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Silicon Frontline Addresses EDA Industry Bottleneck, Promotes Guaranteed Accurate 3D Post-Layout Extraction at Design Automation Conference

SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwire – May 25, 2011) –

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Silicon Frontline Technology, Inc. (SFT), an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company, in the post-layout verification market focused on solutions for nanometer design applications, is attending the 48th Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Diego and will show its newest product Read More → "Silicon Frontline Addresses EDA Industry Bottleneck, Promotes Guaranteed Accurate 3D Post-Layout Extraction at Design Automation Conference"

Mistral to offer Software Defined Radio solutions from PrismTech

Bangalore, 26th May 2011 – Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading technology design and systems engineering company, will now offer the Spectra range of software products and services from PrismTech™ in India. Spectra™ is the global leader in commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Software Defined Radio (SDR) software development products. 

Spectra is targeted at various SDR researchers and developers such as DRDO labs, radio OEMS and system integrators. Spectra is based on and incorporates industry leading standards, specifications and technologies including … Read More → "Mistral to offer Software Defined Radio solutions from PrismTech"

Laird Technologies Releases Enhanced Bluetooth(r) BTM510/511 and BTM520/521 Wireless Stereo Audio Modules with New Firmware Update

St. Louis, Missouri, USA – May 24, 2011 – Laird Technologies, Inc., a global leader in the design and supply of customized performance-critical components and systems for advanced electronics and wireless products, today announced for the release of its enhanced Bluetooth® Read More → "Laird Technologies Releases Enhanced Bluetooth(r) BTM510/511 and BTM520/521 Wireless Stereo Audio Modules with New Firmware Update"

Imec India partners with Wipro to bring nanoelectronics solutions to emerging markets

Leuven, Belgium – May 25, 2011 – Imec today announced the establishment of imec India in Bangalore, Karnataka, making a first step towards the Indian market with the signing of an R&D partnership agreement with Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT). Imec is a leading independent applied research organization that carries out research activities in semiconductor, nanotechnology and nanoelectronics, delivering industry relevant technology solutions.

Imec and Wipro have created a joint initiative to co-innovate and build next generation intelligent systems, called Applied … Read More → "Imec India partners with Wipro to bring nanoelectronics solutions to emerging markets"

Renesas Electronics Announces New Microcontrollers that Provide Ultimate LED Lighting Functionality

TOKYO, Japan, May 26, 2011— Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of five 16-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), the RL78/I1A family, that implement in a single chip the LED control, power supply control, and communication functions required in LED lighting fixtures.

The new MCUs adopt the Renesas Electronics RL78 CPU, which achieves both high computational performance and ultra low power consumption, and include from 32 to 64 kilobytes (KB) of flash memory in 20 to 38-pin package versions. … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Announces New Microcontrollers that Provide Ultimate LED Lighting Functionality"

Altera joins imec’s advanced CMOS scaling program for 3-D process technology development

Leuven, Belgium – May 26, 2011 – Imec today announced it entered into a three-year research collaboration with Altera Corporation to develop advanced CMOS scaling technologies. Altera joins a growing number of fabless semiconductor companies that are part of imec’s INSITE program, which provides member companies insight into near-term and future IC technology options. The initial collaboration between imec and Altera will focus on the development of 3-D process technologies targeting Altera’s product families.

The imec INSITE program makes information from imec’s advanced process technology research programs available for the product design community … Read More → "Altera joins imec’s advanced CMOS scaling program for 3-D process technology development"

Microsemi FPGAs Help Drive Smart Grid and Electric Vehicle Advances as Part of Ariane Controls Development Platform

IRVINE, Calif. and QUEBEC CITY, Canada, May 26, 2011 – Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq:MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor technology aimed at building a smart, secure, connected world, today announced that it is working with Ariane Controls, a powerline communications developer, to provide FPGA technology for the industry’s first development platform to support key emerging electric-vehicle charging and related Smart Grid standards.

The Ariane Controls AC-CPM1 AutoGrade J2931 evaluation and development board leverages the performance and flexibility of Microsemi’s ProASIC®3  flash FPGAs to speed design cycles for systems implementing automotive standard J2931 for communication between Electric … Read More → "Microsemi FPGAs Help Drive Smart Grid and Electric Vehicle Advances as Part of Ariane Controls Development Platform"

Introducing Matrox Avio Series: Dual-DVI Fiber Optic KVM Extender Solution Delivers Uncompromised Performance

Montreal, Canada, May 25, 2011 — Matrox Graphics Inc. today unveils Matrox Avio™ Series, a new line of fiber optic KVM extenders for graphics intensive design and visualization applications within the process control, automotive, oil & gas, and government and military markets. The KVM extender transmitter/receiver pair enables users to secure the host computer in a climate-controlled machine room by capturing the system’s I/O functionality and extending … Read More → "Introducing Matrox Avio Series: Dual-DVI Fiber Optic KVM Extender Solution Delivers Uncompromised Performance"

Douglas Electrical Components Ultra-High Voltage Feedthroughs Help Advance Protein Biomarker Research

Randolph, N.J. (May 25, 2011) – Douglas Electrical Components (DECo) (www.douglaselectrical.com) has developed customized wire feedthroughs to supply power, controls and monitoring into the high-vacuum, high-voltage environment of a line of MALDI TOF (matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight) mass spectrometers used in protein biomarker research.

Each unit requires six wire feedthroughs supplying 30,000 vdc, six additional wire feedthroughs supplying 15,000 vdc, and 12 additional wire and coaxial feedthroughs providing control of active elements and signal
monitoring.

“These advanced … Read More → "Douglas Electrical Components Ultra-High Voltage Feedthroughs Help Advance Protein Biomarker Research"

Carbon Adds AXI Analysis Capabilities to SoC Designer Plus

ACTON, MASS. –– May 25, 2011 –– Carbon Design Systems™, the leading supplier of software for architectural analysis, performance optimization and pre-silicon firmware debug, today announced immediate availability of its Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture (AMBA®) Advanced eXtensible Interface (AXI) specification Analysis Package for SoC Designer Plus. 

The package builds on the SoC Designer Plus virtual platform by adding advanced traffic-generation … Read More → "Carbon Adds AXI Analysis Capabilities to SoC Designer Plus"

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