EDA and IP

STMicroelectronics’ AlgoBuilder tool is designed to simplify firmware development

Socionext, the Matsushita-Fujitsu SoC jv, has developed a prototype implementation of video encoder functionalities of the latest video compression format AV1 onto Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)F1 Instance. Utilizing F1, Socionext was able to complete the development and achieved high performance in just one and a half months. Based on this result, Socionext will explore the possibility of new, ...

MathWorks has announced Predictive Maintenance Toolbox, a new MATLAB product that helps engineers design and test condition monitoring and predictive maintenance algorithms. Predictive Maintenance Toolbox offers capabilities and reference examples for engineers who are designing algorithms to organize data, design condition indicators, monitor machine health and estimate remaining useful life (RUL) to prevent equipment failures. With Toolbox,  engineers can analyze ...

The 55th Design Automation Conference (DAC) will cover many topics for chip and system designers

Socionext and DwangoCo have developed a video data transcoding system.

Lattice has introduced two hardware artificial intelligence algorithm accelerators for its FPGAs, one for binarised neural networks (BNNs) and one for convolutional neural networks (CNNs). Both are aimed at implement neural networks in consumer and industrial network-edge products. They are not suitable for network training, which must be done elsewhere. ‘Binarized neural network (BNN) accelerator’ supports 1bit weights, has 1bit activation ...

Esperanto licenses NetSpeed’s IP and intelligent design environment for its Supercomputer-on-a-Chip for AI applications.

Flex Logix has a way to enable the integration of any kind and amount of RAM between tiles of eFPGA arrays

ANSYS announces software which allows the developer to create simulation-based digital twins of products in a single workflow.

ARM and Imagination, the former UK IP vendors now owned by Japan and China, are both losing market share, reports IPnest. While half the top ten vendors grew by double digit figures in an IP market that grew 11.7% last year, ARM grew by 7.8% and Imagination declined by nearly 7%. ARM’s license revenue declined by 6.8% y-o-y although royalty ...