| Atmel QTouch Library Enables Customization of Touch Functions Across All AVR Products |
September 28, 2009 -- Atmel Corp. today announced version 3.0 of the royalty-free Atmel QTouch software library with up to 64 channels of touch support for all Atmel AVR microcontrollers (MCUs) and select 32-bit AVR32 UC3. The increased c ... read more |
| AWR Makes it Easy to Access Model Libraries from Modelithics |
September 28, 2009 -- AWR Corp. and Modelithics, Inc. today announced that a one-click option now enabled on the AWR web site for trial evaluation requests of AWR’s Microwave Office software also includes Modelithics’ highly accura ... read more |
| eASIC Announces New ASIC-in-a-Box Design Kits |
September 28, 2009 -- eASIC Corp. today announced the immediate availability of two ASIC-in-a-Box design kits that enable ASIC design to be widely accessible and thereby reverse the trend of declining ASIC design starts. By simplifying th ... read more |
| siXis Introduces Reconfigurable Computing Platform |
September 28, 2009 -- siXis, Inc. has introduced the SX2000 Reconfigurable Computing Platform, a scalable, high-performance reconfigurable computing platform designed to streamline and accelerate data-intensive applications. Through a het ... read more |
| Virage Logic Expands SiPro Product Portfolio with New Advanced Interface IP Offerings |
September 29, 2009 -- Virage Logic Corp. today announced new additions to its recently introduced SiPro product line of production-proven advanced interface IP. The expanded product line now includes complete standards-based solutions for ... read more |
| Avnet Electronics Marketing Releases New Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA Evaluation and Development Kits |
September 29, 2009 -- Avnet Electronics Marketing has announced the release of the Xilinx Spartan-6 LX16 FPGA Evaluation Kit and Spartan-6 LX150T FPGA Development Kit. Both kits support the new FMC expansion standard, which enables the ad ... read more |
| Tower and Jazz Semiconductor Announce Deep-Silicon-Via Technology for Cellular and WiFi SiGe Power Amplifiers and Front-End Modules |
September 29, 2009 -- Tower Semiconductor, Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary, Jazz Semiconductor, today announced the availability of its proprietary Deep-Silicon-Via (DSV) technology available in its 0.18-micron (SBC18). The new offeri ... read more |
| Cadence Expands Multi-Core Support |
September 29, 2009 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of expanded support for multi-core processors across multiple technology domains. These new capabilities significantly improve performance and thr ... read more |
| Cadence Physical Verification System Supports TSMC's Interoperable iDRC and iLVS Formats for 40-nm Design |
September 29, 2009 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced today that the Cadence Physical Verification System has adopted the new interoperable physical verification formats for 40-nm designs, consisting of iDRC for design rule checkin ... read more |
| e2v Releases 32-bit Single- or Dual-e600 Core Integrated Processors for Extended-Reliability Applications |
September 29, 2009 -- e2v announced today the availability of its PC8640/8641 and PC8640/8641D extended-reliability versions of the MC8640/ 8641 32-bit Single or Dual-e600 Core Processor from Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
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| Evatronix Introduces the Fast SD/ SDIO/ MMC Host Controller |
September 29, 2009 -- Evatronix SA today announced its SDIO-HOST controller has been updated to meet the latest specifications and now supports SD 3.0, SDIO 2.0 and MMC/ eMMC 4.4 standards. These specifications allow support of SDXC cards ... read more |
| Magma Broadens Support for TSMC 180-nm Processes |
September 29, 2009 -- Magma Design Automation, Inc. today announced that Quartz DRC and Quartz LVS rule decks are available for TSMC 180-nm process technologies. With this addition, designers can now download 40-nm, 65-nm, 90-nm, 130-nm a ... read more |
| Pyxis Technology Achieves Funding Milestone |
September 30, 2009 -- Pyxis Technology, Inc. has received the second tranche of cash from its latest U.S. $3 million funding round. This funding milestone recognizes the continued positive growth of the Pyxis business with mixed-signal an ... read more |
| TI Announces New 720-MHz OMAP3530 Processor Targeted at Multimedia Applications |
September 29, 2009 -- Giving designers more performance to run new application features and additional headroom to add their own IP, Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) today announced a speed upgrade for the OMAP3530 applications processor and ... read more |
| Atmel Offers megaAVR picoPower with 128kBytes of Flash for Ultra-Low-Power Applications |
September 29, 2009 -- Atmel Corp. has announced the availability of a 128-kByte picoPower megaAVR microcontroller, targeting size-constrained, low-power applications. The small 44-pin package makes the ATmega1284P ideal for applications s ... read more |
| Xelerated Releases SDK 5.0 for the HX and AX Families of Network Processors and Programmable Ethernet Switches |
September 29, 2009 -- Xelerated, Inc. has launched the latest release of its Software Development Kit (SDK), the SDK 5.0. Designed to support Xelerated’s new generation of HX Carrier Ethernet network processors (NPUs) and AX Programmable ... read more |
| Premier Farnell to Sell Altium'S New NanoBoard 3000 Series of FPGA-Based Development Boards |
September 29, 2009 -- Altium, Ltd. has appointed as the web distributor for its new NanoBoard 3000 FPGA-based development board. The agreement extends to Premier Farnell's family of global marketing and distribution services.
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| UTAS Medical Equipment Ensures High-Quality Patient Care with Help from ADI Blackfin Processors |
September 28, 2009 -- Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) today announced that UTAS, a provider of medical devices for patient monitoring and diagnostics, has selected ADI Blackfin processors to ensure high-performance digital signal processing op ... read more |
| Agilent's Genesys Software Speeds Sennheiser's High-End Audio Receiver Development |
September 28, 2009 -- Agilent Technologies, Inc. today announced that Germany-based Sennheiser has successfully used Agilent’s Genesys RF and microwave design software and Momentum GX electromagnetic (EM) simulator to develop a series of ... read more |
| Broadcom Licenses Latest ARM Cortex A9 Multiprocessor Technology |
September 28, 2009 -- ARM and Broadcom Corp. have signed a major licensing agreement for the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore multicore processor. Broadcom intends to target the technology towards next-generation mobile, wireless and other co ... read more |
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