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Microsemi Announces its Entire Product Portfolio is Unaffected by Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerabilities

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.—Jan. 16, 2018—Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced its products, including its field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), are not affected by the recently identified security flaws associated with the use of x86 and ARM® and a number of other processors. The announcement comes as security researchers recently revealed major computer chip vulnerabilities, called Spectre and Meltdown, in chips—affecting billions of devices globally.

“As a leader in security, we strive to ensure our products are immune to both … Read More → "Microsemi Announces its Entire Product Portfolio is Unaffected by Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerabilities"

Rohde & Schwarz stirs up market with new state-of-the-art embedded oscilloscope family

Munich, January 16, 2018 — The new R&S RTM3000 oscilloscope offers bandwidths of 100 MHz, 200 MHz, 350 MHz, 500 MHz and 1 GHz. The products incorporate a proprietary 5 Gsample/s 10-bit ADC, and each model includes 40 Msample (80 Msample interleaved) per channel acquisition memory with an optional 400 Msample segmented acquisition memory. The new R&S RTA4000 oscilloscope offers bandwidths of 200 MHz, 350 MHz, 500 MHz and 1 GHz. These models include the same 10-bit ADC, but have even more memory, with an astonishing 100 Msample (200 Msample interleaved) per channel acquisition memory and standard 1 Gsample (1,000 Msample) segmented acquisition … Read More → "Rohde & Schwarz stirs up market with new state-of-the-art embedded oscilloscope family"

ams extends digital multispectral offerings with AS7265x compact 18-channel chipset

Premstaetten, Austria (16 January, 2018) — ams (SIX: AMS), a leading worldwide supplier of high performance sensor solutions, today launched the AS7265X, a highly cost-effective 18-channel multispectral sensor solution, opening the door to a wide range of new spectral sensing applications.

The 18-channel 3-chip calibrated visible through near-infrared chipset is ideal for emerging spectral sensing applications such as horticulture, fluid quality/spectral component analysis and complex spectral identification, including anti-counterfeiting and authentication. Today’s announcement brings the new 2017 offerings from the AS726x multispectral sensing products to 4 unique solution sets, including 6-channel visible, near-IR, true … Read More → "ams extends digital multispectral offerings with AS7265x compact 18-channel chipset"

AVX Extends its Space-Qualified ESCC QPL 3009 Series With New 200V X7R PME MLCCs

Pixus Announces New 9U RiCool OpenVPX Chassis With Superior Cooling

Waterloo, Ontario  —  Jan 16, 2018  Pixus Technologies, a provider of embedded computing and enclosure solutions,  now offers over 392 CFM (cubic feet per minute) of airflow in a front-to-rear cooled rackmount chassis platform. 

The 9U RiCool™ chassis platform features up to 32 OpenVPX backplane slots in the 3U size and up to 16 slots accommodating 6U cards.   Powerful reverse impeller blowers reside directly above the boards.  They pull air from below the card cage and blow … Read More → "Pixus Announces New 9U RiCool OpenVPX Chassis With Superior Cooling"

RS Components announces availability of compact and high-performance industrial Ethernet interface from Hirose

LONDON, UK, 16 January, 2018 – RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, has announced availability of the ix Industrial range from Hirose, which sets a higher standard for Ethernet interfaces and responds to future challenges posed by Industry 4.0 and the IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things).

There has been recognition that device interfaces and system cables need to be smaller, more powerful and even more robust. Hirose has developed this new technology to deliver this robust miniature Ethernet interface, which … Read More → "RS Components announces availability of compact and high-performance industrial Ethernet interface from Hirose"

Vishay Intertechnology HI-TMP® Wet Tantalum Capacitors Offer Increased Reliability for Industrial and Oil Exploration Applications

MALVERN, Pa. — Jan. 15, 2018 — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today introduced a new series of HI-TMP® tantalum-cased, hermetically sealed wet tantalum capacitors with high temperature operation to +200 °C. Offering increased reliability for industrial and oil exploration applications, T34 series axial-leaded through-hole devices deliver increased … Read More → "Vishay Intertechnology HI-TMP® Wet Tantalum Capacitors Offer Increased Reliability for Industrial and Oil Exploration Applications"

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