OTTAWA, CANADA – OCTOBER 21, 2010 – Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC), 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 market, has announced the availability of the latest version of the Presagis SeaWind® OpenGL graphics driver software developed for use with the company’s high performance XMC-710 display controller mezzanine cards. The graphics software suite, provided directly from CWCEC, offers expanded operating environment support, with the addition of SYSGO eLinOS 4.2 and Red Hat RHEL 5.4 to … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Announces Enhanced Presagis SeaWind®/GL/GN Graphics Software for Curtiss-Wright Controls X11™ and OpenGL®"

Dusseldorf, 22nd October 2010 – To spur embedded design creativity and competition, Renesas Electronics has launched the Renesas RX Design Contest, featuring the new RX family of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) and a robust software support environment, provided by Renesas Electronics and its Alliance Partner community. This includes CMX Systems, IAR Systems, Micrium, Micron Technology, SEGGER, Rowebots and TotalPhase. The Renesas RX Design Contest provides an open, creative environment in which embedded engineers can showcase their skills in any type of design using an RX MCU. 

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MILPITAS, CA – October 21, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4071, an easy-to-use, tiny shunt battery system for Li-Ion/Polymer batteries that integrates a charger and battery pack protection in one IC. The LTC4071, with its 550nA operating current, charges and protects batteries from previously unusable very low current, intermittent or continuous charging sources. The LTC4071 can charge at currents up to 50mA. A near zero current (<0.1nA) low battery latching disconnect function protects even low capacity batteries from deep discharge and potentially irreparable damage. Housed in a low … Read More → "Sub 1µA IQ Battery Charger Also Provides Pack Protection"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing today announced that it received TSMC’s inaugural “Interface IP Partner of the Year Award.” The award recognizes Synopsys’ superior performance in the TSMC IP Alliance. Synopsys was selected based on customer feedback, TSMC-9000 compliance, technical support excellence and customer IP usage. Synopsys’ DesignWare® interface IP portfolio consists of widely used protocols such as USB, Read More → "Synopsys Awarded TSMC’s ‘Interface IP Partner of the Year’"

Pittsburgh, PA — October 19, 2010 — Powercast Corporation, a leader in RF-based wireless power and energy harvesting technology, today announced availability of its TX91501 Powercaster™ Transmitter which uses the 915-MHz ISM band to transmit common radio waves for power and data in commercial, industrial and defense applications. As the power source for Powercast’s RF energy-harvesting wireless power solution, the TX91501 broadcasts power and data over 40 feet to its companion Read More → "Powercast Transmitter Sends Power, Data for RF Energy Harvesting & Wireless Power Systems"

MILPITAS, CA – October 21, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4071, an easy-to-use, tiny shunt battery system for Li-Ion/Polymer batteries that integrates a charger and battery pack protection in one IC. The LTC4071, with its 550nA operating current, charges and protects batteries from previously unusable very low current, intermittent or continuous charging sources. The LTC4071 can charge at currents up to 50mA. A near zero current (<0.1nA) low battery latching disconnect function protects even low capacity batteries from deep discharge and potentially irreparable damage. Housed in a low profile (0.75 … Read More → "Sub 1µA IQ Battery Charger Also Provides Pack Protection"

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – October 21, 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, today announced that the latest Ethernet switch families from Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks, are powered by MIPS® processors. Both the newest members of the SparX-III™ Ethernet switch family and the new Caracal™ family of Ethernet switches take advantage of MIPS’ performance/power efficiency advantages and feature Vitesse’s EcoEthernet™ v2.0 green technology, … Read More → "Vitesse Leverages MIPS® Processor IP for New Eco-Ethernet Switch Families"

GENEVA and SANTA BARBARA, CA — October 20, 2010 — STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a world leader in System-on-Chip technology, and Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announced software development tools and operating system support for the STMicroelectronics SPEAr300 and SPEAr600 family of microprocessor units (MPUs). Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS), which is designed for use in embedded systems that require maximum reliability and absolute security, is now available for the SPEAr300, SPEAr310, SPEAr320 and SPEAr600 devices.

Combining an ARM926EJ-S processor core with a rich set … Read More → "STMicroelectronics and Green Hills Software Announce Software Support for SPEAr Microprocessor Families"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire/ — OmniVision Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVTI), a leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions, today announced that its OV9715 automotive-grade megapixel sensor has been selected by Xilinx, Inc. for its four camera, 360-degree surround view automotive reference design. The Xilinx reference design highlights the advantages of megapixel resolution sensors over VGA-based systems for extreme wide-angle field of view applications, such as greatly improved image distortion correction and stitching. Designed to meet the stringent requirements of the automotive and sensing applications markets, the OV9715 also improves … Read More → "OmniVision and Xilinx Develop Automotive Reference Design for 360-degree Surround View Applications"