Kistler Instrument Corporation (www.kistler.com), a worldwide supplier of precision sensors, systems and instrumentation for the dynamic measurement of pressure, force, torque and acceleration, has announced recent enhancements to its industry best-selling three-component triaxial force link product range, to include expanded measurement capabilities from ±1.8k to ±33.7k lbf and other design enhancements for greater measurement flexibility and performance.

Kistler three-component dynamic force links are compact, fully calibrated and preloaded for … Read More → "Kistler USA Announces Recent Enhancements to Three-Component Triaxial Force Link Product Offerings"

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML) , a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced production availability of the next-generation Atmel 32-bit AVR® UC3L microcontroller (MCU) with picoPower® technology and embedded capacitive touch controller peripherals. By lowering the static power consumption by 90 percent and active power consumption by 45 percent, Atmel enables a performance/power ratio unsurpassed in the microcontroller market. With 1.5 DMIPS per MHz and DSP (digital signal processing) instructions at your fingertips, embedded … Read More → "Atmel Next-Generation 32-bit AVR UC3L MCU Lowers Power Consumption by up to 90 Percent"

MILPITAS, CA – June 15, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3957, a highly versatile DC/DC converter for boost, flyback, SEPIC and inverting power supply applications. This device operates over an input voltage range of 3V to 40V, has an onboard 5A/40V power switch and achieves efficiencies up to 96%, making it well suited for industrial, automotive, medical and telecom applications.

The LT3957 can generate either a positive or negative regulated output voltage with its two internal voltage feedback error amplifiers and reference voltages. One set is for positive output voltages … Read More → "5A DC/DC Converter Generates Either a Positive or a Negative Regulated Voltage"

MILPITAS, CA – June 15, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3957, a highly versatile DC/DC converter for boost, flyback, SEPIC and inverting power supply applications. This device operates over an input voltage range of 3V to 40V, has an onboard 5A/40V power switch and achieves efficiencies up to 96%, making it well suited for industrial, automotive, medical and telecom applications.

The LT3957 can generate either a positive or negative regulated output voltage with its two internal voltage feedback error amplifiers and reference voltages. One set is for positive output voltages … Read More → "5A DC/DC Converter Generates Either a Positive or a Negative Regulated Voltage"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 14, 2010—Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced it is delivering an optimised, pre-validated design environment for the Common Platform alliance (CPA) 32/28 nanometer(nm) high-k metal gate (HKMG) technology based on Synopsys’ Lynx Design System. Accomplished under a multi-year collaboration with ARM and the Common Platform alliance [IBM, Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., GLOBALFOUNDRIES], the optimisations to the Lynx Design System and its Galaxy™ Implementation Platform-enabled flow for ARM’s advanced physical IP and the ARM Cortex™A9 MPCore … Read More → "Synopsys delivers optimised Lynx Design System for Common Platform 32/28nm technology"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 11, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that China-based Shanghai Hua Hong NEC Electronics Company, Ltd. has successfully used Agilent’s Read More → "Agilent Technologies’ Device Modeling Software Enables Successful Development of Hua Hong NEC’s RF Device Modeling Platform"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) , a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today introduced its Galaxy Characterization Solution. The Galaxy Characterization Solution is a comprehensive suite of tools architected to generate compact, highly-accurate libraries for the design and implementation of complex system-on-chips (SoCs). Today’s SoCs require libraries that contain hundreds of gigabytes of timing, power, noise and process variation data to ensure the chip meets all performance criteria. The Galaxy Characterization … Read More → "Synopsys Unveils Galaxy Characterization Solution for Standard Cells, Complex Macros and Memories"

Poing, Germany, 14 June 2010. Avnet Abacus and Molex today concluded a strategic agreement extending their relationship to cover the manufacturer’s complete portfolio of automotive connector solutions throughout Europe. 

The agreement extends Avnet Abacus European franchise agreement to cover specialist automotive connector families such as CMC hybrid connectors, the HSAutoLink™ I/O connector system and the MOX family of wire-to-board connectors. Avnet Abacus will also be able to offer the full portfolio of standard Molex connectors to automotive customers, such as PicoFlex, FFC/FPC connectors, KK and MiniFit.</ … Read More → "Molex extends Avnet Abacus partnership into automotive"