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Renesas Electronics Delivers R-Car H3, First SoC from the Third-Generation R-Car Automotive Computing Platform for the Autonomous-Driving Era

December 2, 2015

Düsseldorf, December 2, 2015 – Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today unveiled the third-generation R-Car, an automotive computing platform solution for driving safety support systems and in-vehicle infotainment systems. The new R-Car H3 System-on-Chip (SoC), the first member of the third-generation R-Car, delivers CPU performance, image recognition processing, ISO 26262 (ASIL-B) compliance, and a system in package (SiP) with external memory to enable a wide range of automotive applications.

The R-Car H3 realizes powerful automotive computing performance exceeding that of the predecessor R-Car H2. This enables system … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Delivers R-Car H3, First SoC from the Third-Generation R-Car Automotive Computing Platform for the Autonomous-Driving Era"

EnSilica and Express Logic collaborate to bring popular ThreadX RTOS to eSi-RISC processor cores

December 2, 2015

Wokingham, UK and San Diego, USA – 2ndDecember 2015. EnSilica, a leading independent provider of semiconductor IP and IC design services, and Express Logic, the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOSes), have collaborated to port Express Logic’s popular ThreadX®real-time operating system (RTOS) to EnSilica’s eSi-RISC family of silicon-proven, highly configurable embedded processor cores.

ThreadX ease-of-use is facilitated by its intuitive, highly functional API and advanced, instant-on RTOS features. ThreadX features efficient … Read More → "EnSilica and Express Logic collaborate to bring popular ThreadX RTOS to eSi-RISC processor cores"

New Automotive Multi-Regulators from STMicroelectronics Enable Smaller and Cheaper Car-Infotainment Systems

December 2, 2015

Geneva, December 2, 2015 – A new series of highly integrated automotive-grade power-management devices from STMicroelectronics incorporates multiple voltage regulators on a single die, allowing manufacturers of car-infotainment systems to reduce the cost and size of their products. The first member of the new series, the L5963, integrates two switching regulators for step-down DC-DC conversion, a linear low-dropout regulator, and a high-side driver.

The L5963 is made using ST’s state-of-the-art BCD8s Automotive process technology with Deep Trench … Read More → "New Automotive Multi-Regulators from STMicroelectronics Enable Smaller and Cheaper Car-Infotainment Systems"

Xilinx Launches Vivado Design Suite HLx Editions, Bringing Ultra High Productivity to Mainstream System & Platform Designers

December 1, 2015

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced  the Vivado® Design Suite HLx Editions, enabling a new ultra high productivity approach for designing All Programmable SoCs, FPGAs, and the creation of reusable platforms. These new HLx Editions include HL System Edition, HL Design Edition and HL WebPACK™ Edition.  All HLx Editions include Vivado High-Level Synthesis (HLS) including C/C++ libraries, Vivado IP Integrator (IPI), LogicCORE™ IP subsystems, … Read More → "Xilinx Launches Vivado Design Suite HLx Editions, Bringing Ultra High Productivity to Mainstream System & Platform Designers"

AVX Releases a New Series of Medical Grade Tantalum Capacitors for Implantable & Life Support Applications

December 1, 2015

FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (December 1, 2015) – AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has released its new TBC Series HRC6000 medical implantable grade tantalum capacitors. Delivering lower DC leakage (DCL) values than any competitive offering — down to 0.0025CV or 25% of typical industry limits — and requiring significantly less voltage de-rating than the standard 50% recommendation for solid tantalum capacitors — as low as 20% for filtering and 0% for pacing, hold-up, and charging — the series is ideal for medical implantable and life support applications.

TBC Series … Read More → "AVX Releases a New Series of Medical Grade Tantalum Capacitors for Implantable & Life Support Applications"

Symtavision collaboration with iSYSTEM delivers improved tool integration and round-trip workflow

December 1, 2015

Schwabhausen and Braunschweig, Germany – December 1, 2015.  Symtavision, the global leader in timing analysis solutions for planning, optimizing and verifying embedded real-time systems, has extended its collaboration with iSYSTEM, a leading independent provider of embedded software debugging, analysis and test tools, resulting in the announcement of significantly improved integration between Symtavision’s SymTA/S and TraceAnalyzer timing design tools and iSYSTEM’s debug and trace tools and a round-trip workflow. The improved integration will better ensure the safety and reliability of automotive real-time software at the same time as speeding up development and reducing costs.

The collaboration delivers Symtavision … Read More → "Symtavision collaboration with iSYSTEM delivers improved tool integration and round-trip workflow"

CEA-Leti to Share Insights into Post-7-nanometer Technologies At Workshop Prior to IEDM in Washington, D.C.

December 1, 2015

GRENOBLE, France – Dec. 1, 2015 – As part of its ongoing mission to help its industrial partners implement competitive, leading-edge semiconductor capabilities, CEA-Leti will present new details about its R&D efforts in post-7-nanometer CMOS device architectures, materials and computing-system paradigms during IEDM 2015.

“Our tradition is to take a broad, production-oriented approach to technology development, to reduce risks and accelerate the transition into high-volume manufacturing, and this is our approach for the post-7nm realm,” said Olivier Faynot, manager of Leti’s Microelectronic Section. “Our interdisciplinary exploration and analysis of upstream factors, like neuromorphic computing, gives us a … Read More → "CEA-Leti to Share Insights into Post-7-nanometer Technologies At Workshop Prior to IEDM in Washington, D.C."

Vector Software Announces Release 6.4 of VectorCAST

December 1, 2015

Providence, RI – 12/1/2015 – – Vector Software, the world’s leading provider of innovative software solutions for robust embedded software quality, announced today the release of VectorCAST™ version 6.4, the most advanced test automation platform for C/C++ and Ada development.  VectorCAST 6.4 includes a host of new features and enhancements in data aggregation, reporting, usability, and tool integration.  Major new features include:

Infineon XMC4000 speeds up Functional Safety development of industrial applications

December 1, 2015

Munich and Nuremberg, Germany – November 25, 2015 – Further advancing the development of Functional Safety industrial applications Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) today announced the availability of the Safety Package for the XMC4000 family of 32-bit microcontrollers. The XMC4000 Safety Package helps to develop TÜV-certified automation systems that conform with Safety Integrity Levels SIL2 and SIL3. In addition, with the XMC4000 Safety Package Infineon helps to cut development time for the functional safety software … Read More → "Infineon XMC4000 speeds up Functional Safety development of industrial applications"

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