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Synopsys, Inc. today announced that its collaboration with GLOBALFOUNDRIES has resulted in a comprehensive RTL-to-GDSII solution for the industry's first 22-nanometer (nm) fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) technology process. GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 22FDX™ platform delivers FinFET-like performance and energy-efficiency at a cost comparable to 28-nm planar technologies. The industry-leading implementation and signoff tools from the…

A number of new and enhanced items in the latest release of Alphacam software focus on automation, reducing users’ CAD/CAM time. The new Automation Manager means 2D and 3D Cad files, along with solid models from third party software, can now be batch processed, from file preparation right through to…

A number of new and enhanced items in the latest release of Alphacam software focus on automation, reducing users’ CAD/CAM time. The new Automation Manager means 2D and 3D Cad files, along with solid models from third party software, can now be batch processed, from file preparation right through to…

Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced it is collaborating with GLOBALFOUNDRIES to qualify the Mentor® RTL to GDS platform, including the RealTime Designer™ physical RTL synthesis solution and Olympus-SoC™ place & route system, for the current version of the GLOBALFOUNDRIES® 22FDX™ platform reference flow. In addition, Mentor and GLOBALFOUNDRIES are working on the…

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that its digital and signoff tools are now enabled for the current version of the GLOBALFOUNDRIES® 22FDX™ platform reference flow. GLOBALFOUNDRIES has qualified these tools for the 22FDX reference flow to provide customers with the design flexibility of software-controlled body bias to manage power, performance…

3D Systems announced today that it will be taking part in formnext 2015, a new trade fair for moldmaking, product design and 3D printing that will be debuting this year in Frankfurt, Germany, November 17-20. 3DS will showcase the full power of its digital thread solutions for software and 3D…

3D Systems announced today that it will be taking part in formnext 2015, a new trade fair for moldmaking, product design and 3D printing that will be debuting this year in Frankfurt, Germany, November 17-20. 3DS will showcase the full power of its digital thread solutions for software and 3D…

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the winners of its first annual Don Miller Award for Excellence in System-Level Thermo-Fluid Design. Mentor Graphics established the award to recognize exceptional use of Flowmaster® software in research and real-world applications. The inaugural award was presented toAndrea Tradii, Stefano Rossin and Riccardo De Paolis of GE Oil and Gas on October…

The Bill & Melinda Gates Hall at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York brings together the school’s computing and information science departments in a new joint facility designed to generate collaboration and spontaneous discourse. Its integrated sustainability expresses a commitment to environ­mental stewardship and creates a healthier environment, reduces energy consumption,…

Delcam will demonstrate the latest releases in its range of CADCAM software for mouldmakers at the DMP exhibition to be held in Dongguan, China, from the 18th and 21st November.  New releases will be on show of the modelling-for-manufacture CAD system, PowerSHAPE, the PowerMILL CAM system for high-speed and five-axis…