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• Synopsys and Kudan Collaborate to Accelerate Development of Intelligent Computer Vision Processing SoCs (Monday May. 20, 2019)
  Synopsys and Kudan, a leading simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) software algorithms licensor, today announced a collaboration to optimize Kudan's SLAM computer software algorithms for Synopsys' DesignWare® ARC® EV6x Embedded Vision Processor IP.
  
  
• CEVA Announces Availability of SLAM Software Development Kit for CEVA-XM Intelligent vision DSPs and NeuPro AI Processors (Monday May. 20, 2019)
  CEVA announced the availability of its CEVA-SLAM™ software development kit, aimed at streamlining the development of Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) enabled products, including mobile devices, AR/VR headsets, robots, autonomous vehicles and other camera-based devices.
  
  
• Arm demonstrates new IoT test chip and board for highly efficient, secure IoT designs (Wednesday May. 15, 2019)
  Today at the Samsung Foundry Forum, Arm, in collaboration with Samsung Foundry, Cadence, and Sondrel, demonstrated the first 28nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) embedded MagnetoResistive Random Access Memory (eMRAM) IoT test chip and development board.
  
  
• Elektrobit and Synopsys Collaborate to Accelerate Automotive Electronic System Virtual Development (Monday May. 13, 2019)
  Synopsys and Elektrobit today announced a collaboration to accelerate automotive electronic systems development using virtual environments. The two companies are collaborating to bring together Synopsys Virtualizer Development Kits (VDKs), EB operating systems, development and test tools, and complementary expertise to enable pre-silicon and pre-Electronic Control Unit (ECU) hardware availability and software development.
  
  
• Algo-Logic Systems Delivers Ultra-Low-Latency Pre-Trade Risk Check (PTRC) Solution Powered by Xilinx (Thursday May. 09, 2019)
  The Algo-Logic PTRC accelerated system delivers compliance with sub-microsecond latency that is consistently lower than software-based systems.
  
  
• Cycle-accurate trace boosts performance optimization capabilities of UltraSoC embedded analytics infrastructure (Tuesday May. 07, 2019)
  UltraSoC today announced new technology within its embedded monitoring and analytics infrastructure that allows designers of high-performance computing, storage and real-time devices to squeeze ultimate levels of performance from their products.
  
  
• Docker and Arm Partner to Deliver Frictionless Cloud-native Software Development and Delivery Model for Cloud, Edge, and IoT (Thursday Apr. 25, 2019)
  Docker and Arm today announced a strategic partnership enabling cloud developers to build applications for cloud, edge, and IoT environments seamlessly on the Arm® architecture.
  
  
• Tortuga Logic and Synopsys Collaborate to Deliver System-Level Security to SoCs Built with Synopsys DesignWare ARC Processor IP (Tuesday Apr. 23, 2019)
  Tortuga Logic, a cybersecurity company specializing in hardware threat detection and prevention, today announced a partnership with Synopsys to offer a security verification solution that identifies and prevents vulnerabilities in system-on-chip (SoC) designs.
  
  
• Exablaze and Algo-Logic partner to deliver ultra-low latency trading solutions (Wednesday Apr. 17, 2019)
  Exablaze has today announced its partnership with Algo-Logic Systems. Both firms service financial institution clients in trading and HFT, which include investment banks and exchanges trading multiple asset classes
  
  
• Fujitsu Begins Production of Post-K (Tuesday Apr. 16, 2019)
  Fujitsu Limited today announced that, working with RIKEN, it has completed the design of Post-K, the successor to the K supercomputer. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) is aiming to start the public service of Post-K around 2021 or 2022.
  
  
• First software-driven JPEG XS solutions demonstrated by intoPIX at NAB Show 2019. (Tuesday Apr. 09, 2019)
  intoPIX, leading provider of innovative image processing and video compression technologies, announced today the demonstration of their FastTICO-XS SDKs, that will accelerate JPEG-XS encoding and decoding for Live production.
  
  
• intoPIX TICO-RAW technology to simplify and improve image signal processing of next-gen 4K & 8K cameras at NAB Show 2019 (Monday Apr. 08, 2019)
  intoPIX, leading provider of innovative image and video processing technologies, are showcasing their TICO-RAW technology at NAB Show, a new technology that will drastically simplify the way we deal with raw image sensor data and production workflows.
  
  
• V-Nova and NGCodec ship industry's lowest cost real-time UHD encoding (Thursday Apr. 04, 2019)
  V-Nova Ltd. & NGCodec today announced the commercial availability of their combined FPGA-based encoding solution, which delivers industry-leading UHD video quality and encoding efficiency resulting in up to 50x cost savings when compared to traditional CPU software options.
  
  
• Arm Pelion IoT platform provides foundation for comprehensive IoT utility deployments (Wednesday Mar. 27, 2019)
  Arm is partnering with EDMI to simplify and speed up the secure deployment of connected smart meters and AMI solutions. EDMI is integrating the Pelion IoT platform and Mbed OS (PSA Certified) with its existing best of breed smart metering solutions to further expand beyond their millions of endpoints already deployed globally.
  
  
• Synopsys Introduces New embARC Machine Learning Inference Software Library for Power-Efficient Neural Networks (Thursday Mar. 21, 2019)
  Synopsys today announced availability of the new embARC Machine Learning Inference software library to facilitate development of power-efficient neural network system-on-chip (SoC) designs incorporating Synopsys' DesignWare® ARC® EM and HS DSP Processor IP.
  
  
• Imagination delivers new and enhanced developer tools for Android (Tuesday Mar. 19, 2019)
  Imagination announces new and enhanced tools to help developers optimise Android™ graphics performance for devices with PowerVR GPUs.These are: PVRMonitor for real-time GPU and CPU performance statistics; PVRTune for profiling and analysing applications; and PVRStudio for seamless CPU/GPU debugging on PowerVR devices.
  
  
• Andes and SEGGER Partner to Deliver Professional Development Solutions for RISC-V (Monday Mar. 11, 2019)
  Andes Technology and SEGGER Microcontroller today announced the availability of SEGGER powerful development solutions support for Andes RISC-V processor families.
  
  
• Cadence Tensilica Product Development Process and Software Products Certified for ISO 26262 ASIL D Compliance for Automotive Applications (Thursday Feb. 28, 2019)
  Cadence today announced that products in the Cadence® Tensilica® functional safety portfolio and its design processes achieved certification of ISO 26262 compliance up to ASIL D for the development of automotive applications.
  
  
• The Qt Company and Inside Secure to Offer Joint Integrated Solutions for Creating Secure IoT and Embedded Devices (Tuesday Feb. 26, 2019)
  Inside Secure today announced its collaboration with The Qt Company to provide a pre-integrated solution of Inside Secure’s Application Protection product and the Qt Software Framework.
  
  
• Cadence Drives Release of Alternative EVS Codec Implementation in 3GPP (Monday Feb. 25, 2019)
  Cadence today announced that it initiated and drove the standardization within 3GPP of an alternative fixed-point Enhanced Voice Services (EVS) codec reference implementation using updated basic operators.
  
  
• Arm and Leading Test Laboratories Unveil Independent Security Certification for IoT Devices (Monday Feb. 25, 2019)
  To support widespread deployment of secure IoT solutions based on the Platform Security Architecture (PSA) framework, Arm and its independent security testing lab partners Brightsight, CAICT, Riscure and UL, along with consultants Prove&Run, today announced PSA Certified™.
  
  
• Hex Five and wolfSSL Announce the First Secure IoT Stack for RISC-V (Monday Feb. 25, 2019)
  wolfSSL, a leading provider of TLS cryptography and Hex Five Security, provider of MultiZone™ Security, the first Trusted Execution Environment for RISC-V announce general availability of the industry-first secure IoT stack for RISC-V – a TLS 1.3 reference implementation of freeRTOS with hardware-enforced separation between OS, TCP/IP stack and root of trust.
  
  
• PSA Certified: Building Trust in IoT (Monday Feb. 25, 2019)
  IoT security challenges are a constant presence and if we are to instill confidence in IoT devices, the industry has a shared responsibility to rectify this – security cannot be optional.
  
  
• Infineon, Xilinx and Xylon team up for new microcontroller solutions in safety-critical applications (Friday Feb. 22, 2019)
  In order to provide more flexibility in how to use safety microcontrollers in automotive and industrial applications, Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) cooperates with Xilinx Inc. and Xylon, d.o.o..
  
  
• Arm announces Neoverse N1 platform & Neoverse E1 platform built for cloud to edge infrastructure (Wednesday Feb. 20, 2019)
  Two new complete infrastructure-class platforms for faster time-to-market and optimal design points for cloud to edge applications in the era of 5G
  
  
• Indoor Positioning Accuracy Revolutionized with a State-of-the-Art Bluetooth-Enabled Solution (Wednesday Feb. 20, 2019)
  CoreHW RABBIT (Rotating Antenna for Bluetooth Beacon and Internet of Things) solution is designed for Bluetooth 5.1, which has an unprecedented direction-finding feature. The new technology makes it possible for Bluetooth devices to determine the direction of a Bluetooth signal transmission and enables centimeter-level positioning accuracy.
  
  
• Cadence and Green Hills Software Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Embedded System Safety and Security (Wednesday Feb. 20, 2019)
  Cadence Design Systems and Green Hills Software, a privately held company, today announced a strategic partnership that is expected to leverage their respective strengths to drive embedded system safety and security, while accelerating growth for both companies.
  
  
• AccelerComm introduces software only 5G NR channel coding IP at MWC Barcelona 2019 (Tuesday Feb. 19, 2019)
  AccelerComm has today announced the release of a software-only implementation of 3GPP-compliant polar coding IP for 5G NR (New Radio). The polar chain is optimised for the Intel FlexRAN reference architecture.
  
  
• AdaCore Enhances Security-Critical Firmware With NVIDIA (Wednesday Feb. 06, 2019)
  AdaCore, a trusted provider of software development and verification tools, today announced it is working with NVIDIA to implement Ada and SPARK programming languages for select security-critical firmware used for applications that demand stringent safety and security capabilities, like automated and autonomous driving.
  
  
• Feature-rich RISC-V IDE Available for Free Download (Thursday Jan. 31, 2019)
  Andes Technology today announced the free download of its AndeSight Integrated Development Environment (IDE) to accelerate software development for RISC-V based SoC. AndeSight IDE is a professional IDE based on Eclipse with many useful Andes add-on features, developed and widely used over the past 13 years, which provides an efficient way to develop embedded applications for RISC-V based SoC.