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ADLINK Announces 16-/8-channel High-density Simultaneous Sampling PXI Data Acquisition Modules

September 14, 2010, San Jose, Calif – ADLINK Technology, Inc., a leading provider of data acquisition (DAQ) boards, announced the release of the PXI-2022/2020 high-density simultaneous sampling PXI DAQ boards. As the latest addition to ADLINK’s extensive lineup of DAQ boards, the PXI-2022 and PXI-2020 provide 16-bit simultaneous sampling of devices at sample rates of 250 kS/s per channel across sixteen and eight channels, respectively. The PXI-2022 and PXI-2020 are ideal for applications that require simultaneous sampling over multiple channels, such as advanced physical research, radar, sonar, ultrasonic measurements, car engine test and … Read More → "ADLINK Announces 16-/8-channel High-density Simultaneous Sampling PXI Data Acquisition Modules"

eMemory Standardizes on Synopsys FastSPICE for Circuit Simulation

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) , a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that eMemory Technology, Inc. has selected Synopsys’ CustomSim(TM) solution for all of its circuit simulation needs. On a 45-nanometer (nm) embedded non-volatile memory, the CustomSim solution demonstrated up to 2 times faster simulation runtime compared to other commercial FastSPICE tools, and delivered results tightly correlated to silicon data. Based on these results, CustomSim is now used in verification … Read More → "eMemory Standardizes on Synopsys FastSPICE for Circuit Simulation"

Synopsys Reduces IP Integration Risk With Extensive SATA-IO Interoperability Testing

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) , a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Synopsys’ DesignWare® Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) IP solution has successfully passed the SATA International Organization (SATA-IO) electrical, digital and system interoperability testing for 130- to 40-nanometer (nm) process technologies. The SATA-IO interoperability testing validates Synopsys’ internal testing of the DesignWare SATA IP, which includes extensive digital and mixed-signal simulation validation, hardware FPGA-based prototyping using Synopsys’ … Read More → "Synopsys Reduces IP Integration Risk With Extensive SATA-IO Interoperability Testing"

Synopsys Reduces IP Integration Risk With Extensive SATA-IO Interoperability Testing

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) , a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Synopsys’ DesignWare® Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) IP solution has successfully passed the SATA International Organization (SATA-IO) electrical, digital and system interoperability testing for 130- to 40-nanometer (nm) process technologies. The SATA-IO interoperability testing validates Synopsys’ internal testing of the DesignWare SATA IP, which includes extensive digital and mixed-signal simulation validation, hardware FPGA-based prototyping using Synopsys’ … Read More → "Synopsys Reduces IP Integration Risk With Extensive SATA-IO Interoperability Testing"

Intel Goes Embedded—Sort Of

Shout the word “microprocessor” in a crowded theater and most people think “Intel.” In reality, Intel makes only about two percent of the world’s microprocessor chips. The other 98% come from dozens of suppliers of 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microprocessors used in embedded applications. Intel has generally been quite happy to keep the most lucrative 2% to itself and leave the other 98% for everyone else.

Until now.

At this week’s Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco the company pulled the wraps off the Atom E6xx microprocessor chip, … Read More → "Intel Goes Embedded—Sort Of"

Facilitating an Intimate Conversation

“Things would be so much easier if I just knew what you wanted!”

A statement that may strike fear into the heart of many a spouse, this simple plea calls for something other than just charging ahead. It suggests a negotiated path as a better way. It suggests the opening of dialog.

Ironically, as hard as this can be for humans to achieve, it has become more and more common amongst our inanimate brethren. All the way back to the negotiation of baud rate between faxes (the original, “Can you hear me … Read More → "Facilitating an Intimate Conversation"

Blasting More Bits

FPGAs thrive on the desire for bandwidth.  Every time another household upgrades its flat-screen TV to 1080p, the FPGA industry says “Thank You.”  Every time the cable and satellite companies need to upgrade their service infrastructure to support a new standard, the FPGA world says “Muchas Gracias.”  When a movie studio releases a blockbuster title created entirely in digital 3D, FPGA companies say “Domo Arigato Gozaimasu.”

Why do FPGAs and bandwidth go together?

FIrst, FPGAs are excellent deliverers of bandwidth.& … Read More → "Blasting More Bits"

Pantech Selects Atmel maXTouch Solution To Power IZAR, VEGA and EASE Smartphones

San Jose, CA, September 13, 2010 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced that Korea-based Pantech has selected the Atmel maXTouch™ solution to power the IZAR, VEGA and EASE touch-enabled smartphones. Leveraging Atmel maXTouch solutions, these new phones offer multi-touch interfaces on Android platforms.

The robust Atmel maXTouch solutions offer higher performance, true unlimited touch functionality, stylus support, better power consumption and faster response times for the user.</ … Read More → "Pantech Selects Atmel maXTouch Solution To Power IZAR, VEGA and EASE Smartphones"

Actel FPGAs Now Available With Cryptographic Cores Offering DPA Resistance

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Actel Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTL) today announced that several of its FPGAs are now usable with cryptographic cores offering differential power analysis (DPA) resistance. Customers designing with SmartFusion(TM), Fusion, ProASIC®3 and IGLOO® devices can now protect their secret keys from DPA attacks by implementing AES, GCM or ECC intellectual property cores from IP Cores, Inc. These cores are the first commercially available cryptographic cores for FPGAs offering DPA resistance. IP Cores, Inc. specializes in IP … Read More → "Actel FPGAs Now Available With Cryptographic Cores Offering DPA Resistance"

LeCroy Announces New ExpressCard 2.0 Interposer for PCI Express® 2.0 Analysis

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ — Intel Developer Forum — LeCroy Corporation, a leading supplier of oscilloscopes and serial data test solutions, today introduced a new ExpressCard 2.0 Interposer for the Summit(TM) PCI Express Protocol Analyzer product line. This new ExpressCard 2.0 Interposer is a dedicated probe that makes it easier to analyze data traffic from an ExpressCard interface (designed to insert into an ExpressCard slot in a notebook or tablet system). The ExpressCard standard was developed by the PCMCIA to replace the previous PC card and CardBus standards.

The new ExpressCard 2.0 Standard developed by the PCMCIA, and now part of … Read More → "LeCroy Announces New ExpressCard 2.0 Interposer for PCI Express® 2.0 Analysis"

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