Wilsonville, OR, May 18, 2010—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT), the market and technology leader in printed circuit board (PCB) design solutions, today announced the release of the vSure™ version 9.0 product, the successor of Valor Enterprise 3000™ Design-for-Manufacturing (DFM) product. The enhancements in this release enable designers to more easily perform extensive DFM analysis during the PCB design process, thus improving their productivity, avoiding costly design … Read More → "Valor, a Division of Mentor Graphics, Releases Major New Functionality in the vSure DFM Product"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 17, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced Genesys 2010, a new release of its industry leading, … Read More → "Agilent Technologies’ Latest RF/Microwave Design Genesys Software Features Breakthrough X-Parameters™ Technology"

Bristol, UK and Sunnyvale, Calif. – May 18, 2010– XMOS® today announced the availability of the XMOS Timing Analyzer (XTA), which accelerates the design of embedded applications and simplifies performance optimization. Together with the deterministic nature of XMOS Read More → "XMOS Timing Analyzer Transforms Embedded Systems Development"

Quebec City (CANADA), May 18th 2010. Alizem inc. announces the release of its commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Motor Control IP product targeted for Pump and Fan based applications. Designed for use with Altera® Cyclone® FPGAs, this innovative and compelling solution delivers significant benefits over conventional COTS Motor Control IC’s for the variable-speed motor control market place as outlined below: 

• Evolvable software/IP optimized for … Read More → "Alizem releases new COTS Motor Control IP product for Pump and Fan applications"

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 18, 2010 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today announced automotive qualification of its market-leading TrueTouch™ touchscreen and LIN capable CapSense^® touch-sensing controllers. The devices, based on Cypress’s flagship PSoC^®< … Read More → "Cypress Introduces World’s Broadest Automotive-Qualified Touch-Sensing Portfolio Featuring Industry’s First Capacitive Touchscreen Solution"

AUSTIN, Texas, May 18, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) today announced the availability of more than 100 C Series plug-in modules from National Instruments and third-party companies. With more than 50 modules from NI, 50 third-party modules and a multitude of chassis available, there are numerous configuration options to address a wide variety of measurement and embedded control needs. Engineers and scientists can insert NI C Series modules into any of the C Series family of chassis including NI CompactDAQ, NI CompactRIO and the NI … Read More → "National Instruments Announces the Availability of More Than 100 C Series Modules for Customized Applications"

HILLSBORO, OR — MAY 18, 2010 — Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that Wipro Technologies (NASDAQ: WIT), one of the largest providers of design services for integrated business, technology and process solutions, has selected the MachXO™ PLD family for use in their new server platforms.  The MachXO device performs many of the general purpose I/O expansion, interface bridging and power-up management functions required for the new server designs.

“The superior system integration and design flexibility benefits of MachXO PLDs were the primary reasons in choosing the Lattice solution,” said Bharath Thammappa, Program Manager at … Read More → "Wipro Technologies Selects Lattice MachXO PLDS For New Server Platforms"

Amsterdam, the Netherlands  –  May 18^th 2010

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Actel Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTL) today announced the introduction of a new ARINC 429 development kit using Actel’s proven Core429 IP core. By leveraging the proven civil aviation flight heritage of the Core429 IP core, Actel continues to show its commitment to the avionics industry. The Core429 Development Kit combines a Fusion Advanced Development Kit, an IP daughter card, and a Core429 daughter card. Avionics designers can evaluate the functionality of Actel’s Core429 with a full … Read More → "Actel Releases New Development Kit Targeted at System Designers in Need of ARINC 429 Development Platform"