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• Arm DesignStart program expands to accelerate Linux-based embedded design (Monday Oct. 22, 2018)
  While the breadth of IoT provides endless possibilities for advanced software development, it also holds challenges for designers. In a rapidly changing and competitive market, designers need to differentiate their products and deliver enhanced designs at the lowest cost in the fastest time possible.
  
  
• STMicroelectronics Introduces STM32L5 Ultra-Low-Power Microcontrollers for a More Secured IoT (Thursday Oct. 18, 2018)
  STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) , a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, is bringing sophisticated cyber-protection to power-conscious connected devices with the new STM32L5 microcontroller (MCU) series featuring the Arm® Cortex® -M33 core.
  
  
• Arm goes higher up the stack for device-to-data IoT security (Wednesday Oct. 17, 2018)
  This week at Arm TechCon, Arm CEO Simon Segars shared details in his keynote address on version 2.0 of the Arm security manifesto.
  
  
• IAR Systems leads the way for secure IoT development based on Arm TrustZone and Arm Cortex-M (Wednesday Oct. 17, 2018)
  IAR Systems®, the future-proof supplier of software tools and services for embedded development, enables companies worldwide to create high-performance embedded applications based on the latest security technology.
  
  
• Inside Secure's Latest Whitebox Software Security Tool Brings Mobile Developers New Levels of Protection, Performance and Control (Wednesday Oct. 17, 2018)
  Inside Secure today announced general availability of its Whitebox 3.0 software crypto-security tool that protects cryptographic keys and algorithms inside mobile applications that demand top-notch security.
  
  
• IAR Systems supports new secure, ultra-low-power Arm Cortex-M33 MCUs from STMicroelectronics (Wednesday Oct. 17, 2018)
  IAR Systems®, the future-proof supplier of software tools and services for embedded development, announces that the company will provide early support for the new STMicroelectronics’ STM32L5 series in IAR Embedded Workbench® for Arm, the leading Arm Cortex®-M development toolchain.
  
  
• UltraSoC announces integrated multi-core debug, visualization and data science / analytics suite (Tuesday Oct. 16, 2018)
  UltraSoC today announced UltraDevelop 2, a complete integrated development environment (IDE) that combines comprehensive debug, run control, and performance tuning with advanced visualization and data science capabilities for system-on-chip (SoC) development teams.
  
  
• Allegro DVT Introduces High Dynamic Range and High Frame Rate System Compliance Streams for DVB UHDTV (Monday Oct. 15, 2018)
  Allegro DVT, the leading provider of video codec compliance test suites and hardware video IPs, today announced the addition of High Dynamic Range (HDR) and High Frame Rate (HFR) functionalities to its DVB HEVC System test suite for UHDTV.
  
  
• NXP Secures the Edge with Two Industry-First Multi-Core Arm Cortex-M33 Solutions (Wednesday Oct. 10, 2018)
  Delivering on the vision to secure IoT edge devices, and cloud to edge connections, NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) combines hardened security subsystems and software into a secure execution environment (SEE) to raise the bar on trust, privacy, and confidentiality. The new security functionalities and capabilities are key highlights in its new Cortex-M33 based solutions, LPC5500 microcontrollers and i.MX RT600 crossover processors.
  
  
• Silicon Valley Company unveils revolutionary Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven Processor Generator (Thursday Oct. 04, 2018)
  Mirabilis Design announced the immediate release of VisualSim Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven Processor Generator for performance analysis and architecture exploration of System-on-Chip (SoC) and Embedded Systems.
  
  
• Ampere Announces Availability of eMAG for Hyperscale Cloud Computing and Unveils Aggressive, Multi-Generation Roadmap (Tuesday Sep. 18, 2018)
  Ampere™, which is developing an Arm®-based server platform for the future of hyperscale cloud and edge computing, today announced availability of its first generation Armv8-A 64-bit processors for data centers.
  
  
• Arm delivers production-ready open source Bluetooth Low Energy software stack to unleash IoT innovation (Tuesday Sep. 18, 2018)
  Arm provides faster IoT development and flexibility through the portable, open source Cordio Bluetooth 5 Stack pre-integrated with Mbed OS
  
  
• VEXXHOST Leverages the Power of Arm Processors and OpenStack with New Virtual Machine Architecture Offering (Monday Sep. 17, 2018)
  By working in collaboration with Arm, the Canadian cloud computing provider, VEXXHOST, announced plans to offer commercially available Arm®-based virtual machines with OpenStack® API access allowing users to leverage both technologies on public, private and hybrid cloud.
  
  
• Fraunhofer IIS introduces SDK for JPEG XS image coding (Monday Sep. 17, 2018)
  The Fraunhofer-Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS presents its new Software Development Kit (SDK) with optimized functions to code images with the new JPEG XS codec. JPEG XS is suited for use in production environments where high resolution image data of up to 8k/60p UHD video must be transferred via Ethernet.
  
  
• Allegro DVT Announces Availability of Full Compliance Test Suite for Alliance for Open Media's New AV1 Video Codec (Thursday Sep. 13, 2018)
  Allegro DVT announces the immediate availability of its AV1 compliance streams following the public release of the AOMedia Video Codec 1.0 (AV1) specification by the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) on March 28th, 2018.
  
  
• NAGRA announces integration of NexGuard watermarking and Inside Secure's downloadable security solution (Wednesday Sep. 12, 2018)
  NAGRA today announced that its NexGuard QuickMark watermarking solution for open devices has been integrated with Inside Secure’s Content Protection Client, allowing live TV streaming services to benefit from enhanced content protection in a secure and robust implementation.
  
  
• NGCodec Leverages Accelize's Digital Right Management (DRM) Platform for Flexible and Secure Deployment of its Next-Generation Video Compression Solutions (Tuesday Sep. 11, 2018)
  Accelize and NGCodec today announce that they have signed an agreement for NGCodec to leverage Accelize’s Digital Right Management (DRM) Platform to ensure its video accelerator products can be easily deployed and managed in hybrid multi-cloud environments (Public Cloud, Private Cloud, On-premise or a mix of them).
  
  
• Hex Five Security Adds MultiZone Trusted Execution Environment to the SiFive Software Ecosystem (Monday Sep. 10, 2018)
  SiFive, the leading provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP, today welcomed Hex Five Security, maker of MultiZone™ Security – the first Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) for RISC-V, to the growing SiFive Software Ecosystem.
  
  
• Synopsys Announces Support for the Open Neural Network Exchange Format in ARC MetaWare EV Development Toolkit (Thursday Sep. 06, 2018)
  Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced support for the Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) format in the upcoming release of its DesignWare® ARC® MetaWare EV Development Toolkit, a complete set of tools, runtime software and libraries to develop vision and artificial intelligence (AI) applications for ARC EV6x Embedded Vision Processor IP.
  
  
• Socionext Establishes "ForteArt" to Enhance Sound Quality in Wide Range of Applications (Friday Aug. 31, 2018)
  Socionext Inc. today announced a lineup of acoustics solutions now available under the "ForteArt™" family of software IPs. ForteArt enhances the sound-related user experience, with applications including consumer products, public signage and automotive infotainment systems. The software IPs can be implemented with other vendors' hardware, as well as with Socionext's SoC products.
  
  
• Frontier collaborates with NXP on new Smart IoT software licensing business (Wednesday Aug. 29, 2018)
  Frontier Smart Technologies, a pioneer in digital audio solutions, announces the launch of a new Smart IoT software licensing and services business line. The first collaborator in this venture is leading silicon manufacturer, NXP® Semiconductors.
  
  
• Drone.io Announces Official Support for Arm Architectures (Monday Aug. 27, 2018)
  Drone.io Announces Official Support for Arm Architectures, Expanding Development for the IoT and Embedded Device Ecosystem.
  
  
• Fujitsu Presents Post-K CPU Specifications (Thursday Aug. 23, 2018)
  Fujitsu today announced publication of specifications for the A64FX™ CPU to be featured in the post-K computer, a supercomputer being developed by Fujitsu and RIKEN as a successor to the K computer, which achieved the world's highest performance in 2011.
  
  
• Antmicro and SiFive join forces to propose complete RISC-V offering (Tuesday Aug. 14, 2018)
  Antmicro, a software-driven technology vendor for edge AI and cyber-physical systems, and SiFive, the first fabless semiconductor company to offer customized silicon based on the free and open RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture, are announcing a milestone partnership to bring forth a complete offering for early adopters of RISC-V.
  
  
• Argon Design Releases Argon Streams AV1 (Monday Aug. 13, 2018)
  Argon Design Ltd announced today that it has released Argon Streams AV1. This release coincides with the formal release of the AV1 Bitstream and Decoding Process Specification by the industry wide consortium Alliance for Open Media.
  
  
• UltraSoC brings SEGGER J-Link to embedded debug and analytics environment (Thursday Aug. 02, 2018)
  UltraSoC today announced that it has partnered with SEGGER to offer support for J-Link debug probes within UltraSoC’s integrated system on chip (SoC) monitoring and analytics environment. SEGGER’s J-Link probes are amongst the industry’s most widely-used and support the debug of popular processor platforms including RISC-V, and both current and legacy Arm cores.
  
  
• Stratix 10 FPGA: REFLEX CES adds 26G Acceleration hardware to the "XpressGXS10-FH200G" line already shipping. (Thursday Aug. 02, 2018)
  REFLEX CES, a leading European-based provider of custom embedded systems and High-End FPGA COTS boards, has added a 26G version to the Stratix10 XpressGXS10-FH200G line of hardware , based on the latest Intel PSG technology, Stratix 10 GX and SoC.
  
  
• BrainChip Unveils the Akida Development Environment (Wednesday Jul. 25, 2018)
  The Akida Development Environment is a machine learning framework for the creation, training, and testing of spiking neural networks (SNNs), supporting the development of systems for edge and enterprise products on the Company’s Akida Neuromorphic System-on-Chip (NSoC).
  
  
• Dolphin Integration announces a new release of its innovative IDE for the RISC-V ecosystem (Tuesday Jul. 24, 2018)
  Embedded software development is one of the major focuses to work on in order to reduce Time-to-Market of microcontroller based products. To this end, the need for a complete and integrated development environment is crucial. Indeed, an industrial solution with ready-to-use and configurable MCU subsystems, together with advanced debug features, enables to facilitate and accelerate each software development phases.
  
  
• Stratix 10 FPGA: REFLEX CES launches an 800G acceleration card (Thursday Jul. 19, 2018)
  REFLEX CES, the leading European-based provider of custom embedded systems and High-end FPGA COTS solutions, is proud to announce the latest Stratix 10 acceleration card supporting up to 800GbE..