufacturing Resource Planning (" MRP") system in FTG Circuits-Chatsworth - New engineering system in FTG Circuits-Toronto - New facility for FTG Aerospace - Increased technical capabilities in the Circuits business including rigid flex, high density interconnects, high frequency materials, buried passive components, micro-vias and stacked micro-vias - Increased technical capabilities in the Aerospace business including lighting power supplies, increased range of Light Emitting Diodes... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
OneSpin Solutions Complements Its 360 Module Verifier Formal Verification Solution With Standard Assertion Language Support Jan 22, 2008
--()--Electronic design automation (EDA) company OneSpin Solutions today announced the addition of a standard assertion language link to its 360 Module Verifier solution. The link opens an additional gateway to complete, gap-free functional verification for companies invested in assertion-based verification (ABV). (BusinessWire)
EDA ekes out modest growth as action moves offshore Jan 15, 2008
The latest statistics from the EDA Consortium show semiconductor and electronic design are continuing their gradual shift outside North America. The quarterly stats released Monday (Jan. (EETimes)
Semiconductor revenue worldwide reaches $71.9B in Q3 Jan 12, 2008
-based GSA said the report includes funding and financial data for fabless, integrated device manufacturer, pure-play foundry, intellectual property, electronic design automation, design service and back-end sectors; initial public offering data; and merger and acquisition data. Key points in the report, released Thursday, include. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Flextronics Appoints New Board Member Jan 11, 2008
He has also served in a number of capacities with Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a supplier of electronic design automation software and services. Mr. Bingham served Cadence as its Executive Chairman from May 2004 to July 2005, Director from November 1997 to April 2004, President and Chief Executive Officer from April 1999 to May 2004, and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from April 1993 to April 1999. (PR Newswire)
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)
Synopsys gets the blues Jan 5, 2008
LONDON There are one or two YouTube videos that are actually about electronic design automation (EDA), but we figured some people might like to see Synopsys workers at play instead. That's Aart de Geus, CEO and chairman, taking the guitar solo and Guri Stark, vice president of corporate marketing, on harmonica. (EETimes)
Switching roles Jan 2, 2008
Vladimir Shvartsman, president and CEO of Electronic Design & Research Inc., has had his share of struggles ... At that point, Electronic Design & Research handled the repair of circuit boards and other electronic components ... In 2000, Electronic Design & Research landed a four-year contract, at $1. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Faces of 2007: Drew Endy, leader in synthetic biology Dec 26, 2007
" Risa Stack, a partner at the heavyweight tech venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield , said Endy will give synthetic biology a higher profile in the Bay Area. "Hopefully that will help start more companies," she said. Kleiner Perkins is a backer of Codon Devices. Endy wants to work with other scientists to create a legal framework to share intellectual property so progress in synthetic biology doesn't get bogged down in a mire of patent claims. One of the projects Endy wants to start is... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
A viral Christmas story Dec 24, 2007
When the engineering team at VeebCo formulated the most elegant and revolutionary electronic design ever conceived for a they were too excited to contain themselves. They were seen dancing in their lab coats and attempting handshakes far too complicated for any white man to execute successfully. (EETimes)
* Synopsys to open second R&D center Dec 19, 2007
Synopsys Inc, which develops electronic design automation (EDA) software and services for semiconductor design, announced plans yesterday to invest NT$1 billion (US$30. 8 million) over the next three years in establishing its second research and development (Rter in Taiwan. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Everybody loves Cadence; can EDA leader sustain the romance? Dec 18, 2007
If companies looking for leveraged-buyout opportunities were indeed sniffing around Cadence Design Systems Inc.--speculation that Fister, in a recent interview, would neither confirm nor deny--it could be because they saw a lot to like in the top-ranked supplier of electronic design auto- mation hardware and software. In recent quarters, Cadence has managed to pry open more of the notoriously insular Japanese market, boosting sales in that country by 80 percent in the third quarter through... (EETimes)
OneSpin Solutions Delivers First Equivalence Checker Dedicated to FPGA Synthesis Verification Dec 10, 2007
--()--OneSpin Solutions GmbH, an electronic design automation (EDA) company that provides award-winning formal verification solutions, today announced its stand-alone 360 EC-FPGA equivalence checker the industry s first sequential equivalence checking solution dedicated to and priced for the FPGA market ... Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company OneSpin Solutions provides award-winning, innovative formal verification solutions that ease and speed verification, and deliver the highest... (BusinessWire)
Parker Investor Day Reveals Technologies for Growing Markets Dec 7, 2007
Parker Innovation engineers use electronic design systems to facilitate collaborative work. Each engineer brings specific technology expertise to the group to determine concept feasibility before allocating in-depth design and development work. (PR Newswire)
Wireless broadband partnership Dec 7, 2007
Allied Digital Infonet also signed agreements with the Collaborative Electronic Design Excellence Centre (Cedec), Kuala Lumpur University (UniKL) and University Malaysia Perlis (Unimap), to fine-tune its wireless broadband solution. It will use the labs and the universities Rrtise. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Ansoft CFO to retire Dec 1, 2007
Ansoft, the developer of electronic design automation software (NASDAQ:ANST), is based on Pittsburgh's South Side. Related Industry News. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
California Micro Devices Establishes India Design Center Nov 28, 2007
"Our Chennai presence will enable us to tap into a large and growing pool of talented engineers, allowing us to expand our Rwidth more rapidly and cost effectively than if we attempted to do so entirely in Silicon Valley." According to Ravi Thummarukudy, VP GDA's IC Solutions Business Unit, "CMD has emerged as a key supplier of innovative integrated circuits that are specified by the world's leading manufacturers of mobile handsets. We look forward to leveraging our strong presence in Chennai to... (PR Newswire)
OneSpin to Present Verification Keynote, Host Verification Productivity Panel at IP07 Conference in Grenoble Nov 27, 2007
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OneSpin Solutions GmbH, an electronic design automation (EDA) company that provides award-winning, customer-proven formal verification solutions, will present the verification keynote at IP07 the IP-focused electronic system conference and exhibition and take part in a verification panel the company organized ... Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company OneSpin Solutions provides award-winning, innovative formal verification solutions that ease and speed verification, and... (BusinessWire)
Agilent centre a boost for Malaysia Nov 22, 2007
The centre would generate a research and development (R technology innovation ecosystem for electronic design clusters from companies that are capable of supporting world-class technology consumers, he said. "Although we have set a three-year timeframe, we are hoping that the centre would be fully operational faster," he said, adding that Agilent had built a strong foundation in Penang. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Global Sources and SEMI Taiwan Create Taiwan's Largest IC and Semiconductor Event Nov 20, 2007
IIC-Taiwan has a 15-year track record and is the largest trade show for electronic design automation and embedded solutions. President of SEMI Southeast Asia, Terry Tsao, said: "This is an exciting milestone for both our organizations and for Taiwan's electronics industry. This new co-located event is expected to be bigger and better with conference programs that engage some of the foremost thought leaders in the semiconductor manufacturing and electronics design industries." Global Sources... (PR Newswire)
Independet Prez Candidate: Kwesi Amoafo-Yeboah Nov 20, 2007
Specifically, Mr. Amoafo-Yeboah held electronic design engineer positions at Fisher-Berkeley Corporation where he focused on the design and testing of hospital communication systems. He moved from there to hold various engineering and management positions with oil service giant, Schlumberger Technology Corporation. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Book to celebrate ten years of DATE Nov 17, 2007
The book is being published in March 2008 bySpringer to coincide with the 11th DATE and includes the three papers from each year deemed to have been or potentially be the most influential for the electronic design and test sectors ... Entitled Improving Compression Ratio, Area Overhead, and Test Application Time for System-on-a-Chip Test Data Compression/Decompression the paper was written by two ex-ECS PhD students, Theo Gonciari (2002), who is now at Lehman Brothers and Nicola Nicolici (2000)... (EETimes)
