August 6, 2010, Issaquah, Washington, USA – Silicon Designs, Inc. (SDI) (www.SiliconDesigns.comRead More → "Silicon Designs Announces Global Market Launch of Low Cost Universal Triaxial Capacitive Accelerometer Modules"
Ericsson’s Power Modules entry in Electronic Product Design’s (EPD) coveted e-Legacy awards has been picked as a finalist in the hotly contested ‘Investment in the Environment Award’, Ericsson’s entry, its 3E* concept and Design for Environment working practices … Read More → "Ericsson’s e-Legacy Awards Entry Achieves Final Selection"
IRVINE and SANTA CLARA, Calif., August 12, 2010 – Paragon Software Group, the technology leader in innovative data security and data management solutions, today announced that Paragon’s Universal File System Driver (UFSD) technology has been chosen by Marvell (< … Read More → "Paragon Software Selected By Marvell Semiconductor For Cross-Platform Technology"
POWAY, Calif., August 11, 2010 – AgigA Tech Inc., a subsidiary of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY), today announced the industry’s highest-density DDR3 solution as part of its family of high-speed, battery-free non-volatile RAM systems. The new solutions in the AGIGARAM™ non-volatile system (NVS) family deliver densities up to 8 gigabytes (GB) providing flexibility to system architects and designers to tailor non-volatile memory for specific application requirementsRead More → "AgigA Tech Expands Portfolio with Market’s Highest-Density Non-Volatile DDR3 Solution for Critical Data Back-Up"
RAID adapter cards are critical data-center subsystem components that ensure data storage and recovery during power outages. Battery-backed designs have hazardous waste disposal, shelf life, and maintenance issues, but recent advances in FPGA and flash-memory technologies support lower power memory backup designs that are powered by ultra capacitors. This paper provides an overview of the supporting component technologies that support such environmentally-friendly data recovery solutions.
Author: David McIntyre, Senior Business Unit Manager, Computer and Storage Business Unit, Altera Corporation
< … Read More → "Providing Battery-Free, FPGA-Based RAID Cache Solutions"MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – August 12, 2010 — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced the launch of the DesignWare® USB Software Alliance Program with leading USB software providers emsys, Jungo, MCCI and MicroDigital as inaugural members. This alliance program establishes an ecosystem of qualified USB software providers for drivers, firmware and stacks which have proven interoperability with Synopsys’ DesignWare USB 2.0 and SuperSpeed USB 3.0 IP. Synopsys and its DesignWare USB Software Alliance Program members can help designers to quickly incorporate USB connectivity into their system-on-chips (SoCs) with … Read More → "Synopsys launches DesignWare USB software alliance program"
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – August 12, 2010 — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced the launch of the DesignWare® USB Software Alliance Program with leading USB software providers emsys, Jungo, MCCI and MicroDigital as inaugural members. This alliance program establishes an ecosystem of qualified USB software providers for drivers, firmware and stacks which have proven interoperability with Synopsys’ DesignWare USB 2.0 and SuperSpeed USB 3.0 IP. Synopsys and its DesignWare USB Software Alliance Program members can help designers to quickly incorporate USB connectivity into their system-on-chips (SoCs) with … Read More → "Synopsys launches DesignWare USB software alliance program"
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Actel Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTL) today announced Windows® 7 support in Libero® Integrated Design Environment (IDE) v9.0 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2. These latest releases of Actel’s comprehensive software toolset also provide key new features for SmartFusion™ intelligent mixed signal FPGAs and RTAX-DSP FPGAs.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Actel Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTL) today announced Windows® 7 support in Libero® Integrated Design Environment (IDE) v9.0 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2. These latest releases of Actel’s comprehensive software toolset also provide key new features for SmartFusion™ intelligent mixed signal FPGAs and RTAX-DSP FPGAs.
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MILPITAS, CA – August 12, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LT3651-4.2, a highly efficient, 4A monolithic synchronous buck battery charger for 1-cell Li-Ion/Polymer batteries. The LT3651-4.2 accepts inputs up to 32V with a 40V absolute maximum rating for added system margin. Charge current is programmable and dynamically adjustable up to 4A; fully integrated synchronous power devices minimize power dissipation and save board space. User-selectable timer or C/10 termination requires no external microcontroller and simplifies the design. The LT3651-4.2 does not require external high-precision resistors to set the float voltage, further … Read More → "32V (40V max) Synchronous Monolithic 1-Cell Li-Ion/Polymer Battery Charger Delivers up to 4A Charge Current"
