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Enea Announces Bare Metal Performance Tools for NetLogic Microsystems’ XLP® Multi-Core, Multi-Threaded Processors

May 4, 2011

STOCKHOLM, Sweden and Santa Clara, California, May 3, 2011 – Enea® (NASDAQ OMX Nordic:ENEA) today announced an industry first tools solution for “bare metal” multicore implementations on the NetLogic Microsystems (NASDAQ: NETL) XLP® multi-core processor, called the Enea®Bare Metal Performance Tools (Enea BMP Tools). The term “bare metal” refers to multicore applications whereby a given processor core executes a function or application without any sort of multitasking executive – usually a simple control loop that runs in an OS-free environment for minimal overhead and maximum processing bandwidth.

“As a leading … Read More → "Enea Announces Bare Metal Performance Tools for NetLogic Microsystems’ XLP® Multi-Core, Multi-Threaded Processors"

Green Hills Software Selects Icon Labs for its Embedded Firewall Solution

May 4, 2011

Embedded Systems Conference, San Jose, CA – (May 3, 2011) – Icon Labs (www.iconlabs.com ) a leading provider of embedded networking and security technology, and Green Hills Software, the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announced the availability of Icon Labs’ Floodgate Packet Filter as a service for Green Hills Read More → "Green Hills Software Selects Icon Labs for its Embedded Firewall Solution"

Express Logic and IAR Systems Deliver Advanced Execution Profiling

May 4, 2011

ESC-Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA, May 3, 2011 — Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free, real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced the availability of Performance Execution Profiling information with IAR Embedded Workbench. Developers need as much information as possible to correctly design and implement applications for commercial systems. That information must be presented in a clear, simple, and easy-to-understand form for it to be useful.

Express Logic’s ThreadX RTOS optionally collects and processes a variety of run-time statistics, including the following:

CPU execution percentage of each application thread

Wind River Launches Certified EAL4+ Embedded Linux Platform

May 3, 2011

ESC SILICON VALLEY, SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 3, 2011 – Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, today announced availability of and security certification for Wind River Linux Secure, the first commercial embedded Linux platform to achieve Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ (EAL4+) certification by the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) using the General Purpose Operating System Protection Profile (GP-OSPP).

Wind River Linux Secure provides organizations facing strict security and cryptography certification requirements, such as EAL4+ and FIPS 140-2, with a secure, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) embedded Linux solution. This solution allows organizations to build secure … Read More → "Wind River Launches Certified EAL4+ Embedded Linux Platform"

Renesas Electronics America Expands Its Hardware-Assisted Capacitive Touch Microcontroller Lineup

May 3, 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 2, 2011-Renesas Electronics America Inc. today announced the addition of two new product groups within the R8C microcontroller (MCU) family, which incorporates Renesas Electronics’ innovative touch-sensor control unit (TSCU). The R8C/36T-A and R8C/38T-A product groups expand the number of touch channels to 28 and 36 respectively, and offer up to 128 kilobytes (KB) of program memory suitable for single-chip embedded designs.

The 18 new devices add a number of enhancements to the TSCU hardware block especially designed for touch-key sensing applications. The block supports up to 36 independently connected electrodes … Read More → "Renesas Electronics America Expands Its Hardware-Assisted Capacitive Touch Microcontroller Lineup"

Rohde & Schwarz’s R&S®RTO scope series enhances performance of embedded systems

May 3, 2011

ESC Silicon Valley, May 3, 2011 — Rohde & Schwarz, a leading manufacturer of test & measurement, communications and broadcasting equipment, has developed the industry’s only digital oscilloscope that employs a real-time digital trigger. Designated the R&S®RTO Series, the advanced scope significantly enhances productivity and product performance when debugging embedded systems.

The real-time digital trigger in the R&S®RTO Scope Series uses a common signal path for both the trigger and acquired data. This eliminates time and amplitude offset between the trigger and signal, enabling signals to be displayed with the least … Read More → "Rohde & Schwarz’s R&S®RTO scope series enhances performance of embedded systems"

InPA Systems and the Dini Group Partner to Provide Rapid Prototyping Solutions

May 3, 2011

San Jose, California – May 2, 2011 – InPA Systems, Inc., an innovator in FPGA-based rapid prototyping bring up and debug, and the Dini Group, a leading provider of FPGA Cluster Computing, High Performance Computing (HPC) and ASIC prototyping boards, announced today that they have partnered for the development and testing of an integrated solution for high-speed, multi-FPGA debug. This technology is still in beta, but it is expected to be released in Q3 2011. InPA will demonstrate their integrated … Read More → "InPA Systems and the Dini Group Partner to Provide Rapid Prototyping Solutions"

Tanner EDA and Dongbu HiTek Announce Availability of Foundry-certified 0.18-micron Analog CMOS PDK

May 3, 2011

MONROVIA, California – May 3, 2011 – Tanner EDA, the catalyst for innovation for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal (A/MS) integrated circuits (ICs) and Dongbu HiTek, the world leader in specialty foundry, have jointly developed a foundry-certified process design kit (PDK) that is seamlessly integrated into Tanner EDA’s cohesive, integrated tool flow. Dongbu HiTek’s AN180 (0.18-micron analog CMOS) is optimized for performance and density. It offers dense 1.8V logic and 5V CMOS, and moderate levels of … Read More → "Tanner EDA and Dongbu HiTek Announce Availability of Foundry-certified 0.18-micron Analog CMOS PDK"

New Ramtron F-RAM Processor Companion with TCXO Targets High-Volume Consumer, Industrial, and Computing Markets

May 3, 2011

Colorado Springs, CO and San Jose, CA – May 3, 2011 – Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq: RMTR), the leading supplier of nonvolatile ferroelectric memory products, today announced at the Embedded Systems Conference upgrades to the company’s family of Processor Companion products targeted at the high-volume, processor-based electronics system market. Ramtron’s new Processor Companion integrates a precise Real-Time Clock (RTC) with a temperature compensation crystal oscillator (TCXO), 256-kilobits (Kb) of nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM), and a suite of peripheral functions. The highly integrated Processor Companion with TCXO offers competitive advantages for leading-edge electronics … Read More → "New Ramtron F-RAM Processor Companion with TCXO Targets High-Volume Consumer, Industrial, and Computing Markets"

Industry’s first ultra-low-power FRAM microcontroller from TI enables developers to make the world smarter

May 3, 2011

DALLAS, TX (May 3, 2011) – Ushering in a new era of reliable data logging and RF communication capabilities, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced the industry’s first ultra-low-power ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) 16-bit microcontrollers. Further demonstrating TI’s embedded processing leadership, the new MSP430FR57xx FRAM series ensures data can be written more than 100 times faster and uses as little as 250 times less power than flash- and EEPROM-based microcontrollers. Additionally, the on-chip FRAM allows data retention in all power modes, supports more than 100 trillion write cycles, and delivers a new dimension of flexibility by … Read More → "Industry’s first ultra-low-power FRAM microcontroller from TI enables developers to make the world smarter"

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