Customisable Bullfinch-SP001 platform mimics sensation of real-world keys on flat screen: keyboard, double-press camera button, home key, volume sliders
Haptic and flat-screen audio start-up Redux Labs today announced Bullfinch-SP001, the industry’s first 4G-haptics platform optimised for a smartphone’s small form factor.
4G haptic responses can be customised according to where a user touches the … Read More → "First 4G-haptics platform for smartphone form factors, launched by Redux"
AMSTERDAM – October 22, 2013 – Qualcomm Incorporated today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., has introduced a new HomePlug® AV2 product, the QCA7500, to deliver Gigabit-class performance and optimal coverage throughout the home using existing electrical wiring. The QCA7500 is a highly integrated powerline solution optimized for high performance in a small form factor. Building on Qualcomm Atheros’ powerline leadership in HomePlug AV and HomePlug Green … Read More → "Qualcomm Atheros Announces HomePlug AV2 Chip to Benefit Service Providers"
Sydney, Australia – 28 October 2013 – Altium Limited, a global leader in Smart System Design Automation, 3D PCB design (Altium Designer) and embedded software development (TASKING) announces its Software Platform, delivering ultra rapid prototyping and development for ARM Cortex-M based microcontrollers, at an unparalleled attractive cost level. The Software Platform – which … Read More → "Altium introduces TASKING Software Platform Builder for ARM Cortex-M"
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 23, 2013 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced a physics-based model for its opto model library that quickly and accurately solves the challenges posed by signal distortion in vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) used in rack-to-rack opto links. The new VCSEL model, available in the Advanced Design System 2013 Transient Convolution Element and SystemVue 2013 AMI Modeling Kit, is used both for modeling optoelectronic components … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Introduces Physics-Based VCSEL Model to Solve Challenges in Designing Rack-to-Rack Opto Links"
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif, Oct. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced the availability of its Discovery™ Verification IP (VIP) for the ARM® AMBA® 5 CHI (Coherent Hub Interface) on-chip interface specification. This standard targets the ARM Cortex®-A50 series processors used in high data rate applications common in enterprise markets such as the server and networking markets. The Synopsys Discovery VIP for AMBA 5 CHI provides an easy-to-use, high-performance verification environment with … Read More → "Synopsys Announces Availability of Discovery Verification IP for ARM AMBA 5 CHI Standard"
Leuven (Belgium) October 24, 2013 – Researchers and physicians at Johns Hopkins University will collaborate with the nanoelectronics R&D center imec to advance silicon applications in healthcare, beginning with development of a device to enable a broad range of clinical tests. The corresponding tests will be performed outside the laboratory. The collaboration, announced today, will combine the Johns Hopkins clinical and research expertise with imec’s nanoelectronics capabilities. The two organizations plan to forge strategic ties with additional collaborators in the healthcare and technology sectors.
“Johns Hopkins has always prioritized innovative and transformative research opportunities,” … Read More → "Imec and Johns Hopkins University team to expand healthcare applications for silicon nanotech"
Unterhaching, Germany, 24th October 2013. – As the solar market matures, electronic power designers are faced with new challenges in inverter designs. The older less efficient two level designs will simply not meet next generation requirements, nor compete successfully in the marketplace. Increasing the efficiency and using a higher switching frequency is becoming the norm. To add to the complexity, customers are requesting a higher DC input voltage to the inverter. Each of these factors must be carefully balanced to provide the best cost-to-performance ratio to meet tomorrow’s challenge of … Read More → "Addressing the next generation solar inverter designs"
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 24, 2013 –Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) will present and showcase how it is democratizing Smarter Systems with ARM at ARM® TechCon 2013. Through a series of demonstrations and presentations, Xilinx will highlight innovative customer and ecosystem products that utilize the Zynq® All Programmable SoC. The Zynq-7000 architecture melds a dual-core ARM® Cortex®-A9 MPCore™ processing system with Xilinx 28nm programmable logic to create a device family that is hardware, software and I/O programmable. Xilinx’s continued collaboration with ARM is integral to the rapid design and implementation of smarter systems in a very broad … Read More → "Xilinx and ARM Democratizing Smarter Systems – Showcase at ARM TechCon 2013"
IESF 2013, MUNICH, Germany, October 24, 2013 — Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced its new Mentor® Embedded Hypervisor product for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems, telematics, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and instrumentation. The Mentor Embedded Hypervisor is a small footprint Type 1 hypervisor developed specifically for embedded applications and intelligent connected devices.
With the Mentor Embedded Hypervisor, developers can create high-performance systems that integrate and consolidate applications on multicore processors and make use of the ARM® TrustZone®. Development of new systems can be accelerated by … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Hypervisor Delivers High Performance and Security for Multicore Processors and Enables Multi-OS Consolidation"
