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| Intelligence |
| ARM Drives Momentum in Microcontrollers With Keil Acquisition
ARM has acquired Keil, a leading independent provider of software development tools for the microcontroller (MCU) market. Keil operates jointly through two privatelyowned companies, Keil Elektronik GmbH in Munich, Germany, and Keil Software, Inc. in Plano, Texas.
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| by I.Q. Magazine |
| Toshiba Licenses ARM1176JZF-S High-Performance Microprocessor
Toshiba has licensed the ARM1176JZF-S... read the article |
| by: I.Q. Magazine |
| CeRoma Partners with ARM to Develop Next-generation Digital TV Set-Top Boxes
CeRoma, a leading designer and manufacturer of advanced system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for digital video broadcasting, will integrate the ARM1136J(F)-S... read the article |
| by: I.Q. Magazine |
| Newsletter Targets Yield Enhancement
A newsletter focused on solving yield problems at the 130nm node and beyond is available free to engineers, engineering managers, and corporate managers at semiconductor, EDA, IC manufacturing, and test companies. The Yield Learning Report also welcomes editorial contributions on yieldenhancement to... read the article |
| by: I.Q. Magazine |
| Cadence Aligns Capabilities for Consumer and Mobile Applications
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of a high-performance design flow for the new ARM... read the article |
| by: I.Q. Magazine |
| Synopsys Design Solutions Enable Implementation and Deployment of ARM Cortex-A8 Processor to Licensees
Synopsys and ARM have collaborated to demonstrate the successful integration of Synopsys' Galaxy RTL synthesis, hierarchical design planning, physical implementation solution, sign-off and Discovery verification solution within a high-performance design flow for the new ARM... read the article |
| by: I.Q. Magazine |
| Accelerated Technology
Accelerated Technology, a Mentor Graphics division, has unveiled its new Nucleus... read the article |
| by: I.Q. Magazine |
| Wind River Announces Industry
Wind River has released its leading Linux device software platform for consumer devices, delivering the industry... read the article |
| by: I.Q. Magazine |
| VeriSilicon Licenses Full Range of ARM Processors for Consumer and Automotive SoC Design Services
VeriSilicon a leading ASIC design foundry and one of the Red Herring... read the article |
| by: I.Q. Magazine |
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| Technology In-Depth |
| Developing Video Phones with ARM Processor-based Solutions
Applications processors have evolved to the point where it is now possible to move the voice processing from the DSP to the ARM processor-based applications processor. Using such an approach provides numerous advantages, including cost savings, increased battery life for portable devices, and reduce... read the article |
| by Michael Ward, Trinity Convergence |
| Criteria for ARM Migration as the Industry Standard MCU
In the past decade, the ARM... read the article |
| by: Bahram Raad, Sr. Application Engineer, Oki Semiconductor |
| The Changing Face of DSL
In this first part of an article series for IQ Magazine, we highlight some of the feature requirements imposed by Triple Play services on System OEMs and chipset vendors, and how the portfolio of ARM technology provides platform solutions. In the next issue of IQ, we will take a closer look at the P... read the article |
| by: By Werner Goertz, ARM |
| Implementing Field-oriented Brushless Motor Control Using an ARM7
Three-phase brushless motors offer many benefits including economy, reliability and high efficiency, but also exhibit poor dynamic performance. By implementing proper control algorithms (such as field-oriented control) on an ARM7 processor-based MCU, three-phase brushless motors can be made as dynam... read the article |
| by: Vincent Onde, Application Engineer, STMicroelectronics |
| Networked Networks and Embedded Microcontroller Architectures
Embedded systems used to be deeply embedded inside end products. They were only rarely connected to the outside world. The microcontroller worked in a fairly closed system polling peripherals, collecting data, performing simple processing and turning switches and LEDs on and off. There was limited d... read the article |
| by: Jacko Wilbrink, Dany Nativel, and Tim Morin, Atmel Corporation |
| eT-Kernel: Product Line Platform Management
Reducing development time is increasingly important in today... read the article |
| by: Tracy Thomas, Engineering Manager, eSOL, Inc. |
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| Design Strategies & Methodologies |
| Ten Reasons Why a Data-centric Approach Streamlines Embedded Software Development
Today's intelligent, ARM-Powered devices have become data-intensive computing systems; that is, systems that must manage increasing amounts of complex data from both inside and outside the device. To meet today's embedded data management challenges, a new generation of high-performance data manageme... read the article |
| by Markus Levy, Sr. Technical Editor, Convergence Promotions |
| A Blueprint for SoC Verification Success with System Verilog
Developing advanced systems-on-chips (SoCs) is rapidly becoming more complex and requires extensive verification to ensure the proper performance of the design complexity. Traditional approaches are being replaced by more advanced verifications methods providing higher productivity and quality. ARM ... read the article |
| by: Tom Borgstrom, Verification Product Line Manager, Synopsys, Inc. Alan Hunter, Verification Methodology Manager, ARM Ltd. |
| Integrating High-quality Audio into Mobile Design
Multi-media functionality is becoming more important in handheld products, and consumers are demanding higher fidelity audio in their wireless devices, PCs, games, software applications, and music synthesizers. In order to meet this demand and enable high-quality music playback on a wide range of co... read the article |
| by: Dave Sparks, Director of Engineering, Sonic Network, Inc. |
| Using ARM Processor-based Flash MCUs as a Platform for Custom Systems-on-Chip
Advances in process technology are making it possible to fabricate systems-on-chip (SoCs) containing hundreds of millions of transistors operating at gigahertz clock frequencies in a few tens of square millimeters. However, these same advances are making it increasingly difficult to develop such com... read the article |
| by: Peter Bishop, Communications Manager, Atmel Rousset |
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| Consumer Lifestyles |
| First Defender
InHand's Fingertip3 platform is used in First Defender, a wireless detector used in the real-time identification of WMDs, explosives, narcotics, and toxic industrial chemicals. First Defender... read the article |
| by Andrew Girson, InHand Electronics |
| Greer Company Ensures Safe, Productive Operation of 90 Ton Construction Cranes
The Greer Company a division of Fortune 500 Company Dover Corporation, provides specialized load indication equipment for the hydraulic-truck crane industry. To fulfill a large purchase order from a major U.S. crane manufacturer, Greer needed to build a next-generation device that met changing custo... read the article |
| by: Lawrence Ricci, Business Development, ADS |
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| Market Watch |
| Multi-core Standards Enable Interoperability
A new industry organization, the Multicore Association, will enhance the ecosystem of vendors developing hardware, software, and tools that support multi-core products. Initially the organization is focusing on communication and debug APIs, but will expand to help resolve other multi-core developmen... read the article |
| by Markus Levy, Founder and President, EEMBC |
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| Tools of the Trade |
| Cadence Optimization Methodology Kit
The Cadence Optimization Methodology Kit for ARM Processors simplifies the implementation techniques used to achieve higher performance, lower power and less area (PPA) for ARM processor-based designs. The kit couples expert service and support with industry-leading Cadence Encounter RTL Compiler gl... read the article |
| by Jack Erickson, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. |
| Overview of ThreadX- μITRON
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| by: Mitsuaki Miyashita, Technical Manager, Grape Systems Inc. |
