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Mentor Graphics Launches Broadest Embedded Systems Solution for Industrial Automation

February 10, 2015

ARC INDUSTRY FORUM, ORLANDO, Florida – Feb. 9, 2015 —Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced the embedded systems industry’s broadest portfolio for industrial automation.  In partnership with key industry vendors, Mentor Graphics now offers a solution differentiated from other marketplace products by its unique multi-platform approach and robust security architecture.  Mentor Graphics® new Mentor® Embedded multi-platform solution enables embedded product developers to create more feature-rich, power-efficient, safe and secure systems. It encompasses a breadth of runtime platform options, customized development tools, system partitioning, power management, safety certification and system characterization tools, plus market-leading multicore support, making this the broadest … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Launches Broadest Embedded Systems Solution for Industrial Automation"

DelfMEMS announces the world’s first, twelve throw RF MEMS ohmic switch at Mobile World Congress

February 9, 2015

Villeneuve d’Ascq, France – 9 February 2015 — DelfMEMS, a leading developer of innovative RF MEMS switching solutions, will be demonstrating what it believes to be the world’s first, twelve throw, RF MEMS ohmic contact switch at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015.

Cybele Rolland, DelfMEMS CEO, explained, “”Until now, companies have tended towards the capacitive switch solution route.  We chose the harder route of contact or Ohmic switching because of the superior performance and have succeeded in creating the world’s first, fully functional version that we will be showing … Read More → "DelfMEMS announces the world’s first, twelve throw RF MEMS ohmic switch at Mobile World Congress"

Connect One Introduces New Broadcom-enabled IoT and M2M Wi-Fi Modules

February 9, 2015

far Saba, Israel, February 9, 2015— Connect One™, the Device Networking Authority™, today announced a collaboration with Broadcom Corporation, a global innovation leader in semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications, to enable Connect One’s G2 Wi-Fi modules for the M2M and Internet of Things (IoT) market.

The combination of Broadcom’s WICED Wi-Fi system-on-chip, together with Connect One’s iChip™ Internet Controller, offers vast functionality and ease-of-integration to many applications in areas such as home automation, medical, security, industrial control, smart grid, asset management, and point of sale.

Building on its Internet protocols, security, … Read More → "Connect One Introduces New Broadcom-enabled IoT and M2M Wi-Fi Modules"

MegaChips Utilizes Cadence Tensilica Xtensa Processor in Ultra-Low Power Internet of Things Sensor Hub IC

February 9, 2015

SAN JOSE, Calif., 09 Feb 2015 — Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced that the Cadence® Tensilica® Xtensa® processor has been designed as the core of the MegaChips frizz always-on sensor hub IC. MegaChips selected the Xtensa processor after completing a competitive benchmark that showed the Xtensa processor offered over 90 percent lower power consumption when used for pedestrian dead reckoning algorithms, which require Kalman filters.

For more information on the Xtensa processor, visit www.cadence.com/news/xtensa/megachips.
frizz is a next-generation always-on sensor hub chip designed for smartphones and Internet-of-Things (IoT) wearable devices. MegaChips took … Read More → "MegaChips Utilizes Cadence Tensilica Xtensa Processor in Ultra-Low Power Internet of Things Sensor Hub IC"

Icon Labs and Mentor Embedded Demonstrate Security Platform for Industrial Automation

February 9, 2015

ARC Industry Forum, Orlando, Florida – Feb. 9, 2015

Icon Labs (www.iconlabs.com), a leading provider of embedded networking and security technology, today announced the integration of  Icon Labs’ Floodgate security products with Mentor Graphics’ Nucleus® RTOS and Mentor Embedded Linux®. The integrated solution creates a secure platform for industrial automation and extends the Internet of Secure ThingsTM initiative into industrial control systems. This integrated solution is being jointly demonstrated at the ARC Industry Forum

Icon Labs’ Intern.et of Secure Things Initiative defines a … Read More → "Icon Labs and Mentor Embedded Demonstrate Security Platform for Industrial Automation"

Intersil’s Rad-Hard ICs Blast off on Orion’s Flight Test

February 9, 2015

MILPITAS, CALIF. – Feb. 9, 2015 – Intersil Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, today announced that 16 of its radiation-hardened ICs were onboard the Dec. 5, 2014 maiden voyage of NASA’s Orion spacecraft, also known as the uncrewed Exploration Flight Test 1. The Orion spacecraft is designed to go where no man has gone before, including astronauts exploring and collecting asteroid samples from a future planned robotic mission to redirect an asteroid to orbit the moon, and the long sought after manned mission to … Read More → "Intersil’s Rad-Hard ICs Blast off on Orion’s Flight Test"

ams color sensor for mobile devices improves accuracy and offers new light source detection capability

February 9, 2015

Unterpremstaetten, Austria (February 9, 2015), ams AG (SIX: AMS), a leading provider of high performance analog ICs and sensors, today released the TCS3490, a color sensor for portable devices which is ideally suited for light source detection when operating under a wide range of light sources.

Providing accurate color and light intensity measurements, the TCS3490 enables designers of portable devices such as smartphones and tablets to implement more sophisticated display management and brightness control.

This integrated five-channel color sensor has extremely accurate measurements of the Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) of light. As sensors continue to proliferate in … Read More → "ams color sensor for mobile devices improves accuracy and offers new light source detection capability"

MEMS Executive Congress Europe speakers explore Internet of Things/Everything in automotive, consumer, industrial markets, 9-10, March in Copenhagen

February 9, 2015

PITTSBURGH — (February 9, 2015) — MEMS Industry Group (MIG) speakers will explore the integral nature of MEMS/sensors to the Internet of Things/Everything (IoT/E) during MEMS Executive Congress® Europe, 9-10 March, 2015 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The IHS Internet of Things Report 2014 forecasts a staggering 86 billion connected devices by 2024. According to MIG, these include consumer products, such as wearables and mobile handsets, as well as automobiles, smart home appliances, … Read More → "MEMS Executive Congress Europe speakers explore Internet of Things/Everything in automotive, consumer, industrial markets, 9-10, March in Copenhagen"

Pasternack Introduces New Families of High-Rel Electromechanical Relay Switches

February 6, 2015

Irvine, CA – Pasternack, a leading manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, introduces a new family of in-stock high-rel electromechanical relay switches with designs that range from 2 to 10 million life cycles, making them uniquely qualified for applications including defense and commercial aviation, semiconductor manufacturing, communications, radar, SATCOM, test instrumentation, medical devices and many others.

Pasternack’s latest release of hi-rel RF switches consists of 42 unique designs which include 38 connectorized models as well as 4 surface-mount devices that boast a small footprint and lower cost than traditional connectorized packages. A unique patented design … Read More → "Pasternack Introduces New Families of High-Rel Electromechanical Relay Switches"

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