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"

REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — In response to widespread interest from consumer device-makers around the world, Microsoft Corp. is announcing a flexible licensing program for its Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) technology. The latest generation of Microsoft’s file system, exFAT delivers a significant leap forward in terms of the size of files that can be stored on a broad range of consumer electronic devices, and the speed with which they can be accessed. The exFAT technology is already being adopted by partners in the industry, and these manufacturers are using the licensing program to deliver a … Read More → "Microsoft’s Latest Flash Memory Technology Now Available for License"

(Sacramento, USA: December 10, 2009) The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world’s premier Linux certification organization (http://www.lpi.org), announced that it had expanded its training partner program to include 44 nations–up from 33 a year ago.  In addition the organization has increased the number of LPI-Approved Training Partners (LPI-ATP) and LPI-Approved Academic Partners (LPI-AAP) to a total of 242 partners — up 10% from this time last year.

Jim Lacey, president and CEO of LPI credited the continuing growth to the increased participation … Read More → "LPI Expands Training Partner Program to include 44 nations"

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ — Denali Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property (IP), today revealed a new phase PHY technology for DDR SDRAM physical interfaces, delivering memory system performance up to 1066 MHz clock speeds (or DDR-2133 data rates) on 65-nanometer foundry process nodes or lower. Denali’s phase PHY technology applies a high-speed oversampling architecture paired with per-bit data capture and calibration mechanism to achieve GHz clock rates. This third-generation DDR PHY technology is delivered as a fully-synchronous design which benefits design teams with the configurability needed to satisfy their physical … Read More → "Denali Announces State-of-the-Art GHz DDR PHY Technology"

December 10, 2009 – Uppsala, Sweden. IAR Systems today announced the availability of IAR KickStart kit for NXP LPC1114. This is believed to be the world’s first commercial starter kit for ARM Cortex-M0-based microcontrollers.

The strong partnership and tight cooperation during the development project between NXP and IAR Systems has led to IAR Systems latest starter kit being the first in the market.  One of the features which enabled the speedy development of this kit was the fact that the NXP LPC11xx Cortex-M0 family is 100% pin compatible with the NXP LPC13xx Cortex-M3 family.  “This … Read More → "IAR Systems introduces world’s first starter kit for ARM Cortex-M0"

December 10, 2009 – Uppsala, Sweden. IAR Systems today announced the availability of IAR KickStart kit for NXP LPC1114. This is believed to be the world’s first commercial starter kit for ARM Cortex-M0-based microcontrollers.

The strong partnership and tight cooperation during the development project between NXP and IAR Systems has led to IAR Systems latest starter kit being the first in the market.  One of the features which enabled the speedy development of this kit was the fact that the NXP LPC11xx Cortex-M0 family is 100% pin compatible with the NXP LPC13xx Cortex-M3 family.  “This … Read More → "IAR Systems introduces world’s first starter kit for ARM Cortex-M0"

MILPITAS, CA – December 10, 2009 – Linear Technology announces the LTC®6801, a high voltage battery stack fault monitor that operates without a microprocessor, and without the need for optocouplers or isolators. An LTC6801 can monitor up to 12 series-connected battery cells for overvoltage and undervoltage conditions. Multiple LTC6801 devices can be daisy chained, providing a method to monitor each individual cell in very long battery strings. When connected in a daisy-chain, a single differential clock output confirms that all cells in the stack are within the defined operating range. This clock interface provides high noise immunity and ensures that fault conditions are … Read More → "Battery Stack Fault Monitor Provides Independent Supervision of High Voltage Li-Ion Strings"