Start with the news release EASA certifies avionics unit with Altera processor from Altera, which we summarised at the time by saying "The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified a safety-critical avionics system that includes a DO-254/ED-80-certifiable version of Altera's Nios II embedded processor.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release FDS Software used in Fujitsu ASIC Reference Flow from Forte Design Systems: "Cynthesizer synthesis software has been selected for use in Fujitsu's application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) Reference Flow for the 40nm process technologies, along with 90 and 65nm. ".
 
In December 2010, we covered the news from Altera - take a look at 28nm technology strategy targets wireless market which says: "Altera has announced its 28nm process technology strategy, which is targeted for cost-sensitive applications in the automotive, industrial and wireless markets.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Impulse Accelerated Technologies, C-to-FPGA compiler supports Pico M-series modules, as well as Touch controller designed for ultra-large formats from Zytronic, and Flexible in-circuit clocks for gaming and business from Silicon Laboratories.