Lattice Semiconductor Wins Two Medals at 2020 LEAP Awards

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, the low power programmable leader, announced that both the Lattice Propel design environment and the Lattice CrossLink-NX FPGA family won medals at the 2020 Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program (LEAP) Awards.

Synopsys and Samsung Foundry Announce Reference Flow for Predictable Execution of ASIL D-Compliant SoC Design for Automotive Applications

Synopsys, Inc. and Samsung Foundry today announced the release of a validated automotive reference flow to streamline SoC hardware design for in-system test, implementation, verification, timing and physical signoff for ISO 26262 compliance.

Semiconductor Industry Announces Research and Funding Priorities to Sustain U.S. Leadership in Chip Technology

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) today released a preview of their upcoming “Decadal Plan for Semiconductors,” a report outlining chip research and funding priorities over the next decade that will help strengthen U.S. semiconductor technology and spur growth in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, advanced wireless communications.

NTU Singapore Scientists Develop ‘Mini-Brains’ to Help Robots Recognize Pain and to Self-Repair

Using a brain-inspired approach, scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a way for robots to have the artificial intelligence (AI) to recognise pain and to self-repair when damaged.