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Mentor Graphics Announces its Membership in the European Centre for Power Electronics Consortium

August 29, 2014

WILSONVILLE, Ore., August 28, 2014 — Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced its new membership in the German-based European Centre for Power Electronics (ECPE), a European consortium focused on the research, education, technology transfer, and promotion of power electronics globally.  Mentor Graphics is the only electronic design automation (EDA) company represented in this industry-driven research network, comprised of over 150 organizations (75 companies and 76 institutions).  Mentor Graphics was selected as an ECPE member due to its unique expertise in both thermal simulation and test solutions including electronic components power cycling for reliability prediction, as evidenced by its recently announced MicReD® Industrial Power … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Announces its Membership in the European Centre for Power Electronics Consortium"

Renesas Electronics New R-Car V2H Device Offers High-Resolution Image Recognition for Safer Driver Assistance Systems in Conventional and Emerging Self-Driving Vehicles

August 28, 2014

Dusseldorf, August 28, 2014 – Renesas Electronics today announced the availability of its R-Car V2H, the company’s newest system-on-a-chip (SoC) implementing state-of-the-art image recognition technology to support high-resolution surround viewing in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). This is the first R-Car ADAS device from Renesas and includes additional functionality for higher performance, lower power, and improved safety in traditional and emerging self-driving vehicles.

Renesas applied technology from its industry-leading R-Car SoCs for automotive infotainment equipment and added high-performance image recognition and low-power consumption technologies in the development of the … Read More → "Renesas Electronics New R-Car V2H Device Offers High-Resolution Image Recognition for Safer Driver Assistance Systems in Conventional and Emerging Self-Driving Vehicles"

Leading European communications companies and research organizations have launched an EU project developing the future 5th Generation cellular mobile networks

August 28, 2014

GRENOBLE, France – Aug. 28, 2014 – A consortium of 15 leading telecommunications operators, vendors, research centers and academic institutions have launched “MiWaveS” (Millimeter-Wave Small Cell Access and Backhauling), a European collaborative project whose goal is to develop millimeter-wave (mmW) key radio technologies to provide multi-Gbps data rates to future 5thGeneration cellular mobile networks users.

The global mobile data traffic is expected to increase by orders of magnitude in the next decade, driven by video streaming, web services, cloud computing and machine-to-machine applications. Data rates provided to mobile users are also expected to increase accordingly. The evolution of mobile … Read More → "Leading European communications companies and research organizations have launched an EU project developing the future 5th Generation cellular mobile networks"

Green Hills Software Announces Renesas Electronics’ R-Car Automotive Platform

August 28, 2014

TOKYO, JAPAN and SANTA BARBARA, CA — August 28, 2014 — Green Hills Software, the largest independent software vendor for the Internet of Things, today announced a comprehensive family of solutions for the Renesas ARM® Cortex®-A15 and Cortex-A7 based R-Car platform based around the Green Hills INTEGRITY® real time operating system (RTOS) and INTEGRITY Multivisor™ secure hypervisor, including support for the revolutionary new R-Car V2H ADAS platform announced today by Renesas Electronics Corporation.

Green Hills has worked with Renesas, the world’s number one … Read More → "Green Hills Software Announces Renesas Electronics’ R-Car Automotive Platform"

Allegro Microsystems, LLC Introduces New Galvanically Isolated Current Sensor IC

August 28, 2014

Worcester, MA – August 28, 2014 – Allegro MicroSystems, LLC introduces a new Allegro current sensor IC that is an economical and precise solution for AC current sensing in industrial, commercial, and communications systems. Allegro’s ACS726 is the first current sensor IC to include a fully differential back end amplifier that can be used to … Read More → "Allegro Microsystems, LLC Introduces New Galvanically Isolated Current Sensor IC"

Texas Instruments expands world’s lowest power microcontroller portfolio to take your metering, health and fitness and wearables designs to the next level

August 28, 2014

DALLAS (August 28, 2014) – Enabling developers to reduce power consumption, bill of materials and product size, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today released 46 new ultra-low-power MSP430™ FRAM microcontrollers (MCUs) with more memory, features and integration. TI’s MSP430FR69x MCUs are scalable up to 128 KB non-volatile FRAM memory and include smart analog integration, such as an extended scan interface (ESI) and a differential input analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that consumes as little as 140 µA at 200 KSPS. Developers … Read More → "Texas Instruments expands world’s lowest power microcontroller portfolio to take your metering, health and fitness and wearables designs to the next level"

KLA-Tencor Introduces Key Systems for 5D™ Patterning Control Solution

August 27, 2014

MILPITAS, Calif., August 26, 2014—Today, KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ: KLAC) introduced the WaferSight™ PWG patterned wafer geometry measurement system, the LMS IPRO6 reticle pattern placement metrology system and the K-T Analyzer® 9.0 advanced data analysis system. These three new products support KLA-Tencor’s unique 5D™ patterning control solution, which addresses five elements of patterning process control—the three geometrical dimensions of device structures, time-to-results and overall equipment efficiency. The 5D patterning control solution is being developed to drive optimal patterning results through the characterization, optimization and monitoring of processes inside and … Read More → "KLA-Tencor Introduces Key Systems for 5D™ Patterning Control Solution"

Renesas Electronics Introduces an IEC 61508 TÜV-Certified RX631, 63N Safety Package to Accelerate Implementation of Safety Systems for Industrial Equipment

August 27, 2014

Santa Clara, Calif., August 26, 2014 – Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has obtained IEC 61508 (Functional Safety) certification for the RX631, RX63N Safety Package, featuring a robust self-diagnostic software and a safety manual for microcontrollers (MCUs) necessary to implement functional safety in industrial equipment. An RX631, RX63N Safety Solution Evaluation Kit will be available in September 2014, providing a hardware evaluation board with the RX63N MCU, the evaluation version of the self-diagnostic … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Introduces an IEC 61508 TÜV-Certified RX631, 63N Safety Package to Accelerate Implementation of Safety Systems for Industrial Equipment"

TI brings 16-bit ADC precision performance to industrial control applications with new single-core C2000™ Delfino™ F2837xS microcontrollers

August 27, 2014

Houston (Aug. 26, 2014) – Introducing the powerful, single-core series for industrial real-time control design, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today launches the new C2000™ Delfino™ 32-bit F2837xS microcontrollers (MCUs). These single-core MCUs are the first in the industry to offer four 16-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), enabling precision feedback in power control applications. They are pin- and software-compatible with the recently introduced dual-core C2000 Delfino F2837xD MCUs and help expedite development when scaling from … Read More → "TI brings 16-bit ADC precision performance to industrial control applications with new single-core C2000™ Delfino™ F2837xS microcontrollers"

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