Edinburgh, UK and Dublin, Ireland, November 17 2010 – Wolfson Microelectronics plc has today announced that its industry-leading audio and power management technology has been selected by mobile multimedia processing specialist Movidius to deliver exceptional audio performance and power management to its pioneering Myriad 3D platform reference and development boards.

Movidius has incorporated Wolfson’s integrated power management subsystem, the WM8312, and Wolfson’s low-power, high-quality stereo codec, the WM8987, into its Myriad 3D mobile development system: the latest product in Movidius’ landmark mobile imaging and video portfolio.

Movidius’ Myriad 3D is … Read More → "Wolfson audio and power management technology selected by Movidius for mobile 3D video and imaging platform"

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 16, 2010 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) and ST-Ericsson, a world leader in wireless platforms and semiconductors, today announced that ST-Ericsson is developing a next-generation PEPS-2 application-specific standard product (ASSP) prototyping platform based on Xilinx’s high performance Virtex®-6 FPGAs.

The new platform for emulation, prototyping and software development will include up to six high performance Virtex-6 FPGAs and will allow software development prior to ASSP silicon availability. ST-Ericsson deployed its first generation PEPS system, which included six Virtex-4 FPGAs, to develop its highly acclaimed U8500 … Read More → "Xilinx Enables Leading Wireless Platform & Semiconductor Company to Speed Wireless Products to Market with FPGA-based Prototyping System"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 17, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that its IC Validator physical verification product is qualified for TSMC’s 40-nm and 65-nm interoperable DRC/LVS runsets, and is immediately available to TSMC customers. IC Validator, part of the Galaxy™ Implementation Platform, is an ideal add-on to IC Compiler for In-Design physical verification. By enabling physical verification within the implementation flow, IC Validator enables place and route engineers to accelerate time to tapeout and improve manufacturability. TSMC’s qualification of IC Validator … Read More → "Synopsys’ IC Validator Completes Qualification for TSMC’s 40-nm and 65-nm iDRC/iLVS Physical Verification"

Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for networking, communications, and the digital home, today set new standards for performance per dollar and performance per watt across every major performance point from 100Mbps to 40Gbps by extending its family of OCTEON II processors with four new processor lines. The new OCTEON II processor families, CN60XX, CN61XX, CN62XX, and CN66XX, integrate one to ten cnMIPS64 cores expanding both low and mid range options in … Read More → "Cavium Networks Expands OCTEON II Multi-Core Family to Deliver Unmatched Integration and Compatibility Across Widest Range of Price/Performance Points"

SC’10, New Orleans, LA – November 16, 2010 – TYAN, an industry-leading server platform manufacturer, and a subsidiary of MiTAC International Corp., today announced four server platforms that are fully compatible with AMD FireStream™ GPU compute accelerators. 

The AMD FireStream™ GPU compute accelerators are general purpose graphics processing units that deliver exceptional floating point processing capabilities, and are used widely in HPC, cloud and enterprise-scale applications, helping reduce cycle times with up to 2.64 TFLOPs of single precision … Read More → "TYAN Announces AMD FireStream™ Compatible GPGPU Server Motherboards"

Irvine, California, November 15, 2010,–Advantech, a global embedded computing leader providing embedded platform solutions across multiple vertical markets, has released an intelligent, fanless, embedded IPC with PCI/PCIe multi-expansion: the ARK-5260, a powerful, expandable, all-in-one system with ruggedized design. This compact embedded IPC is powered by an Intel^® Atom™ D510 dual core processor up to 1.66 GHz. The ARK-5260 offers flexible expansion with 2 PCI slots and 1 PCIe … Read More → "PCI/PCIe Expandable Intelligent Embedded IPC"

MILPITAS, CA – November 16, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3692, a monolithic, dual output step-down switching regulator that can deliver up to 3.5A of continuous output current from each channel. It operates from a V_INrange of 3V to 36V with transient protection to 60V, making it ideal for load dump and cold-crank conditions … Read More → "36V with 60V Transient Protection, Dual Tracking 3.5A(IOUT), 2.25MHz Step-Down DC/DC Converter"