OTTAWA, ONTARIO – March 30, 2010 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, and CompactPCI® products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense (A&D) market, has announced the availability of the new OpenVPX™/VITA-65 compliant VPX6-6902 Serial RapidIO® (SRIO) switch card. This rugged 6U VPX board, available in both air- and conduction-cooled versions, combines Ethernet and SRIO switching in a single slot for management, control and dataplane switching in high performance embedded military systems. Supporting both Gen-1 SRIO (1.25, 2.5, 3.125 Gbaud) and Gen-2 SRIO (5.0, 6.25 Gbaud), the VPX6-6902 enables systems integrators to quickly and easily architect small to large high performance systems that adhere to the VITA-65 OpenVPX™ systems specification.

“The VPX6-6902 SRIO switch extends Curtiss-Wright Controls’ leadership in high-performance mission computing environments” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and general manager Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “By integrating SRIO and Ethernet switching, we can support embedded processing systems with the highest possible data bandwidths in the smallest footprints possible.”

SRIO is a next-generation data-plane interconnect, and combines extremely high data rates with low system latency. Eclipsing existing Generation 1 SRIO switches, the VPX6-6902 doubles the available bandwidth with SRIO Gen-2 technology, offering up to 20Gbps throughput on each of it’s 28 4-lane ports.  The VPX6-6902 is designed to form the interconnect backbone of extremely high-performance mission computing environments, and simplifies systems design with features designed for redundant and fail-safe architectures.

The VPX6-6902 is available in a variety of system configurations, and supports a number of standard OpenVPX™ profiles.  Popular configurations include:

1.       24 x SRIO (x4) ports to the VPX backplane and 4x SRIO (x4) ports to the front, with no Ethernet switching.

2.       20 x SRIO (x4) ports to the VPX backplane and 4x SRIO (x4) ports to the front,
along with 16x SerDes GbE ports and 2x 1000Base-T ports to the rear with an additional 2x 10GbE and one (1) 1000Base-T port to the front.

The VPX6-6902’s on-board management processor can be used to manage and configure the Ethernet switch, and also performs SRIO management and configuration.  IPMI is also supported for system level management. 

VPX6-6902 Key Features:

• 6U VPX Form Factor, complies with OpenVPX^TM / VITA-65 standards
• Combined SRIO Data plane and Ethernet Management and Control plane switch fabrics
• Enables easy implementation of scalable high performance centralized DSP clusters for small, medium and large systems
• Available with SRIO only, or SRIO + Ethernet switch fabrics
  • SRIO switch offers up to 24x 4-lane ports to the backplane, and 4x 4-lane ports to the front.
  • Second generation SRIO switching technology support both Gen-1 (1.25, 2.5 and 3.125 Gbaud) or Gen-2 (5.0 and 6.25 Gbaud) speeds
  • Integrated Ethernet switch offers up to 16x SerDes GbE and 2x 1000Base-T ports to the VPX backplane, along with + 2x 10GbE and 1x 1000Base-T ports to the front.
• On-board management processor for both SRIO and GbE fabrics
• Supports star and dual-star topologies for redundant and fail-safe architectures
• Pre-configured for 3rd party SRIO diagnostic Probe to provide system monitoring, analysis and diagnostics
• Air-cooled and Conduction-cooled models available in all ruggedization levels (L0, L100, L200)

The VPX6-6902 complements Curtiss-Wright Controls’ growing family of high-speed Single-Board Computer (SBC) and Digital Signal Processing (DSP) cards, including the recently announced CHAMP-AV5 with the Intel® Core™ i7 processor and the HPE720 Hybrid Processor Board with dual Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs and dual-core PPC processor.  The VPX6-6902 board supports multiple backplane profiles, and conforms to the OpenVPX® / VITA-65 standard.

Inquiries: Please forward all Sales and reader service inquiries to Jerri-Lynne Charbonneau, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, Tel: (613) 254-5112; Fax: (613) 599-7777; e-mail: sales@cwcembedded.com.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing

Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single source for embedded solutions, ranging from Processing, Subsystems, Data Communication, DSP, and Video & Graphics to the most advanced board level components and fully integrated custom systems. The Embedded Computing group serves the defense and aerospace markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc. For more information about Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, visitwww.cwcembedded.com.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.

Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit www.cwcontrols.com.

DÜSSELDORF (Germany), March 30, 2010—NEC Electronics Europe today announced it has expanded its popular 8-bit microcontroller (MCU) portfolio with the new All Flash™ 78K0/Kx2-A MCU series, featuring enhanced analog functionality for battery-operated portable devices. The four new MCUs offer robust peripherals combined with NEC Electronics’ proven 78K0 MCU interface and safety features to support applications that require high-precision analog sensing capabilities. Target applications include industrial building automation sensors and monitoring devices, and consumer electronics devices with human interface systems such as game-control handsets.

The new 78K0/Kx2-A series extends the rich analog peripheral set offered in NEC Electronics’ 78K0/Kx2 general-purpose MCUs and includes up to 12 channels of 12-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), and 3-channel operational amplifiers (op-amps) interlocked with 12-bit ADC inputs.

To facilitate easy migration within the 78K0/Kx2 series, the new 78K0/Kx2-A MCUs also share many of the built-in features common to the 78K0 MCU family. The peripheral set includes UART, I2C and CSI/SPI serial interfaces, 8- and 16-bit timers to manage an array of real-time input and output events, clock generators, and a real-time counter with clock and calendar functions to maintain time-of-day clock without CPU intervention. The analog and serial interface integration helps to reduce system costs, while the optimized 8-bit circuit design helps designers achieve low power consumption and high performance levels similar to those associated with NEC Electronics’ other 78K0/Kx2 devices.

Availability

The new 78K0/Kx2-A MCUs will be available in a 30-pin shrink-small outline package (SSOP) and 48-pin low-profile quad flat package (QFP) with flash memory capacities ranging from 16 to 32 kilobytes (KB). Samples are available now. Mass production of the new devices is slated to begin in July 2010. (Availability is subject to change without notice.) More information about NEC Electronics Europe MCUs can be found at http://www.eu.necel.com/micro

About NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH

NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH, headquartered in Duesseldorf, Germany, is a leading developer and supplier of semiconductor products in Europe. Committed to meeting customers’ cost, performance and time-to-market requirements, the company offers solutions ranging from standard products to system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions, as well as customized products for next-generation designs. Our customers also benefit from state-of-the-art manufacturing from the global production network of our parent company, NEC Electronics Corporation. Additionally, NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH is the exclusive European sales and marketing channel of LCD modules from NEC LCD Technologies Ltd.. For more information visit http://www.eu.necel.com .

WILSONVILLE, Ore., March 30, 2010—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (“SMIC”, NYSE: SMI; SEHK: 0981.HK) has qualified Mentor Graphics Calibre® products as the reference platform for design-for-manufacturing (DFM) sign-off for 65nm and smaller processes. The reference flow includes all elements of the Calibre DFM offering including: the Calibre LFD™ product for litho checking; the Calibre CMPAnalyzer product for CMP (planarity) simulation; the Calibre YieldAnalyzer product for critical area analysis (CAA) and simulation; and the Calibre YieldEnhancer product with SmartFill for automated DFM layout improvements, including highly-optimized planarity fill. SMIC is also using the Calibre solution for its DFM services offerings.

“We are moving aggressively to add DFM sign-off requirements for 65nm and below, making it mandatory at all levels, including full-chip, block and IP,” said Max Liu, vice president, Corporate Design Service Center at SMIC. “We selected Calibre because we found it to be a complete, accurate and reliable platform for DFM, ensuring the effectiveness of SMIC’s reference flow. For example, Calibre LFD is a primary litho-checking tool accurate enough to be certified on our 65nm process. Consequently, process variability analysis tools used in our flow, including electrical analysis, use contours generated by Calibre LFD. Also, Calibre CMPAnalyzer provides the ability for SMIC to build and modify our CMP model, giving us greater flexibility and control of the DFM process. In addition, Calibre, as a widely-used platform in the industry for the entire post tapeout flow, makes it easy for our customers to integrate IP that has also been verified with Calibre into their designs.”

“Using DFM is becoming a competitive factor for both foundries and fabless designers,” said Joseph Sawicki, vice president and general manager for the Design-to-Silicon Division at Mentor Graphics. “The Calibre platform makes DFM a seamless extension to our customers’ existing physical verification flow, making product adoption simple and delivering a performance advantage that reduces overall cycle time.”

About Mentor Graphics

Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and award-winning support for the world’s most successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about $800 million and employs approximately 4,425 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.