Montpellier, France, 22nd May 2012. Cortus, a technology leader in ultra low power, silicon efficient 32-bit processor IP, announces the release of the latest member of their processor family: the energy efficient APS3R. The APS3R builds on experience with the earlier APS3 core but delivers improved computational performance. For more demanding embedded applications a dual core …

MEYREUIL, April 12th, 2012 -StarChip experts in designing and qualifying Smart Card ICs announced today the development of the ARX (Fortress in Latin). The ARX CPU is a High-performance 32-bit RISC Secure Core based on Cortus’ APS3s CPU. This announcement is a step further to confirm StarChip®’s strategic commitment to Smart Card business by extending …

MEYREUIL, March 6th , 2012 -StarChip experts in designing and qualifying Smart Card ICs announced today that it is opening a new office in Shanghai China, the first part of a multi-phase plan to expand its operation and sales to China. With its strong position in electronics manufacturing, China is poised to play a significant …

Nuremberg, Germany, 28th February 2012. Cortus, a technology leader in ultra low power, silicon efficient 32-bit processor IP, announces the latest member of their processor family: the high performance, high throughput FPS6 with integrated floating point. The FPS6 combines excellent integer performance, shared with the other members of the Cortus processor family, with a tightly …

Montpellier, France 21st February, 2012.  Cortus S.A., a technology leader in ultra low power, silicon efficient 32-bit processor IP, announces its plan to launch three new microcontroller IP cores as part of its processor roadmap. The new cores share common technology with the highly efficient APS3 core but address complementary market segments. The three new …

MEYREUIL, February 1st, 2012- StarChip expert in designing and qualifying Smart Card ICs, and CEA-Leti the leading French semiconductor research institute, have signed an agreement to develop a Contactless Front End for Smart Card applications. The Contactless Front End is the result of Leti’s many years of expertise in Contactless and will enable applications such …

Montpellier, France and Sunnyvale, California, 31st January 2012.Cortus S.A. and Inc. will be showing their low power IP products for embedded system on chip (SoC) designs at Embedded World 2012 in Nuremberg, Germany. The exhibit will combine Cortus’ silicon efficient, ultra low power 32 bit microcontroller cores with SST’s low power, ultra high endurance embedded …

4DSP LLC takes another giant leap forward in simplifying the process of FPGA design by releasing their new Stellar IP tool. Stellar IP is designed to automate the creation of an FPGA image by reusing proven IP cores. It offers a platform for software engineers to target FPGA devices. In recent years, the substantial growth …

Paris, France – December 8, 2011 – Crocus Technology, a leading developer of magnetically enhanced semiconductors, and Starchip, a semiconductor product provider focused on designing and qualifying secure products for mass production , today announced they have formed an alliance to develop next generation System-on-Chip (SOC) solutions based on Crocus’ Magnetic-Logic-Unit (MLU) technology. Under this …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that recent improvements to the Talus® 1.2 integrated circuit (IC) implementation platform have triggered a significant increase in customer adoption. Since its initial release 12 months ago, Magma has continued to refine the system, …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the company has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Synopsys (Nasdaq:SNPS), a world leader in software and IP used in the design, verification and manufacture of electronic components and systems headquartered in …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 30, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the availability of a new version of the FineSim™ Pro full-chip circuit-level simulation product that delivers 3X faster runtime than previous versions while continuing to deliver SPICE-accurate results. As an example, FineSim Pro was …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 29, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that since its release 18 months ago, Tekton has grown its customer base to more than 25 companies, achieving the fastest adoption rate of any tool in the company’s history. Tekton, the most advanced …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 29, 2011 – Magma Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the availability of a new release of the Titan™ Analog/Mixed-Signal (Titan AMS) Design Platform. With patent-pending analog design technology, Titan provides an innovative FlexCell-to-GDSII™ analog/mixed-signal (AMS) flow that organically integrates both electrical design and physical …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 21, 2011 – Magma Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced Exar Corporation (Nasdaq: EXAR) has adopted the Tekton™ static timing analysis and QCP™ extraction software to accelerate sign-off and engineering change order (ECO) flows for 40-nanometer systems on a chip (SoCs). Exar selected the Magma …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov.21, 2011 – Magma Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced its Titan™ Analog Design Accelerator (Titan ADX) was adopted by Fujitsu Semiconductor. Titan ADX was selected by Fujitsu Semiconductor after an extensive evaluation in which the software was used to optimize and port a variety of …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 18, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that Analog Bits, Inc., the integrated clocking and interface IP leader, accelerates analog IP verification for its precision clocking macros, programmable interconnect solutions and specialized memories using FineSim™ SPICE multi-CPU circuit simulation technology. Using …

ISTFA, SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 15, 2011 -Magma Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced SystemNav™, a next-generation tool that extends CAD navigation and circuit debug from integrated circuits (ICs) to stacked die, printed circuit boards (PCBs) and multichip modules (MCMs). SystemNav is the only commercially available tool that integrates …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 10, 2011 – Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that eSilicon Corporation, the largest independent semiconductor value chain producer (VCP), used Magma software to tape out a three-way microprocessor cluster based on MIPS’ leading-edge MIPS32® 1074Kf™ Coherent Processing System (CPS). Typical performance of …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 10, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that Adapteva used Magma software to tape out the Epiphany-IV 64-core microprocessor array IC targeted to GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ 28-nm SLP process. By leveraging Magma’s Talus®, Hydra™ and Titan™ leveraging Magma’s Talus®, Hydra™ and Titan™ digital …

Cinebels India’s leading premium personalized audio and home cinema solutions provider launches an exclusive Klipsch Sound Boutique, which houses world class audio speakers and home theatre systems, including the already legendary ‘Palladium Series’ among others. On this occasion, Mr. Sanjay Agarwal, Managing Director, Cinerama Pvt Ltd. said, that ‘In our effort to provide complete end …

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 10, 2011 – Magma® Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, brings its Silicon One Seminar Series to Europe next month, with one-day seminars to be held in the UK and France. The European dates are part of a global roadshow which includes events in the US, Korea, …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 5, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, has used FineSim™ SPICE multi-CPU circuit simulation technology …

MEYREUIL, October 4th 2011- Simulity and StarChip® today announced the availability of Simulity Tacos Java CardTM OS platform on StarChip SCF SIM controllers. The TACOS-J platform is a contact-based Java™ (U)SIM card built on Simulity's TACOS Enterprise Edition. It is fully compliant with Java Card™ 2.2.1 Specifications and Visa GlobalPlatform 2.1.1. The SCF SIM controllers’ …

Montpellier, France, 19th September 2011 – For immediate release Cortus S.A., the technology leader in ultra-low power, silicon efficient, 32-bit processor IP for embedded systems, announces the closure of a funding round. The investment from financial partners Credit Agricole Entreprises and Banque Dupuy de Parseval and institutional partners OSEO and the Region of Languedoc-Roussillon focus …

BANGALORE, India, September 16, 2011 – Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the “Best Paper” winners for MUSIC – Magma Users Summit on Integrated Circuits held here on September 7. Over 200 Magma users attended the annual event that featured 11 papers, a keynote by Balajee Sowrirajan, …

September 13th 2011 – Cortus has been awarded the Siemens France 2011 Grand Prix for Innovation in the Category "Town of Tomorrow" for their innovative, low power, high performance APS3 processor for the embedded systems of today and tomorrow. For the next year Cortus will benefit from the sponsorship and mentoring of Siemens France. Michael …

September 8th 2011 – Cortus S.A., the technology leader in ultra low power, silicon efficient, 32-bit processor IP cores appoints EDASIP as a sales representative in the European market with immediate effect. This is a further stage in expanding the worldwide business of Cortus and on building its position in the market. EDASIP, led by …

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 30, 2011 – WHO: Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software WHAT: Will offer a series of Silicon One Seminars presenting innovative solutions for advanced analog and digital design challenges. The seminars will feature two technology tracks running simultaneously, titled: – “Leading-Edge System-on-Chip Performance in Half …

  SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 30, 2011 – Magma® Design Automation (Nasdaq:LAVA), today announced that the new pattern matching capability in the Quartz™ DRC physical verification product has been qualified to support DRC+, GLOBALFOUNDRIES' silicon-validated, yield-critical pattern-based design for manufacturing (DFM) verification flow for all advanced process technologies, including 40 nanometer (nm), 28 nm and …