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Green Hills Software Supports Sitara™ ARM Cortex-A8 Microprocessors from Texas Instruments

SANTA BARBARA, CA — March 22, 2010 — Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announced the availability of its embedded software solutions for the Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) Sitara™ AM3505 and AM3517 microprocessors (MPUs) based on the ARM® Cortex™-A8. Green Hills Software’s ARM-optimized solution includes the INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS), MULTI® integrated development environment (IDE), optimizing C/C++ compilers and Green Hills Probe. Green Hills Software brings more than 28 years of experience in the embedded market to TI’s new Sitara MPUs, enabling developers … Read More → "Green Hills Software Supports Sitara™ ARM Cortex-A8 Microprocessors from Texas Instruments"

Cypress Introduces Industry’s First Programmable, Flexible Powerline Communication Solution Based on PSoC® Architecture

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 22, 2010 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today introduced the world’s first truly programmable solution for data communication over existing power lines. Leveraging the programmable analog and digital resources of Cypress’s PSoC® programmable system-on-a-chip architecture, the new Cypress Powerline Communication (PLC) solution integrates multiple functions beyond communication, such as … Read More → "Cypress Introduces Industry’s First Programmable, Flexible Powerline Communication Solution Based on PSoC® Architecture"

High Power, Constant Current/Constant Voltage, Synchronous Step-Down Controller

MILPITAS, CA – March 22, 2010 – Linear Technology announces the LT3741, a synchronous step-down DC/DC converter designed to accurately (±6%) regulate output currents up to 20A. Its 6V to 36V input voltage range, constant current and constant voltage operation makes it ideal for a wide variety of applications, ranging from battery and supercap chargers and laser drivers to high current LED lighting. The LT3741 uses two external switching MOSFETs and delivers up to 20A of continuous output current over a wide voltage range of 0V to 34V. Efficiencies as high as 95% eliminate the need for external heat sinking. The LT3741’s … Read More → "High Power, Constant Current/Constant Voltage, Synchronous Step-Down Controller"

High Power, Constant Current/Constant Voltage, Synchronous Step-Down Controller

MILPITAS, CA – March 22, 2010 – Linear Technology announces the LT3741, a synchronous step-down DC/DC converter designed to accurately (±6%) regulate output currents up to 20A. Its 6V to 36V input voltage range, constant current and constant voltage operation makes it ideal for a wide variety of applications, ranging from battery and supercap chargers and laser drivers to high current LED lighting. The LT3741 uses two external switching MOSFETs and delivers up to 20A of continuous output current over a wide voltage range of 0V to 34V. Efficiencies as high as 95% eliminate the need for external heat sinking. The LT3741’s … Read More → "High Power, Constant Current/Constant Voltage, Synchronous Step-Down Controller"

Imsys Launches Major Upgrade Of Popular SIMM-72 SNAP Module

After several generations of successive improvement of the module design, this is a major upgrade of the SNAP Classic platform with a new generation processor. The new SNAP Classicoffers greatly improved performance while reducing cost and power consumption, retaining all the legacy and adding new compelling features. 

The main peripheral … Read More → "Imsys Launches Major Upgrade Of Popular SIMM-72 SNAP Module"

Timesys® – Preferred Linux Solution Provider for Texas Instruments Processors – Announces Support for the New TMS320DM365 DaVinci™ Video Processor

Mentor Graphics Acquires Valor Computerized Systems, Ltd.

WILSONVILLE, Ore., March 18, 2010—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT), the market and technology leader in electronic design automation (EDA) and systems analysis solutions, today announced completion of the acquisition of Valor Computerized Systems, Ltd. for net consideration valued at about $50 million. Mentor paid approximately 5.6 million shares of Mentor stock and $32.5 million in cash. Immediately prior to closing, Valor had cash of approximately $29 million. Valor’s revenues for its last reported full year ending December 31, 2008 were approximately $40 million.

Valor products are the world’s leading software for printed circuit board (PCB) design for manufacturing (DFM) and manufacturing … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Acquires Valor Computerized Systems, Ltd."

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