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Imec presents successors to FinFET for 7nm and beyond at upcoming VLSI Technology Symposium 2015

June 17, 2015

Leuven (Belgium)– June 17, 2015 – At this week’s VLSI 2015 Symposium in Kyoto (Japan), imec reported new results on nanowire FETs and quantum-well FinFETs towards post-FinFET multi-gate device solutions.

As the major portion of the industry adopts FinFETs as the workhorse transistor for 16nm and 14nm, researchers worldwide are looking into the limits of FinFETs and potential device solutions for the 7nm node and beyond. Two approaches, namely Gate-All-Around Nanowire (GAA NW) FETs, which offer significantly better short-channel electrostatics, and quantum-well FinFETs (with SiGe, … Read More → "Imec presents successors to FinFET for 7nm and beyond at upcoming VLSI Technology Symposium 2015"

Nordic nRF52 Series redefines single-chip Bluetooth Smart by marrying barrier-breaking performance and power efficiency with on-chip NFC for Touch-to-Pair

June 17, 2015

Oslo, Norway – June 17, 2015 – Nordic Semiconductor today announces that it is sampling the first member of its next generation nRF52 Series of ultra low power wireless solutions -the nRF52832System-on-Chip (SoC). The nRF52832 redefines the single-chip Bluetooth®Smart category by marrying barrier-breaking performance to power efficiency. It also features a unique on-chip NFC™ tag for consumer-friendly Touch-to-Pair and offers new levels of design flexibility unmatched by any existing Bluetooth Smart solution.

“Current single-chip Bluetooth Smart solutions are struggling to keep up with the rate of … Read More → "Nordic nRF52 Series redefines single-chip Bluetooth Smart by marrying barrier-breaking performance and power efficiency with on-chip NFC for Touch-to-Pair"

LoRaWAN R1.0 Open Standard released for the IoT

June 16, 2015

San Ramon, Calif. – June 16, 2015 – LoRa Alliance™ – The LoRaWAN R1.0 specification today attained Public Release status and is now available to download from the LoRa Alliance website. The LoRa Alliance and its members, amongst which include many industry leaders and Mobile Network Operators, see this as a major step towards international standardization in LPWAN, catalysing network deployments and certified sensor manufacturing around the world. The Alliance members have collaborated; sharing knowledge and experience and intensively tested the LoRaWAN R1.0 specification to ensure readiness for the entire ecosystem. This will drive the global success of the LoRaWANLow Power Wide Area Networks ( … Read More → "LoRaWAN R1.0 Open Standard released for the IoT"

LDRA Tools Bring Functional Safety Strengths to Wind River Marketplace

June 16, 2015

Wirral, U.K. June 16, 2015—LDRA, the leader in standards compliance, automated software verification, source code analysis, and test tools, continues to build on its relationship with Wind River. In addition to the full integration of the LDRA tool suite with Wind River VxWorks 7 real-time operating system (RTOS), LDRA tools and product information are now featured and available for download in the Wind River Marketplace.

This news follows the integration of the LDRA tool suite with the next-generation Wind River® VxWorks® 7 real-time operating system (RTOS). The LDRA tool suite brings advanced software testing capabilities to the VxWorks platform. … Read More → "LDRA Tools Bring Functional Safety Strengths to Wind River Marketplace"

Wind River Introduces App Store Experience for VxWorks RTOS

June 16, 2015

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

• Wind River Marketplace allows customers to enhance VxWorks implementation with best-of-breed solutions from Wind River partner ecosystem.
• VxWorks app store includes packages ranging from safety, security, and storage to connectivity, graphics, and development tools.
• Wind River demonstrates continued innovation for its industry-leading real-time operating system with latest initiative.

ALAMEDA, Calif. – June 16, 2015 – Wind River®, a global leader in delivering software for the Internet of Things (IoT), has introduced an app store … Read More → "Wind River Introduces App Store Experience for VxWorks RTOS"

Self-Protected Resettable e-Fuse from Diodes Incorporated Targets Consumer Applications

June 16, 2015

Plano, Texas – June 16th, 2015 – Designed to enhance system reliability against shutdown and catastrophic failures, the NIS5135 resettable electronic fuse introduced by Diodes Incorporated is suited to plug and play applications in consumer applications including hard disc and solid state drives, printers, and set-top boxes. By allowing the product to recover, this e-fuse helps reduce unnecessary field returns.

Operating over a wide 3.1V to 18V input voltage range and rated at 3.6A, the NIS5135 integrates an NMOS power device with a low 30m? … Read More → "Self-Protected Resettable e-Fuse from Diodes Incorporated Targets Consumer Applications"

Cavium Unleashes the Power of SDN through OpenFlow at ONS 2015

June 16, 2015

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 16, 2015 – Cavium, Inc., (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud, wired and wireless networking today announced the demonstration of the OpenFlow and OpenFlow-Hybrid XPliant^®-based platforms for Software-Defined Networking (SDN) at Open Networking Summit (ONS) 2015. Cavium’s XPliant Ethernet switches deliver full line rate support in OpenFlow through XPliant’s SDK APIs and integration of Open vSwitch (OVS).

OpenFlow and OVS are designed to enable massive network automation in a multi-vendor standards-based environment. OpenFlow is the industry leading standard protocol to separate … Read More → "Cavium Unleashes the Power of SDN through OpenFlow at ONS 2015"

2A Buck-Boost Supercapacitor Charger Features Bidirectional Operation for Fast Charging & System Backup

June 16, 2015

MILPITAS, CA – June 16, 2015 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC3110, a bidirectional, programmable input current buck-boost supercapacitor charger with active charge balancing for 1- or 2 … Read More → "2A Buck-Boost Supercapacitor Charger Features Bidirectional Operation for Fast Charging & System Backup"

Avnet Electronics Marketing Experts to Address IoT and Embedded Linux Development Opportunities at Freescale Technology Forum

June 16, 2015

PHOENIX—June 16, 2015—Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Read More → "Avnet Electronics Marketing Experts to Address IoT and Embedded Linux Development Opportunities at Freescale Technology Forum"

Kia Selects Microchip’s MOST150 Devices for Telematics Service in Flagship Kia K900 Model’s Infotainment Network

June 16, 2015

CHANDLER, Ariz., June 16, 2015 — Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced that Kia Motors Corporation is enriching its infotainment system with powerful smart-phone connectivity in its flagship Kia K900 luxury sedan (known as ‘Quoris’ in some countries), using Microchip’s OS81110 Intelligent Network Interface Controller (INIC). Building on years of experience using Microchip’s MOST^® INICs, Kia adopted the latest MOST150 standard for the 2015 … Read More → "Kia Selects Microchip’s MOST150 Devices for Telematics Service in Flagship Kia K900 Model’s Infotainment Network"