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GE Ventures, Microsemi and Corning Partner to Launch Menlo Micro and Next Generation of Electronic Switching

IRVINE, CA – December 6, 2016 – Today, GE Ventures announced the launch of Menlo Micro, a new spinout from GE’s Global Research Center, which has re-invented one of the most fundamental building blocks of electronic systems – the electronic switch. The company’s disruptive Digital-Micro-Switch platform is strongly positioned to enable end products serving multiple industry verticals – including today’s mobile communications networks to future next generation 5G mobile networks and industrial IoT markets.  Menlo Micro is also backed by strategic investments from semiconductor solutions provider – Microsemi Corporation ( … Read More → "GE Ventures, Microsemi and Corning Partner to Launch Menlo Micro and Next Generation of Electronic Switching"

New EEMBC Benchmark Targets Internet of Things Security Functions

EL DORADO HILLS, CA–(Marketwired – Nov 29, 2016) – EEMBC®, the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium setting the industry standard for valuable application-specific benchmarks, today announced its efforts on a benchmark to ensure optimum efficiency of security implementations in Internet of Things (IoT) devices. This new benchmark, currently in development within EEMBC’s IoT Security working group, aims to provide an industry-created and standardized tool for application developers to quickly, accurately, and equitably compare the performance and energy efficiency … Read More → "New EEMBC Benchmark Targets Internet of Things Security Functions"

Spectrum expands family of Modular PXIe Digitizers for wideband applications

Grosshansdorf, Germany — 1 December 2016.   Spectrum GmbH has expanded its line of PXIe-based (PXI Express) high-speed digitizers with nine new cards.  The new M4x.22xx series includes modules that offer one, two or four fully synchronous channels (see Table 1).

Each channel is equipped with its own analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with real-time signal sampling at rates from 1.25 GS/s to 5 GS/s and scope-like signal conditioning circuitry that allows programming of parameters such as input gain, signal offset and coupling.

The ultra-fast digitizers also offer bandwidth up to 1.5 GHz making them … Read More → "Spectrum expands family of Modular PXIe Digitizers for wideband applications"

Samtec Releases New FMC+ Connector Set Compliant to ANSI/VITA 57.4-2016

New Albany, IN: Samtec, a privately held $625MM global manufacturer of a broad line of electronic interconnect solutions, proudly announces the release of a high-speed board-to-board connector family compliant to the ANSI/VITA 57.4-2016 standard. Samtec’s family of FMC+ connectors helps support the expanded interface and faster speeds of the latest FMC+ applications.

FMCThe new ANSI/VITA 57.4-2016 standard extends the capabilities of ANSI/VITA 57.1-2010 in support of the increased number and data rates of multi-gigabit interfaces found in advanced FPGA architectures. Highlights of the new standard include:

Semtech LoRa Picocell Gateway Platform Brings Smart IoT Applications to Homes and Small Businesses

CAMARILLO, Calif., Nov. 29, 2016 – Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced the availability of its new LoRa multi-band picocell reference design for a variety of indoor applications. Leading consumer and enterprise equipment manufacturers are currently testing the LoRa picocell reference design, using Semtech’s new SX1308 picocell gateway IC coupled with a SX1255 or SX1257 LoRa® RF transceiver, and are expected to help bring low cost LoRaWAN networks to market for consumers and private enterprises. The LoRa picocell gateway will be branded and sold by the equipment manufacturers and … Read More → "Semtech LoRa Picocell Gateway Platform Brings Smart IoT Applications to Homes and Small Businesses"

BaySand, Codasip, Codeplay and UltraSoC accelerate IoT development with “silicon-to-intelligence” RISC-V platform

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 29th November 2016

BaySand, Codasip, Codeplay and UltraSoC today announced an integrated IoT development platform based on the RISC-V open processor instruction set architecture (ISA). The platform offers an open-standards-based solution that allows designers of systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) for IoT applications to get from concept to silicon with a high level of software integration in record time and substantially de-risks the entire product development process.

This new collaboration will be formally announced at the 5th RISC-V Workshop (Google Quad Campus, Mountain View, CA, 29th November), and combines the following partnership:

BaySand’s … Read More → "BaySand, Codasip, Codeplay and UltraSoC accelerate IoT development with “silicon-to-intelligence” RISC-V platform"

ams Launches AS7221 Spectral Tuning IoT Smart Lighting Manager

Premstaetten, Austria (29 November, 2016) — ams AG (SIX: AMS), a leading provider of high performance sensors and analog ICs, today announced the AS7221, the industry’s first integrated white-tunable smart lighting manager. Lighting manufacturers designing with the AS7221 can now quickly integrate high-precision CCT, or “Kelvin-tuning”, capabilities into their Internet of Things (IoT) smart lighting offerings. The versatile architecture, which includes an I2C extension interface, positions the AS7221 to deliver Internet of Awareness™ IoT sensor hub platform capabilities for sensing functions such as air quality, temperature, occupancy, and presence.

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