SUNNYVALE, Calif., November 8, 2010 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, announced today that its multi-threaded MIPS32® 34K® core is powering the revolutionary new Mobileye C2-270™ collision prevention system. The C2-270 was introduced separately by Mobileye, the global pioneer and leader in vision-based collision prevention systems. The off-the-shelf C2-270 product, featuring Mobileye’s MIPS-Based™ EyeQ2® vision chip, can increase pedestrian, road and vehicle safety by alerting drivers in the critical seconds before … Read More → "MIPS Technologies’ Multi-threaded Processor Powers New C2-270™ Collision Prevention System from Mobileye"

TOKYO, Japan, Mainz, Germany, November 8, 2010 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, and SYSGO, a leading supplier of certifiable operating systems, today announced its collaboration to jointly develop basic software supporting CPU virtualization technology suitable for real-time control applications.

Through the collaboration, Renesas Electronics will develop added functions necessary for the efficient operation of virtualization software enabling high-speed real-time control and improving the usability of the software development environment, incorporating these functions into microcontrollers (MCUs) with V850 CPU core.

SYSGO will port to Renesas Electronics’ V850 core its PikeOS hybrid OS, … Read More → "Renesas Electronics and SYSGO Collaborate to Jointly Develop Basic Software for CPU Virtualization Technology Enabling Real-Time Control"

HILLSBORO, OR –  Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced Version 1.1 of its Lattice Diamond™ FPGA design software, the flagship design environment for Lattice FPGA products. This important update includes support for the new MachXO2™ PLD family, completion of support for the LatticeECP3™ FPGA family, and the initial release of Lattice’s own synthesis engine with support for the MachXO™ and MachXO2 product families.

“We have had an extremely positive response from existing and new customers to the Lattice Diamond … Read More → "Updated Lattice Diamond FPGA Design Software Supports New MachXO2 PLD Family"

HILLSBORO, OR –  Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today unveiled its new MachXO2™ PLD family, which offers designers of low-density PLDs an unprecedented mix of low cost, low power and high system integration in a single device. Built on a low power 65-nm process featuring embedded Flash technology, the MachXO2 family delivers a 3X increase in logic density, a 10X increase in embedded memory, more than a 100X reduction in static power and up to 30% lower cost compared to the MachXO™ PLD family.& … Read More → "Lattice MachXO2 PLD Family Sets New Standards for Low Cost, Low Power Designs"

IRVINE, CA, Nov 03, 2010– Lantronix, Inc., global provider of secure, network-enabling technologies, today announced that its VIP Access(TM) software agent, a powerful part of the AccessMyDevice solution, has been integrated with two Texas Instruments (TI) Sitara(TM) ARM9(R) microprocessors (MPUs), AM18x and AM17x. The VIP Access software agent enables the TI Sitara line of microprocessors to provide secure remote access for OEMs’ embedded designs. Used in conjunction with Lantronix’ AccessMyDevice service, access and management to remote equipment can be enabled quickly and easily. AccessMyDevice offers a highly secure and efficient remote access solution via the Internet … Read More → "Texas Instruments Sitara ARM Microprocessors Now Compatible With Lantronix’ AccessMyDevice(TM) Service"

November 4, 2010. Savage, MN – Datakey Electronics’ new High Capacity Line of portable memory tokens combines the high capacity and high throughput of consumer memory products (like USB flash drives/thumb drives and SD cards) with Datakey Electronics’ rugged packaging, reliable operation, unique form-factors, and high cycle-life/harsh environment receptacles. These features allow embedded system designers to incorporate high capacity memory devices into their designs, without the shortcomings that consumer-focused solutions bring.

The High Capacity Line of re-programmable memory devices includes two families of memory tokens: the DFX Series, which delivers a high-performance Secure Digital (SD) interface (including … Read More → "Datakey Electronics Releases New High Capacity Line of Portable Memory Tokens"

SANTA BARBARA, CA — November 3, 2010 — Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, will debut and demonstrate its new run-time and development solutions for the ARM® Cortex™-M4 at electronica 2010, November 9-12, 2010, in Munich, Germany. Green Hills Software will demonstrate the solutions in Freescale’s booth # 107 in Hall A6.

Green Hills Demonstration:

The μ-velOSity Microkernel RTOS and Advanced Trace TimeMachine Tools on the Freescale Kinetis K60 Microcontroller

• The μ-velOSity™ microkernel RTOS is ultra-small and fast, ideally suited … Read More → "Green Hills Software to Demonstrate New Freescale ARM Technology at electronica 2010"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that San Francisco State University (SF State) is the latest university to receive the Charles Babbage Grant from Synopsys. Through the grant, the School of Engineering received licenses of Synopsys’ comprehensive electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property, along with curriculum support and professor training. The grant also enabled the creation of a new Nanoelectronics and Computing Research Laboratory (NeCRL) by providing a new server and compute hardware … Read More → "San Francisco State University Receives Charles Babbage Grant from Synopsys"

Bristol, UK and Sunnyvale, Calif. – Nov. 2, 2010– XMOS® today unveiled a new motor control platform, enabling developers to deliver innovative and highly efficient motor control designs. The XMOS motor control platform is comprised of:

• XCore® processors, the industry’s only hard real-time, multi-threaded processor architecture
• XMOS motor control hardware board, with support for dual axis motor control and communication
• A suite of control, processing and interfacing functions, to help designers quickly develop advanced motor … Read More → "XMOS Introduces Real-Time Platform for Energy-Efficient Motor Control"