A critical stage in creating a custom ASIC is verifying that it does what it is supposed to do and in the best way possible. Typically, this is done by synthesising RTL and running it to see how well it performs against the performance specification that was defined at the start of the design. By […]
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Prototyping tool fits up to 64 FPGAs in a standard rack
S2C announced the release of Logic Matrix LX2, designed to satisfy the demands of enterprise prototyping that requires both high-capacity and high-performance. Built on the Virtex UltraScale+ VU19P – Xilinx’s largest and fastest UltraScale+ FPGA – the LX2 is ideal for verifying both hardware and software components of hyperscale designs ranging into the billions of ASIC gates. […]
eFPGA block tools enable fast designs on UMC 22-nm process
QuickLogic Corporation announced the availability of its first customer-defined eFPGA block from the Australis IP Generator for the UMC 22nm process. The Australis tool enables rapid eFPGA IP generation for nearly any foundry and node. This eFPGA IP core is available now, and any future customizations of it for companies using this same foundry/process node combination can […]
tinyML-based machine learning platform helps build AI models in minutes
Imagimob announced that the new release of its tinyML platform is now available to its customers. The new release focuses on making it easier and faster for developers to build and deploy performance-ready tinyML applications on edge devices. New features include: Starter projects save time for developers. They increase the quality of the AI application […]
Raspberry Pi-based PLCs run industrial controller apps
Kontron expands its PiXtend product range by supporting the engineering software logi.CAD 3 from the company logi.cals and the Spider Control I4.0 Integration Suite from iniNet. With Pi-Tron and PiXtend, the advantages of the Raspberry Pi can be combined with the engineering platform logi.CAD 3 from logi.cals. Sophisticated control applications for industrial automation solutions can be […]
RTOS supports 11th Gen Intel Core, Intel Celeron MPUs
Wind River announced support for Intel Atom x6000 Series and Intel Pentium and Celeron N and J Series processors and 11th Gen Intel Core processors and Intel Celeron processors. This development is part of a multi-year effort to optimize Wind River software for Intel industrial system-on-a-chip offerings (SoCs). The industry-leading VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS), a part of Wind River […]
Cloud service automates IoT device connection/registration via X.509 device certificates
Infineon Technologies AG launched CIRRENT Cloud ID, a service that automates cloud certificate provisioning and IoT device-to-cloud authentication. The easy-to-use service extends the chain of trust and makes tasks easier and more secure from chip-to-cloud while lowering companies’ total cost of ownership. Cloud ID is ideal for cloud-connected product companies in the industrial, consumer, healthcare, […]
Tool suite works with open-source automation servers
LDRA announced a plug-in that brings the capabilities of the LDRA tool suite into the Jenkins automation server for continuous integration (CI) for agile software development. Jenkins automates and manages the build process and connects build and version control systems with quality management and automated testing processes for large-scale system-level software projects. LDRA has long […]
SSDs add cybersecurity software
DIGISTOR announced its Series C secure SSDs, the first DIGISTOR SSDs to add Cigent D3E cybersecurity software. The new SSDs broaden the company’s comprehensive solutions and virtually eliminate the barrier to securing DAR with military-grade encryption for hardware and software. The company is debuting the C Series in the Trenton Systems booth (#2065) at the […]
SDK supports NXP MCUs
MikroElektronika has announced that its multi-architectural software development kit, mikroSDK 2.0, now supports 147 MCUs from NXP. mikroSDK is a collection of open-source software libraries with unified API and software development tools that makes application code portable and reusable on many different platforms and architectures, with virtually no code changes. The addition of NXP’s Kinetis family […]