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Extremely low-power DACs prolong battery life in portable applications and circuits where power efficiencies are of concern

January 18, 2011

SUNNYVALE, CA—January 18, 2011—Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) introduces the MAX5214 (14-bit) and MAX5216 (16-bit) digital-to-analog converters (DACs). With power consumption less than 80microamps IQ, these DACs prolong battery life in portable applications. Best-in-class accuracy, a small package size, and the low current consumption and make these devices equally attractive in 2-wire sensors where low current levels must be measured and power efficiency is important.

While the MAX5214/MAX5216 single-channel DACs already have extremely low power consumption, programmability adds flexibility and efficiency to power usage. Power consumption can be reduced further by writing the power-down … Read More → "Extremely low-power DACs prolong battery life in portable applications and circuits where power efficiencies are of concern"

Avnet and ARM® Launch Global Design Strategies for ARM® Systems Technical Seminars

January 18, 2011

PHOENIX—January 18, 2011 — Avnet Electronics Marketing, a business group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announces the launch of Design Strategies for ARM® Systems, a 26-city, global technical seminar series co-sponsored by Read More → "Avnet and ARM® Launch Global Design Strategies for ARM® Systems Technical Seminars"

Mentor Graphics Completes Test Chip with IC Implementation Flow for Common Platform 32/28nm Technology

January 18, 2011

WILSONVILLE, Ore., January 17, 2010—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced it has collaborated with the Common Platform Alliance (CPA) members, IBM, GLOBALFOUNDRIES and Samsung, to design a test chip using its netlist-to-GDSII solution for CPA 32nm and 28nm high-k metal gate (HKMG) IC manufacturing technologies. The Mentor Graphics^® solution, which includes the Olympus-SoC™ Read More → "Mentor Graphics Completes Test Chip with IC Implementation Flow for Common Platform 32/28nm Technology"

GateRocket At DesignCon – FPGA Design So Easy A Caveman Can Do It

January 18, 2011

BEDFORD, Mass. – Jan. 18, 2011 – GateRocket® Inc. will showcase its industry-leading solutions for reducing FPGA verification and debug times at this month’s DesignCon, and GateRocket President and CEO Dave Orecchio joins a high-powered panel exploring how design tools will keep pace with advances in FPGA complexity.

WHO: GateRocket, supplier of advanced FPGA design and debug solutions for Xilinx and Altera programmable devices.

WHAT: GateRocket brings its Device Native® verification approach to DesignCon which extends the existing simulation environment in … Read More → "GateRocket At DesignCon – FPGA Design So Easy A Caveman Can Do It"

Leading DTV IC Supplier MStar Semiconductor Licenses New Processor Cores from MIPS Technologies

January 17, 2011

SUNNYVALE, CA – January 13, 2011 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, today announced that long-time MIPS licensee MStar Semiconductor has licensed the multi-threaded multiprocessing MIPS32® 1004K™ Coherent Processing System (CPS) and the superscalar MIPS32 74K® core. These cores provide the performance needed for next-generation connected DTV and technologies such as Java, JavaScript, Adobe® Flash® Player and Android™.

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Magma Delivers Hierarchical Reference Flow for the Common Platform Alliance’s 32/28-nm Low-Power Process Technology

January 17, 2011

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 17, 2011 — Magma® Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), today announced the availability of a proven hierarchical RTL-to-GDSII reference flow for the Common Platform™ alliance’s 32/28-nanometer (nm) low-power process technology. This reference flow leverages the Talus® IC implementation system’s unique power optimization and management capabilities, the latest ARM Artisan® 32/28-nm LP process libraries and the Common Platform alliance’s advanced 32/28-nm process technology to enable designers to reduce power, turnaround time and cost per die.

The hierarchical reference design was implemented using Magma’s … Read More → "Magma Delivers Hierarchical Reference Flow for the Common Platform Alliance’s 32/28-nm Low-Power Process Technology"

EUROPRACTICE adds vfAnalyst to academic software service

January 17, 2011

Eindhoven, The Netherlands, January, 2011 – Vector Fabrics announces it has signed a contract with the EUROPRACTICE Software Service for the provision of its cloud-based vfAnalyst tool to European academic institutions and publicly funded research laboratories. Under this agreement, vfAnalyst will be available to over 530 universities and 100 research institutes across 44 countries.

vfAnalyst will aid research staff and students in implementing algorithms, protocols, and other critical software programs on multicore and heterogeneous platforms. The tool’s unique graphical interface makes it easy to identify which portions of the program can be run in parallel, and what kinds of data … Read More → "EUROPRACTICE adds vfAnalyst to academic software service"

Synopsys Announces Production-Ready Lynx Design System Optimized for Common Platform 28-nm High-K Metal Gate Technology

January 17, 2011

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced it is delivering a low power, high-performance system-on-chip (SoC) design solution optimized for the Common Platform alliance (CPA) 28-nanometer(nm) high-k metal gate (HKMG) technology. Based on Synopsys’ Lynx Design System and its Galaxy™ Implementation Platform-enabled flow with Synopsys DesignWare® Interface IP, this solution was built through a multi-year collaboration with ARM® and the Common Platform alliance [IBM, Read More → "Synopsys Announces Production-Ready Lynx Design System Optimized for Common Platform 28-nm High-K Metal Gate Technology"

Renesas Electronics Introduces New SoC that Enables Industry-Leading 16-Megapixel Still Image and High-Speed Continuous Shooting for Mobile Phones

January 14, 2011

Dusseldorf, 13th January 2011 – Renesas Electronics, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the availability of a new system-on-chip (SoC), the CE150, for smartphones and high-end mobile phones. The CE150 delivers industry-leading resolution of 16 megapixels and the ability to capture full-HD video (1920 × 1080 pixels).

The new CE150 SoC is designed to support high-speed continuous image shooting, which is demanded in high-end cameras offering top picture quality. The new SoC features high-speed enhancements including a two-lane MIPI® CSI-2 (see Note 1) high-speed output interface from … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Introduces New SoC that Enables Industry-Leading 16-Megapixel Still Image and High-Speed Continuous Shooting for Mobile Phones"

PCA-6782 SBC with New Intel® Atom™ N455/D525 Raises the Benchmark for Reliability.

January 14, 2011

Irvine, California, Jan 13, 2011 –Advantech, the embedded platform and integration services provider, announces the introduction of a new Intel® Atom™ N455/D525 ISA half-size Single Board Computer (SBC). PCA-6782 features the latest high performance Intel Atom N455/D525 single/dual-core processors which are ideal for embedded applications that required a balance of performance and lower power. The latest Intel Atom single core N455 and dual core D525 processors have an integrated graphic and memory controller (GMCH) all on the same chip. This all-in-one solution enables higher performance and even more power savings. PCA-6782 offers high reliability … Read More → "PCA-6782 SBC with New Intel® Atom™ N455/D525 Raises the Benchmark for Reliability."

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