COMIT SYSTEMS OFFERS DOWNLOADABLE HDL LANGUAGE REFERENCES ON HANDHELD DEVICES.Comit Systems, Inc. of Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. has started offering electronic versions of its Hardware Description Language (language) Hardware Description Language - (HDL) A kind of language used for the conceptual design of integrated circuits. Examples are VHDL and Verilog. (HDL (Hardware Description Language) A language used to describe the functions of an electronic circuit for documentation, simulation or logic synthesis (or all three). Although many proprietary HDLs have been developed, Verilog and VHDL are the major standards. ) Quick Reference Cards on several handheld devices running the Palm OS and the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. CE operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . The Comit Quick Reference Cards (QRCs) are available for free download at the company's website. For Palm OS based devices, the Comit QRCs can be read using the free MobiPocket Reader for Palm OS from Mobipocket.com. For Win-CE and Pocket-PC, the Comit QRCs use the e-book format and can be read by both MobiPocket Reader and Microsoft Reader. The printed version of Comit QRCs are popular among designers of Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), and have been distributed in tens of thousands since 1998. The electronic version for handhelds is a significant new medium for this popular hi-tech Reference, and was created using MobiPocket Publisher from Mobipocket.com. "We are pleased to offer the Comit QRCs on handheld devices," said Niladri Roy, Comit's director of Marketing. "With the growing popularity of handhelds, we believe that the electronic versions of the Comit QRCs will benefit more engineers involved in ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. design. We have seen significant download activity on the first day of release, and some popular EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. websites already carry a link to our free-download page." Nathalie Ting, chief technical officer of Mobipocket.com, said, "We are very happy that Comit Systems has chosen Mobipocket as their reading technology solution for the electronic version on Palm OS and Win-CE/Pocket-PC of their popular HDL Quick Reference Cards. We believe that the MobiPocket Reader is at its best when applied to high value-added content like Comit's QRCs for handheld devices." About Comit Systems: Recognized as one of the 100 fastest growing, private companies in the Silicon Valley, Comit Systems, through its Design Center in Santa Clara, Calif., provides turnkey Contract Engineering services for electronic product development through the design of Chips, Board, Software and Systems, using the latest enabling technologies and tools. |
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