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STMicroelectronics Introduces Digital UV Sensor for Mobile, Wearable, and IoT Applications

Geneva, February 24, 2015 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has expanded its portfolio of environmental sensors with the introduction of the UVIS25, the world’s first sensor to provide a direct digital output of the Ultraviolet Index (UVI), the international measurement of the strength of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, primarily from the sun, at a given place and time.

Exposure to UV radiation can affect people in ways that range from temporary sunburn to more serious conditions. UVI was developed, adopted, and standardized in the mid ‘90s by the World … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Introduces Digital UV Sensor for Mobile, Wearable, and IoT Applications"

SmartDV Announces Addition of Six New Verification IPs to their Product Portfolio

SAN DIEGO, CA – February 27, 2015 – SmartDV Technologies, the verification intellectual property (VIP) company, has added six new VIPs to an already extensive VIP portfolio. The new additions include USB-Power Delivery, MIPI-CPHY, MIPI-DBI, AMBA5 CHI, LPDDR4 and DDR4. The company has been successful in speeding up VIP development through their compiler technology, which accelerates development, customization, feature enhancements and support turnaround through unprecedented automation. This technology improves performance by a factor of 2-4x compared with VIP from competing vendors.

SmartDV’s VIP portfolio now stands at over 75, a testament to the company’s commitment to develop … Read More → "SmartDV Announces Addition of Six New Verification IPs to their Product Portfolio"

Imec and Panasonic Present breakthrough in CMOS-based Transceivers for mm-Wave Radar Systems

SAN FRANCISCO (ISSCC 2015, International Solid State Circuits Conference) – Feb. 22, 2015— Today, at the 2015 International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), imec and Panasonic presented a transceiver chip for phase-modulated continuous-wave radar at 79GHz. This achievement demonstrates the potential of downscaled CMOS for cheap millimeter-wave (mm-wave) radar systems that can be used for accurate presence and motion detection.

Mm-wave radar technology is used in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to improve safety in blurry conditions such as dust, fog and darkness, where image-based driver assistance systems lack robustness. It also offers longer range, higher precision and invisible … Read More → "Imec and Panasonic Present breakthrough in CMOS-based Transceivers for mm-Wave Radar Systems"

Keysight Technologies Introduces Bandwidth Enhanced InfiniiMax III+ Probes, Accessories for High-Speed Bus Testing

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Feb. 26, 2015 – Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today introduced the bandwidth enhanced N7000A InfiniiMax III+ differential probes for general-purpose, high-speed differential bus probing. The company also introduced an active termination adapter that provides ultra-low noise voltage termination to a non-ground signal, and QuickTip accessories for InfiniiMax I/II probes to help engineers make quick and reliable measurements.

The InfiniiMax III+ probes work with the full array of InfiniiMax III probe heads, including a wide range of solder-in probe heads, a browser head, ZIF ( … Read More → "Keysight Technologies Introduces Bandwidth Enhanced InfiniiMax III+ Probes, Accessories for High-Speed Bus Testing"

PRO DESIGN Unveils New Virtex® UltraScale™ 440 FPGA Based Prototyping Solution

San Jose, 27 February 2015 – PRO DESIGN, veteran in the E²MS and EDA industry, today announced the launch of its new proFPGA quad VUS 440 System, the next generation of its modular and scalable high performance/capacity FPGA Prototyping solution based on the latest Xilinx Virtex® UltraScale™ FPGA technology.

Assembled with 4 pluggable Xilinx Virtex® UltraScale™ XCVU440 based FPGA modules the quad system offers a capacity of up to 120 M ASIC gates, which is nearly a factor of 2.5 more compared to the previous Virtex® 7 based generation. Up to five proFPGA quad systems with overall 20 FPGA … Read More → "PRO DESIGN Unveils New Virtex® UltraScale™ 440 FPGA Based Prototyping Solution"

Altera and Escape Communications Announce High-capacity Turn-key Modem Solution for E- and V-band Microwave Radios

San Jose, Calif., —Feb 26, 2015– Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) and Escape Communications today announced the availability of a high-performance, cost-effective and scalable microwave modem solution that that enables rapid system development and accelerates production shipments for microwave backhaul and fronthaul applications.

•       The turn-key platform includes an Arria V FPGA, host processor, Ethernet PHY, and Texas Instruments (TI) analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and digital-to-analog converters (DACs).

•       The platform includes both copper and SFP Ethernet ports and supports CPRI over SFP up to 3 Gbps.  For E- and V-band applications, the solution supports up to 256 … Read More → "Altera and Escape Communications Announce High-capacity Turn-key Modem Solution for E- and V-band Microwave Radios"

New Accelerometer with Exceptional Linearity Over Wide Dynamic Range

Hampton, Va. February 2015 – Measurement Specialties, now part of TE Connectivity (NYSE: TEL), has released the Model 7132AHT, a high temperature, miniature accelerometer with exceptional linearity across dynamic ranges from ±50 g to ±2000 g. 

The unit’s stable temperature response ensures reliable operation over an extended temperature range of -55°C to +163°C, making this triaxial IEPE accelerometer useful in high temperature, high frequency, shock and vibration … Read More → "New Accelerometer with Exceptional Linearity Over Wide Dynamic Range"

Xilinx and BEEcube Announce Highly Scalable Prototyping Platform for 5G Massive MIMO Antenna Systems

SAN JOSE, Calif.Feb. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) and BEEcube today announced a highly scalable prototyping platform for 5G massive MIMO antenna systems. The new MegaBEE prototyping platform supports up to 256×256 antennas and provides all the elements necessary to put a massive MIMO system on the air within LTE bands and without external hardware. At the heart of the MegaBEE platform is the Zynq® All Programmable SoC, bringing unmatched programmable hardware and software performance, functionality, flexibility, and integration to early 5G … Read More → "Xilinx and BEEcube Announce Highly Scalable Prototyping Platform for 5G Massive MIMO Antenna Systems"

CEVA Brings Human-Like Intelligent Vision Processing to Low-Power Embedded Systems

New CEVA-XM4 imaging and vision IP takes embedded vision one step closer to human vision, enabling:

  • Real-time 3D depth map and point cloud generation
  • Deep learning and neural network algorithms for object recognition and context awareness 
  • Computational photography for image enhancement including zoom, image stabilization, noise reduction and improved low-light capabilities

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., February 25, 2015 – CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), the leading licensor of DSP IP platforms for cellular, multimedia and connectivity, today unveiled the CEVA-XM4, its fourth-generation imaging and vision processor … Read More → "CEVA Brings Human-Like Intelligent Vision Processing to Low-Power Embedded Systems"

Qseven IoT kit from congatec simplifies IoT application development

San Diego, California, February 24th,  2015   *  *  *   congatec, a leading technology company for embedded computer modules, single board computers and EDM services, has released a Qseven IoT kit that makes it quick and easy to develop applications for the Internet of Things (IoT). The kit provides a complete starter set for the rapid prototyping of embedded IoT applications. The Qseven IoT kit contains a Qseven Computer-on-Module (COM) based on the latest Intel Atom processor technology, a compact IoT carrier board, a 7″ LVDS single touch display with LED backlight, and an extensive set of accessories including AC power supply and 802.11 … Read More → "Qseven IoT kit from congatec simplifies IoT application development"

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