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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/ —

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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:

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"

Low EMI, Isolated RS485 µModule Transceiver Meets Stringent IEC 60601-1 Requirements

November 15, 2016

MILPITAS, CA – November 15, 2016 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTM2885, an isolated RS485 µModule® transceiver for guarding against large ground-to-ground differentials. Many industrial, utility, medical, military, and intrinsic safety applications require isolation components with increased voltage and spatial separation for human safety. The LTM2885 provides 6500VRMS reinforced isolation between the logic level interface and the transceiver bus pins, far surpassing the IEC 60747 basic and reinforced isolation standards. With creepage and clearance distances greater than 14mm and a distance through insulation (DTI) greater than 0.2mm, the LTM2885 exceeds many overvoltage category II and material group IIIA equipment requirements, including the provision … Read More → "Low EMI, Isolated RS485 µModule Transceiver Meets Stringent IEC 60601-1 Requirements"

NXP’s New SmartMX2 P60 Step-Up! Secure Element is Enabled with Intrinsic-ID’s Technology to Provide Secure Authentication and Confidential Data Exchange

November 15, 2016

SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwired – November 15, 2016) – Intrinsic-ID announces that it’s SRAM PUF- (Physical Unclonable Functions) technology is embedded within NXP® Semiconductor’s SmartMX2 P60 Step-Up! secure microcontroller to provide enhanced security. The need for anti-cloning technology and higher encryption key protection is growing as identity theft becomes rampant. Intrinsic-ID’s SRAM PUF is able to extract unique identities from SRAM to use as the root of security for the SmartMX2 microcontroller (see related Read More → "NXP’s New SmartMX2 P60 Step-Up! Secure Element is Enabled with Intrinsic-ID’s Technology to Provide Secure Authentication and Confidential Data Exchange"

Meridian RDC Offers Unique Reset Analysis Engine, Full-chip Capacity and Precise Debug

November 15, 2016

Real Intent Inc., a leading provider of SoC and FPGA sign-off verification solutions, today announced a new product, Meridian RDC, for comprehensive reset domain crossing (RDC) sign-off. Meridian RDC is the fastest and most precise RDC sign-off tool on the market. The new Meridian RDC product delivers a new and unique reset domain crossing identification and verification engine, performance, and capacity to support today’s SoCs and data-driven debug. Meridian RDC extends Real Intent’s product leadership in delivering the industry’s fastest … Read More → "Meridian RDC Offers Unique Reset Analysis Engine, Full-chip Capacity and Precise Debug"

Synopsys Advances Test and Yield Analysis Solution for 7-nm Process Node

November 14, 2016

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

  • Innovative slack-based cell-aware test for 7-nm designs increases defect coverage
  • FinFET SRAM defect modeling and test algorithms enable efficient test and repair of 7-nm memories
  • New diagnostics and yield analysis support for 7-nm reduce turnaround time

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced it expanded its test and yield analysis solution targeting FinFET-specific defects to enable higher quality testing, repair, diagnostics and yield analysis of advanced 7-nanometer (nm) SoCs. To … Read More → "Synopsys Advances Test and Yield Analysis Solution for 7-nm Process Node"

New SCADA decoder protecting M2M communication from malicious code now available from Rohde & Schwarz and CELARE

November 14, 2016

Leipzig, Germany, November 14th, 2016  –  Machine to machine (M2M) communication, which is increasingly important due to the Internet of Things (IoT), needs to be protected from hidden malicious code. The SCADA decoder available as part of R&S PACE 2 is now featured in CELARE’s innovative T-SENSE product and offered to industrial plant owners for the protection of their data network infrastructure.

SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition), is an Industrial Control System (ICS) application for remote monitoring and control which … Read More → "New SCADA decoder protecting M2M communication from malicious code now available from Rohde & Schwarz and CELARE"

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