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Programmierbare Logik & Systeme is offering debug and trace for NXP’s S32N55 16 core software-defined vehicle processor, announced yesterday. It is included in the 2024 version of UDE, the company’s universal debug engine. With UDE “the Cortex-R52 main cores and the Cortex-M7 auxiliary cores are all visible and can be controlled from one common debugger user interface”, according to PLS. ...

Imec has launched an early-access process design kit for the N2 (2nm ICs) node. “The PDK will enable virtual digital designs in imec’s N2 technology, including backside power delivery network,” according to the Belgion semiconductor research lab. “This will give academia and industry the tools to train the semiconductor experts of tomorrow and enable the industry to transition their products ...

The Design and Verification Conference in Europe (DVCon Europe) covers the application of languages, tools and intellectual property for the design and verification of electronic systems and ICs.  DVCon Europe brings chip architects, design and verification engineers, and IP integrators the latest methodologies, techniques, applications and demonstrations for the practical use of EDA solutions for electronic design. The two-day event ...

Axivion has added checks for MISRA C++ 202x rules with the release of its Axivion Suite 7.5 code analysis tools. “Especially when developing safety-critical embedded systems, compliance with the latest coding standards is a must to ensure code quality throughout the whole development process,” according to the company. “Now Axivion Suite 7.5 safeguards compliance with several new MISRA C++ 202x ...

Solid Sands is now qualifying “all versions of the C standard library specification, not just a sub-set that is commonly used or a sub-set that fits on a restricted embedded target” following an update to its SuperGuard requirements-based test suite for C standard libraries. “Based on the experience of SuperGuard being used in library qualification projects as well as feedback ...

London embedded systems design and test house Bermondsey Electronics has launched what it describes as an “integration verification engine” that automates the operation of networkable instrumentation to exercise a device-under-test (DUT) and verify that its hardware and software are functioning together as intended. Called Believe, and based on JavaScript, it “can also be used for continuous integration and end-of-line quality ...

Segger is supporting Arm’s latest Cortex-M, the Cortex-M85, with its Embedded Studio IDE, J-Link debug probe, Ozone debugger and emPower OS real-time operating system. “At Embedded World 2022, Renesas demonstrated the industry’s first Arm Cortex-M85-based MCU,” said Renesas product manager Andy Beeson. “Thanks to the use of the J-Link debug probes, Renesas was able bring-up the new system and develop an ...

IAR Systems has included Arm’s new Cortex-M85 core in its latest version of the Embedded Workbench tool chain – version 9.30. This is Arm’s highest performance Cortex-M processor, and it has just become available on Arm Virtual Hardware. “Thanks to our collaboration with Arm, we enable early technology adoption of the Cortex-M85 processor, bringing use cases for future embedded applications ...

IAR Systems extended coverage of the functional safety version of its Embedded Workbench software tool chain to the 32-bit Risc-V core of Nsitexe, a subsidiary of automotive parts maker Denso. “Functional safety is a constant growing requirement for embedded systems, with automotive applications, industrial automation and medical devices as three of the major driving forces,” according to IAR Systems. “With ...

Physical information about an analogue circuit design can be previewed using Pulsic’s Animate Preview tool. The Bristol EDA company offers the tool as a ‘freemium’ product, i.e. free to download, with online help desk and live chat support services and the option to upgrade to Animate Preview Plus. The tool runs as a plugin inside Cadence Virtuoso IC6.1.6, IC6.1.7 or ...