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| EDA Alert e-Newsletter |
April 15, 2008
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Learn Strategies for Reducing Cost of Test at the 2008 Automated
Test Summit
Leading test and measurement companies worldwide are taking part in this
virtual industry event, hosted by National Instruments, to share their
tips and best practices for reducing cost of test. By participating in
this online event, you can experience the presentations, exhibitors, and
dynamic atmosphere of a traditional conference — all from the
convenience of your desk.
Access
session overviews and register for this free event.
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You Say You Want a Revolution, You'll Find One
In OVP
By Simon Davidmann, President and CEO, Imperas Ltd.
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"You say you want a revolution? Well, you know . . . we all want to
change the world."
John Lennon penned that opening line of The Beatles' "Revolution" in
1968. And it's just as relevant now as it was 40 years ago. The
electronics industry stands on the threshold of an era of creative
innovation as it rushes toward multicore system-on-a-chip (SoC) design.
Read the
full article...
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Implantable Materials and Advanced
Ceramics
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The aliphatic polycarbonates created by Cornell chemist Geoffrey
Coates are safe and strong enough to be used in medical implants and
devices. They're also used as extremely effective binders for the
creation of non-oxide ceramics, which are often used as components
experiencing high compressive stresses such as cam rollers in diesel
engines, valves, seals, rotating parts and wear plates, abrasive powder
blast nozzles, cutting tool tips, and more.
Click here to watch the video.
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European Research Yields COCONUT Fruit
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A European research project coordinated by the University of Verona,
Italy, hopes to define a formal framework based on tight integration of
design and verification through all the refinement steps of an
embedded-platform design flow. The project, which spans specification
through logic synthesis and software compilation, also aims to propose a
modeling and verification flow that enhances and speeds up embedded
platform design and configuration.
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full article...
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Modeling Extensions Help Verify Datapath
Designs
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A set of four modeling extensions to Jasper Design Automation's
Proof Accelerators provides for fast, and exhaustive, verification of
intractable datapath designs. Jasper's JasperGold Proof Accelerators can
be used to speed the functional verification of any complex chip design
in which datapath, multiple clock domains, caches, and FIFOs pose
challenges.
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full article...
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Hardware-Accelerated Spice Simulator Raises
Speed/Accuracy Bar
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Nascentric's OmegaSim GX is touted as the world's first
hardware-accelerated Spice simulator. OmegaSim GX harnesses the raw
computational power of NVIDIA Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to
provide fast transistor-level simulation with virtually no loss in
accuracy.
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full article...
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Pyxis Technology, Silicon Canvas Set
Interoperability Milestone
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The dream of true EDA-tool interoperability—meaning simultaneous
execution of two commercial tools within the same Unix process—has
long eluded tool users, unless, of course, you’re talking about tools
integrated as a proprietary combination from the same vendor.
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full article...
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ESC Silicon Valley: Learn Today, Design Tomorrow
ESC Silicon Valley is where the global design engineering community
gathers to learn, collaborate and celebrate innovation. Electronic
Design will be at ESC, covering all the latest announcements from the
event and broadcasting exclusive video footage with the industry’s
moguls. We will be covering the event from top to bottom, so don’t
miss out!
Click here for our ESC Web page.
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How do you use operating-system
virtualization?
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- In applications for security
- In applications for legacy support
- In applications for system management
- On a host for development tools
- Not using virtualization at all
Click here to
take the poll.
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Webinar: Wireless Sensor
Networks—A Survey Of Design Options
Presented by Winland
Electronics Inc.
April 30 @ 2 pm ET
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Developing a wireless sensor network can be an awesome challenge or
a simple matter of picking the right module, depending on who you ask.
Off-the-shelf solutions have certain advantages, but may not be the best
overall solution to your problem. Home grown or custom solutions can be
designed to overcome specific challenges, so they can be critical for
certain projects. Learn more about the technical pros & cons of both
options in this live course
Click here to register.
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Your Ideas For Design Can Win $500
Send us your Ideas for Design and we'll pay you $150 for every Idea for
Design that we publish. In addition, the year's top design as selected
by our readers will earn an additional $500, with two runners-up each
receiving $250. You can submit your Ideas for Design via e-mail to: dbs@penton.com or, mail your material
to:
Ideas for Design
Electronic Design
45 Eisenhower Dr., Suite 550
Paramus, NJ 07652
Click here for our guidelines on Ideas for Design...
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Industrial Networking Texts: Two
Selections
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Read up on Communications/Test Editor Louis Frenzel's reviews and
recommendations on two reference guides from the industiral networking
industry. "Industrial Ethernet, 2nd Ed.," by P.S. Marshall and J.S.
Rinaldi introduces how Ethernet carries the TCP/IP protocol suite, and
there is also coverage on Ethernet hardware. The second book,
"Industrial Data Communications, 4th Ed.," by L.M. Thompson, covers a
rainbow of topics within the serial-data communications field.
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full article...
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