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Volvo will increase spending this year as they prepare their new XC90 SUV in an attempt to reset the brand. The revamped XC90, to be presented later this
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Following on Willi Brandenburg’s interview two weeks ago, here is the viewpoint of Synopsys’ management on the LucidShape acquisition.
DVN: Tell us about the history of Synopsys as a company.
Synopsys: Synopsys is a market and technology leader in the development and sale of EDA tools and semiconductor intellectual property (IP). One of the largest software companies in the world, Synopsys grew from a small, one-product start-up to a global leader with more than $1.9bn in annual revenue in fiscal 2013. Today, Synopsys provides a broad range of products and services that accelerate innovation in the electronics market. Founded in 1986 by Dr. Aart de Geus and a team of engineers from General Electric’s Microelectronics Centre in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Synopsys was first established as “Optimal Solutions” with a charter to develop and market ground-breaking synthesis technology developed by the team at General Electric. The company pioneered the commercial application of logic synthesis that has since been adopted by every major semiconductor design company in the world. This technology provided an exponential leap in integrated circuit (IC) design productivity by allowing engineers to specify chip functionality at a higher level of abstraction. Without this technology, the complex designs of today would not be possible.
 George Bayz, Synopsys Optical Solutions VP and General Manager |
The combination of in-house technology innovation and strategic acquisitions has helped drive Synopsys’ success, extending the company beyond our core business to address emerging areas of great importance to our customers and in the market. Optical Research Associates , a leading provider of optical design, analysis and modeling software; RSoft Design Group , a maker of photonics design and simulation software; and now Brandenburg are a few excellent examples.
The front lamps for Mercedes’ new C-class are made by AL. They come in three versions:
Volkswagen are recalling about 160,000 Passat sedans in North America because a low-beam headlamp could stop working.
It’s difficult to find anyone who thinks glare is a good thing in the traffic environment. All other factors excluded, most would probably share the general belief that glare is bad.
Last month, Daimler AG presented the Supplier Awards at the Mercedes-Benz Center in Stuttgart. ZKW received an award for being Daimler’s “biggest achiever in the lighting segment with innovative
Bentley are teasing the world’s enthusiasts with a new picture of their upcoming SUV, saying the vehicle’s design has been revised from the EXP 9 F concept unveiled at the 2012 Geneva auto show.
Volvo are working on sensors to let cars “get to know their drivers” in order to bring big safety benefits; the automaker say systems to recognise a tired or inattentive driver will make the car of the future safer.
The US IIHS (Insurance Institute of Highway Safety) say rear cameras are more effective than parking sensors at preventing collisions while a driver is reversing.
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