EMBEDDED WORLD 2010, NUREMBERG, GERMANY, March 4, 2010 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced several new devices to enable an automotive designer to easily develop lower-cost designs with enhanced connectivity, improved safety and increased Li-Ion battery life. These solutions will enable automotive designers to create innovative automotive applications with a Li-Ion battery management solution featuring active cell balancing, LIN transceiver families with ultra-low power wake-up management, a single-chip car access device for combi-key applications, and fully automotive-certified touch controllers.

Atmel is fully committed to the automotive market and is offering demonstrations of … Read More → "Atmel Introduces Automotive Devices Featuring Robust Connectivity, High Security, Lower Cost and Lower Carbon Footprint"

Irvine, California, March 3, 2010 – Advantech, a leading provider of embedded platform and integration services, announces today its new full range of embedded boards based on the latest generation of Intel® Atom™ processors. Advantech platforms based on the Intel® Atom™ N450 and D510 processors range from Computer-On-Modules to 3.5″/5.25″ Single Board Computers and Industrial Motherboards. The low-power platforms provide targeted performance for energy-efficient and environmentally responsible solutions, serving a wide range of applications including POS, kiosk, digital signage, medical, and factory automation.

“Advantech utilizes Intel® Atom™ processors as the core of … Read More → "Advantech Announces a Comprehensive Range of Embedded Boards Based on Latest Intel® Atom™ Processors"

MILPITAS, CA – March 4, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4425, the latest in a family of 2-cell supercapacitor chargers for addressing high peak power, data backup and “dying gasp” needs in portable and data storage applications. The device employs a linear CC-CV architecture with thermal limiting to charge two supercapacitors in series to a programmable output voltage from a Li-Ion/Polymer battery, a USB port, or other 2.7V to 5.5V current-limited supply.

The LTC4425 features two operating modes: charge current profile (normal) mode and LDO mode. The device’s charge current profile mode charges the top of the … Read More → "Programmable 2A 2-Cell Supercap Charger with Automatic Cell Balancing in a Compact 9mm2 Package"

MILPITAS, CA – March 4, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC4425, the latest in a family of 2-cell supercapacitor chargers for addressing high peak power, data backup and “dying gasp” needs in portable and data storage applications. The device employs a linear CC-CV architecture with thermal limiting to charge two supercapacitors in series to a programmable output voltage from a Li-Ion/Polymer battery, a USB port, or other 2.7V to 5.5V current-limited supply.

The LTC4425 features two operating modes: charge current profile (normal) mode and LDO mode. The device’s charge current profile mode charges the top of the … Read More → "Programmable 2A 2-Cell Supercap Charger with Automatic Cell Balancing in a Compact 9mm2 Package"

SANTA CLARA, CA – March 3, 2010 – Azuro, Inc., a leading provider of advanced clock tree synthesis and timing optimization tools for digital chip design, today announced that Azuro has become a member of the Cadence Design Systems Connections^® program. Azuro has also been a long standing member of the Power Forward Initiative and is developing interoperability software that takes advantage of the Common Power Format (CPF) to link Azuro’s PowerCentric™ clock tree synthesis to CPF-enabled low power design flows.

“PowerCentric is used within Cadence-based … Read More → "Azuro Joins Cadence Connections Program"

SAN JOSE, California – March 3, 2010 – Real Intent  Inc., the innovator in automating the intelligence of formal techniques for design verification, announced today that it is shipping Read More → "Real Intent Releases Meridian CDC Version 3.0, Strengthens Technology Leadership in Precise and Comprehensive CDC Verification"

MONROVIA, California – March 2, 2010 – Tanner EDA, the catalyst for innovation for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) and IC Mask Design, an industry leader in the provision of physical design services to the global semiconductor industry, are collaborating on the development of a toolset to accelerate analog layout design. By exclusively licensing … Read More → "Tanner EDA and IC Mask Design Collaborate on Tools to Accelerate Analog Layout Design"