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Renesas Electronics Delivers Game-Changing New Platform to Accelerate Development of Innovative, Differentiated Solutions for IoT and Industrial Markets

Düsseldorf, June 15, 2015 — Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the Renesas Synergy™ Platform, a new, easy-to-use, qualified platform designed to accelerate time to market, reduce total cost of ownership and remove many of the obstacles engineers face as they develop products for the growing Internet of Things (IoT) and industrial markets. The Renesas Synergy Platform achieves this by using an innovative approach to new product … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Delivers Game-Changing New Platform to Accelerate Development of Innovative, Differentiated Solutions for IoT and Industrial Markets"

VadaTech Releases Two New Virtex-7 FPGA Carriers

Henderson, NV – June 9, 2015 – VadaTech, a manufacturer of embedded boards and complete application-ready platforms, has new Virtex-7 690T FPGA carriers in the AMC format.  

VadaTech’s new Virtex-7 FPGA carriers utilize the 690T device providing over 693K logic cells and 3600 DSP slices.  The AMC516 has banks of 64-bit and 16-bit DDR3 memory and an on-board P2040 PowerPC.  The AMC527 is a similar Virtex-7 690T FPGA, except it has 3 banks of 144 Mb QDR-II memory and does not have a PowerPC.  The FPGA carriers have a slot to accept an FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) per VITA 57.  

Both modules … Read More → "VadaTech Releases Two New Virtex-7 FPGA Carriers"

Tektronix, IEMN Collaborate to Demonstrate World’s Fastest Wireless to Optical Bridge

BEAVERTON, Ore. June 9, 2015 ­- Tektronix, the world’s leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes, and IEMN, a major French research laboratory, today announced the world’s first demonstration of a wireless system capable of transmitting data at 400 GHz (0.4 THz) using advanced signal coding (up to QAM-16) and key advanced THz devices.

Using a combination of optical coherent technologies and THz transceivers, the demonstration showcases the advances being made toward operational wireless links with THz frequencies and optical-equivalent data rates. The demonstration involved sending 32 Gbit/s signals over distances of 25 m and will provide the basis for … Read More → "Tektronix, IEMN Collaborate to Demonstrate World’s Fastest Wireless to Optical Bridge"

Altium Announces New Feature Updates to Enterprise Data Management Solution for Enhanced Design Data Management

San Diego, Calif. – June 9, 2015 Altium Limited has announced the release of a major update to their enterprise PCB design data management solution – Altium Vault <http://www.altium.com/altium-vault/overview> . This new update includes a number of new features to improve the automation and management of design data, with updates to every major feature category including component management, data management, project collaboration, and infrastructure management. Altium Vault 2.5 is available now to all Altium Vault Subscription customers.

“We’ … Read More → "Altium Announces New Feature Updates to Enterprise Data Management Solution for Enhanced Design Data Management"

Cavium Announces New Low Power 16-core OCTEON® III SoC Processors for Next Generation Enterprise, Data Center and Service Provider Infrastructure

SAN JOSE, CA, June 10, 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 addition of two new pin-compatible families CN73XX and CN72XX to its leading OCTEON® III MIPS64® multi-core processor line, providing a powerful solution for mid-range performance points spanning 4 to 16 cores. 

These new low-power processor families deliver industry-leading compute and packet performance for devices in this class, along with powerful networking, virtualization and multi-layer security acceleration, while meeting the stringent power requirements of … Read More → "Cavium Announces New Low Power 16-core OCTEON® III SoC Processors for Next Generation Enterprise, Data Center and Service Provider Infrastructure"

eSOL’s Functional Safety-Compliant RTOS Platform Supports Renesas’ RZ/T Series with an Industrial Ethernet Accelerator

Tokyo, Japan. June 11, 2015 -eSOL, a leading developer of real-time embedded software solutions, today announced that eSOL’s eT-Kernel real-time operating system (RTOS)-based software platform now supports Renesas Electronics Corporation’s RZ/T Series microprocessors with a built-in industrial Ethernet accelerator R-IN engine. The eT-Kernel RTOS has been certified for IEC 61508 Safety Integrity Level 4 (SIL 4) and ISO 26262 Automotive Safety Integrity Level D (ASIL D). The eT-Kernel Platform, which has been adopted in a wide variety of embedded systems including FA, industrial and in-vehicle devices, and satellite systems, ensures high real-time performance and reliability in software development for industrial … Read More → "eSOL’s Functional Safety-Compliant RTOS Platform Supports Renesas’ RZ/T Series with an Industrial Ethernet Accelerator"

New 1200V IGBTs from STMicroelectronics Are Industry’s Best Low-Frequency Performers

Geneva, June 11, 2015 – New S-series 1200V IGBTs from STMicroelectronics are optimized for the lowest combined conduction and turn-off losses at switching frequencies up to 8kHz, to increase the power-conversion efficiency of uninterruptible power supplies, solar generators, welders, industrial motor drives, and similar equipment.

The S series has the lowest saturation voltage (VCE(sat)) among 1200V IGBTs currently on the market, which ensures a lower voltage drop and minimizes power dissipation thereby simplifying thermal management. In addition, the positive VCE(sat)temperature coefficient, … Read More → "New 1200V IGBTs from STMicroelectronics Are Industry’s Best Low-Frequency Performers"

New Anaren “Sensor Element Library” Enables Easy Integration of Sensor Drivers and Intelligence into IoT Devices

Syracuse, NY | June 10, 2015 – Anaren announced today at Sensors Expo 2015 that it has launched a new Atmosphere Sensors Partnership Program that introduces a suite of proven sensor technologies and tools into Anaren’s wireless connectivity ecosystem. A key feature of the initiative is a new sensors element library, available within the Anaren Atmosphere  tool, which allows non-RF and non-software savvy customers to develop wirelessly connected products and, now, to easily incorporate sensors and sensors assets such as drivers and algorithms into their wirelessly connected IoT projects.</ … Read More → "New Anaren “Sensor Element Library” Enables Easy Integration of Sensor Drivers and Intelligence into IoT Devices"

Keysight Technologies’ New RF & Microwave Test Accessories Catalog Now Available

What: The new RF & Microwave catalog offers over 200 pages of in-depth information on the most reliable and repeatable RF & microwave switches, attenuators, amplifiers and other test accessories. This includes mixers, detectors, directional couplers, power dividers, splitters and PXI modular test accessories. New product highlights and easy-to-read product selection and comparison tables help users find just the right Keysight accessory to complement their test and measurement environment.

When:   The English version is currently available for download

Where:   www.keysight.com/find/mtacatalog, registration … Read More → "Keysight Technologies’ New RF & Microwave Test Accessories Catalog Now Available"

Expanded Memory Adds Critical Capacity to Space-qualified SBC

Chatsworth, Calif. June 2015 – Aitech Defense Systems Inc., has expanded the on-board memory of its SP0, a space-qualified 3U SBC (single board computer) that has been fully tested and characterized at the NASA-approved UC Davis proton and Texas A&M heavy ion cyclotrons.

Conduction-cooled with from 1 to 8 GB of user Flash, the enhanced 3U CompactPCI SBC can easily handle additional processes and user data storage to provide the critical … Read More → "Expanded Memory Adds Critical Capacity to Space-qualified SBC"

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