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DfR Solutions Addresses Electronics Risks in Harsh Environments

Dr. Craig Hillman to present at SMTA Europe Conference

April 12, 2018

Beltsville, MD – April 12, 2018 – DfR Solutions, leader in quality, reliability, and durability (QRD) solutions for the electronics industry, today announced that Dr. Craig Hillman, CEO of DfR Solutions is speaking at the SMTA Europe Electronics in Harsh Environments Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dr. Hillman will present How to Design for Reliable Operation at 150C and Higher Temperatures: An Update at the Automotive Session on April 26, co-hosted by iNEMI. Dr. Hillman is one of three automotive electronics experts to be speaking on the panel.

With technology proliferation into automotive and avionics, electronics must be designed … Read More → "DfR Solutions Addresses Electronics Risks in Harsh Environments"

Mentor Graphics Partners with SamacSys to Provide Schematic Symbols, PCB Footprints and 3D Models for PartQuest

Free high-quality CAD models available now in all Mentor PCB formats

April 12, 2018

Wilsonville, USA and Wallingford, UK, 12 April, 2018 – Mentor has partnered with SamacSys to provide free PCB symbols, footprints and 3D models from within PartQuest, Mentor’s online platform for finding component information. The SamacSys CAD library content saves companies the time-consuming task of library part creation.

SamacSys is the global leader in providing accurate component ECAD data, and has been selected to provide high-quality CAD models for Mentor’s PADS, xDX Designer and Xpedition PCB design solutions. Components found on PartQuest can now be downloaded into any … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Partners with SamacSys to Provide Schematic Symbols, PCB Footprints and 3D Models for PartQuest"

AVX Releases New BTB Pin Jumpers for Maximum Tolerance Absorption in SSL & Industrial Applications

Although designed for use in conjunction with AVX’s new 2.5mm no-wire-stop 70-9296 Series STRIPT™ poke-home contact, the new 10-9296 Series BTB pin jumpers are drop-in compatible with competitors’ jumpers & offer a shortened insulator, a unique insulator geometry that achieves watertight connections, & the only ~38mm pin length currently available

April 11, 2018

FOUNTAIN INN, S.C., April 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer and supplier of advanced electronic components and interconnect, sensor, control, and antenna … Read More → "AVX Releases New BTB Pin Jumpers for Maximum Tolerance Absorption in SSL & Industrial Applications"

Cadence Boosts Vision and AI Performance with New Tensilica Vision Q6 DSP IP

Built on a new, faster processor architecture, the fifth-generation Vision Q6 DSP targets the smartphone, surveillance camera, automotive, AR/VR, drone and robotics markets

April 11, 2018

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 11, 2018 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced the Cadence® Tensilica® Vision Q6 DSP, its latest DSP for embedded vision and AI built on a new, faster processor architecture. The fifth-generation Vision Q6 DSP offers 1.5X greater vision and AI performance than its predecessor, the Vision P6 DSP, and 1.25X better power efficiency at the Vision P6 DSPs peak performance. The Vision Q6 DSP is targeted for embedded vision and on-device AI applications in the smartphone, surveillance camera, automotive, augmented reality (AR)/virtual … Read More →

Micron Announces Collaboration With Leading Video Surveillance Solution Providers To Promote ‘Surveillance-Grade’ Edge Storage

New 256GB industrial microSD card delivers up to 30 days of surveillance video storage at the edge*

April 11, 2018

BOISE, Idaho, April 10, 2018 – Micron (Nasdaq: MU) today announced general availability of the 128GB and 256GB density of edge storage microSD card solutions and collaboration with several leading video surveillance solution providers to promote surveillance-grade edge storage. Built on Micron’s industry-leading 64-layer 3D TLC NAND technology, the newly released solutions enable greater capacity in a smaller space, delivering up to 30 days of surveillance video storage in the camera itself.

Over 98 percent of all microSD cards sold globally in 2017 were used in consumer applications, according to IHS Markit¹. These consumer-grade memory cards … Read More → "Micron Announces Collaboration With Leading Video Surveillance Solution Providers To Promote ‘Surveillance-Grade’ Edge Storage"

Microsemi Reaches Key Production-Qualification Milestone for its Award-Winning PolarFire FPGA Family

300K Logic Element PolarFire Device Production-Qualified to Deliver Lowest Power at Mid-Range Densities for Communications, Defense and Industrial Markets

April 11, 2018

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.—April 11, 2018—Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced its first cost-optimized, low power, mid-range Read More → "Microsemi Reaches Key Production-Qualification Milestone for its Award-Winning PolarFire FPGA Family"

Accelize Launches AccelStore: A Platform-Independent Marketplace that Brings FPGA-based Workload Acceleration to all Cloud Users

FPGA-based Accelerator Functions Providing 10x to over 1000x Performance Improvements Now Available on Multiple Cloud Platforms, Starting with AWS and OVH

April 11, 2018

April 9th, 2018 – Aix-en-Provence, France – Accelize®, a leading enabler of workload Acceleration-as-a-Service using FPGAs, today launched AccelStore™ – an online marketplace of ready-to-use accelerator functions, provided by a growing ecosystem of 3rd party developer companies, that can be seamlessly deployed on different Cloud FPGA instances. Currently, the marketplace hosts accelerator functions for data compression, search-and-replace, image encoding and security running on both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and OVH platforms and delivering performance improvements from 10x … Read More → "Accelize Launches AccelStore: A Platform-Independent Marketplace that Brings FPGA-based Workload Acceleration to all Cloud Users"

Pasternack Introduces New Line of Quick Connect RF Loads with 10 Different Connector Options

New Easy Connect Terminations Available with Frequency Ranges from DC to 40 GHz

April 11, 2018

IRVINE, Calif. – Pasternack, a leading provider of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, has launched a new line of RF loads with ten different types of connectors for quick mating. Typical applications include DAS systems, base stations, antennas and test instrumentation.

Pasternack’s 24 new easy connect terminations are available with QMA, … Read More → "Pasternack Introduces New Line of Quick Connect RF Loads with 10 Different Connector Options"

Saelig Introduces Teledyne LeCroy HVD3000A Series 1-6kV High-Voltage Differential Probes

The HVD3000A series advances the HVD3000 series and covers a broad range of application from 120/240 V switch-mode power supplies through 600V class and 5kV class electrical apparatus

April 11, 2018

Fairport, NY: Saelig Company, Inc. announces the availability of the Teledyne LeCroy HVD3000A High-voltage Differential Probes – the 1kV HVD310xA, the 2kV HVD3206A, and the 6kV HVD3605A.

These probes provide excellent CMRR over a broad frequency range to simplify the measurement challenges found in noisy, high common-mode power electronics environments. The probe’s design makes it easy and safe to make precise high voltage floating measurements. Serving a wide range of power-electronics applications, they provide 1% gain accuracy, a differential-voltage range of up to 1500 V (DC + peak AC), … Read More →

Luxoft releases PELUX 1.0 automotive software starter-kit on Open Source

April 10, 2018

Gothenburg, Sweden – 10 April 2018. – The automotive division of Luxoft Holding Inc (NYSE:LXFT), a global IT service provider, has launched PELUX 1.0, a base development platform designed to provide the building blocks for automotive software development projects, which is now available on Open Source.

PELUX 1.0 was developed from Luxoft’s PELUX software suite which, for over four years, has helped carmakers and tier one suppliers to develop converged automotive systems for infotainment, autonomous driving, body control and communication.

PELUX 1.0 leverages well known open source projects such as Linux, Yocto and GENIVI … Read More → "Luxoft releases PELUX 1.0 automotive software starter-kit on Open Source"

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