Acrosser is pleased to announce the new 3.5” SBC, AR-B6050, which carries the Intel ATOM N450. Acrosser took the advantage of the new N450 chipset to accomplish the design, such as the small footprint, the low power consumption, the high speed of DMI interface, and the built-in GPU. AR-B6050 has completed Acrosser’s SBC product line with a 3.5” small form factor, good processing power but low power consumption.

AR-B6050 includes SO-DIMM socket … Read More → "Acrosser launches Small form factor 3.5” SBC solution with Intel Atom processor N450 and Core Technology in Versatile Vertical Applications"

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – July 26, 2010 – Ramtron International Corporation (Nasdaq: RMTR), a leading developer and supplier of ferroelectric-based low-power memory and integrated semiconductor products, today announced the availability of commercial samples of its F-RAM enabled MaxArias™ wireless memory devices.  Ramtron’s MaxArias wireless memory products combine the low power, high speed, and high endurance features of … Read More → "Ramtron Begins Commercial Sampling of MaxArias Wireless Memory"

Swissbit AG – July 2010 — Bronschhofen, Switzerland – Swissbit is proud to announce a new addition to its INDUSTRIAL family of high performance / high reliability SDRAM memory modules, the 1GB DDR2 Very Low Profile (VLP) Registered Mini-DIMM (Mini-RDIMM). This 244-pin, 72-bit wide, single rank Registered Mini-DIMM with small dimensions of 82.0 x 18.3 mm (0.72 inch) is a perfect choice for space limited industrial applications like ATCA … Read More → "Industrial 1GB DDR2 VLP Registered Mini-DIMM"

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNXT), a leading supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, embedded modem, and video surveillance applications, today announced that its award-winning CX20562 speakers-on-a-chip audio solution was selected by VXi Corporation, a leading provider of best-in-class headset solutions, for a new USB headset adapter. VXi’s X200 adapter is targeted at computer-based voice communications applications that require high-quality voice and audio including Unified Communications (UC), VoIP telephony, and speech recognition. The adapter is available now from VXi’s global network of distributors and resellers.

“VXi is … Read More → "Conexant’s Embedded Audio Solution Chosen by VXi Corporation for USB Headset Adapter"

SUNNYVALE, Calif.– July 26, 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, announced that support for the MIPS® architecture is included in new SkypeKit™ developer tools available now from Skype. Through the SkypeKit closed … Read More → "MIPS Technologies Delivers Reference Implementation for Skype on MIPS-Based™ Devices"

Shanghai, China – July 26, 2010 – The annual SoC IP Symposium is China’s premier show to feature the latest technology and product information for the SoC design community. This year’s show, which was held in Shanghai and Beijing in June, attracted over 300 qualified attendees and 14 exhibitors. The show is organized by S2C, a leading rapid SoC prototyping company, headquartered in San Jose, CA with development and support centers in Shanghai and Beijing.& … Read More → "The Third Anual SOCIP Show Was A Major Success"

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) today announced that its Stratix® V family of FPGAs is optimized to support Micron Technology’s next-generation reduced-latency DRAM (RLDRAM® 3 memory). Stratix V FPGAs feature a new memory architecture that delivers the FPGA industry’s highest system performance with low latency and high efficiency. Stratix V FPGAs provide networking equipment manufacturers with a memory interface solution capable of transferring voice, video and data across the Internet quickly and efficiently.

WILSONVILLE, Ore., July 26, 2010—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that collaborative efforts with National Instruments have resulted in a solution that provides test-oriented feedback to design teams at every step of the design process. The new SystemVision™ SVX Client environment for the NI LabVIEW software allows designers to develop their test bench against a virtual prototype based upon their specification, and then use the exact same test bench in the NI LabVIEW software on physical prototypes. This process allows test bench development to be done in parallel with system development and prototyping, speeding time to market … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Collaboration with National Instruments Speeds Time to Market with Faster Test Bench Development"

WILSONVILLE, Ore., July 26, 2010—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that collaborative efforts with National Instruments have resulted in a solution that provides test-oriented feedback to design teams at every step of the design process. The new SystemVision™ SVX Client environment for the NI LabVIEW software allows designers to develop their test bench against a virtual prototype based upon their specification, and then use the exact same test bench in the NI LabVIEW software on physical prototypes. This process allows test bench development to be done in parallel with system development and prototyping, speeding time to market … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Collaboration with National Instruments Speeds Time to Market with Faster Test Bench Development"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif, July 26. Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Foveon Inc., a world innovator in the design and development of image sensors and image capture systems, has taped out its newest generation direct image sensor using Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer® solution. The Foveon X3® direct image sensor, used in high end consumer cameras such as Sigma’s SD15 digital SLR camera, has over 14 million pixels and is implemented on a 180 nanometer (nm) CMOS die. Foveon chose Synopsys’ custom design solution … Read More → "Foveon switches to Galaxy Custom Designer solution to accelerate time to tapeout"