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Atmel Achieves Windows 8 Certification for XSense, The Innovative Flexible Touch Sensor Material

November 6, 2013

San Jose, CA, November 5, 2013—Atmel^®Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a global leader in microcontroller (MCU) and touch technology solutions, today announced the company’s groundbreaking XSense^® flexible touch sensor has achieved Windows^® 8 certification as part of a customer’s system, ensuring the innovative touch material addresses the rapidly expanding markets for Windows 8 smartphones, tablets, Ultrabooks and other PC and consumer devices.

Atmel’s XSense touch sensor, launched in 2012, is manufactured in its Colorado Springs fab facility and is shipping today in production.

XSense is a proprietary roll-to-roll metal mesh technology … Read More → "Atmel Achieves Windows 8 Certification for XSense, The Innovative Flexible Touch Sensor Material"

Leti Workshop at IEDM 2013 Will Present Latest Advances in Cost-effective and Power-efficient Technologies for the Future of the Semiconductor Industry

November 6, 2013

GRENOBLE, France – Nov. 6, 2013 – CEA-Leti will kick off its participation in IEDM 2013 in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 8^th with a workshop for invited guests on key technologies for future applications in the chip industry. A networking event will follow the workshop.

In addition to short presentations on Leti’s latest results in the selected topics, the workshop will include a summary of Leti’s technology roadmap for the next 10 years.

Topics for the event include:

Lithography cost-effective solutions for 1X nodes
3D: dream and reality
High-performance, … Read More → "Leti Workshop at IEDM 2013 Will Present Latest Advances in Cost-effective and Power-efficient Technologies for the Future of the Semiconductor Industry"

STMicroelectronics and Memoir Systems Combine Breakthrough Memory and Semiconductor Process Technologies

November 6, 2013

Geneva, November 6, 2013 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, announced today its close collaboration with Memoir Systems has made the revolutionary Algorithmic Memory Technology available for embedded memories in application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and Systems on Chips (SoCs) manufactured in ST’s fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) process technology.

When integrated into products made using ST’s FD-SOI, Memoir’s Algorithmic Memories deliver uncompromised performance as a result of FD-SOI’s recognized power and performance advantagesRead More → "STMicroelectronics and Memoir Systems Combine Breakthrough Memory and Semiconductor Process Technologies"

Avnet Electronics Marketing Introduces the MicroZed 7020 System-on-Module featuring Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC

November 6, 2013

PHOENIX— November 6, 2013 — Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of … Read More → "Avnet Electronics Marketing Introduces the MicroZed 7020 System-on-Module featuring Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC"

New Starterkit for Multicore ARM-based Qseven Modules

November 6, 2013

Stutensee, Germany – The new MSC Q7-SK-IMX6 from MSC is a complete, out-of-the-box Starterkit for the company’s Qseven modules based on the Freescale i.MX6 which contains a Cortex-A9 RISC CPU with one, two or four cores. Using the Starterkit, evaluating and testing the Q7-IMX6 module is very simple because the kit includes all necessary components for the immediate operation of the Qseven module: a compact Qseven baseboard with power supply, a Qseven Heatspreader, an SD Card with bootable Operating System and a Resource CD with drivers and documentation. Also, the Starterkit includes all parts required for … Read More → "New Starterkit for Multicore ARM-based Qseven Modules"

Matrox Maevex PowerStream API Enables Highly Customized, Third-Party Application Development for Maevex H.264 Encoder and Decoder Devices

November 6, 2013

MONTREAL — Nov. 6, 2013 — Matrox® Graphics Inc. today announced a new Matrox Maevex™ PowerStream™ API enabling third-party software development to manage Maevex H.264 encoders and decoders. The API offers developers complete access to the PowerStream software feature set to facilitate development of customized control applications based on customer project requirements. The PowerStream API will be available to select partners in CQ1 2014. Interested parties are encouraged to contact Matrox to obtain the preliminary API documentation and provide … Read More → "Matrox Maevex PowerStream API Enables Highly Customized, Third-Party Application Development for Maevex H.264 Encoder and Decoder Devices"

New Shock-resistant, Outgassing-compliant Power Inductors From Coilcraft CPS

November 6, 2013

Cary, IL, USA — Coilcraft CPS (Critical Products and Services) has announced its newAE425PJB Series of low-profile power inductors that meet NASA low outgassing specifications.

The AE425PJB is just 1.8 … Read More → "New Shock-resistant, Outgassing-compliant Power Inductors From Coilcraft CPS"

Active-Semi Introduces Industry’s First Fully-Integrated Single-Chip Solution to Extend Smart Phone and Tablet Computer Battery Life

November 5, 2013

Dallas, TX – November 5, 2013 – To meet the growing worldwide demand for power hungry smart phones and tablet computers, Active-Semi today announced a new family of Power Bank IC solutions, the ACT2800 product family. The first two devices in this evolutionary product series are the ACT2801 and ACT2802. These first-of-a-kind single-chip solutions offer numerous benefits including the smallest solution footprint combined with high efficiency at low total system cost. Prior to general release, the ACT2800 family of products has experienced significant customer interest with more than 25 design wins.

CAST Enters Graphics Acceleration IP Market with New Cores that Complement GPUs and System Processors Page

November 5, 2013

Woodcliff Lake, NJ — November 5, 2013 — Semiconductor intellectual property provider CAST, Inc. is answering systems designers’ needs for faster graphics processing with the first of a new series of IP cores for graphics acceleration and display.

Available immediately are a 2D/2.5D Graphics Accelerator and a Multilayer Display Controller, both sourced from new technology partner Think Silicon.

The Think2.5D Core is a rendering engine that accelerates a rich family of two-dimensional graphics functions (scaling, blending, drawing, and … Read More → "CAST Enters Graphics Acceleration IP Market with New Cores that Complement GPUs and System Processors Page"

LTspice IV Is Now Native on Mac OS X

November 5, 2013

MILPITAS, CA – November 4, 2013 – Linear Technology Corporation announces a native Mac OS X release of its popular LTspice® IV simulation program. This new release of LTspice supports Mac OS X 10.7+ platforms and has similar capabilities and features as its Windows counterpart.

LTspice IV is a fourth generation SPICE simulation program from Linear Technology. The program consists of a high performance SPICE simulator that greatly improves the simulation speed of circuits such as a Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) while maintaining accuracy. The program also contains an integrated schematic capture program, enabling users to create and edit circuits, plus … Read More → "LTspice IV Is Now Native on Mac OS X"

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