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Smart Vision Lights Announces First Innovative Illumination Summit

Muskegon, Michigan – Smart Vision Lights, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-brightness LED lights for industrial applications, is pleased to announce the inaugural Innovative Illumination Summit, scheduled for June 8-10, 2016, in Traverse City, Mich.

Attendees can look forward to industry and market presentations from the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), Tech Talks that focus on the latest lighting technology and machine vision methods, and application presentations from engineers both inside and outside of Smart Vision Lights. All of these presentations will be … Read More → "Smart Vision Lights Announces First Innovative Illumination Summit"

MU and STMicroelectronics Improve Medical Care in Remote Rural Areas of Africa with Miniature Ultrasound Diagnostic Device

Tokyo, Japan, and Geneva, Switzerland, April 14, 2016 – MU, a medical-device manufacturer, and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, today announced that MU’s US-304 portable ultrasound imager, powered by ST’s STHV800 pulser, is aiming to increase the quality of point-of-care medical diagnostics in remote rural areas of Africa.

MU’s device has been developed for the “Doctor Car” mobile-clinic project to provide medical … Read More → "MU and STMicroelectronics Improve Medical Care in Remote Rural Areas of Africa with Miniature Ultrasound Diagnostic Device"

Mentor Graphics Emulation Services Accelerates Verification with the Veloce Emulation Platform

WILSONVILLE, Ore., April 14, 2016  – Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that Mentor® Emulation Services, which combines the Veloce® emulation platform with expert services and IP, accelerates verification and reduces the risks associated with system-on-chip (SoC) design. Mentor Emulation Services brings the Veloce emulation platform to companies with an immediate need who choose to purchase at a later time, or who own the Veloce platform and need additional short-term capacity.

International automotive supplier Continental used Mentor Emulation Services for the verification of a complex SoC that achieved first-pass success, on schedule. “Getting first-pass success was … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Emulation Services Accelerates Verification with the Veloce Emulation Platform"

µModule Regulator for DDR & QDR4 SRAM Operates from 3.3VIN to 15VIN, Fits in 0.5cm² PCB

MILPITAS, CA – April 14, 2016 – Linear Technology introduces the LTM4632, a triple output µModule (power module) regulator for powering all three voltage rails of the new QDR4 and older DDR SRAM: VDDQ, VTT and VTTR (or VREF). Housed in a miniature, lightweight, ultrathin LGA package (6.25mm x 6.25mm x 1.82mm), the LTM4632 can be soldered on the backside of the PCB, and with … Read More → "µModule Regulator for DDR & QDR4 SRAM Operates from 3.3VIN to 15VIN, Fits in 0.5cm² PCB"

OPC Foundation and Object Management Group (OMG) Announce Cooperative Strategy

Both OPC UA and DDS are important to the future of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). While the technologies are essentially complementary, there is significant confusion in the market about how they relate to each other, causing unnecessary political noise and technical conflict. This document outlines both technology and market positioning for DDS and OPC UA. It serves as a basis for a common recommendation to the market by both the OMG DDS and OPC Foundation OPC UA communities.

Market and Application Positioning
The organizations agree that the two standards are largely complimentary … Read More → "OPC Foundation and Object Management Group (OMG) Announce Cooperative Strategy"

Brite Semiconductor Releases “YOU” Brand IP Portfolio and Silicon Platform Solution

Shanghai, China—April 13, 2016— Brite Semiconductor Corp. (“Brite”) announced today the release of a brand-new “YOU” IP portfolio and silicon platform solution. Based on more than 8 years successful experience of design service and IP development on the cutting-edge processes, Brite provides “YouIP” which means “IP belongs to YOU” portfolio solution and silicon platform to assist customer to win emerging markets like IoT, wearable devices, mobile, consumer electronics and so on, combining with comprehensive ASIC design service solution and trusted manufacturing partner SMIC. YouIP is an IP and platform family attributing to not only Brite, but also our … Read More → "Brite Semiconductor Releases “YOU” Brand IP Portfolio and Silicon Platform Solution"

The Quantum Revolution is coming!

The second CW (Cambridge Wireless) Technology and Engineering Conference (CW TEC) will bring together leaders in the world of Quantum 2.0 to unravel this new field of science and engineering and look at how it could change the face of industry.   Based on esoteric principles of quantum mechanics such as superposition, entanglement and tunnelling, quantum technology promises to increase computational power by many orders of magnitude, perhaps enabling signal processing algorithms impossible with today’s technology, rendering our best encryption methods useless while yet creating new methods that are provably unbreakable, making tiny atomic clocks many orders of magnitude more … Read More → "The Quantum Revolution is coming!"

Accelerated Designs Adds Library Support for Zuken’s CR-8000 and CR-5000

13 April 2016 – Westford, MA, USA – Zuken’s CR-8000 and CR-5000 PCB design platforms will now offer users access to more than 7 million symbols, footprints and 3D STEP models from Accelerated Designs.

Accelerated Designs, based in Huntsville, Alabama, is the premier content provider for PCB-based design libraries. The company collaborates with numerous semiconductor and component suppliers to offer a wide range of Integrated Circuits (ICs), discrete components and connectors.

“We are looking forward to a successful … Read More → "Accelerated Designs Adds Library Support for Zuken’s CR-8000 and CR-5000"

Imec Technology Forum Brussels Puts Nanotechnology in the Hot Seat

Leuven (Belgium) April 13, 2015 –Imec, the world leading nanoelectronics research center today announced that its annual Imec Technology Forum (ITF) in Brussels will take place May 24-25, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium at SQUARE, Brussels Meeting Centre. ITF Brussels is the flagship of imec’s worldwide series of technology forums that brings experts and visionaries together to discuss the future of technology and tech-innovation to market. This year’s theme is “Daring to Take a Different View—Nanotechnology in the Hot Seat,” which will explore nanotechnology from all angles, … Read More → "Imec Technology Forum Brussels Puts Nanotechnology in the Hot Seat"

Green Hills Software Announces INTEGRITY and INTEGRITY Multivisor Virtualization Solutions for Renesas’ Third-Generation R-Car H3 SoC

BOSTON, MA — April 13, 2016 — Embedded Systems Conference, Booth #870 – Green Hills Software, the largest independent software vendor for the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced the immediate availability of its safe and secure INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS)and Read More → "Green Hills Software Announces INTEGRITY and INTEGRITY Multivisor Virtualization Solutions for Renesas’ Third-Generation R-Car H3 SoC"

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