EDA and IP

Green Hills Software has announced at Embedded World in Nuremberg its latest Optimizing C and C++ Compilers for 32-bit and 64-bit embedded processor architectures from ARM, Intel, Renesas, MIPS and Power Architecture. A feature of this release of the complier is support for the C++11 language, updated functional safety certification and NEON autovectorisation. New hardware-specific optimisations include: Automatic or manual vectorization for ARM NEON instructions. NEON technology ...

IAR Systems has updated its ARM development tools to provide support for the C11 and C++14 language standards. The firm’s IDE for ARM includes its C/C++ Compiler and this latest version 8.10 of the development tools adds compliance with the latest C language standard ISO/IEC 9899:2011 as well as the latest C++ standard ISO/IEC 14882:2014. IAR has also improved window management and docking enabling ...

Imagination Technologies has announced the next generation of its PowerVR graphics processor architecture for mobile applications – phones, tablets and headsets. Called Furian, in 8XT guise it will produce 35% more Gflop/mm2 and a 80% improvement in fill-rate/mm2 compared with the top-end implementations of the existing (Rogue 7XT) architecture – both on the same semiconductor process and clocked at the ...

Micrium introduces the latest version of its µC/OS RTOS with an optimised RTOS kernel, communication stacks, file system and GUI.

EasyLogix enables browser-based PCB design optimisation in version 8 of its PCB-Investigator, CAD/ CAM software for review of electronic assemblies during development.

Imagination Technologies is back on track, and focusing on intellectual property licencing, according to CEO Andrew Heath.

Changes to schematic capture and PCB layout tool Eagle have been announced by former owner Farnell.

RS Components can now offer customers designing PCBs a full range of component schematic symbols and footprints which can be used with the most popular PCB layout tools.

Design software firm Altium has acquired its UK reseller Premier EDA Solutions. But Altium said it would also continue to expand its direct sales and support of customers in the main European markets. According to Altium CFO Joe Bedewi, Premier EDA Solutions, which has represented Altium in the UK for 23 years, is “highly respected by customers”. Phil Mayo, managing ...

Mentor Graphics has introduced an ISO 26262 qualification programme for its tools and embedded software for use safety-critical designs and verification flows at all criticality levels up to and including ASIL D. Called the Mentor Safe programme it includes the Nucleus SafetyCert real time operating system, the Volcano Vstar Autosar operating system and BSW stack. It also includes ISO 26262 certified documentation and qualification reports ...