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Nujira and Xilinx complete FPGA envelope tracking reference design

February 23, 2011

Cambridge, UK, 23 February 2011 – Nujira and Xilinx today announced the first successful integration of envelope tracking (ET) technology with a third-party digital pre-distortion (DPD) solution running on an FPGA. The two companies have delivered a reference design for a cellular base station PA circuit with Nujira’s Coolteq.h envelope tracking modulator linearised by a Xilinx DPD block running on a Xilinx Virtex 6 FPGA platform. Envelope signal generation in the FPGA was implemented using Nujira’s Envelope Generation Interface, which is compliant with the openET Alliance’s specification for infrastructure ET modulators.

Option and KOBIL showcase unique 3G security solution at CeBIT

February 23, 2011

Leuven, Belgium – February 23, 2011 – Option (EURONEXT: OPTI; OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, and KOBIL Systems GmbH, a market-leading manufacturer of security solutions, today announced that they will demonstrate the new and unique security solution, mIDentity 3G for the first time at CeBIT, held in Hannover, Germany March 1 – 5. This demonstration is an important step in the joint development project of both companies. Commercial pilot projects are on schedule to be launched during Q2 2011.

Last year the European companies Option and KOBIL engaged in … Read More → "Option and KOBIL showcase unique 3G security solution at CeBIT"

RFMD® Arms Popular Mobile Devices with Leading WiFi Connectivity Solutions

February 23, 2011

Barcelona, Spain, February 16, 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 that global smartphone and tablet manufacturers designing around the WiLink™ 6.0 and WiLink 7.0 platforms from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) can integrate RFMD’s RF3482 to gain reliable, flexible WiFi connectivity. Volume shipments of the RF3482 have begun, and RFMD estimates shipments will increase in support of key cellular and consumer device manufacturers.

Bob Van Buskirk, president of RFMD’s Multi-Market Products Group (MPG), said, “ … Read More → "RFMD® Arms Popular Mobile Devices with Leading WiFi Connectivity Solutions"

Digi Provides Critical Wireless Communication Infrastructure for Better Place, a Market Leader in Electric Vehicle Networks and Services

February 23, 2011

ILKLEY, UK. (Feb. 22, 2011) – Digi International today announced that Better Place is using its Digi TransPort® 6410 high-speed cellular router to connect Electric Vehicle (EV) docking stations to the Better Place electric car network in Israel. This enables energy demand management capabilities by allowing utilities to minimize charging requirements during peak electricity consumption hours.

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Atmel Optimizes QTouch Architecture for Touch Application-Specific Devices

February 23, 2011

IIC Shenzhen 2011, Shenzhen, China, February 23, 2011 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced a new family of QTouch® capacitive touch controllers for implementing button, slider and wheel (BSW) functionality on application-specific devices. The new Atmel AT42QT1070 and AT42QT2120 devices offer designers an easy-to-use solution with no firmware development, reduced bill of materials and lower power consumption. In addition, the AT42QT2120 device offers the industry’s greatest proximity range of up to 8 inches to enable unique new capabilities including 3-D gestures.

This family of touch controllers includes a … Read More → "Atmel Optimizes QTouch Architecture for Touch Application-Specific Devices"

NXP Expands ARM Cortex-M0 Microcontroller Portfolio With LPC1200 Industrial Control Series

February 23, 2011

EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS and SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – February 22, 2011) – NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced its LPC1200 Industrial Control Series featuring the ARM® Cortex™-M0 processor. The LPC1200 extends NXP’s 32-bit ARM microcontroller continuum and targets a wide range of industrial applications in the areas of factory and home automation, such as white goods, motor control, power conversion and power supplies. It also expands NXP’s Cortex-M0 microcontroller offering with a wide range of … Read More → "NXP Expands ARM Cortex-M0 Microcontroller Portfolio With LPC1200 Industrial Control Series"

Accellera Approves Universal Verification Methodology (UVM™) Standard

February 22, 2011

NAPA, Calif., February 21, 2011 — Accellera, the electronics industry organization focused on the creation and adoption of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) standards and Intellectual Property (IP) standards, approved version 1.0 of its Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) standard.

This standard, developed by Accellera’s Verification IP (VIP) Technical Subcommittee (TSC), is available as a Class Reference Manual accompanied by an open-source SystemVerilog base class library implementation and a User Guide. The UVM standard … Read More → "Accellera Approves Universal Verification Methodology (UVM™) Standard"

GrammaTech and Lattix Introduce Product Integration

February 22, 2011

ITHACA, NY–February 22, 2011–GrammaTech, Inc., a leading manufacturer of source-code-analysis tools, and Lattix Inc., a leading provider of innovative software architecture management solutions, today announced the availability of an integration between GrammaTech CodeSonar and Lattix LDM. The new CodeSonar integration with Lattix provides precise and accurate architecture analysis to enable teams to review, refactor and maintain the architecture of complex C/C++ software systems.

The Lattix CodeSonar integration loads the data from CodeSonar’s … Read More → "GrammaTech and Lattix Introduce Product Integration"

IAR Systems first to launch development kit for NXP LPC1227 microcontroller

February 22, 2011

February 22nd, Uppsala, Sweden – IAR Systems announced that IAR KickStart Kit for LPC1227 is now available. The kit includes a development board with an ARM Cortex-M0 based LPC1227 microcontroller, peripherals and connectors, an IAR J-Link Lite debug probe providing SWD debugging, software development tools and board support packages for various RTOSes.

This is believed to be the world’s first commercial starter kit for the ARM Cortex-M0-based LPC1227 microcontroller. The strong partnership and tight cooperation between NXP and IAR Systems during the development project has led to IAR Systems latest starter kit being the first to … Read More → "IAR Systems first to launch development kit for NXP LPC1227 microcontroller"

MouserMobile is Industry’s Most Advanced Mobile Site

February 22, 2011

Mansfield, Texas, USA – February 22, 2011. The newly designed MouserMobile™ offers the most advanced features for multilingual, multicurrency support for design engineers and buyers. No other distributor’s mobile site supports more wireless phones and tablets. The new MouserMobile … Read More → "MouserMobile is Industry’s Most Advanced Mobile Site"