January 2010 marks the first public release of the Atomthreads open source RTOS. Intended for embedded systems developers who require a simple lightweight scheduler to incorporate in their projects, it provides real time threading support and standard RTOS features within a few small, highly portable files. Released under the flexible BSD license, Atomthreads provides a free solution suitable for commercial use without royalties or restrictions.

Embedded systems developers considering other open source operating systems but who do not need or already have their own IP stack, file systems and other components can benefit from the reduced complexity and … Read More → "Open Source RTOS: Atomthreads v1.0 Released"

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 25, 2010 – IDT®^{Read More → "IDT Introduces Precision Temperature Sensors For DDR3 Memory Modules"}

Edinburgh, UK, January 26th 2010 – Wolfson Microelectronics (LSE:WLF.L), today announces the launch of the WM8912, the world-leading ultra low power DAC designed to significantly extend playback time, reduce system cost and dramatically enhance audio performance in portable applications, including media players, headsets, multimedia phones and navigation devices.

The WM8912 is the latest addition to Wolfson’s successful portfolio of ultra low power audio solutions, delivering Wolfson-quality audio performance and low power consumption in an ultra thin, … Read More → "Wolfson takes ultra low power to a new level with world-leading DAC"

San Jose, CA, January 26, 2010 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), the leader in microcontroller and touch-based solutions, and Micro Digital, Inc. today announced immediate availability of a complete out-of-the-box board support package for Atmel’s AT91CAP9 starter and development kits. In this complete solution, Micro Digital will provide the board support package, while Atmel provides the AT91CAP9 (CAP9) starter and development kits. Micro Digital software includes SMX® … Read More → "Atmel and Micro Digital, Inc. Offer Complete Solution To Support Customizable Microcontroller Projects"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Audience, Inc., a leading global provider of advanced voice and audio processors for the mobile and telecom marketplace, today announced plans to deliver noise suppression technology solutions for AT&T wireless devices.  Based on reverse-engineering the human hearing system, the Audience voice processor chip can identify the primary voice in conversation and cancel out background noise, intermittent sounds and echoes, whether speaking or listening, to improve mobile call quality in noisy environments.

“We are excited about the opportunity to work with AT&T to deliver our advanced noise … Read More → "Audience Brings Advanced Audio Noise Suppression to AT&T Mobile Devices"

MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Open-Silicon, Inc., a leading ASIC design and semiconductor manufacturing company, announced today that it has joined the Power Forward Initiative (PFI), an industry effort sponsored by Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ:CDNS) with the goal of enabling the design and production of more power-efficient electronic devices.

“Our customers have become very sensitive to power efficiency. Many mainstream designs, which were not traditionally power sensitive, are now paying close attention to power consumption due to exponential growth in … Read More → "Open-Silicon Joins Power Forward Initiative"

Bielsko-Biala/Poland, January 26th, 2010 – The silicon intellectual property (IP) provider, Evatronix SA, introduced today the latest release of the software driver for its NAND Flash memory controller IP core. The driver supports all functionalities of the controller as well as introduces a few new features to facilitate NAND Flash application development.

“Development of software drivers for our IP cores is a very important element of our strategy to provide complete IP solutions,” said Arkadiusz Buchalik, Memory Controllers Product Line Manager … Read More → "Evatronix Announces a Software Driver that Supports its ONFi 2.2 compatible NAND Flash Memory Controller"

WILSONVILLE, Ore., January 25, 2010 – Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that the Catapult® C Synthesis tool has added SystemC synthesis, expanding the Catapult C tool’s full-chip synthesis capabilities. This complements the Catapult C tool’s existing algorithmic, control logic, and low power synthesis capabilities and expands its full-chip synthesis application scope through the efficient handling of specific SoC needs such as complex bus interfaces, SoC interconnect and TLM2.0-based ESL flows.

Catapult C support for SystemC … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Catapult C Adds SystemC Synthesis and Expands Full-Chip Capabilities"