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• Retune DSP's Wake Word Engine Now Available for CEVA Audio/Voice DSPs (Monday Dec. 21, 2020)
  CEVA and Retune DSP announced that the Retune VoiceSpot Wake Word Engine is now optimized and available for CEVA's audio/voice DSPs, including the CEVA-BX, CEVA-X, and CEVA-TeakLite families.
  
  
• IAR Systems enables Linux-based Continuous Integration and automated workflows for RISC-V (Thursday Dec. 17, 2020)
  IAR Systems®, the future-proof supplier of software tools and services for embedded development, releases an update of its RISC-V build tools supporting implementation in Linux-based frameworks for automated application build and test processes.
  
  
• Nimbix Announces First Multi-cloud HPC Platform With Support For Arm (Thursday Dec. 17, 2020)
  Nimbix, the leading high-performance computing (HPC) cloud platform provider, today announced support for the Arm® architecture in its JARVICE™ XE Enterprise HPC platform.
  
  
• Vulkan SDK, Tools and Drivers are Ray Tracing Ready (Wednesday Dec. 16, 2020)
  The Khronos® Group, an open consortium of industry-leading companies creating advanced interoperability standards, announces that LunarG has released the Vulkan Software Development Kit (SDK) version 1.2.162.0, with full support for the new Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions, including Validation Layers and integration of upgraded GLSL, HLSL and SPIR-V shader tool chains.
  
  
• Blaize Delivers First Open and Code-free AI Software Platform Spanning the Entire Edge AI Application Lifecycle (Monday Dec. 14, 2020)
  Blaize today fully unveiled the Blaize AI Studio offering, the industry’s first open and code-free software platform to span the complete edge AI operational workflow from idea to development, deployment and management.
  
  
• Cartesiam Transforms Edge AI Development for Industrial IoT (Monday Dec. 14, 2020)
  Cartesiam, a company that creates artificial intelligence (AI) software for embedded systems, today announced the availability of NanoEdge™ AI Studio V2, the first integrated development environment (IDE) that simplifies creation of machine learning, inference, and now classification libraries for direct implementation on Arm Cortex-M microcontrollers (MCUs).
  
  
• Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Introduces Support for Wind River VxWorks RTOS for NOEL-V Processor (Thursday Dec. 10, 2020)
  Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (CAES), a leading provider of mission critical electronic solutions, announced at the RISC-V Summit the availability of Wind River’s real-time operating system VxWorks for the NOEL-V processor IP core from its design center, Cobham Gaisler.
  
  
• Green Hills Software Adds RTOS Support to Its Extensive Product Portfolio for RISC-V-based SoCs (Thursday Dec. 10, 2020)
  Green Hills Software, the worldwide leader in embedded safety and security, today announced the availability of its safety certifiable µ-velOSity™ real-time operating system (RTOS) for RISC-V.
  
  
• Cobham Gaisler and fentISS Deepen Collaboration around RISC-V (Wednesday Dec. 09, 2020)
  Spanish software company fentISS and Swedish hardware developer Cobham Gaisler collaborate to promote computing solutions.
  
  
• BrainChip Ships Akida Evaluation Boards (Wednesday Dec. 09, 2020)
  BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN), a leading provider of ultra-low power high performance artificial intelligence technology, today provides the following update on the on the shipment of the Company’s evaluation boards for the Akida Neuromorphic System-on-Chip (NSoC).
  
  
• Neoverse expands further into cloud with new network-optimized instances at AWS re:Invent (Tuesday Dec. 08, 2020)
  Just a few days ago, Arm celebrated its 30th anniversary creating an opportunity for us to reflect on many milestones and pivotal moments across the industry. There is one thing that stands out to me in this time of reflection and it is that the Arm ecosystem is powerful, and our ongoing collaboration with AWS is a great testament to this.
  
  
• Porting PikeOS to NOEL-V and LEON: SYSGO and Cobham Gaisler Extend Cooperation around RISC-V (Monday Dec. 07, 2020)
  RISC-V international members SYSGO and Cobham Gaisler, the design center of Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (CAES), have announced their collaboration to deliver SYSGO's hypervisor-based real-time operating system, PikeOS, ported onto Cobham Gaisler's IP cores NOEL-V and LEON.
  
  
• Imperas Extends free riscvOVPsimPlus Simulator for RISC-V (Monday Dec. 07, 2020)
  Imperas today announced that the Free riscvOVPsimPlus™ RISC-V reference model and simulator, which has been widely adopted across the RISC-V ecosystem, has been updated and extended with additional features including full configurable instruction trace, GDB/Eclipse debug support, plus memory configuration options.
  
  
• Imperas Simulator Supports Andes Custom Extension to Accelerate Software Development in Domain Specific Applications (Thursday Dec. 03, 2020)
  Andes Technology and Imperas Softwareannounced today to extend their cooperation to the versatile Andes Custom Extension™ (ACE) and Imperas’ fast simulators.
  
  
• Embeetle and GigaDevice collaborate to bring a new powerful and simple IDE to ARM and RISC-V based MCUs (Thursday Dec. 03, 2020)
  Embeetle, the supplier of a refreshing microcontroller IDE, and GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc., the popular Flash memory and MCU provider, announce that they have formed a partnership in order to deliver a powerful IDE for GigaDevice’s ARM and RISC-V based microcontrollers (MCUs).
  
  
• Faster, Smaller and More Accurate Edge AI Using Deeplite and Andes Technology Software + Hardware (Thursday Dec. 03, 2020)
  Today, Andes Technology and Deeplite Inc. are excited to announce the latest results in their partnership for AI-powered applications using Deeplite’s unique optimization software and Andes’ low-power Andes RISC-V CPU cores. T
  
  
• IAR Systems and GigaDevice extend partnership with powerful Arm solutions (Thursday Dec. 03, 2020)
  IAR Systems®, the future-proof supplier of software tools and services for embedded development, and GigaDevice, an industry-leading semiconductor supplier, announced their powerful solutions for GD32 Arm-based microcontrollers (MCUs).
  
  
• IAR Systems delivers extended optimization and trace capabilities for RISC-V development (Thursday Nov. 26, 2020)
  IAR Systems®, the future-proof supplier of software tools and services for embedded development, has extended the complete development toolchain IAR Embedded Workbench® for RISC-V with additional trace functionality and new compiler optimizations.
  
  
• Gyrfalcon Launches AI-X: Full-Stack Solution for Edge-AI Development (Wednesday Nov. 25, 2020)
  Gyrfalcon Technology (GTI) today announced AI-X™, a new full-stack solution for AI development ideal for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
  
  
• Audio Weaver + TalkTo reference design now available on Qualcomm QCS400 series of audio System-on-Chips (SoCs) (Monday Nov. 23, 2020)
  T2MIP, the global independent SW and semiconductor IP core provider, is pleased to announce the availability of the Audio Weaver® & TalkTo™ technology reference design based on the highly popular Qualcomm® QCS400 series of audio System-on-Chips (SoCs).
  
  
• Secure Thingz supports next-generation Secure Install technologies for IP Protection and malware prevention (Thursday Nov. 19, 2020)
  Secure Thingz, an IAR Systems® Group company, presents updated versions of its security development tools Embedded Trust® and C-Trust®.
  
  
• Introducing new Arm Roadmap Guarantee and other Arm IoT initiatives for accelerating Endpoint AI (Thursday Nov. 19, 2020)
  While the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution may still be in its early days, there is already one undeniable similarity to the smartphone revolution - the Arm ecosystem is the driving force behind both. Which is why it’s an incredible opportunity to step into the role of leading Arm’s IoT business and work with our ecosystem to continue harnessing and unleashing the potential of this market.
  
  
• Kameleon Security and Xilinx Collaborate on New Cybersecurity Solution for Servers, Cloud Computing and Data Centers (Tuesday Nov. 10, 2020)
  Kameleon Security, a semiconductor startup with an advanced hardware cybersecurity platform for computing systems, today announced a collaboration with Xilinx, Inc. as well as plans to release a new cybersecurity product, the Kameleon ProSPU.
  
  
• Inaccel announces record-breaking speed on facial detection test using an FPGA cluster (Tuesday Nov. 03, 2020)
  InAccel, a world-pioneer in the domain of FPGA-based accelerators, today released the results of a test in which a cluster of eight FPGAs in a single server were used to achieve 1266 fps in a facial detection speed test.
  
  
• Flex Logix Announces Availability and Roadmap of InferX X1 Boards and Software Tools (Wednesday Oct. 28, 2020)
  Flex Logix Technologies, Inc. today announced the availability and roadmap of PCIe boards powered by the Flex Logix InferX™ X1 accelerator – the industry’s fastest and most efficient AI inference chip for edge systems.
  
  
• Synopsys Expands Portfolio of Automotive VDKs with Support for Infineon's AURIX TC4xx 32-bit Microcontroller Family (Tuesday Oct. 27, 2020)
  Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced the availability of a Virtualizer Development Kit (VDK) supporting the Infineon AURIX™ TC4xx Microcontroller Family.
  
  
• IAR Systems brings functional safety tools to RISC-V with certification for IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 (Wednesday Oct. 21, 2020)
  Certified by TÜV SÜD, the functional safety edition of IAR Embedded Workbench for RISC-V will deliver qualified tools, simplified validation and guaranteed support through the product life cycle
  
  
• Xilinx and Spline.AI Develop X-Ray Classification Deep-Learning Model and Reference Design on AWS (Thursday Oct. 15, 2020)
  Xilinx, today introduced a fully functional medical X-ray classification deep-learning model and a reference design kit, in association with Spline.AI on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  
  
• intoPIX Ships v2.0 of FastTICO-XS SDK for x86-64 CPU platforms to speed up JPEG-XS workflows (Monday Oct. 12, 2020)
  intoPIX, leading provider of innovative compression technologies for the audio-visual market, is proud to announce the launch of FastTICO-XS version 2.0 for x86-64 Intel & AMD platform.
  
  
• Efinix Announces Availability of Reconfigurable Acceleration Platform (Thursday Oct. 01, 2020)
  Efinix®, an innovator in programmable product platforms and technology, today announced general availability of its Reconfigurable Acceleration Platform (RAP) initiative. Under the RAP initiative, Efinix will open its Quantum™ technology to a wider variety of engagement models.