(December 16, 2005) Piscataway, NJ &#8212 The IEEE has approved a new electronic design standard for the SystemC 2.1 language, titled “Standard SystemC Language Reference Manual.” The standard addresses the increasing complexity of system-on-chip (SoC) design at the systems level.

(December 19, 2005) Pocatello, ID &#8212 AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) and Mentor Graphics are partnering with the development of an analog/mixed-signal technology design kit (TDK) containing comprehensive and proven building blocks at the device level. This kit enables semiconductor companies and electronic systems manufacturers to kick off their design cycles on AMIS’s foundry process using Mentor’s analog/mixed-signal IC flow. It aims to cut time-to-market and ensure manufacturing success of analog, low-data-rate wireless, mixed-signal, and system-on-chip (SoC) ICs.