AUSTIN, Texas, April 13, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) today announced the availability of its 2010 Automated Test Outlook report, which shares findings of the company’s research into innovations and technologies shaping today’s test and measurement applications. The business and technology insights presented in the outlook apply across many industries including communications, aerospace and defense, semiconductor, automotive and consumer electronics. The goal of the 2010 Automated Test Outlook is to help engineers and managers gain further insight into the cross-industry trends impacting their organizations.

The extensive understanding of technology trends that National Instruments has gained through its interaction … Read More → "National Instruments Announces 2010 Automated Test Outlook"

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J., April 13 — Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider CAST, Inc. now offers the only encoder core that supports both the Baseline (8-bit) and Extended Sequential (12-bit) modes of the JPEG image compression standard.

This plus a fast, compact design make the new JPEG-E-X IP core one of the best available lossy compression encoders for medical imaging, reconnaissance, and other applications where exceptional image detail is required.

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Santa Clara, CA – April 12, 2010 – Azuro, Inc., a leading provider of advanced clock tree synthesis and timing optimization tools for digital chip design, today announced the inclusion of its PowerCentric™ low power clock tree synthesis tool in the second release of TSMC’s Integrated Sign-off Flow (ISF) in 65nm. The ISF is an automated RTL to GDSII chip implementation flow that tightly integrates TSMC foundry technology files, pre-qualified library, IP, EDA tools, and sign-off margin recommendations into a fully automated scripted production-quality flow that has … Read More → "Azuro’s Low Power CTS Tool Included in TSMC’s Second Integrated Sign-off Flow Release"

MILPITAS, CA – April 12, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the H- and MP-grade versions of the LT3757 and LT3758 wide input range DC/DC controllers for boost, flyback, SEPIC and inverting power supply applications. These devices are capable of generating either a positive or negative regulated output voltage with a single device by having two internal voltage feedback error amplifiers and reference voltages. These H- and MP-grade versions are tested and guaranteed to operating junction temperature ranges from -40ºC to 150ºC and -55ºC to 125ºC, respectively.

The LT3757 operates with an input voltage … Read More → "DC/DC Controllers Generate Positive or Negative Regulated Voltage & Feature -55ºC to 150ºC Maximum Junction Temperatur"

MILPITAS, CA – April 12, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the H- and MP-grade versions of the LT3757 and LT3758 wide input range DC/DC controllers for boost, flyback, SEPIC and inverting power supply applications. These devices are capable of generating either a positive or negative regulated output voltage with a single device by having two internal voltage feedback error amplifiers and reference voltages. These H- and MP-grade versions are tested and guaranteed to operating junction temperature ranges from -40ºC to 150ºC and -55ºC to 125ºC, respectively.

The LT3757 operates with an input voltage … Read More → "DC/DC Controllers Generate Positive or Negative Regulated Voltage & Feature -55ºC to 150ºC Maximum Junction Temperatur"

Ottawa, Canada – April 9, 2010 – Sidense Corp., a leading developer of Logic Non-Volatile Memory (LNVM) IP cores, today announced that Parade Technologies Ltd., a leading innovator of digital video interface products, has selected Sidense’s 1T-Fuse™-based OTP memory for use in their HDMI switch products.  The 64Kbit macro will be used for several purposes, including HDCP key, EDID (Extended Display … Read More → "Secure Sidense OTP Helps Parade Provide Protected Video Content"

Greensboro, North Carolina (USA) – April 8, 2010 – RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq GS: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency components and compound semiconductor technologies, today announced the introduction of the ML2730, a single-chip fully integrated Frequency Shift Keyed (FSK) transceiver with integrated power amplifier (PA) and low noise amplifier (LNA). The ML2730 expands RFMD’s portfolio of ISM band single-chip transceivers, covering 900 MHz, 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz.

The ML2730 is optimized for a variety of wireless media applications (audio, video and data) operating in the 2.400GHz to 2.485GHz unlicensed ISM band. The high … Read More → "RFMD® Expands Portfolio Of Single-Chip ISM Band Transceivers"

Unterpremstaetten, Austria, April 12, 2010 – austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs and Microelectronics Technology, Inc. (MTI), a global leader in the design and manufacturing of high-volume RF and Microwave products, today announced the release of the RU-888-000 USB UHF RFID Reader Module and the RU-888-100 UHF RFID USB Dongle. Both the embedded module and dongle are ideally suited for use in fixed RFID printers, handheld RFID printers, battery-powered mobile RFID printers and handheld readers.</ … Read More → "austriamicrosystems and MTI announce new low-cost, high-performance, globally compliant UHF RFID Reader dongle and module"