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4DSP Brings High-Performance Software Defined Radio to PCI Express Form Factor with the PC722

April 23, 2014

April 22, 2014 – AUSTIN, TX – 4DSP today announced the release of a new PCI Express® product featuring the Xilinx® Kintex®-7 FPGA. The PC722 is a high-performance commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) card that features advanced Digital Signal Processing (DSP) capabilities. It is designed for a variety of applications, including Software Defined Radio and RADAR/SONAR. The PC722 is an excellent choice for applications that require large-band signal digitization or generation through the use of accelerated frequency-domain algorithms.

“The Kintex-7 device has proven to be a highly successful FPGA that meets key customer requirements for delivering optimal price-performance at the lowest … Read More → "4DSP Brings High-Performance Software Defined Radio to PCI Express Form Factor with the PC722"

Synopsys’ New ProtoCompiler Software Speeds Time to First Prototype by Up to 3X

April 23, 2014

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

ProtoCompiler software and integrated HAPS hardware accelerate time to prototype bring-up and improve prototype performance
Automated partitioning capability across multiple FPGAs decreases runtime from hours to minutes for up to 250 million ASIC gate designs
Enables efficient implementation of proprietary pin multiplexing for 2X faster prototype performance on average
Captures seconds of trace data with gigabytes of storage capacity for superior debug visibility

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: … Read More → "Synopsys’ New ProtoCompiler Software Speeds Time to First Prototype by Up to 3X"

Thecus Unaffected by Heartbleed

April 23, 2014

April 23, 2014, Milpitas California – Thecus today announces that its entire product line has been confirmed safe from the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug.

While Thecus NAS do make use of OpenSSL, the specific branches adopted by Thecus’s software development team are in fact entirely unaffected by Heartbleed (as it only affects versions 1.0.1 through 1.0.1f). So when the news about Heartbleed broke, Thecus developers quickly established that Thecus devices were never vulnerable to malformed heartbeat requests.

Given the importance of confirming system vulnerability, a number of media outlets have reached out … Read More → "Thecus Unaffected by Heartbleed"

STMicroelectronics’ New Sub-Dollar STM32F3 Floating-Point Digital Signal Controllers Now Ready to Order from Distributor Stock

April 23, 2014

Geneva, April 23, 2014 – STMicroelectronics has announced that its new STM32F301/302/303 microcontrollers based on the ARM^® Cortex^®-M4 core with Floating-Point Unit (FPU) are in full production and now in stock at distributors, available immediately to deliver outstanding performance and system-on-chip integration for value-conscious advanced applications.

The market-first sub-dollar Cortex-M4 devices with FPU in volume production, the new STM32F301 access product line brings 32KBytes to 64KBytes on-chip Flash and 16 … Read More → "STMicroelectronics’ New Sub-Dollar STM32F3 Floating-Point Digital Signal Controllers Now Ready to Order from Distributor Stock"

Mouser and ADI Sponsor “Create the Future” Design Contest for Engineers and Students

April 23, 2014

April 23, 2014 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., a leading engineering resource and global distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, is sponsoring … Read More → "Mouser and ADI Sponsor “Create the Future” Design Contest for Engineers and Students"

New ams current-sensing solution for battery management systems needs no shunt resistor

April 23, 2014

Unterpremstaetten, Austria (23 April, 2014), ams AG (SIX: AMS), a leading provider of high performance analog ICs and sensors, has introduced a reference design board which measures current to an accuracy of ±1% by monitoring the voltage drop across a copper track on a PCB.

The development of the new technique, which uses the ams AS8510 data-acquisition front end, enables designers of Battery Management Systems (BMS) to reduce bill-of-materials cost by eliminating the precision shunt resistor normally used in current-sensing applications. A precision resistor with low temperature drift can typically cost as much as $1.50 in volume.

Accurate current … Read More → "New ams current-sensing solution for battery management systems needs no shunt resistor"

Synopsys Announces Industry’s First Complete LPDDR4 IP Solution for High-Performance, Low-Power Mobile SoC Designs

April 23, 2014

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ —

Highlights:

Supports LPDDR4 up to 3200 Mbps with low power consumption
Backward compatibility with LPDDR3 and DDR3/4 SDRAMs simplifies design transition from one SDRAM standard to the next
Package-on-package (PoP) support reduces PCB area in smartphones, while memory-on-PCB support allows for bandwidth and capacity expansion for tablets, notebooks and ultraportable laptops
Complete LPDDR4 IP solution includes LPDDR4 multiPHY with I/Os, Enhanced Universal DDR Memory Controller and verification IP, as … Read More → "Synopsys Announces Industry’s First Complete LPDDR4 IP Solution for High-Performance, Low-Power Mobile SoC Designs"

Altera Achieves Industry Milestone: Demonstrates FPGA Technology Based on Intel 14 nm Tri-Gate Process

April 23, 2014

San Jose, Calif., April 23, 2013 – Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced the demonstration of its FPGA technology based on Intel’s 14 nm Tri-Gate process. The 14 nm-based FPGA test chips incorporate key intellectual property (IP) components – transceivers, mixed-signal IP and digital logic – used in Stratix® 10 FPGAs and SoCs. Altera and Intel collaborated on the development of the industry’s first FPGA-based devices leveraging Intel’s world-class process technology and Altera’s industry-leading programmable logic technology.

“Today’s news marks a significant milestone for Altera and for our customers,” said Brad Howe, senior vice president of research … Read More → "Altera Achieves Industry Milestone: Demonstrates FPGA Technology Based on Intel 14 nm Tri-Gate Process"

Programmable Hex Voltage Supervisor Has 1% Threshold Accuracy & Built-In EEPROM

April 22, 2014

MILPITAS, CA – April 22, 2014 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC2933 programmable voltage supervisor with built-in EEPROM for simultaneous, accurate monitoring of up to six voltage rails from 0.2V to 13.9V. Requiring no external resistors … Read More → "Programmable Hex Voltage Supervisor Has 1% Threshold Accuracy & Built-In EEPROM"

Bluetooth® Innovation Series is ‘Can’t Miss’ Training on Wireless Connectivity for the Internet of Things

April 22, 2014

Kirkland, Washington – April 22, 2014 – The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is proud to announce the Bluetooth Innovation Series, providing developers interested in wireless connectivity with in-depth knowledge on how to implement Bluetooth hardware and software in a concise one-day format. Upcoming dates and locations include May 15 in San Jose, CA; June 4 in Beijing, China; and June 19 in London, UK. Registration for all three events is currently open at Bluetooth.org.

Bluetooth Smart technology is fuelling the explosive … Read More → "Bluetooth® Innovation Series is ‘Can’t Miss’ Training on Wireless Connectivity for the Internet of Things"