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ZMDI announces industry’s smallest intelligent battery sensor IC with unique ADC resolution and lowest sleep mode current

November 9, 2011

Dresden, Germany, November 8, 2011 — ZMD AG, a global supplier of energy-efficient analog and mixed-signal solutions for automotive, industrial, and medical applications, is proud to announce the ZSSC1856, a new Intelligent Battery Sensor IC for fuel saving start/stop systems and other solutions for measuring State of health (SOH), State of charge (SOC) or State of function (SOF) of a vehicle’s battery. The first member of a new Battery Power Management product line from ZMDI, the ZSSC1856 comes in a QFN32 5×5 package of only 0.85mm height.

“The ZSSC1856 Intelligent Battery Sensor marks ZMDI’ … Read More → "ZMDI announces industry’s smallest intelligent battery sensor IC with unique ADC resolution and lowest sleep mode current"

Cypress TrueTouch® Solution Certified on NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 Reference Design for Tablets

November 9, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 9, 2011 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced that NVIDIA has certified Cypress’s new single-chip TrueTouch™ solution for its large touchscreens on the reference design for the NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 quad-core mobile processor. The reference design is a tablet form-factor device with a 10.1-inch screen targeted at upcoming high-performance Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)-based tablets.

The world’s first quad-core mobile processor for tablets and super phones, Tegra 3 delivers up to 5x the performance of the … Read More → "Cypress TrueTouch® Solution Certified on NVIDIA’s Tegra 3 Reference Design for Tablets"

EIZO NANAO Designs Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGAs into Newest High-Definition LCD Home Entertainment Monitors

November 8, 2011

TOKYO, Nov. 8, 2011 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), today announced that EIZO NANAO CORPORATION (“EIZO”; TSE1: 6737) has designed Xilinx Spartan®-6 FPGAs into its 23-inch EIZO®FORIS® FS2332 color LCD (liquid crystal display) monitors for home entertainment. It is the first model to incorporate EIZO’s proprietary Smart Resolution technology, which analyzes and adjusts imagery in real time to deliver higher resolution, more natural images.

The FORIS FS2332 is the successor … Read More → "EIZO NANAO Designs Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGAs into Newest High-Definition LCD Home Entertainment Monitors"

Presagis Releases Version 11.0 of FlightSIM and HeliSIM

November 8, 2011

Montreal, QC – November 8, 2011 – Presagis™, a leading provider of commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) modeling, simulation, and embedded graphics solutions, announced today that it has released version 11.0 of FlightSIM and HeliSIM, Presagis Simulation software solutions.  With user experience as a driving factor behind the newly designed user interface (UI), customers will get more out of these off-the-shelf simulation software applications.

“The upgrades to both FlightSIM and HeliSIM were inspired by our customers’ and partners’ feedback,” said Eric … Read More → "Presagis Releases Version 11.0 of FlightSIM and HeliSIM"

ZTE Designs Virtex-6 FPGAs into IP Transport Network Platform, Enabling 100G Ethernet Service Deployment

November 8, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 8, 2011 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced that ZTE Corp., a publicly listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, designed its packet-based multiservice bearer platform using high performance Xilinx Virtex®-6 FPGAs, enabling 100G Ethernet service deployment.

ZTE cites superior Virtex-6 FPGA performance, low power consumption and flexibility as key contributors to its success in getting to market in record time to establish a technology lead in the fiercely competitive market for carrier, enterprise and data center network solutions. Notably, ZTE’s IPTN (internet protocol transport network) … Read More → "ZTE Designs Virtex-6 FPGAs into IP Transport Network Platform, Enabling 100G Ethernet Service Deployment"

Toyota’s Car Navigation Systems Operated by eSOL’s eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition RTOS

November 8, 2011

Tokyo, Japan. November 8, 2011 – eSOL, a leading developer of real-time embedded software solutions, announced today that the eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition real-time OS is being used in multiple genuine Toyota car navigation systems, including “NHZA-W61G”, developed by Aisin AW Co., Ltd., and “NSDD-W61” developed by Denso Corporation. The NHZA-W61G system received the 2011 Good Design Award presented by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion. The eBinder integrated development environment (IDE) was used to develop some of applications running on those systems. The eBinder IDE can be used for real-time software development on both single-core and multi-core processors.

Car … Read More → "Toyota’s Car Navigation Systems Operated by eSOL’s eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition RTOS"

Cypress’s TrueTouch® Single-Chip Solution for Large Touchscreens Enables Direct Lamination to Sensor-on-Lens Technology

November 8, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., November 8, 2011 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today announced that its single-chip TrueTouch® controllers for large touchscreens, the CY8CTMA884 family, enables large-screen sensor-on-lens technology with direct lamination to the LCD. With this technology, manufacturers can deposit the conductive Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) sensor lines directly onto the cover glass. It only requires one panel, so tablets can be made much thinner, with less material costs and fewer manufacturing steps.

The CY8CTMA884 enables the cover glass to be directly laminated to the LCD … Read More → "Cypress’s TrueTouch® Single-Chip Solution for Large Touchscreens Enables Direct Lamination to Sensor-on-Lens Technology"

Microchip Announces World’s First Ionization Smoke-Detector IC With Programmable Calibration and Feature Selection

November 8, 2011

CHANDLER, Ariz., Nov. 8, 2011 [NASDAQ:  MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the RE46C180—the world’s first ionization smoke-detector IC with programmable calibration and programmable feature selection, and the first with horn synchronization and auto alarm locate.  This ASIC also has expanded options for implementing hush operation, and more options for interconnect operation—including with carbon-monoxide detectors.  These features enable designers … Read More → "Microchip Announces World’s First Ionization Smoke-Detector IC With Programmable Calibration and Feature Selection"

Micralyne Partners with Nanoshift, Expanding One-Stop Solution for MEMS Design, Rapid Prototyping and Foundry Services

November 8, 2011

EDMONTON, AB and EMERYVILLE, CA—November 7, 2011—Micralyne, Inc., a leading pure-play MEMS foundry serving high-performance biomedical, telecommunications and industrial markets, continues to expand the traditional role of foundry beyond manufacturing house. Today the company announced a partnership with Nanoshift, LLC, a product development firm specializing in emerging technologies, which places design, process development, fabrication and packaging under its purview. The more integrated approach to the design and production of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) reduces the barrier to entry for companies that want to commercialize MEMS devices … Read More → "Micralyne Partners with Nanoshift, Expanding One-Stop Solution for MEMS Design, Rapid Prototyping and Foundry Services"

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