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Analysis tool finds redundant silicon gates to boost performance
Axiomise in London, UK, has launched a fast area analysis tool for power, performance and area (PPA) optimisation in silicon chip designs.The tool, called footprint, is vendor-neutral and provides an end-to-end analysis of a design to identify unused or underused components of...
First ASPICE CL3 certification for automotive SSD controller
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation has announced that its PCIe Gen4 SSD controller has achieved ASPICE Capability Level 3 (CL3) after assessment by UL Solutions.ASPICE CL3 certification demonstrates the capability to manage individual projects effectively and establish organization-wide standardised workflows, creating process assets...
Call for engineering papers for DVcon Europe 2025
DVcon Europe is calling for engineering papers for the conference in Munich in October.The Design and Verification Conference & Exhibition Europe (DVCon Europe) covers the latest methodologies and technologies of tools, languages, and standards for integrated and embedded systems and products.It is looking...
THIN Mini-ITX board boosts performance in 1U profile
Advantech has announced the AIMB-219, a THIN Mini-ITX board equipped with the latest Atom® platform and embedded OS support for Windows 10, Linux Ubuntu, DeviceOn.The Mini-ITX board supports Atom® N-series, Atom® x7000RE, and Intel® Core™ i3 N-series processors. The Intel® Core™ i3-N305,...
LDRA and Dassault simplify verification of safety-critical software
LDRA has announced the LDRA TBmanager Integration Package (TIP) for Dassault Systèmes’ No Magic Teamwork Cloud, which simplifies the verification and certification of safety- and security-critical softwareThis integration extends model-based systems engineering and enables engineers to achieve the low-level and high-level software...
ASIL D PMIC boost for Aurix microcontroller functional safety
Infineon Technologies has launched a multirail power management IC (PMIC) for Aurix automotive microcontrollers.The TLF35585 Optireg PMIC is certified up to the ASIL D for functional safety applications in harsh automotive environments, particularly in the chassis, powertrain, domain control and transmission areas.The...
Electrical and magnetic stimulation can improve motor learning
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that the brain’s ability to learn certain skills can be significantly enhanced if both the brain and nervous system are primed by carefully-calibrated, precisely-timed electrical and magnetic stimulationsScientists meticulously calculate the process. First, electricity...
Intel teams for huge Japanese quantum computer
Intel has signed a deal with a research lab in Japan to develop large scale quantum computer systems with tens of thousands of qubits.A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) will see the...
First RISC-V mainboard for modular laptop
A RISC-V processor board is available for the first time for the modular Framework laptop as a development system.The DC-Roma mainboard from DeepComputing can be used with the Framework Laptop 13. The board uses the StarFive JH7110 processor, based on four U74 RISC-V...
Littelfuse taps Analog Devices for new CEO as sales fall
Diversified power group Littelfuse has appointed a new CEO after results down 7% in 2024 to $2.2bn.Dr. Greg Henderson will take over from Dave Heinzmann as president and Chief Executive Officer on his retirement in five days time.“On behalf of the Board...
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