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Smartphone and Tablet App from STMicroelectronics Brings New Features for Selecting and Designing with Operational Amplifiers

Geneva, April 24, 2017 – STMicroelectronics has released the latest version of its ST Op Amps mobile app (ST-OPAMPS-APP) with new features that simplify use and help designers find important information on ST’s analog signal-conditioning products … Read More → "Smartphone and Tablet App from STMicroelectronics Brings New Features for Selecting and Designing with Operational Amplifiers"

Linear Technology Demonstrates Breakthrough Wireless Battery Management System in BMW i3 at Hannover Messe

MILPITAS, CA & NORWOOD, MA – April 24, 2017 – Analog Devices, Inc., which recently acquired Linear Technology Corporation, the leading provider of battery stack monitoring ICs for electric and hybrid/electric vehicles, is demonstrating the industry’s first wireless automotive battery management system (BMS) concept car at Hannover Messe April 24 – 28 in Booth H23. This wireless BMS concept car, developed with Linear’s design partner LION Smart, combines Linear’s highly accurate battery stack monitors with its SmartMesh® wireless mesh networking products in a BMW i3, replacing the traditional wired connections between the battery packs and the battery management system. This significant breakthrough … Read More → "Linear Technology Demonstrates Breakthrough Wireless Battery Management System in BMW i3 at Hannover Messe"

Mentor collaborates with Microsoft to accelerate Internet of Things solutions

Mentor, a Siemens business, today announced it has joined Microsoft Azure Certified for Internet of Things (IoT), ensuring customers get IoT solutions up and running quickly with hardware and software that has been pre-tested and verified to work with Microsoft Azure IoT services. Microsoft Azure Certified for IoT allows businesses to reach customers where they are, working with an ecosystem of devices and platforms, allowing for faster time to production.

Mentor provides the embedded systems industry’s broadest portfolio of solutions for the industrial market, with offerings that include the Nucleus® real-time operating system ( … Read More → "Mentor collaborates with Microsoft to accelerate Internet of Things solutions"

Cadence Tensilica Vision P-Series DSPs are Industry’s First Imaging/Vision DSPs Certified by Khronos as OpenVX 1.1 Conformant

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 20, 2017—Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced that the Cadence® Tensilica® Vision P-Series DSPs are the first imaging/vision DSPs to pass Khronos™ Group’s conformance tests for the OpenVX™ 1.1 specification. Application developers can now take advantage of Tensilica Vision P5/P6 functionality without detailed knowledge of the hardware architecture and still achieve high performance. This enables faster development of computer vision and imaging applications on Tensilica Vision P-Series DSPs being deployed in applications processors for mobile, automotive, drone, security, augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) and other markets. 

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Synopsys Enhances ARC Data Fusion Subsystem with New Audio and High-Performance Sensor Support for Always-On IoT Applications

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ —

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Comcast Joins LoRa Alliance™ as Sponsor Member; Hosts Next All-Members Meeting and Showcases Citywide LoRaWAN™ Network Deployment

PHILADELPHIA – April 20, 2017 — The LoRa Alliance™, the global association of over 400 companies backing the LoRaWAN™ standard for low-power wide-area IoT (Internet of Things) networks (LPWANs), today announced that Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) has formally joined the Alliance as a Sponsor member, and will join the Board of Directors. Additionally, Comcast will host the Alliance’s 8th All-Members Meeting, Open House and Marketplace Exhibition from June 12-14, 2017, at The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

“Comcast’s successful citywide deployment in Philadelphia exemplifies the power of standardizing LPWANs to fully realize the worldwide potential of IoT technology,” said Geoff Mulligan, chairman of … Read More → "Comcast Joins LoRa Alliance™ as Sponsor Member; Hosts Next All-Members Meeting and Showcases Citywide LoRaWAN™ Network Deployment"

Mentor Graphics Expands Formal Verification’s Reach with New Cross-Platform GUI and Apps for Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking and CDC Gate-Level Analysis

  • Over 5x reduction in debug cycles with a new, interactive multi-platform GUI for the Questa® PropCheck and Questa CDC apps that enables users to be productive anywhere 24/7.

  • Reducing verification turn-around time by up to 10x, the new formal-based Questa Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking (SLEC®) app is optimized for RTL-to-RTL equivalence checking.

  • The new Questa Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) Gate-level verification app helps minimize re-spins and ensures critical synchronization logic has not been disrupted.

Mentor, a Siemens business, today announced new formal-based technologies in the Questa … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Expands Formal Verification’s Reach with New Cross-Platform GUI and Apps for Sequential Logic Equivalence Checking and CDC Gate-Level Analysis"

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