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FPGAs aim low-power/small outline/mid-density logic mix at interfacing functions
FPGAs aim low-power/small outline/mid-density logic mix at interfacing functions
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Lattice Semiconductor has announced sampling of the largest member of its recently-released ECP5 programmable logic family. The FPGA family is…
XMOS sees key $26m investment
XMOS sees key $26m investment
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UK chip designer XMOS has raised $26.2m (€19.2m) from three global chip partners in one of the largest silicon investments…
Large-system rapid prototyping, software development & low-power verification from Cadence
Large-system rapid prototyping, software development & low-power verification from Cadence
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Added to Cadence Design Systems’ System Development Suite, the Protium rapid prototyping platform is configured to improve software development productivity,…
Partitioning tool eases multi-FPGA-based prototyping
Partitioning tool eases multi-FPGA-based prototyping
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Cadence Design Systems has added the Protium rapid prototyping platform to its System Development Suite, claiming a 4X increase in…

AMC format card targets wireless front-ends with Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA
AMC format card targets wireless front-ends with Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA
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CommAgility’s AMC-V7 is a high performance FPGA-based interface and processing card in the compact Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) form factor.
AMC-format card hosts Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA for wireless front-ends
AMC-format card hosts Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA for wireless front-ends
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CommAgility’s AMC-V7 is a high performance FPGA-based interface and processing card in the compact Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) form factor.
Gartner raises 2014 chip market growth forecast
Gartner raises 2014 chip market growth forecast
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The global chip market will be worth $336 billion in 2014, up 6.7 percent from 2013, according to market analysis company Gartner Inc. This is higher than the forecast of…
Cooperation speeds development of virtual platform and Linux port
Cooperation speeds development of virtual platform and Linux port
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Renesas Electronics Europe has described its cooperation with ASTC to produce a virtual platform and fast Linux port for a new ASIC; the combined team created and integrated a virtual…
OpenCL cuts FPGA prototyping time to minutes
OpenCL cuts FPGA prototyping time to minutes
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Altera is using the OpenCL language to allow developers to quickly prototype algorithms on FPGAs in C.
OpenCL software development kit targets FPGA accelerator boards
OpenCL software development kit targets FPGA accelerator boards
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Altera and its board partners have a combined offering that they claim will accelerate development of high-performance computing, networking and SoC applications; an OpenCL development flow is capable of delivering…
Packet-classification algorithms for networking appliances, on FPGA
Packet-classification algorithms for networking appliances, on FPGA
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Altera and Cavium are offering a ready-to-use solution built with Altera's Interlaken look aside IP and Cavium's NEURON search processor…
15 Gb/sec interface for Hybrid Memory Cube, on Xilinx programmables
15 Gb/sec interface for Hybrid Memory Cube, on Xilinx programmables
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Xilinx and Pico Computing, both members of the Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium (HMCC), have announced the first 15 Gb/sec Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) interface for Xilinx' All Programmable UltraScale devices.
Altera expands its foothold in data centre virtualization
Altera expands its foothold in data centre virtualization
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At the 41st International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) in Minneapolis last week, Microsoft shared key developments in a research paper titled, "A Reconfigurable Fabric for Accelerating Large-Scale Data Center…
Microsoft turns to Altera silicon to host data-centre-virtualisation algorithms
Microsoft turns to Altera silicon to host data-centre-virtualisation algorithms
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At the 41st International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA) in Minneapolis last week, Microsoft shared key developments in a research paper titled, "A Reconfigurable Fabric for Accelerating Large-Scale Data Center…
Programmable RF/FPGA partnership to develop flexible wireless platforms
Programmable RF/FPGA partnership to develop flexible wireless platforms
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Altera and Lime Microsystems are to cooperate to “Accelerate and simplify the development of wireless networks”, aiming to produce combined programmable RF and FPGA solutions, and to combine marketing, sales,…
OpenCL drives Altera’s stake in Lime
OpenCL drives Altera’s stake in Lime
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Flexible RF chip designer Lime Microsystems is teaming up with Altera in a deal driven by the increased adoption of the OpenCL programming language.
European, analog chip markets on the up, says WSTS
European, analog chip markets on the up, says WSTS
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The World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization has raised its forecast of how a number of sub-markets will perform in 2014 – including the Europe, Asia-Pacific regions and the analog,…
Xilinx’ SDNet: where software defined networks truly begin
Xilinx’ SDNet: where software defined networks truly begin
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Even when designed into large volume applications, FPGAs are increasingly competing with ASICs and ASSPs, mainly for easy bug fixing during development, then to update hardware functions on-the-fly once deployed…
Chip market sustains double-digit percentage growth
Chip market sustains double-digit percentage growth
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In a return to glory days of the global semiconductor industry the market is currently sustaining 11 percent year-on-year annual growth, according to the SIA.
First UltraHD broadcasts with DVB-S2X
First UltraHD broadcasts with DVB-S2X
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Belgian encoder maker Newtec has demonstrated the world's first 4K UltraHD transmissions using the new DVB-S2X protocol.
Newtec demonstrates UltraHD broadcasts with DVB-S2X
Newtec demonstrates UltraHD broadcasts with DVB-S2X
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Belgian encoder maker Newtec has demonstrated the world's first 4K UltraHD transmissions using the new DVB-S2X protocol.
Early-access software for forthcoming flash FPGAs from Altera
Early-access software for forthcoming flash FPGAs from Altera
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Altera’s MAX 10 family of non-volatile (flash) FPGAs will, the company believes, revolutionise non-volatile FPGA integration for high-volume industrial, automotive and communications applications…
Fabless chip companies ranked by 2013 sales
Fabless chip companies ranked by 2013 sales
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Chinese and Taiwanese companies were five of the eight fastest growing fabless chip companies in a top 25 ranking compiled by IC Insights.
TI/Xilinx silicon provides DSP/programmable capabilities in rugged VPX module
TI/Xilinx silicon provides DSP/programmable capabilities in rugged VPX module
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CommAgility’s VPX-D16A4 is a rugged high performance DSP and FPGA based card in the compact VITA 65, 3U OpenVPX form factor. The module is intended for applications such as software…
Dedicated PCIe blocks on FPGAs achieve PCI-SIG compliance
Dedicated PCIe blocks on FPGAs achieve PCI-SIG compliance
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Achronix Semiconductor’s 22nm Speedster22i devices have achieved PCI-SIG® compliance with the PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 Specification for x8 lanes. The Speedster22i devices successfully passed the PCI-SIG Compliance and Interoperability Tests…
I2C device interface IP needs zero programming, runs on FPGA
I2C device interface IP needs zero programming, runs on FPGA
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Polish IP company DCD (Digital Core Design) has created DI2CSB – an I2C slave base IP Core, a simple, efficient design that doesn’t need to be programmed. For deployment in…
Chip market’s bullish run continues
Chip market’s bullish run continues
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The three-month average of worldwide chip sales was $26.16 billion in March, up 11.4 percent over the equivalent figure in March 2013, according to the United States Semiconductor Industry Association…
I2C device interface IP runs on FPGA and requires no programming
I2C device interface IP runs on FPGA and requires no programming
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Polish IP company DCD (Digital Core Design) has created DI2CSB – an I2C slave base IP Core, a simple, efficient design that doesn’t need to be programmed. For deployment in…


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