Caroline Hayes finds out about the Accellera effect at DAC 2018 As well as EDA, IP and SoC companies, this year’s DAC was distinguished by the number of industry bodies that were promoting their particular brand of technology and establishing standards which the industry should follow. Accellera , the body promoting system level design, modelling ...
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MIT has taught its 40kg Cheetah 3 robot to run across rough terrain and climb litter-strewn staircases by touch alone. “There are many unexpected behaviours the robot should be able to handle without relying too much on vision,” said MIT robot designer Sangbae Kim. “If you rely too much on vision, your robot has to ...
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Taken literally, the terms "accurate dispensing" and "dispensing with accuracy" are not interchangeable. In practice, however, manufacturers and their machine operators know that the words describe the same desired result: Dispensing an exact amount of material, at a specified location, on a repeatable basis
Synopsys and Mentor have settled their five year-old patent lawsuit and agreed to collaborate on inter-operability in the future. Synopsys will pay $65 million to Mentor The two companies have agreed a seven year patent cross-licence deal. They have also agreed to pursue inter-operability opportunities between their products. “Interoperability is a critical aspect of enabling ...
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After several days of saying it has not been served with an injunction affecting its China sales, Micron today admitted that it had. The statement from Micron reads: “The Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court, Fujian Province, China today notified two Chinese subsidiaries of Micron that it has granted a preliminary injunction against those entities in patent ...
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