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Zarlink Accelerates Customer Design Time With Programmable Service for ClockCenter Products

July 15, 2011

OTTAWA, CANADA— (July 14, 2011) – Zarlink Semiconductor (TSX:ZL) today introduced a new service that allows equipment designers to customize the Company’s recently released ClockCenter free-run clocking products to meet specific application requirements. With this new level of customization, Zarlink’s customers can simplify and accelerate design to speed time-to-market for new equipment.

Zarlink’s One Time Programmable service allows customers to optimize ClockCenter free-run products to meet their unique requirements for high-speed telecom and datacom equipment. Depending on the application requirements, customers can choose up to 20 clock outputs, select the output clock type and specify … Read More → "Zarlink Accelerates Customer Design Time With Programmable Service for ClockCenter Products"

Mercury Computer Systems Wins Contract to Supply Signal and Image Processing Capabilities for Multi-mode Radar Program

July 15, 2011

CHELMSFORD, Mass. – July 14, 2011 – Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mc.com), a trusted provider of commercially developed ISR subsystems, confirmed that it has been awarded a contract from a global supplier of advanced communication and navigation solutions for an advanced signal and image processing engine. Mercury’s technology will perform critical computationally-intensive functions … Read More → "Mercury Computer Systems Wins Contract to Supply Signal and Image Processing Capabilities for Multi-mode Radar Program"

Digi-Key Corporation Offers Totally Integrated Online Experience

July 15, 2011

Thursday, July 14, 2011 – THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn., USA – Electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry’s Read More → "Digi-Key Corporation Offers Totally Integrated Online Experience"

ALi Strengthens Its Focus on Latin American Market

July 15, 2011

Taipei, Taiwan, July 15, 2011 — ALi Corporation, a leading Set-Top Box (STB) system-on-chip (SoC) solution provider, announced today at Brazil’s major pay-TV trade show ABTA the latest solution for combination dvb-S2 / ISDB-T customized for Latin America. These customer STBs integrate the latest ALi M3606/M3603 with networking is a cost effective, single-chip solution for High Definition MPEG2, H.264 decoder applications.

Latin America, with a population of nearly 600 million, is a significant market for ALi’s global strategy. Several … Read More → "ALi Strengthens Its Focus on Latin American Market"

Low-Power Audio Codec Optimizes Audio Performance and Prevents Speaker Damage

July 14, 2011

SUNNYVALE, CA—July 14, 2011—Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) introduces the MAX98089, a highly integrated stereo audio codec that improves audio performance and prevents speaker damage. An easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) significantly eases the design in of the product. To minimize the number of discrete components required in the solution, integrated jack detection detects the insertion and removal of accessories as well as button presses. The DAC-to-headphone idle power consumption is only 5.6mW, which represents a 15% improvement compared to the competition and extends battery life. With its ease of use, low power, excellent audio performance, and small … Read More → "Low-Power Audio Codec Optimizes Audio Performance and Prevents Speaker Damage"

AMD Launches AMD RadeonTM HD 6990M — World’s Fastest Single Mobile Graphics Processor

July 14, 2011

SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwire – Jul 12, 2011) – AMD (NYSE: AMD) today launched the AMD Radeon™ HD 6990M GPU — the world’s fastest single mobile graphics processor — an uncompromising GPU that delivers massive computing power to mobile users. The AMD Radeon HD 6990M GPU was measured to be up to 25 percent faster than any other announced notebook enthusiast GPU¹. Furthermore, hardcore gamers can experience additional gaming performance through AMD CrossFireX™ technology.

Ultra-fast performance and portability … Read More → "AMD Launches AMD RadeonTM HD 6990M — World’s Fastest Single Mobile Graphics Processor"

New Surface-mount HCSL Oscillators Targeting Volume Applications From Saelig

July 14, 2011

Pittsford, NY, USA: Saelig Company, Inc. (Saelig) (www.saelig.com) has introduced a new range of surface-mount high-speed current steering logic (HCSL) oscillators designed for volume applications. The new HCK5361 and HCK5761 differential HCSL oscillators are highly competitive and deliver higher frequencies compared with surface acoustic wave (SAW)-based oscillator designs. The new parts offer jitter performance of less than 1 … Read More → "New Surface-mount HCSL Oscillators Targeting Volume Applications From Saelig"

Curtiss-Wright Controls Adds 10 GigE Support to Dual Core i7 CHAMP-AV5 DSP Engine

July 14, 2011

ASHBURN, VA – July 13, 2011 – Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™ and CompactPCI products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense market, has announced the addition of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GigE) support on its dual Intel® … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Adds 10 GigE Support to Dual Core i7 CHAMP-AV5 DSP Engine"

Premier Farnell and Micrium sign global distribution agreement enhancing element14’s ‘knode’ interactive design automation hub

July 14, 2011

14 July 2011 – London – In line with the Group’s focus on providing engineering design solutions, driving business to the web and growth in emerging markets, Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl) today announced a global distribution agreement with Micrium, a leading supplier of embedded RTOS solutions for the global engineering community.

Micrium is a global RTOS leader and a top choice for embedded design engineers building microprocessor, microcontroller, and DSP-based solutions. Micrium’s commercial RTOS components are increasingly the preferred solution when compared … Read More → "Premier Farnell and Micrium sign global distribution agreement enhancing element14’s ‘knode’ interactive design automation hub"

Cost-Efficient COM Express Module with 32 nm Celeron CPU

July 13, 2011

Stutensee, Germany – The high-end MSC CXB-6S COM Express™ module family from MSC Vertriebs GmbH based on the second generation Intel^® Core™ processors is going to be offered not only with i3, i5 and i7 CPUs with two or four cores but also with a cost-efficient Celeron^®variant.

The cost-optimized product of the MSC CXB-6S module family integrates the Intel^®HM65 PCH chipset and the dual-core Intel^®Celeron^®processor … Read More → "Cost-Efficient COM Express Module with 32 nm Celeron CPU"