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Renesas Accelerates Functional Safety Implementation in Industrial Equipment with New RX111 Safety Package Solution

September 2, 2015
Düsseldorf, September 2, 2015 – Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today expanded its industrial support with the launch of its RX111 Safety Package, to significantly reduce development time to implement functional safety for industrial equipment and devices, such as sensors, safety controllers, and industrial drives.
 
Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) movements are driving the need for more robust and inherently safe devices on the factory floor, from the PLCs … Read More → "Renesas Accelerates Functional Safety Implementation in Industrial Equipment with New RX111 Safety Package Solution"

GE Takes Advantage of Latest Intel Processor to Deliver Leading Edge Performance from New Rugged 3U VPX Single Board Computer

September 2, 2015

GE Energy Management’s Intelligent Platforms  business (NYSE: GE) today announced the SBC328 GE Rugged 3U VPX single board computer (SBC). Based on 6th Generation Intel® Core™ technology (“Skylake”), it is designed to deliver optimum performance in a range of demanding high performance embedded computing (HPEC) applications in harsh military/aerospace environments such as electronic warfare, radar/sonar, command and control, ISR and signal processing. The SBC328 also offers an outstanding solution in challenging industrial and commercial deployments such as energy exploration and transportation.

The new SBC features the latest Intel Xeon® E3-1200 v5 family processor … Read More → "GE Takes Advantage of Latest Intel Processor to Deliver Leading Edge Performance from New Rugged 3U VPX Single Board Computer"

Microsemi’s Industry-leading Space Products Support Pluto New Horizons Space Exploration Mission

September 2, 2015

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.—Sept. 2, 2015—Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced its industry-leading space solutions are onboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft supporting its successful exploration mission to Pluto. The high-reliability Microsemi products on the spacecraft include power supplies, electromechanical latching relays, several JANS class diode and transistor discrete devices, and RTSX-SU field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) which are used in imaging cameras providing remarkable high-resolution images of Pluto, as well as in the communications systems and other avionics and payload systems.

“ … Read More → "Microsemi’s Industry-leading Space Products Support Pluto New Horizons Space Exploration Mission"

Altair Semiconductor Adopts Cadence Palladium XP Platform for Advanced IoT SoC Development

September 2, 2015

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced that Altair Semiconductor adopted the Cadence® Palladium® XP platform for the verification and validation of its Internet of Things (IoT) system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Using the Palladium XP platform, Altair is able to conduct SoC hardware and software integration and validation three to four months ahead of silicon availability. 

Altair utilized the Palladium XP platform to accurately model the register-transfer level (RTL) design running with software and flash memory, enabling them to capture half of all hardware and software bugs in a pre-silicon environment. This reduces … Read More → "Altair Semiconductor Adopts Cadence Palladium XP Platform for Advanced IoT SoC Development"

Tiny Footprint, Dual 130mA Low-Dropout Regulator from Diodes Incorporated Targets Fingerprint Recognition Modules

September 2, 2015

Plano, Texas – September 2nd, 2015 – The AP7346 dual low-dropout (LDO) regulator introduced by Diodes Incorporated has been designed to provide the power and I/O supplies for fingerprint recognition modules used in smart phones, tablet computers and similar consumer electronic products. The device’s low quiescent current and high efficiency under light loads minimizes power consumption in these types of portable battery-operated equipment, while a tiny 1.2mm x 1.2mm footprint package with a height of just 0.4mm saves space.

A wide 1.7V to 5.25V input voltage range allows the regulator to operate over a full … Read More → "Tiny Footprint, Dual 130mA Low-Dropout Regulator from Diodes Incorporated Targets Fingerprint Recognition Modules"

STMicroelectronics Keynotes on the Next MEMS Wave at MIG Conference Asia

September 2, 2015

Shanghai, China, September 2, 2015 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, a top MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) manufacturer and the world’s leading supplier of MEMS for consumer and mobile applications, today announced that Benedetto Vigna, Executive Vice President and General Manager of ST’s Analog, MEMS and Sensors Group, will deliver a keynote at the MEMS Industry Group (MIG) Conference Asia in Shanghai, China.

Held in partnership with the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT) and the Shanghai Industrial Technology Research (SITRI), the four-day event combines … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Keynotes on the Next MEMS Wave at MIG Conference Asia"

World’s First Integrated Thermocouple Electromotive Force to Degrees Celsius Converter From Microchip Saves Design Effort, Space and Cost

September 1, 2015

CHANDLER, Ariz., Aug. 31, 2015 — Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the MCP9600—the world’s first thermocouple-conditioning integrated circuit to combine precision instrumentation, a precision temperature sensor and a precision, high-resolution analog-to-digital converter (ADC), in addition to a math engine preprogrammed with the firmware to support a broad range of standard thermocouple types (K, J, T, N, S, E, B and R). Thermocouples are one of the most ubiquitous temperature-measurement devices, due to their robustness and accuracy in harsh, high-temperature environments, and their ability to measure temperature over an … Read More → "World’s First Integrated Thermocouple Electromotive Force to Degrees Celsius Converter From Microchip Saves Design Effort, Space and Cost"

Synopsys Announces Availability of Logic Library and Embedded Memory IP for Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor 40-nm Low-Power Process

September 1, 2015

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) today announced the availability of DesignWare® Logic Library and Embedded Memory IP for the Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor 40-nanometer low-power (40LP) process. Designers using the Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor 40LP process can integrate DesignWare Logic Library and Embedded Memory IP to optimize the power efficiency and performance of their designs. The IP is made available through Synopsys’ Foundry-Sponsored IP Program, which enables designers to license the DesignWare Logic Library and Embedded Memory IP at no cost.

“The availability of DesignWare Logic Library and Embedded Memory IP on the Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor 40LP process enables our … Read More → "Synopsys Announces Availability of Logic Library and Embedded Memory IP for Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor 40-nm Low-Power Process"

Pre-amplifiers extend digitizers dynamic range and sensitivity

September 1, 2015
Grosshansdorf, Germany – 1 September 2015 – For applications where low-level electronic signals need to be acquired and analyzed, Spectrum has added a range of pre-amplifiers that can be used to boost signal levels. When combined with a Spectrum digitizer these low noise pre-amplifiers can greatly increase the measurement systems overall dynamic range and sensitivity. The new pre-amplifiers are designed to compliment the built-in amplifiers of the digitizer, effectively extending the available input ranges, and allowing the detection and measurement of much smaller signals.
 

Plessey wins £6.7m grant for LED production expansion

September 1, 2015
PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND — 1st September 2015 – Plessey announced today that the Regional Growth Fund (RGF) has officially granted £6.7 million towards the expansion of the Plessey LED manufacturing facility in Plymouth, England.
 
Solid state lighting forms a significant part of global efforts to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.  According to a new market research report*, the solid state lighting market size is projected to reach $22.2 billion by 2020, growing at a compounded annual growth rate of 7.31% from 2015 to 2020. The market will be driven … Read More → "Plessey wins £6.7m grant for LED production expansion"
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