The Week In Review: Oct. 9
By Ed Sperling
Doing business in China is more complicated and frustrating than it looks. The U.S. Information Technology Office testified before the World Trade Organization that there has been some progress—and some roadblocks—in recent years.
And despite the EDA industry’s lackluster first half, chip sales are up 5% month on month, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. At what node?
STMicro apparently is quite happy with Synopsys’ USB 2.0 and Ethernet IP. The company achieved first-pass silicon for its STM32 SoCs. Yes, folks, it can be done (sometimes).
Cadence extended its TLM hardware/software co-verification to allow software developers to verify and debug their software earlier in the design process. Incisive now has debug support for C/C++ compilers from Virage Logic’s ARC, ARM, GNU and Green Hills Software.
ARM and GlobalFoundries signed a strategic partnership for an SoC enablement program built around ARM’s IP and Globalfoundries’ high k/metal gate manufacturing capabilities.
Intel inked a deal with the government of Macedonia to improve the quality of education by accelerating e-learning. Considering the last major figure to emerge from this region was Alexander the Great, it may be hard to underestimate the effects of this one.
Tags: ARC, ARM, Cadence, China, GlobalFoundries, GNU, Green Hills, Intel, Semiconductor Industry Association, STMicro, Synopsys, Virage Logic