SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML) , a leader in touch- and microcontroller-based technologies, and the Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) , today announced their newly signed distribution agreement for Atmel’s full line of VaultIC(TM) turnkey security modules. Avnet will provide secure logistics for these products to customers in the Americas.

Atmel … Read More → "Atmel Certifies Avnet Electronics Marketing as Industry’s First Distributor of VaultIC™ Turnkey Security Modules"

Campbell, CA, December 14, 2009 – Mitrionics, Inc, the technology leader in FPGA-based … Read More → "Queensland University of Technology Selects Mitrion Platform to Accelerate Molecular Dynamics, CFD, and Genetic Algorithms"

•         Wide 16 to 40VDC input voltage range
•         0.75 to 5.5VDC programmable output voltage
•         Up to 3A load current
•         Drives up to 1000µF ceramic capacitive loads

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•         Wide 16 to 40VDC input voltage range
•         0.75 to 5.5VDC programmable output voltage
•         Up to 3A load current
•         Drives up to 1000µF ceramic capacitive loads

Read More → "Adjustable output 3Amp OKAMI™ PoL DC/DC converters ideal for 24V industrial applications"

SANTA BARBARA, CA — December 14, 2009 — Green Hills Software, Inc., the largest independent vendor of embedded software solutions, today announced that Stryker, a world leader in medical technology solutions, is using Green Hills Software’s Platform for Medical Devices, including the safety-certified INTEGRITY® real-time operating system and MULTI® integrated development environment, in the Stryker Crossfire™ integrated arthroscopy system.

”We selected Green Hills Software’s comprehensive operating system, development tools, and middleware solutions over competing offerings because of our requirement for uncompromising product reliability and availability,” commented Steffan Benamou, associate staff engineer, … Read More → "Stryker Endoscopy Systems Built with INTEGRITY"

MILPITAS, CA – December 14, 2009 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LT2940, a power and current monitor for 4V to 80V systems. The LT2940 provides the necessary circuits to accurately measure, monitor and control power in situations where both the current and voltage may vary due to supply voltage uncertainty, component parametric changes, transient conditions or time-varying signals. Unlike traditional power monitors that rely on data converters and multiplying registers to calculate power, the LT2940 uses a true four-quadrant analog multiplier that results in 5% power measurement accuracy and 3% current measurement accuracy, ensuring that boards and systems achieve optimum power efficiency and reliability. … Read More → "True Power & Current Monitor Enables Board & System-Level Optimization"

HILLSBORO, OR ? DECEMBER 14, 2009 ? Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced the immediate availability of a $169 evaluation board for the ispClock^TM 5400D programmable clock device. The new board is an easy-to-use platform for evaluating and designing with the ispClock5400D differential clock distribution device. The evaluation board can be used by itself to review the performance and in-system programmability of the 5400D device, or as a companion board and clock source for LatticeECP3^TM FPGA Serial Protocol or Video Protocol evaluation boards.

Typically, expensive oscillators with LVDS or LVPECL interfaces are used as … Read More → "Lattice Releases Development Platform for SERDES and Video Clock Distribution"

LOD, Israel, December 14/PRNewswire/ — New Patent Extends Ethernity’s IP Rights Throughout the Entire Carrier Grade Ethernet Switch Protocol Interworking and Traffic Management Technology 

Ethernity Networks Ltd, a leading supplier of Multiservice Fabric Flow Processors for Carrier Grade Ethernet appliances, today announced that it has been awarded patent number 7,620,770 by the US Patent Office for a ” Device and method for storing and processing data units”. The patent applies to a zero copy mechanism for storing an ingress data unit at the DDR memory unit for purposes of packet re-ordering and traffic management, then retrieving a … Read More → "Ethernity Networks is Awarded a key Wire Speed Protocols Interworking Patent"

DUESSELDORF (Germany), KAWASAKI (Japan), SANTA CLARA (USA/Calif.), December 11, 2009 – NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) today announced the availability of four new 8-bit All Flash^TM LCD microcontrollers (MCUs) with an integrated metrology engine providing energy measurement and management functions for smart electricity meters. The new chips will simplify smart meter designs for homes around the world, contributing to efficient energy usage and reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. The 64-pin 78K0/LE3-M microcontroller comes in a 10 millimeter (mm) x 10mm low-profile quad flat package (LQFP) and is designed for single-phase 2-wire electricity meters, while the, 100-pin 78K0/LG3 … Read More → "NEC Electronics Introduces Four New 8-bit LCD Microcontrollers with Integrated Metrology Engine for Smart Electricity Meters"

REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Today, Microsoft Corp. celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its Windows Embedded Partner Program (WEPP) by announcing the next-generation program for participating partners, building on its recent release of Windows 7 technologies to manufacturers of specialized devices with new resources for its global ecosystem. Since the program’s inception, WEPP has grown to more than 650 partners globally, including silicon vendors, independent software vendors, systems integrators, design houses and user experience designers, independent hardware vendors, and training partners in countries such as the U.S., China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, the U.K., India, Russia, Germany and France. For … Read More → "Windows Embedded Partner Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Enhancements to Help Microsoft Ecosystem Support the Latest Windows 7 Technologies"