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"

San Jose, California – January 6, 2010 – Super Talent Technology, an inventor of USB 3.0 flash drives, today announced volume shipment of its newly announced USB 3.0 RAIDDrive. The new drive, available in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities, is fully backward compatible with USB 2.0 standard and operates at 10x speeds when used in conjunction with a USB 3.0 port.

“This product underscores Super Talent’s continued leadership in USB drives.” said Super Talent COO, C.H. Lee. “We’ve developed the world’s first and fastest USB 3.0 flash drive, by integrating two SSD into a RAID array for maximum throughput.” It delivers phenomenal … Read More → "Super Talent Announces Volume Shipment of Highly Anticipated USB 3.0 RAIDDriveTM"

LEESBURG, VA – 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 its first high performance VME64x DSP (Digital Signal Processing) engine utilizing the new dual-core Intel® Core™ i7-610E processor. The new CHAMP-AV5 is Curtiss-Wright Controls’ first DSP engine with the new Intel® Core™ i7 processor, representing an industry milestone in bringing the low-power/high-performance advantages … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Introduces its First 32nm Intel® Core™ Microarchitecture-Based Multiprocessing DSP Engine"

Irvine, California, January 7, 2010 – Advantech, a leading provider of embedded platforms and integration services, announces today its new series of embedded boards based on the new … Read More → "Advantech Announces its Embedded Board Series Featuring the New Intel® Core™ i7 Processor"

CES, Las Vegas, NV, January 7, 2010 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a leader in touch- and microcontroller-based solutions, today announced that Atmel’s RF4Control platform has received ZigBee® RF4CE certification using the new ATmega128RFA1 wireless AVR® microcontroller. Atmel can now offer its customers an immediate, low-cost, easy-to-implement solution for various remote control applications using the ATmega128RFA1.

The ZigBee RF4CE specification is a standardized specification for radio frequency (RF) remote controls promoted by the ZigBee Alliance. The specification enables flexible control from nearby rooms, enables unique two-way communications between the remote and … Read More → "Atmel Receives ZigBee RF4CE Platform Certification Using ATmega128RFA1"

INTERNATIONAL CES, Las Vegas – January 7, 2010 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, today announced that the world’s leading provider of integrated circuits (ICs) for digital television, MStar Semiconductor, licensed its multi-threaded MIPS32® 34Kf™ Pro synthesizable processor core for next-generation devices. The 34Kf core includes a floating point unit that provides enhanced performance for graphics-intensive functionality, … Read More → "World’s Leading DTV IC Vendor MStar Licenses MIPS® Processor IP"

INTERNATIONAL CES, Las Vegas – January 7, 2010 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, today announced that the world’s leading provider of integrated circuits (ICs) for digital television, MStar Semiconductor, licensed its multi-threaded MIPS32® 34Kf™ Pro synthesizable processor core for next-generation devices. The 34Kf core includes a floating point unit that provides enhanced performance for graphics-intensive functionality, … Read More → "World’s Leading DTV IC Vendor MStar Licenses MIPS® Processor IP"