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Annapolis Micro Systems Introduces Highest Throughput FPGA Boards on COTS Market

Annapolis Micro Systems, a leading FPGA board and systems supplier, announced today the debut of three new high-performance FPGA boards for advanced digital signal processing.

Two of the boards feature Xilinx Kintex® Ultrascale™ XCKU115 FPGAs with High Speed Serial connections performing up to 16.3 Gbps.  These rugged OpenVPX 6U boards are optimized for applications where the highest number of multipliers is required. 

The third board features dual Altera Arria 10® GX900, GX1150, GT1150 FPGAs with High Speed Serial connections performing up to 15 Gbps.  This rugged OpenVPX 6U board is optimized for … Read More → "Annapolis Micro Systems Introduces Highest Throughput FPGA Boards on COTS Market"

Greatbatch Extends Its Relationship with WiTricity to Include Wireless Energy Transfer for Implantable and Interventional Medical Devices

Watertown, Mass. and Frisco, Tex. – May 4, 2016 – WiTricity, the industry pioneer in wireless power transfer over distance, today announced that Greatbatch, a global developer and manufacturer of medical devices and components, has extended its relationship with WiTricity to leverage its wireless energy transfer technology in the development of implantable medical device applications. Under the terms of this expanded licensing and collaboration agreement, Greatbatch licenses WiTricity intellectual property (IP) for the purpose of commercializing efficient, high-performance wireless charging and power system solutions across a wide range of medical devices, including active implantable and interventional applications. 

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Curtiss-Wright Selected by TORC Robotics to Provice Rugged Small Form Factor Ethernet Switch for Unmanned Ground Vehicle

AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2016 (BOOTH #873), NEW ORLEANS, La. – May 3, 2016 Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division today announced that it was selected by TORC Robotics to provide its small form factor (SFF) rugged COTS Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch subsystem for use in autonomous tele-operated unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). Curtiss-Wright provided TORC with its rugged, SFF Parvus® DuraNET® 20-10 Ethernet switch. Optimized for size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C), this fully managed 20-port network switch delivers comprehensive Ethernet management, security, and reliable design features sought by aerospace and defense platform integrators.  Units ordered by … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Selected by TORC Robotics to Provice Rugged Small Form Factor Ethernet Switch for Unmanned Ground Vehicle"

Keysight Technologies Introduces the First CXPI Triggering, Decode Options for Oscilloscopes

SANTA ROSA, Calif., May 3, 2016 – Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today announced the clock extension peripheral interface (CXPI) decoding and triggering options for its InfiniiVision 3000T and 4000 X-Series oscilloscopes. These are the only oscilloscopes available today that can decode and trigger on the CXPI bus. These new capabilities improve engineers’ efficiency in debugging the physical layer of CXPI … Read More → "Keysight Technologies Introduces the First CXPI Triggering, Decode Options for Oscilloscopes"

New Cadence Allegro Platform Accelerates Design of Compact, High-Performance Products Using Flex and Rigid-Flex Technologies

MUNICH, Germany, 03 May 2016 — Today at CDNLive EMEA, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) unveiled the Allegro® 17.2-2016 portfolio, which enables a more predictable and shorter design cycle. The portfolio features comprehensive in-design inter-layer checking technology that minimizes design-check-redesign iterations and a new dynamic concurrent team design capability that accelerates product creation time by up to 50 percent. Utilizing material inlay fabrication techniques, these new capabilities can reduce material costs by up to 25 percent. In addition, embedded SigrityTM technology now ensures critical signals meet performance criteria and power integrity (PI) for PCB designers addressing power … Read More → "New Cadence Allegro Platform Accelerates Design of Compact, High-Performance Products Using Flex and Rigid-Flex Technologies"

Curtiss-Wright Expands Ultra Small Form Factor Rugged System Family with Quad-Core Intel® Atom™ Highly Modular Mission Computer

AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2016 (BOOTH #873), NEW ORLEANS, La. – May 3, 2016 – Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division today announced the newest member of its Parvus® DuraCOR® family of extremely small form factor rugged commercial off the shelf (COTS) mission computer subsystems. Designed for a wide range of demanding applications and platforms, such as unmanned systems, that require an extremely size, weight, power and cost (SWaP-C) optimized mission computer, the new Parvus DuraCOR 311 Mission Computer combines 64-bit quad-core Intel “Baytrail” Atom™ modular mission processing capabilities with integrated Intel HD graphics in a lightweight, ultra-small form factor rugged design. The new ultra-small mission computer … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Expands Ultra Small Form Factor Rugged System Family with Quad-Core Intel® Atom™ Highly Modular Mission Computer"

Imec Honors Dr. Gordon Moore with “Lifetime of Innovation Award”

Leuven (Belgium) – May 3, 2016 – World-leading nanoelectronics research center imec has announced that Dr. Gordon E. Moore, creator of the famous Moore’s law theory and co-founder of Intel, is the recipient of its lifetime of innovation award. Imec’s annual award recognizes Dr. Moore’s visionary view, unrivalled innovation, and his profound impact on the global electronics industry.

In 1965, Dr. Moore predicted that the number of components on an integrated circuit (IC) would double every year for the coming 10 years, thereby making ICs and computer processing simultaneously faster, cheaper, and more powerful. In 1975, Dr. … Read More → "Imec Honors Dr. Gordon Moore with “Lifetime of Innovation Award”"

TI’s 65-V micro-power buck converters feature industry’s lowest quiescent current

DALLAS (May 2, 2016) – Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced two 65-V, 150-mA synchronous DC/DC buck converters with the industry’s lowest 10.5-uA quiescent current (IQ) for powering factory automation and automotive sensor applications requiring high efficiency. The industrial-grade LM5165 and automotive-grade LM5165-Q1 micro-power step-down regulators feature a wide input voltage (VIN) range and dual control modes for optimizing efficiency and printed circuit board (PCB) area. By using the regulators together with TI’s WEBENCH® Power … Read More → "TI’s 65-V micro-power buck converters feature industry’s lowest quiescent current"

Altium Releases New Documentation-Focused Update to Flagship PCB Design Platform

San Diego, Calif. – May 3, 2016 – Altium has announced the release of an update to their flagship PCB design platform, Altium Designer 16.1 <http://www.altium.com/altium-designer/whats-new> . This update continues the company’s core focus on providing engineers with the most efficient PCB design platform with several new features that enhance design documentation and high-speed design workflows. Altium Designer 16.1 is available now as a free upgrade for all existing Altium Subscription customers, and can be accessed via the Altium Products Download page << … Read More → "Altium Releases New Documentation-Focused Update to Flagship PCB Design Platform"

STMicroelectronics Brings Superior Indoor and Undercover Navigation to Mobiles and Wearables

Geneva, May 4, 2016 – Smartphones, as well as smartwatches, fitness trackers and other wearables are about to get better at guiding users and mapping their sporting achievements even where satellite navigation cannot work, using the latest electronic compass (eCompass) from STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications.

Fitness-tracking smartphone apps, smartwatches, and bands need continuous location data for mapping and recording, and accuracy is critical for wearers who like to monitor their progress and share achievements online. A built-in eCompass helps calculate location when satellite signals are … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Brings Superior Indoor and Undercover Navigation to Mobiles and Wearables"

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