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GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Deliver Industry’s Leading-Performance Offering of 7nm FinFET Technology

September 15, 2016

Santa Clara, Calif., September 15, 2016 – GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced plans to deliver a new leading-edge 7nm FinFET semiconductor technology that will offer the ultimate in performance for the next era of computing applications. This technology provides more processing power for data centers, networking, premium mobile processors, and deep learning applications.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ new 7nm FinFET technology is expected to deliver more than twice the logic density and a 30 percent performance boost compared to today’s 16/14nm foundry FinFET offerings. The platform is based on an industry-standard FinFET transistor architecture and optical lithography, with EUV compatibility at key levels. This approach … Read More → "GLOBALFOUNDRIES to Deliver Industry’s Leading-Performance Offering of 7nm FinFET Technology"

A new embedded player is born out of Adeneo Embedded

September 15, 2016

September 15th, 2016 – Adeneo Embedded, a worldwide recognized expert company in Embedded and Mobile software development, today announced the change of its name to Witekio. This new identity signifies a new market positioning for the company based on the belief that the future success of embedded projects will no longer mainly depend on technical expertise but the ability to optimize the system software integration. A new kind of player is needed in the embedded sector and to undertake this vision Witekio is positioning itself as a system software integrator.</ … Read More → "A new embedded player is born out of Adeneo Embedded"

STMicroelectronics Empowers Wireless IoT-Device Developers with New LoRa™ Kit Leveraging STM32 Microcontroller Ecosystem

September 15, 2016

Geneva, September 15, 2016 – STMicroelectronics has introduced a low-cost development kit that leverages the STM32 microcontroller ecosystem for prototyping Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices with LoRa™ Wireless Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) connectivity.

Priced at just $40, the P-NUCLEO-LRWAN1 kit combines the ultra-low-power STM32L073 Nucleo (Read More → "STMicroelectronics Empowers Wireless IoT-Device Developers with New LoRa™ Kit Leveraging STM32 Microcontroller Ecosystem"

LXI Digitizers Deliver Fully Synchronous Multi-channel Acquisition

September 15, 2016

Technical Highlights:

  • 24, 32, 40 or 48 channels with sampling rates from 10 MS/s to 60 MS/s
  • Separate 16 bit ADCs and programmable amplifiers per channel
  • Single-ended or differential inputs
  • GBit Ethernet interface for easy network or PC connection
  • SBench 6-Pro software for waveform display, analysis, control and documentation

HACKENSACK, N.J. September 2016 – Spectrum Instrumentation Corp. has expanded its popular LXI-based digitizerNETBOX series by releasing eight new DN6.49x Read More → "LXI Digitizers Deliver Fully Synchronous Multi-channel Acquisition"

XP Power launches digitally controlled 1U configurable power platform

September 14, 2016

XP Power today announced the nanofleX series of configurable digitally controlled AC-DC power supplies. This modular supply is constructed in a compact low profile 1U mechanical chassis format that suits today’s space constrained designs and can accommodate up to four single-slot plug-in customer selected output voltage modules. Designed to maximize efficiency and minimize audible fan noise, the nanofleX series can deliver up to 850 Watts from a universal input voltage or up to 1,200 Watts from a high line source.

The four output module slots provide nineteen nominal output voltage options in the range + 3.3 to + 60 … Read More → "XP Power launches digitally controlled 1U configurable power platform"

TI unveils first ultra-low power dual-band wireless MCU in production

September 14, 2016

DALLAS (Sept. 14, 2016) – Expanding the functionality of  Internet of Things (IoT) networks, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced availability for mass production of the industry’s lowest-power dual-band wireless microcontroller (MCU) supporting Sub-1 GHz and Bluetooth® low energy connectivity on a single chip. As part of TI’s pin-to-pin and software compatible Read More → "TI unveils first ultra-low power dual-band wireless MCU in production"

DenciTec® – PCB technology that takes miniaturization to the next level

September 14, 2016

Zurich, September 14, 2016 – Cicor (SIX Swiss Exchange: CICN), a leading international high-tech industrial group based in Boudry (Switzerland) specializing in printed circuit boards, microelectronics and electronic solutions, has launched a new technology platform called DenciTec. DenciTec enables a uniquely high density of integrated functions for printed circuit boards, with high throughput and attractive costs. With DenciTec, the potential for further miniaturization is moving in a direction that offers great benefits.

Pacemakers, neurostimulators, catheters, insulin pumps, cochlear implants, intelligent prosthesis control, lab-on-a-chip, ultrasonic measuring heads, micropumps and miniaturized 3D … Read More → "DenciTec® – PCB technology that takes miniaturization to the next level"

TEWS TECHNOLOGIES Introduces PCI Express x4, Gen3 XMC Carrier for Embedded I/O Applications

September 14, 2016

Halstenbek, Germany – 14th September 2016. TEWS TECHNOLOGIES increases its product portfolio of PCI Express carriers. The TPCE278 is a standard height PCI Express Revision 3.0 compatible module that provides one slot for a single-width XMC module.

The TPCE278 is a versatile solution to upgrade well known XMC I/O solutions to the PCI Express signalling standard used to build modular, flexible and cost effective I/O solutions for all kinds of applications like process control, medical systems, telecommunication and traffic control.

< … Read More → "TEWS TECHNOLOGIES Introduces PCI Express x4, Gen3 XMC Carrier for Embedded I/O Applications"

50Msps, 16-Bit DAC Demonstration Board Has Mojo

September 14, 2016

MILPITAS, CA – September 14, 2016 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces demonstration circuit 2459A, featuring the LTC1668, 50Msps, 16-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC). This high performance DAC is very popular in applications with analog frequency content between the audio range and several megahertz.

DC2459A is a complete redesign of the original demonstration circuit. Several signal conditioning options are available for the analog output, and digital signals may be provided by one of several low cost, easy to use FPGA development boards. Example FPGA code is provided, which produces digital sine wave data for the DAC.

Demonstration boards for semiconductor … Read More → "50Msps, 16-Bit DAC Demonstration Board Has Mojo"

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