MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Actel Corporation successfully held its Actel Space Forum (ASF) in Israel.

Attendees of the one-day event heard in-depth technical presentations from members of Actel’s executive management and engineering teams. The presentations discussed contemporary topics relevant to using Actel FPGAs in space-flight applications. During this interactive event, designers gained knowledge and an understanding of how to optimize space applications using Actel FPGAs for high-reliability, high-performance, and low-power applications.</ … Read More → "Actel Space Forum Lands in Israel"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Actel Corporation successfully held its Actel Space Forum (ASF) in Israel.

Attendees of the one-day event heard in-depth technical presentations from members of Actel’s executive management and engineering teams. The presentations discussed contemporary topics relevant to using Actel FPGAs in space-flight applications. During this interactive event, designers gained knowledge and an understanding of how to optimize space applications using Actel FPGAs for high-reliability, high-performance, and low-power applications.</ … Read More → "Actel Space Forum Lands in Israel"

Grenoble, France, December 4th, 2009 – … Read More → "Evatronix USB-IF verified USB 3.0 Device Controller achieves over 430 mb/s"

MILPITAS, CA – December 3, 2009 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3686, a 1.2A, 37VIN step-down switching regulator

The LT3686 operates within a VIN range of 3.6V to 37V with overvoltage lockout, protecting the regulator and load from transients as high as 55V, making it ideal for load dump and cold-crank conditions commonly found in automotive applications as well as 24V industrial supplies. Its internal 1.85A switch can deliver up to 1.2A of continuous output current at voltages as low as 0.8V. Its low minimum on-time enables it to offer high switching frequencies even with high step-down ratios. For example, … Read More → "37VIN, 1.2A(IOUT), 2.5MHz Step-Down DC/DC Converter Withstands 55V Transients"

Uppsala, Sweden–December 1, 2009–IAR Systems today announced a global volume license program. With its support for more than 20 different 8-, 16-, and 32-bit MCU architectures, IAR Systems is the world’s leading provider of software tools for embedded systems and this new program is tailored to benefit both new and existing customers.

IAR Volume License Program targets all customers that wish to save money by reusing previous investments, ensure flexibility in multiple and time-critical projects and/or want to protect their investment by additional support and services. The program includes five different levels; customers receive a combination … Read More → "IAR Systems introduces global volume license program (VLP)"

Taipei, Taiwan, December 1, 2009 –VIATechnologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced Mobile-ITX, the latest VIA-developed open form factor specification for the creation of ultra-compact and portable embedded devices. Mobile-ITX defines a uniquely compact 6cm x 6cmcomputer-on-module specification designed to enable an easier and less resource intensive development cycle for a range of ultra-compact, portable embedded systems.Read More → "VIA Mobile-ITX Brings Further Miniaturization and Greater Flexibility to Embedded Devices"

 San Jose, Calif., December 2,< … Read More → "Altera’s Stratix IV FPGAs to Power XDI’s dbX Analytics Appliance"