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Applied Materials’ Next-Generation Defect Review and Classification Technology Improves Yield For Complex 3D Transistors, 1X Nanometer Nodes

  • SEMVision G6 system’s unique multi-dimensional imaging delivers the industry’s highest resolution and image quality
  • Advanced system design and full automation capabilities enable up to 100% faster throughput
  • Purity ADC dynamic machine learning algorithms deliver exceptional defect capture rate, classification accuracy and throughput

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 8, 2013 – Applied Materials, Inc. today announced a suite of new defect review and classification technologies for its market-leading SEMVision(TM)  … Read More → "Applied Materials’ Next-Generation Defect Review and Classification Technology Improves Yield For Complex 3D Transistors, 1X Nanometer Nodes"

Cypress’s New USB-Serial Bridge Controllers First to Integrate CapSense® Touch Sensing and Battery-Charge Detection

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 16, 2013 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today expanded its market-leading USB product portfolio, adding a unique family of USB-Serial bridge controllers. The new CY7C6521x family is the first to provide dual-configurable serial channels for UART/SPI/I2C communication along with industry-leading CapSense® capacitive touch-sensing technology, enabling flexible design of human interface solutions. Cypress provides proprietary drivers to support multiple operating systems, adding to the design flexibility of the controllers. The family is also the first to integrate efficient battery-charge detection compliant to Version 1.2 of the USB-Implementers Forum (USB-IF) Battery … Read More → "Cypress’s New USB-Serial Bridge Controllers First to Integrate CapSense® Touch Sensing and Battery-Charge Detection"

HCC Embedded Contributes FAT File System to FreeRTOS Project

New York, 16th July, 2013 – Embedded file system and flash experts HCC Embedded today announced that they will contribute a fully functional, FAT compatible file system to the highly successful FreeRTOS project. Engineers will have access to ‘FAT SL’ free of charge when using FreeRTOS+. Developers will be able to download the source code based file system for evaluation and training on any MCU target. A license which permits free use in commercial projects on some MCUs will be announced shortly. 

The file system is highly stable, having been professionally developed … Read More → "HCC Embedded Contributes FAT File System to FreeRTOS Project"

Power chip’s ultra-low quiescent current extends battery life in MCU-based systems

DALLAS (July 15, 2013) – Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced a multi-mode power management unit (PMU) that enables ultra-low, total system quiescent current as low as 100 nA, which minimizes power consumption in battery-powered, microcontroller-based water and gas meters and other industrial applications. The TPS65290 PMU manages all power requirements in the system, including load conditions from 100 nA to 500 mA. To order free samples, visit:www.ti.com/tps65290-pr.

The TPS65290 PMU incorporates three factory configurable “always-on” power supplies for microcontroller (MCU) sleep mode and an automatic … Read More → "Power chip’s ultra-low quiescent current extends battery life in MCU-based systems"

Industry’s Smallest Bipolars from Diodes Incorporated Help Shrink Portable Designs

Plano, Texas – July 16th, 2013 – Diodes Incorporated has announced the industry’s first small-signal bipolar transistors to be provided in the miniature DFN0806-3 package. With a footprint of 0.48mm2 and an off-board profile of only 0.4mm, the transistors are 20% smaller than equivalent DFN1006, SOT883 and SOT1123 parts.

The bipolar’s size advantage, coupled with a commendable 400mW power dissipation capability, will benefit smartphone, tablet and other space-critical portable product designs. Two complementary pairs of NPN and PNP transistors are initially being introduced … Read More → "Industry’s Smallest Bipolars from Diodes Incorporated Help Shrink Portable Designs"

PGI Accelerator Compilers Add Support for AMD APUs and GPUs

Portland, Oregon – July 16, 2013 —The Portland Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of STMicroelectronics and a leading supplier of compilers for high-performance computing (HPC), today announced availability of a Beta release of the PGI Accelerator™ Fortran, C and C++ compilers with support for the OpenACC® API targeting AMD Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) and discrete Graphics Processing Units (dGPUs).

“One of PGI’s goals is to increase productivity and provide performance portability for applications developed and maintained by science and engineering domain experts,” said Douglas Miles, Director of The Portland Group. “The OpenACC standard was developed in direct response to the … Read More → "PGI Accelerator Compilers Add Support for AMD APUs and GPUs"

Xilinx’s Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs Enable Mobilicom’s Advanced Peer-to-Peer Software-Defined Radios

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 16, 2013 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced that at the heart of Mobilicom’s new MCU-30 software-defined radio (SDR) is Xilinx’s Zynq®-7030 All Programmable System-on-a-Chip (SoC), a member of Xilinx’s Zynq-7000 family. Mobilicom’s MCU-30 SDR is a very small, flexible, light-weight, battery-powered wireless radio that can be embedded into a wide variety of devices – from security cameras to public safety – … Read More → "Xilinx’s Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs Enable Mobilicom’s Advanced Peer-to-Peer Software-Defined Radios"

Proterra Standardizes on Electrical Systems Design and Wire Harness Engineering Tools from Mentor Graphics

WILSONVILLE, Ore., July 16, 2013—Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that the leading provider of zero-emission commercial transit solutions, Proterra Inc., has standardized on the Mentor Graphics® VeSys® tools for its electrical systems design and manufacture of wire harnesses. Proterra will be using the VeSys tools to help design and manufacture heavy-duty, electric drive systems, energy storage systems, vehicle control systems, transit buses, and the world’s first all-electric, fast-charge transit bus.

The VeSys tools are a suite of wiring and harness … Read More → "Proterra Standardizes on Electrical Systems Design and Wire Harness Engineering Tools from Mentor Graphics"

Hitachi Accelerates Time to Market for IT Products by Utilizing Cadence Rapid Prototyping Platform

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – July 16, 2013) – Cadence Design Systems (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that Hitachi reduced development time and accelerated time to market for new IT products by utilizing the Cadence® Rapid Prototyping Platform. Hitachi collaborated with Cadence as a strategic partner on an integrated verification and early software development environment to enhance quality and shorten turnaround time for Hitachi’s new IT products. Hitachi successfully implemented a system-level … Read More → "Hitachi Accelerates Time to Market for IT Products by Utilizing Cadence Rapid Prototyping Platform"

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