High quality DesignWare IP speeds time-to-market for STM32 Connectivity Line of SoCs

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – October 7, 2009 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that STMicroelectronics (ST) has achieved first-pass silicon success for its STM32 Connectivity Line of system-on-chips (SoCs) utilising the Synopsys DesignWare(r) USB 2.0 On-The-Go (OTG) and Ethernet digital controllers. ST, a global leader in developing and delivering SoC and semiconductor solutions, evaluated several IP vendors and selected Synopsys DesignWare IP solutions because they are high-quality, include the right feature set, and have … Read More → "Synopsys DesignWare USB 2.0 and Ethernet IP enables first-pass silicon success for STMicroelectronics"

Devices enable cost savings of up to 60 percent compared to existing solutions

San Jose, CA, October 7, 2009 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced the availability of a new Li-Ion battery management chipset for high-cell-count automotive and industrial applications such as electrical/hybrid vehicles, e-bikes or uninterruptible power supplies. Atmel is currently the only supplier to provide a complete two-chip protection solution including all necessary functionalities with the highest safety level.

The ATA6870/71 chipset requires less external components than comparable solutions because it includes a hot plug-in capability, six integrated AD converters with a cut-off … Read More → "Atmel Launches Industry’s Safest Battery Management Solution for Automotive and Industrial High-cell-count Li-Ion Battery Packs"

New XMC Card Eases Ability of System Designers to Enhance Situational Awareness with Portable Computing

OTTAWA, CANADA – October 6, 2009 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX and CompactPCI products for the aerospace and defense market, has introduced the XMC-660, multi-function mezzanine card that combines wireless, GPS and cryptography to deliver portable, secure in-the-field wireless connectivity. The light-weight, small form-factor XMC-660 is an ideal solution for quickly and easily adding high-performance trusted wireless communications to VME, VPX and CompactPCI embedded systems for applications including luggable computers, manpacks, and … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls New Multi-Function Wireless Mezzanine Combines On-board WiFi, Zigbee, GPS and Cryptography"

Beltsville, MD, October 6, 2009 – Empress Software, developer of
advanced database management technologies, announces the latest Empress
Ultra Embedded Database v10.20 on Sun’s Solaris 10 for SPARC. Empress
Embedded Database is full featured, ACID compliant, SQL database engine
with:

– high-performance with rock solid, multi-tiered database architecture

– kernel level interface and support for a variety of popular APIs
including C, C++, SQL, ODBC, and Java

– field proven reliability with robust, data intensive applications
running continuously in applications including control & automation,
automotive, networking & communications, medical, security & … Read More → "Sun Solaris Shines with Empress Embedded Database"

Device offers highly integrated features, smaller footprint and higher performance

San Jose, CA, October 7, 2009 – Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) today announced the availability of a new active antenna integrated circuit (IC) designed for AM/FM car antenna applications. The new ATR4252 IC provides the industry’s highest integration, automatic gain control, supply voltage regulator with overvoltage protection and an antenna sensor. Designers can now develop smaller, high-performance active antenna solutions for applications located in the mirror, bumper, rear or side windows of a car. In addition, the antenna detection functionality is ideal for modern window or … Read More → "Atmel Introduces Next-generation, Feature-rich Active AM/FM Antenna ICs"

Simulation Provides Key Insights in the Design and Optimization of Solar Cells

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 6, 2009– Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) , a world leader in … Read More → "Synopsys’ Sentaurus TCAD Used to Simulate Solar Cell Performance Characteristics at NREL"

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – October 6, 2009 – MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer, home networking, wireless, communications and business applications, today announced that Altera Corporation licensed … Read More → "MIPS Technologies Licenses MIPS32® Architecture to Altera Corporation"

Fully-featured Platform to Optimize External DDR2 and Flash Memory Organization for Maximum Performance and Cost-effective Data Storage

San Jose, CA, October 6, 2009 – Atmel® Corporation ( … Read More → "Atmel’s SAM9G45 Evaluation Kit Expedites Development on 400MHz ARM9-based Embedded MPU"