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Archive: April 2009
SoC Design
Virtual Component Exchange (VCX) is a web-based, regulated trading exchange for semiconductor virtual components or intellectual property (IP). The exchange was established as an outgrowth of the Alba Centre which was launched in 1997 by an economic development agency of the Scottish government. The main elements of the Alba Centre initiative were the Virtual Component Exchange, the Institute for System Level Integration and the development…
GPUs and Accelerators
OpenFPGA is an emerging effort to foster and accelerate the adoption and incorporation of reconfigurable computing based computing solutions in high-performance computing and enterprise application environments. OpenFPGA will foster shared and open efforts to address challenges of portability, interoperability and intra-application communication for FPGA and reconfigurable applications in high-performance and enterprise computing environment…
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Aarthi Chinappa
April 21, 2009
EDA Tools
A free design automation tool for chip estimation has been developed by Giga Scale IC, Inc. The tool named "InCyte" estimates IC die size, power, leakage, yield, and cost, enabling designers to visualize both the technical and economic impacts of their design specification. The tool's rapid "what-if" analysis makes it easy for designers to visualize tradeoffs between key design metrics, and across technology nodes and p…
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Aarthi Chinappa
April 21, 2009
Processors
Prof. Saeid Nooshabadi of the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, has an excellent website describing his course and the accompanying laboratory-based exercises. Emphasis is placed on interfacing the ARM processor to other programmable hardware devices. Students use GNU tools operating under Linux to compile and simulate C, C++ and assembly-language programs. FPGA development is performed using Xilinx ISE …
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Aarthi Chinappa
April 21, 2009
Semiconductor Industry
Guide to Better Writing Guide to Better Presentations Check-list for Writing Examples of IEEE References (pdf) IEEE-CS Proceedings Guidelines IEEE Transactions Guidelines (pdf)
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Aarthi Chinappa
April 21, 2009
Processors
A list of the Top 500 performing supercomputers is available at: Top 500 . Since 1993, the list has been updated twice a year to indicate the best performance on the Linpack benchmark. Except for one machine which uses Microsoft Windows, all of the top 500 machines employ either the Linux or Unix operating system.
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Aarthi Chinappa
April 21, 2009
Verification
SystemC provides hardware-oriented constructs within the context of C++ as a class library implemented in standard C++. Its use spans design and verification from concept to implementation in hardware and software. SystemC provides an interoperable modeling platform which enables the development and exchange of very fast system-level C++ models. It also provides a stable platform for development of system-level tools. The Open SystemC Initiati…
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Aarthi Chinappa
April 21, 2009
DFT and Test
Many important papers have been presented at the annual International Test Conference (ITC) over the past 35 years. The best of these are on-line at ITC Papers .
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Aarthi Chinappa
April 21, 2009
SoC Design
Multiple microprocessor cores which communicate via an on-chip network are increasingly found in integrated circuit designs. These systems offer unprecedented levels of performance, while still remaining highly programmable and consuming modest amounts of power. In addition to high-end CPUs, they are highly suitable for high-performance embedded applications including multimedia, digital signal processing and networking. Dr. Steve G…
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Aarthi Chinappa
April 21, 2009
News
We all know the severity of software piracy in Taiwan & China. But how many of you know that EDA software like Modelsim, Synopsys DC, etc sell on Bangalore streets in India for as low as Rs.25!!!! For the matter of fact, the slumdog who is selling the pirated software in question is not even aware that he is one. The CD is disguised as one of the Recent Bollywood or Hollywood hits. Cops just extort some money and leave him to continue his bu…
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Murugavel Ganesan
April 17, 2009
India Semiconductors
Conference Location: The Leela Palace Kempinski, Bangalore The Grand Ballroom Airport Road Bangalore, India 560 008 Conference Date: July 9-10, 2009 Mar 2-Apr 3, 2009, Call for Papers Apr 20, 2009, Preliminary Acceptance Notification May 11, 2009, Final Paper Due May 15, 2009, Final Acceptance Notification and Presentation Spots Awarded Jun 15, 2009, Draft Slides Due Jun 16-26, 2009, Dry Run Practice at Synopsys Jun 29, 2009, Final …
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Murugavel Ganesan
April 17, 2009
RF and Wireless
Infineon has introduced two RF-chips for LTE and 3G - SMARTi LU for highest data rates with LTE, and SMARTi UEmicro for low cost 3G devices. SMARTi LU is a highly integrated 2G/3G/LTE multi-mode RF transceiver compliant to 3GPP Rel.7 and Rel.8. It supports up to six 3G and LTE Bands simultaneously with Quad Band GSM/EDGE. Its long feature list includes LTE FDD class 4 (up to 150Mbps downlink, 50Mbps uplink) MIMO Rx diversity (2Rx + 1Tx), HSPA+, …
News
Researchers have built a chip with the equivalent of 200,000 neurons and 50 million synapses in an effort to mimic a human brain in silicon. Although the chip has a fraction of the number of neurons or connections found in a brain, its design allows it to be scaled up, says Karlheinz Meier, a physicist at Heidelberg University, in Germany, who has coordinated the Fast Analog Computing with Emergent Transient States project, or FACETS. A neuron c…
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Aarthi Chinappa
April 02, 2009
RF and Wireless
Infineon Technologies, SkyTerra, and TerreStar Networks today jointly announced the worlds first multi-standard mobile platform based on Infineons innovative software-defined-radio (SDR) technology. SkyTerra and TerreStar are both developing next-generation integrated satellite-terrestrial communications networks. This groundbreaking technology will enable ubiquitous mobile communications coverage from anywhere in North America using mass-market…
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Aarthi Chinappa
April 02, 2009
Semiconductor Industry
Starting today we will be embarking on a new series called Microelectronics Systems News! Microelectronics Systems News, will be in the format of a Newsletter that includes items of interest in the areas of IC design, prototyping, micorelectronic systems including embedded systems and programmable system-on-chip platforms using FPGAs. This Newsletter will be broadcast to over 4000+ existing subscribers throughout the world. There is no charge fo…
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Murugavel Ganesan
April 02, 2009
EDA Tools
Checkout our Shareware VLSI CAD/CAE/EDA Software! section below to benefit from the numerous tools the Academic community has to offer. We will be updating as quite often as possible as we find more tools. Please comment to share the links you have found that will be of interest here. We really appreciate your support. Updated to get the links here in this same post!!! Alliance APLAC - A flexible analog circuit simulation and design tool! Berkel…
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Murugavel Ganesan
April 02, 2009
