Erfurt, Germany, March 4, 2010. X-FAB Silicon Foundries (http://www.xfab.com/), the leading analog/mixed-signal foundry and expert in “More than Moore” technologies, today became the first and only pure play foundry to offer an embedded non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) process feature, leading to a single-chip solution. Combining the benefits of quickly accessible SRAM with the non-volatile data retention of EEPROM or FLASH memories, the new NVRAM capability of the XH018  (Read More → "X-FAB First to Deliver Single-Block Embedded NVRAM as Pure Play Foundry Solution"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 3, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced that its Advanced Design System (ADS) software has been selected by Paratek Microwave for use in development of tunable antenna modules for the mobile handset market. The accuracy, capacity and performance offered by ADS aid Paratek in the design of optimized modules as well as in the creation of models for its customers.

Paratek develops tunable RF solutions that dramatically improve RF performance and battery life in mobile handsets. Paratek has a range of product offerings that include Adaptive … Read More → "Agilent Technologies’ Advanced Design System Software Selected by Paratek Microwave for Antenna Tuning Module Development"

EMBEDDED WORLD 2010, Nuremberg, Germany, March 4, 2010 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced that its battery management circuit ATA6870 is the industry’s first solution that features active cell balancing with capacitors or inductors for high-cell-count Li-Ion batteries supporting supply voltages up to several hundreds volts such as used in electrical/hybrid vehicles, e-bikes or uninterruptible power supplies.

The advantage of an active cell balancing is that it avoids the energy loss as occurs with passive balancing methods. The charge is transferred with a shuffle capacitor or inductor from one cell … Read More → "Atmel Introduces First Solution to Support Active Cell Balancing in High-cell-count Li-Ion Battery Packs"

Nuremberg, Germany, March 2, 2010 – The Small Form Factor Special Interest Group
(SFF-SIG), a collaboration of leading suppliers of embedded component, board and
system technologies, today announced the adoption and release of the CoreExpress®
Specification revision 2.1. CoreExpress was originally developed as a proprietary
standard by LiPPERT Embedded Computers GmbH. Under the terms of an agreement
between SFF-SIG and LiPPERT, the entire embedded community will now be able to
develop CoreExpress modules and applications without regard to confidentiality and
without royalties of any kind. Use of the CoreExpress logo will require membership in
… Read More → "SFF-SIG Adopts CoreExpress® Specification to Strengthen PCIe 2.0-Ready COM Portfolio"

Embedded World, March 2nd 2010, Nuremberg – IAR Systems today announced that their integrated development environment IAR Embedded WorkbenchŽ has been selected as a part of Fujitsu’s SK-86R03 ‘Jade-L Starterkit’ package.

The MB86R03 ‘Jade-L’ SoC device incorporates a powerful 32-bit ARM926EJ-S(TM) CPU core as well as Fujitsu’s ‘Coral PA’ graphics processor. Based on Fujitsu’s proprietary 90nm CMOS process technology, MB86R03 ‘Jade-L’ is optimised for applications requiring high CPU performance combined with sophisticated 2D/3D graphics features.

The SK-86R03 ‘Jade-L Starterkit’ provides a convenient way to design and test … Read More → "Fujitsu selects IAR Systems to provide a development toolchain for the ‘Jade-L Starterkit’"

EMBEDDED WORLD 2010, Nuremberg, Germany, March 4, 2010 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced the availability of two new transceiver families for LIN automotive networking applications. Featuring the industry’s lowest power wake-up management (the power consumption of competing solutions is up to 10 times higher), the new Atmel LIN families serve automotive body electronics applications such as door modules, seat control or intelligent sensors, and powertrain applications such as engine control systems. In addition, Atmel’s ATA6663/64 transceivers are suited for other body electronic applications where low-speed data communication and low cost are important.</ … Read More → "Atmel Features Industry’s Lowest Power Wake-up Management with New LIN Transceiver Families"

NORWOOD, MA  —  March 3, 2010 —  Analog Devices, Inc. today announced that Silentium Ltd., developers of spatial & broadband active noise control (ANC) technologies, has selected Analog Devices’ Blackfin processors to power their ANC products. Utilizing low cost, … Read More → "Silentium Uses Blackfin Processors To Bring Active Noise Cancellation To A Multitude Of Applications"

EMBEDDED WORLD 2010, Nuremberg, Germany, March 4, 2010 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced the first standard product capacitive touch controller in the industry that is fully qualified for the automotive market. Based on the patented QTouch® capacitive touch technology for buttons, sliders and wheels, the AT42QT1110 is a ready-to-use 11-key capacitive touch controller that meets all device specification requirements for the automotive industry. These products are ideal for automobile applications such as global positioning systems (GPS), window and mirror control, keyless remote entry and more.

“As the automotive industry … Read More → "Atmel First to Introduce Off-the-Shelf Automotive-Qualified Capacitive Touch Controller"

NÜRNBERG, GERMANY — March 4, 2010 — eCosCentric Limited, the eCos and RedBoot experts today announced the availability of the eCosPro^® Developer’s Kit for Texas Instruments’ (TI) Zoom OMAP™-L138 eXperimenter Kit. The OMAP-L138 low-power applications processor from TI is based on a 300 MHz ARM926EJ-S™ core and a 300 MHz TMS320C674x digital signal processor (DSP) core, enabling devices featuring robust operating systems support, rich user interfaces and high processing performance. The Zoom OMAP-L138 eXperimenter Kit from TI is a low-cost application development kit for evaluating … Read More → "eCosCentric announces eCosPro for TI OMAP-L138 processor"

PLANO, TX (March 03, 2010) – Lineage Power Corporation, a Gores Group company and the first name in power, today expanded its Read More → "Lineage Power Announces 2 Amp PicoTLynx™ Point of Load (POL) DC Power Converter"