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Green Hills Software Commemorates 10-Year Anniversary of INTEGRITY-178B Operating System with Introduction of New Rapid-Prototype Software Development Platform

March 16, 2011

SANTA BARBARA, CA — March 16, 2011 — Green Hills Software, the worldwide leader in high assurance operating systems that are FAA/EASA-certified and NSA-evaluated, today announced the ten-year anniversary of the first customer deployment of INTEGRITY®-178B, a multi-level secure, partitioned real-time operating system (RTOS). INTEGRITY-178B is the only operating system in the world that has been proven to simultaneously meet the software safety requirements of RTCA/DO-178B Level A for safety and total reliability, and the information assurance requirements of the U.S. Government’s EAL6+ Separation Kernel Protection Profile (SKPP) for absolute security.</ … Read More → "Green Hills Software Commemorates 10-Year Anniversary of INTEGRITY-178B Operating System with Introduction of New Rapid-Prototype Software Development Platform"

CMP Selects TowerJazz’s Advanced Power Management and CMOS Image Sensor Processes and PDKs to Meet Growing Customer Demand

March 16, 2011

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel and NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. March 16, 2011 – TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced that its advanced 0.18 micron power management and CMOS image sensor (CIS) technology and sophisticated process design kits (PDKs) are now available for prototyping to companies, universities and research labs through the services provided by CMP.

Since 1981, CMP, an independent non-profit organization, has helped more than 1000 organizations from 70 countries access affordable commercial foundries by consolidating their designs onto Multi-Project wafers. CMP works with several foundry vendors supporting a … Read More → "CMP Selects TowerJazz’s Advanced Power Management and CMOS Image Sensor Processes and PDKs to Meet Growing Customer Demand"

NXP Delivers Industry’s First 10 Gbps CMOS Multiplexer/Demultiplexer Switch

March 15, 2011

EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS and SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – March 15, 2011) – NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced the availability of the CBTL02043, a multiplexer/demultiplexer (mux/demux) switch featuring the highest speed implementation in the industry. Providing switching speeds of up to 10 Gbps, the CBTL02043 maintains low power consumption and low power loss, and is designed to support rapidly evolving … Read More → "NXP Delivers Industry’s First 10 Gbps CMOS Multiplexer/Demultiplexer Switch"

Multicore Association Releases MCAPI 2.0 to Add Multicore Messaging Flexibility

March 15, 2011

El Dorado Hills, CA. — March 15, 2011 —The Multicore Association, an industry consortium focused on developing standards that speed time to market for systems using multicore processors, today announced that version 2.0 of its multicore communications application programming interface (MCAPI™) specification has been completed and is available for download from the consortium’s website. This enhanced version adds new features, such as domains for routing purposes, but also highlights the fact that an evolving communications API is a key factor in maintaining value in multicore-enabled system … Read More → "Multicore Association Releases MCAPI 2.0 to Add Multicore Messaging Flexibility"

LatticeXP2 FPGAs Power The First Low Power, Real-Time Video Processing Engine

March 15, 2011

HILLSBORO, OR – MARCH 15, 2011 – Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that Thruput Ltd has chosen its LatticeXP2^TM FPGAs for use in MIDAS, the first low-power, lossless real-time video processing platform. Boasting an impressive eight dual-link inputs and driving up to three full resolution monitors, the Thruput MIDAS delivers over two billion pixels per second of silent processing power. The MIDAS toolbox enables users to process outputs at an incredible 48 ms average latency, enabling real-time video cropping, translation, alpha channel layering and color manipulation.

Synopsys’ CODE V Enhances Aspheric Lens System Design

March 15, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the availability of enhancements to its CODE V® optical design and analysis software. CODE V 10.3 delivers new design and analysis capabilities that enable optical designers to more easily take advantage of the unique image quality and cost benefits that aspheres offer.

Aspheric surface shapes are used to help reduce or eliminate imperfect or blurred images in optical systems. While surfaces with spherical shapes are easier to make, many more spherical surfaces … Read More → "Synopsys’ CODE V Enhances Aspheric Lens System Design"

12-/10-/8-Bit Dual SPI/ I2C DACs Integrate 10ppm/°C Reference in Tiny Packages

March 15, 2011

MILPITAS, CA – March 15, 2011 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC2632 and LTC2633 families of dual 12-bit, 10-bit … Read More → "12-/10-/8-Bit Dual SPI/ I2C DACs Integrate 10ppm/°C Reference in Tiny Packages"

Synopsys Mixed-signal Verification Solution Delivers 5X Speed-up at Amlogic

March 15, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Amlogic, a leading fabless supplier of video, audio and image processing chips, has selected Synopsys’ CustomSim™ solution for mixed-signal verification of its high-performance multimedia system-on-chips (SoCs). Using CustomSim and VCS®, Amlogic observed a 5X improvement in verification throughput compared with competitive solutions, helping to reduce the typical SoC verification cycle from five days to 21 hours.

“Amlogic’s new AML8726-M multimedia SoC combines our proprietary HD multimedia processing engine with … Read More → "Synopsys Mixed-signal Verification Solution Delivers 5X Speed-up at Amlogic"

Vincotech’s Highly Efficient Power Module Solution With MNPC Topology

March 15, 2011

Unterhaching (Germany), March 15, 2011 – Vincotech, a supplier of module-based solutions for power electronics, has released a new low-inductive power module designed for power applications up to 250kW, such as three-phase solar inverters. The new3xflowMNPC 4w features a higher power rating in the new wide-body housing. Its Mixed voltage Neutral … Read More → "Vincotech’s Highly Efficient Power Module Solution With MNPC Topology"

Plessey Semiconductors introduces PS12000 – 3 to 6 Channel RF power splitter

March 15, 2011

Plymouth, ENGLAND – 14 March 2011 – Plessey Semiconductors today announced the introduction of its PS12000 3/6 Channel DC to 2GHz Power Splitter. The PS12000 is built on Plessey’s 20GHz complementary bipolar process and provides a highly linear power splitter for broadband RF or video signals.

The PS12000 is a broadband RF power splitter that can provide either three differential output signals or six single-ended outputs. The input signal is initially boosted through an ultra high linearity 6dB gain buffer before being split to the three differential output drivers. Two of these output drivers include a 0 to … Read More → "Plessey Semiconductors introduces PS12000 – 3 to 6 Channel RF power splitter"