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austriamicrosystems announces a low-power, 2.4 GHz multi-channel FSK transceiver with built-in star network manager

Unterpremstaetten, Austria (September 1, 2010) – austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs, has announced the AS3940, the first fully integrated 2.4 GHz multi-channel FSK (frequency shift keying) transceiver with integrated Read More → "austriamicrosystems announces a low-power, 2.4 GHz multi-channel FSK transceiver with built-in star network manager"

Socially Inept

It’s 4:45AM.  Charles hits “snooze” one last time on his alarm clock.  He can wait another 8 minutes before trying to really wake up for his 5AM conference call with Europe.  His status report is 80% finished on his laptop, which waits in “hibernate” by his bed.  His smartphone is on his nightstand, next to his bluetooth headset.  He tells himself he’s pretty much ready for the meeting.

4:53AM – the alarm beeps again and Charles forces his eyelids apart, rolls out of bed and stumbles down the hallway to … Read More → "Socially Inept"

Science Fiction or Black Art?

Once upon a time, and a long time ago it was, a company in what was struggling to be known as Silicon Valley (Germanium Gulch never really caught on) had an order for a discontinued product. The customer was pressing, so the company ran a batch of wafers (probably one-inch wafers), but none of the end product worked. A second batch was also DoA. After a great deal of head-scratching, someone remembered that since the last successful production run, clean room staff had started wearing gloves. A third batch went through the line … Read More → "Science Fiction or Black Art?"

Intel Buys Its Own Caribbean Island

Last week Intel opened its sizable checkbook and offered to buy McAfee for $7.68 billion. And the world replied, WTF?

Seven billion, six-hundred-and-eighty million dollars is a big steaming pile of cash, no matter who you are. That’s Caribbean-island-with-gold-plated-faucets kind of money. Buying AMD would have been cheaper (though illegal). It’s as much capital as Microchip and NXP put together. It’s more cash than Xilinx or Altera is worth. It’s less money than NASA spent to go to the moon—seven … Read More → "Intel Buys Its Own Caribbean Island"

EMA TimingDesigner 9.25 Automates Static Timing Analysis Process

Rochester, NY (August 31, 2010) – EMA Design Automation™ (www.ema-eda.com), a full-service provider of electrical and mechanical CAD tools, today announced TimingDesigner 9.25 with enhanced Automerge functionality that dramatically decreases the time required for performing interface timing analysis. “TimingDesigner has always been about accurate, comprehensive timing analysis,” said Manny Marcano, president and CEO … Read More → "EMA TimingDesigner 9.25 Automates Static Timing Analysis Process"

Technical Education on Digital Signal Processing, FPGAs and Embedded Processors

Starnberg, August 31, 2010 – qaqadu event gmbh, expert for technical education, again offers technical short courses on engineering topics starting in October 2010. Thus meeting the further increasing demand for information on topics such as digital signal processing and FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), qaqadu will present the following courses: FPGAs for embedded processors (October 12-14, 2010). DSP for FPGAs (November 16-19, 2010), and DSP Theory, Algorithms and Architectures (December 7-10, 2010). The courses are going to take place in Munich, Germany. The instruction language is English.

Special attention is paid to practical experience; after each presentation a hands-on session will follow in … Read More → "Technical Education on Digital Signal Processing, FPGAs and Embedded Processors"

HDL Works Presents ‘IO Checker 2.0’

About IO Checker 

IO Checker will verify that signal names used in the FPGA are connected to the appropriate signals on the PCB. Additionally it verifies the voltage values connected to the FPGA power and reference pins.

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Dialog Semiconductor’s power management IC and audio codec adopted by Renesas Electronics’ SH7724 mobile device platform

Kirchheim/Teck, Germany, 31st August 2010 – Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a leading provider of highly integrated innovative power management semiconductor solutions, has announced its DA9052 system level power management (PMIC) and DA7210 Class G audio ICs have been incorporated in the Renesas Electronics’ SH7724 reference platform, which is now shipping and generally available.

Renesas Electronics’ SH7724 reference platform (part number ROP7724LC0021RL) facilitates the design of a wide range of mobile devices, such as IP security cameras, car navigation systems with terrestrial digital broadcasting reception and portable media players. It combines Renesas Electronics’ SH7724 multimedia applications … Read More → "Dialog Semiconductor’s power management IC and audio codec adopted by Renesas Electronics’ SH7724 mobile device platform"

Micro Digital Offers Full USB WiFi Support

Costa Mesa, California, August 31st, 2010 — smxWiFi™ provides the necessary software to easily add wireless connectivity to an embedded system. It is a robust, 802.11 Media Access Control (MAC) stack specifically designed and developed for embedded systems. (An 802.11 network is a wireless local area network (WLAN) that conforms to the 802.11 standards.) smxWiFi conforms to 802.11 a/b/g/i/n.

Due to the complexities of the 802.11 protocol, smxWiFi requires a multitasking environment; for this, it has been integrated with our SMX® RTOS. A TCP/IP stack is also required; for this it has been integrated with our … Read More → "Micro Digital Offers Full USB WiFi Support"

Adeneo Embedded Releases Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7 Board Support Packages for NXP MCUs

Bellevue, WA, August 31st, 2010 – Adeneo Embedded, the Microsoft Windows Embedded Gold Partner awarded “Windows Embedded Training Partner of the Year” and “Windows Embedded Systems Integrator of the Year” for both 2007, 2008 and 2009 in North America and Europe, announced the immediate availability of … Read More → "Adeneo Embedded Releases Microsoft Windows Embedded Compact 7 Board Support Packages for NXP MCUs"

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