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MIPS Technologies Brings Android™ ‘Home’ with Demos of World’s First Android Set-top Boxes; New Partners and Key Technology Milestones

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"

SMART Modular Technologies Delivers Industry’s First Solid-State Drive with Enterprise-Grade Multi-Level Cell Technology

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"

ADLINK Announces COM Express Module with Intel’s Latest Graphics Core and DDR3 Memory Support

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"

CommAgility Announces New AMC Processor Module With Front Panel SRIO Interface

6th January 2010

CommAgility announced today a new Advanced Mezzanine Card module, further expanding its range of processing subsystems. The AMC-3D74 includes a front panel mounted Serial RapidIO (SRIO) interface, and provides a cost-effective, high performance solution for test equipment and general purpose DSP processing applications.

Multiple 10Gbps SRIO interfaces are provided for radio cards and any customer-specific I/O requirements. The SRIO interfaces are also accessible via the AdvancedMC backplane, and optical I/O can be provided as an option. The AMC-3D74 also provides Gigabit Ethernet … Read More → "CommAgility Announces New AMC Processor Module With Front Panel SRIO Interface"

TSMC Helps LSI Reduce Leakage 25 Percent on Next Generation Product

HSINCHU, Taiwan, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSMC) (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced that LSI Corporation achieved over 25% overall leakage reduction in a next generation product by implementing TSMC’s PowerTrim power optimization technology on the company’s 65nm low power (LP) process.

PowerTrim is a first-of-its-kind technology that blends a layer of design technology with advanced semiconductor processing to optimize a design’s power leakage. Tela Innovations provides the patented PowerTrim technology and services under an exclusive license to TSMC.

PowerTrim software analyzed the LSI design and substituted cells with small … Read More → "TSMC Helps LSI Reduce Leakage 25 Percent on Next Generation Product"

Agilent Technologies Announces Significant Performance Enhancements to its PXB Baseband Generator and Channel Emulator

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 5, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a series of enhancements to its N5106A PXB baseband generator and channel emulator designed to expand its use across the R&D lifecycle — from design, integration and verification to pre-conformance. With these enhancements, the PXB now offers multi-channel baseband generation (BBG), real-time fading, and signal capture in a single, multi-purpose instrument. The new functionality makes it ideal for engineers working on product development as well as conducting advanced research.

       Agilent’s N5106A PXB is a comprehensive diagnostic toolset … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Announces Significant Performance Enhancements to its PXB Baseband Generator and Channel Emulator"

PetaLogix Launches First Linux Development Environment Optimized for FPGA-based Embedded Systems

Brisbane, Queensland – December 8, 2009 – PetaLogix, the experts in service, product and training solutions for Embedded Linux on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), today announced PetaLinuxTM SDK, a new system development software product enabling electronic design engineers to build, customize and employ Embedded Linux on Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) FPGA-based embedded processor applications. Introduced in conjunction with today’s design kit introduction from Xilinx, the PetaLinux SDK is the first and only commercially available Embedded Linux development environment specifically designed for FPGA-based embedded systems.

PetaLinux is unique in embracing the flexibility of FPGA-based embedded systems where the hardware platform is customized … Read More → "PetaLogix Launches First Linux Development Environment Optimized for FPGA-based Embedded Systems"

PetaLogix Launches First Linux Development Environment Optimized for FPGA-based Embedded Systems

Brisbane, Queensland – December 8, 2009 – PetaLogix, the experts in service, product and training solutions for Embedded Linux on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), today announced PetaLinuxTM SDK, a new system development software product enabling electronic design engineers to build, customize and employ Embedded Linux on Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) FPGA-based embedded processor applications. Introduced in conjunction with today’s design kit introduction from Xilinx, the PetaLinux SDK is the first and only commercially available Embedded Linux development environment specifically designed for FPGA-based embedded systems.

PetaLinux is unique in embracing the flexibility of FPGA-based embedded systems where the hardware platform is customized … Read More → "PetaLogix Launches First Linux Development Environment Optimized for FPGA-based Embedded Systems"

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