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Silicon Labs Pumps Up the Volume for Automotive Infotainment with Scalable Car Radio System Solutions

March 26, 2015

AUSTIN, Texas – March 25, 2015 – Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB), a leading provider of broadcast audio solutions for automotive infotainment, today introduced a complete portfolio of receivers/audio processors and multi-standard digital radio ICs designed to deliver best-in-class AM/FM and digital radio performance for the global car radio market. The Si479xx family of AM/FM receivers and digital radio tuners delivers a new benchmark for car radio reception performance with on-chip audio processing at the lowest system cost. The new Si46xx family, which includes single-chip digital radio coprocessors and data receivers, provides an advanced digital radio audio decoding and … Read More → "Silicon Labs Pumps Up the Volume for Automotive Infotainment with Scalable Car Radio System Solutions"

Microchip’s MOST150 INICs Enable Cost-Effective Smart Antenna Module Coaxial Connectivity to Automotive Control, Audio, Video and Internet Protocol Networks

March 26, 2015

CHANDLER, Ariz., March 25, 2015 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced that the MOST^®Cooperation released its MOST150 technology coaxial physical layer specification. This new industry-standard specification enables Microchip to support smart antenna module connectivity to in-vehicle MOST150 advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) and infotainment networks, via its OS81118AF Intelligent Network Interface Controller (INIC) with integrated coax transceiver. The MOST150 coaxial physical layer is ideally suited for smart-antenna telematics and other data traffic from AM/FM, DAB, SDARS, DVB-T, 3G/LTE, GPS and Wi-Fi^® signals … Read More → "Microchip’s MOST150 INICs Enable Cost-Effective Smart Antenna Module Coaxial Connectivity to Automotive Control, Audio, Video and Internet Protocol Networks"

Industrial Internet Consortium Announces Smart Grid Testbed

March 26, 2015

Reston, VA – The Industrial Internet Consortium^® announces its first energy-focused testbed: the Communication and Control Testbed for Microgrid Applications. Industrial Internet Consortium member organizations Real-Time Innovations (RTI), National Instruments, and Cisco, are collaborating on the project, working with power utilities CPS Energy and Southern California Edison. Additional industry collaborators include Duke Energy and the power industry organization – Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP).

Today’s power grid relies on a central-station architecture not designed to interconnect distributed and renewable power sources such as roof-top solar and wind turbines. The system must over-generate power to … Read More → "Industrial Internet Consortium Announces Smart Grid Testbed"

PrismTech Announces Vortex v1.2, the Latest Version of its Award-Winning Intelligent Data-Sharing Platform for the Internet of Things

March 25, 2015

Boston, MA, USA – March 25, 2015 – PrismTech™, a global leader in software platforms for distributed systems, today announced the general availability of Vortex™ v1.2, the latest version of its award-winning intelligent data-sharing platform for the Internet of Things (IoT). The Vortex platform provides the most comprehensive real-time data sharing solution for integrating device (sensors to servers), web, mobile and cloud environments.

Vortex is ideally suited for mission-critical distributed and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications. It is based on the Data Distribution Service (DDS) for Real-time Systems open standard and builds on proven technologies to provide an … Read More → "PrismTech Announces Vortex v1.2, the Latest Version of its Award-Winning Intelligent Data-Sharing Platform for the Internet of Things"

GreenPeak Launches Smart PIR Sensor for Smart Home Applications

March 25, 2015

Utrecht, The Netherlands – March 24, 2015 – GreenPeak Technologies, the industry leading Smart Home semi-conductor/system company, today announced a new addition to its Smart Home portfolio with the launch of a reference design for a low cost Passive Infra-Red (PIR) sensor with outstanding performance.

The reference design of the PIR motion detector can enable application developers to quickly build a ZigBee enabled motion sensor that is ready to be produced with GreenPeak’s qualified ODMs and can be integrated in Smart Home applications like home monitoring, senior lifestyle, smart HVAC or smart lighting.

“The motion detector is … Read More → "GreenPeak Launches Smart PIR Sensor for Smart Home Applications"

100V Micropower Voltage Monitors Provide 1.4% Measurement Accuracy for High Voltage Designs

March 25, 2015

MILPITAS, CA – March 25, 2015 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC2965 and LTC2966, 3.5V to 100V, single and dual channel voltage monitors that draw only 6µA of quiescent current. Alternative voltage monitoring solutions typically call for a low power comparator, a high input voltage LDO to power the comparator and a high value resistive divider to level translate the monitored rail, all of which increase board space and power consumption, and decrease monitoring accuracy. The LTC2965/LTC2966 avoid the major pitfalls of a discrete solution by integrating all components required to directly interface with high voltage rails in space-efficient 3mm x 3 … Read More → "100V Micropower Voltage Monitors Provide 1.4% Measurement Accuracy for High Voltage Designs"

Imec Demonstrates 50GHz Ge Waveguide Electro-Absorption Modulator

March 25, 2015

LOS ANGELES —March, 25, 2015—At this week’s OFC 2015, the largest global conference and exposition for optical communications, nanoelectronics research center imec, its associated lab at Ghent University (Intec), and Stanford University have demonstrated a compact germanium (Ge) waveguide electro-absorption modulator (EAM) with a modulation bandwidth beyond 50GHz. Combining state-of-the-art extinction ratio and low insertion loss with an ultra-low capacitance of just 10fF, the demonstrated EAM marks an important milestone for the realization of next-generation silicon integrated optical interconnects at 50Gb/s and beyond.

Future chip-level optical interconnects require integrated optical modulators with stringent requirements … Read More → "Imec Demonstrates 50GHz Ge Waveguide Electro-Absorption Modulator"

Renesas Electronics Europe is the First Semiconductor Supplier to Achieve Full Certification of G3-PLC Modem Solutions for Worldwide Frequency Bands

March 25, 2015

Düsseldorf, 25 March 2015 – Renesas Electronics Europe, a premier provider of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced the certification of the second generation of its market leading OFDM powerline (PLC) modem for the FCC frequency band. This makes Renesas the first supplier worldwide to achieve certifications for all frequency bands as defined by the G3-PLC Alliance specifications, including ARIB (Japan Route B), Cenelec A and FCC. As a result, Renesas is again demonstrating its leadership and commitment to developing state of the art and future proof PLC solutions, contributing to … Read More →

New Synopsys ASIP Designer Tool Speeds Development of Application-Specific Instruction-Set Processors by 5X

March 25, 2015

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ —

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) today announced availability of its new ASIP Designer tool that speeds the design of application-specific instruction-set processors (ASIPs) and programmable accelerators. ASIP Designer’s language-based approach allows the automatic generation of synthesizable RTL and software development kits (SDKs) from a single input specification, accelerating the processor design and verification effort by up to 5X compared to traditional manual approaches. ASIPs are deployed in a wide range of signal-processing intensive applications, including wireless base stations, mobile handsets, audio processing, image processing and cloud computing.

“Using Synopsys’ ASIP … Read More → "New Synopsys ASIP Designer Tool Speeds Development of Application-Specific Instruction-Set Processors by 5X"

60V/4A & 36V/8A Buck-Boost µModule Regulators In 15mm x 15mm BGA Package

March 24, 2015

MILPITAS, CA – March 24, 2015 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces a new family of buck-boost µModule^®(micromodule) regulators. The LTM8055 and LTM8056 seamlessly regulate an output voltage equal to, greater or less than the input voltage. Housed in 15mm x 15mm x 4.92mm BGA package, these devices include the inductor, DC/DC regulator, MOSFETs and the supporting components. The LTM8055 operates from input voltages ranging from 5V to 36V, delivering a load current up to 8A. The LTM8056 has a higher input voltage, up to 60V with 4A load current capability. The compact … Read More → "60V/4A & 36V/8A Buck-Boost µModule Regulators In 15mm x 15mm BGA Package"

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