Complete open-source Linux solution for developers creating products that can endure rugged and extreme thermal industrial environments

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Timesys Corporation (http://www.timesys.com), today announced that LinuxLink customers working with the Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) Sitara™ family of AM35x microprocessors (MPUs) can have their platform and development environment with integrated OpenGL® ES 2.0 up and running in days. As a leading provider of embedded Linux software and expertise, Timesys is the first to deliver commercial Linux support for the AM3517 and AM3505 MPUs, which are the industry’s first ARM& … Read More → "Timesys Provides the First Commercial Linux Support for the New Sitara™ Family of ARM® Cortex™-A8 Technology-based AM35x MPUs from Texas Instruments"

DUESSELDORF (Germany), KAWASAKI (Japan), SANTA CLARA, (Calif./U.S.A.), November 10, 2009 — NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) today announced the availability of new system-on-chips (SoCs), the EC-4260 (NaviEngine®-MID) and EC-4250 (NaviEngine-mini) for use in automotive infotainment systems. The new devices have the performance, peripheral set, and software ecosystem to meet the demands of high performance applications such as navigation, infotainment, and telematics systems. NEC Electronics first introduced the EC-4270 (NaviEngine) with four embedded CPU cores in 2007. The EC-4260 with three CPU cores and EC-4250 with two CPU cores are now also available along with the EC-4270 to widely … Read More → "NEC Electronics Expands Lineup of System LSI Devices for Automotive Infotainment Systems Features Highest Performance and Lower Power Consumption"

Eurotech’s Catalyst FX delivers the power of the Intel® Atom™ processor in a flexible embedded system with extensive I/O, wireless communication and multimedia capabilities

COLUMBIA, Md., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Eurotech Group, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, today announces the launch of Catalyst FX, a flexible, high-performance embedded system. Incorporating the popular Eurotech Catalyst Module XL computer on module, based on the Intel® Atom™ processor, the Catalyst FX system offers extreme flexibility, with an extensive list of I/O, multimedia, and communications capabilities.

The Catalyst FX … Read More → "Eurotech Introduces Catalyst FX, a Flexible, Low-Power, High-Performance Embedded System"

Partners combine expertise to provide ultra-small, turn-key, IO-Link solution based on Atmel AVR microcontroller family, HMT PHY IC, and MESCO IO-Link software stack

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML) , HMT Microelectronic, and MESCO Engineering today announced a cooperation to provide turn-key solutions for integrated IO-Link devices. This new solution provides designers overall savings in bill-of-material and board space. The IO-Link reference design combines each company’s proven components including Atmel’s AVR(TM) microcontrollers, HMT’s PHY IC and MESCO’s IO-Link stack to create the industry’s smallest IO-Link reference design. … Read More → "Atmel, HMT and MESCO Introduce Industry’s Smallest IO-Link Reference Design"

HILLSBORO, OR — NOVEMBER 10, 2009 — Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced it will collaborate with Beyond Semiconductor in the development of compiler tools for Lattice’s soft processors. The collaboration will include updates and performance improvements for Lattice’s embedded processor IP compilers and development tools.

Lattice’s LatticeMico8™ embedded microcontroller and LatticeMico32™ embedded microprocessor are optimized for implementation in Lattice FPGAs and PLDs. These embedded processors are provided free of charge through an innovative open source intellectual property (IP) core license that provides customers access to the HDL for … Read More → "Lattice And Beyond Semiconductor To Collaborate In Processor Compiler Tools Development"

— Version 8.0 Software Helps Build High Speed, Robust, Double Data Rate Interfaces —

HILLSBORO, OR — NOVEMBER 10, 2009 — Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced Version 8.0 of its ispLEVER® FPGA design tool suite, which includes many enhancements for the design of high speed double data rate (DDR) interfaces for the LatticeECP3™ FPGA family. These enhancements include automatic interface code generation to increase design productivity and reduce coding errors, as well as enhanced timing analysis that provides more transparency to circuit timing details.
“Although our ECP3 FPGA family probably is best known for its low … Read More → "New Lattice FPGA Design Tool Suite Includes Advanced Support For High Performance DDR Interfaces"

Lower power, higher performance and various interface options without compromising security

CARTES, France, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML) today announced a new family of secure microcontrollers targeting the highest security level for smart objects and systems. The new AT90SO family is the first in the industry to offer a wide range of interfaces to bring security to various applications including USB e-tokens, femtocells, smart meters, secure data storage, telehealth and gaming platforms. Built around Atmel’s secureAVR® microcontroller technology, this new AT90SO family provides a higher level of security, performance and … Read More → "Atmel Launches New Secure Microcontroller for Smart Objects and System Security Markets"

– PAC-Designer 5.2 Tools Support New Power Manager II Devices; Ideal for 
Integrated Hot Swap Control, Supervision and Sequencing; Adds HDL Verification to Flow –

HILLSBORO, OR — NOVEMBER 9, 2009 — Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced Version 5.2 of its PAC-Designer® mixed signal design tool suite with new device support and productivity features. The PAC-Designer 5.2 software now supports two new higher performance Power Manager II products: the ispPAC®-POWR1014-2 and ispPAC-POWR1014A-2 devices. The POWR1014/A-2 devices are ideal for integrating Hot Swap control, voltage rail supervision and power supply sequencing ICs. PAC-Designer 5.2 software … Read More → "Lattice Updates Software Design Tools For Hot Swap Control and Power Management"

Linköping, Sweden, November 9, 2009 – SP Devices today introduced its second evaluation module (EVM) with Texas Instruments (TI). This new EVM combines TI’s fastest 12-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) in an interleaved fashion with a Xilinx® Virtex®-5 FPGA to create the best-performing high-speed digitizer solution in the market. The FPGA comes pre-installed with SP Devices’ proprietary time-interleaving technology to eliminate interleaving spurs, which enhances performance and facilitates rapid system-level evaluation for wireless communications, military, test and measurement applications. The EVM joins TI’s portfolio of support tools for customers using high-speed data … Read More → "SP Devices interleaving technology used in Texas Instruments’ new 12-bit ADC evaluation module"