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The Virtual Vehicle: Part 3 - Developing robust wiring harnesses
The rapid increase in vehicle electrical features has significantly impacted the engineering of wiring harness systems. The proliferation of options and various vehicle platforms requires the use of tools that enable data consistency and option handling, as well as complete and efficient wiring verification within the vehicle.
Mar 12, 2009

The Virtual Vehicle: Part 2 - Early validation of vehicle electrical systems and power management
Due to the increase in vehicle comfort and safety features, there is a significant demand for more reliable electrical systems. An increasing number of vehicle electrical components require a greater amount of electrical power, which has to be ensured at all times.
Feb 13, 2009

The Virtual Vehicle: Part 1 - In-vehicle networking simulation and analysis
In-vehicle networking allows room for optimization; however, it also allows opportunity for errors. The design of appropriate topologies for the physical layer has proven a tremendous challenge, requiring model-based methodologies and tools in order to validate topology concepts early in the design process.
Jan 09, 2009

Increasing simulation model compatibility (In German)
Benefits of the VHDL AMS modeling language are driven by the increasing mechatronic content in vehicles and the need for compatible model exchange by OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers to facilitate virtual prototyping of these complex multi-domain systems.
Jan 02, 2009

FPGA Automotive Success Story (ETAS)
ETAS recently evaluated the Identify® RTL debugger from Synopsys’ Synplicity Business Group, which was subsequently added to the standard development flow for VHDL-Based designs due to the outstanding success with this tool.
Oct 21, 2008

DesignFAX: System Simulation
Today’s automobile designs include a broad range of engineering domains. Hydraulic, mechanical and electrical systems must work together in an automobile design, making it a highly mechatronic system. This increasing complexity in today’s car leads to new engineering challenges.
Oct 16, 2008

VLSI Research: Synopsys’ new custom IC design suite
Finally . . . an integrated EDA tool for custom IC design. It’s a totally new, ground-up, software package. Yet, its user interface is so similar to what you’ve been using that you’ll be surprised as to how familiar it seems.
Oct 16, 2008

Synopsys ventures on analog/mixed signal tools
Synopsys has officially embarked on the realm of analog/mixed-signal design tools with the launching of Galaxy Custom Designer.
Oct 16, 2008

Tackling Complexity
With chip complexity growing, designers are looking for more capable custom design tools. Responding to this demand, Synopsys has extended its Galaxy platform with Custom Designer, described as the industry’s first ‘modern era mixed signal implementation solution’.
Oct 16, 2008

Auto Electronics: Automakers Tool Around
While a software tool supplier may want to deliver a complete set of development tools, automakers and tier one electronics suppliers usually wind up mixing and matching the capabilities of several suppliers.
Oct 13, 2008

Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer launched
Synopsys, Inc. has rolled out its Galaxy Custom Designer solution -- which it claims is the industry’s first modern-era mixed-signal implementation solution. Architected for productivity, Galaxy Custom Designer leverages Synopsys’ Galaxy Design Platform to provide a unified solution for custom and digital designs, thereby enhancing designer efficiency.
Sep 27, 2008

Synopsys enters AMS implementation market with Galaxy Custom Designer
The landscape for analog custom IC EDA seems to be changing with the announcement this week from Synopsys that they are entering the custom analog IC design space with the introduction of Galaxy Custom Designer™.
Sep 24, 2008

Full Frontal Attack
War is invoked ad nauseum in the discussion of marketing. Partly because there are a lot of legitimate parallels. And partly because war reeks of testosterone and gives us a quick sharp adrenaline boost. This is in contrast to the cold, clammy, creepy feeling evoked by the word “marketing.”
Sep 23, 2008

Synopys bets on mixed-signal implementation market
Synopsys, a provider in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, is betting on mixed-signal implementation market by unveiling its Galaxy Custom Designer(TM) solution, the industry's first modern-era mixed-signal implementation solution.
Sep 23, 2008

Synopsys officially enters analog/mixed-signal EDA market
SAN FRANCISO— As expected, EDA vendor Synopsys Inc. officially expanded into the realm of analog/mixed-signal design tools with the introduction Monday (Sept. 22) of Galaxy Custom Designer.
Sep 22, 2008

Synopsys tackles mixed signal IC design
Synopsys, in what it acknowledges to be its largest announcement in years, has released a custom design environment for developers of analog/mixed-signal devices.
Sep 22, 2008

Synopsys has another go at unseating Virtuoso
Synopsys has decided to re-enter the market for custom layout tools, several years after discontinuing work on the Cosmos layout editor that it acquired along with the rest of Avant.
Sep 22, 2008

Synopsys officially enters analog/mixed-signal EDA market
SAN FRANCISO— As expected, EDA vendor Synopsys Inc. officially expanded into the realm of analog/mixed-signal design tools with the introduction Monday (Sept. 22) of Galaxy Custom Designer.
Sep 22, 2008

Mixed-signal tool offers unified environment
Synopsys Inc. officially expanded into the realm of analog/mixed-signal design tools with the introduction Monday (Sept. 22) of Galaxy Custom Designer.
Sep 22, 2008

Synopsys unleashes Orion, now Custom Designer, to hunt down Virtuoso
This morning Synopsys publicly announced the long-rumored--and demonstrated in the private rooms at DAC--Orion project: a custom and cell-based analog-mixed-signal (AMS) design environment aimed at breaking the dominance of Cadence's Virtuoso platform.
Sep 22, 2008

The Virtual Vehicle: Part 4 (In German)
Developing and Optimizing the Electronics of Automotive Injection Systems
Sep 01, 2008

The Virtual Vehicle: Part 3 (In German)
Robust Design of Wiring Harness Systems
Aug 01, 2008

The Virtual Vehicle: Part 2 (In German)
Early Validation of Electrical Systems and Energy Management
Jun 01, 2008

The Virtual Vehicle: Part 1 (In German)
Design of Networking Topologies (In-Vehicle Networks)
May 01, 2008





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