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Cryptography Research and Tiempo SAS Sign License Agreement for DPA Countermeasures

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., USA and GRENOBLE, France – November 12, 2013 – Cryptography Research, Inc., a division of Rambus Inc. (NASDAQ:RMBS), and Tiempo SAS (Tiempo), experts in designing and qualifying secure smart card chips, today announced they have signed an architecture license agreement allowing for the use of Cryptography Research’s patented security inventions in Tiempo’s integrated circuits. By incorporating Cryptography Research’s countermeasures onto their devices, Tiempo’s products will be protected against differential power analysis (DPA) and related side channel attacks. This license also covers software developed by Tiempo’s customers when utilized on Tiempo’s licensed integrated circuits.</ … Read More → "Cryptography Research and Tiempo SAS Sign License Agreement for DPA Countermeasures"

New “Dynamic NFC Tag” Memories from STMicroelectronics Enable Smarter Consumer, Domestic and Industrial Equipment

Geneva, November 15, 2013  – A vast range of consumer devices, domestic appliances and industrial equipment is set to become smarter, more flexible and easier to use because of a new family of “dynamic NFC tag” memories fromSTMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications. These memories make it easy to add Near Field Communications (NFC) capability to any kind of electrical device, from loudspeakers and printers, to cookers and washing machines, to electricity, gas and water meters.

NFC is a wireless communications technology that allows two devices to communicate when they are … Read More → "New “Dynamic NFC Tag” Memories from STMicroelectronics Enable Smarter Consumer, Domestic and Industrial Equipment"

Low Power Multi-Core ARM Cortex A9 Human Machine Interface

Ambedded Technology is pleased to announce the launch of it’s latest high-end open frame Human Machine Interface(HMI) Jupiter CA9 series which are powered by Freescale i.MX6 application processor. 

The Jupiter CA9 Series HMI unleashes a scalable multicore platform that includes single-, dual- and quad-core families based on the ARM® Cortex-A9 for next-generation applications. By combining the power-efficient processing capabilities of the ARM Cortex-A9 architecture with bleeding edge 3D and 2D graphics, as well as high-definition video, the Jupiter CA9 series provides a new level of multimedia performance to enable … Read More → "Low Power Multi-Core ARM Cortex A9 Human Machine Interface"

Lantronix Announces New xPico® Wi-Fi® Tower Module for Freescale Tower System

IRVINE, CA–(Marketwired – Nov 13, 2013) – Lantronix, Inc. (NASDAQ: LTRX), a global provider of smart networking and communications solutions for machine-to-machine (M2M) applications, today announced it has collaborated with Freescale® Semiconductor — a global leader in embedded processing solutions for the automotive, consumer, … Read More → "Lantronix Announces New xPico® Wi-Fi® Tower Module for Freescale Tower System"

SunPartner Technologies and 3M Collaborate to Deliver the Only Wireless Transparent Solar Charging System for Consumer Mobile Electronics

November 13, 2013 (Aix-en-Provence, France, and St. Paul, Minnesota, USA) – Sunpartner Technologies and 3M Company announce an agreement to collaborate in product development and technical solutions, capitalizing on innovative engineered electronics materials from 3M and transparent solar cell technologies from Sunpartner Technologies.  The two companies are developing a sustainable wireless transparent micro component that will charge devices while they are being used and exposed to light. This game-changing development will give consumers the ability to charge their mobile phones and tablets with just natural or artificial light — no electrical outlets needed to power.

Combining 3M … Read More → "SunPartner Technologies and 3M Collaborate to Deliver the Only Wireless Transparent Solar Charging System for Consumer Mobile Electronics"

MakerBot 3D Printer Driver Now Available on Windows 8.1

Brooklyn, N.Y, November 14, 2013 – Printing in 3D just got even easier.  With the recent launch of Microsoft Windows 8.1, MakerBot owners can now download the MakerBot 3D Printer Driver for Windows 8.1 and with a quick click inside an application, can print directly to their MakerBot® Replicator® 2 Desktop 3D Printer.  This built-in support in Windows 8.1 uses the new 3D printer driver, available for download via the Windows Update Service, which MakerBot developed so customers could experience plug-and-play and seamless end-to-end printing from a wide variety of applications directly to a MakerBot.</ … Read More → "MakerBot 3D Printer Driver Now Available on Windows 8.1"

MEMS Industry Group’s Annual Executive Conference Shows Why MEMS is Growing 2x Faster than Semiconductors

PITTSBURGH—November 14, 2013MEMS Industry Group (MIG)’s MEMS Executive Congress®—held November 7-8, 2013 in Napa, CA—showed why the MEMS industry is outpacing the semiconductor industry, in both growth and innovation. With a ten percent increase in attendance over 2012 and market analysts such as IHS Inc.’s Jérémie Bouchaud predicting that the MEMS industry will grow twice as fast as the semiconductor industry—MEMS Executive Congress highlighted innovation … Read More → "MEMS Industry Group’s Annual Executive Conference Shows Why MEMS is Growing 2x Faster than Semiconductors"

New ZestETM1 Gigabit Ethernet Module Launches

Oxford, UK company Orange Tree Technologies has just announced the launch of a slim new addition to its product family, the ZestETM1, a high performance Gigabit Ethernet TCP/IP offload engine (TOE) module.

Charles Sweeney, Hardware Director at the company, said “With the increasing use of Ethernet in many different markets such as industrial control, machine vision, defence and the medical sector, the ZestETM1 can speed the time to market for many companies, creating a key advantage for them”.

With the proprietary protocol chip GigExpedite handling the whole TCP/IP stack at over 100MBytes/sec … Read More → "New ZestETM1 Gigabit Ethernet Module Launches"

Nallatech Delivers OpenCL-Compatible FPGA Accelerator Cards to the High Performance Computing (HPC) Market

CAMARILLO, Calif., – November 13, 2013 – Nallatech, a leading supplier of high-performance FPGA solutions, today announced it is now delivering its family of OpenCL-compatible accelerator cards featuring Altera Stratix® V FPGAs to the High Performance Computing (HPC) market. The Nallatech 385 and 395 accelerator cards are capable of accelerating a range of compute and I/O intensive applications while reducing overall power consumption and total cost of ownership. Visitors to Supercomputing ‘13 (November 19-November 21) can learn more at Nallatech’s booth #3519 and can view application demonstrations at Altera’s booth #4332. 

“The introduction of OpenCL for FPGAs is a market changing development enabling adoption … Read More → "Nallatech Delivers OpenCL-Compatible FPGA Accelerator Cards to the High Performance Computing (HPC) Market"

Real Intent to Present Session on CDC Verification, Serve as Panelist and Exhibit at TVS “Verification Futures” Conferences in Germany and UK Nov. 18 & 19, 2013

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Nov. 13, 2013 –

Who:

Robert Eichner, partner at EuropeLaunch S.L.N.E., the European distributor for Real Intent, whose advanced verification solutions accelerate design sign-off, will make a presentation, serve as a panelist, and exhibit Real Intent’s Ascent and Meridian products at the Testing and Verification Solutions (TVS) 2013 “Verification Futures”  … Read More → "Real Intent to Present Session on CDC Verification, Serve as Panelist and Exhibit at TVS “Verification Futures” Conferences in Germany and UK Nov. 18 & 19, 2013"

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