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Synopsys and IIT Bombay Collaborate on Reliability Modeling of Advanced Transistors

June 30, 2014

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and MUMBAI, India, June 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, today announced a collaboration to advance the modeling of negative bias temperature instability (NBTI), a key reliability concern for advanced CMOS devices. NBTI has become more critical with the introduction of high-k metal gate (HKMG) processes and is a dominant reliability concern for FinFET devices, contributing to the degradation of threshold voltage, current, … Read More → "Synopsys and IIT Bombay Collaborate on Reliability Modeling of Advanced Transistors"

Altera SDK for OpenCL Development Flow Delivers Prototypes in Minutes

June 30, 2014

San Jose, Calif., June 30, 2014 – Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today dramatically simplified a programmer’s ability to accelerate algorithms in FPGAs. The Altera SDK for OpenCL version 14.0 includes a programmer-familiar rapid prototyping design flow that enables users to prototype designs in minutes on an FPGA accelerator board. Altera, along with its board partners, further accelerate the development of FPGA-based applications by offering reference designs, reference platforms and FPGA development boards that are supported by Altera’s OpenCL solution. These reference platforms also streamline the development of custom … Read More → "Altera SDK for OpenCL Development Flow Delivers Prototypes in Minutes"

Microscan Introduces the World’s Smallest Machine Vision Smart Camera with Embedded Ethernet

June 30, 2014

RENTON, WA, June 27, 2014 – Microscan, a global technology leader in barcode, machine vision, and lighting solutions, announces the availability of the Vision MINI Xi industrial compact smart camera with embedded Ethernet. As part of Microscan’s award-winning AutoVISION® machine vision product suite, this tiny powerhouse is packed with features for close-range industrial auto ID, inspection, and other machine vision applications.

Microscan’s new industrial Vision MINI Xi is the world’s … Read More → "Microscan Introduces the World’s Smallest Machine Vision Smart Camera with Embedded Ethernet"

Audience to Acquire Sensor Platforms

June 27, 2014

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – June 24, 2014 – Audience, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADNC), the leader in advanced voice and audio processing, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sensor Platforms, subject to customary closing conditions, for consideration consisting of $41 million of cash. Sensor Platforms develops software and algorithms that interpret sensor data to enable broad context awareness on smartphones, wearables and other consumer devices. Audience believes the combination of Sensor Platforms’ technology with its industry leading Advanced Voice and Multisensory Processing places the combined company in a unique position to deliver compelling solutions based on the fusion of voice and … Read More → "Audience to Acquire Sensor Platforms"

STMicroelectronics Unlocks Extra Power Savings in Smartphones and More with Latest STM32 Dynamic Efficiency™ Microcontrollers

June 27, 2014

Geneva, June 26, 2014 – New STM32 Dynamic Efficiency™ microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, improve the power-saving performance of data batching – the technique also used in Google’s latest Android 4.4 (KitKat) operating system to maximize battery life – and extend the advantages to many more applications besides smartphones and tablets.

Android 4.4 uses a low-power sensor hub to manage “always-on” sensors like accelerometers or pressure sensors, allowing the main system processor to consume less battery energy. ST’s STM32 … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Unlocks Extra Power Savings in Smartphones and More with Latest STM32 Dynamic Efficiency™ Microcontrollers"

EM Microelectronic Releases COiN, a Complete Bluetooth® Smart Beacon

June 27, 2014

Marin, Switzerland – June 24th, 2014 – Today, EM Microelectronic, the ultra-low power semiconductor company of the Read More → "EM Microelectronic Releases COiN, a Complete Bluetooth® Smart Beacon"

STMicroelectronics Boosts Design for a Cleaner Cloud with STM32 Digital-Power Microcontrollers

June 27, 2014

Geneva, June 25, 2014 – The Cloud supporting the digital economy could become significantly more energy-efficient with the adoption of the new Digital Power microcontrollers (STM32F334) from STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications.

Today’s digital infrastructure draws large quantities of electrical energy. Data centers alone are believed to consume around 1.3% of the world’s electricity – about 264,000 GWh per year. Only about 40% of this energy is used productively, according to Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) calculations by the Uptime … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Boosts Design for a Cleaner Cloud with STM32 Digital-Power Microcontrollers"

Isola Introduces Ultra-Low Loss Materials for 100 Gigabit Ethernet Applications

June 27, 2014

CHANDLER, Ariz., June 26, 2014 — Isola Group S.à r.l., a market leader in copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepreg materials used to fabricate advanced multilayer printed circuit boards (PCBs), today announced the introduction of Tachyon-100G laminates and prepregs, which enable line cards required to transmit 100 … Read More → "Isola Introduces Ultra-Low Loss Materials for 100 Gigabit Ethernet Applications"

4DSP brings fiber optic sensing technology to an unprecedented level of performance with the RTS125

June 27, 2014

June 27, 2014 — AUSTIN, TX – The RTS125 is an off-the-shelf, distributed Fiber Optic Sensing solution. With tens of thousands of strain or temperature sensors simultaneously monitored up to 100 times per second, the RTS125 offers the same sensing capabilities on up to eight channels as its predecessor the RTS150 but in a lighter and ruggedized enclosure. This product delivers reliable measurements in the most demanding environments faced by the aerospace, automotive, civil engineering, and energy sectors among others.

“The groundbreaking distributed sensing capability of the … Read More → "4DSP brings fiber optic sensing technology to an unprecedented level of performance with the RTS125"

Microchip Expands XLP Low-Power PIC® Microcontroller Portfolio With Integrated Hardware Encryption Engine

June 26, 2014

CHANDLER, Ariz., June 24, 2014 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced from the Sensors Expo in Rosemont, IL the expansion of its eXtreme Low Power (XLP) PIC^® microcontrollers (MCUs) with the PIC24F “GB2” family. This new family features an integrated hardware crypto engine, a Random Number Generator (RNG) and One-Time-Programmable (OTP) key storage for protecting data in embedded applications. The PIC24F “GB2” devices offer up to 128 KB Flash and 8 KB RAM in small 28- or 44-pin packages, … Read More → "Microchip Expands XLP Low-Power PIC® Microcontroller Portfolio With Integrated Hardware Encryption Engine"