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Infinite Power Solutions Unleashes The World’s Most Powerful Thin-film, Solid-State, Single-Cell Battery On The Market

Company Announces Immediate Availability of its THINERGY™ MEC102

Littleton, Colo., Nov. 17, 2009—Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS), a global leader in the development and manufacturing of solid-state, rechargeable, thin-film energy storage devices, today announced the immediate availability of the world’s most powerful solid-state, thin-film, single cell battery on the market-the THINERGY™ MEC102. Unveiled earlier this year, the powerful MEC102 is the latest thin-film micro-energy storage device now available from IPS’ award-winning THINERGY Micro-Energy Cell (MEC) portfolio.

IPS continues to lead the industry in delivering the world’s most powerful batteries among … Read More → "Infinite Power Solutions Unleashes The World’s Most Powerful Thin-film, Solid-State, Single-Cell Battery On The Market"

Atmel Launches Low-cost LF RFID IC with OTP Functionality and Unsurpassed Read Performance for Small-sized Access Control Systems

Increased flexibility, shorter lead-time, faster time-to-market

San Jose, CA, November 17, 2009 – Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) today announced the availability of the LF OTP (One Time Programmable) transponder IDIC® ATA5575M1. The device is a new member of Atmel’s broad, well-known RFID transponder family and has been optimized for next-generation access control systems. Application areas include, for example, hotel rooms, engineering departments, offices, time recording systems and parking lots, as well as customer loyalty and membership cards. The ATA5575M1 provides OTP functionality, which simplifies the production process and provides increased flexibility compared to read-only … Read More → "Atmel Launches Low-cost LF RFID IC with OTP Functionality and Unsurpassed Read Performance for Small-sized Access Control Systems"

Micro Digital Announces smxWiFi Upgrade

Costa Mesa, California, November 16, 2009 – Micro Digital Inc. is pleased to announce that smxWiFi, first released in June of 2008, has been upgraded to support 802.11n (high speed) and additional chips sets from Ralink. smxWiFi now provides support for USB WiFi dongles using the Ralink RT2500, 2573, and 2870 chipsets. In addition, it now supports PCI bus WiFi cards using the Ralink RT2860 and 2760 chipsets. Support for other chipsets can be added.

This software package is IEEE 802.11 a, b, g, i and n compliant and supports connection to an Access Point (AP) or peer to peer connection. smxWiFi … Read More → "Micro Digital Announces smxWiFi Upgrade"

Atmel AVR Microcontroller Targets High-volume USB Smart Card Reader Applications

AT90SCR050 provides cost-effective solutions, complete tool set and support for various programming mechanisms in the consumer, corporate and government sectors

CARTES, France, November 17, 2009 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a leader in microcontroller-based solutions, today announced a new Atmel AVR® microcontroller designed for the smart card reader market. Targeting the low-cost, high volume market, Atmel’s new AT90SCR050 is a complete system solution that enables designers to bring their products faster-to-market.

The AT90SCR050 includes an industry-proven Atmel AVR microcontroller, 16 KB of ROM, USB FS2.0 and smart card interface with an integrated … Read More → "Atmel AVR Microcontroller Targets High-volume USB Smart Card Reader Applications"

Nallatech Announces Next Generation Xilinx® Virtex-5™ PCI Express FPGA Accelerators

CAMARILLO, California, November 16, 2009 – Nallatech, a leading supplier of high-performance COTS FPGA solutions, today announced two new PCI Express accelerator products featuring Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs. The PCIe-280 and PCIe-180 are the latest products to be introduced to Nallatech’s highly successful Embedded PCI Series of FPGA COTS solutions.

PCIe-280 next generation FPGA accelerator card:

8-lane PCI Express 2.0 host interface
Up to 5GBytes/sec sustained host bandwidth
Xilinx Virtex-5 user FPGA (up to LX330T-2)
Multiple independent banks of DDR2 SDRAM and QDR-II SRAM memory
32-lanes of off-card high speed serial … Read More → "Nallatech Announces Next Generation Xilinx® Virtex-5™ PCI Express FPGA Accelerators"

Mitrionics and GiDEL Announce Joint Reseller Partnership for FPGA-Based Accelerated Computing Development Tools & PCI Cards

Successful Technology Integration and Collaboration Led to Business Partnership 

SUPERCOMPUTING 2009, November 16, 2009 – Mitrionics, Inc, the technology leader in FPGA-based hybrid computing, today announced it has signed a joint reseller agreement with GiDEL Ltd., a leading supplier of FPGA-based accelerated computing systems and cards, whereby both companies will resell each other’s FPGA-based accelerated computing hardware and software. The companies began working together collaboratively to integrate their technologies in early 2009 on a research project with the University of Florida. The successful integration of their products led to this mutually beneficial business partnership. Products from both companies … Read More → "Mitrionics and GiDEL Announce Joint Reseller Partnership for FPGA-Based Accelerated Computing Development Tools & PCI Cards"

Taking Exception

The problem with computers is that they have no common sense. They can’t simply do the normal thing in a normal situation, whatever that might be. High in a rarified Manhattan skyscraper, the team of architects bemoaned the brain-deadness of their building design tools. One of the more tech-savvy of the architects noted that it would be so awesome if someone could invent a “common sense” module for computers. You would access it using the “duh” function. Like, “if <condition> Read More → "Taking Exception"

Redtree Solutions Ltd Named Representative For Lattice Semiconductor in France, Benelux, The UK and Ireland

— Lattice is Flagship Partner of Redtree Solutions Ltd, A Pan-EMEA Representative Company —

HILLSBORO, OR — NOVEMBER 17, 2009 — Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that Redtree Solutions Ltd will represent Lattice and its full range of products in France, Benelux, the UK and Ireland.

“Redtree Solutions is very excited to partner with Lattice and serve as its extended field sales force,” said Jean-Marie Houillon, Co-founder and Director of Redtree Solutions Ltd. “Our collaboration will accelerate the development of new business opportunities for both companies in France, Benelux, the UK and Ireland. Lattice& … Read More → "Redtree Solutions Ltd Named Representative For Lattice Semiconductor in France, Benelux, The UK and Ireland"

Confronting Manufacturing Closure at 32nm and Below

The problems of managing manufacturing variability, which began at the 45nm node, grow even more severe with the move to 32nm and could now pose a significant threat to design schedules, IC performance, and the bottom line. As the features get smaller, but the light wavelength used in lithography stays the same, the significant variations in line width, thickness, etc., have a greater effect on the yield and performance of ICs. Addressing this process-design gap – the gap between the feature size, 32nm, and the light used to etch those features, 193nm – is the … Read More → "Confronting Manufacturing Closure at 32nm and Below"

Intel, AMD, Patents, and Punishment

What would you do with $1.25 billion?

You could buy a large yacht – and a Caribbean island to moor it on. You could keep a lifetime supply of Ferraris for you and all of your newly found friends. You could acquire several small companies. You could settle into a dozen houses along the fairways at Pebble Beach, hitting balls through the windows all day.

Or if you’re Intel, you write a big check to AMD. … Read More → "Intel, AMD, Patents, and Punishment"

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