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RFMD® Unveils Portfolio Of Cellular Front End Modules For 3G/4G Switch And Signal Conditioning Applications

February 25, 2011

Barcelona, Spain, February 15, 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 the addition of four new products to RFMD’s expanding portfolio of front end modules for 3G/4G switch and signal conditioning applications.

RFMD’s switch and signal conditioning product portfolio includes antenna switch modules, switch filter modules, switch duplexer modules, RF power management components, and low noise amplifiers. The four newly introduced products – the RF8889A, the RF1291, the RF1194A, and the RF1196 & … Read More → "RFMD® Unveils Portfolio Of Cellular Front End Modules For 3G/4G Switch And Signal Conditioning Applications"

Versatile Ultra-low Power Biomedical Signal Processor

February 25, 2011

San Francisco, US – February 23, 2011 – At today’s International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC2011), imec, Holst Centre and NXP present a versatile ultra-low power biomedical signal processor, CoolBioTM, meeting the requirements of future wearable biomedical sensor systems. The biomedical signal processor consumes only 13pJ/cycle when running a complex ECG (electrocardiogram) algorithm at 1MHz and 0.4V operating voltage. This C-programmable chip is voltage and performance scalable supporting a frequency range of 1MHz up to 100MHz with an operating voltage from 0.4 to 1.2V.

Intelligent body area networks (BANs) consisting of wireless sensors nodes which continuously monitor vital … Read More → "Versatile Ultra-low Power Biomedical Signal Processor"

Faraday Picks Silicon Frontline’s F3D for Accurate Post-Layout 3D Extraction of Analog and Digital Converters (ADCs)

February 25, 2011

Campbell, CA February 24,2011 – Silicon Frontline Technology, Inc. (SFT), an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company, in the post-layout verification market focused on solutions for nanometer design applications, announced today that after an extensive evaluation of post-layout verification tool offerings Faraday picked Silicon Frontline’s F3D for its accurate 3D extraction. The high accuracy results of F3D for Faraday’s Analog to Digital Converters ( … Read More → "Faraday Picks Silicon Frontline’s F3D for Accurate Post-Layout 3D Extraction of Analog and Digital Converters (ADCs)"

Renesas Electronics Announces Low-Power Microcontrollers with Large Capacity Memory

February 25, 2011

Dusseldorf, 25th February 2011 – Renesas Electronics, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of its eight new 32-bit V850 microcontrollers (MCUs), an addition to its existing J Series. These new V850ES/Jx3-L MCUs are an extension of the successful low power V850ES/Jx3-L 32-bit MCUs that were introduced in early 2010. They are designed for low power, portable applications with high density memory from 768 kilobyte (KB) flash/80KB RAM to 1 megabyte (MB) flash/80KB RAM to support increasing memory demand. … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Announces Low-Power Microcontrollers with Large Capacity Memory"

Kozio Announces Support for Freescale’s QorIQ® P1 Platform Series

February 24, 2011

Longmont, Colo., February 24, 2010 – Kozio, Inc. (www.kozio.com), the leading provider of In-System Diagnostics today announced the expansion of its Read More → "Kozio Announces Support for Freescale’s QorIQ® P1 Platform Series"

Datalight Releases First Full-featured File System for Embedded Linux

February 24, 2011

Bothell, WA, – February 24, 2011 – Datalight announced today that it has released Reliance Nitro 2.0, the first full-featured file system for embedded Linux. The new file system combines strong read and write performance with fast and consistent mount time, rock-solid reliability, a comprehensive tool set, and support by a dedicated team of in-house engineers.

Makers of embedded products need flexible and supported software as these devices continue to increase in … Read More → "Datalight Releases First Full-featured File System for Embedded Linux"

ARM Cortex-M3 Reference Platform Running Micrium ?C/OS II Released On OVP

February 24, 2011

THAME, United Kingdom, February 24, 2011 – Imperas™ earlier this month released a reference virtual platform based on the ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor, using the Micrium μC/OS II RTOS. This reference platform will benefit embedded system designers by providing open source models of the virtual platform, enabling a quicker start to software development and testing with the virtual platform. In addition, Imperas now has expanded its Multiprocessor/Multicore Software Development Kit™ (M*SDK™) to include CPU-aware support for the Cortex-M3 processor model, and OS-aware support for … Read More → "ARM Cortex-M3 Reference Platform Running Micrium ?C/OS II Released On OVP"

Oasys Design Systems Enhances Chip Synthesis with Power Capabilities

February 24, 2011

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. –– February 24, 2011 — Oasys Design Systems today unveiled the latest version of its revolutionary Chip Synthesis™ platform with enhanced capabilities that include chip-level power analysis and the ability to re-synthesize a design from the register transfer level (RTL) with new power constraints.

“Power is now the toughest design constraint,” asserts Paul van Besouw, Oasys’ president and chief executive officer (CEO). “Traditional synthesis tools can’t handle power … Read More → "Oasys Design Systems Enhances Chip Synthesis with Power Capabilities"

Imec and Renesas Electronics Announce Development of an Innovative SAW-Less Reconfigurable Transceiver

February 24, 2011

Leuven, Belgium and Tokyo, Japan, February 23, 2011 – At this week’s International Solid-State Circuit Conference (ISSCC2011), imec and Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) present a highly-linear reconfigurable transceiver, eliminating the need of surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters. The unique approach is a major breakthrough towards fully reconfigurable radios by relaxing the requirements of the antenna filters, which suffered today from limited flexibility due to the high filtering specs. The fully reconfigurable transceiver ‘Scaldio’ is compatible with multiple wireless standards including the fourth generation mobile broadband standard 3GPP-LTE.

The trend in wireless communication where terminals give … Read More → "Imec and Renesas Electronics Announce Development of an Innovative SAW-Less Reconfigurable Transceiver"

ZMDI ZSSC3122 capacitive sensor signal conditioner benefits battery-powered applications, MEMS, industrial, harsh environments

February 24, 2011

Dresden, Germany – February 23, 2011 – ZMD AG (ZMDI) — a global supplier of energy-efficient analog and mixed-signal solutions for automotive, industrial, and medical applications, has expanded its family of capacitive sensor signal conditioners (SSCs) with the addition of the wide-dynamic-range ZSSC3122 cLite device.

Thanks to new design technology, the chip delivers 14-bit resolution and 0.25% full-scale-output accuracy. A built-in sleep mode lowers current consumption to <1uA for temperatures up to 85°C, making the ZSSC3122 ideal in low-power battery applications, as well as industrial and rugged environments. MEMS sensing elements, such … Read More → "ZMDI ZSSC3122 capacitive sensor signal conditioner benefits battery-powered applications, MEMS, industrial, harsh environments"