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Atmel Introduces Three New Product Families, Expanding Its Low-power SAM D Cortex M0+-Based MCU Portfolio

/ PRNewswire / — Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a global leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch solutions, today announced the company has expanded its low-power ARM® Cortex® M0+-based MCU portfolio with three new families. These entry-level, low-power MCUs are packed with high-end features including Atmel’s patented Event System, SERCOM module, peripheral touch controller, along with a full-speed USB interface, allowing designers to bring their products to market faster.

As more devices are becoming smarter and connected in this era of … Read More → "Atmel Introduces Three New Product Families, Expanding Its Low-power SAM D Cortex M0+-Based MCU Portfolio"

Altium Designer 14.2 released with continued focus on core technologies

Sydney, Australia – February 26, 2014 – Altium Limited, a global leader in Smart System Design Automation, 3D PCB design (Altium Designer) and embedded software development (TASKING), announces the release of Altium Designer 14.2, the latest update of the DesignVision Award winning Altium Designer 14.

“This update to Altium Designer is all about optimisation and continues to focus on enhancements, performance updates and fixes to our … Read More → "Altium Designer 14.2 released with continued focus on core technologies"

Lattice Semiconductor Organizes First FPGA Mobile Panel at 22nd ACM/SIGDA International Symposium 2014

HILLSBORO, OR February 24, 2014 Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: LSCC) announced its participation in the “Will FPGAs Crack Mobile?” panel on February 27 at the 22nd ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), which takes place in Monterey, Ca. from February 26-28, 2014. The panel will be the annual symposium’s most extensive discussion to date for addressing FPGAs in mobile applications.

Lattice Chief Technology Officer David Rutledge will participate as a panelist, and Satwant Singh, Director Strategic Planning and … Read More → "Lattice Semiconductor Organizes First FPGA Mobile Panel at 22nd ACM/SIGDA International Symposium 2014"

Symtavision launches SymTA/S 3.5 featuring new embedded network and ECU timing analyses

Braunschweig, Germany – 25th February 2014.  Symtavision, the global leader for timing design and timing verification for embedded real-time systems, has launched SymTA/S 3.5, a major new version of its market-leading system-level tool suite for planning, optimizing and verifying embedded real-time systems. SymTA/S 3.5 features a variety of new and improved timing analyses for both embedded networks and ECUs as well as enhanced toolchain integration for improved usability.

At the same time, Symtavision has announced TraceAnalyzer 3.5, a new version of its powerful solution for visualizing and analyzing timing data from both measurements and simulations which seamlessly integrates … Read More → "Symtavision launches SymTA/S 3.5 featuring new embedded network and ECU timing analyses"

Brainboxes launches compact and reliable ‘plug and play’ Ethernet switch for industrial, transport and marine use

Liverpool, England – 25 February 2014: Brainboxes has launched the SW-504, an instant-install, unmanaged Ethernet 4-port switch designed to primarily meet the networking needs of industrial applications where reliability and high performance are paramount.

Brainboxes’ SW-504 10/100 MB/s Ethernet switch, that uses a 2K packet size to enhance bulk data transfer and optimize system performance, has galvanically isolated ports to provide safe operation in tough environments and extreme temperatures between -30ºC to +80ºC (-22ºF to +176ºF). The SW-504 is encased in a non-conductive … Read More → "Brainboxes launches compact and reliable ‘plug and play’ Ethernet switch for industrial, transport and marine use"

Imagination Technologies and Synopsys Collaborate to Enable Faster Emulation

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., and LONDON, Feb. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, and Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) today announced a collaboration to enable designers to speed verification and hardware/software bring-up of system on chips (SoCs) containing Imagination Technologies’ latest PowerVR Series6 GPU (graphics processing unit) cores using ZeBu® Server emulators. With the Synopsys ZeBu® Server-3 emulation system, Imagination was able to achieve over 3.5 MHz performance for significantly higher verification throughput and improved … Read More → "Imagination Technologies and Synopsys Collaborate to Enable Faster Emulation"

Altium releases new TASKING development tools to support ON Semiconductor’s LC87 microcontroller family

Embedded World, Nuremberg, Germany, 25 February 2014 – Altium Limited <http://www.altium.com/> , a global leader in Smart System Design Automation, 3D PCB design (Altium <http://products.live.altium.com/>  Designer) and embedded software development (TASKING <http://www.tasking.com/> ), announces support for the LC87 microcontroller … Read More → "Altium releases new TASKING development tools to support ON Semiconductor’s LC87 microcontroller family"

First congatec COM Express Mini module with single-chip, quad-core Intel® AtomT processor E3800 family

San Diego, California, February 25th, 2014 * * * congatec, Inc., a leading manufacturer of embedded computer modules, announces its first COM Express Mini Type 10 module with a size of 55 x 84 mm and based on the Intel® AtomT E3800 series of processors. Features of the latest Intel Atom generation include its single chip design, an L2 cache able to be shared by multiple cores, and a much faster Intel HD graphics engine than the previous generation. The highlights of the module include its ultra-dense design, onboard soldered memory and onboard eMMC support.

The conga-MA3 comes in four … Read More → "First congatec COM Express Mini module with single-chip, quad-core Intel® AtomT processor E3800 family"

Game-Changing Bluetooth® Smart Solution Enables Whole Home Control from the Smartphone for the First Time

San Jose, California and Cambridge, UK – February 25, 2014 – Technology pioneer CSR plc (LSE: CSR; NASDAQ: CSRE) today announces the launch of a technically disruptive new Bluetooth® Smart solution designed to place the smartphone at the center of the Internet of Things (IoT). CSR Mesh allows for an almost unlimited number of Bluetooth Smart enabled devices to be simply networked together and controlled directly from a single smartphone, tablet or PC for the first time.

The solution, which is optimized for … Read More → "Game-Changing Bluetooth® Smart Solution Enables Whole Home Control from the Smartphone for the First Time"

Agilent Technologies ADS 2014 Delivers Most Significant Enhancements to Date, Dramatically Improving Design Productivity and Efficiency

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 20, 2014 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced a powerful new version of the Agilent EEsof EDA Advanced Design System software, ADS 2014. Designed to dramatically improve design productivity and efficiency with new technologies and capabilities, ADS 2014 is the software’s most significant ADS release to date. 

ADS 2014 Enhancements

ADS is the industry’s leading electronic design automation software for RF, microwave and signal-integrity applications. ADS 2014 provides users with new technologies, new capabilities and continued enhancements for silicon RFIC, MMIC, … Read More → "Agilent Technologies ADS 2014 Delivers Most Significant Enhancements to Date, Dramatically Improving Design Productivity and Efficiency"

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