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Sensors in Motion Delivers First MEMS Navigation Grade System to Enable Drones, Cars, Increased Food and Energy Production

October 12, 2014

SEATTLE October 12, 2014 Sensors in Motion (SIM) is pleased to announce completion of the  first ever MEMS Navigation Grade Inertial Navigation System (INS) with the potential to revolutionize the navigation and positioning market, enabling increased food production, energy development, autonomous cars and saving warfighters lives.

This development promises to transform the $8 Billion/year inertial market with new products offering price/performance specifications radically superior to anything currently available. The first INS devices have been delivered to the Army CERDEC Night Vision Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD).

SIM, a spinout from NASA’s famed Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) … Read More → "Sensors in Motion Delivers First MEMS Navigation Grade System to Enable Drones, Cars, Increased Food and Energy Production"

Microsemi Announces New Security Features to Deliver Industry the Most Secure FPGAs

October 9, 2014

Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced the availability of its new ultra secure SmartFusion2® SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2® FPGAs that have more advanced security features at the device, design and system levels than any other leading FPGA manufacturer. The new data security features are now part of Microsemi’s mainstream SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs and allow developers to leverage the device’s lowest power consumption in its class, high reliability capabilities and best-in-class security technology to build highly differentiated products that help gain a … Read More → "Microsemi Announces New Security Features to Deliver Industry the Most Secure FPGAs"

Spansion and ISSI to Develop RAM Products based on Breakthrough Spansion HyperBus™ Interface

October 9, 2014

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Spansion Inc. (NYSE: CODE), a global leader in embedded systems solutions, and Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISSI), a leader in advanced memory solutions, today announced plans to develop HyperRAM™ products based on the Spansion HyperBus™ interface, which dramatically improves performance while reducing the number of pins. Both companies will have rights to sell HyperRAM products under a long-term supply agreement fulfilled by ISSI.

By combining HyperFlash™ and HyperRAM components on a single bus, chipset providers can reduce controller pincount, accommodate … Read More → "Spansion and ISSI to Develop RAM Products based on Breakthrough Spansion HyperBus™ Interface"

Xilinx Accelerates Productivity for Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs with the Vivado Design Suite 2014.3, SDK, and New UltraFast Embedded Design Methodology Guide

October 9, 2014

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced major advances in productivity for Zynq®-7000 All Programmable SoCs with the Vivado® Design Suite 2014.3, the programmable industry’s only SoC-strength design suite, SDK, and new UltraFast™ Embedded Design Methodology Guide.  Included with this release are enhancements in Vivado High-Level Synthesis (HLS) and IP Integrator, and new performance monitoring and visualization capabilities … Read More → "Xilinx Accelerates Productivity for Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs with the Vivado Design Suite 2014.3, SDK, and New UltraFast Embedded Design Methodology Guide"

Microchip Introduces World’s First Development Platform With 2D Multi-Touch and 3D Gestures

October 9, 2014

CHANDLER, Ariz., Oct. 8, 2014 [NASDAQ:  MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced the expansion of its Human Interface Input Sensing Solutions portfolio with the introduction of the3DTouchPad, a PC peripheral and world’s first Development Platform for 2D multi-touch and 3D gestures.

Watch a short video:  http://www.microchip.com/get/5NB2

The 3DTouchPad reinvents input sensing by adding free space gesture recognition to projected-capacitive multi-touch … Read More → "Microchip Introduces World’s First Development Platform With 2D Multi-Touch and 3D Gestures"

Pasternack Debuts New Line of High Power Linear RF Amplifiers

October 9, 2014

October 9, 2014 – Irvine, CA – Pasternack Enterprises, Inc., an industry-leading manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, announces the release of eight new high power linear amplifiers that provide accurate signal amplification across a multitude of commercial and defense applications such as communications, radar and sensors, test instrumentation, telecom infrastructure, fixed microwave backhaul, commercial two-way radio, and many others. These GaAs PHEMT MMIC-based amplifiers operate from 0.8 GHz to 9.5 GHz and can be used as high power output amplifiers or driver amplifiers depending upon the … Read More → "Pasternack Debuts New Line of High Power Linear RF Amplifiers"

Keysight Technologies Introduces World’s Highest Bandwidth, Lowest Noise Probe for Oscilloscope Power Integrity Measurements

October 9, 2014

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Oct. 8, 2014 – Keysight Technologies, Inc. today introduced the industry’s highest bandwidth and lowest noise oscilloscope probe for making power integrity measurements to characterize DC power rails.

The new Keysight N7020A power-rail probe specifications are tailored for a wide variety of DC power-rail measurements. Probe specifications include very low noise, a large ± 24-V offset range and 2-GHz bandwidth.

Across the electronics industry, engineers are designing successive generations of products with decreasing DC operating voltages as a way to reduce power … Read More → "Keysight Technologies Introduces World’s Highest Bandwidth, Lowest Noise Probe for Oscilloscope Power Integrity Measurements"

Microchip Introduces High-Voltage Capacitive Touchscreen Line Driver for Advanced Touch Performance

October 8, 2014

CHANDLER, Ariz., Oct. 8, 2014 [NASDAQ:  MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced a new addition to its Human Interface Input Sensing Solutions portfolio with a standalone integrated high-voltage line driver to increase Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) for advanced projected-capacitive touch performance—the MTCH65X. 

The MTCH652 features an integrated boost converter and can interface to any touch controller via SPI to drive up to 19 Transmit (Tx) channels at selectable voltages up to 18V to increase the SNR in projected capacitive … Read More → "Microchip Introduces High-Voltage Capacitive Touchscreen Line Driver for Advanced Touch Performance"

HiSilicon Chooses Synopsys’ PrimeTime ADV for Faster Timing Closure

October 8, 2014

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights

  • HiSilicon has chosen PrimeTime ADV for timing closure in advanced IC design flow
  • Accurate single-pass timing and power closure with outstanding quality of results (QoR)accelerate time to market
  • HiSilicon achieves multiple successful tapeouts with PrimeTime ADV, including their first FinFET design

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced that HiSilicon … Read More → "HiSilicon Chooses Synopsys’ PrimeTime ADV for Faster Timing Closure"

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