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Altium Unveils Automotive Safety Support Program for ISO 26262 Certification

Sydney, Australia – March 19, 2014 – <http://www.altium.com/> Altium Limited <http://www.altium.com/> , a global leader in Smart System Design Automation, 3D PCB design (Altium Designer <http://products.live.altium.com/> ) and embedded software development (TASKING <http://www.tasking.com/> ), announces the immediate availability of … Read More → "Altium Unveils Automotive Safety Support Program for ISO 26262 Certification"

Intersil Introduces Digital Power Modules That Speed Time to Market and Eliminate Need for Complex Power Circuit Design

MILPITAS, Calif., March 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq:ISIL), a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, today announced the ISL8270M/71M family of digital power modules that dramatically reduce customer design complexity and accelerate time to market. Designed for 25/33 Amp applications, the ISL8270M/71M product family is based on Intersil’s fourth generation digital power controller, reflecting the company’s continued leadership and expertise in advanced digital power technology.

Experts estimate that for every dollar spent on data center hardware, another $0.66 is … Read More → "Intersil Introduces Digital Power Modules That Speed Time to Market and Eliminate Need for Complex Power Circuit Design"

Imagination and Unity Partner to Bring Imagination’s Breakthrough Ray Tracing Technology to Real Time, Interactive Games

SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE — Imagination Technologies (IMG.L) and Unity Technologies are broadening their partnership with a new multi-faceted agreement around Imagination’s groundbreaking PowerVR Ray Tracing technology and Unity’s industry leading game development engine that will bring photorealistic graphics to the mainstream gaming experience across a wide range of devices.

In an industry first, Unity has chosen Imagination’s real-time ray tracing … Read More → "Imagination and Unity Partner to Bring Imagination’s Breakthrough Ray Tracing Technology to Real Time, Interactive Games"

Intersil’s New High Efficiency Buck-Boost/Boost Switching Regulators Increase Battery Life in Mobile Devices

MILPITAS, Calif., March 17, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Intersil Corporation (Nasdaq:ISIL), a leading provider of innovative power management and precision analog solutions, today announced the industry’s first high-current buck-boost and boost switching regulator family in a tiny, integrated CSP package, enabling improved efficiency for high current designs in a small form factor. Intersil is extending its leadership in DC/DC switching regulator technology for battery-powered mobile devices and consumer electronics with the introduction of the ISL91110, ISL91108 and ISL91117 power management solutions. The ISL911xx switching regulators’ innovative architecture offers up … Read More → "Intersil’s New High Efficiency Buck-Boost/Boost Switching Regulators Increase Battery Life in Mobile Devices"

Micron and Crucial Introduce Next-Generation SSD for Personal Storage, Media and Entertainment Markets

Boise, ID, March 18, 2014 – Micron Technology, Inc. today announced a new personal storage class, solid state drive (SSD), continuing a legacy of developing foundational memory technology into reliable, high-performance storage solutions. The M550 SSD is designed to meet the increasingly demanding needs of high-performance computing, ultrathin, and media/video applications. It is available today to consumers, businesses and system builders under the Crucial® brand and to OEM customers under the Micron® brand.

Faster Storage Performance

The M550 SSD offers 20 times higher performance1 than a traditional hard drive, while consuming … Read More → "Micron and Crucial Introduce Next-Generation SSD for Personal Storage, Media and Entertainment Markets"

QuickLogic Announces KitKat Compliance of Ultra-low Power Sensor Hub

Sunnyvale, CA – March 12, 2014 – QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK), the innovator in low-power Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs), today announced the immediate availability of its new Always-on Context Aware Sensor Hub catalog CSSP, which gives OEMs an out-of-the-box solution for the Android 4.4 (KitKat) operating system.  This CSSP features Sensor Platform Inc.’s FreeMotion™ library – a complete sensor fusion and context awareness solution optimized for smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices. 

KitKat mandates that certain sensor algorithms and tasks be offloaded from the power-hungry application processor to enable new sensor-driven … Read More → "QuickLogic Announces KitKat Compliance of Ultra-low Power Sensor Hub"

Allegro Microsystems, LLC Announces a New High Current Synchronous Buck Regulator with Fault and Power OK Pins

Worcester, MA – March 2013 – Allegro MicroSystems, LLC announces a new synchronous buck converter capable of delivering high current due to low RDS(on) internal switches. Allegro’s A8672utilizes valley current mode control, allowing very short on-times to be achieved. This makes it ideal for applications that require very … Read More → "Allegro Microsystems, LLC Announces a New High Current Synchronous Buck Regulator with Fault and Power OK Pins"

Tektronix Adds New Features, Performance to World’s Best Value, Entry Level Oscilloscopes

BEAVERTON, Ore., March 18, 2014 – Tektronix, Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes, today introduced the TBS1000B-EDU <http://www.tek.com/tbs1000b-edu>  and TBS1000B <http://www.tek.com/tbs1000b>  series of 2-channel oscilloscopes. Featuring across-the-board enhancements such as a high-resolution 7-inch display, dual channel frequency counter and 34 automated measurements, the new instruments represent … Read More → "Tektronix Adds New Features, Performance to World’s Best Value, Entry Level Oscilloscopes"

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