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Friday, June 26, 1998Fujitsu, Acer plot new DRAM strategies(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/26/98)Two more manufacturers are backing away from the money-losing DRAM business. Congress presses for space-station finance fix(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/26/98)Having written off Russian financial contributions to the ailing International Space Station project, Congress is pressing the Clinton administration to quickly come up with a budget plan to rescue the program, which a key lawmaker warned is "slowly spinning out of control." Virage pioneers EPROM compilation(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/26/98)Creating more versatility for system-on-a-chip design, Virage Logic Corp. has announced what it calls the industry's first EPROM compiler. It supports a 0.6-micron process from Tower Semiconductor Ltd. and generates blocks in various configurations from 32 to 512 kbits. Motorola and Argonne Lab partner on bio-chip technology(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/26/98)Motorola Inc., Packard Instrument Co. (Meriden, Conn.) and Argonne National Laboratory will announce a multi-million dollar partnership on Monday to develop innovative bio-chip technology. 3Dfx jumps into crowded OEM graphics arena(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/26/98)3Dfx Interactive Inc. has provided details of its long-anticipated Banshee 2-D/3-D processor, a 128-bit device that could make the company an instant contender in the highly competitive OEM graphics-chip market. SUNY algorithm speeds IP routing(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/26/98)A software algorithm for Internet Protocol (IP) routing developed at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook is said to make routing table lookups five times faster than proprietary hardware routers and two orders of magnitude faster than software-based routers. The team that developed the algorithm is considering plans to make it commercially available. FTC warning prompts Adaptec to halt purchase of Symbios(9:00 p.m., EDT, 6/25/98)Adaptec Inc. on Thursday halted efforts to acquire Symbios Inc. (Fort Collins, Colo.), after receiving strong signals from the Federal Trade Commission that the government would oppose the acquisition due to the dominant market position that Adaptec and Symbios would hold in the SCSI market. Asia stakes recovery, economic future on information technology(9:00 p.m., EDT, 6/25/98)Asia's foundering high-tech tigers are looking to information technology as an engine of economic growth as they begin to lay the groundwork for recovery from a deepening economic slump. Conference breaks attendance records(9:00 p.m., EDT, 6/25/98)The 35th Design Automation Conference (DAC), held June 15-19 in San Francisco, broke all previous records for visitor and exhibitor attendance at the conference. Show management said more than 20,000 total attendees came to DAC, compared to 17,500 last year. DAC Thursday, June 25, 1998Intel confirms bug in Xeon(3:30 p.m., EDT, 6/25/98)Intel Corp. today verified reports of a bug in the Xeon microprocessor and its companion 450NX core-logic chip set. Xeon is Intel's new Pentium II-class microprocessor. Cirrus, Lucent tap ARM for disk chips(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/25/98)Cirrus Logic Inc. and Lucent Technologies' Microelectronics Group, each a major supplier of circuits for disk drivers, are adopting the ARM microprocessor architecture as a platform for future ICs. Major cell phone makers back Psion's EPOC32 operating system(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/25/98)Three of the world's largest cellular phone companies — Ericsson, Motorola, and Nokia — will share ownership of the EPOC32 operating system developed by Psion plc and plan to make it the de facto standard for wireless information devices, such as smart phones and communicators. Simplex offers way to gauge accuracy of interconnect-extraction tools(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/25/98)Simplex Solutions Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.) has introduced a test-chip-measurement methodology for interconnect-extraction verification that it hopes will become a standard for allowing customers and chip vendors to compare parasitic-extraction tools. Unitrode and Benchmarq amend their merger agreement(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/25/98)Unitrode Corp. and Benchmarq Microelectronics Inc. (Dallas) amended their on-again, off-again merger agreement on Wednesday, with both boards approving a one-to-one stock swap in a transaction valued at $80.9 million. Programs focus on future hi-tech workers(6:00 p.m., EDT, 6/24/98)A new report by the Semiconductor Industry Association — "Educating Tomorrow's Workforce" — calls the efforts of the association's member companies in K-12 activities "impressive" — and necessary. A number of leading semiconductor companies have launched programs in an effort to attract more engineers and technical workers to the industry. SoHo loft styled as home of the future(6:00 p.m., EDT, 6/24/98)In a loft in downtown Manhattan, Bay Networks Inc. and @Home Network have erected their vision of the networked home of the future to demonstrate the potential of broadband access with existing equipment and services. Zydacron's codecs win a place in PictureTel's conferencing systems(6:00 p.m., EDT, 6/24/98)Zydacron Inc. will make video codec boards for PictureTel Corp. under a contract thought to be worth about $10 million. Wednesday, June 24, 1998Multiprocessing bugs aren't new to Pentium II(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/24/98)Amidst reports of a bug involving its upcoming Xeon microprocessor, an examination of Intel Corp.'s technical data shows that the company's Pentium II microprocessor is no stranger to glitches when used in multiprocessing systems. Hyundai cuts high-end server group to the bone(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/24/98)The Asian flu has taken another casualty. Axil Computer Inc., a small but influential developer of symmetric multiprocessing systems, has laid off all of its staff except those in service and support. Micron moves into graphics territory(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/24/98)Looking to step up its efforts in embedded DRAM, Micron Technology Inc. has jumped into the 3-D graphics fray with the pending acquisition of struggling graphics-chip vendor Rendition Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.). NSA declassifies crypto algorithms(9:00 p.m., EDT, 6/23/98)In an attempt to drum up industry support for its flagging key recovery encryption scheme, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday that the National Security Agency (NSA) has decided to declassify its key exchange algorithm and the Skipjack encryption algorithm used in the Fortezza PC smart card. Cell architecture readied for configurable computing(9:00 p.m., EDT, 6/23/98)A research group at NTT's Optical Network Systems Laboratories believes it has overcome a major stumbling block in the quest to design a computer architecture around field-programmable gate arrays. The team has introduced a reconfigurable circuit family and companion software system flexible enough to form the basis for a general-purpose computer that could dynamically reconfigure itself for specific problems. EDA entrepreneurs debate the proper path to success(9:00 p.m., EDT, 6/23/98)Within the confined EDA industry, startup companies have to choose one of two strategies: direct assault or a more patient, laid-back approach. Executives who found success with both philosophies came to exchange stories at the EDA startup panel during last week's 35th Design Automation Conference. DAC Tuesday, June 23, 1998Group develops streamlined semiconductor fab system(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/23/98)A novel production system with the potential to slash the investment required for a semiconductor fab line has been proposed by a research group at Tohoku University. An experimental system based on the design will be built for 300-mm wafers by next spring. SRAMs stay above the pricing fray(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/23/98)Though DRAM prices drifted downward, SRAMs and some other semiconductor products showed signs of recovery in the early part of this year. RF design tools get a push(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/23/98)Looking to fill the market vacuum for RF design tools, two companies told the 35th Design Automation Conference last week of their development work on advanced simulators and layout tools for RF ICs. DAC Patents promise copy protection for DVD movies(9:00 p.m., EDT, 6/22/98)Digimarc Corp., a developer of digital watermarking technologies, said it has been awarded three patents it considers crucial to reducing the illegal copying of DVD movies. EDA industry seen on verge of a revolution(9:00 p.m., EDT, 6/22/98)Though its startling, Bryan Preas of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center said others share the opinion of EDA he voiced at the 35th Design Automation Conference. "Lots of people are expecting a design revolution soon," Preas said. DAC Elemedia offers H.323 software free to developers(9:00 p.m., EDT, 6/22/98)The Internet multimedia venture owned by Lucent Technologies, Elemedia, is making its industry-leading H.323 Release 2.0 software available to industry researchers and developers free of charge. Monday, June 22, 1998Tektronix recalls oscilloscopes(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/22/98)Tektronix Inc. is voluntarily recalling its model TDS210 and TDS220 oscilloscopes after learning that certain incorrect uses of the products could cause their ground connections to fail. Motorola terminates FPGA efforts(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/22/98)Motorola Inc.'s Semiconductor Products Sector is withdrawing from the field-programmable gate array (FPGA) market. InterHDL offers RTL planning tools(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/22/98)Reshaping the company's mission and bringing new technology to market, InterHDL Inc. released four register-transfer level (RTL) planning and analysis tools at last week's Design Automation Conference. The tools include products that check for design errors, analyze testability, report code coverage and estimate power for RTL designs. DAC Which will improve design productivity more-tools or methodology?(3:00 p.m., EDT, 6/22/98)A panel session on how to measure and improve design productivity, held on the final day of the 35th Design Automation Conference, turned into a debate on whether the greatest improvements will come from methodology or EDA tools. DAC Hope brightens for EDA tool interoperability(11:45 p.m., EDT, 6/19/98)Three major steps toward solving long-standing EDA interoperability problems were taken at this past week's 35th Design Automation Conference (DAC), as Synopsys Inc. offered to license its synthesis constraints, Cadence Design Systems Inc. promised to "open" its layout-oriented Library Exchange Format and Data Exchange Format, and vendor support grew for the Open Library API (OLA). But infighting still threatens the process. Video workstations appear to favor Intel's Xeon(11:45 p.m., EDT, 6/19/98)The race to set the technological agenda for the video workstation — the rapidly emerging new category of professional-level systems used to create digital content for Hollywood and for television — ratcheted up a notch this past week. New telecom services keep vendors on their toes(11:45 p.m., EDT, 6/19/98)The telecom industry is quickly evolving from "POTS" (plain old telephone services) to "PANS" (pretty awesome new services), according George Heilmeier, chairman emeritus of Bellcore (Morristown, N.J.), in his keynote address at the 35th Design Automation Conference. DAC U.S. sanctions on India and Pakistan spare high-tech exports(11:45 p.m., EDT, 6/19/98)The United States has moved to cut off financial and military aid to India and Pakistan in the wake of those countries' tit-for-tat nuclear tests, but has spared most commercial computer exports deals from sanctions. DMI standard throws wrench into quest for unified flat-panel interface(11:45 p.m., EDT, 6/19/98)The tortuous path to a unified digital interface standard for flat-panel monitors twisted further last week as reports surfaced that yet another contender — incompatible with the transmission minimized differential signaling (TMDS) used in the two dominant approaches — is in the offing. Factions battle for upper hand in setting Video CD spec(11:45 p.m., EDT, 6/19/98)Government and industry officials will gather in Beijing next week at a meeting hosted by China's Ministry of Information Infrastructure (MII) to hammer out a specification for the next generation of Video CD equipment. At least three incompatible formats are already being promoted here by a global group of semiconductor and system makers for players that would stake out new ground between the Video CD and DVD digital video disks. At the same time, some are pushing for a quick, direct leap to DVD technology. |
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