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| EDA Alert e-Newsletter |
January 22, 2008
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Among Design Constraints, Power Assumes The
Throne
By David Maliniak, EDA Technology Editor
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Over the past few years, the "power problem" has registered more
strongly on the radars of system design teams. Portable and handheld
consumer electronics keep shrinking, and hence so do their batteries. In
2008, it's all about power for EDA, in terms of tools, methodologies,
and even standards. There will be a spate of announcements having to do
with low-power design in the next year or two spanning all those
areas...
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full article...
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Webcast: Optimize Low-Power Design
Mentor Graphics Jon McDonald, TME, will discuss gains to design
low-power SoC at levels of abstraction above RTL and look at how tools
and methodologies are evolving to suit optimizing for power. Discuss IP
reuse concepts enabling designers to build TLM SoC platforms
accommodating accurate power assessment and power optimization. Registration Feb 13 at 2:00pm EST
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DFM Add-On Bolsters PCB Layout Tool
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For users of Sunstone Circuits' PCB prototyping services, a
design-for-manufacturing (DFM) add-on to CadSoft's Eagle PCB layout tool
leverages the tool's built-in design rule-checking engine to ensure that
designs conform to Sunstone's requirements. The add-on is offered as a
complimentary service to Sunstone customers.
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full article...
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Functional Verification Tool Gains Link To
SystemVerilog Assertions
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With the addition of a standard assertion-language link, the 360
Module Verifier (360 MV), a functional verification environment, is
equipped to fully leverage both SystemVerilog assertions and Open
Verification Library assertions.
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full article...
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Physical Synthesis Readied For Altera's
Stratix III FPGAs
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The first physical synthesis tool with support for Altera's Stratix
III family of FPGAs is now available. Mentor's Precision RTL Plus
synthesis suite has been benchmarked by Altera as providing performance
gains of over 8% compared with Mentor's Precision Synthesis tool.
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full article...
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EVE and CoWare Forge Strategic Alliance
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A strategic alliance between EVE and CoWare ties together the
former's accelerated hardware/software co-verification with the latter's
SystemC virtual platforms, reducing overall development time for
multicore/multi-application SoCs.
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Low Level Measurements Handbook
The sixth edition of Keithley's Low Level Measurements Handbook covers
the fundamentals of precision DC current, voltage, and resistance
measurements with a section devoted to common low level measurement
applications. Also included is an instrument selection guide as well as
a measurement troubleshooting guide, a glossary of terms, as well as
important safety considerations.
Download your free copy now!
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With the presidential campaign under
way, how do you feel about electronic voting machines?
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--Very confident: Electronic voting is the way to go.
--Somewhat confident: Anything is better than hanging chads.
--Not confident: Security needs to be improved.
Electronic Design's Quick Poll
www.elecdesign.com/#poll
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VHDL 2008: Just The New Stuff
By Peter Ashenden and Jim Lewis
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I can hear some of you asking the question already: "VHDL? That's
still around?" For those coming to VHDL for the first time, it might not
be the best starting place. But for those users who are already familiar
with the language, this is an ideal source for "the new stuff" in
VHDL-2008.
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full article...
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