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Actel Invites You to Design Fearlessly at ESC Boston 2010

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ — WHAT: Actel Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTL) will show attendees how to design fearlessly with SmartFusion(TM) intelligent mixed signal FPGAs, at the 2010 Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) Boston.

By participating in demonstrations and workshops, guests will learn how integrating an FPGA, embedded processor and programmable analog gives designers the freedom and flexibility to continually push their designs further.

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Actel Announces Largest SmartFusion Device in Production

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ — Actel Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTL) today announced that the largest SmartFusion™ device is now in production. SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs are the only devices to integrate an FPGA, an ARM® Cortex™-M3 processor and programmable analog, offering full customization, IP protection and ease-of-use. The largest device in the SmartFusion family offers 500,000 system gates, a hard 100 MHz 32-bit ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontroller subsystem with 512 Kbytes of embedded flash and 64 Kbytes of embedded SRAM, programmable analog … Read More → "Actel Announces Largest SmartFusion Device in Production"

SmartFusion A2F500 Development Kit Now Available From Actel

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ — For customers wanting to take immediate advantage of the highest density member of Actel’s SmartFusion™ intelligent mixed signal FPGA family, the company today announced the availability of the A2F500 Development Kit. The kit is supported by Actel’s Libero® Integrated Design Environment (IDE), which includes SoftConsole Eclipse-based embedded software development environment.

Actel today also announced the production availability of SmartFusion A2F500 devices. The device offers 500K system gates, a hard 100 MHz 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M3-based microcontroller subsystem with 512 MB of embedded flash and 64 KB … Read More → "SmartFusion A2F500 Development Kit Now Available From Actel"

Xilinx Demonstrates Intel® QuickPath Technology for FPGAs at Intel Developer Forum

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today showcased at the Intel Developer Forum the Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI) technology for enabling the integration of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) in high performance computing applications. The demonstration shows how high-performance Virtex FPGAs can support the low latency and memory coherency benefits of Intel® QPI when paired with Intel® Xeon® processors in HPC systems.

“The tremendous processing horsepower in Xilinx FPGAs has enabled its … Read More → "Xilinx Demonstrates Intel® QuickPath Technology for FPGAs at Intel Developer Forum"

TenAsys® Announces Support for New Intel® Atom™ Processor E6xx Series

Beaverton, Oregon – September 14, 2010 – TenAsys Corporation (www.tenasys.com), a leading provider of real-time OS and virtualization software, announces that it has validated the company’s INtime® for Windows® real-time  operating system (RTOS) and its eVM™ for Windows Embedded Virtualization Manager for use on the new Intel® Atom™ processor E6xx series.

The Intel Atom processor E6xx series … Read More → "TenAsys® Announces Support for New Intel® Atom™ Processor E6xx Series"

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SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today showcased at the Intel Developer Forum the Intel® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel® QPI) technology for enabling the integration of Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) in high performance computing applications. The demonstration shows how high-performance Virtex FPGAs can support the low latency and memory coherency benefits of Intel® QPI when paired with Intel® Xeon® processors in HPC systems.

“The tremendous processing horsepower in Xilinx FPGAs has enabled its … Read More → "Xilinx Demonstrates Intel® QuickPath TechnologXilinx Demonstrates Intel® QuickPath Technology for FPGAs at Intel Developer Forumy for FPGAs at Intel Developer Forum"

ROHM / OKI Semiconductor Co-Develop a Dedicated Chipset for Intel® Atom™ Processor E6xx Series

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ — ROHM Semiconductor, in collaboration with its affiliated company, OKI Semiconductor Co., Ltd., today announced the launch of a dedicated Large Scale Integrated (LSI) circuit family designed to support the Intel® Atom™ processor E6xx series (formerly code-named Tunnel Creek). This chipset consists of a power management IC (PMIC), a clock generator IC (CGIC) and an input/output hub (IOH) IC. A reference board that simplifies customer development is also available.

Mr. Toshiki Takano, a director of ROHM Co., Ltd. and head of LSI development headquarters says, “This complete chipset marks … Read More → "ROHM / OKI Semiconductor Co-Develop a Dedicated Chipset for Intel® Atom™ Processor E6xx Series"

Kontron Implements the Highly Integrated Intel® Atom™ Processor E6xx Series on Computer-on-Modules and Panel PCs

ECHING, Germany, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Kontron announced today that the newly introduced industrial-grade Intel® Atom™ processor E6xx series will be supported on Computer-on-Modules and Panel PCs. The first products to integrate the new Intel® Atom™ processor, specified for the industrial temperature range (E2) from -40 to +85 degrees C, include the Kontron Computer-on-Module nanoETXexpress-TT, an ultra sized COM compatible to the new release of the COM Express™ COM.0 Rev 2.0 pin-out Type 10, and the Kontron rugged display HMITR, a fanless and maintenance-free intelligent display. In addition to optimized power consumption and improved graphics … Read More → "Kontron Implements the Highly Integrated Intel® Atom™ Processor E6xx Series on Computer-on-Modules and Panel PCs"

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"

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