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Agilent Technologies’ Latest 3D EM Simulation Software Accelerates High-Frequency, High-Speed Design

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 20, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced Electromagnetic Professional (EMPro) 2010, a new release of its 3D electromagnetic (EM) modeling and simulation software for analyzing the 3D EM effects of IC … Read More → "Agilent Technologies’ Latest 3D EM Simulation Software Accelerates High-Frequency, High-Speed Design"

Access to TSMC technologies through leading European partners: imec and DELTA partner to provide comprehensive ASIC solutions

Leuven, Belgium and Copenhagen, Denmark – 18 May, 2010 – Imec, certified TSMC Value Chain Aggregator (VCA), and DELTA Microelectronics, a leading provider of ASIC services, have concluded a cooperation agreement to provide customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) with comprehensive TSMC-based turnkey and partial turnkey ASIC services.
This agreement combines the strengths of these two recognised players in the EMEA microelectronics industry. Imec as certified TSMC Value Chain Aggregator (VCA) provides Customer-Owned Tooling (COT) services including TSMC wafer supply, access to TSMC technology and production information, library licenses, design support, GDSII submission, and preparation for production. Building … Read More → "Access to TSMC technologies through leading European partners: imec and DELTA partner to provide comprehensive ASIC solutions"

LPI at LinuxTag 2010, Berlin, Germany: “Jobcorner”, Exam labs and Workshops

(Sacramento, CA, USA: May 20, 2010) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world’s leading Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), will again participate at LinuxTag 2010 (http://www.linuxtag.org) in Berlin, Germany.  LPI is the official certification partner at the event.

During LinuxTag LPI will host the following activities:

LPI JOBCORNER:

Qualified Linux professionals who are seeking employment can send a job search profile to LPI-Central Europe … Read More → "LPI at LinuxTag 2010, Berlin, Germany: “Jobcorner”, Exam labs and Workshops"

Tabula Selects Freescale ColdFire CPU for ABAX™ 3-D Programmable Logic Devices

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire/ — Tabula, Inc., a privately held fabless semiconductor company that has developed a new category of 3-D Programmable Logic Devices (3PLDs), today announced the selection of the Freescale ColdFire® V1 32-bit CPU core from IPextreme® for the recently announced ABAX 3PLD product family. The ColdFire CPU provides ABAX 3PLD developers a vast ecosystem of development tools and design resources and is particularly well suited for Tabula’s target applications including communications infrastructure, industrial, medical, test, and military/aerospace. In addition to ColdFire, Tabula also announced support for high-performance DDR3/2 Memory Controller Cores and … Read More → "Tabula Selects Freescale ColdFire CPU for ABAX™ 3-D Programmable Logic Devices"

Highly efficient LED driver meets IP67 standard suiting outdoor and tunnel lighting applications

XP Power today announced the DLA series of AC input LED drivers with output power ranges of 50, 75, 100, 120 and 150 W. These highly efficient units, rated at greater than 85% for the 50 Watt and up to 94% for the 150 W models, have a high power factor input ranging from 0.85 to 0.99 depending on the model. The drivers are available with either constant current or constant voltage outputs, with the constant voltage models offering the popular nominal outputs of +12, +18, +24, + 36, +42, +48, +54 or +105 VDC, and constant current models from 350 – 5950 mA. The output voltage of the constant current models is determined by the load.

With their IP67 … Read More → "Highly efficient LED driver meets IP67 standard suiting outdoor and tunnel lighting applications"

Renesas Electronics Collaborates with AMD to Accelerate Promotion of USB 3.0 Standard

TOKYO, Japan, May 20, 2010– Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premiere provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced its collaboration with AMD (NYSE: AMD) to promote the new SuperSpeed Universal Serial Bus (USB 3.0) standard.

In December 2009, Renesas Electronics (formerly NEC Electronics Corporation) released its USB Attached SCSI Protocol (UASP) driver, supporting the new industry-standard, highly efficient mass-storage protocol suitable for use on SuperSpeed USB to overcome the performance boundaries of the Bulk Only Transfer (BOT) protocol. The … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Collaborates with AMD to Accelerate Promotion of USB 3.0 Standard"

D-Tools Displays System Integrator™ 5.5 Upgrade At CEPROLIVE!

CONCORD, CA – MAY 20, 2010 – D-Tools, Inc., the worldwide leader in system integration software, recently announced the release of the latest update to its award-winning System Integrator software, SI 5.5. The service pack is now available for download and will be demonstrated at CEProLive! 2010 on June 17, a powerful new online dealer event that brings the magazine to life in a dynamic, virtual setting that simulates a conference center environment. 

D-Tools System Integrator is currently used by … Read More → "D-Tools Displays System Integrator™ 5.5 Upgrade At CEPROLIVE!"

Power on demand: congatec presents new COM Express modules

Deggendorf, Germany, May 20, 2010   * * *   Three new modules from congatec have been added to the congatec-AG COM Express family and as with previous models offer the full scalability of a new CPU platform. They are 100% image compatible and have a common software driver, which facilitates integration into various systems. In all, there are a total of … Read More → "Power on demand: congatec presents new COM Express modules"

Hot Swap Controller Allows I2C Monitoring of Board-Level Operation

MILPITAS, CA – May 20, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC®4280, a 2.9V to 15V Hot Swap™ controller that features an onboard 8-bit ADC and I2C compatible interface. Integrated digital power monitoring enables sophisticated platform management in high-availability systems, measuring card voltages and currents, as well as recording past and present fault conditions. In such systems, careful monitoring of the health and integrity of the power distribution network is crucial. Information in the ADC registers can be queried via the I2C bus and then used to determine if a card is actually using its allocated power or … Read More → "Hot Swap Controller Allows I2C Monitoring of Board-Level Operation"

Hot Swap Controller Allows I2C Monitoring of Board-Level Operation

MILPITAS, CA – May 20, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC®4280, a 2.9V to 15V Hot Swap™ controller that features an onboard 8-bit ADC and I2C compatible interface. Integrated digital power monitoring enables sophisticated platform management in high-availability systems, measuring card voltages and currents, as well as recording past and present fault conditions. In such systems, careful monitoring of the health and integrity of the power distribution network is crucial. Information in the ADC registers can be queried via the I2C bus and then used to determine if a card is actually using its allocated power or … Read More → "Hot Swap Controller Allows I2C Monitoring of Board-Level Operation"

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