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Xilinx SDAccel Development Environment for OpenCL, C, and C++, Achieves Khronos Conformance

January 16, 2015

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced that the SDAccel™ development environment for OpenCL™, C, and C++ is now Khronos OpenCL 1.0 standard compliant. The OpenCL standard provides a uniform programming environment for software developers to write efficient, portable code enabling a rich range of algorithms to be easily accelerated on Xilinx FPGAs. SDAccel, the newest member of the SDx™ family, includes an architecturally optimizing compiler for OpenCL, C, and C++ and is proven to deliver up to 25X … Read More → "Xilinx SDAccel Development Environment for OpenCL, C, and C++, Achieves Khronos Conformance"

eInfochips and Toshiba Unveil Development Kits to Accelerate Development of Google Project Ara Modular Smartphones

January 15, 2015

Mountain View (CA), January 14, 2014: eInfochips, a leading product engineering services company, and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) today unveiled the ARTOS12 Development Kit at the Project Ara Module Developers Conference 2015. Devices on Google [NASDAQ: GOOG] Project Ara specifications are expected to transform the smartphone experience. Ara modular smartphone users will be able to pick the camera they like, rather than picking a phone for its camera. They could add a sensor to test if water is clean. They could have a battery that lasts for days. They could have a louder speaker, gaming console, or use the smartphone … Read More → "eInfochips and Toshiba Unveil Development Kits to Accelerate Development of Google Project Ara Modular Smartphones"

Adafruit Products Now Available from Digi-Key

January 15, 2015

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minnesota, USA – Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, the industry leader in electronic component selection, availability and delivery, today announced the addition of Adafruit’s board-level products to its portfolio. Adafruit, the popular online resource for designers using electronic components-, was recently ranked #11 in the top 20 USA manufacturing companies and #1 in New York City by Inc. 5000 “fastest growing private companies.”

“I’ve been a Digi-Key fan since MIT,” commented Limor “Ladyada” Fried, Founder of Adafruit. “And, we have many, many customers interested in being able to purchase Adafruit products from Digi-Key. … Read More → "Adafruit Products Now Available from Digi-Key"

Rockchip Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success with Synopsys DesignWare IP Portfolio

January 15, 2015

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Rockchip accelerated project schedule by months with a range of DesignWare USB, HDMI and MIPI IP
Acquired silicon-proven IP solutions that delivered significantly higher performance, lower power and smaller area, surpassing alternative offerings
Focused engineering efforts on product differentiation with confidence that the USB, HDMI and MIPI interfaces would function as expected
Reduced integration risk with broad IP portfolio compliant to industry-standard specifications

Synopsys, Inc. ( … Read More → "Rockchip Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success with Synopsys DesignWare IP Portfolio"

New ISA book shows how to use wireless field devices and work with control systems that support wireless control

January 15, 2015

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA (15 January 2015) – The International Society of Automation (ISA) announces that it has published a new book targeted to control engineers, process engineers, and instrumentation technicians with no experience in wireless field devices and wireless control.

By providing a thorough exploration of wireless field devices and the challenges of using wireless devices in control, this valuable book, Wireless Control Foundation: Continuous and Discrete Control for the Process Industry</ … Read More → "New ISA book shows how to use wireless field devices and work with control systems that support wireless control"

Byte Paradigm announces ‘Yugo Systems’ solutions dedicated to FPGA Debug.

January 14, 2015

Byte Paradigm sprl (Byte Paradigm) (www.byteparadigm.com) is introducing ‘Yugo Systems’ (www.yugosystems.com), the company’s trade name for its FPGA debug and verification solutions.

For near to 10 years, Byte Paradigm has designed high-end FPGA-based systems for many US and European companies active in the media, broadcast, and telecommunications industries.

‘FPGA and Programmable Logic is in our DNA – especially when systems must process large data quantities … Read More → "Byte Paradigm announces ‘Yugo Systems’ solutions dedicated to FPGA Debug."

Imec Demonstrates Large Area Industrial Crystalline Silicon n-PERT Solar Cell with a Record 22 Percent Efficiency

January 14, 2015

Leuven (Belgium)—Jan. 14, 2015—Nano-electronics research center imec announced today that it has improved its large area n-type PERT (passivated emitter, rear totally diffused) crystalline silicon (Si) solar cell on 6” commercially available n-type Cz-Si wafers, now reaching a top conversion efficiency of 22.02 percent (calibrated at ISE CalLab). This is the highest efficiency achieved for this type of 2-side-contacted solar cell on an industrial large area wafer size.

Compared to p-type silicon solar cells, n-type cells do not suffer … Read More → "Imec Demonstrates Large Area Industrial Crystalline Silicon n-PERT Solar Cell with a Record 22 Percent Efficiency"

Ultra-small form factor targets power-efficient mobile applications and offers fast time-to-market and high reliability

January 13, 2015

ADLINK Technology, Inc. today introduced a new SMARC form factor computer-on-module, the LEC-BTS, running a single, dual, or quad core Intel® Atom™ processor E3800 series system-on-chip at from 1.46 to 1.91 GHz with up to 4GB DDR3L memory at 1066/1333 MHz. The ADLINK … Read More → "Ultra-small form factor targets power-efficient mobile applications and offers fast time-to-market and high reliability"

STMicroelectronics Exhibits Latest Automotive Solutions at the 7th CAR-ELE Japan Exhibition

January 13, 2015

Tokyo, January 13, 2015 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, will present its latest automotive solutions at the 7th International Automotive Electronics Technology Expo (CAR-ELE JAPAN). As automotive technologies and IT rapidly converge through cutting-edge technological developments such as the connected car and autonomous driving, the number of semiconductor devices in cars is dramatically increasing. ST’s advanced automotive semiconductor solutions contribute to both improving basic vehicle performance and the integration of next-generation smart-driving systems.

Major solutions at the ST booth:

• ADAS & Connected Cars</ … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Exhibits Latest Automotive Solutions at the 7th CAR-ELE Japan Exhibition"

PLDA and M31 Technology Combine PCIe 3.0 Controller and PHY for a Complete, Reliable ASIC Design Solution

January 13, 2015

SAN JOSE, CA/ HSINCHU, TAIWAN– January 13, 2015 – PLDA, the company that designs and sells intellectual property (IP) cores and prototyping tools, and M31 Technology, a global silicon intellectual property (SIP) provider, have developed a comprehensive controller-plus-PHY solution for ASIC design projects. The combined solution — PLDA’s PCIe 3.0 controller in Gen2 XpressRICH3 with M31 Technology’s PHY IP – received certification from PCI-SIG which was validated on PLDA Kintex-7-based platform XpressK7 and M31 Technology’s daughter card. The complete solution is optimized for storage applications.

“To meet tight scheduling and time-to-market deadlines, ASIC designers have long waited for a … Read More → "PLDA and M31 Technology Combine PCIe 3.0 Controller and PHY for a Complete, Reliable ASIC Design Solution"

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