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CEVA Enhances its CEVA-XC DSP Product Offering With HSPA+ Software IP

July 6, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – July 06, 2011 – CEVA, Inc. [(NASDAQ: CEVA); (LSE: CVA)], the leading licensor of silicon intellectual property (SIP) platform solutions and DSP cores, today announced the availability of fully optimized HSPA+ software libraries for the CEVA-XC DSP. The addition of these new libraries to the CEVA-XC Software-Defined Radio (SDR) reference architecture enables the implementation of a software-based multimode HSPA/HSPA+/LTE/LTE-A solution. Support for HSPA and HSPA+ is essential to provide mandatory backward 3G compatibility for mobile applications.

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Ramtron Samples 64-Kilobit Serial F-RAM Memory

July 6, 2011

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – July 6, 2011 – Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq: RMTR), a leading developer and supplier of ferroelectric-based low-power memory and integrated semiconductor products, today announced broad sampling of its newest ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM) product built on the company’s manufacturing line at IBM Corporation (NYSE: IBM). The FM24C64C is a 64-Kilobit (Kb), 5-volt serial F-RAM device that performs at bus speed without write delays, and supports up to one-trillion (1e12) read/write cycles – a million times more than a comparable EEPROM device. The FM24C64C offers low power operation with 100 & … Read More → "Ramtron Samples 64-Kilobit Serial F-RAM Memory"

Tektronix Acquires Veridae Systems, Inc.

July 6, 2011

Beaverton, OR, July 5, 2011 – Tektronix, Inc., a leading supplier of test, measurement, and monitoring products and solutions, today announced the acquisition of Veridae Systems, Inc. The details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Founded in 2009 to commercialize research from the University of British Columbia, Veridae delivers three leading products for ASIC/FPGA prototyping debug, ASIC post silicon validation and FPGA-based system product validation into leading semiconductor and system product companies. These products are the first on the market to deliver a systematic “design for validation” approach as well as key features … Read More → "Tektronix Acquires Veridae Systems, Inc."

Lattice Announces First PCI Express 2.0 Compliant Low Cost FPGA

July 5, 2011

HILLSBORO, OR – Jul 5, 2011 – Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that its LatticeECP3™ FPGA family is compliant with the PCI Express 2.0 specification at 2.5Gbps. The LatticeECP3 FPGA and its PCI Express (PCIe) IP core passed PCI-SIG PCIe v2.0 compliance and interoperability testing for 1- and 4-lane configurations at a recent PCI-SIG workshop, ensuring that Lattice’s solution is interoperable with existing PCIe 2.0 supported systems. Achieving this significant industry milestone enables cost and power reduction with higher reliability for 2.5Gbps PCIe v2.0 systems for … Read More → "Lattice Announces First PCI Express 2.0 Compliant Low Cost FPGA"

Enea to Support Next Generation Freescale Advanced Multiprocessing Series of QorIQ® Processors

July 5, 2011

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 22, 2011 – Enea® (NASDAQ OMX Nordic:ENEA) today announced that the company will support the next generation Advanced Multi-Processing Series (AMP) of Freescale Semiconductor QorIQ® embedded multicore processors. Enea support will focus on its award-winning Enea OSE® Multicore Edition Realtime Operating System (RTOS) (www.enea.com/ose</ … Read More → "Enea to Support Next Generation Freescale Advanced Multiprocessing Series of QorIQ® Processors"

Logicview Selects Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGAs for Next Generation SoC Prototyping System & Emulation Platform

July 5, 2011

BEIJING, July 5, 2011 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced that Logicview Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. has selected Virtex®-6 FPGAs for the company’s next-generation prototyping system and hardware emulation platform slated for introduction in early 2012.

LogicView is a leading supplier of ultra-large-scale system-on-a-chip development and verification platforms that drastically shorten research and development cycles through geometric-level acceleration, high-speed communications, total signal visibility and automatic partitioning. Logicview has … Read More → "Logicview Selects Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGAs for Next Generation SoC Prototyping System & Emulation Platform"

EpiGaN raises capital for GaN-on-Si production

July 5, 2011

Hasselt, 5th July 2011. EpiGaN is pleased to announce that it has closed its first capital round of € 4 million, which will allow it to start volume production of GaN-on-Si epitaxial material for the next-generation efficient power electronics.

Incorporated in 2010, EpiGaN was founded by Dr Marianne Germain, CEO, Dr Joff Derluyn, CTO and Dr Stefan Degroote, COO, as a spin-off of imec. For more than 10 years, the founders jointly developed state-of-the-art GaN-on-Si technology on 4” and 6” wafers at imec, part of which has been licensed to EpiGaN. They are today joined by a strong consortium of investors … Read More → "EpiGaN raises capital for GaN-on-Si production"

X-FAB Adds eFlash to High-Voltage 0.18 Micrometer Foundry Offering

July 5, 2011

Erfurt, Germany, July 5, 2011 – X-FAB Silicon Foundries today enhanced its XH018 0.18 micrometer high-voltage process with a highly reliable new embedded Flash solution. It offers the industry’s lowest mask count of 32 mask layers in total for the modular combination of digital, analog and high-voltage features with embedded Flash. The flash module itself requires only two masks. This new solution results in the industry’s most cost-effective System-on-chip (SoC) platform. Supporting … Read More → "X-FAB Adds eFlash to High-Voltage 0.18 Micrometer Foundry Offering"

Ultra compact 20 Watt DC-DC converters achieve 51W/in³ power density

July 5, 2011

XP Power today announced additions to its range of low power metal cased DC-DC converters with the launch of the 20 Watt JCM20 and JTK20 series. Aimed at space constrained portable applications, these highly efficient board mounted converters provide either single or dual regulated outputs from an ultra compact 1 x 1 x 0.39 inch (25.4 x 25.4 x 9.90 mm) package. Achieving an industry leading power density of up to 51 Watts per cubic inch and an efficiency of up to 89%, these tiny units are ideal for applications where PCB space for the converter needs to be kept to the minimum and an industry standard package … Read More → "Ultra compact 20 Watt DC-DC converters achieve 51W/in³ power density"

Extending the Reach of Free Boundary-scan Tools

July 5, 2011

Eindhoven, The Netherlands – 5^th July 2011. JTAG Technologies is proud to announce the latest extension to its popular JTAGLive family of boundary-scan powered design and repair debug tools for PCBs. JTAGLive Buzz-plus is an extension to the acclaimed free-of-charge Buzz tool that was launched in 2009.

While Buzz allows the user to sample activity on boundary-scan pins and test continuity of nets across a circuit board – and is free to all users – Buzz-plus extends … Read More → "Extending the Reach of Free Boundary-scan Tools"