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Mentor Graphics Announces New Version of Valor Process Preparation, Connecting Lean NPI Flow with Industry 4.0

WILSONVILLE, Ore., Nov. 4, 2015 — Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced the release of the latest version of the Valor® Process Preparation software, with a focus on addressing engineering requirements of Industry 4.0. The Mentor Graphics® solution provides “digital manufacturing mastery” that is the ability to orchestrate product allocation to multiple production configurations, as well as the ability to quickly and seamlessly transition products between them, bringing the flexibility that Industry 4.0 requires. This flexibility is achieved by consolidating the full product model and any number of related manufacturing … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Announces New Version of Valor Process Preparation, Connecting Lean NPI Flow with Industry 4.0"

Xilinx Showcases Industry’s First 16nm All Programmable MPSoC at ARM TechCon 2015

SAN JOSE, Calif.Nov. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) will showcase the industry’s first 16nm All Programmable MPSoC, the Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC at ARM® TechCon 2015, through a series of presentations and demonstrations. Xilinx will also feature solutions for key industry megatrends. Visit the Xilinx booth #205 at ARM TechCon 2015, November 10 – 12, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, California.

Xilinx Conference Presentations           

Synopsys, Customers and Partners Highlight Successes Designing ARM-based Products at ARM TechCon 2015

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), together with its customers and partners, will be presenting numerous technical sessions at ARM TechCon 2015. These sessions exemplify more than 20 years of collaboration between ARM and Synopsys to enable mutual customer success with ARM-based SoC designs. The sponsored sessions are free to attend with an expo badge (Read More → "Synopsys, Customers and Partners Highlight Successes Designing ARM-based Products at ARM TechCon 2015"

STCOMET Smart-Meter System-on-Chips from STMicroelectronics Continue to Soar, Powering ERDF-Led Smart-Grid Pilot

Geneva, November 3, 2015 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader servings customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has surpassed important milestones with its STCOMET smart-meter System-on-Chip family, enabling utilities worldwide to deliver sustainable electricity, incorporating multiple sources including renewables, by leveraging smart-grid technologies.

STCOMET simplifies the design of smart meters by implementing key functions on a single chip, including a powerline communication (PLC) modem compliant with major smart-metering industry standards. Vital to wide-scale adoption, ST has recently … Read More → "STCOMET Smart-Meter System-on-Chips from STMicroelectronics Continue to Soar, Powering ERDF-Led Smart-Grid Pilot"

Percepio’s FreeRTOS+Trace for PIC32 MCUs now available on microchipDIRECT

Västerås, Sweden, 03 November 2015    * * *   Percepio AB, the Swedish developer of RTOS visualization tools, today announced thatFreeRTOS+Trace targeting Microchip’s PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs) and MPLAB® X IDE is now available on microchipDIRECT.

microchipDIRECT is the direct source of products from Microchip Technology Inc. It offers the largest inventory of Microchip’s products and development tools as well as many trusted third-party tools like Percepio’s FreeRTOS+Trace for PIC32 MCUs.

FreeRTOS+Trace for PIC32 … Read More → "Percepio’s FreeRTOS+Trace for PIC32 MCUs now available on microchipDIRECT"

AdaCore Addresses Safe, Reliable Embedded Software Development at ARM TechCon 2015

New York, NY, November 3, 2015

News Highlights:

  • Dr. Patrick Rogers, a member of the senior technical staff at AdaCore, will be a featured speaker at ARM TechCon, which is taking place November 10-12 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California.

Mentor Graphics Announces Availability of Vista Virtual Platform for Altera Arria 10 SoC FPGAs

Wilsonville, Ore., Nov. 3, 2015 – Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced the availability of the Vista™ virtual platforms for the Arria 10 system-on-chip (SoC) FPGA. The Vista virtual platforms are fully functional simulation models of processor subsystems and peripherals offered as freely downloadable pre-built binaries. These accelerate embedded software development across the entire product life cycle for significant time-to-market and product development cost savings. Additionally, Linux® runtime support is available from Rocketboards.org targeting the Arria 10 binary virtual platform.  The combination of the Vista virtual platform and Linux … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Announces Availability of Vista Virtual Platform for Altera Arria 10 SoC FPGAs"

Microchip’s New mTouch® Sensing Controllers Make it Easy to Replace Mechanical Buttons With Capacitive Touch in Cost-Sensitive, Low-Power Applications

CHANDLER, Ariz., Oct. 28, 2015 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the expansion of its MTCH10x mTouch® sensing portfolio with the turnkey MTCH102-5-8 capacitive touch controllers. In a hardware-only configuration, these 2, 5 and 8-channel controllers replace mechanical buttons with a simple digital output, making it easy to add proximity and touch detection to any application that is constrained by size, power or cost. To achieve high reliability and more sensitive touch performance, including operation … Read More → "Microchip’s New mTouch® Sensing Controllers Make it Easy to Replace Mechanical Buttons With Capacitive Touch in Cost-Sensitive, Low-Power Applications"

congatec introduces Server-on-Modules with new Intel® Xeon®/Core™ processors

San Diego, CA,  29 October 2015   * * *   congatec Inc., a leading technology company for embedded computer modules, single board computers (SBCs) and embedded design and manufacturing (EDM) services, has expanded its COM Express Basic portfolio with new server-class embedded modules. The new Server-on-Modules are equipped with 6th generation Intel® Xeon® and Intel® Core™ i3 / i5 / i7 processors (codenamed Skylake). The DDR4 memory of the conga-TS170 modules provides up to twice as much system memory performance for data-intensive applications while consuming 20 percent less energy and requiring only half the footprint of DDR3 RAM that is expected to become legacy in future applications. In … Read More → "congatec introduces Server-on-Modules with new Intel® Xeon®/Core™ processors"

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