S2C Inc. releases its fourth-generation rapid SoC prototyping tool, S4 TAI Logic Module, based on Altera's 40-nm Stratix IV FPGA. The Dual S4 TAI Logic Module supplies up to 30 million ASIC gates of capacity with 1,286 external I/O connections.

S2C Inc., a leading supplier of rapid SoC prototyping tools in Asia, has hired Steve Pollock as VP of Marketing and Business Development to focus on expanding S2C's worldwide market presence.

SiGlaz, a world leader in defect spatial signature analysis (SSA) software, today announced that its Intelligent Defect Analysis (IDA) software to improve defect learning and root cause analysis has been deployed by UMC.