LEESBURG, VA – October 19, 2009 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, VXS and CompactPCI products for the aerospace and defense market, has announced that it intends to support the OpenVPX™ interoperability specification across its range of VPX single board computers (SBCs), DSP engines, network interfaces, storage solutions and other board and sub-system platforms.

“Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing has taken a leadership position in the development of the VPX and OpenVPX specifications and we plan to offer the market the most comprehensive mix of … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Announces Support For OpenVPX™ Across Rugged Embedded Board/System Product Line"

Multicore processing speeds runtime by 3X, accelerates time-to-quality

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., November 3, 2009 – Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Arrow Electronics successfully deployed Synopsys’ TetraMAX(R) automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) with multicore processing to significantly reduce the time needed to generate high quality manufacturing tests. Stringent quality goals combined with increasing design complexity stimulated the need to improve ATPG performance at Arrow. By utilising TetraMAX ATPG’s multicore processing capability on their quad-core compute servers, Arrow’s … Read More → "Synopsys TetraMAX ATPG cuts test development schedule at Arrow Electronics"

Starnberg, November 3, 2009 – qaqadu event gmbh, the experts for technical education, offer the 3-day short course on “FPGAs and Embedded Processors” taking place on December 7 to 9, 2009, in Munich, Germany. Offering this topic qaqadu events meets the rapidly growing market of FPGAs and embedded processors with great market potential. This course will provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of how embedded styled systems can be implemented within a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and discuss how FPGAs can be used as a platform for System-on-Chip (SoC) styled designs. An introduction to FPGAs and their DSP capabilities will be presented along … Read More → "FPGAs and Embedded Processors Technical Course"

Innovative CMOS IC Delivers Optimum Performance with
Low Power Consumption and Low Signal Distortion

DENVER, COLORADO – October 28, 2009 – RF Micro Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq GS: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency systems and solutions, today announced the introduction of the RFFC0085 frequency converter integrated circuit (IC). The CMOS-based RFFC0085 frequency converter IC is designed for use as an Out-of-Band (OOB) receive circuit tuner in cable industry and SATCOM-DBS set-top boxes, DOCSIS® Set-Top Gateways, OpenCable Application Platform (OCAP™) CableCards, Tru2Way™ products and CableCard-equipped HDTVs.

The … Read More → "RFMD® Introduces RFFC0085 Frequency Converter IC"

Miniature, Self-Charging Power Modules Enable Maintenance-Free 
Perpetually-Powered Wireless Sensors and Other Micro-electronic Devices

Littleton, Colo., Nov. 2, 2009—Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS), a global leader in the development and manufacturing of solid-state, rechargeable, thin-film energy storage devices, today formally unveiled its INFINERGYTM Micro Power Module (MPM) products at the Energy Harvesting & Storage USA conference in Denver, Colorado. INFINERGY MPMs are miniaturized “plug & play” power modules with integrated power management and solid-state energy storage that simplify the design and adoption of self-powered, micro-electronic systems using ambient energy. These novel MPM products are designed … Read More → "Infinite Power Solutions Launches Infinergy Micro Power Module Product Family"

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – November 2, 2009 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores, today introduced a new core family providing the highest levels of system performance for extremely cost-sensitive embedded applications such as 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), home entertainment, personal entertainment and home networking. The new MIPS32® M14K™ and M14Kc™ cores are the first MIPS32-compatible cores that also execute the new microMIPS™ instruction set architecture (ISA), achieving high performance of 

1.5 DMIPS/MHz with an advanced level of code compression. The microMIPS ISA … Read More → "MIPS Technologies Introduces New Processor Cores with 32-bit Performance and near 16-bit Code Size"

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML) today announced the availability of the Xplain evaluation kit for its AVR® XMEGA(TM) microcontroller family. With a suggested resale price of $29 USD, this kit enables users the ability to evaluate features and system performance of Atmel’s XMEGA at a minimum hardware cost. The kit is powered through a mini USB connector where end-users can develop their own applications on XMEGA using Xplain. The 8-/16-bit XMEGA microcontrollers, introduced in 2008, are optimized for ultra- low power and high system performance with a very innovative and complete … Read More → "Atmel Introduces $29 Evaluation Kit for AVR XMEGA"

Topics include System-Level Design, VMM Verification Methodology and a multi-tool IPL Flow Demonstration

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 2 — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) , a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that its 22nd electronic design automation (EDA) Interoperability Forum will feature keynote speaker Subodh Bapat, vice president, energy efficiency and distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems, on the topic of “Groovy Green Computing: Battling the Mushrooming Use of Power.”
WHO: The event is recommended for EDA tool developers, IC design engineers, and IP providers to discuss the industry-critical topics of … Read More → "Synopsys EDA Interoperability Forum to Feature Subodh Bapat Keynote on Green Computing"

Delivers predictable high compression with only one pair of test data pins

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., November 2, 2009 — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced a new capability in DFTMAX(tm) compression that significantly reduces the cost of test for designs and methodologies that mandate very few test pins. Extending Synopsys’ patented adaptive scan technology with a high-performance, low-pin interface to the tester allows designers to achieve predictable compression of up to 100X or more with only one pair of test data pins. As designers … Read More → "Synopsys extends DFTMAX compression to reduce the cost of pin-limited test"