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TI selects Movea’s MotionIC platform for Remote Control Design

January 11, 2011

Grenoble, France, January 11, 2011 – Movea, the pioneer in motion-sensing and motion-control technologies, along with Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), announced today a new high-performance, RF4CE remote control reference design that will allow consumers to experience a highly interactive and immersive style of home entertainment by enabling in-air operating controls through motion recognition.

“Our partnership with Texas Instruments on their new RF4CE remote control reference design builds on TI’s industry leading engineering prowess for creating robust, high performance hardware systems and better enables a growing market with a valuable combination of technologies in … Read More → "TI selects Movea’s MotionIC platform for Remote Control Design"

IAR Systems to extend comprehensive Renesas Electronics microcontroller support with addition of RL78 device

January 11, 2011

January 11th, 2011 – Uppsala, Sweden. IAR Systems today announced it will extend its range of Renesas Electronics microcontroller (MCU) support to include its latest low power RL78 family of MCUs. Already providing an extensive tool chain for all Renesas Electronics MCU devices, the new RL78 MCUs will use the same integrated development environment (IDE), IAR Embedded Workbench. Using the same environment makes it easier for a developer to switch between Renesas Electronics’ MCU targets, reuse code between projects and reduce project risks.

“Our customers continue to benefit from the close cooperation we have with IAR Systems”, comments Mohammed … Read More → "IAR Systems to extend comprehensive Renesas Electronics microcontroller support with addition of RL78 device"

Mazda Adopts Synopsys’ Virtual Prototyping Solution for Electronic Control Unit Verification

January 11, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Mazda Motor Corporation, a leading producer of automobiles, has adopted Synopsys’ CoMET®-METeor® virtual prototyping solution to verify their Electronic Control Units (ECUs). Over the last year, Mazda has been using the METeor embedded software development environment to conduct its ECU system verification in a virtual environment. By decreasing the number of tests on real automobiles and hardware-in-the-loop simulation (HILS) test equipment, the virtual prototyping solution will enable Mazda to … Read More → "Mazda Adopts Synopsys’ Virtual Prototyping Solution for Electronic Control Unit Verification"

MoSys Announces First Shipment and Sample Availability of its Bandwidth Engine IC

January 11, 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (January 11, 2011) – MoSys (NASDAQ: MOSY), a leading architect of serial chip-to-chip communications solutions that deliver unparalleled bandwidth performance for next generation networking systems and advanced system-on-chip (SoC) designs, today announced sample availability and the shipment of its first Bandwidth Engine® integrated circuit (IC) devices in December 2010.

For many years the performance of processors in applications such as computing and networking has approximately doubled every 18 months; however, system memory architecture and capability have not kept pace, … Read More → "MoSys Announces First Shipment and Sample Availability of its Bandwidth Engine IC"

MoSys Announces First Shipment and Sample Availability of its Bandwidth Engine IC

January 11, 2011

TI’s new low-cost floating-point Piccolo™ MCUs provide optimized performance and power line communications capabilities for energy-efficient applications

January 11, 2011

HOUSTON, TX (January 11, 2011) – Bridging the gap between low-cost Piccolo and high-performance Delfino™ floating-point microcontrollers (MCUs), Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced its new low-cost TMS320F2806x Piccolo floating-point MCUs. Rooted in TI’s 25+ years of digital signal processing leadership, the new Piccolo MCUs offer an enhanced math engine specifically designed to simplify programming and optimize performance in real-time control applications that may require integrated communications. Developers of energy-efficient motor control and renewable energy applications can now use a single F2806x MCU to cost-effectively execute control loops as well as power line communications ( … Read More → "TI’s new low-cost floating-point Piccolo™ MCUs provide optimized performance and power line communications capabilities for energy-efficient applications"

60V Synchronous Step-Down DC/DC Controller Specified up to 150°C

January 11, 2011

MILPITAS, CA – January 11, 2011 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC3810H-5, a high input voltage synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with guaranteed specifications for junction temperatures as high as 150°C. This device employs a constant on-time valley current-mode control architecture, delivering very low duty cycles and extremely fast transient response with accurate cycle-by-cycle current limit without requiring a sense resistor. This rugged controller can directly step down … Read More → "60V Synchronous Step-Down DC/DC Controller Specified up to 150°C"

Cavium Networks Introduces TurboDPI – A Complete Solution Integrating Protocol Analysis, Application Recognition, URL Filtering, IDS/IPS and Anti-Malware

January 10, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., January 10, 2011 – Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home, today announced TurboDPI™, the industry’s first off-the-shelf multi-function security software solution optimized for OCTEON II processors. TurboDPI utilizes Cavium Networks patent pending new Uniscan™ technology that is incorporated in all multi-core OCTEON II processors to simultaneously block malicious or inappropriate URLs, identify hundreds of widely used protocols and applications, help block thousands of different intrusion attempts and locate over a hundred thousand varieties … Read More → "Cavium Networks Introduces TurboDPI – A Complete Solution Integrating Protocol Analysis, Application Recognition, URL Filtering, IDS/IPS and Anti-Malware"

Microsoft Advancing POS System Capabilities by Providing First Look at Latest Unveiling for Embedded Platforms

January 10, 2011

NEW YORK — Jan. 10, 2011 — Today, at the National Retail Federation’s 100th Annual Convention & Expo, Microsoft unveiled the community technology preview (CTP) for Windows Embedded POSReady 7. This latest offering from Microsoft’s point-of-service (POS) family is optimized for retail and hospitality solutions by unleashing the power of Windows 7 for in-store devices, moving from transaction processing to cutting-edge, attractive POS devices that support increased customer satisfaction, loyalty and staff productivity. Beginning today, OEMs, ISVs, developers and retailers can download … Read More → "Microsoft Advancing POS System Capabilities by Providing First Look at Latest Unveiling for Embedded Platforms"

Synopsys Speeds Equivalence Checking by 2X at Nuvoton

January 10, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Nuvoton Technology Corp (TSE:4919), affiliate of Winbond Electronics Corp, standardized on Formality® equivalence checking to accelerate verification of its Super I/O chips, displacing their existing solution. Using Formality, Nuvoton designers were able to complete equivalence checking out of the box twice as fast, allowing them to meet their challenging design and schedule goals. This success is now driving broad deployment of Formality at Nuvoton.

“Time to market … Read More → "Synopsys Speeds Equivalence Checking by 2X at Nuvoton"

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