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| EDA Alert e-Newsletter |
May 20, 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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Go To DAC, For Your Career's Sake . . .
By Limor Fix
Associate Lab Director, Intel Research
Pittsburgh
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In order to have a long and successful career in the electronic
design industry—whether you are a designer, engineering manager, or
executive–there are three essential activities that you should do.
First, enhance your skills and knowledge. Secondly, network with your
peers. And last, monitor market trends.
Read the
full article...
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Electronic Design Editor-in-Chief Joe Desposito went all the
way to Dubai for the International Electronics Forum earlier this month.
Catch up with Joe on his travels to Dubai, and read up on panel
discussions held at the event. Also, check back with the site for video
footage of IEF 2008.
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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As Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs), Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
(PHEV), and Electric Vehicles (EV) continue to gain acceptance as viable
alternatives to gasoline-powered vehicles, it is clear that HEVs will
need light, compact, high-powered, high-capacity batteries to power
their needs. Similarly, Li-ion batteries are gaining acceptance as a
power alternative to Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries. Compact
Power and LG Chem used this technology with their ER2 and ER3 Li-ion
Electric Race cars to set records in the Pikes Peak International Hill
Climb, a long-standing tradition in Colorado Springs and the second
oldest motorsports event in the United States.
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Live date – Weds June 11th at 2:00pm ET
Hosted by: Electronic Design
Sponsored by: Micro Power & Panasonic
Aftermarket Battery Packs - Revelations from Product Tear-Downs
Aftermarket battery packs are available for most portable devices. This
webcast presents the results of several product tear-downs on
aftermarket battery packs, and explains how substandard aftermarket
packs can cut corners on cost, safety mechanisms, and battery
performance. These tear-downs expose electronic & mechanical design
issues, as well as good manufacturing and regulatory violations. Then,
this webcast provides solutions for OEMs to manage and control their
ecosystem of aftermarket battery pack suppliers. This webcast is
applicable to OEMs of consumer and industrial electronic products
susceptible to aftermarket batteries, such as medical, handheld radio,
and data collection devices.
Register here
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Broad IP Library Grows Its System-Level
Offerings
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Thirty new titles have joined Synopsys’ DesignWare System-Level
Library. The new members of the Library include high-performance
transaction-level models (TLMs) for PowerPC, MIPS, and DesignWare IP.
DesignWare System-Level Library models significantly reduce the time to
create virtual platforms and are written in SystemC to work in any IEEE
1666 (SystemC)-compliant simulation environment.
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full article...
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FDKs Target Mixed-Mode and RF
Technologies
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UMC and Mentor Graphics have partnered on a new series of
analog/mixed-signal and RF foundry design kits (FDKs). The FDKs,
containing comprehensive and validated building blocks at the transistor
device level, help IC designers to jump-start design cycles on UMC’s
0.13-um and 90-nm mixed-mode/RF process nodes.
Read the
full article...
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Nominations Are Open For EDA’s Highest
Honor
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Nominations for this year’s recipient of the Phil Kaufman Award
for Distinguished Contributions to Electronic Design Automation (EDA),
sponsored by the EDA Consortium (EDAC) and IEEE Council on EDA (CEDA),
are being accepted until Monday, June 30.
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full article...
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Mentor Graphics Adds Ponte Solutions’
Technology To Calibre DFM
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In the latest example of the ongoing disappearance of smaller DFM
companies into the maws of EDA’s bigger fish, Mentor Graphics has
acquired the assets of Ponte Solutions. Ponte’s model-based
design-for-manufacturing (DFM) tools are meant to analyze, predict, and
reduce the impact of process variability during SoC design. Terms of the
transaction were not disclosed.
Read the
full article...
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Are you okay with Internet service
providers (ISPs) monitoring your surfing habits?
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- Yes
- Absolutely not
- Only if I give prior permission
Click here to
take the poll. Remember to scroll down. The poll is at the bottom of the
page.
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Webinar: Supercharging Products with Embedded RFID
June 26 @ 2 pm ET
Sponsored by SkyeTek
They may still look the same on the outside, but embedded RFID readers
and software can transform products from the inside, offering
manufacturers, OEMs, and product designers new opportunities for
competitive advantage through increased efficiency, accuracy and product
differentiation. With an seemingly unending list of products, RFID is a
key technique to adding new functionality, increasing reliability and
enhancing the user experience. At this webinar and interactive Q&A
session learn the difference between RFID and existing barcode and
contact technologies; and how embedded RFID has new applications in
disposable authentication, smart shelves and cabinets, contactless
payments, tracking, inventory and stock, and customizable
configurations. Also catch up on unique technical and business
considerations for embedded RFID and companies that are already
implanting the technology.
Register now!
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