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Metrics Launches with Focus on Cloud-Based Verification with Pay-by-Minute SaaS Pricing

Ottawa, Ontario, February 1, 2018, – Metrics Technologies, Inc. introduced itself today as a provider of pay-by-minute Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud-based verification solutions. Metrics will enable system and semiconductor companies to instantly accommodate peak simulation demand, optimize budgets, and accelerate verification closure.

In other news today, Metrics also announced that its flagship product, the Metrics Cloud Simulator & Verification Manager, was commercially released, after nearly three calendar years and 30+ person years of development, plus successful deployment at multiple companies.

Metrics is delivering the benefits of a true cloud solution to SoC design and verification, including on-demand … Read More → "Metrics Launches with Focus on Cloud-Based Verification with Pay-by-Minute SaaS Pricing"

Mercury Systems Announces New Rugged High Density Server Form Factor

FREMONT, Calif. − Feb. 6, 2018 Mercury Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com) today announced HDslim, a new sub-rack form factor for its RES High Density (RES-HD) server product line. Less than ten inches wide and twenty inches deep, the first 4U HDslim chassis is available this month – delivering high density computing, storage, and networking to mobile tactical environments.

“The HDslim form factor addresses a growing market need for small and light enterprise … Read More → "Mercury Systems Announces New Rugged High Density Server Form Factor"

Metrics Announces Pay-by-Minute Cloud Simulator & Verification Manager

Ottawa, Ontario, February 1, 2018 – Metrics, Inc. today announced its flagship product, the Metrics Cloud Simulator & Verification Manager — the electronic design automation industry’s first true cloud software solution. Metrics provides a disruptive, instantly adjustable, pay-byminute SaaS pricing. Additionally, customers get the full technology advantages of the cloud, including on-demand deployment, unlimited capacity during peak demand, and lower total cost of ownership.

Verification Teams Face Schedule & Productivity Hits during Peak Demand

System and semiconductor companies today are limited by software license and hardware restrictions during periods of peak usage. Verification engineers can end … Read More → "Metrics Announces Pay-by-Minute Cloud Simulator & Verification Manager"

ACCES I/O Announces a New Line of Software Selectable USB Multifunction Analog I/O Modules (12 Models) with Speeds up to 1MHz

February 06, 2018—SAN DIEGO, CA — ACCES I/O Products announces the immediate release of a new family of low cost USB analog I/O modules—the USB-AIO Family. This innovative line of 12 and 16-bit USB modules starts with its flagship model, the USB-AIO16-16F. This high-speed, 16-bit multifunction analog input/output board is ideal for precision measurement, analysis, monitoring, and control in countless embedded applications. The USB-AIO16-16F can sample inputs at speeds up to 1MHz for the board’s 16 single-ended or 8 differential analog input channels. Standard features in the USB-AIO Family include up to four 16-bit analog … Read More → "ACCES I/O Announces a New Line of Software Selectable USB Multifunction Analog I/O Modules (12 Models) with Speeds up to 1MHz"

RS Components renews support for HYPED student team in global SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition

LONDON, UK, 7 February, 2018 – RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, has renewed its sponsorship for the University of Edinburgh’s Hyperloop team – HYPED – to support the next phase in the university’s efforts to design and build a half-scale prototype pod for the revolutionary Hyperloop mass transportation system.

Later this year, students from the HYPED team, which now totals more than 100 members, will return to the headquarters of aerospace manufacturer SpaceX in California to compete as finalists … Read More → "RS Components renews support for HYPED student team in global SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition"

Plunify Launches InTime Optimization Service to Deliver FPGA Design Results in a Day

SINGAPORE –– February 6, 2018 –– Plunify®, supplier of field programmable gate array (FPGA) timing and performance software based on machine learning techniques, today announced immediate availability of InTime Service, a turnkey design optimization service for FPGA designs.

The success-based service helps businesses achieve faster and more efficient FPGA applications in days rather than weeks or months with no upfront costs and no fees unless the desired target performance is attained. For most engagements, InTime Service is able to … Read More → "Plunify Launches InTime Optimization Service to Deliver FPGA Design Results in a Day"

Microsemi’s Libero SoC Development Software Now Certified for IEC 61508 Functional Safety Requirements

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.—Feb. 6, 2018—Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced its Libero® system-on-chip (SoC) development software version 11.5 Service Pack (SP)2, offering a comprehensive suite of field programmable gate array (FPGA) design tools, has achieved Read More → "Microsemi’s Libero SoC Development Software Now Certified for IEC 61508 Functional Safety Requirements"

SMD pulse transformers for Gigabit Ethernet and PoE

  • Designed for high transmission rates of up to 10 Gbit/s
  • Support Power over Ethernet (PoE) applications at 1 Gbit/s
  • Special core design optimized for fully-automated production processes

February 6, 2018

TDK Corporation has expanded the ALT4532 series of pulse transformers with new types for Gigabit Ethernet and PoE applications. The new ALT4532P type is designed for emerging 2.5GBASE-T (2.5 Gbit/s) and 5GBASE-T (5 Gbit/s) LAN applications as well as 1000BASE-T (1 Gbit/s) applications with 600-mA PoE. The new ALT4532H … Read More → "SMD pulse transformers for Gigabit Ethernet and PoE"

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