Lattice Semiconductor announced the ispLEVER 7.1 FPGA design tool suite. The release delivers a number of new functional and performance-enhancing features, including the dedicated FPGA Simultaneous Switching Output (SSO) Analyzer. The SSO Analyzer enables FPGA designers to actively analyze and opti...

AMS Technologies announces the availability of the new version of CoolitPCB, a software for board analysis developed by Daat Research Corporation. CoolitPCB calculates fine mesh models in the time it takes competitors to deliver coarse grid answers. The software costs $5900 for a perpetual license. ...

LynuxWorks supports the Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT platform with its BlueCat Linux real time operating system (RTOS). The solution is the first of a number of RTOS products planned for the Virtex-5 platform. LynuxWorks supports both the Power Architecture and the MicroBlaze processor. This single configura...

Synopsys announced that its DesignWare USB 2.0 nanoPHY is the first 45-nanometer USB 2.0 PHY intellectual property (IP) to successfully pass the USB Implementers Forum Hi-Speed USB PHY certification. Synopsys' USB 2.0 nanoPHY mixed-signal IP, now available in the 45-nm process node, uses half the po...

ARM announced the availability of ARM IP through Synplicity’s ReadyIP Program. The ReadyIP program facilitates a vendor-independent design flow using Synplicity’s industry standard FPGA synthesis and system design environments, giving designers easy and secure access to the ARM® Cortex-M1 field prog...

Ansoft has released new versions of Nexxim, a high-capacity circuit simulation software, and Ansoft Designer, an integrated schematic and design management software. The products include new statistical analysis and transient simulation capabilities that allow engineers to simulate high-speed serial...

Actel announced the addition of two members to its IGLOO and ProASIC3 field-programmable gate array (FPGA) families starting at just 99 cents. Comparable in density to 128 macrocell complex programmable logic device (CPLD) offerings, the 15,000-gate devices offer power consumption as low as 5 microw...