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Integrated EDA Tool Suite from Tanner EDA, Incentia and Aldec Helps ASIC Design House Lower Cost and Increase Efficiency with No Compromise in Performance

April 29, 2014

MONROVIA, California – April 29, 2014 – In today’s ‘always on’, Internet of Things connected world, the demand for high-performance, mixed-signal ASICs continues to grow. Many thousands of mixed-signal devices are produced on mainstream process nodes in foundries worldwide. Designers working on these mainstream devices do not always need, nor can they afford, the EDA tools from the vendors focused on serving the most advanced process nodes. Tanner EDA, through its partnerships with Incentia Design Systems, Inc. and Aldec, Inc., provides a fully-integrated, complete analog/mixed-signal tool suite to address the mainstream with no compromise in performance.

Dresden-based … Read More → "Integrated EDA Tool Suite from Tanner EDA, Incentia and Aldec Helps ASIC Design House Lower Cost and Increase Efficiency with No Compromise in Performance"

Accellera Systems Initiative advances the SystemC ecosystem with new releases of the core language and verification libraries

April 28, 2014

Napa, Calif., April 24, 2014 – Accellera Systems Initiative announces two new libraries have been released for the SystemC core language (SystemC 2.3.1) and SystemC verification (SCV 2.0). Ratified as IEEE Std. 1666-2011™ “Standard SystemC Language Reference Manual, “SystemC is a high-level language used in the design and development of electronic and embedded systems. The SystemC 2.3.1 proof of concept library is an update to the standard that was released in 2011 which included transaction-level modeling. The SystemC Verification Library (SCV) version 2.0 contains an implementation of the verification extensions. Both libraries are fully compatible with IEEE Std. 1666-2011 and are available at Read More → "Accellera Systems Initiative advances the SystemC ecosystem with new releases of the core language and verification libraries"

Bluetooth Smart environmental sensors deliver high accuracy, low cost, smart home monitoring to consumers and can run for up to three years off a coin cell

April 28, 2014

Oslo, Norway – April 28, 2013 – Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OSE: NOD) today announces that Canadian startup, Wimoto Technologies Inc., has specified Nordic’s multiple award-winning nRF51822 System-on-Chip (SoC) to provide Bluetooth® Smart wireless connectivity between iOS and Android smartphones, tablets, and computers, and Wimoto’s ‘Mote’ environmental sensors.

In operation, Motes are claimed to employ industrial-grade sensor technologies, interface seamlessly with a free Wimoto app over a range of up to 35 meters (around 100-ft), and run for up to three years from a coin cell (CR2450) battery.

Motes are weather-proof … Read More → "Bluetooth Smart environmental sensors deliver high accuracy, low cost, smart home monitoring to consumers and can run for up to three years off a coin cell"

Advantech Releases a Series of Embedded I/O Modules with MiniPCIe Interface for Fast I/O Extension

April 28, 2014

April 25, 2014, Irvine, CA – Advantech, a global leader in the IoT embedded market, is glad to announce a series of new Embedded I/O Modules for Touch, CANBus, Parallel, Serial, GigaLAN, SATA III, and USB 3.0 using standard full-size MiniPCIe interface. Using this standard design, customers can simply extend extra interface ports without board modification and easily integrate with their solutions to fulfill a diverse range embedded applications for Industrial PC, Embedded, Transportation, Automation, and Networking Infrastructure systems.

Changing the World with Wireless Technology

April 28, 2014

Cambridge, UK, 28th April 2014 – While mobile communications has already had a major impact on the way we communicate, conduct business and organise our lives, we have reached a point where wireless technology can help to address some of the major global economic, environmental and societal challenges. This is the view of Stuart Orr, managing director of Accenture’s Communications Industry practice in the UK and Ireland, who will be presenting his vision of ‘Changing the World with Wireless Technology’, at the 6th CW Future of Wireless International Conference on 30th June – 31 July.

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Microchip Expands Portfolio of Digitally Enhanced Power Analog Controllers With Integrated MCU

April 28, 2014

CHANDLER, Ariz., May 8, 2013 [NASDAQ: MCHP] — Microchip Technology Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced an expansion of its 8-bit PIC16F178X enhanced Mid-Range core microcontroller (MCU) family with increased Flash memory densities, intelligent analog and digital peripherals, such as on-chip 12-bit Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs), 16-bit PWMs, 8-bit and 5-bit Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs), operational amplifiers, and high-speed comparators with 50 ns response time, along with EUSART (including LIN), I2C™ and SPI interface peripherals. The PIC16F178X are the first PIC® MCUs to … Read More → "Microchip Expands Portfolio of Digitally Enhanced Power Analog Controllers With Integrated MCU"

Semi-Pac Releases PurePac™ Accelerated Life Testing Assembly Capability

April 28, 2014

Sunnyvale, CA – April 28, 2014 – Semi-Pac today announced that they have developed a high reliability assembly capability for semiconductor process and device qualification. This assembly technique was developed to not introduce additional failure mechanisms into the device under test and can withstand the rigors of 350°C life testing.

Semi-Pac has earned the reputation of developing creative solutions for difficult semiconductor packaging and assembly challenges. A number of years ago, one of the major semiconductor foundries approached Semi-Pac to help them come up with a solution for assembly induced qualification failures that were severely impacting the qualification testing results.

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VadaTech’s New MCH Transforms Capabilities of MicroTCA-based Systems

April 28, 2014

Henderson, NV – April 28, 2014 – VadaTech, a manufacturer of embedded boards and complete application-ready platforms, now offers a MicroTCA Carrier Hub (MCH) with a 40GbE option, synchronous Ethernet, and advanced clocking/GPS capability.

The new MCH is VadaTech’s 3^rd generation module with several unique features that will transform the capability of a MicroTCA-based solution. The UTC004’s 40GbE option is a 4x boost in performance from today’s 10GbE solutions. The MCH also provides PCIe Gen 3, SRIO Gen 2, and a crossbar switch (CBS) option. The CBS allows any fabric to be utilized including custom solutions.

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Centaur Technology Deploys Synopsys’ Formality Ultra to Shorten Design Schedules by Weeks

April 28, 2014

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Formality Ultra accelerates functional ECO cycles leading to weeks of schedule savings
Centaur Technology deploys Formality Ultra on its x86 compatible microprocessor designs

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced that Centaur Technology, a subsidiary of VIA Technology, has deployed Synopsys’ Formality^® Ultra tool for implementation and verification of engineering change … Read More → "Centaur Technology Deploys Synopsys’ Formality Ultra to Shorten Design Schedules by Weeks"

16-Bit, 210Msps ADC Delivers 80dB SNR for High Performance Communications & Instrumentation Systems

April 28, 2014

MILPITAS, CA – April 28, 2014 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC2107, a 16-bit 210Msps high performance high-speed analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for high-end communications receivers and instrumentation applications. The LTC2107 has superior AC performance specifications, achieving 80dB … Read More → "16-Bit, 210Msps ADC Delivers 80dB SNR for High Performance Communications & Instrumentation Systems"

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