| IMS Research Predicts Core-Based FPGA Market at 2.5X In Five Years |
November 10, 2010 --According to IMS Research, the future for FPGA vendors looks very bright as the core-based FPGA market is expected to gain over a billion dollars in annual revenues by 2014. This represents over two and a half times th ... read more |
| RS Expands Component Chooser and 3D CAD Model Product Search for Engineers |
November 10, 2010 -- RS Components is announcing new functionality and product ranges within its Component Chooser parametric search tool. New ranges include optoelectronic and further electromechanical components, while the tool now enab ... read more |
| RS Components Enters European Distribution Deal With Bourns |
November 11, 2010 -- RS Components has signed a new European distribution deal with Bourns AG for distribution of Bourns products within Europe. Under the new agreement RS, will add more than 1500 new Bourns products to its stock profile, ... read more |
| CriticalBlue Announces Support for TI's New TMS320C66x DSP Core Within Prism |
November 11, 2010 -- CriticalBlue announced today a development program to add support for Texas Instruments, Inc.'s new TMS320C66x digital signal processor (DSP) generation based on the KeyStone multicore architecture within Criti ... read more |
| SMSC Announces Mobile Embedded Controller IP License Agreement With Fintek |
November 10, 2010 -- SMSC has entered into an agreement to license certain of its 8-bit MEC1300 mobile embedded controller intellectual property (IP) to Feature Integration Technology, Inc. (Fintek), a privately held company based in Hsin ... read more |
| STMicroelectronics Launches Microcontroller Application Design Contest |
November 10, 2010 -- STMicroelectronics today launched the STM32 Design Challenge, a contest for the design of innovative microcontroller applications across different industry segments. The three-phase competition, acknowledging the most ... read more |
| Shortlink and LFoundry in RF and Mixed-Signal IP Partnership |
November 10, 2010 -- Shortlink AB and Landshut Silicon Foundry GmbH (LFoundry) today announced a partnership agreement to provide Shortlink low-power RF and mixed-signal custom IP in LFoundry's LF150 modular 150-nm CMOS process tec ... read more |
| Atmel Introduces First 32-bit AVR Microcontroller Featuring Floating Point Unit |
November 10, 2010 -- Atmel Corp. today announced the first 32-bit AVR microcontrollers (MCUs) with a floating point unit (FPU). Targeting industrial control applications, the new Atmel AVR UC3 C MCU series offers a mix of high-processing ... read more |
| Synopsys NanoTime Enables Full-Chip Transistor-Level Timing Analysis on Cavium Networks Octeon II Processor |
November 11, 2010 -- Synopsys, Inc. today reported that Cavium Networks used NanoTime transistor-level static timing analysis (STA) solution to achieve full-chip STA sign-off for its next-generation internet application processor, ... read more |
| RS Components Secures Vishay Distribution Agreement |
November 10, 2010 -- RS Components has further strengthened its relationship with Vishay following the completion of a European distribution agreement. The new agreement means that RS now formally represents Vishay, one of the largest man ... read more |
| Linaro Gains Momentum and Demonstrates Progress Accelerating Open Source Development |
November 10, 2010 -- Linaro has showcased progress and momentum for its collaborative embedded Linux organisation at ARM Techcon in Santa Clara. In a demonstration that shows Linaro delivering on its mission to make open-source developmen ... read more |
| Atmel Introduces Open-Source License AES-128 Immobilizer Protocol Stack |
November 11, 2010 -- Atmel Corp. today announced the release of a complete immobilizer protocol stack, based on the AES-128 cryptography standard, under an open-source license.
Since immobilizer devices are part of nearly ... read more |
| Marvell Unveils 1.6-GHz Quad-Core Armada XP Platform for Enterprise-Class Cloud Computing Applications |
November 10, 2010 -- Marvell, Inc. is now demonstrating its quad-core processing, enterprise-class cloud computing platform, Marvell Armada XP (Extreme Performance). The Armada XP is the fastest ARM processor available on the market today ... read more |
| ARM Announces 32-nm Cortex-A9 Processor Optimizations |
November 9, 2010 -- ARM today announced its newest optimization package for the ARM Cortex-A9 processor targeting Samsung 32-nm LP High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) process technology. This ARM Processor Optimization Pack (POP) provides a highly t ... read more |
| ARM Announces CoreLink 400 System IP for High-Performance CPU and GPU Systems |
November 10, 2010 -- ARM today introduced the CoreLink 400 series of AMBA 4 protocol-compliant system IP, enabling system designers to realize the full potential of the latest high-performance CPU and GPU technology. The CoreLink 400 seri ... read more |
| ARM Announces Processor Optimization Pack Product Family for Cortex-A9 Processor |
November 9, 2010 -- ARM today announced the immediate availability of the ARM Cortex-A9 Processor Optimization Packs (POPs). Processor Optimization Packs leverage ARM Artisan physical IP to enable designers to achieve technology-leading p ... read more |
| Atmel Expands ARM Cortex-M3 Flash MCU Family With SAM3N Series |
November 10, 2010 -- Atmel Corp. today announced the new Atmel SAM3N series to expand its ARM Cortex-M3 Flash family. The new SAM3N series offers high performance, low-power consumption and scalable memory, pin-count, package options and ... read more |
| Inicore Introduces VME System Controller Module Silicon IP Core |
November 10, 2010 -- Inicore, Inc. announced today the immediate availability of the VMESCmodule, a feature-reach VME System Controller Module with slave and master capabilities.
Inicore's VMESCmodule is a VME-to-local bu ... read more |
| Si2 Releases OpenDFM 1.0 Physical Verification Standard |
November 9, 2010 -- The Silicon Integration Initiative, Inc. (Si2) announced today that the members of its Design for Manufacturability Coalition (DFMC) have unanimously approved the first official release of the OpenDFM 1.0 standard. Thi ... read more |
| CAST's SuperSpeed USB 3.0 IP Core Achieves USB-IF Certification |
November 10, 2010 -- The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has recently granted certification to CAST, Inc. for its SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Device Controller IP Core. Certification by this standards body ensures the core satisfies the USB 3.0 sp ... read more |
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