Does the name Intel ring a bell? Heard of them? If you’re an embedded designer, you can be forgiven for not knowing much about Intel. After all, aren’t they the company that makes the… what’dya call it… PC processors? What’s that got to do with embedded systems?
Well, it’s time to wake up and smell the espresso, because Intel is jumping into the embedded-processor … Read More → "Intel Makes an Embedded Splash"
LAS VEGAS, Nev., January 9, 2010 – At the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) today, Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) demonstrated a new Consumer Video Enhancement Reference Design that bundles advanced digital video algorithms with a low-cost Xilinx® Spartan® field programmable gate array (FPGA) for rapid ‘plug-and-play’ design of high-definition digital televisions (HDTVs). Xilinx is featuring the new reference design at CES this week from January 7th through January 10th in Xilinx Booth 35162MP, located in South Hall 4 of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Developed in collaboration with Vestek Electronics Research and Development, an internationally recognized provider of … Read More → "Xilinx Demonstrates Plug-and-Play HDTV Reference Design at CES 2010"
DÜSSELDORF (Germany), January 11, 2010 — NEC Electronics Europe announces the release of the 78K0R/Lx3 — SENSE IT! development kit. SENSE IT! is a single-board, LCD control development platform designed specifically for the evaluation of NEC Electronics’ 16-bit 78K0R/Lx3 microcontroller. It includes an on-chip liquid crystal display (LCD) driver circuit, optimized especially for the fields of handheld healthcare diagnostic instruments such as blood glucose meter, … Read More → "NEC Electronics Europe Announces 78K0R – SENSE IT! Development Kit"
San Diego, California, January 11, 2010 * * * congatec AG extends its COM Express product family with the highest performance module conga-BM57. It features the latest Intel® CoreT i7-620M processor with a core speed of 2.66 GHz, with 4 MByte L2 cache and up to 8 GByte fast (1066 MT/s) dual channel DDR3 memory. The conga-BM57 is a two-chip solution which utilizes the powerful Mobile Intel® QM57 Express Chipset. The integrated graphics controller is supporting the Intel® Flexible Display Interface (FDI) in order to allow for two independent video channels on VGA, LVDS, HDMI, DisplayPort or SDVO interfaces.
MILPITAS, CA – January 11, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTM2882, a 2-channel isolated RS232 µModule® transceiver that guards against large ground-to-ground differentials and common mode transients. In practical RS232 systems, ground potentials may vary widely from node to node, often exceeding the tolerable range, resulting in an interruption of communications or destruction of a transceiver. The LTM2882 breaks ground loops by isolating the logic level interface and line transceiver using internal inductive signal isolation. This allows for a much larger common mode voltage range plus superior common mode rejection >30kV/µs. A low EMI DC-DC converter … Read More → "Dual Isolated RS232 µModule Transceiver Integrates Isolated Power"
WILSONVILLE, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) today announced that Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) has selected Mentor as an ideal partner in the silicon test, yield analysis, physical verification and DFM technology areas.
The collaboration enables Freescale’s deployment of Mentor’s Read More → "Freescale Semiconductor Collaborates with Mentor Graphics on Tessent Silicon Test, Yield Analysis, Calibre Physical Verification and DFM"
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced that ACCO Semiconductor has selected a comprehensive suite of Agilent’s RFIC design, verification and modeling software for design of its next-generation CMOS power amplifier. This software, used for integrated, mixed-signal RFIC designs, coupled with Agilent’s unique wireless verification IP portfolio for design and test, enables a streamlined design flow that allows ACCO Semiconductor to quickly and effectively drive its design project from initial conception to final product.
“In today’s cellular … Read More → "Agilent Technologies’ RFIC Solutions Software Accelerates Design, Verification of ACCO Semiconductor’s Next-Generation CMOS Power Amplifier"
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., January 11, 2010 — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the immediate availability of PrimeTime™ 2009.12, delivering up to 2X speed up of timing signoff through the addition of threaded multicore processing. With this latest addition, Synopsys’ PrimeTime tool provides a new level of flexibility enabling design teams to achieve optimal runtime performance across their heterogeneous multicore compute environments by utilising distributed and threaded multicore processing in tandem.
“At Synopsys we recognise that IC designers are being asked to develop … Read More → "Synopsys speeds timing signoff by 2X with latest multicore technology"
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — National Instruments (NASDAQ:NATI) today announced LabVIEW Robotics 2009, a new version of its graphical system design software that provides a standard development platform for designing robotic and autonomous control systems. NI LabVIEW Robotics 2009 delivers an extensive robotics library with connectivity to standard robotic sensors and actuators, foundational algorithms for intelligent operations and perception and motion functions for robots and autonomous vehicles. With this new … Read More → "National Instruments Introduces LabVIEW Robotics 2009 for Designing Sophisticated Robotics Control Systems"
SAN DIEGO, CA – January 7, 2010 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, VXS and CompactPCI products for the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) market, has introduced the SVME/DMV-1905, its first high performance VME64x single board computer (SBC) utilizing the new dual-core Intel® Core™ i7-610E processor. The SVME/DMV-1905 brings the low-power, high-performance advantages of Intel architecture to demanding harsh environment compute applications.
The SVME/DMV-1905 complements Curtiss-Wright Controls’ new CHAMP-AV5 VME64x DSP engine, also utilizing … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Introduces its First 32nm Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture-Based VME64x Single Board Computer"
