MILPITAS, CA – March 23, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC3731H, a PolyPhase® high efficiency (up to 95%) synchronous DC/DC controller with guaranteed operation for junction temperatures as high as 140ºC offered in a 5mm x 5mm QFN package. This rugged DC/DC controller is expandable from 3- to 12-phase operation for 60A to 240A power supply designs. The precision ±5% output phase current matching simplifies thermal management by evenly spreading the heat among the output stages. Applications include high current ASIC and FPGA supplies, power distribution buses, automotive engine control units and network servers.

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MILPITAS, CA – March 23, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC3731H, a PolyPhase® high efficiency (up to 95%) synchronous DC/DC controller with guaranteed operation for junction temperatures as high as 140ºC offered in a 5mm x 5mm QFN package. This rugged DC/DC controller is expandable from 3- to 12-phase operation for 60A to 240A power supply designs. The precision ±5% output phase current matching simplifies thermal management by evenly spreading the heat among the output stages. Applications include high current ASIC and FPGA supplies, power distribution buses, automotive engine control units and network servers.

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CHICAGO and LAS VEGAS – March 23, 2010 – Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs), the leading global provider of embedded virtualization software for mobile phones and broadband Internet devices, today announced general availability of Android “One Core,” a complete solution to help semiconductor suppliers, mobile equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and mobile network operators (MNOs) streamline development and delivery of low-cost, mass-market smartphones based on Google Android. Android “One Core& … Read More → "Open Kernel Labs Debuts Android “One Core” for Low-Cost Mass-Market Smartphones"

St. Louis, Missouri, USA – March 22, 2010 – Laird Technologies, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of customized, performance-critical components for wireless systems and other advanced electronics applications, today announced the release of its enhanced BTM410/411 and BTM420/421 Bluetooth® radio modules.

The BTM410/411 and BTM420/421 modules are designed for data applications and are fully integrated, sub-miniature Bluetooth data-oriented modules based on a market leading chipset.  Incorporating a full Bluetooth stack and supporting Serial Port Profile (SPP), the modules … Read More → "Laird Technologies Releases BTM410/411 and BTM420/421 Bluetooth® Radio Modules"

FORT MYERS, FL-March 23, 2010-Interop Technologies, a provider of core solutions for messaging, device management, and connectivity gateways, today announced that it has achieved interoperability with Red Bend® Software’s market-leading Mobile Software Management (MSM) solutions for firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updating and standards-based mobile device management (MDM). As a result, … Read More → "Interop Technologies And Red BEnd® Software Enable Operators To Reduce Cost And Complexity Of Managing Mobile Devices"

WILSONVILLE, Ore., March 23, 2010 – Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that its Calibre® LFD™ (Litho-Friendly Design) solution is fully qualified for the latest 28nm processes at TSMC. The Calibre toolset enables TSMC customers to accurately predict and remove lithography hotspots in the design flow before hand-off to TSMC for wafer manufacturing.

“At advanced nodes, designers not only need access to an exact copy of TSMC’s process models to accurately assess lithography issues, they also need those process models incorporated into EDA tools that then drive resolution of any issues encountered,” … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Calibre LFD Certifications at TSMC Now Include 28nm Process Node with TSMC UDFM Engine"

San Jose, Calif. – March 22, 2010 – Verayo, a security and authentication solutions provider, announces its exclusive rights to U.S. patent number 7,681,103, titled “RELIABLE GENERATION OF A DEVICE-SPECIFIC VALUE,” granted to MIT by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This fundamental patent covers, for example, reliable generation of silicon chip-unique values using Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) technology. Such chip-unique values can be used as dynamic, volatile secret keys for cryptographic operations.

“This license to the issued patents is a significant milestone for moving this technology into various commercial applications in the security and … Read More → "Verayo Secures Worldwide Exclusive License to Patented PUF Technology from MIT"

St. Louis, Missouri, USA – March 19, 2010– Laird Technologies, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of customized, performance-critical components for wireless systems and other advanced electronics applications, today announced the introduction of its enhanced LT2510 Proprietary 2.4GHz Wireless Radio Module product family.  The product series includes model numbers PRM110, PRM111, PRM112, PRM113, PRM120, PRM121, PRM122, and PRM123.

Based on proprietary technology, this module exceeds most application and performance requirements, supporting unrivaled flexibility in industrial wireless … Read More → "Laird Technologies Introduces Enhanced LT2510 Proprietary 2.4 GHz Wireless Radio Module Product Family"

Kirchheim/Teck, 22nd March 2010 – Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a leading provider of high performance power management and audio semiconductor solutions, has announced its second generation of system level power management ICs, which now include an integrated class G codec. Called the DA9057, the device’s five on-board dc/dc converters optimally support 24-bit stereo audio headphone playback on a 5mW power budget. This further extends battery life for music-enabled devices.

The DA9057 combines the industry’s most flexible power sequencer with a fully programmable filter/mixer engine to support a wide variety of ARM-based multimedia processors.</ … Read More → "Dialog Semiconductor unveils new class of ultra-efficient configurable system power management & audio ICs"

Norwood, MA (03/22/2010) – Responding to increased developer demand for low cost, fast and efficient video technology software tools, Analog Devices, Inc. is now offering a free comprehensive video primitives library for use in real time video analytics applications. The software modules are fully optimized for the Blackfin processor family and include image processing task level primitives to enable faster development cycles for video analytics applications. The free software modules, available in object code or a C source wrapper, provide advanced video design functionality such as video filtering, … Read More → "Analog Devices Offers Free Image Processing Software Modules For Developers Of Complex Image And Video Processing Applications"