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2008
December 15
Advanced Semiconductor Technology Ltd (AST) and Yitran Communications Ltd. announce that Yitran’s IT700 Mixed Signal ASIC design has been successfully validated in Yitran’s labs |
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Advanced Semiconductor Technology Ltd (AST) and Yitran Communications Ltd. Announce working Prototypes for Yitran’s IT700 PLC Module
December 15th, 2008 Ra’anana, Israel - Advanced Semiconductor Technology Ltd (AST), a leading Israeli ASIC Design House, today announced that Yitran’s IT700 Mixed Signal ASIC design has been successfully validated in Yitran’s labs. AST’s analog team (MOSCAD) designed the analog part from specification and AST’s engineering team implemented the full chip onto Tower Semiconductor 180nm technology. Initial production is already being developed by AST for shipment this month with high volume manufacturing to start in Q1 of, 2009. IT700’s ASIC implementation was designed by AST using Synopsys advanced flow EDA tools. Eli Geva, AST Director of ASIC Operations, commented that AST and Synopsys have been partnering on several projects recently, achieving a “First Time Right” record every time. “I’m very happy and proud to sign on Yitran’s IT700 ASIC mass production order for such a complex mixed signal ASIC design,” he said.
Ronen Gazit, Yitran’s VP of R&D said, “One of the key benefits of working with AST is their ability to maintain a high level of technical engineering support.” He further commented that,: “The IT700 mixed signal design was very complex. AST’s analog and engineering teams we helped us achieve a first time success, not an easy thing to do for such a difficult design.”.
About Yitran’s IT700
Yitran’s IT700 Powerline Communication (PLC) transceiver includes an extended 8051 MCU core which enables a superior level of code efficiency and high speed operation. The full analog front end (AFE) is integrated into a 56-pin package, which incorporates HomePlug Command and Control (C&C) ready PLC transceiver technology. The IT700 continues the legacy of the IT800 in being the most robust PLC technology worldwide. The inclusion of Yitran's patented DCSK (Differential Code Shift Keying) spread spectrum modulation technique in the transceiver core enables extremely robust communication with data rates up to 7.5Kbps. IT700 complies with worldwide regulations (FCC, ARIB and CENELEC bands). IT700 includes the patented and award winning elements of its predecessor IT800, while excelling its predecessor in performance. IT700 is fully compatible with the IT800 series.
About AST
Advanced Semiconductor Technologies (AST) was established in 1986 as the first independent Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) Design Center in Israel.
In the following years, AST has become the Israel Representative of major ASIC vendors as well as Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and Application Specific Standard Products (ASSP) companies.
Today, AST serves as a focal point in the Israeli market for ASIC Design Services and Supply, Advanced Electronic Components for Networking, Image Processing, LCD Displays and DSP Boards and Modules and state of the art Electronic Design Automation tools. AST represents a group of world class companies in the areas of ASIC, EDA and Application Specific Standard Products.
AST team of highly skilled Sales and Application Engineers combine over 150 years of experience. providing Turn-Key services as well as on site support and consulting, in the areas of ASIC and FPGA Design, EDA and Configuration Management (CM) and other Design and Development.
About Yitran Communications Ltd.
Yitran Communications Ltd. designs, develops and markets high performance, low cost PLC modem chips and systems. Yitran’s products provide robust and reliable PLC ICs to enable a variety of Command and Control applications such as Energy Management/Smart Grid (AMR/AMM/AMI), Home/Building Automation and Commercial Automation. Yitran is a contributing member of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance and participates in standards organizations including CIC, CABA, HPNA, IPCF, ETSI and Echonet. Through its association, Yitran lends its discerning viewpoint and technological leadership in a PLC connected future. Yitran's customer and partners include Microsoft as a co developer of the Simple Control Protocol (SCP) supported by General Electric, Renesas, Panasonic Electric, Hitachi, KEPCO, Kinden, LG and others. More information can be found at: www.yitran.com.
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December 4
Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL), the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, today announced the expansion of its global sales channel with the addition of five new representative firms to meet growing global customer demand for the company’s broadening product portfolio. |
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VIRAGE LOGIC EXPANDS GLOBAL SALES CHANNEL TO ADDRESS GROWING MARKET DEMAND FOR BROADENING PRODUCT PORTFOLIO
Representatives Added in Silicon Valley, France, Italy, Israel, Scandinavia, the United Kingdom and Japan
FREMONT, Calif. – December 4, 2008 – Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL), the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, today announced the expansion of its global sales channel with the addition of five new representative firms to meet growing global customer demand for the company’s broadening product portfolio. The following firms will represent Virage Logic in their respective geographies: BAE Sales, Incorporated in Silicon Valley, Shinko Shoji in Japan, AST, Ltd. in Israel, PEGASUS MicroDesign in Italy and France, and AQ Technologies in Scandinavia and the United Kingdom.
“As we recently communicated in our fourth quarter and fiscal 2008 earnings announcement, the company performed very well growing revenues by 28% over fiscal 2007 and achieving an historic high in license and maintenance revenue for the year,” noted Dr. Alex Shubat, president and chief executive officer (CEO), at Virage Logic. “We were able to achieve this growth by continuing to be first-to-market with next generation advanced technology products and by continually broadening our product portfolio through both organic and inorganic growth. As we begin our new fiscal year with a significantly expanded bookings opportunity pipeline and with our new representatives in key geographies, I’m confident we will be able to meet the growing global demand for Virage Logic’s broad semiconductor IP product portfolio.”
“As shrinking process geometries continue to drive up the cost of bringing new ICs to market, silicon proven IP enables maximum return on investment,” commented Mike Hornig, president of BAE Sales. “Virage Logic's expanding portfolio of silicon proven IP is ideally suited to meet the cost, density, performance, and power requirements of our broad customer base in the Silicon Valley.”
“As one of the largest distributors of ASICs and ASSPs in Japan, Shinko Shoji is engaged with a wide range of customers including product and IP groups at IDMs, as well as with Systems vendors and Service providers,” said Takamichi Sasaki, executive director, Shinko Shoji. “With access to Virage Logic’s premier and growing IP product portfolio, our partnership will enable us to provide even greater value to the Japanese semiconductor suppliers.”
“Virage Logic is a forward-thinking, innovative and professional company, and we are very pleased to be initiating our partnership with them,” said Uri Farkash, director of EDA and IP operations at AST. “With Virage Logic’s ever broadening product portfolio of highly differentiated IP, we will be able to offer highly competitive solutions to the growing Israeli semiconductor market.”
“Virage Logic is a leading broad line supplier of high quality silicon proven libraries, memories and IP for the deep submicron geometries and beyond,” said Claudio Fasce, founder and CEO of PEGASUS MicroDesign. “As an emerging start-up providing high-tech solutions and services to fabless and IDM companies with specific emphasis on 90- to 32-nanometer technologies, we believe the combination of PEGASUS MicroDesign’s services with Virage Logic’s IP will provide a unique and unbeatable solution for our mutual customers.”
About BAE Sales, Inc.
BAE Sales, Inc. is a manufacturers' representative firm covering Northern California since 1989. BAE specializes in the sales and marketing of semiconductors and other synergistic high technology, leading edge products and services to this diverse marketplace and customer base. For more information please visit: www.baesales.com.
About Shinko Shoji Co., Ltd.
Shinko Shoji Co., Ltd. was established in 1953 and is a trading company specialized in electronics, mainly dealing with semiconductor devices, largely NEC related products, and having fourteen domestic branches and ten overseas outlets (nine subsidiaries and one branch) mostly in the Asian area. The company has wide business partnerships with many companies including major Japanese domestic electric machinery manufacturers and new powerful overseas suppliers. By utilizing approximately eighty engineers in its group companies, the Shinko Shoji is supporting entrusted designs and developments of LSI, such as microcomputer or ASIC including FPGA and CPLD, and is also making a total support of board/unit product from planning phase, development phase through production phase. The company is committed to supporting all phases of its customers’ product developments
powerfully. Please visit http://www.shinko-sj.co.jp/ for details.
About AST Ltd.
Advanced Semiconductor Technologies (AST) was established in 1986 as the first independent Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) Design Center in Israel. It represents today a group of world-class companies in the areas of IP, ASIC, EDA and ASSP. Its team of highly skilled sales and application engineers combine more than 150 years of experience. For more information, visit: www.ast.co.il.
About PEGASUS MicroDesign
PEGASUS MicroDesign S.r.l., founded in early 2008 by silicon industry veterans and headquartered in Arcore, near Milan (Italy), is a professional provider of IC design services and IP based solutions to European IDMs and fabless IC companies. The company is committed to customer satisfaction, technological perfection and management excellence in order to deliver IC development solutions that reduce time-to-market, product cost and development risk.
PEGASUS MicroDesign’s consultancy, design services and technical edge is focused on silicon implementation, design-for-manufacturing (DFM), design-for-testability (DFT) and custom IP development in very deep sub-micron technologies ranging from 90nm to 32nm. For further information, visit www.pegasus-md.com.
About AQ Technologies
AQ Technology Ltd (AQT), founded in 1998 with offices in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia, focuses on Silicon Valley companies expanding their business into Europe. AQT has had a wide range of successful sales and marketing engagements including clients in the markets of Silicon IP, EDA tools, ASSP, Encryption Technology and Technology Licensing.
About Virage Logic
Virage Logic is a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. The company’s highly differentiated product portfolio includes embedded SRAMs, embedded NVMs, embedded test and repair, logic libraries, memory development software, and DDR memory controller subsystems. As the industry’s trusted semiconductor IP partner, foundries, IDMs and fabless customers rely on Virage Logic to achieve higher performance, lower power, higher density and optimal yield, as well as shorten time-to-market and time-to-volume. For further information, visitwww.viragelogic.com
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Virage Logic Corporation McClenahan Bruer Communications
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October 2
Verific Design Automation publicizes that Achronix Semiconductor Corporation, founder of the world's quickest FPGA named Speedster, utilizes Verific's Netlist-Only Parser in its Achronix CAD Environment (ACE) |
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Alameda, Calif. -- October 2, 2008 -- Verific Design Automation today announced that Achronix Semiconductor Corporation, developer of the world's fastest field programmable gate array (FPGA) called Speedster, uses Verific's Netlist-Only Parser in its Achronix CAD Environment (ACE).
Verific is best known for its Verilog, SystemVerilog and VHDL hardware description level (HDL) parsers and elaborators. Its Netlist-Only Parser includes a Verilog netlist reader and a generic hierarchical netlist database to help reduce development time for products operating at the gate level rather than the register transfer level (RTL).
The Achronix Speedster family of FPGAs delivers speeds up to 1.5 gigahertz (GHz), a three-fold increase in performance over traditional FPGAs. Achronix selected Verific's Netlist-Only Parser to speed time-to-market and because it provided fast Verilog and EDIF parsing, plus a complete extendable netlist data structure and netlist manipulation functions.
"Building ACE leveraging Verific's tool saved us a significant amount of time and effort," says Raymond Nijssen, chief software architect at Achronix Semiconductor. "Their industry-proven software and customer support enabled us to focus on developing our key software capabilities."
"Speedster is an amazing FPGA," remarks Michiel Ligthart, Verific's chief operating officer. "Being part of the development software that enables Speedster's disruptive lead in performance makes us proud of our own software."
As with all of Verific products, the Netlist-Only Parser is written in C++ and is shipped as source code.
About Verific Design Automation
Verific Design Automation, with offices in Alameda, Calif., and Kolkata, India, is a leading provider of Verilog and VHDL front-end software founded in 1999 by EDA industry veteran Rob Dekker. Verific's software is used worldwide in synthesis, simulation, formal verification, emulation, debugging, virtual prototyping, and design-for-test applications, which combined have shipped more than 40,000 copies. Corporate headquarters is located at: 1516 Oak Street, Suite 115, Alameda, Calif. 94501. Telephone: (510) 522-1555. Facsimile number: (510) 522-1553. Email: Email Contact. Website: www.verific.com.
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August 25
PLX GEN 2 SWITCH SCREAMS BETWEEN EARTH-SHATTERING ATI RADEON™ DUAL-GPUs PCI Express Chip Provides High-Performance Connectivity on New Premium ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 X2 Graphics Cardthe highest PCIe switch lane counts in the industry |
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PLX Technology Introduces World’s Largest PCI Express Gen 2 Switches; 96, 80 Lanes
Leading Features Include x16 Support, Multi-Root, Multicast, Non-Transparency
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – March 23, 2009 -- PLX Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLXT), the leading global supplier of PCI Express® (PCIe®) switch and bridge silicon, today announced four new high performance PCIe switches targeting servers, enterprise storage, control planes, and ultra-gaming, while featuring the highest PCIe switch lane counts in the industry. PLX continues its strong market lead with over 60 percent PCIe switch market share and is the only switch supplier with 96 lane and 80 lane options, as well as x16 support which is critical for designers requiring the highest levels of performance and throughput, such as graphics and backplanes.
The new PLX ExpressLane™ PEX 8696 (96 lanes, 24 ports), PEX 8680 (80 lanes, 20 ports), PEX 8664 (64 lanes, 16 ports) and PEX 8649 (48 lanes, 12 ports) are PCI-SIG® PCIe 2.0 (Gen 2) specification-compliant switches with distinguishing PLX-only features, including support for x16 port configurations and non-transparency (NT), as well as visionPAK™ and performancePAK™ development tools. The new PLX devices also implement game-changing Multi-root and Multicast features. These large switches allow designers to build switch fabrics, redundant backplanes and large IO/storage drawers without having to deal with high latency, high power consumption and bandwidth limitations associated with use of multiple smaller switch chips.
The standard Multicast feature was added to the new PLX switches to increase performance by reducing CPU load. Multicast delivers data to a group of destinations simultaneously, thus efficiently using memory bandwidth at the source and relieving the host from copying the data to multiple locations sequentially. PLX chaired the working group at the PCI-SIG that created this standard. For use in backplane applications, PLX switches support fully non-blocking internal fabric and full peer-to-peer data exchange at full Gen 2 line rate without any host assist. PEX 8696 supports a total raw throughput of up to one terabit per second in full-duplex mode at PCIe Gen 2 rates.
The Multi-root/Multi-host feature of PLX switches offers two modes of functionality. Mode-1 enables one host port to control up to 23 endpoints, or all 24 ports communicate in peer-to-peer mode in backplane applications, where one port can be configured as NT. In mode-1, NT capability can be used for fail-over and redundancy. Mode-2 expands on this with up to eight host ports. This allows for partition in up to eight independent switches with each switch having full isolation and one independent host and several endpoints. In fail-over mode, independent hosts can exchange status or heart-beat information. When a fail-over is triggered the end-points associated with failing host are automatically moved to a back-up host without impacting the traffic between the back-up host and its existing end-points. The endpoints in one host domain can also be moved to another host domain under software control for I/O sharing.
An exclusive set of diagnostic and monitoring features called visionPAK are integrated into all PLX Gen 2 switches and are focused on getting designs to market faster. Offered standard via the PLX software design kit (SDK), visionPAK includes the ability to access internal data paths and state machines for debugging systems; a tool to measure Rx eye-width inside the device for validating signal integrity; a function to inject errors to check system behavior; loopback Tx to debug data paths, and the capability for packet performance/activity monitoring. Also fully integrated into all PLX Gen 2 switches is the unique PLX performancePAK, which provides designers additional functions to reach peak performance and includes Read Pacing to fairly allocate host port bandwidth, along with Dynamic Buffer Allocation to absorb fluctuations in bandwidth demand.
“High-lane-count PCI Express switches such as PLX’s newest ExpressLane devices will meet many of the needs of blade and rack servers, communications, and enterprise storage,” said Jag Bolaria, senior analyst at the Linley Group. “We anticipate continued growth in PCI Express – notably at the device level, as well as in the expanding array of applications – which, along with these new switches, should enable PLX to remain a leader of PCI Express switch technology.”
“Designers developing products with large switches like these can eliminate the need to use multiple switches and inherently save cost and board space while improving performance,” said Krishna Mallampati, PLX marketing director of PCIe switch products. “Also, PLX is the only PCIe switch vendor to offer integrated non-transparency, which is extremely useful in applications that need redundancy and host isolation. We now have 18 Gen 2 switches with NT thus enabling a broad variety of designers to use a 1-chip solution for their redundancy needs.” |
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PLX Technology, Inc. (www.plxtech.com), based in Sunnyvale, Calif., USA, is a leading global supplier of high-performance, feature-rich, system-interconnect semiconductors, SoC and software solutions for the communications, storage, server, compute, embedded-control, and consumer markets. The Company provides a competitive advantage through an integrated combination of experience, innovative silicon, powerful design tools, and synergetic global partnerships. These unmatched PLX solutions are based on established technologies including PCI Express, USB, SATA, Ethernet, and FireWire that enable our customers to develop equipment with industry-leading performance, scalability, security, and reliability, and bring their designs to market faster.
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August 17
PLX starts industry’s 1st PCI express switches with integrated GMA, exclusive feature eliminates burden from processor, having effect on increased performance and extended flexibility |
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August 4
AMD chooses Calypto's PowerPro CG in order to reduce power in processor designs |
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SANTA CLARA, CALIF. –– May 13, 2008 –– Calypto™ Design Systems Inc., the leader in sequential analysis technology, announced today it has selected Advanced Semiconductor Technology Ltd. (AST) to be its exclusive distributor and technical representative in Israel.
Driving this move is a strong demand in Israel for Calypto’s register transfer level (RTL) power optimization and functional verification products. AST ofRaanana, Israel, was selected because of its deep technical expertise and successful track record in the electronic design automation (EDA) market.
“AST has an excellent reputation and well-established relationships with many semiconductor companies,” says Doug Aitelli, Calypto’s vice president of worldwide sales. “AST will give Calypto an immediate, credible presence in Israel.”
Calypto’s advanced RTL power optimization and functional verification products, based on unique sequential analysis technology, dramatically reduce power and improve design quality. PowerPro™ CG (Clock Gating) is an automated RTL power optimization product that reduces power by up to 60%. Calypto’s SLEC™ (Sequential Logic Equivalence Checker) is the industry’s only proven sequential equivalence checker capable of comparing designs with differences in timing, state and levels of abstraction.
“Calypto’s PowerPro CG product offers unique capabilities to address the challenge of RTL power optimization,” remarks Uri Farkash, Director of EDA Operations at AST. “We see tremendous opportunity for Calypto’s products within Israel.”
About AST
Advanced Semiconductor Technologies (AST) was established in 1986 as the first independent Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) Design Center in Israel. It represents today a group of world-class companies in the areas of ASIC, Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and Application Specific Standard Product (ASSP). Its team of highly skilled sales and application engineers combine more than 100 years of experience. AST provides turn-key services as well as onsite support and consulting, in the areas of ASIC and FPGA Design and Verification, EDA, Configuration Management (CM) and other Design and Development. For more information, visit: www.ast.co.il.
About Calypto
Founded in 2002, Calypto Design Systems, Inc. empowers designers to create high-quality, low-power electronic systems by providing best-in-class power optimization and functional verification software, based on its patented sequential analysis technology. Calypto, whose customers include Fortune 500 companies worldwide, is a member of the Cadence Connections program, the IEEE-SA, Synopsys SystemVerilog Catalyst Program and the Mentor Graphics OpenDoor program. Calypto has offices in Europe, India, Japan and North America. Corporate Headquarters is located at: 2933 Bunker Hill Lane, Suite 202, Santa Clara, Calif. 95054. Telephone: (408) 850-2300. More information can be found at: www.calypto.com.
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Calypto, PowerPro, SLEC and Enabling ESL are trademarks of Calypto Design Systems Inc. Other products and company names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies
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July 31
Siverge Networks selects Runtime's network computer in order to maximize system computing resources |
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Siverge Networks Adopts Runtime's NetworkComputer To Optimize Network Computing Resources
NetworkComputer Serves as Platform For New Comprehensive Solutions for the Communication Networking Industry
Santa Clara, California – July 31, 2008 –
Runtime Design Automation today announced that Siverge Networks, a fabless semiconductor company focused on the packet evolution in carrier networks, has adopted Runtime's NetworkComputer (formerly known as Flowtracer/NC) flow queuing system to optimize its network computing resources that provide a platform for the development of its System-on-a-chip (SoC) products. Siverge Networks research and development (R&D) center has already begun using the Runtime tool as part of its unified design network.
Uzi Zangi, VP of R&D at Siverge Networks, stated, "NetworkComputer is an essential tool for us to manage expensive license and hardware resources. The primary benefit we’ve seen is that we can achieve a complete utilization of our compute farm with minimal user interaction and we can increase the productivity of our work.”
Zangi continued, “We are using NetworkComputer to manage our SoCdesign flows. We’ve found that NetworkComputer has a noticeably-low overhead for processes and queuing; is easy to set up and configure; and is flexible with resources definitions and management. NetworkComputer’s web interface is very intuitive allowing for very easy license and resource management of our system. We’re very pleased with this product.”
Frank Bailey, vice president of sales and marketing for Runtime, said, " Siverge Networks’s SoC development environment is a perfect example of the great improvement in computer network resource efficiency that our Flowtracer products bring to network operations. Given Siverge Networks’s extensive capabilities to design and develop a single-chip solution for multiservice carrier grade fixed and mobile backhaul equipment, the R&D team’s use of NetworkComputer rigorously tested our product’s capabilities. We’re very pleased that Siverge Networks is benefiting from optimized efficiency using NetworkComputer.”
Uri Farkash, Director of EDA Operations at AST Israel, said: “Flowtracer products offer unique capabilities to address the challenges of Network Computing, License Monitoring and WorkFlow Management. We have great customers and see new opportunities for Runtime products within Israel.”
About the Siverge Networks
Siverge Networks is a pioneering fabless semiconductor company at the forefront of networking technology. Siverge has developed unique core technology enabling OEMs to build low-cost high-speed packet based communication systems for fast expanding Carrier Networks. Siverge's patent-pending Packet Transport SoC re-defines the technology limits of networking devices by integrating 10x more functionality and channel/port count. Siverge devices enable exceptionally high capacity, true multi-service solutions and system consolidation for Fixed and Mobile Backhauling Networks.
The company is headquartered in Herzliya (Israel) with an office in Orange County, CA (US). The company was founded in 2005 and is privately held.
Website: http://www.siverge.com/
For more information, please contact:
Taqi Mohiuddin (VP Marketing)
taqi.mohiuddin@siverge.com
Phone: 847-710-9072
About Runtime Design Automation
Runtime Design Automation (Santa Clara, California) develops and markets workflow and workload management technology and products to optimize the efficient use of hardware and software computing resources.
Website: http://www.rtda.com
For more information, please contact:
Frank Bailey (VP Marketing & Sales)
bailey@rtda.com
Phone: 408-492-0940
About AST
Advanced Semiconductor Technologies (AST) is the local distributor for Runtime Design Automation products in Israel. AST was established in 1986 as the first independent Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) Design Center in Israel. It represents today a group of world-class companies in the areas of Electronic Design Automation (EDA), ASIC and Application Specific Standard Product (ASSP). Its team of highly skilled sales and application engineers combine more than 100 years of experience. AST provides turn-key services as well as onsite support and consulting, in the areas of EDA, Grid Computing, Design Management, ASIC and FPGA Design and Verification, and other Design and Development.
Website: http://www.ast.co.il/
For more information, please contact:
Uri Farkash (Director of EDA Operations)
uri_fa@ast.co.il
Phone: 972-9-774-4278
For more articles :
http://www10.edacafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?section=CorpNews&articleid=567452
http://edageek.com/2008/07/31/flowtracer-nc/
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May 13
Advanced Semiconductor Technology Ltd. (AST) has been chosen by Calypto™ Design Systems Inc., to be their exclusive distributor and technical representative in Israel. |
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Calypto Selects AST Ltd. as Distributor, Technical Representative in Israel
Strong Demand for Calypto Products Drives Move into Israel
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. –– May 13, 2008 –– Calypto™ Design Systems Inc., the leader in sequential analysis technology, announced today it has selected Advanced Semiconductor Technology Ltd. (AST) to be its exclusive distributor and technical representative in Israel.
Driving this move is a strong demand in Israel for Calypto’s register transfer level (RTL) power optimization and functional verification products. AST ofRaanana, Israel, was selected because of its deep technical expertise and successful track record in the electronic design automation (EDA) market.
“AST has an excellent reputation and well-established relationships with many semiconductor companies,” says Doug Aitelli, Calypto’s vice president of worldwide sales. “AST will give Calypto an immediate, credible presence in Israel.”
Calypto’s advanced RTL power optimization and functional verification products, based on unique sequential analysis technology, dramatically reduce power and improve design quality. PowerPro™ CG (Clock Gating) is an automated RTL power optimization product that reduces power by up to 60%. Calypto’s SLEC™ (Sequential Logic Equivalence Checker) is the industry’s only proven sequential equivalence checker capable of comparing designs with differences in timing, state and levels of abstraction.
“Calypto’s PowerPro CG product offers unique capabilities to address the challenge of RTL power optimization,” remarks Uri Farkash, Director of EDA Operations at AST. “We see tremendous opportunity for Calypto’s products within Israel.”
About AST
Advanced Semiconductor Technologies (AST) was established in 1986 as the first independent Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) Design Center in Israel. It represents today a group of world-class companies in the areas of ASIC, Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and Application Specific Standard Product (ASSP). Its team of highly skilled sales and application engineers combine more than 100 years of experience. AST provides turn-key services as well as onsite support and consulting, in the areas of ASIC and FPGA Design and Verification, EDA, Configuration Management (CM) and other Design and Development. For more information, visit: www.ast.co.il.
About Calypto
Founded in 2002, Calypto Design Systems, Inc. empowers designers to create high-quality, low-power electronic systems by providing best-in-class power optimization and functional verification software, based on its patented sequential analysis technology. Calypto, whose customers include Fortune 500 companies worldwide, is a member of the Cadence Connections program, the IEEE-SA, Synopsys SystemVerilog Catalyst Program and the Mentor Graphics OpenDoor program. Calypto has offices in Europe, India, Japan and North America. Corporate Headquarters is located at: 2933 Bunker Hill Lane, Suite 202, Santa Clara, Calif. 95054. Telephone: (408) 850-2300. More information can be found at: www.calypto.com.
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Calypto, PowerPro, SLEC and Enabling ESL are trademarks of Calypto Design Systems Inc. Other products and company names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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February 12
A new bar for arm processor core performance has been set by NEC Electronics and introduces 700 mhz arm 11 MPCore Processor |
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NEC Electronics Sets New Bar for ARM Processor Core Performance
700 MHz ARM11 MPCore Processor is Industry's Highest Performing; 130 nm ARM926EJ-S Processor is Industry's Fastest
KAWASAKI, Japan, SANTA CLARA, Calif., DUESSELDORF,Raising the bar for ARM® processor performance, NEC Electronics Corporation today unveiled two 32-bit ARM processor cores that can be used with NEC Electronics' proven system-on-chip (SoC) design methodology to develop high-speed solutions for networking, wireless, digital consumer, imaging, storage, automotive and industrial applications. NEC Electronics' 90-nanometer (nm), 700 MHz (931 MHz under nominal process conditions) dual-core implementation of the ARM11™ MPCore™ multicore processor is the highest-performing ARM processor core on the market, while the NEC Electronics-implemented ARM926EJ-S™ processor core is the industry's fastest at 130 nm, clocking in at 400 MHz (532 MHz under nominal process conditions).
"Capable of executing more than 2200 Dhrystone MIPS under nominal conditions, NEC Electronics' dual-core implementation of the ARM11 MPCore is the highest-performance implementation available today. The processor is well suited to high-speed consumer, enterprise and networking applications that are typically served by much more expensive processors," said John Goodacre, Program Manager, Multiprocessing, ARM. "For value markets, the NEC Electronics implementation of the 130 nm ARM926EJ-S processor is the industry's fastest in its class."
Fast Processors Meet Varied Market Requirements
Based on the ARM11 microarchitecture, the 700 MHz (worst-case process, temperature and voltage) ARM11 MPCore is implemented using NEC Electronics' 90 nm process technology and delivers ultra-high performance through multiprocessing at a lower frequency than comparable single-processor solutions, which can result in significant cost savings for system designers. Full compatibility with existing electronic design automation (EDA) tools and flows can simplify otherwise complex multiprocessor design development and reduce time to market and design costs.
NEC Electronics' new implementation of the ARM926EJ-S processor achieves a speed of 400 MHz (worst-case process, temperature and voltage) and is available for implementation with NEC Electronics' 130 nm ASIC technology. The high-performance operation at this node can reduce design costs and mitigate the risks associated with moving to smaller geometries.
This digital signal processor (DSP)-enhanced 32-bit RISC processor is well suited to applications requiring a mix of DSP and microcontroller (MCU) functionality in the digital consumer, imaging, storage, automotive and industrial markets. In addition to signal-processing extensions to enhance 16-bit fixed-point performance using a single-cycle 32 x 16 multiply-accumulate (MAC) unit, the ARM926EJ-S processor incorporates ARM's Jazelle® technology that enables direct execution of Java byte codes in hardware and a 16-bit ARM Thumb® instruction set that shrinks code size and, consequently, reduces system cost.
"Through its strategic relationship with ARM, NEC Electronics is able to offer a wide range of processor cores based on an architecture that combines high performance with low power consumption and low system cost," said Kazu Yamada, vice president and general manager, Custom SoC Solutions strategic business unit, NEC Electronics America, Inc. "The 700 MHz and 400 MHz cores announced today demonstrate NEC Electronics' ability to combine design expertise with leading-edge process technologies to develop ARM-based processor solutions that meet exacting system requirements."
Availability
The silicon-proven 400 MHz ARM926EJ-S processor is currently available in NEC Electronics' CB-130M IP library. The 700 MHz ARM11 MPCore multicore processor is scheduled to be available for SoC integration before the end of 2007 in the CB-90M IP library. Both processors are available for either cell-based IC (CB-IC) or customer-owned tooling (COT) applications. More information can be found at www.necel.com/cbic/en/core/digital.html . (Availability is subject to change.)
About NEC Electronics
NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) specializes in semiconductor products encompassing advanced technology solutions for the high-end computing and broadband networking markets, system solutions for the mobile handset, PC peripherals, automotive and digital consumer markets, and platform solutions for a wide range of customer applications. NEC Electronics Corporation has 25 subsidiaries worldwide including NEC Electronics America, Inc. and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH. For additional information about NEC Electronics worldwide, visit www.necel.com.
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