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Intersil’s New Four-Channel Video Decoder Provides Stunning Image Quality for Improved Automotive Safety

February 16, 2015

MILPITAS, CALIF. – Feb. 16, 2015 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, today announced the TW9984 four-channel analog video decoder with built-in analog video encoder for around-view parking assist applications, providing improved safety for drivers and pedestrians. The TW9984 is based on Intersil’s market leading video decoder technology and replaces up to nine discrete components with a single chip. It delivers the industry’s best analog decoding performance resulting in excellent picture quality to generate 360-degree surround images for … Read More → "Intersil’s New Four-Channel Video Decoder Provides Stunning Image Quality for Improved Automotive Safety"

Mentor Graphics Signs Agreement with CADD Edge to Distribute Electronic Design and Analysis Products

February 16, 2015

WILSONVILLE, Ore., February 16, 2015 — Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced an agreement with CADD Edge, Inc., a leading distributor of electrical and mechanical design and analysis tools, to provide Mentor Graphics® electronic systems design products to customers in the eastern USA. These Mentor products provide customers with the world’s leading printed circuit board (PCB) design, high-performance analysis, PCB Design for Manufacturability (DFM) checking, and thermal analysis capabilities. Now customers have access to the capabilities that distinguish the Mentor Graphics portfolio and enable higher design productivity, … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Signs Agreement with CADD Edge to Distribute Electronic Design and Analysis Products"

Blu Wireless Technology to demo 60GHz ‘Lightning’ module at Mobile World Congress

February 13, 2015

Bristol, UK. 15 Feb 2015: Blu Wireless Technology, a specialist in multi-gigabit wireless baseband system IP, will demonstrate their 60GHz ‘Lightning’ modules at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 2-5 March, 2015.

Blu Wireless has integrated its gigabit baseband technology HYDRA with class-leading 60 GHz active phased array radio technology into the ‘Lightning’ wireless gigabit modem in order to demonstrate the technology of beam formed Gbit communications.

The ‘Lightning’ module delivers … Read More → "Blu Wireless Technology to demo 60GHz ‘Lightning’ module at Mobile World Congress"

JOT automates final testing of smart wearables for superior user experience

February 13, 2015

JOT Automation, the leading supplier of test and production solutions, automates the final testing of smart wearables for an enriched end-user experience and shortens the time-to-market in the highly competitive market. JOT G3, known as an all-in-one final tester for smartphones, also enables fully automatic tests on wearables like smartwatches in a repeatable and reliable environment.

JOT G3 executes multiple tests in a single platform. The solution with a compact footprint is capable of running all the required DUT interface tests on, for example, RF, electrics, mechanics, touch screen, buttons, audio, and plug-in connections.

Wearable … Read More → "JOT automates final testing of smart wearables for superior user experience"

STMicroelectronics Completes Work with Partners to Ensure Best Choice of Free Development Tools for STM32 Microcontrollers

February 12, 2015

Geneva, February 12, 2015 – Choosing an STM32 microcontroller (MCU) by STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, is the easiest way for innovators to bring new products to life now that designers can choose from the industry’s widest selection of free-of-charge Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) for STM32 MCUs.

STM32 users can now choose from three IDEs from leading vendors, which are free of charge and deployed in close cooperation with ST. Users can choose between Eclipse-based IDEs such as CooCox CoIDE or Ac6 System Workbench for STM32, and the MDK-ARM … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Completes Work with Partners to Ensure Best Choice of Free Development Tools for STM32 Microcontrollers"

Xilinx and Over 30 Alliance Program Members to Showcase Zynq All Programmable SoC Solutions at Embedded World 2015

February 12, 2015

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) and over 30 Alliance Program Members will showcase Zynq® All Programmable SoCs at Embedded World 2015.  Through a series of presentations and demonstrations, Xilinx will feature solutions for smarter automotive, industrial, and vision-based applications.  Visit the Xilinx Stand 1-209 at Embedded World, February 24-26, at the Nuremberg Exhibition Hall in Nuremberg, Germany. 

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Synopsys Expands VDK for Renesas RH850 Ethernet AVB and CAN-FD for Automotive System Software Development

February 12, 2015

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18-Bit, 1Msps, 8-Channel Multiplexed SAR ADC with Sequencer Combines Performance & Configurability

February 12, 2015

MILPITAS, CA – February 12, 2015 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC2373-18, an 8-channel, 18-bit, 1Msps successive approximation register (SAR) ADC with exceptional 100dB SNR performance. The LTC2373-18 is equipped with a programmable sequencer that can store up to 16 control words for configuring the multiplexer (MUX) and input range. This provides the ability to easily mix and match fully differential and pseudo-differential input ranges with a variety of MUX channel configurations. Single-ended input signals may also be converted to the fully differential input range of the ADC core by sharing a single external driver circuit between the MUXOUT/ADCIN pins … Read More → "18-Bit, 1Msps, 8-Channel Multiplexed SAR ADC with Sequencer Combines Performance & Configurability"

Great Wall Motors standardizes on Mentor Graphics Capital tools after successful deployment on Haval

February 11, 2015

Wilsonville, Ore, February 10, 2015—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) and China’s largest SUV and pickup manufacturer Great Wall Motors (GWM) today announced that GWM has standardized on the Mentor Graphics® Capital® electrical design tools. This follows a successful deployment on the Haval SUV model.

The Capital product is an advanced software suite for the electrical systems and wire harness domain. Used by leading automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers worldwide, the Capital tool is built to support the complex demands of integrated processes from initial product definition through electrical system design, harness manufacture and vehicle … Read More → "Great Wall Motors standardizes on Mentor Graphics Capital tools after successful deployment on Haval"

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