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Mentor Graphics Acquires Berkeley Design Automation to Advance Nanometer Analog/Mixed-Signal Verification

March 21, 2014

WILSONVILLE, Ore., March 21, 2014 – Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that it has acquired Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. (BDA), a recognized leader in nanometer analog, mixed-signal, and RF circuit verification. With over one hundred customers worldwide, BDA uniquely addresses nanometer circuit design challenges via its Analog FastSPICE™ unified verification platform and exceptional vertical-application expertise. The acquisition of BDA aligns with Mentor’s goal to deliver technologies with superior performance and automation for the growing challenges of Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) verification.

Altium Unveils Automotive Safety Support Program for ISO 26262 Certification

March 20, 2014

Sydney, Australia – March 20, 2014 – Altium Limited, a global leader in Smart System Design Automation, 3D PCB design (Altium Designer) … Read More → "Altium Unveils Automotive Safety Support Program for ISO 26262 Certification"

Avnet Electronics Marketing Introduces Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC 7Z100 Mini-Module Plus, the Ultimate System-on-Module

March 20, 2014

PHOENIX—March 20, 2014—Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Read More → "Avnet Electronics Marketing Introduces Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC 7Z100 Mini-Module Plus, the Ultimate System-on-Module"

Atego launches Atego Vantage

March 20, 2014

Cheltenham, UK – 20^th March, 2014. Atego, the world leading independent software tools and professional services vendor for complex, mission- and safety-critical systems and software engineering, has launched Atego Vantage™, the world’s first integrated solution combining Model-based Systems and Software Engineering (MBSE), Asset-based Modular Design (SoS/CBD/SOA) and variable Product Line Engineering (PLE). The combination of these three proven approaches into Model–based Product Line Engineering (MB-PLE) can reduce development costs by 62% and bring 23% more projects in on time.

The Atego Vantage solution includes the Atego Perspective best practice implementation methodology. Atego Perspective combines decades … Read More → "Atego launches Atego Vantage"

New Keithley Power Supplies Allow Safe Breakdown Testing at up to 10kV

March 20, 2014

CLEVELAND, OH – March 19, 2014 – Keithley Instruments, Inc., a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, today introduced two high voltage power supplies optimized for high voltage device and materials testing and high energy physics and materials science research. The Model 2290-5 5kV Power Supply and Model 2290-10 10kV Power Supply are well suited for high voltage breakdown testing of power semiconductor components. This includes devices made of current- and next-generation wide-bandgap materials like silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN), … Read More → "New Keithley Power Supplies Allow Safe Breakdown Testing at up to 10kV"

Murata 2 Watt DC-DC converter shrinks footprint by 50% of industry norm

March 19, 2014

Hoofddorp, Netherlands: Murata today announced the MTU2 series of ultra miniature surface mounted 2 W DC-DC converters from Murata Power Solutions. Believed to be the industry’s smallest 2W converter and measuring just 8.2 x 8.4 x 8.5 mm with a 0.69 cm2 footprint, it is 50% smaller than the current 1.67 cm2 industry standard. With a typical conversion efficiency of 85% across the full load range and a power density of 3.403 Watts/cm3, the MTU2 series is available with either a single or dual output voltage. Input voltages cover the popular nominal inputs from 3.3 to 24 VDC. Output voltage options include 5, 12, or 24 VDC. Dual output models … Read More → "Murata 2 Watt DC-DC converter shrinks footprint by 50% of industry norm"

Advantech Lifts Packet Processing Throughput to New Highs

March 19, 2014

March 18, 2014, Irvine, CA – Advantech today announced a pioneering high performance network application platform designed for maximum packet processing throughput using a unique method to balance network traffic from eight PCIe Gen 3 Network Mezzanine Cards (NMC) across four Intel® Xeon® processors. The FWA-6512 platform is fully compatible with the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-4600 v2 product family, a die-shrink of the microarchitecture built on Intel’s advanced 22nm Tri-gate manufacturing process. It offers the ideal performance, scalability, memory flexibility and network capacity for managing the most demanding packet processing workloads in a compact 2U form factor.

Innovative … Read More → "Advantech Lifts Packet Processing Throughput to New Highs"

STMicroelectronics Empowers Frog by Wyplay with Reference Hardware for Satellite Broadcast

March 19, 2014

LONDON, UK — March 19, 2014 — Wyplay, creator of software solutions for leading pay-TV operators, and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, today announced the availability of a satellite broadcast-enabled reference implementation of the open-source Frog by Wyplay set-top-box middleware for ST’s range of system-on-chip processors based on ARM^® architectures (Cannes, Liege2, Monaco, and Orly).

Frog is an initiative built around Wyplay’s software solutions, made available under a shared-source model for a growing community of companies across the entire digital-TV ecosystem which includes chipset vendors, device manufacturers, … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Empowers Frog by Wyplay with Reference Hardware for Satellite Broadcast"

EMA Offers Expanded Power IC Model Library for Cadence PSpice

March 19, 2014

Rochester, NY (March 18, 2014) – EMA Design Automation™ (ema-eda.com), a full-service provider of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) solutions, and AEi Systems, a world leader in power electronics modeling, analysis and design, today announced version 4.1 of the AEi Systems’ Power IC Model Library for the Cadence® PSpice® simulator with over 550 high fidelity and correlated simulation models for power electronic designs. “A lot of our customers simulate power supplies and other types of high powered circuitry,” said Manny Marcano, president and CEO of EMA. “This update to the power IC model … Read More → "EMA Offers Expanded Power IC Model Library for Cadence PSpice"

GainSpan Announces New Family of Application Development Kits based on GS2000 Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n Chip

March 19, 2014

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — GainSpan^® Corporation, a leader in low-power Wi-Fi for the Internet of Things (IOT), today announced a new family of Application Development Kits (ADKs) built on its new GS2000 Wi-Fi/ZigBee chip. The new ADKs leverage the higher data rates and high speed serial interfaces such as SDIO offered by the GS2000 SOC. The new family will enable a whole slew of IOT applications including full … Read More → "GainSpan Announces New Family of Application Development Kits based on GS2000 Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n Chip"