LAS VEGAS, Nev., January 7, 2010 – At the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) today, Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) introduced the first market-specific Targeted Design Platform optimized for creating state-of the-art digital television (DTV) solutions with the low-cost, low- power Xilinx® Spartan®-6 field programmable gate array (FPGA) family. The Xilinx Consumer DTV Targeted Design Platform streamlines development of advanced video
algorithms with the latest video interface standards, including DisplayPort, V-by-One®HS, HDMI, and LVDS.

DTV OEMs can now bring consumer digital displays to market quickly with high definition picture quality and greater feature differentiation. The … Read More → "Xilinx Expands Programmable Advantage for Consumer Digital TV Displays"

MILPITAS, CA – January 7, 2010 – Linear Technology announces the LTC3588-1, a complete energy harvesting solution optimized for low energy sources, including piezoelectric transducers. The LTC3588-1 integrates a low-loss, full-wave bridge rectifier with a high efficiency buck converter to harvest ambient vibrational energy via piezoelectric transducers and then convert it to a well-regulated output to power application microcontrollers, sensors, data converters and wireless transmission components. The LTC3588-1 operates from an input voltage range of 2.7V to 20V, making it ideal for a wide array of piezoelectric transducers, as well other high output impedance energy sources. Its high efficiency buck … Read More → "Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Power Supply"

MILPITAS, CA – January 7, 2010 – Linear Technology announces the LTC3588-1, a complete energy harvesting solution optimized for low energy sources, including piezoelectric transducers. The LTC3588-1 integrates a low-loss, full-wave bridge rectifier with a high efficiency buck converter to harvest ambient vibrational energy via piezoelectric transducers and then convert it to a well-regulated output to power application microcontrollers, sensors, data converters and wireless transmission components. The LTC3588-1 operates from an input voltage range of 2.7V to 20V, making it ideal for a wide array of piezoelectric transducers, as well other high output impedance energy sources. Its high efficiency buck … Read More → "Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Power Supply"

Deggendorf, January 7th, 2010 * * * congatec AG extends its COM Express product family with the highest performance module conga-BM57. It features the latest Intel® Core™ 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.</ … Read More → "congatec announces new COM Express small form factor module based on latest Intel® Core™ i7 processor"

OTTAWA, ONTARIO -January 6, 2010 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, VXS, and CompactPCI products for the rugged embedded and rugged deployed aerospace and defense (A&D) markets, has introduced the new 3U VPX VPX3-216 ExpressReach^TM carrier card to speed and ease the integration of XMC mezzanine cards (VITA 42.4) into embedded systems designed to be complaint with the OpenVPX™ (VITA 65) standard.

“The VPX3-216 ExpressReach switchless carrier further expands our unmatched portfolio of VPX solutions,” said Lynn Patterson, vice president and … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Debuts OpenVPX™ Compliant Rugged 3U VPX Carrier Card for XMC Mezzanine Modules"

Beltsville, MD, January 6, 2010- Empress Software, embedded database developer central and home of the Empress Embedded Database, announces immediate availability of the latest Empress release, Empress Ultra Embedded Database v10.20 for Windows CE.  A popular foundation for small footprint devices, Windows CE is an open, scalable embedded, real-time operating system from Microsoft(R).  Empress Embedded Database and Windows CE can be used for diverse embedded systems with deterministic requirements such as industrial controllers, communications hubs, point-of-sale terminals, and consumer products, such as cameras, Internet appliances, karaoke handheld terminals … Read More → "Empress Embedded Database for Windows CE Gets an Ultra Boost"

COLUMBIA, Md., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products, and systems, today announces the launch of Adbc8031, a COM Express (Type 2) embedded board based on the highly integrated Read More → "Eurotech Announces COM Express Board Based on the Latest Intel® Core™ i7 Processor"

INTERNATIONAL CES, LAS VEGAS, Nev. – January 5, 2010 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS) today announced a compelling lineup of demonstrations, partnerships and technologies aimed at making Android™ a viable platform for digital home devices such as set-top boxes, Blu-ray Disc players, DTVs and VoIP solutions. During International CES this week, MIPS and complementary solution providers will demonstrate the world’s first Android™-based set-top boxes (STBs), Android running on a MIPS-Based™ netbook, the world’s first social media center for Android-based embedded platforms, and … Read More → "MIPS Technologies Brings Android™ ‘Home’ with Demos of World’s First Android Set-top Boxes; New Partners and Key Technology Milestones"

NEWARK, CA, January 5, 2010 – SMART Modular Technologies (WWH), Inc. (“SMART” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SMOD), a leading independent manufacturer of memory modules and solid-state storage products, including solid-state drives (SSDs), today announced the XceedIOPS SATA, its next-generation enterprise-class SSD. Available in 1.8″ and 2.5″ form factors, the XceedIOPS SATA is offered with either single-level cell (SLC) or enterprise-grade multi-level cell (E-MLC) NAND technologies.

This cost-effective XceedIOPS SATA SSD is the second product in SMART’s XceedIOPS family, and the first SSD from SMART to feature the SF-1500 processor from SandForce, Inc. based in Saratoga, California. The XceedIOPS SATA is the … Read More → "SMART Modular Technologies Delivers Industry’s First Solid-State Drive with Enterprise-Grade Multi-Level Cell Technology"

San Jose, Calif, January 5, 2010 – ADLINK Technology, Inc., a global provider of trusted embedded products, unveiled the Express-MV, the newest and highest-performance member of the ADLINK Computer-on-Module family. The Express-MV is a COM Express™ Type 2 module supporting the Intel® Core™2 Duo and Celeron® M processors. Based on the Intel® GS45 Express Graphic Controller Hub SFF (Small Form … Read More → "ADLINK Announces COM Express Module with Intel’s Latest Graphics Core and DDR3 Memory Support"