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SLX: The next generation of multicore software development tools from Silexica is here today

November 16, 2016

Saratoga, Calif. – November 16, 2016 – Silexica, the industry leader in multicore software design automation addressing complex, multicore platforms today announced that the next generation of the company’s SLX Tool Suite is shipping now. The SLX Tool Suite has been broadly adopted to automate the distribution of code onto large, multicore platforms. Based upon customer feedback, enhancements were made to this new version, which includes the SLX Parallelizer, SLX Mapper, SLX Generator, and SLX Explorer, resulting in tremendous productivity advancements. The updated tool suite broadens the type and kinds of models, supports additional languages, as well … Read More → "SLX: The next generation of multicore software development tools from Silexica is here today"

Renesas Electronics Spurs Innovation in Ethernet TSN Technology to Drive Autonomous Driving and Industry 4.0 Network Evolution

November 16, 2016

Düsseldorf, November 16, 2016 – Renesas Electronics, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced its latest innovative developments in Ethernet time-sensitive networking (TSN). Renesas has become the world’s first to demonstrate standard compliance and interoperability for frame preemption, the most essential feature … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Spurs Innovation in Ethernet TSN Technology to Drive Autonomous Driving and Industry 4.0 Network Evolution"

Coventor to Collaborate with MIT for Photonics Process Modeling

November 16, 2016

Cary, North Carolina – November 15, 2016 – Coventor, a leading supplier of semiconductor process development tools, today announced that it will collaborate with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”) on silicon photonics process modeling. MIT is a key player in the AIM Photonics program, a federally funded, public-private partnership established to advance domestic capabilities in integrated photonic technology and strengthen high-tech U.S.-based manufacturing. Coventor will provide its SEMulator3D® process modeling platform to model the effect of process variation in … Read More → "Coventor to Collaborate with MIT for Photonics Process Modeling"

Brite Semiconductor Announces DDR4 IP Achieve 2400 Mbps on SMIC 40nm Process

November 16, 2016

Shanghai, China—November 15, 2016—Brite Semiconductor (“Brite”) announced today, the YouPHY-DDR DDR4, DDR3/LPDDR3 subsystem had been silicon proven on SMIC 40nm low leakage process. According to the silicon data, the data rate of YouPHY-DDR reached to 2400Mbps in DDR4 protocol and 2133Mbps in DDR3/LPDDR3 with low power and small area successfully.

YouPHY-DDR is a complete DDR subsystem provided by Brite, including not only controller, PHY and IO, but also corresponding tuning and configuration software. And this solution can support DDR3, LPDDR3, DDR4 and LPDDR4 combo PHY with the data rate from 2133Mbps … Read More →

myDevices Announces Dedicated LoRa™ IoT Project Builder

November 15, 2016

Los Angeles, CA – November 15, 2016 — myDevices, the Internet of Things (IoT) solutions company that “simplifies the connected world” and creator of Cayenne, today announced its official launch of Cayenne for LoRa™— the IoT Project Builder developed exclusively for the LoRa ecosystem. Developers and organizations interested in building a LoRa solution can use Cayenne for free. At the same time, any LoRa device manufacturer can bundle Cayenne with their hardware and make it freely available to their customers.

myDevices is a Contributing Member of the LoRa Alliance, one of the fastest growing non-profit associations in the technology sector with … Read More → "myDevices Announces Dedicated LoRa™ IoT Project Builder"

Alpha Data Now Shipping Xilinx Ultrascale+ FPGA Accelerator Boards – Doubling PCIE Bandwidth Capabilities

November 15, 2016

November 14, 2016: SC16, Salt Lake City, UT — Alpha Data, a leading supplier of high-performance FPGA solutions, will showcase the new ADM-PCIE-9V3 FPGA accelerator card at the Supercomputing Conference, November 14-17, in Salt Lake City. The ADM-PCIE-9V3, ideal for a variety of HPC applications, is a half-length, low profile, PCI Express add-in card designed to support the Xilinx® Virtex® UltraScale+ ™ VU3P-2 in the FFVC1517 package.

A key feature of the ADM-PCIE-9V3 is the 16 lane PCIe Gen3 or 8 lane PCIe Gen4 interface, which allows for maximum data throughput. The ADM-PCIE-9V3 is equipped with front IO … Read More → "Alpha Data Now Shipping Xilinx Ultrascale+ FPGA Accelerator Boards – Doubling PCIE Bandwidth Capabilities"

Imagination Technologies Adopts Synopsys STAR Memory System for Embedded Memory Test and Repair for New MIPS Processor

November 15, 2016

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Imagination selected DesignWare STAR Memory System with multi-memory bus (MMB) processor to broaden memory BIST implementation options for its new heterogeneous MIPS I6500 processor
STAR Memory System enabled Imagination to achieve high test coverage and minimize processor memory BIST performance and area impact
MMB processor provides common test and repair logic for all memory instances mapped to a shared bus
DesignWare STAR Memory System has been used in … Read More → "Imagination Technologies Adopts Synopsys STAR Memory System for Embedded Memory Test and Repair for New MIPS Processor"

New environmental sensor kits from ams enable easy prototyping of indoor air quality monitoring systems

November 15, 2016

Premstaetten, Austria (Novembe 15, 2016) — ams AG (SIX: AMS), a leading provider of high performance sensors and analog ICs, today introduced two new evaluation kits intended for designers who wish to integrate a compact, low-power indoor air quality (IAQ) monitoring circuit into portable devices such as smartphones + wearables and home + building automation devices such as thermostats and IP cameras.

The CCS811-LG_EK_ST kit combines two environmental sensors from ams:

the CCS811, a gas sensor system-on-chip (SSoC) uses low-power sensor technology to detect volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in an … Read More → "New environmental sensor kits from ams enable easy prototyping of indoor air quality monitoring systems"

Low-Power, Long-Range Radio Chip from STMicroelectronics Extends the Reach of the IoT, Adds Support for Sigfox Global Network

November 15, 2016

Ultra-low-power design for prolonged battery lifetime in applications with sensors in the Smart Home, Smart City, and Smart Industry
Built-in support for Sigfox simplifies access to reliable, efficient, and cost-effective IoT connectivity
Programmable device supports multiple protocols and multiple sub-1GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency bands

Geneva, November 15, 2016 – The latest radio chip for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) from STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, delivers extremely high energy efficiency for smart connected objects to operate for up to 10 years without replacing … Read More → "Low-Power, Long-Range Radio Chip from STMicroelectronics Extends the Reach of the IoT, Adds Support for Sigfox Global Network"

High-Voltage Contactor Offers Exceptional Performance in Harsh Military Systems

November 15, 2016

HARRISBURG, Pa. – November 15, 2016 –TE Connectivity (TE) (NYSE: TEL), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, introduces its Read More → "High-Voltage Contactor Offers Exceptional Performance in Harsh Military Systems"