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Microchip’s New 5 GHz Power Amplifier Module Extends the Range and Reduces Production Costs of WLAN Applications Based on IEEE 802.11ac Wi-Fi® Standard

March 17, 2015

CHANDLER, Ariz., March 17, 2015 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced its new SST11CP22 5 GHz power amplifier module (PAM) for the IEEE 802.11ac ultra high data rate Wi-Fi® standard. This PAM delivers 19 dBm linear output power at 1.8% dynamic EVM (Error Vector Magnitude) with MCS9 80 MHz bandwidth modulation. Additionally, the SST11CP22 delivers 20 dBm linear power at 3% EVM for 802.11a/n applications, is spectrum mask compliant up to 24 dBm for 802.11a communication, and has less than – 45 … Read More → "Microchip’s New 5 GHz Power Amplifier Module Extends the Range and Reduces Production Costs of WLAN Applications Based on IEEE 802.11ac Wi-Fi® Standard"

CUI Introduces 90 A Digital Point-of-Load (POL) Module Series to Address Growing Challenge of Powering Advanced ICs

March 16, 2015

TUALATIN, Ore. — March 16, 2015 — CUI Inc today announced the release of its highest current digital POL family to date from the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) in Charlotte, North Carolina. Designed specifically to address the rapidly-rising power requirements of today’s most advanced integrated circuits, the NDM3Z-90 is a non-isolated module outputting 90 A in ultra low-profile vertical and horizontal packages. The series delivers benchmark power levels while incorporating a range of advanced digital features, including programmable output range, active current sharing, voltage sequencing, voltage tracking, synchronization … Read More → "CUI Introduces 90 A Digital Point-of-Load (POL) Module Series to Address Growing Challenge of Powering Advanced ICs"

Baikal Electronics Selects Synopsys Solutions to Accelerate the Design and Verification of Their Advanced SoCs

March 16, 2015

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that Baikal Electronics, a Russian semiconductor company, has selected Synopsys’ broad portfolio of IP, system-on-chip (SoC) architecture design and analysis tools and its Galaxy™ Design Platform, as well as its functional verification products for developing its SoC designs. The breadth of solutions adopted by Baikal Electronics include Synopsys DesignWare® IP, the Platform Architect™ tool with multicore optimization technology for architecture design and analysis, the Design Compiler®tool for synthesis, the … Read More → "Baikal Electronics Selects Synopsys Solutions to Accelerate the Design and Verification of Their Advanced SoCs"

TI makes digital power control design simple with the Digital Power BoosterPack and powerSUITE

March 16, 2015

Charlotte, NC (March 16, 2015) – Today, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) announced that it has simplified digital power control design with the new, low-cost Digital Power BoosterPack. The BoosterPack is a plug-in daughter card for the C2000™ Piccolo™TMS320F28069M LaunchPad development kit that makes it easy to understand digital power development using the real-time control architecture of TI’s C2000 microcontrollers (MCUs). The BoosterPack is ideal for digital power applications such as power conditioners, uninterruptible power … Read More → "TI makes digital power control design simple with the Digital Power BoosterPack and powerSUITE"

Latest Synopsys Virtualizer Release Accelerates VDK Performance by Up to 5X for Early Software Development

March 16, 2015

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Ericsson launches 90A digital point-of-load DC/DC converter for high-demand networking equipment

March 16, 2015
  • Major product milestone on the journey to the Software-Defined Power Architecture
  • 90A dual-phase point-of-load DC/DC converter is easy to parallel, delivering up to 360A
  • Compensation-free technology guarantees all-time-high performance
  • Compliant with new ‘teraAMP’ Architects of Modern Power (AMP) standard

Ericsson has launched a new two-phase 90A 3E* digital point-of-load (POL) DC/DC power module that offers compensation-free performance and the ability to easily connect modules in parallel to provide up to 360A to advanced network-processors that require high performance in power delivery and high levels of software … Read More → "Ericsson launches 90A digital point-of-load DC/DC converter for high-demand networking equipment"

Mentor Graphics Announces HyperLynx Tool for Power-Aware Signal Integrity Simulation

March 16, 2015

WILSONVILLE, Oregon, March 16, 2015

HyperLynx Product Highlights

•       New HyperLynx® Signal Integrity/Power Integrity (SI/PI) adds power-aware SI simulation capabilities to ensure accurate modeling and signal performance of high-speed parallel links such as DDR3 and DDR4.
•       Power-Aware IBIS v5.0 modeling ensures accurate simulation of simultaneous switching noise (SSN) and power effects of timing and signal integrity.
•       DDRx Wizard supports the latest JEDEC standards to verify all DDR and LPDDR memory types including the next-generation DDR4 … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Announces HyperLynx Tool for Power-Aware Signal Integrity Simulation"

Synopsys and Hardent Provide Interoperable Display IP Solutions to Reduce Data Transmission Bandwidth for Ultra High-Definition Mobile Devices

March 13, 2015

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Synopsys Galaxy Design Platform Enables 90 Percent of Volume-Production FinFET Designs

March 13, 2015

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — 

Highlights:

  • Galaxy Design Platform used for 90 percent of production FinFET designs
  • Strong platform adoption underscores Synopsys’ leadership in digital and custom design implementation tools for FinFET
  • All FinFET foundries have used and qualified the Galaxy Design Platform

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that its Galaxy™ Design Platform enables 90 percent of the production tapeouts of FinFET-based designs. Over 20 industry leaders worldwide have successfully completed more than 100 FinFET tapeouts using the platform.  Foundries including GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Intel Custom … Read More → "Synopsys Galaxy Design Platform Enables 90 Percent of Volume-Production FinFET Designs"

DecaWave Launches Two-Way Ranging RTLS Evaluation Kit

March 13, 2015

DUBLIN, IRELAND–(March 10, 2015) -Fabless semiconductor company DecaWave announced today a new evaluation kit, TREK1000, based on the industry’s most precise indoor location and communication CMOS chip, the DW1000.

This new kit will allow customers to quickly evaluate the unrivalled performance of DecaWave’s UWB technology in multiple real-time location systems (RTLS) use cases. A concept can be proofed in hours and prototyped in days to bring new and innovative products to the market faster. Based on the two-way ranging scheme, the kit will offer the possibility to … Read More → "DecaWave Launches Two-Way Ranging RTLS Evaluation Kit"

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