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Partnerships

AWR (awrcorp.com), a leader in high-frequency design software, and Rohde & Schwarz Japan K.K. (www.rohde-schwarz.com), the Japanese subsidiary of test and measurement equipment manufacturer Rohde & Schwarz, announced a partnership in Japan to deliver customized hardware/software solutions. The companies will provide customized platforms that combine Rohde & Schwarz test and measurement equipment with AWR’s Design Environment to produce unique simulation and measurement solutions. This partnership will help customers design and test RF and microwave circuits more efficiently and bring them to market faster.

In addition, SiliconBlue Technologies (www.siliconbluetech.com), a manufacturer for low-power 65-nm FPGAs announced its technical partnership with Magma Design Automation in order to provide a comprehensive FPGA design environment for SiliconBlue’s iCE65 FPGA product line, which was introduced in June. Under the agreement, Magma’s timing-driven physical synthesis and placement technology tailored for SiliconBlue’s iCE65 architecture has been fully integrated into SiliconBlue’s iCEcube tool flow providing designers with a seamless FPGA design environment from concept to bitstream.

The tools support standard constraint formats and provide comprehensive coverage of Verilog and VHDL languages. In addition, the tools take advantage of SiliconBlue’s advanced NVCM (nonvolatile configuration memory) technology at 65 nm and future process nodes. The iCEcube 2008.9 is available immediately for download at www.siliconbluetech.com/iCube_development_software.php.