MILPITAS, CA – March 3, 2014 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT8309, a flyback secondary-side synchronous rectifier driver that replaces the output diode with a MOSFET, allowing up to 10A output current without the use of a heat sink. The maximum output current of … Read More → "Flyback Synchronous Rectifier Driver Provides 10A Output Current"
SAN JOSE, Calif. – March 3, 2014 – Atrenta Inc., the leading provider of SoC Realization solutions for the semiconductor and consumer electronics industries, along with Sonics, Inc., the world’s foremost supplier of on-chip network technologies and services, today announced that Sonics has adopted Atrenta’s SpyGlass Constraints tools to enhance its semiconductor intellectual property (IP) signoff flow. This addition will ensure that Sonics continues to provide the highest quality IP including fully verified timing exceptions, false … Read More → "Sonics Augments SpyGlass® IP Kit Verification Flow with SpyGlass Constraints"
Antwerp, Belgium / Shanghai, China, 3. March. 2014 – CMOSIS, the leading European supplier of advanced CMOS image sensors, announces the CMV8000, its latest high-speed 8 MP/105 fps image sensor at the occasion of VisionChina Shanghai 2014. The new CMV8000 strengthens CMOSIS’s leading product portfolio of global-shutter CMOS image sensors addressing the demanding markets of machine vision, traffic ITS, microscopy, security and surveillance, and medical applications. At VisionChina 2014 CMOSIS exhibits in Booth 1222-2, Hall E1 at the Shanghai New International Centre.
The CMV8000 is a 4/3” / 8-MP sensor with 3360 x 2496 5.5-µm sized active pixels using the patented 8T pixel … Read More → "CMOSIS Demonstrates High Speed / High Resolution CMOS Image Sensor CMV8000"
Cambridge, UK, 3 March 2014, Undo Software today announced that Mentor Graphics Corporation, a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, has purchased and is using its UndoDB reversible debugging tool to increase productivity and develop Linux code faster. By using UndoDB, Mentor Graphics has reduced the time spent debugging code by two thirds, vital in the competitive electronic design marketplace.
UndoDB allows developers to record their program’s execution and then rewind their code in real-time to find bugs more quickly, saving time and reducing cost. Mentor Graphics initially adopted UndoDB 10 months ago in the Analog/ … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Cuts Linux Debugging Time by Two Thirds with Undo Software"
CAMARILLO, Calif., March 3, 2014 — Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, today announced that 64GSPS ADC and DAC preliminary cores are available utilizing IBM’s 32nm SOI technology for integration in high performance System on Chip (SoC) solutions.
Targeting the requirements of Advanced Communications Systems including the optical communications, radar and electronic warfare markets, these ultra-high speed data converters enable agile operation and concurrent multi-band / multi-beam operation as well as extremely high dynamic performance ideally suited for highly oversampled systems utilizing large instantaneous bandwidth at low power and small areas. The 32nm data … Read More → "Semtech Announces Ultra-High Speed ADC and DAC for Advanced Communication Systems"
CHICAGO – Mar.3, 2014 – AT PITTCON 2014—Element Six, the world leader in synthetic diamond supermaterials and member of the De Beers Group of Companies, today announced the development of an all-diamond packaging solution for electroanalytical sensing applications, in collaboration with the University of Warwick. The solution will transform next generation electroanalytical sensing systems to benefit the biomedical, environmental, food, industrial process monitoring, pharmaceuticals and oil and gas industries.
The all-diamond packaging solution is comprised of Element Six’s Diafilm EA grade, a free-standing, boron doped synthetic diamond electrode (introduced … Read More → "Element Six Collaboration with the University of Warwick Introduce an All-Diamond Packaging Solution for High Performance Electroanalytical Sensing Applications"
SAN JOSE, Calif., and SINGAPORE, March 3, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avago Technologies (Nasdaq:AVGO), a leading supplier of analog interface components for wireless, wireline, and industrial applications, today announced it will be demonstrating its new generation of 100G optical transceiver module solutions, the Avago 100G QSFP28 SR4 and 100G CFP4 LR4, designed for modern datacenter and enterprise networking … Read More → "Avago Technologies Showcases New Generation of 100G Optical Transceivers at OFC 2014"
GRENOBLE, France, DALLAS, Texas, USA– Feb 24. 2014 – One year after announcing the industrialization of CEA-Leti’s M&NEMS technologies, Tronics has successfully designed and manufactured the first batch of 6DOF MEMS chips, with 3 accelerometers and 3 gyroscopes on a single die. With a die size of less than 4mm2, this 6DOF MEMS chip is one of the smallest in the industry, and further optimization will make it the smallest.
Besides its size advantage, the piezoresistive nanowire based technology significantly … Read More → "Tronics manufactures the first piezoresistive nanowire 6DOF inertial MEMS"
Providence, RI – 2/26/2014 – Vector Software, the world’s leading provider of innovative software solutions for testing safety and mission critical embedded applications, announced today an integration between the VectorCAST™ embedded software test suite and Xilinx® Software Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) applications. This integration represents the only full-featured testing solution capable of providing real-time software unit test coverage for FPGA development. FPGAs are commonly found in consumer, automotive, military, aerospace, industrial, telecommunications and networking applications.
The integration is implemented within the VectorCAST/RSP™ (Runtime Support Package), and leverages the Xilinx Software Development Kit (SDK) to allow engineers to … Read More → "Vector Software Announces VectorCAST Integration with Xilinx Software Tools"
