Virtual prototypes and hardware design: More powerful and complex integrated circuits and System-on-Chip (SoC) designers have a daunting task at both the hardware and software level. SoC architects ...

The PZFlex 2.1 3D virtual-prototyping software is now available in two versions: PZFlex Professional and PZFlex Standard. Finding favor with industrial designers and academic researchers, the ...

An overview of the fundamentals of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and its importance in aerospace component design. A look at how FEA software enables aerospace engineers to simulate the results of ...

Computer-aided design, or cad software, has emerged as one of the most disruptive technologies reshaping how industries envision, prototype, and manufacture products. Once reserved for specialist ...

Popular design and prototyping tool Figma is today announcing support for the macOS-based UI animation software Principle. The integration will allow Figma designs to be imported into Principle, where ...

How advances in semiconductor prototyping are helping optimize and create efficiencies in semiconductor chip manufacturing and development. Why semiconductor prototyping is a crucial step in the ...

FPGAs continue to march to the tune of Moore's Law with new devices appearing at approximately 2-year intervals. Today, 65 nm FPGAs are available with capacities equivalent to 2M ASIC gates. At these ...

Prototyping is ubiquitous in the product development world these days. Rapid prototyping methods, tools, and techniques are widely applied in the process of creating products. With proper ...