Unterpremstaetten, Austria (July 22, 2010) – austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS) Full Service Foundry business unit today announced the fourth anniversary of high volume production of its leading edge 120 V 0.35 µm High-Voltage CMOS technology H35. The H35 specialty foundry technology allows the integration of 3.3 V, 5 V, 20 V, 50 V and 120 V NMOS … Read More → "austriamicrosystems celebrates 4th anniversary of high volume production of its best-in-class 120 V 0.35 µm High-Voltage CMOS process"

WILSONVILLE, Ore., July 22, 2010—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that the Mentor Embedded™ Nucleus® Real Time Operating System (RTOS) is the handset industry’s most widely adopted RTOS, found in over 2.11 billion devices, according to the VisionMobile’s 100 Million Club research report. The 100 Million Club is a watch-list of software companies whose products have been embedded in more than 100 million cellular handsets. The Mentor Graphics® Nucleus RTOS product usage equates to 42% of the worldwide handset market, according to the study.

The Nucleus RTOS product is a proven, highly efficient, and … Read More → "Mentor Embedded Nucleus Real Time Operating System Adoption Exceeds 2.1 Billion Handsets"

July 2010 – Excelsys Technologies, the world leading specialists in high efficiency configurable power supplies announces the availability of conformally coated versions of its market leading Xgen user configurable power supply range. Having been extensively HALT tested for resistance to shock and vibration and characterised over their extended operating temperature range these ruggedized versions of the Excelsys Xgen series are ideal for COTS/MIL applications and extreme industrial installations.

Boasting industry leading power density of 17W/in3 and incredible efficiencies of 90% in a 1U package the Xgen series provides power solutions from 200W-1450W and sets the standard for … Read More → "Excelsys Xgen Power Supplies Now Conformal Coated for COTS/MIL Applications"

SUNNYVALE, Calif. (July 23, 2010) – MoSys, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOSY), a leading provider of serial chip-to-chip communications solutions that deliver unparalleled bandwidth performance for next generation networking systems and advanced system-on-chip (SoC) designs,  has successfully taped out its Bandwidth Engine™ integrated circuit (IC). This first member of the MoSys Bandwidth Engine family of advanced system solutions will combine MoSys’ patented 1T-SRAM® high-density embedded memory with its ultra high-speed 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps) SerDes interface ( … Read More → "MoSys Tapes Out Bandwidth Engine™ IC for Next Generation Networking Applications"

July 2010 – EMC immunity testing makes very specific demands on RF power meters. A large dynamic range, fast measurements, rugged design and a frequency range that matches the application are some of the unique requirements for power meters in an EMC test environment.

TESEQ, the leading developer and provider of instrumentation and test systems for EMC emission and immunity testing, announces the introduction of The PM 6006 power meter which has been specially designed to meet these demanding … Read More → "New Rugged Power Meters from Teseq"

TAIPEI, TAIWAN, July 22, 2010 – VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced device development kits for the VIA AMOS-5000 series, facilitating a more rational design infrastructure for a broad range of application-specific and fanless Em-ITX-based devices.

VIA AMOS-5000 series development kits combine application specific VIA EM-IO expansion modules with specially designed extendable aluminum chassis kits. This allows embedded OEM and ODM customers to easily and quickly develop a variety of fanless embedded box systems suited to for a range of applications.

“Our strategy is simple, … Read More → "VIA brings greater expediency and versatility to fanless embedded PC design with modular expansion board and chassis development kits"

Tokyo, Japan. July 22, 2010 — eSOL, a leading developer of real-time embedded software solutions, announced today that its eCROS integrated software platform is being used in the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Venus orbiter “AKATSUKI” (PLANET-C project) and the Small Solar Power Sail Demonstrator “IKAROS” ? both launched on May 21. JAXA selected eSOL’s eCROS in order to ensure the reliability and quality of the spacecraft. eCROS also enabled the space agency to develop the spacecraft at lower cost and in less time. eCROS will be adopted in several satellites and orbiters planned to be … Read More → "JAXA Selects eSOL’s ‘eCROS’ Software Platform for Venus Climate Orbiter and World’s First ‘Space Yacht’"

Belgrade, Serbia – July 22nd, 2010 – HDL Design House has announced HVT MX25L VITAL
behavioral model, fully compliant to Macronix MX25L8006E, 8 Mbit CMOS Serial Flash Memory, REV.0.01, Jan 28,2010 specification. The MX25L8006E is a flash memory with standard serial interface, which supports standard 1xI/O and dual 2xI/O read, erase and program operations with power supply in 2.7V-3.6V range. This device is Serial Peripheral Interface compatible with Mode 0 and Mode 3. The memory is organized in 16 equal 64KB blocks, or 256 equal 4KB sectors, in order to enable individual block/sector … Read More → "HDL Design House announces HVT MX25L VITAL behavioral model"

MILPITAS, CA – July 22, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTM8033, a complete 3A DC/DC µModule® regulator system. In addition to the device’s onboard inductor, DC/DC converter and supporting circuitry, it includes an EMI (electromagnetic interference) filter, making it compliant with EN55022 Class B by a wide margin (see online report at www.linear.com/micromodule). The circuitry is housed in a small 11.25mm x 15mm x 4.32mm enclosed plastic LGA (land grid array) package and weighs only 2.3g. The LTM8033 … Read More → "EN55022 Class B Noise Compliant 3A DC/DC µModule Regulator Operates from 3.6V to 36V Input"

MILPITAS, CA – July 22, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTM8033, a complete 3A DC/DC µModule® regulator system. In addition to the device’s onboard inductor, DC/DC converter and supporting circuitry, it includes an EMI (electromagnetic interference) filter, making it compliant with EN55022 Class B by a wide margin (see online report at www.linear.com/micromodule). The circuitry is housed in a small 11.25mm x 15mm x 4.32mm enclosed plastic LGA (land grid array) package and weighs only 2.3g. The LTM8033 … Read More → "EN55022 Class B Noise Compliant 3A DC/DC µModule Regulator Operates from 3.6V to 36V Input"