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InvenSense To Acquire Movea, A Leading Provider Of Ultra-Low Power Motion And Data Fusion Software Platforms And Trusted Positioning, Inc., A Leader In Indoor/Outdoor Location Technology

July 8, 2014

SAN JOSE, California, July 7, 2014 – InvenSense, Inc. (NYSE: INVN), the leading provider of intelligent sensor solutions, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Movea, a privately-held company that is a leading provider of software for ultra-low power location, activity tracking and context sensing. Movea’s products, technology and IP cover a broad range of signal processing and data fusion technology applied to consumer mobile (smartphones and tablets), TV interaction and wearable sports & fitness applications. Movea’s world class team is dedicated to context analysis using both motion … Read More → "InvenSense To Acquire Movea, A Leading Provider Of Ultra-Low Power Motion And Data Fusion Software Platforms And Trusted Positioning, Inc., A Leader In Indoor/Outdoor Location Technology"

Avago Technologies Introduces New Series of Reflective Optical Encoders for Low Power Miniaturized Motion Control Systems

July 7, 2014

SAN JOSE, Calif., and SINGAPORE, July 7, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Avago Technologies (Nasdaq:AVGO), a leading supplier of analog interface components for wireless, wireline, and industrial applications, today announced a new series of 3-channel reflective optical encoder devices, the AEDR-87xx. The devices are ideal for use in low power miniaturized motion control systems such as stepper motors, electrical actuators, piezoelectric drives and portable medical appliances.

Expanding upon previous generation devices, the … Read More → "Avago Technologies Introduces New Series of Reflective Optical Encoders for Low Power Miniaturized Motion Control Systems"

Hitachi Tapes Out 28nm Design with Cadence Tempus Timing Signoff Solution, Reducing Timing Closure by One Month

July 7, 2014

Hitachi chooses Tempus Timing Signoff Solution to tape out their latest giga-scale design at the 28nm process node.
Hitachi also used Tempus physically aware Timing Signoff Optimization (TSO) to significantly reduce design closure phase, as well as QRC to improve overall throughput for multi-corner parasitic extraction.
To achieve the best correlation to SPICE, Hitachi utilized ECSM timing models for their standard cell library.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced that Hitachi has taped out its latest giga-scale design using the Cadence … Read More → "Hitachi Tapes Out 28nm Design with Cadence Tempus Timing Signoff Solution, Reducing Timing Closure by One Month"

Digitizer Cards Get FPGA-Based Signal Averaging Capabilities

July 7, 2014

Grosshansdorf, Germany — Using the latest in FPGA technology Spectrum has created new firmware packages that allow its high-speed M4i series digitizer cards to perform on-board signal averaging. The M4i.44xx series cards offer real-time sampling rates of up to 500 MS/s with 14 bit resolution and 250 MS/s with 16 bit resolution. The new averaging package features ultrafast performance being able to acquire and average signals at rates of over 5,000,000 events per second. The M4i series cards are available with two or four channels and, thanks to the cards fast PCIe bus, acquired and averaged data can be … Read More → "Digitizer Cards Get FPGA-Based Signal Averaging Capabilities"

Laird Introduces Industry’s Smallest High-Performance Low Profile UHF Vertical Antenna

July 7, 2014

July 07, 2014– Laird, a global technology company, has launched the patent pending Ultra Phantom low profile vertical antenna product line. The Ultra Phantom is the industry’s smallest high-performance omnidirectional low profile UHF antenna designed for use in government, public safety and industrial/commercial market segments. The low profile design reduces height clearance issues on specialty and heavy duty vehicles with secure mounting hardware that deters antenna vandalism.

Providing superior coverage in challenging terrain, the Ultra Phantom antenna combines rugged, ultra-compact design with engineered high performance. Operating from 380 … Read More → "Laird Introduces Industry’s Smallest High-Performance Low Profile UHF Vertical Antenna"

PowerSquare Unveils Adaptive Position-Free System for the Industry and Consumers

July 7, 2014

Bangalore, India, July 5, 2014 —

PowerSquare, Inc., a fast-growing startup in the wireless power industry, today announced the launch of its patent-pending Adaptive Position-Free (APF) system that simultaneously refuels multiple Qi-compatible devices.

Developing technology that charges more than one device, on a large surface, in any position, has been a key challenge for the ever-evolving wireless power industry. Technology solutions today, however, often leverage expensive multiple-coil systems. As a result, companies cannot go to market with these products and leave them as proof of concept. In addition, charging modules aretypically only compatible with newer mobile … Read More → "PowerSquare Unveils Adaptive Position-Free System for the Industry and Consumers"

FinScale’s Quantum FinFET Aims to Revive Moore’s Law

July 4, 2014

LIVERMORE, Calif., July 01, 2014 – FinScale Incorporated, the semiconductor device and process innovation company, today announced immediate availability of its qFinFET™ technology, a next generation 3D MOSFET architecture and manufacturable process readily transferable to foundries and integrated device manufacturers. Crafted from the combination of many unique device and process innovations by FinScale’s scientists, the qFinFET technology offers significant improvements in performance, power efficiency and circuit density, along with substantially lower leakage, parametric variability and manufacturing costs than available advanced node FinFET and planar technology alternatives. From a device design optimized for quantum effects, ballistic transport and the nano-material … Read More → "FinScale’s Quantum FinFET Aims to Revive Moore’s Law"

Integrated Wireless Controller from LPRS Provides On-Board User Application Memory

July 3, 2014

LPRS, Europe’s leading manufacturer of short-range wireless devices, now offers Internet of Things (IoT) and other wireless control or communication system builders with a system-on-chip fully integrated wireless controller with on-board memory for end-user application programming and control functions.

The low-cost feature-rich LPRS eRIC (easyRadio Integrated Controller) wireless module has been designed to provide system builders with a simple to integrate complete wireless communication solution combined with a wide range of user options. eRIC modules are supplied preconfigured to operate as standalone modules but can be modified by any developer to take full advantage … Read More → "Integrated Wireless Controller from LPRS Provides On-Board User Application Memory"

Thunderstruck: the AC/DC feud between Tesla and Edison

July 3, 2014

WACO, Texas (July 3, 2014) – One studied alternating current (AC), the other, direct current (DC). And yet, the world would not be where it is today without their contributions to science and electricity. In light of Nikola Tesla’s birthday on July 10, Mr. Electric is taking a look at the electric feud between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison.

Tesla and alternating current

The main focus for Tesla was alternating current: an electric charge that periodically reverses its direction and is delivered to customers through a transformer. It travels at a much higher voltage … Read More → "Thunderstruck: the AC/DC feud between Tesla and Edison"

Board test and debug security via JTAG, IJTAG is explored in new eBook

July 3, 2014

Richardson, TX (July 1, 2014) ? Visibility into the operations and data stored on circuit boards and in semiconductors is the goal of test and debug. Unfortunately, this is often at odds with the goals of circuit board security. A new eBook published by ASSET® InterTech (www.asset-intertech.com) addresses the inherent weaknesses in the IEEE 1149.1 Boundary-Scan (JTAG) standard?s Test Access Port (TAP) found on many circuit boards and chips, and describes several general security strategies based on the IEEE 1687 Internal JTAG (IJTAG) standard that can overcome these problems. </ … Read More → "Board test and debug security via JTAG, IJTAG is explored in new eBook"

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