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Xilinx to Present and Demonstrate Jitter Compliant Optical Transport Network Technology at Optical Fiber Communications Conference 2011

Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced its participation at Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exposition 2011 in Los Angeles, from March 8-10, 2011Los Angeles Convention Center, Booth #2335. During the conference, Xilinx experts will share how Xilinx FPGA partial reconfiguration can yield resource and power savings in optical network elements. Attendees will also be able to see demonstrations of Xilinx’s new Optical Transport Network (OTN) capabilities in 120G and 28 Gbps serial transceiver designs, featuring the company’s latest Virtex(R)-7 HT FPGAs.

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Curtiss-Wright Controls Announces Comprehensive Program for Use of Lead-Free Components in Rugged Military Products

Ashburn, VA – March 1, 2011 – Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC), a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, VXS and CompactPCI products for the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) market, has announced that it has taken a leadership role in offering lead-free assemblies on selected strategic product lines. These CWCEC products have been designed, tested and built using the company’s extensive lead-free knowledge base and have been implemented using advanced approaches to reduce lead-free risk and provide customers confidence in meeting … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Announces Comprehensive Program for Use of Lead-Free Components in Rugged Military Products"

Renesas Electronics Announces Support for Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7 for Its Powerful, Economical SoCs

TOKYO, Japan,  March 3 , 2011 —  Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced its support of the newly released Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7 operating system for the company’s systems-on-chip (SoCs) including the R-Car series of SoCs to offer new functionality and a development environment that supports the quick creation of small, smart, securely connected devices. Standard, familiar tools extend the reach that Windows developers have into new categories of small, powerful devices that easily can be integrated … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Announces Support for Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7 for Its Powerful, Economical SoCs"

Saelig Introduces SuperSpeed USB3.0 to SATAII Bridge Controller

Pittsford, NY, USA:  Saelig Company, Inc. (www.saelig.com) has introduced the PL2771 – a single-chip SuperSpeed USB3.0 to SATAII compliant bridge controller that is designed to perform seamless data transfer between USB3.0 and SATAII devices, supporting the latest USB3.0 SuperSpeed 5Gb/s transfer rates. SuperSpeed USB 3.0(5Gb/s) delivers ten times the performance of Hi-Speed USB 2.0(480Mb/s) while offering compatibility with all USB-enabled PCs and peripheral devices – fully backward compatible to all USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 hosts.  PL2771 can operate under SuperSpeed, … Read More → "Saelig Introduces SuperSpeed USB3.0 to SATAII Bridge Controller"

Microsemi and ESCRYPT Partner to Deliver Cryptographic FPGA Solutions with Enhanced Security

IRVINE, Calif., March 2, 2011 – (GlobeNewswire)–Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq:MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor technology aimed at building a smart, secure, connected world, and ESCRYPT GmbH today announced the immediate availability of several new cryptographic cores with enhanced resistance to differential power analysis (DPA). These cores, designed for use on Microsemi’s FPGAs, are part of ESCRYPT’s CycurCORE product family comprised of fast and efficient IP-cores for all common cryptographic primitives. The cores are available for use with Microsemi’s ProASIC®3, IGLOO®, Fusion and SmartFusion(TM) FPGAs.

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Atmel Releases Automotive-qualified 32-bit AVR MCU Family for Motor Control Applications

Embedded World 2011, Nuremberg, Germany, March 2, 2011 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced the release of the Atmel UC3C AT32UC3C0512C AVR® microcontroller with 512KB of embedded flash memory. As a committed supplier to the automotive industry, Atmel continues to bring new automotive-qualified microcontroller (MCU) solutions to market. This device is the first member of a 32-bit AVR MCU family dedicated to motor control applications such as HVAC, power window, power doors and power seats, featuring PWM controller and analog functions on-chip for direct motor control, as well … Read More → "Atmel Releases Automotive-qualified 32-bit AVR MCU Family for Motor Control Applications"

Agilent Technologies Introduces Groundbreaking Arbitrary Waveform Generator

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 1, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today added a high-resolution, wide-bandwidth, 8- or 12-GSa/s modular instrument to its portfolio of arbitrary waveform generators. The new M8190A arbitrary waveform generator is able to deliver simultaneous high resolution and wide bandwidth along with industry-leading spurious-free dynamic range and very low harmonic distortion. This unique functionality allows radar, satellite and electronic warfare device designers to make reliable, repeatable measurements and create highly realistic signal scenarios to test their products.

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TI simplifies design with the first 2-channel, simultaneous-sampling ADCs featuring two independently controlled internal references

DALLAS (March 2, 2011) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today introduced the industry’s first two-channel, simultaneous-sampling successive approximation (SAR) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) with two independently controlled internal references for simplified system-level design. The 16-bit ADS8363, 14-bit ADS7263 and 12-bit ADS7223 are pin-for-pin compatible and provide twice the per-channel throughput of similar ADCs, supporting speeds up to 1 MSPS for industrial and energy applications such as Read More → "TI simplifies design with the first 2-channel, simultaneous-sampling ADCs featuring two independently controlled internal references"

Simplicity Studio from Energy Micro cuts microcontroller development time

Embedded World 2011, Nuremberg & Oslo, Norway, March 2nd, 2011 – Energy Micro has released its first version of Simplicity Studio(TM), a complete software console providing instant access to all the tools, documentation, software and other resources needed in the development of systems based on its energy friendly EFM32 Gecko microcontrollers.  With the objective of helping to reduce embedded system development times by a half, Simplicity Studio consolidates control of everything from source code and third party IDE through to microcontroller data sheets and application notes.

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TI demonstrates industry’s highest performance narrowband RF transceiver family at Embedded World 2011 in Nuremberg

DALLAS (March 1, 2011) – Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN), the industry leader in highly integrated wireless connectivity solutions, will demonstrate the industry’s highest performance narrowband RF transceiver at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany. Featuring range significantly beyond 10 km (137-dB link budget) and more than 60-dB adjacent channel rejection (20 dB more than nearest competition), the CC112x family provides an unmatched solution for industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) frequency bands at 169, 433, 868, 915 and 950 MHz. The CC112x family targets low-power wireless applications in alarm and security, automatic meter reading, industrial monitoring and control, and home and building automation.  … Read More → "TI demonstrates industry’s highest performance narrowband RF transceiver family at Embedded World 2011 in Nuremberg"

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