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DiSTI Offers Free iDevice Development Bundle

March 22, 2011

Orlando, FL (March 22, 2011) – The DiSTI Corporation, a leading provider of advanced graphical interface technology, has announced a new promotion to showcase the benefits of utilizing GL Studio Embedded for iDevice development. For a limited time only, purchase GL Studio Embedded and receive DiSTI’s iDevice Development Bundle for free.

GL Studio, a toolkit which enables the development of high-fidelity graphics, 3D simulations and fully interactive controls, has experienced impressive success during its 10 years. Through the years, GL Studio has grown with technology and adapted to meet expanding market demands. In 2005, DiSTI added support … Read More → "DiSTI Offers Free iDevice Development Bundle"

EMA Earns Autodesk “Rookie Partner of the Year” Award

March 22, 2011

Rochester, NY (March 22, 2011) – EMA Design Automation™ (www.ema-eda.com), one of the world’s largest value added resellers for Electronic Design Automation software, today announced that it has received the Autodesk® “Rookie Partner of the Year” award and has been accepted into the 2011 Autodesk Platinum Club. “We have worked hard during our first full year to become a successful member of the Autodesk family,” said Manny Marcano, president and CEO of EMA Design … Read More → "EMA Earns Autodesk “Rookie Partner of the Year” Award"

Wilocity Tapes-Out Multi-Gigabit Wireless Communication SoC Using Synopsys DesignWare IP

March 22, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Wilocity has successfully taped-out its multi-gigabit Wireless Gigabit Alliance-compliant system-on-chip (SoC) utilizing Synopsys’ broad portfolio of high-quality DesignWare® IP and assistance from Synopsys Professional Services. The DesignWare IP used in the SoC included PCI Express, embedded memories and logic libraries. Wilocity’s SoC is based on the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig) and IEEE802.11ad draft specifications, enabling multi-gigabit wireless for a wide range of applications, from I/O to networking to video.& … Read More → "Wilocity Tapes-Out Multi-Gigabit Wireless Communication SoC Using Synopsys DesignWare IP"

Avnet Electronics Marketing Launches SpeedWay Design Workshops™ Focused on the Nano-ITX/Spartan®-6 FPGA Development Kit

March 21, 2011

PHOENIX—March 17, 2011 — Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announces the launch of a new series of SpeedWay Design Workshops™ encompassing the design and development flows for the Read More → "Avnet Electronics Marketing Launches SpeedWay Design Workshops™ Focused on the Nano-ITX/Spartan®-6 FPGA Development Kit"

48th Design Automation Conference to Feature Keynote Interview by Apple Computer, Inc. Co-founder Steve Wozniak

March 21, 2011

LOUISVILLE, Colo. – March 21, 2011 – Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computer, Inc., and Chief Scientist, Fusion-IO, will keynote at the 48th Design Automation Conference (DAC), the worldwide premier event devoted to design and design automation of electronic systems (EDA). Steve will be interviewed live on stage by San Jose Mercury News columnist Mike Cassidy on a wide range of topics, including the ‘joy’ of engineering and following your passion to convert innovative ideas into reality. Steve will provide a unique insight into the … Read More → "48th Design Automation Conference to Feature Keynote Interview by Apple Computer, Inc. Co-founder Steve Wozniak"

60V Step-Down LED Driver Drives Three Independent LED Strings of 100mA LEDs & Offers 10,000:1 True Color PWM Dimming

March 21, 2011

MILPITAS, CA – March 21, 2011 – Linear Technology announces the LT3597, a 60V, 1MHz, step-down DC/DC converter designed to operate as a three channel, constant current LED driver. Each channel of the LT3597 contains a constant current sink LED driver with a dedicated adaptive-output buck converter. This design offers maximum efficiency for applications, such as RGB displays, which require different output voltages … Read More → "60V Step-Down LED Driver Drives Three Independent LED Strings of 100mA LEDs & Offers 10,000:1 True Color PWM Dimming"

Xilinx Ships World’s First 28nm FPGA Device and Demonstrates Application Development Platform for Next Generation Systems

March 21, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., Mar. 18, 2011 – Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced the beginning of the 7 series FPGA rollout with shipment of the first Kintex™-7 K325T Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), marking the industry’s fastest product rollout of next generation programmable logic devices built with 28nm technology. Kintex-7 FPGAs are built to provide optimal price performance at the lowest power to meet requirements for key applications. At the same time, the Kintex-7 FPGA family leverages the unified architecture shared across the 7 series, 28nm device families to enable customers to begin FPGA development now … Read More → "Xilinx Ships World’s First 28nm FPGA Device and Demonstrates Application Development Platform for Next Generation Systems"

Cadence Enhances Unified Custom/Analog Flow to Boost Productivity at Nodes Down to 20nm

March 21, 2011

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced major enhancements to its Virtuoso®-based custom/analog flow, boosting productivity across the entire flow from initial design specification to final GDSII and for process nodes down to 20 nanometers. The expanded custom/analog flow–spanning design, implementation, and verification–includes methodology improvements to help designers manage design parasitics, < … Read More → "Cadence Enhances Unified Custom/Analog Flow to Boost Productivity at Nodes Down to 20nm"

ArrayComm and CEVA Demonstrate TD-LTE Base Station

March 21, 2011

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 21, 2011 — ArrayComm LLC and CEVA, Inc. [(NASDAQ: CEVA); (LSE: CVA)], today announced the successful demonstration of ArrayComm’s BasePort™ TD-LTE base station PHY running on high performance CEVA DSP cores. The demonstration was implemented on Mindspeed’s Transcede™ 4000 System-on-Chip and verified by a tier-1 operator.

“This milestone in TD-LTE technology development is a direct result of our strong collaborative relationship with CEVA and Mindspeed”, said Bruce Duysen, President of ArrayComm. “More than ever, wireless OEMs are requiring packaged hardware/software solutions … Read More → "ArrayComm and CEVA Demonstrate TD-LTE Base Station"

Eurotech Launches the Zypad WL1500 Wearable Computers

March 21, 2011

COLUMBIA, Md., March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, announces today the launch of the Zypad WL1500 series of wearable computers. Following in the footsteps of the popular … Read More → "Eurotech Launches the Zypad WL1500 Wearable Computers"