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Altera FPGAs Achieve Compelling Performance-per-Watt in Cloud Data Center Acceleration Using CNN Algorithms

February 23, 2015

San Jose, Calif., —February 23, 2015—Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is using Altera Arria® 10 FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays), to achieve compelling performance-per-Watt in data center acceleration based on CNN (convolutional neural network) algorithms. These algorithms are frequently used for image classification, image recognition, and natural language processing. Altera is presenting how FPGAs are accelerating data center search at two key industry events this week:  FPGA 2015 ACM/SIGDA in Monterey, California, on February 23 and the Linley Group Data Center Conference in San Jose, … Read More → "Altera FPGAs Achieve Compelling Performance-per-Watt in Cloud Data Center Acceleration Using CNN Algorithms"

Cymer Announces Shipment of its First XLR 700ix DUV Light Source and Introduces DynaPulse

February 23, 2015

San Jose, California, February 23, 2015 – Cymer, an ASML company, an industry leader in developing lithography light sources used by chipmakers to pattern advanced semiconductor chips, today announced the shipment of its first XLR® 700ix light source. Enabling higher scanner throughput and process stability for 14nm chip manufacturing and beyond, the XLR 700ix provides improvements in bandwidth, wavelength and energy stability to reduce process variability and increase yield through improvements in wafer critical dimension (CD) uniformity; software enhancements to increase light source predictability and availability; and reduction in helium and power consumption to decrease operating costs.

Cymer … Read More → "Cymer Announces Shipment of its First XLR 700ix DUV Light Source and Introduces DynaPulse"

Xilinx Highlights Data Center FPGA-Based Acceleration Solutions Programmed with New Software Defined Development Environments at the Linley Data Center Conference 2015

February 23, 2015

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced it will highlight data center FPGA-based acceleration solutions programmed with new software defined development environments at the Linley Data Center Conference 2015. Xilinx technology experts will present and demonstrate the advantages of heterogeneous computing using FPGAs in data centers which improves flexibility and compute efficiency for critical workloads. To learn more about Xilinx’s smarter data center solutions, visit Xilinx at the Linley Data Center Conference February 25-26, 2015  … Read More → "Xilinx Highlights Data Center FPGA-Based Acceleration Solutions Programmed with New Software Defined Development Environments at the Linley Data Center Conference 2015"

Silicon Storage Technology and UMC Announce Availability of Qualified 55 nm Embedded SuperFlash® Memory Platform and 40 nm License

February 23, 2015

Chandler, Ariz., and Hsinchu, Taiwan, Feb. 23, 2015 — Microchip Technology Inc. [NASDAQ: MCHP], a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, through its Silicon Storage Technology (SST) subsidiary, and United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE:UMC; TWSE: 2303) (“UMC”), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced the full qualification and availability of SST’s 55 nm embedded SuperFlash® non-volatile memory on UMC’s 55 nm platform. Additionally, UMC extended its licensing agreement to include SST’s 40 nm embedded Flash intellectual … Read More → "Silicon Storage Technology and UMC Announce Availability of Qualified 55 nm Embedded SuperFlash® Memory Platform and 40 nm License"

Pentek Introduces Deployable PCIe FMC Carrier with Optical Interface

February 23, 2015
  • Half size PCIe FMC carrier with Virtex-7 FPGA
  • MTP 12x optical gigabit serial interface
  • Seamless integration with Pentek SPARK PC development system
  • Commercial and extended temperature versions available 

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ?February 23, 2015?Pentek, Inc., today introduced the newest member of its Flexor™ line of FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card) carriers: the Model 7070 PCIe FMC carrier with a Virtex-7 FPGA. As a stand-alone signal processing board, it provides an ideal development and deployment platform for demanding DSP applications. Combined with any of Pentek’ … Read More → "Pentek Introduces Deployable PCIe FMC Carrier with Optical Interface"

Spansion Launches First Automotive Power Management IC

February 20, 2015

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Spansion Inc. (NYSE: CODE), a global leader in embedded systems solutions, today announced its first automotive-grade, six-channel power management IC for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). This highly-efficient, multi-rail power management solution features solid control pins for each rail, precise voltage integrity monitors and a windowed watchdog timer to lower the system heat, complexity and solution cost for an ADAS implementation. The product family also supports the automotive safety integrity level-B (ASIL-B)*1 and is available for sampling now. 

“This new product family … Read More → "Spansion Launches First Automotive Power Management IC"

Videantis and gestigon bring gesture recognition and skeleton tracking to the automotive market

February 20, 2015

Hannover and Lübeck, Germany, February 20, 2015, – Videantis and gestigon today announced a partnership that teams videantis’s low-power vision processing IP platform with gestigon’s unique skeleton tracking and gesture recognition algorithms. The videantis and gestigon CEOs sealed the partnership last month at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Besides targeting consumer electronics, the main aim of the cooperation is to bring gesture and pose recognition technology to the automotive market, which is rapidly adopting a wide variety of vision-based technology. More and more image sensors are entering cars, including depth-sensing technologies. These sensors can be used … Read More → "Videantis and gestigon bring gesture recognition and skeleton tracking to the automotive market"

Renesas Electronics Introduces 32-Bit Automotive Microcontrollers Specialized for Instrument Clusters in Entry Level to Mid-Range Cars

February 20, 2015

Düsseldorf, February 20, 2015 – Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the RH850/D1x Series of 32-bit automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) specialized for use in instrument clusters that deliver easy-to-access information to support a safer and rich driving experience.

The connected car generates a significant amount of information from the automotive networks, cameras and multimedia systems. This trend drives a strong need to transmit these large amounts of information to the driver in an easy-to-understand and easy-to-read manner, shown as graphics. As graphics become widely … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Introduces 32-Bit Automotive Microcontrollers Specialized for Instrument Clusters in Entry Level to Mid-Range Cars"

Digi-Key to Showcase EDA Tools via Hands-On Demos at Embedded World 2015

February 20, 2015

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota, USA – Digi-Key, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery will, for the first time, feature hands-on demonstrations of its design tools and other online engineering resources at next week’s Embedded World conference in Nuremberg, Germany.  Visitors are encouraged to visit the Digi-Key booth – Hall 4A, Stand 631– to experience the company’s complete range of web-based tools.

“Our European customers are telling us that they appreciate our commitment to supporting the entire product design process – from concept to prototype to production,” said David Sandys, Director of Technical … Read More → "Digi-Key to Showcase EDA Tools via Hands-On Demos at Embedded World 2015"

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