| Cadence Acquires Azuro |
July 12, 2011 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced it has acquired Azuro, Inc.. Azuro offers clock-concurrent optimization technology, also known as ccopt, which delivers capabilities for designers faced with increasing ... read more |
| ORBexpress Extends Support to QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.5 |
July 11, 2011 -- Objective Interface Systems, Inc. (OIS) today announced that its ORBexpress product supports the QNX Software Systems, Ltd. Neutrino real-time operating system (RTOS) 6.5. OIS is a long-time partner of QNX, and the ... read more |
| Samsung Confirms 20-nm Design Infrastructure with Test Chip Tape-Out |
July 11, 2011 -- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced that its foundry business, Samsung Foundry, successfully taped-out a test chip based on its 20-nm process with High-k Metal Gate (HKMG) technology. Samsung Foundry's 20-nm ear ... read more |
| New Freescale i.MX Platform Extends to Advanced, Low-Power Display Applications |
July 11, 2011 -- Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is expanding its portfolio of i.MX applications processors that integrate hardware-based display controllers and ARM Cortex-A8 cores with three new members of the i.MX50 product family that e ... read more |
| Aldec Adds UVM Transaction-Level Visual Debugging |
July 11, 2011 -- Aldec, Inc. today announced expanded support for the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) with comprehensive transaction-level visual debugging. The new capabilities for transactions recording and visualization let en ... read more |
| SiTime Introduces MEMS VCTCXO with ±0.5-ppm Stability |
July 11, 2011 -- SiTime Corp. today introduced the industry's first ultra-stable, MEMS VCTCXO (voltage controlled, temperature compensated oscillator) products that are targeted at telecom, networking and wireless applications like SONET- ... read more |
| Alvand Technologies Ships 1 Million Silicon Tuners for Digital TV |
July 11, 2011 -- Alvand Technologies, Inc. today announced that one million digital TV receivers incorporating the company's analog front-end RF tuner silicon IP have been shipped worldwide. The digital TV receiver, a joint development wi ... read more |
| Atmel Samples SAM3S16 ARM-Based Microcontroller with 1-MByte Embedded Flash |
July 11, 2011 -- Atmel Corp. has announced early sampling of its 32-bit ARM Cortex -M3-based microcontrollers (MCUs) with 1-MByte embedded Flash and 128-kByte SRAM. The new Atmel SAM3S16 Cortex-M3 MCU offers high performance, low power a ... read more |
| DDC-I Announces ARINC 653 Part 4 Prototyping Platform on Deos Safety-Critical RTOS |
July 11, 2011 -- DDC-I, Inc. today announced that its Deos safety-critical real-time operating system (RTOS) will support ARINC Specification 653 Part 4 when the final version of the specification is approved. DDC-I also announced that it ... read more |
| Cadence Encounter Digital Flow Instrumental in Tape-Out of Samsung 20-nm Test Chip |
July 11, 2011 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced that Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. deployed the Cadence unified digital flow, from RTL to GDSII, to tape out a test chip at 20nm. The Cadence Encounter-based flow and m ... read more |
| Direct RF-Sampling ADCs from National Semiconductor Reduce Board Size and Component Count for Basestation, Military and SDR Applications |
July 11, 2011 -- National Semiconductor Corp. has introduced a family of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that are the first to directly sample RF signals beyond 2.7GHz, with third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3) up to -71dBc a ... read more |
| IAR Systems Launches Starter Kit for NXP's LPC11U00 USB MCUs |
July 11, 2011 -- IAR Systems AB today announced that an IAR KickStart Kit for the NXP Semiconductors LPC11U00 series of microcontrollers is now available. It is a low-cost starter kit for evaluation and for designing and prototypin ... read more |
| IAR Systems Delivers Advanced Software Performance Analysis for Renesas RX |
July 11, 2011 -- IAR Systems AB today announced an upgrade to IAR Embedded Workbench for Renesas Electronics Corp. RX with advanced software-performance-analysis functionality. The new features can measure a number of execution asp ... read more |
| TI Introduces OpenLink Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Connectivity Inside the WiLink 6.0 Solution for AM18x Sitara ARM Microprocessors |
July 11, 2011 -- Texas Instruments, Inc. (TI) today premiered its first module platform housing the WiLink 6.0 (WL1271) single-chip, wireless combo solution with TI's open-source, Linux-based OpenLink drivers. The OpenLink drivers are bui ... read more |
| Asahi Kasei Microdevices Selects Helic's Tools for Advanced RF and Analog Mixed-Signal Design Flow |
July 7, 2011 -- Helic SA and Asahi Kasei Microdevices have announced that Asahi Kasei Microdevices, a provider of RF and mixed-signal IC's for consumer, automotive and communications applications has selected Helic's VeloceRF and VeloceRa ... read more |
| Micrium Kernels Now Support Avnet's Xilinx Spartan-6 LX9 FPGA MicroBoard Kit |
July 7, 2011 -- Micrium and Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas have announced that the Spartan-6 LX9 FPGA MicroBoard Kit now fully supports the µC/OS-II and µC/OS-III real-time kernels.
The Xilinx S ... read more |
| IAR Systems and Miele & Cie Sign Enterprise Software License Agreement |
July 7, 2011 -- IAR Systems AB has entered a three-year enterprise software license agreement with Germany-based Miele & Cie, a leading manufacturer of premium domestic appliances and commercial equipment. By signing this agreement, Miel ... read more |
| Microtronix Introduces Camera Link IP Core for Altera's Cyclone FPGAs |
July 8, 2011 -- Microtronix has introduced a new Camera Link IP Core for supporting all three performance tiers: base, medium and full configurations. The core targets a range of industrial and military imaging applications including mach ... read more |
| IDT Collaborates with Fudan Microelectronics to Offer Turn-Key Smart Meter Reference Design |
July 7, 2011 -- Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) has joined forces with Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group Co.,Ltd. to provide a turn-key smart-meter reference design to shorten the development cycle of smart meter manuf ... read more |
| IAR Systems Provides Complete Starter Kit for High-Performance STM32 F-2 MCUs |
July 8, 2011 -- IAR Systems AB has announced a complete starter kit for STMicroelectronics' ARM Cortex-M3 based high-performance STM32 F-2 series. The new STM32F2xx series combines 90-nm process technology with the adaptive real-ti ... read more |
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