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Dorado Tweaker ECO Platform in use at TSMC for Integrated Signoff Flow

June 15, 2011

HsinChu, Taiwan – June 3, 2011 – Dorado, Inc., a semiconductor design software provider, announced that TSMC is using Tweaker^TM ECO (Engineering Change Order) Platform for incremental optimization in TSMC’s Integrated Signoff Flow (ISF). This new addition in ISF brings TSMC’s customers an incremental design closure flow using Tweaker for post-place & route timing fix, leakage power recovery, as well as clock skew fine-tuning.

“Designers can benefit from a … Read More → "Dorado Tweaker ECO Platform in use at TSMC for Integrated Signoff Flow"

New Compact Energy-Harvesting and Power-Management IC Enables Low-Power Wireless Devices

June 15, 2011

SUNNYVALE, CA—June 15, 2011—Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) introduces the MAX17710, the industry’s first IC to integrate all of the power-management functions for ambient energy harvesting, as well as for charging and protecting micro-energy cells (MECs), a form of solid-state battery. Operating at an ultra-low current level, the MAX17710 accepts energy from a variety of poorly regulated energy harvesting sources with output levels ranging from 1uW to 100mW. Examples include light (captured by photovoltaic cells), vibration (captured by a piezoelectric element), heat (captured by a thermoelectric generator), and RF (e.g., near-field communications (NFC)). The … Read More → "New Compact Energy-Harvesting and Power-Management IC Enables Low-Power Wireless Devices"

15W I2C Power Manager Charges Li-Ion Cells at 3.5A for Tablets, UMPCs & Portable Power Systems

June 15, 2011

MILPITAS, CA – June 15, 2011 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4155, a high power, I²C controlled, high efficiency PowerPath™ manager, ideal diode controller and lithium-ion battery charger for single-cell portable devices such as tablet PCs, ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs), personal video players, smart phones, digital cameras, PDAs, portable medical and industrial devices and personal navigation devices. … Read More → "15W I2C Power Manager Charges Li-Ion Cells at 3.5A for Tablets, UMPCs & Portable Power Systems"

Atmel Sensors Xplained Software Drivers and AVR MCUs Accelerate Development of Sensor-based Designs

June 15, 2011

San Jose, CA, June 15, 2011 – Atmel^®Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced the release of the Sensors Xplained software drivers integrated with the recently-launched AVR Studio^® 5 Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The new software drivers accelerate … Read More → "Atmel Sensors Xplained Software Drivers and AVR MCUs Accelerate Development of Sensor-based Designs"

Microchip and Digilent® Announce PIC32-based Cerebot™ 32MX7 Microcontroller Development Kit

June 15, 2011

CHANDLER, Ariz., June 14, 2011 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, and Digilent^®, Inc., today announced the availability of a PIC32 32-bit microcontroller (MCU)-based development kit through Digilent, Inc. The Digilent^® Cerebot™ 32MX7 Development Kit addresses the growing interest in embedded-control and networking applications from the academic and hobbyist markets, and is ideal for learning about microcontrollers … Read More → "Microchip and Digilent® Announce PIC32-based Cerebot™ 32MX7 Microcontroller Development Kit"

RFMD® Announces Qualification Of GaN Power Semiconductor Process For 65 Volt Operation

June 14, 2011

Baltimore, MD., June 7, 2011 – RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq GS: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, today announced it has qualified its GaN1 power semiconductor process technology for 65V operation. The high reliability power semiconductor process technology supports RFMD’s GaN-based power semiconductor product designs and is also available to foundry customers through RFMD’s Foundry Services business unit. Previously, RFMD’s GaN1 power semiconductor process technology had been qualified for 48V operation. The increase in operating voltage from 48V to 65V enables … Read More → "RFMD® Announces Qualification Of GaN Power Semiconductor Process For 65 Volt Operation"

Agilent Technologies Revolutionizes Oscilloscope Probing with Automatic Characterization and Correction

June 14, 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 8, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced PrecisionProbe software for its award-winning Infiniium 90000 X-Series and 90000A Series oscilloscopes. The software, which works in conjunction with built-in hardware in the Infiniium scopes, lets engineers automatically characterize and correct the response of any path to a scope input using no external equipment. The analysis provided by PrecisionProbe software improves measurement margins so engineers can make the … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Revolutionizes Oscilloscope Probing with Automatic Characterization and Correction"

Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems Introduces New Rugged 3U VPX Terabyte Solid State Memory Module with 256-bit AES Data Encryption

June 14, 2011

DAYTON, OH – June 13, 2011 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems (CWCES), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace, defense and commercial market, has introduced its newest rugged solid state drive, the 3U VPX Flash Storage Module (VPX3-1TB). This new high performance, rugged, high-capacity, solid-state SATA storage card was designed for space, weight and power (SWaP) constrained military applications. The compact module delivers 1 Terabyte of SLC NAND flash memory and can be configured as … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems Introduces New Rugged 3U VPX Terabyte Solid State Memory Module with 256-bit AES Data Encryption"

RF Engines Releases ChannelCore Flex – the World’s Most Flexible Ultra-Wideband Channelizer Solution

June 14, 2011

Newport, Isle of Wight, UK – 14 June 2011 – The ultimate radio receiver is capable of detecting and processing signals across all of the radio spectrum, all of the time. RF Engines Limited (RFEL) has taken a large step towards this goal with the introduction of an innovative and highly flexible, ultra-wideband, Channelizer IP core – the ChannelCore Flex™.

ChannelCore Flex is a major breakthrough as it provides the customer with the ability to extract from a very wide input signal any number of channels simultaneously in real time. These can be … Read More → "RF Engines Releases ChannelCore Flex – the World’s Most Flexible Ultra-Wideband Channelizer Solution"

Green Hills Software and Clarinox Sign Agreement to Jointly Support Wireless-enabled Embedded Systems

June 14, 2011

SANTA BARBARA, CA — June 14, 2011 — Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, has signed an agreement with Clarinox Technologies, a provider of embedded wireless solutions, to promote both companies’ joint offerings. The Clarinox application suites and drivers for short-range wireless protocols – including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and RFID – will be integrated with Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS) and the MULTI® development toolchain to deliver comprehensive application support for developers of embedded systems that utilize short-range wireless protocols.

Christopher Smith, vice president of marketing at … Read More → "Green Hills Software and Clarinox Sign Agreement to Jointly Support Wireless-enabled Embedded Systems"