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TE Connectivity Brings Consumer Antenna Capabilities to Aerospace and Defense

February 17, 2015

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Feb. 17, 2015 – TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity, and a leading supplier of standard and custom antennas for consumer applications, is bringing its expertise to military and aerospace markets in the form of moldable composites and selective metallization. TE is delivering antennas that are smaller and lighter, and offer higher performance and increased functionality in flight and ground applications.

Advancements in materials science are enabling next-generation technologies like low-profile conformal antennas and antennas integrated into housings that help reduce complexity, simplify manufacturing and provide consistent performance. 

“TE is continually working to … Read More → "TE Connectivity Brings Consumer Antenna Capabilities to Aerospace and Defense"

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Joins imec to Develop Innovative RF Solutions for Internet of Things Applications

February 17, 2015

Santa Clara, Calif., February 17, 2015 – Collaboration to address critical challenges in radio architecture design in multiband, multimode mobile radios and ultra-low power (ULP) wireless devices. Cooperation on critical digital-intensive RF architectures and analog circuits for mobile communications and IoT sensor nodes. Research will leverage GLOBALFOUNDRIES CMOS technology platforms optimized to boost RF performance of IC’s. GLOBALFOUNDRIES, a leading provider of advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology, today announced a partnership with imec, a leading nanoelectronics research center, for joint research … Read More → "GLOBALFOUNDRIES Joins imec to Develop Innovative RF Solutions for Internet of Things Applications"

Renesas Electronics Europe and IS2T Expand Embedded Software Platform Collaboration to Offer a Faster Go-to-Market Internet of Things Strategy

February 17, 2015

Düsseldorf, 17 February 2015 – Renesas Electronics Europe, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, is expanding its collaboration with IS2T, a leading provider of state-of-the-art software technology for embedded systems, to simplify software complexities for emerging Internet of Things (IoT) markets. With their latest collaboration, Renesas Electronics and new Alliance Partner member IS2T extend the support of the MicroEJ® software platform from the RX microcontrollers (MCUs) to the latest Renesas RZ/Agroup of microprocessors (MPUs). The RZ/A features an ARM Cortex A9 CPU that clocks at 400MHz, up to 10Mbytes of on-chip SRAM, a TFT LCD interface … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Europe and IS2T Expand Embedded Software Platform Collaboration to Offer a Faster Go-to-Market Internet of Things Strategy"

Micrium and Cortus Announce new uC/OS-III Port to Cortus 32-bit Processor Cores

February 17, 2015

Weston, Florida, 17th February 2015 – Micrium and Cortus today announced that Micrium’s uC/OS-III has been ported to Cortus’ 32-bit processor cores based on the company’s v1 instruction set (APS1, APS3R, APS5 & FPS6) and v2 instruction set (APS23 & APS25). Both companies’ products have strong track records in the growing safety-critical and Internet of Things (IoT) markets. The new port will facilitate development of systems-on-chip with embedded processing.

“There is a … Read More → "Micrium and Cortus Announce new uC/OS-III Port to Cortus 32-bit Processor Cores"

ARM and Green Hills Software Deliver Best in Class Automotive Performance

February 16, 2015

Cambridge, UK, Feb. 16 – ARM and Green Hills Software announce they have collaborated on an optimised compiler for the ARM® Cortex®-R5 processor that delivers record-setting automotive performance, enabling the Cortex-R5 processor to meet the needs of the most challenging automotive applications more cost-effectively than any other MCU solution currently available. EEMBC® Labs have certified the Green Hills compiler, version 2015.1 as having achieved a performance score of 1.01EEMBC Automarks/MHz on the Cortex-R5 automotive MCUs from Spansion. This represents a 30% increase on previous performance scores.

The Green Hills toolchain has a strong functional safety pedigree – … Read More → "ARM and Green Hills Software Deliver Best in Class Automotive Performance"

Best-in-Class NFC Tags from STMicroelectronics Create Safe and Convenient Links to the Internet of Things

February 16, 2015

Geneva, February 16, 2015 – The SRTAG NFC/RFID tags from STMicroelectronics combine the market’s widest memory range, best-in-class data retention and write-erase cycles, and the strongest data protection, opening new possibilities for short-range wireless connectivity in consumer electronics, computer peripherals, home appliances, industrial automation, and healthcare products.

ST’s SRTAG ICs provide the NFC Forum Type 4 Tag RF interface and built-in NDEF (NFC Data Exchange Format) message support. The embedded EEPROM memory density spans from 512 bit to 64 Kbit, covering a wide spectrum of applications including content-rich virtual business … Read More → "Best-in-Class NFC Tags from STMicroelectronics Create Safe and Convenient Links to the Internet of Things"

Intersil’s New Four-Channel Video Decoder Provides Stunning Image Quality for Improved Automotive Safety

February 16, 2015

MILPITAS, CALIF. – Feb. 16, 2015 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, today announced the TW9984 four-channel analog video decoder with built-in analog video encoder for around-view parking assist applications, providing improved safety for drivers and pedestrians. The TW9984 is based on Intersil’s market leading video decoder technology and replaces up to nine discrete components with a single chip. It delivers the industry’s best analog decoding performance resulting in excellent picture quality to generate 360-degree surround images for … Read More → "Intersil’s New Four-Channel Video Decoder Provides Stunning Image Quality for Improved Automotive Safety"

Mentor Graphics Signs Agreement with CADD Edge to Distribute Electronic Design and Analysis Products

February 16, 2015

WILSONVILLE, Ore., February 16, 2015 — Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced an agreement with CADD Edge, Inc., a leading distributor of electrical and mechanical design and analysis tools, to provide Mentor Graphics® electronic systems design products to customers in the eastern USA. These Mentor products provide customers with the world’s leading printed circuit board (PCB) design, high-performance analysis, PCB Design for Manufacturability (DFM) checking, and thermal analysis capabilities. Now customers have access to the capabilities that distinguish the Mentor Graphics portfolio and enable higher design productivity, … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Signs Agreement with CADD Edge to Distribute Electronic Design and Analysis Products"

Blu Wireless Technology to demo 60GHz ‘Lightning’ module at Mobile World Congress

February 13, 2015

Bristol, UK. 15 Feb 2015: Blu Wireless Technology, a specialist in multi-gigabit wireless baseband system IP, will demonstrate their 60GHz ‘Lightning’ modules at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 2-5 March, 2015.

Blu Wireless has integrated its gigabit baseband technology HYDRA with class-leading 60 GHz active phased array radio technology into the ‘Lightning’ wireless gigabit modem in order to demonstrate the technology of beam formed Gbit communications.

The ‘Lightning’ module delivers … Read More → "Blu Wireless Technology to demo 60GHz ‘Lightning’ module at Mobile World Congress"

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